This fun start-of-the-year pack of 11 “All About Me” and “Getting to Know You” activities will have your students making new friends, getting to know their teacher, and showing you a window into who they are. In this pack you’ll find: an “all about me” page that is a little more interesting than the usual “what’s your favorite colour?” type questions which make a great wall display a page of questions to help you understand your learners, their strengths and weaknesses, and how you can help them to feel at home in the classroom 3 activities designed to help students get to know each other 3 team challenges because a little friendly competition can really help students to bond a page for students to design their ideal classroom – add these to your wall display a multiplication number search to get students back into math in a fun way 6 writing prompts about summer and the year ahead U.K and U.S versions

Do you need some hands-on activities to bring your Ancient Greece unit to life? This pack has 5 hands-on activities that include writing the ancient Greek alphabet, making ancient Greek coins, making a miniature clay amphora (vase), sgraffito art inspired by ancient Greek art, and weaving. Many of these activities can meet the learning objectives of the art curriculum at the same time. This pack comes with a PDF slideshow version of instructions, plus a student handout version for the art activities. There are also three pages of photos of real artefacts to use for inspiration. What’s included? Teacher’s guide Photos for inspiration Self-reflection Artist statement U.K and U.S versions Student instructions for: Make a clay amphora Make clay or salt dough coins Draw an aspect of ancient Greek life using the sgraffito technique with oil pastels Write the ancient Greek alphabet Try weaving using wool You will need: A4 paper paint (poster or acrylic) strong card a variety of colourful wool scissors tape pencils oil pastels air-drying clay and rolling/marking tools 52 pages included You will receive a zip file with PDFs. I hope you enjoy using this pack with your students. You may also like: Ancient Greece Parthenon Craft Ancient Egypt Activities Ancient Egypt Hands-on Activities and Crafts Ancient Egypt Pyramid Craft Aztec Empire Activities Aztec Empire Hands-on Activities and Crafts Shang Dynasty Activities Shang Dynasty Hands-on Activities and Crafts If you like using this resource after your purchase, I’d love it if you could leave a quick review. To show my appreciation, you can choose any resource up to the same value for free. Simply email me after with the resource you’d like at info@zigglelearning.com

This craft and wall mural is going to look fantastic in your classroom, and children are going to love making it! With such a stunning visual display, this event in history is sure to stick in their memories! There are six different house designs for children to choose from, with one, two, or three storeys. Each house comes in 2-4 parts for children to colour and glue together. Then they use tissue, crepe, or coloured paper to add flames. Each child makes one house to contribute to the wall mural. When the houses are all finished, they make a display that’s 4 metres long! There are also signs, and shop labels, as well as a display heading. I’ve also included a smaller, individual version for children to make their own “Pudding Lane” instead of a class mural, with six houses to colour, cut, and glue onto paper in any order. Visual instructions are included, although it’s very easy to make. I hope your children enjoy recreating the Great Fire of London on Pudding Lane! You will receive 4 PDF files. -----------LEAVE A REVIEW AND GET A FREEBIE---------  If you like using this resource after your purchase, I’d love it if you could leave a quick review. To show my appreciation, you can choose any resource up to the same value for free. Simply email me after with the resource you’d like at info@zigglelearning.com.

This timeline activity is a hands-on visual way for students to put the events of Ancient Egypt in order, so that they can see how one of the great civilisations began, flourished, declined, and eventually ended. This activity meets the following learning objectives: develop an understanding of when the first civilisations appeared (Ancient Egypt) develop an understanding of a historical period develop an understanding of how the Ancient Egyptian civilisation changed over time sequence important events on a timeline There are two options to choose from: worksheet timeline cut and paste – either glue pictures under the dates (easier option), or write dates and glue pictures on (harder version) foldable timeline - smaller version to glue pictures under the dates, or larger version to glue events under the dates and primary source images U.K. and U.S. versions included. I hope your children enjoy making their timelines. You will receive 3 PDF files. You may also like: Ancient Egypt Activities Pack Ancient Egypt Photos Pack Ancient Egypt Hands-on Activities Achievements of Ancient Egypt More timelines you may like: History of land transport History of flight History of boats and ships The Great Fire of London The Titanic The Benin Empire**** -----------LEAVE A REVIEW AND GET A FREEBIE---------  If you like using this resource after your purchase, I’d love it if you could leave a quick review. To show my appreciation, you can choose any resource up to the same value for free. Simply email me after with the resource you’d like at info@zigglelearning.com.

