Super quick and easy, whole class Computing activity. Drag and drop leaves, rocks and sticks into patterns and shaped using this PowerPoint file. Easily printed for displays or to go into books.

Creating posters can be a relatively easy thing to do. Sometimes, we want to delve a little deeper and create dramatic looking posters. This involves teaching the children vital Computing/ICT skills across not just one program but several. Use this step-by-step picture guide to create WW2 Propaganda posters. This activity uses tools from across two software programs: PowerPoint and Artrage (A free art program). The download link for Artrage is attached. If you aren’t able to use Artrage, then you can use the 10 painted backgrounds that are included in this purchase.

Create a 3D Anglo-Saxon house in Sketchup 8 with this 24 page step-by-step, picture guide. Perfect for those with very little experience in 3D modelling or using Sketchup and has been designed to be 3D printer ready. If you are looking to get into 3D printing in your school, please feel free to contact me and I'll point you in the right direction. *Sketchup is free to download and can be easily installed by network administrators.

A step-by-step guide to creating a 3D printable Roman Amphitheatre in Sketchup - aimed at Primary School children. The resources also include download links for the 3D Sketchup models themselves.

“You arrive at three ancient doors. Which door do you choose?” Write your own adventure stories where you, the reader, choose your own path - like authors such as Ian Livingstone. Differentiated through 10,7 or 5 paragraphs, write them on the PowerPoint files provided and the hyperlink buttons will take you to the next part of the story. There are two sets of immersive PowerPoint files that each give you starting/linking sentences - provided are 1st person and 3rd person files. Perfect for practicing setting descriptions and creating writing with suspense! *Included are some images from a computer game called Legend of Grimrock. Please note that these images are readily available via their website and are simply added in this package for convenience, not profit.

Increase cursor fine motor skills with this EYFS/KS1 drag and drop activity. Create different types of transport with pre-made shapes. E.g Drag and drop the wheels, windows and other features of a car onto the body of a car. 7 modes available: Walk, bus, tram, train, bicycle, car and taxi.

Using the FREE program Sculptris, create this unique Ancient Egyptian Death Mask! This step-by-step picture guide will take you through the whole process - even if you haven't used the program before. Also included is a download link for the 3D model at various stages of sculpting. The models can be 3D printed or screenshots can be taken for displays/books.

Using these 9 Sculptris templates, 3D sculpt your very own dinosaurs. Choose either to edit basic models of heads and/or bodies or choose from rough models of Dilophosaurus, Parasaurolophus, Pachycephalosaurus and Triceratops to add fine details. Included free in the download is also a warm-up Sculptris activity to get children used to manipulating the camera. If you've never used Sculptris before look for "GUIDE How to make a head in Sculptris" in my shop for a step-by-step guide on the basics.

This is a super easy way to practice shading in fractions of shapes. Click sections of the shapes to colour them in. Clicking them multiple times will rotate through 4 diffierent colours. Take on the challenge! -Perfect for the Interactive Whiteboard or for individual use -Over a 160 unique, editable questions -5 levels of difficulty (self-differentiation) -Special macros to create replay-ability and randomise questions. *Note: You must enable macros on opening this PowerPoint file*

A step by step picture guide of how to build the Arc De Triomphe in Sketchup. Ideal for beginners as young as year 3!

“Linn awoke, startled by a sudden jolt. As he slipped on his shoes he could sense that something wasn’t quite right…” Write your own Titanic adventure stories where you, the reader and writer, get to choose your own path - just like Ian Livingstone the famous adventure book writer. Differentiated 3 ways; on the computer, write 5,7 or 10 paragraphs describing a characters adventures through the sinking Titanic. These include cabins, steerage, upper deck, lower deck, first class lounge, grand staircase, bridge deck, boat deck, promenade deck and finally the lifeboats. Once your paragraphs are written, play your PowerPoint as a slideshow from the beginning. Hyperlink buttons on each page will now present the reader with different options to take in order to complete their adventure. E.g. From your cabin, head towards steerage, the upper deck or the first class lounge. Writing 1 or 2 paragraphs for each setting created dozens of teaching opportunities. Why not have each room be written for different effects? E.g. Suspense, setting description, senses, emotions…

This is a super easy way to practice shading in fractions of shapes. Click sections of the shapes to colour them in. Clicking them multiple times will rotate through 4 diffierent colours. Take on the challenge! -Perfect for the Interactive Whiteboard or for individual use -Over a 160 unique, editable questions -5 levels of difficulty (self-differentiation) -Special macros to create replay-ability and randomise questions. *Note: You must enable macros on opening this PowerPoint file*

Using step-by-step picture guides teach your children how to insert data accurately into these 2 pre-made charts. Ideal for introducing digital charts.

Get your children to create their very own creatures/animals with this fantastic resource. Learn about how 11 different animals on planet Earth have evolved, inherited and adapted to survive. Next, pick one of the strange planets included in this pack. Read about what life is like on this planet and then create your own creature/animal that that would survive there! You can do this in any way you like but, included in this resource, is a download link to some 3D animal templates! Summary: -11 attractive and annotated animal profiles that highlight how each creature has evolved, inherited and adapted to survive. -7 strange planet profiles each with it’s own predators, prey and various weather conditions. - 4 Scupltris 3D template files: 2-legged, 4-legged, bird and insect models. (download link included) - Thank you note. *Note, if you haven’t done any 3D sculpting before, click below to download a tutorial on how to use basic tools in Sculptris in order to make a head: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/guide-how-to-make-a-head-in-sculptris-3d-modelling-and-printing-11599345

Create your very own Lowry style paintings in KS2 digitally. Copy and paste buildings that have been individually recreated in the Lowry style to create your city scene. Then populate your city with Lowry people. Teach yourself and your children more about layers and perspective by using PowerPoint's send backwards/forwards and resize tools. Finally, you can print out your paintings straight from this PowerPoint file on any size up to and including A3. A perfect activity to group model on the interactive whiteboard and then to be used on laptops/desktops as an individual digital art activity.

Create your very own Lowry style paintings in EYFS and KS1. Drag and drop buildings that have been individually recreated in the Lowry style to create your city scene. Then populate your city with drag and drop Lowry people. Finally, you can print out your paintings straight from this PowerPoint file on any size up to and including A3. Suitable for use on the interactive whiteboard as part of continuous provision or on laptops/desktops as an individual digital art activity.

Set sail across the seas in in a creaky, wooden ship destined for adventure, new lands or even treasure! Included in this package: A superb 12 minute video hook showing a 1st person experience of life as an adventurer. Check the map, raise the sail, steer the ship and dig for treasure where ‘X’ marks the spot! A printable/editable instruction template to halp structure your writing. Using the explorer video as a hook, get your children to write their instructions on ‘How to find treasure/land’ on the printable templates. Alternatively, tick off some Computing skills and get the children to type their instructions on the digital template. If you want to make your own treasure maps, explorer hats or your own pirate pendants. Check out my other items on my TES shop HERE.

A PowerPoint containing a variety of mini tasks to help you establish your children's Computing knowledge. See the image to look at which skills this test targets. These skills are taken directly from Martin Goulden's Computing scheme of work. For more information about the scheme please get touch!

A PowerPoint containing a variety of mini tasks to help you establish your children's Computing knowledge. See the image to look at which skills this test targets. These skills are taken directly from Martin Goulden's Computing scheme of work. For more information about the scheme please get touch!

A PowerPoint containing a variety of mini tasks to help you establish your children's Computing knowledge. See the images to look at which skills this test targets. These skills are taken directly from Martin Goulden's Computing scheme of work. For more information about the scheme please get touch!