We are a team of two sisters who specialise in primary education. We are determined to create resources of the highest standard that can be used without further preparation. Our lessons and assemblies have been designed to challenge children of all levels within a creative, engaging and inspiring context. Explore our shop to find lesson packs for languages, art and religious education, plans for assemblies and numerous high-quality resources to help you teach phonics, mathematics and literacy
We are a team of two sisters who specialise in primary education. We are determined to create resources of the highest standard that can be used without further preparation. Our lessons and assemblies have been designed to challenge children of all levels within a creative, engaging and inspiring context. Explore our shop to find lesson packs for languages, art and religious education, plans for assemblies and numerous high-quality resources to help you teach phonics, mathematics and literacy
This resource is an interactive lesson aimed at whole class or group phonics. It is a 42 slide Powerpoint presentation that allows children to revise phonemes and learn or revisit the alternative ‘c’ sound. It is the ‘c’ sound pronounced ‘s.’ It takes 15-20 minutes.
This non-editable PowerPoint is split into different sections:
Revision of phase 5 phonemes in a random order
Introduction to ‘c’ sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound
Segmenting and blending sounds in ‘c’ words
Phoneme counting
Phoneme spotting in sentences
Writing words with ‘c’ sound
Writing a sentence with ‘c’ sound
(Click ‘Read Only’ to open the PowerPoint.)
A 30 page booklet of summer-themed activities aimed at 5-7 year olds.
There are a mixture of numeracy, literacy, phonics and general knowledge activities perfect for children to use in the summer. The booklet can be sent home with children to work on independently over the summer or for home education.
There is a colour and black & white version of the booklet. Answers for the phonics and maths questions are also included.
A fun booklet of enjoyable activities.
PDF file format.
You might also be interested in the version of the booklet designed for using in school at the end of the summer term with Key Stage 1:
KS1 End of year Summer Activity Booklet
I updated this on the 6th May 2019, following the birth of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s baby boy!
This year 1 comprehension booklet teaches the children about lots of British royal baby facts, including bizarre traditions, royal baby names, royal baby christenings and royal baby clothes.
This resource contains 3 differentiated booklets.
Higher Ability
The higher ability booklet contains a title page with helpful words, followed by five pages of pictures and short written extracts to read and 4-5 questions per page. Answers are included.
Middle Ability
The middle ability booklet contains a title page, followed by five pages of comprehension activities with answers. Each page contains a short piece of text (about 3-7 sentences). There are 3-4 trickier words on each page which have pictures to help children work out what they say. Each text is followed by 4-5 simple questions.
Lower Ability
The lower ability booklet contains a title page, followed by five pages of comprehension activities with answers. Each page contains a short simple piece of text (3-5 sentences). There are 4-5 trickier words on each page with pictures to help children work out what they say. Each text is followed by 4-5 simple questions.
PowerPoint Presentation
There is also a PowerPoint included in the pack containing a slide for each text from the middle ability booklet so that you can go through these comprehensions before the children complete them. Each slide also contains 3 words that are trickier to sound out, with sound buttons underneath them.
I have included colour and black & white versions of each of the 3 booklets. The preview pages show the title page and one of the comprehension pages, from the middle ability booklets. They also show one slide from the PowerPoint.
PDF file format.
I hope your class enjoy learning some interesting facts about royal babies!
You might also like our Year 2 Royal Babies comprehension:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/year-2-reading-comprehension-royal-family-royal-baby-3-levels-colour-and-black-and-white-11886762
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This resource is a giant interactive PowerPoint with interactive lessons for ALL phase 3 phonemes- 26 sounds!
Simply click on the sound and you will be taken to the appropriate lesson. Each lesson takes 15-20 minutes and is split into the following sections:
Revision of phase 2 and 3 phonemes in a random order
Introduction to new sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound
Spotting the odd one out
Reading words
Phoneme counting
Phoneme spotting in sentences
Writing words with sound/filling in missing words
Writing a sentence
Revision of tricky words
This resource contains over 1300 slides! It means you can be prepared for at least 5 weeks worth of phonics lessons. Simply open the PowerPoint each day and you are ready to teach!
This resource is an interactive lesson aimed at whole class or group phonics. It is a powerpoint presentation that allows children to revise previous phonemes and learn or revisit the sound ‘bl.’ It takes 15-20 minutes.
This powerpoint is split into different sections:
Revision of phase 3 and 4 phonemes in a random order
Introduction to ‘bl’ sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound
Spotting the odd one out (the picture without the ‘bl’ sound)
Segmenting and blending sounds in ‘bl’ words
Phoneme counting
Phoneme spotting in sentences
Writing words with ‘bl’ sound
Writing a sentence with ‘bl’ sound
Revision of phase 4 tricky words
This resource is an interactive lesson aimed at whole class or group phonics. It is a powerpoint presentation that allows children to revise previous phonemes and learn or revisit the sound ‘cl.’ It takes 15-20 minutes.