The discovery of the Ivory Bangle Lady is a great way to bring black British history into your history lessons. The Ivory Bangle Lady is important in developing an understanding of the diverse history and cultural heritage of Britain. The Ivory Bangle Lady’s remains were found in York and showed that she lived during Roman Britain. Recent DNA tests have shown that she had African heritage, which illustrates that people with African ancestry have been in Britain since the Romans came to Britain. She also had wealth which was evident in the jewellery and other expensive items that she was buried with. There are still a lot of unknowns which is perfect for a history lesson because there are opportunities for children to come up with their own ideas. The resources in this pack will get your children analysing 12 pieces of evidence, just like archaeologists, to sort the relevant evidence from the irrelevant, and to use the evidence to justify theories. They will ask their own question to investigate. With the help of research in the form of notes by two fictional archaeologists, they will answer questions and generate their own ideas about the Ivory Bangle Lady. Finally, they will summarise their knowledge by writing a museum plaque about the Ivory Bangle Lady. There are two levels of difficulty included, plus editable versions so you can adapt this to your students. There is also a worksheet on key vocabulary covered in the activities. This resource is suitable for KS2. You will receive: 6 PDFs 5 PDFS for the easier level 7 editable PPTX files (text is editable, images/layout aren’t) -----------LEAVE A REVIEW AND GET A FREEBIE---------  If you like using this resource after your purchase, I’d love it if you could leave a quick review. To show my appreciation, you can choose any resource up to the same value for free. Simply email me after with the resource you’d like at info@zigglelearning.com.

Are you looking for engaging ways for your students to learn about modal verbs and adverbs for possibility? This digital and printable resource includes a quiz to introduce the language, an interactive notebook to apply and organise learning in a visual way, six engaging worksheets, and a board game for pairs or small groups. These activities cater to different learning styles to make learning more memorable, and encourage creativity, draw on general knowledge, and meet social needs through playing together, all while using modal verbs. What’s covered? can, may (not), might (not), could, must, should/ought to, can’t, won’t negatives adverbs of possibility What’s included? 6 worksheets (printable and digital) Interactive notebook ranking the modal verbs in order of probability (and visual instructions) - printable and digital drag and drop version Board game for pairs or small groups Answer keys Reference sheet for modal verbs U.S and U.K versions I hope your students enjoy using these activities. You will receive: A PDF version, an editable PPTX (text is editable, not images or layout), and a link to the Google Slides™ version. Updated March 19 2024 to add digital versions. -----------LEAVE A REVIEW AND GET A FREEBIE---------  If you like using this resource after your purchase, I’d love it if you could leave a quick review. To show my appreciation, you can choose any resource up to the same value for free. Simply email me after with the resource you’d like at info@zigglelearning.com.

Australian wildlife, nature, and architecture offer so much to be inspired by. In this pack you’ll find three activities that include collage, ceramics, painting, and mixed media. Make a clay lizard Mixed media/collage Sydney Opera House Mixed media/collage Great Barrier Reef Visual instructions are included for the students, which can be printed or displayed on a screen, and there is a list of materials you’ll need on the set-up page. All of these crafts use materials that are available in most classrooms, but please feel free to adapt the activities to your class. I hope your students enjoy making and creating Australian art! This resource is for personal classroom use only and is not to be altered, posted on any other site, or sold. The copyright is retained by me. You may also like: Japan art projects Mexico art projects Spain art projects African animals art projects Ramadan art lanterns -----------LEAVE A REVIEW AND GET A FREEBIE---------  If you like using this resource after your purchase, I’d love it if you could leave a quick review. To show my appreciation, you can choose any resource up to the same value for free. Simply email me after with the resource you’d like at info@zigglelearning.com.

Children often find it hard to remember the difference between area and perimeter, which affects their ability to do calculations correctly. So, the more memory aids we can use to help them, the more likely it is that they will remember the difference. With this activity, children color in the word “AREA” which covers the area of the rectangle, and they write the word “PERIMETER” around the perimeter of the rectangle. I’ve included a full page and half page option. You may also like an engaging, real-world activity like this one to practise area and perimeter. This resource is a free download for single-classroom use only. It can not be copied, shared, rewritten, amended, sold or distributed to others.

Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s painting of “Children’s Games” is one of the best primary sources I’ve come across that give us a little glimpse into the games children played in the past. The painting “Children’s Games” depicted life in the Netherlands in the 1560s. There are over 250 children playing 83 different games. With this activity, in pairs or small groups, children look at a corner of the painting and find the games on a list. They then identify if the game is still played nowadays, and they make guesses about how to play an unfamiliar game in the painting. It’s a fabulous way to bring history alive, with such a relatable topic, and it gets children using a primary source to gather and analyse information from the past. TERMS OF USE This resource is for personal classroom use only. It cannot be altered, distributed, sold, or posted on any other blog, website, or location where people can download it.

This free worksheet on articles focuses on “a” and “an” for words beginning with a vowel sound or consonant sound. The worksheet explains when to use “a” and “an” and has two practice exercises. The first exercise asks children to circle “a” or “an” for each picture. The second exercise asks children to write “a” or “an” for each word. I hope your children enjoy using this worksheet.

