This pack contains 14 fact cards all about ocean plastics and the problems it’s having on animals and the environment. They’re great to be used as a display or research cards if you’re looking at plastic pollution or sustainability. We love using fact cards for starter or plenary activities where you give each student a fact card. They must learn and remember the fact before going off, pairing up, and teaching each other the fact they learned. Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store Saving The Teachers and FOLLOW ME to see my new resources and hear about upcoming sales!

This fun STEM team building activity will get your glass thinking about forces as they build the strongest platform they can off the ground using only sticks and string. Once students have planned, built, tested, and evaluated their platforms they can have a fun competition to see which platform hold the heaviest weight. This activity is great if you are looking at forces in motion, engineering, or simply as a fun team building activity. It is easy to set up as you only need access to our resources, string, and sticks. Teaching Structure: Planning sheet – Students will discuss ideas and complete the planning sheet. Build the platform – Give students 20 – 30 minutes to build their platform. Test the platform – Give students 5 minutes to test their platform. Evaluation sheet – Students will fill in the evaluation sheet, thinking about what went well and what they could do to improve their designs. Give each team 5 minutes to improve their designs. Competition! See which tower can hold the most weight. You could use stones, weights, or anything else you can find. Resources needed: Resource pack Sticks (any size) String Scissors It is useful to go through some basic knots with your class before doing this activity. Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store Saving The Teachers and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

This is a fun and simple activity to introduce students to the world of sound, getting them to observe the world around them, thinking about the different sounds they can hear and where they’re coming from. Tell the students that they are going to go outside and see how many different things they can hear. Walk around your outdoor space, getting them to draw / write what they can hear on the sheet. Once they have finished, the older ones can complete the question sheet. For younger students you can simply ask these questions throughout the activity to stimulate thought. Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also, be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

This part-whole bar model subtraction worksheet pack is great to give your students loads of practice at using the bar model method to solve subtraction word problems. The bar model is great to help children visualize and solve mathematical problems. This pack contains 20 differentiated worksheets from numbers 1 - 20. Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

This part-whole bar model addition worksheet pack is great to give your students loads of practice at using the bar model method to solve addition word problems. The bar model is great to help children visualize and solve mathematical problems. This pack contains 20 differentiated worksheets from numbers 1 - 20. [Check out our subtraction bar model worksheets for grade 1.]https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/bar-model-subtraction-worksheets-years-1-and-2-12311177) Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

Using natural resources outside is a great way to engage your early counters. This outdoor math resource is designed to get students taking part in a fun and physical activity while becoming efficient counters in real world situations with number 1 1 - 20. They will use the visual task cards to collect a handful of a natural resource, count how many they’ve collected, and record it on the sheet. These cards can be laminated and written on with board makers so they can be used time and time again. This is a great activity for students to do either in pairs or individually. Extension: Once the students have collected and counted their natural objects, they can use these objects (and more if needed), to create the number on the floor. Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know your thoughts. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

This shape cut and stick activity is perfect for the Christmas season. Children will cut out the different shapes and stick them back down to create a simple Christmas themed picture. It’s a easy hassle free activity that’s perfect for the end of term or to be sent home for distance learning. This resource contains an activity sheet with the final picture displayed as well as one where the children will need to figure out what picture the shapes make. **Pictures: ** Snowman Holly Angel Christmas Tree Present Check out our outdoor Advent calendar here. Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store Saving The Teachers and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

This is a fun Christmas themed Literacy activity where your students will write treasure map instructions for their partner to find the Christmas present. This activity works great at the end of term where you can give a little gift to each child to put in the present they hide and write instructions for. Teaching Structure: Give each child (or get them to make) a small box for them to decorate and put either a small note with a Christmas message or a gift you’ve provided inside. Explain that they’re going to hide the present outside and then write a set of instructions for their partner to follow, find, and unwrap. At this point it’s good to give an example of some instructions giving simple directions, demonstrating how clear and detailed they need to be. E.g. Walk forwards 10 steps. Turn right and walk to the big tree. Get the students to hide their present then come back to a designated starting point and begin to write their instructions. Once all of the instructions are finished, they can swap with their partner and try to find the gift. Extension: Get the student to draw a map to go along with their instructions. **Equipment needed: ** Activity pack Small box (or card for the students to make their own). Clipboards Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also, be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

This activity is a great P.E warm up or mind break to do around the festive Christmas holiday season. Students will run around your outdoor space finding the Christmas themed task cards and completing the physical activity on each. It’s a fun way to get the students out of their seats while keeping fit and having fun. It can be a great activity to do if your students have been sat focused for a long time. Simply cut out the Christmas themed task cards and hide them in different areas around your outdoor space. Make sure the space given is suitable for the activity on the card. Get the students to run around and complete as many of the activities as possible in the set time. Resources needed: Task Cards Ball Stop watches Check out our Outdoor Advent Calendar Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also, be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

