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
A fully interactive PowerPoint quiz which contains 60 questions on books and authors suitable for KS2.
Use as a starter, an assembly, a filler or a main activity. All questions are multiple choice and focus on popular modern books as well as classics. After you have chosen an answer for each question, click again and the correct answer changes colour.
Example questions include:
Where does Heidi go to live? The seaside, On a canal boat or In the mountains
What sort of animal is Esio Trot? Snake, Tortoise or Toad
Who is headmaster at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry? Professor Dumbledore, Miss Cackle or Professor Trelawny
The PowerPoint is not editable. Please click ‘Read Only’ to open it. Some of the images only appear when the PowerPoint is played with the animations.
A separate answer sheet is included.
No further preparation needed.
These Year 3 Euro 2024 and football themed maths questions are split into 3 differentiated levels. Each level contains 30 problems with answers. The questions cover all areas of the curriculum and are perfect for celebrating Euro 2024 with your class!
The higher level (Super Super Challenge) contains questions covering the Year 3 curriculum and some questions from the Year 4 curriculum.
The intermediate level (Super Challenge) contains questions covering the Year 3 curriculum.
The lower level (Challenge) contains questions covering the Year 2 curriculum.
A colour and black & white version of each booklet is included.
All of the booklets are in the zip file.
PDF file format.
No further preparation required.
You might also be interested in our
Year 3 Summer Olympics Maths : All Topics
End of term Summer themed Year 3 Maths - all topics
We also have:
Year 2 Euro 2024 Football Maths
Year 2 Euro 2024 Footballers Comprehension
This resource is a powerpoint containing 50 short SPaG starters or morning activities. Example starters include spotting nouns in a sentence, adding missing punctuation and recognising which sentence is a command.
Perfect for practising SPaG.
This resource is a plan and all required resources for an RE lesson about Good Friday, suitable for using with Key Stage 2. The 4 page PDF plan includes a starter, whole class discussion, an idea generating activity, a poem writing activity and a plenary. I have included the pictures needed for the starter (5 PDF pages), a template for the writing activity and a year 4's example (2 pages). Also included is an animated 18 slide PowerPoint that tells the story of what happened on Good Friday. (This is not editable. Click 'Read Only' to open. Some of the images only appear when the PowerPoint is run as a slideshow.)
A thought-provoking, interactive lesson.
The PowerPoint is also available separately:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/good-friday-presentation-11542698
You might also be interested in my Good Friday assembly and KS1 Good Friday lesson plan:
tes.com/teaching-resource/easter-assembly-good-friday-making-sacrifices-11846095
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks1-easter-re-lesson-good-friday-11830061
A 5 lesson literacy unit based around Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. The unit is aimed at year 3 and 4 and gives details of the curriculum objectives covered. The children develop reading comprehension, speaking, planning, writing, editing and SPaG skills during the unit. This is achieved through varied, fun and interactive activities.
All five lessons include a SPaG or composition starter, which is always linked to *Romeo and Juliet. *
The main activity in lesson 1 is a reading comprehension of a simplified version of the play. It is differentiated 3 ways.
The main activity in lesson 2 allows children to practise their performance skills.
Lesson 3 allows children to begin learning playwriting skills, whilst in lessons 4 and 5, they plan and write their own play or scene, based on Shakespeare’s play.
All lessons include details of how to differentiate.
All resources needed in the lessons are included. There is also a PowerPoint presentation of the story.
PERFECT FOR USING DURING SHAKESPEARE WEEK.
(Please note, the presentation and comprehensions are also available separately.)
This is a plan and resources for a beginner’s French lesson to use with KS2. It involves children learning the vocabulary for eight different Easter and spring related words in French and using them within a context.
The plan gives details of a whole class game to use as a starter, how to teach the vocabulary, a whole class speaking activity, whole class listening activity, a written activity and challenging plenary. It is highly interactive and allows children to practise a range of language skills.
All resources needed for the lesson are included in the price. They are in the zip file. These are:
5 page PDF Lesson Plan
A 13 Slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open. Some of the images only appear when the PowerPoint is played as a slideshow with the animations.)
16 PDF pages of resources for the starter (colour and black & white versions)
3 PDF pages for the written activity (colour and black & white worksheets and answers)
No further preparation needed.
An enjoyable five day poetry unit to use with KS1 during the summer term.
