PowerPoint of images and ideas to stimulate children's own shoebox habitat designs. More resources including a habitats unit of work @ https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Whitley01

A collection of resources that are ideal for celebrating a book day. This collection includes resources to make a Matilda themed book door where children create the covers of their favourite books, templates for making marvellous medicine, designing a new chocolate bar, filling a dream jar, making a door hanger and character/book crowns to let reading go to your head! Also included: a book scavenger hunt, a guess who game, blank comic strips and a solve the story task. Last book day I held a ‘Short & Tweet’ writing competition which was very popular and very amusing too - template and certificates included!

A PowerPoint introduction - It's the last day at alien school and the teacher needs help to sort out the lost property! Children can practise using apostrophes by using individual whiteboards to write sentences to match the images on the PowerPoint then make up their own sentences using the activity sheet that is included or inventing their own aliens and objects. A useful lesson also for reinforcing phonic skills (alien names) and writing expanded noun phrases. Buy this resource as a bumper package here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/spag-pack-for-year-2-11633421

Two fun and interactive get up and go 'Scoot' games ideal for Year 2 linked to coordination and subordination. Print out the A4 cards (laminate) and place them around your classroom or outdoor area. The children then visit each station, read the sentence, identify the coordinating or subordinating conjunction and record on their individual record sheets to build up their own word bank. Both resources are editable and the subordination version is linked to the stories of Roald Dahl. Buy these resources as a bumper package here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/spag-pack-for-year-2-11633421

A fun get up and go 'Scoot' game ideal for Year 2 children. Print out the 16 A4 sentence cards (laminate) and position around your classroom or outdoor area. The children visit each station, read the sentence, identify the word from the chosen word group and record it on their record sheet (also a useful activity for reinforcing the four sentence types). A great lesson starter or end of unit/SATs preparation activity. Buy this resource as a bumper package here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/spag-pack-for-year-2-11633421

Are you looking for a fun way to test your children's SPaG skills? This get up and go game is ideal for practising SATs style questions and checking pupils knowledge of the Y2 SPaG curriculum in an active way. All you have to do is print out the 20 A4 question cards (laminate) and set out your trail indoors or outdoors. Children then visit each station in pairs/groups, read the questions, discuss their ideas and record their answers on the sheet provided. I have also used this 'Scoot' game as an activity for parents at our KS1 workshops to give them an idea of the type of questions their children will be given in the end of KS1 SATs. Buy this resource as a bumper package here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/spag-pack-for-year-2-11633421

Following the success of 'BARvember' these Christmas themed problems will be used throughout 'DecemBAR' (sign included) with my class to continue to promote problem-solving. In this pack there are 10 editable problems aimed at Year 2. I have been incentivising my class with all correct answers going into a prize draw to win a 'bar' of choccie at the end of the week!

This resource includes a PowerPoint with activities and Top Tips for spelling words ending in le. Also included: mystery words, crossword puzzle, word hunt task, spelling detective activity and Spelling Bump game.

A collection of 13 PowerPoints from a range of famous artists including Chagall, Klee, Rousseau, Matisse, Warhol, Romero Britto, Hokusai and Yayoi Kusama. Use as a stimulus for children to experiment with self portraits, pop art, watercolours, pointillism, 'painting with scissors', colour mixing, blow painting and zentangles! Enough ideas and inspiration to keep you going all year! Suitable for EYFS, KS1 and KS2. For more practical activities and resources visit: www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Whitley01

PowerPoint containing information and images to launch an art activity based on amate bark paintings. For more practical activities and resorces visit: www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Whitley01

A wide selection of tried and tested contextual problemsolving activities covering all aspects of the KS1 maths curriculum including number, money, fractions, time and measures that can be completed individually or great as collaborative activities. Ideal for Floorbook lessons (see images included) and for evidencing learning at 'greater depth.' All activities are very easily adapted to suit the needs of your class. More resources @ https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Whitley01

PowerPoint detailing transport past and present and Who wants to be a millionaire Transport quiz. For more practical resources visit: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Whitley01

Holes are everywhere PowerPoint including 'Guess the whole' game and animals that live in holes PowerPoint. A great topic with infinite lines of enquiry! EYFS or KS1 More practical resources @ https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Whitley01

All you need to know about Pirates PowerPoint, maths challenges and reading activities. For more practical resources visit: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Whitley01

Looking for a stimulus for your construction area or a STEM challenge then this PowerPoint has an amazing collection of buildings and bridges from all over the world to talk about! Print out the slides, laminate and add to your construction/science or maths area. More resources @ https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Whitley01 Please leave a review.

Do you want to learn how to say hello in every language? How about testing yourself on flags around the world? All this information is contained in this PowerPoint - very useful for Olympics/World cup topics as you could introduce a new country each day. For more practical resources visit: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Whitley01

A fantastic activity that can be easily adapted to suit any topic or theme which involves using codes and calculations with money. A good variety of example activities included to get you started but the possibilities are infinite and it's FUN! KS1/KS2 More resources @ https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Whitley01

A selection of editable maths, reading and writing challenges for children to complete independently - set up a challenge area and leave them to learn! I had a postbox for children to post their completed problems and they would earn stars for the challenges they completed - a good way to track what your class are doing independently. For more practical resources visit: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Whitley01

A useful resource to encourage children to be confident to have a go at spelling new words. I laminated these cards and each child has their own which they use when writing independently. I developed this resource as part of the dyslexia friendly school award.

A very handy and flexible game (played in pairs/groups) which can be played a few different ways: Option 1: Read it! Roll the dice, choose a word in the corresponding column & read it. If the child is correct they win the word & cover it or colour it. Option 2: Spell it! Roll the dice, choose a word in the corresponding column, read it, your partner covers it & then the child has a go at spelling it. If the child is correct they win the word & cover it or colour it. Option 3: Read it, Spell it! I used this for a mixed Y1 and Y2 pairing where Y1's had to read the words and Y2's had to spell the words. Also included is a table showing all words in the phonics screener since 2011 and a blank game board so you can chop and change words to suit your needs! For more practical resources visit: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Whitley01