There are several maths skills that can incorporate the Matariki whetū/stars, so I created this activity for teachers that want to bring Matariki into their maths lesson, or who want to weave maths skills with the environment. These activities are ideal for year 3-6 students and can be adapted if needed. The questions cover measurement of length using rulers (to the nearest cm, but if you have children that want to measure in mm, that’s great), positional language, identifying shapes, and locating Matariki whetū/stars using coordinates. There are two options to choose from with the questions and the questions are editable, so you can adapt them to your needs. This activity is ideal for the whole class, small groups, early finishers, and rotating stations. You’ll receive 2 PDFs and 2 editable PPTX files. You may also like: You may also like: Matariki weaving kete Matariki hāngi reading and writing craft Matariki Maths Stars Craft

This worksheet is a free sample of the worksheets included in the Achievements of Ancient Egypt lesson available here. There are three worksheets in the pack of varying difficulty. This free worksheet is the most challenging as it requires students to identify up to eight achievements and to write about three of them. The easier worksheets ask students to list three achievements and write about two of them, and to list five achievements and write about three of them. The Achievements of Ancient Egypt lesson includes a PowerPoint™ presentation detailing nine achievements. There is also a vocabulary worksheet based on key vocabulary from the topic. You can get the lesson here. You may also like: Overview of Where and When the First Civilisations Appeared If you like using this resource after your purchase, I’d love it if you could leave a quick review.

Here is a handy reference sheet for forming plural nouns. There are lots of rules for forming the plural of nouns in English, even with words that follow rules, there is inconsistency. This printable outlines the different rules for “regular” plurals which follow rules, including their exceptions, irregular plurals, plus Latin and Greek root plurals.

This is a handy reference sheet for irregular verbs. The English language has so many irregular past verbs, so here’s a handy list of the past simple forms and past participles. This will be a great reference sheet for both teachers and students and can be displayed on the wall or glued into books.

This pack of activities on ancient Egyptian history is full of engaging activities including a timeline, causes and consequences, hieroglyphics, map work, colouring cover pages, research organisers and more! Ancient Egypt is such a fun topic to explore, and this pack of activities provides a range of activities to get your students engaged in learning and build their knowledge about how ancient Egyptians lived, all while covering key social studies skills. What’s included? Archaeological Dig Record Book - a fun research organiser Colouring cover pages (4 designs) Timeline cut and paste Informational Reading Text (editable text, images/layout aren’t editable) Causes and consequences activity cut and paste Ancient Egyptian life and my life - how are they similar or different? ‘Would you rather… live in ancient Egypt or now?’ Roleplaying interviews with an archaeologist Hieroglyphics - write your name, write a word for a partner, make new hieroglyphics Inventions cut and paste activity Student-choice research reporter-style Starting the inquiry process (K-W-L) Social structure worksheet Fortune teller to cover key social studies concepts (significance, changes, causes and consequences, sources) Adapting to the environment interactive notebook Answer keys where appropriate Vocabulary display cards and display phrase “Ancient Egypt” Line sizes are included for year 3-4 and 5-6. This pack is available in U.S and U.K versions. (letter/A4, spelling) I hope you enjoy using these activities with your children, as much as I enjoyed making them! You may also like: Achievements of Ancient Egypt Ancient Egypt Photos and Primary Source Activity Ancient Egypt Arts and Crafts Pack If you like using this resource after your purchase, I’d love it if you could leave a quick review. To show my appreciation, you can choose any resource up to the same value for free. Simply email me after with the resource you’d like at info@zigglelearning.com

This fun, hands-on Christmas craft pack ticks a lot of boxes. Your students will love making seven Christmas crafts, which could be turned into ornaments, and there’s an option to cover geometry maths skills at the same time. The seven crafts include a Christmas tree (cone), present (cube), bauble (sphere), milk and biscuits (cylinders), Santa hat (pyramid), and gingerbread house (rectangular prism and triangular prism). To turn the crafts into ornaments add string or ribbon, or use the paper handles included on each page. To integrate this activity with maths, use the properties of 3D shapes for younger students, and the nets with measurements and recording sheets for finding the surface area of the nets. The net measurements are based on the actual sizes rounded to the nearest inch or cm and range in size from 2-6 inches/4-8cm. What’s included? U.K and U.S versions (spelling, letter and A4) Christmas tree Present Bauble Milk and biscuits Santa hat Gingerbread house Example photo page Properties of 3D shapes worksheet and answer key Nets with measurements in inches and cm Recording sheets for finding the surface area of the rectangular prism, triangular prism, cube, and pyramid 3D crafts can be challenging so please consider if your students have the fine motor skills needed before purchasing. I hope your students enjoy making these Christmas crafts.