This PowerPoint is split into different sections:
Revision of phase 3 and 4 phonemes in a random order
Introduction to ‘cl’ sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound
Spotting the odd one out (the picture without the ‘cl’ sound)
Segmenting and blending sounds in ‘cl’ words
Phoneme counting
Phoneme spotting in sentences
Writing words with ‘cl’ sound
Writing a sentence with ‘cl’ sound
Revision of phase 4 tricky words
This resource is a non-fiction comprehension activity for year 2. It is all about the human body, with a focus on organs, blood and skin!
The PDF booklet is based on the KS1 SATs reading paper and includes 3 differentiated levels. There are a range of ‘what,�� ‘how,’ and ‘where’ questions, some multiple choice tick questions and some that require more detailed answers. The activity is also laid out in a similar way to the SATs booklets, with four pages of pictures with written extracts to read and several questions per page. The higher and middle levels contain 18 questions each and the lower level contains 14 questions.
All of the documents are in the zip file. There is a colour and black & white booklet for each level and answers are also included.
This bundle contains 3 RE lessons aimed at 5-7 year olds on the theme of Jesus’ miracles.
The miracles covered are:
Jesus calms the storm
Jesus heals a paralysed man
Jesus feeds the 5000
Lesson objectives, cross-curricular links and detailed descriptions of activities are included in the plans. The lessons include discussions, story-retelling, drama, simple written tasks and an art activity. Each lesson also has a starter and plenary. All resources are included in the price, as well as PowerPoint versions of the Bible stories. (The PowerPoints are not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open. Some of the images are only revealed when each PowerPoint is played as a slideshow with the animations.)
In total there are 31 pages of lesson plans and activities (PDFs) and 68 animated PowerPoint slides.
An interactive, thought-provoking unit perfect for introducing young children to Bible stories and their meaning.
The PowerPoints are also available separately:
Jesus’ Miracles Story Presentations
This resource is a plan with all accompanying resources for teaching a lesson about Jesus calming the storm. It is aimed at 5-7 year olds and is highly interactive.
Included in the plan are lesson objectives, cross-curricular links and details of activities. The activities in this lesson include a drama starter, short written task, art activity and plenary. All resources are included, with a PowerPoint version of the story attached. All you need to bring is some wallpaper for the art activity.
The resources are in the zip file:
5 page PDF Lesson Plan
27 slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Please click ‘Read Only’ to open. Some of the images are only revealed when the PowerPoint is played as a slideshow with the animations.)
6 PDF pages for the starter
2 PDF pages for the written activity
No further preparation needed.
Enjoy!
A version of the PowerPoint is available separately:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11589863
You might be interested in our KS2 lesson on Jesus calming the storm:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-11589835
This is a 5 lesson Literacy unit all about explorer Christopher Columbus. The plan is aimed at year 2 and gives details of the year 2 curriculum objectives covered. The children develop reading comprehension, writing, editing and SPaG skills during the unit.
All five lessons include a SPaG starter which is always linked to Christopher Columbus.
The main activity in lesson 1 is a non-fiction reading comprehension, which helps children to learn about Christopher. It is laid out in a SATs style format, containing similar questions to a SATs paper and is differentiated 3 ways.
The main activity in lesson 2 is a fictional diary comprehension, written from the point of view of Christopher Columbus before the crew has found the New World. Again it is in a SATs style and is again differentiated 3 ways.
Lesson 3 allows children to gather vocabulary using a drama activity and lessons 4 and 5 allow children to write and edit their own diaries as Christopher Columbus.
The following documents are included:
A detailed 12 page (pdf) document containing 5 lesson plans. Each lesson includes a SPaG starter, introduction, main activity and plenary.
A Powerpoint presentation containing the SPaG starter activities. This is non-editable. When you open the PowerPoint click the ‘read only’ button.
A set of differentiated non-fiction (pdf) comprehensions on Christopher Columbus. Each level contains 4 pages of text followed by questions.
A set of differentiated (pdf) comprehensions containing a fictional diary entry written as Christopher Columbus on his voyage. Each level contains 4 pages of text followed by questions.
(The comprehensions are also available separately from my shop.
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks1-sats-comprehension-christopher-columbus-history-11530886
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/year-2-comprehension-fictional-diary-christopher-columbus-11643238)
This resource is a reading comprehension activity covering the part of the Christmas story when the Wise Men visit Jesus. I have adapted the bible story to create a descriptive passage for Grade 5 or 6. It is split into three differentiated levels.
Higher Ability
There is a reading booklet of 3 pages (1132 words), followed by 4 pages of questions (14 questions). The passage is very descriptive and includes some advanced vocabulary. The questions are varied and include finding the meaning of words and phrases, drawing inferences, describing characters, ordering the story, true or false questions and multiple choice tick questions.
Middle Ability
There is a reading booklet of 3 pages (965 words) followed by 4 pages of questions (14 questions). This passage is slightly shorter and simpler than the higher ability passage. The questions are varied and include finding the meaning of words and phrases, drawing inferences, describing characters, ordering the story, true or false questions and multiple choice tick questions.