During the unit, children have the opportunity to read, study and learn two poems; one about water and one about the beach. They take a seasonal walk on day 3, in which they gather vocabulary, before spending two days writing their own poetry. All activities are engaging and interactive and allow children to work as a whole class, in groups, pairs and individually. As well as gaining experience of poetry, they also spend time learning about verbs.
Everything you need to teach the unit is included in the price. You will find:
A detailed plan for each day, including a starter, an introduction, a main activity and a plenary,
Curriculum objectives covered for year 1 and 2,
A list of resources needed,
A simple PowerPoint containing 2 poems and pictures for the activities,
Poems to learn by heart,
Writing templates.
All resources are in PDF file format or Microsoft PowerPoint format.
These Year 3 Summer Olympics themed maths questions are split into 3 differentiated levels. Each level contains 30 problems with answers. The questions cover all areas of the curriculum and are perfect for celebrating the Paris Olympic Games with your class!
The higher level (Super Super Challenge) contains questions covering the Year 3 curriculum and some questions from the Year 4 curriculum.
The intermediate level (Super Challenge) contains questions covering the Year 3 curriculum.
The lower level (Challenge) contains questions covering the Year 2 curriculum.
A colour and black & white version of each booklet is included.
All of the booklets are in the zip file.
PDF file format.
No further preparation required.
You might also be interested in our
Year 3 Euro 2024 Football Maths : All Topics
End of term Summer themed Year 3 Maths - all topics
We also have:
Year 2 Summer Olympics Maths : All Topics
An interactive 74 slide PowerPoint quiz to use for International Women's Day or Women's History Month. It contains 65 fascinating questions on pioneering women around the world, women's history, celebrities and equal rights issues in 2024. Perfect for using with ages 9 - 16.
Use as a starter, an assembly, a filler or a main activity. All questions are multiple choice and fit into 6 different categories: Firsts for Women; Where in the World; World Leaders; Suffragettes and Social Activists; Guess Who and 2024. After you have chosen an answer for each question, click again and the correct answer flashes, while the wrong answers fly off the page.
Extra facts are included to help your class learn even more.
The PowerPoint is not editable. Please click 'Read Only' to open. Some of the images only appear when the PowerPoint is run as a slideshow.
An answer sheet is also included.
A selection of three phonics practice papers to use with your year 1 class in preparation for the screening test.
The papers contain original content, but are all based entirely on past papers, progressing from simple cvc phase 3 words to more complex phase 5 words.
There is an accompanying PowerPoint presentation with each paper, so that you can choose to work with the whole class or individuals.
An answer sheet and tick sheet are also included.
PDF file format.
This resource is a poetry comprehension activity for year 2. The poem tells the story about a disastrous trip to the beach, before a funny event turns the day around.
The resource includes 3 differentiated levels of booklet, making them suitable for a whole range of abilities in your class.
The middle ability booklet is laid out in a similar way to the KS1 SATs booklets, with four pages of pictures and short verses to read and 3-4 questions per page. There are a range of ‘what,’ ‘where’ and ‘which’ questions, some multiple choice tick questions and some that require more detailed answers.
Answers are included.
A great way to bring the seaside into your classroom this summer!
PDF file format.
This is a plan and resources for a French lesson to use with KS2. It involves children learning about tourist sites around Paris and how to describe in French places they would like to visit e.g I would like to visit the Eiffel Tower. There is also a bit of information in English about each of the eight places that are mentioned. The plan could be used for an individual lesson, or as part of a longer unit on France.
The plan gives details of a starter, how to teach the vocabulary, a whole class speaking and listening activity, a reading task, a writing activity and a plenary. It is highly interactive and allows children to practise a range of language skills.
Resources needed for the lesson are included in the price. They are in the zip file and are:
Lesson Plan - 4 pages (PDF)
An animated PowerPoint presentation - 21 pages (This is not editable. Please click ‘Read Only’ to open.)
Resource for speaking and listening activity - 1 page (PDF)
Resource for reading task and answers - 3 pages (PDF)
Templates for writing activity (colour and black & white) - 2 pages (PDF)
No further preparation needed.
This is Lesson 4, Unit 12 French by Blossoming Minds, but can be used as an individual lesson.
You might be interested in Units 1, 2 and 3:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11769397
This resource is a plan with all accompanying resources for teaching a lesson about Jesus feeding the 5000. 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 discussion starter, a story-retelling task and plenary. All resources are included, with a PowerPoint version of the story attached. All you need to bring is some bread!