An interactive PowerPoint and quiz about the Lent which is perfect as part of your Religious Education topic. Children will learn about why Christians celebrate lent, their traditions, and the meaning behind this religious celebration. Contents: Slides 1 - 5: What is Lent? Slides 6 - 7: What is so special about Easter? Slides 8 - 10: What happens during Lent? Slides 10 - 12: What happened on Ash Wednesday? Slides 13 - 15: What happened on Good Friday? Slides 16 - 28: Quiz Check out our Lent Prayer templates here. Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

This outdoor science investigation teaches your students about the properties of materials as they plan, investigate, record, and evaluate the rate in which different items melt. This investigation is perfect for that hot summers afternoon where you simply need to get outside on. Students compare items that melt and investigate if these items have a different melting rate. It’s perfect if you’re looking at states of matter or materials and their properties. Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also, be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

This activity is great to get your children active and learning about coordinates while developing basic mapping skills. They also get to eat chocolate! For this activity to work you need to go onto Google Maps Satellite (or similar) and zoom into your school or grounds that you want to use. Print screen the page, paste it onto a document, change the size so that it fits into half an A4 page and then print enough for your class. The students will cut and stick the bird’s eye view of the grounds onto their sheet before drawing the coordinate grid lines over the top. Before the lesson you’ll need to buy the correct amount of small eggs for your class (5 per child). You can also get the students to initial each egg (or another way to identify) so they don’t collect the wrong ones! Once the students have hidden the eggs and filled in the coordinates they can swap sheets with a partner and go on the egg hunt. Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

A set of fun space themed NO PREP differentiated practise questions and word problems using the bar model focussing on addition and subtraction (including decimals) for years 6 and 7. The bar model is great to help children visualise and solve problems and is becoming much more widely used across schools. This pack will guide your children through the idea while giving them loads of practise at using it with and without word problems. Contents 3 Sets of practise questions 3 Sets of differentiated word problems Check out our inverse operation worksheets using the bar model. Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

Continuing patterns is an easy to prepare and fun activity to do outdoors where your students will get loads of practice and spotting and continuing patterns on our differentiated activity sheets. Simply print the sheets and head outside where the students will continue the pattern by taping on the correct natural materials. The patterns get more complicated as you go through the activity sheets. Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also, be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

For this investigation your class will have a look at how our actions can impact local wildlife, encouraging them to think about what kind of habitats certain animals and plants thrive in. Throughout this study students will develop their investigation, observation, and statistic / data handling skills as they leave an area of maintained grass untouched for a few weeks and observe the changes that happen. This investigation fits in really well if you are looking at living things, habitats, or sustainability. To set up this investigation you need to find an area of grass which has been well maintained (cut regularly) that you have permission to corner off (1 meter square per group) and leave untouched for a few weeks. Contents: Teacher’s Guide Investigation Planning Sheet Results Table (before) 2 x Differentiated Bar Chart Templates (before) Results Table (After) 2 x Differentiated Bar Chart Templates (after) 2 x Differentiated Bar Chart Templates (comparison) 2 x Differentiated Evaluation Question Sheets Please don’t forget to rate this resource if you enjoyed it. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

This is a great physical outdoor math investigation that looks at measuring, averages, and division. For this activity students will measure out a running course (20 meters works well) and see how fast they can run the length of it. They can have three or four attempts before working out the average of their times. Once they’ve figured out their average they can then use the formulas to work out how was they were running in meters per second and kilometers per second. This pack contains two levels of differentiation as well as a challenge question extension sheet for those early finishers. Equipment needed: Meter stick / measuring wheel Stop watch - Calculator (depending on the level of challenge you want to provide) Resource sheets Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also, be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

This addition activity gets your little ones practicing basic addition in an easy way with no prep. To complete the activity they must figure out the addition and color the correct bubble pairs This pack contains 5 levels of challenge. Depending on their ability you can also provide students with number lines and physical objects to hep them with their additions such as counters or number lines. Check out our Bubble Subtraction worksheets. Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store Saving The Teachers and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

Find and color each subtraction pair. The first one has been done for you. This subtraction activity gets your little ones practicing subtraction in and easy way with no prep for you! To complete the activity they must figure out the subtractions and color the correct pairs of bubbles. This pack contains 5 levels of challenge. Depending on their ability you can also provide students with number lines and physical objects to hep them with their subtractions. Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store Saving The Teachers and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

This is a set of 16 visual weather symbol cards that includes all of the main symbols used in weather forecasts. They make a great display, EAL support, or visual prompts. We have used them very successfully by choosing a child each day to put up the correct symbol to show the current weather. Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

This activity will get your littles ones counting as well as doing simple addition and subtraction while observing the wonderful nature around them. For this activity you want to take your class somewhere with as much nature as possible. The children will find the different items on the table, recording down how many of each they can see before doing some simple addition and subtractions based on their observations. This pack contains several different levels of differentiation, from students simply counting what they can see to them figuring out a more challenging addition and subtraction for each. Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also, be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!