Do you need some hands-on activities to bring your Aztec Empire unit to life? This pack has 6 hands-on activities that include 3 art projects, roleplay, make a codex, and carry out an archaeological dig, plus ideas for more fun activities. Many of these activities can meet the learning objectives of different curriculum areas, so you could be covering history/social studies, art, and oral language/drama at the same time. What’s included? Student instructions for: Mosaic artwork Make a Sun Stone Illustrate the legend of Tenochtitlan Make a codex Carry out an archaeological dig with a partner Interview an archaeologist You will need: paper, coloured paper scissors, glue/glue sticks paint pencils, markers, coloured pencils air-drying clay and rolling/marking tools containers, soil or sand, small objects If you like using this resource after your purchase, I’d love it if you could leave a quick review. To show my appreciation, you can choose any resource up to the same value for free. Simply email me after with the resource you’d like at info@zigglelearning.com

This pack of six digital and printable worksheets, teaching notes, and assessment will have your students feeling confident with recognising and correcting inappropriate shifts in verb voice and mood. The worksheets explain the key concepts and give opportunities to practise: identifying active and passive voice identifying if a verb voice shift has occurred keeping the verb voice consistent identifying verb moods (indicative, imperative, interrogative, conditional, and subjunctive) identifying if a verb mood shift has occurred keeping the verb mood consistent An assessment (or informal quiz) is included to assess if students have a thorough understanding of recognizing and correcting inappropriate shifts in verb voice and mood. Answer keys are provided for the worksheets and the assessment page. Teaching notes can be used to put concepts on the board. What’s included? 3 worksheets covering inappropriate shifts in verb voice 3 worksheets covering inappropriate shifts in verb mood Answer keys Teaching points Editable PPT version PowerPoint version Link to Google Slides™ version I hope you enjoy using this pack with your students. You may also like: Verb Moods Boardgame Active and Passive Voice Worksheets Passive Voice Boardgame Shift in Verb Voice and Mood Cut and Paste Activity Shift in Verb Voice and Mood Boardgame Idiom Worksheet, Station Activities, and Posters Wordiness and Redundancy Worksheets If you like using this resource after your purchase, I’d love it if you could leave a quick review. To show my appreciation, you can choose any resource up to the same value for free. Simply email me after with the resource you’d like at info@zigglelearning.com

Are you looking for some fun activities for learning about the Shang Dynasty? This pack includes research organisers, a timeline, developments, leadership analysis, a fortune teller, and more to help your students learn about the first ancient Chinese civilisation with a written record. This pack contains lots of interesting learning activities that you can pick and choose from: timeline cut and paste colouring page (great for covers) map work informational reading passage (editable text, images/layout aren’t editable) comparison activities of the students’ lives with Shang life social structure reporter-style research page archaeological dig research booklet analysing primary sources activity adapting to the environment interactive notebook analysing leadership cut and paste fortune teller of key social studies concepts starting the inquiry process (KWL) 7 pictures, vocabulary wall cards, display phrase “Shang Dynasty” U.S and U.K versions included. (letter/A4, spelling) I hope your students love learning about the Shang Dynasty! You may also like: Shang Dynasty Hands-on Activities and Crafts Shang Dynasty Photos and Primary Source Pack Ancient Greece Parthenon Craft Ancient Greece Hands-on Activities and Crafts Ancient Egypt Activities Ancient Egypt Hands-on Activities and Crafts Ancient Egypt Pyramid Craft Aztec Empire Activities Aztec Empire Hands-on Activities and Crafts If you like using this resource after your purchase, I’d love it if you could leave a quick review. To show my appreciation, you can choose any resource up to the same value for free. Simply email me after with the resource you’d like at info@zigglelearning.com

Get your students working collaboratively, solving problems, and thinking creatively and critically about sustainability with this set of 24 task cards. Students will develop key 21st century skills needed while addressing important issues about our interconnectedness with the environment, and our responsibility to take care of it. Students will work together to come up with new ideas and new solutions - there are no right or wrong answers. Ideas for use: stations turn and talk with a partner discussion starters starters for further research and persuasive presentations team challenges Topics cover: Reducing waste Recycling Thinking of new uses for items Making sustainable products Considering food waste Changing habits Consumerism Electronic waste Considering water usage Overfishing Transport The impact of city growth on animal habitats Addressing recycling issues Addressing sustainability issues What’s included? 24 task cards in colour and ink saver (1 per page for PowerPoint or Google Slides™, and 4 per page for printing) U.K and U.S versions optimised for printing, spelling, and vocabulary Teaching tips Recording sheet in landscape and portrait I hope you enjoy using these task cards with your class. If you like using this resource after your purchase, I’d love it if you could leave a quick review. To show my appreciation, you can choose any resource up to the same value for free. Simply email me after with the resource you’d like at info@zigglelearning.com