Lower Ability
There is a reading booklet of 3 pages (837 words) followed by 4 pages of questions (12 questions.) This is the shortest, simplest passage, while still challenging the kids. The questions are varied and include finding the meaning of words and phrases, drawing inferences, describing characters, true or false questions and multiple choice tick questions.
There is also a set of answers for each level.
Standards Covered by this Resource:
Grade 5
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.1
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.2 (summarize the text)
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.3 (Higher Ability)
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.4
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.5 (ordering the story question)
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.10 (Higher Ability)
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.5.4
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.5.4
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.5.5 (synonyms)
Grade 6
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.1
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.4
This resource is a non-fiction comprehension activity for year 2 on Rosa Parks. It is based on the KS1 SATs reading paper and includes 3 differentiated levels with answers. Rosa Parks is listed as a significant individual in the Key Stage 1 History curriculum.
Please note no photos of Rosa are included, owing to copyright restrictions.
There are a range of ‘what’ and ‘when’ and ‘where’ questions, some multiple choice tick questions and some that require more detailed answers. The activity is also laid out in a similar way to the SATs booklets, with four pages of pictures and short written extracts to read and 2-3 questions per page.
These Year 6 SATs style decimals revision problems are split into 3 differentiated levels. Each level contains 22 reasoning and 13 arithmetic questions with answers.
The higher level (Super Super Challenge) covers the Year 6 curriculum with some questions at a higher level. It is in the style of a SATs paper.
The intermediate level (Super Challenge) contains questions covering the Year 6 curriculum and is based on past SATs papers.
The lower level (Challenge) contains easier questions covering the Year 5 curriculum. It guides children through multi-step problems.
No further preparation required.
This is a bundle of three presentations on Emily Davison, Emmeline Pankhurst and Millicent Fawcett, who all fought for votes for women.
The Emmeline Pankhurst presentation covers Emmeline’s childhood, the suffrage movement, her protests, her imprisonment and the results of the movement.
The presentation on Emily Davison covers Emily’s education, before moving onto her actions in the suffragette movement, her imprisonment and force feeding and finally her death and legacy.
The presentation on Millicent Fawcett covers her childhood, early political involvement and the successful suffrage movement.
Please note that there are no photos of the women included, owing to copyright restrictions.
The last part of each presentation includes some interesting questions to provoke discussion.
Use these as part of a lesson or for an assembly for ages 11 - 16.
This is a history presentation on the first female doctor to qualify in England, Elizabeth Garrett-Anderson.
The presentation covers Elizabeth’s childhood, her decision to try to become a doctor, her eventual qualification, the founding of a hospital and school of medicine and her legacy. The last part of the presentation includes some interesting questions to provoke discussion.
Please note there are no photos of Elizabeth Garrett-Anderson included, owing to copyright restrictions.
Use this as part of a lesson or for an assembly for ages 5 - 11.
These Year 6 SATs style fractions revision problems are split into 3 differentiated levels. Each level contains 22 reasoning and 13 arithmetic questions with answers.
The higher level (Super Super Challenge) covers the Year 6 curriculum with some questions at a higher level. It is in the style of a SATs paper.
The intermediate level (Super Challenge) contains questions covering the Year 6 curriculum and is based on past SATs papers.
The lower level (called Challenge) contains easier questions covering the Year 5 curriculum.
No further preparation required.
This is a presentation on the patron saint of France, Joan of Arc.
Use it as part of a lesson or for an assembly for KS1, KS2 or KS3.
The presentation covers her childhood, the start of her mission, her victory, her downfall and how she is remembered. The last part of the presentation includes some interesting questions to provoke discussion.
This is a presentation on the tudor queen, Elizabeth I.
Use it as part of a lesson or for an assembly for KS1, KS2 or KS3.
The presentation covers the period before her birth, her childhood, how she became queen, her life as a queen and the difficulties she faced during her rule. The last part of the presentation includes some interesting questions to provoke discussion.
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These Year 2 SATs style comprehension booklets cover Bonfire Night, Remembrance Day and Christmas.
There are 12 topics:
The Gunpowder Plot
How to build a bonfire
Bonfire and Fireworks Safety
Bonfire Night Food
Remembrance Day
Angel Gabriel visits Mary
The birth of Jesus
The shepherds visit Jesus
The Wise Men Visit Jesus
Christmas Pudding Recipe
Mince Pie Recipe
Trifle Recipe
Each topic is split into 3 differentiated levels.
There are a range of ‘what,’ ‘where,’ and ‘who’ questions, some multiple choice tick questions and some that require more detailed answers. Each booklet is based on the reading SATs paper, containing a similar style of questions and the same layout.
No further preparation required.
A collection of non-fiction comprehension activities for year 2, all with the theme of winter. Each booklet comes in 3 differentiated levels. They are all based on the reading SATs paper, containing a similar style of questions and the same layout.
The 3 topics explored in the comprehensions are:
What happens in the winter?
Winter wildlife
What activities can I do in the winter?