The resources are in the zip file:
4 page PDF lesson plan
21 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.)
7 PDF pages of templates for the main task (higher, middle and lower ability and answers)
No further preparation needed.
Enjoy!
The PowerPoint is also available separately:
Jesus’ Miracles : Feeding of the 5000 presentation
You might be interested in our KS2 lesson on Jesus feeding the 5000:
Jesus’ Miracles Lesson : Feeding the 5000 / KS2
These Year 2 SATs style revision questions on money are split into 3 differentiated levels. Each level contains 30 SATs style problems with answers.
The higher level (Super Super Challenge) contains questions covering the Year 2 and Year 3 curriculum and is in the style of a SATs paper.
The intermediate level (Super Challenge) contains questions covering the Year 2 curriculum and is based on past SATs papers.
The lower level (Challenge) contains questions covering the Year 1 curriculum with a few questions from the Year 2 curriculum.
No further preparation required.
This is also included in our Bumper KS1 Year 2 Maths SATs Revision Pack:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/bumper-ks1-year-2-maths-sats-revision-pack-all-topics-3-levels-11828827
This is a lesson plan and resources for a beginner’s Italian lesson to use with KS2. It would be perfect to use as a first Italian lesson, as it involves children learning the most basic vocabulary of ‘hello’ and ‘goodbye.’
The lesson plan gives details of a group starter, how to teach the ‘greetings’ vocabulary, a whole class game, a speaking and listening activity, simple reading/writing activity and plenary. It is highly interactive and allows the children to practise a range of language skills.
All resources needed for the lesson are included in the price. The resources include:
a 4 page PDF lesson plan;
a 10 slide animated PowerPoint presentation containing the vocabulary to act as a visual aid (This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open.);
a sheet for the starter; and
colour and black & white versions of the reading activity.
This is lesson 1 of Unit 1 Italian designed by Blossomingminds.
Unit 1 is available here:
Beginners Italian - Greetings and Introductions Bundle
Unit 2 is available here:
Italian All About Me 5 lesson bundle
This is a plan and resources for a beginner’s Spanish lesson to use with KS2. It is a revision lesson that allows children to recap vocabulary used to talk about themselves.
The plan gives details of a whole class starter, a recap of the vocabulary, a whole class listening and reading activity, a speaking and listening activity, a written worksheet and a plenary. It is highly interactive and allows children to practise a range of language skills.
All resources needed for the lesson are included in the price. They are in the zip file. These are:
Starter template (1 PDF page)
Lesson Plan (5 PDF pages)
A 17 slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open.)
Resource for the reading/listening activity (8 PDF pages)
Writing activity (Colour and Black & White worksheet) (2 PDF pages)
Plenary ideas (1 PDF page)
The language covered in the lesson includes saying your name, age and where you live, describing your eye and hair colour, family members and pets and talking about clothes. It would be useful if your class have already covered these topics, but not essential.
This is lesson 5 of Unit 3 Spanish designed by Blossoming Minds.
Unit 1 Beginner Spanish Greetings and Introductions Bundle is available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11651388
Unit 2 Spanish All About Me 5 lesson bundle is available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11706377
Unit 3 Spanish lesson bundle : Family members, clothes and pets is available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11762016
This is a 5 lesson Spanish unit for total beginners to use with KS2. It teaches children greetings, feelings, how to say their name and how to talk about where they live. The lessons are highly interactive and allow children to practise a range of language skills.
Lesson 1 - Greetings
In this lesson children learn to say hello and goodbye.
The plan gives details of a group starter, how to teach the ‘greetings’ vocabulary, a whole class game, a speaking and listening activity, a simple reading and writing activity and a plenary.
All resources needed for the lesson are included in the price. These are:
4 page PDF Lesson Plan
A 10 slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is non-editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open.)
Starter activity (1 PDF page)
Reading and writing activity and answers (3 PDF Pages) (Colour and Black & White)
Lesson 2 - Emotions and Feelings
The focus in this lesson is how to ask ‘how are you’ and reply.
The plan gives details of a starter, how to teach the ‘feelings’ vocabulary, a speaking and listening activity, paired game, reading/writing activity and plenary discussion.
All the resources needed for the lesson are included in the price. They are in a zip file. These are:
The 4 page PDF Lesson plan
A 21 Slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click the ‘Read Only’ button in the centre of the page to open it. Some of the images only appear when the PowerPoint is played as a slideshow.)
5 PDF pages of resources for the speaking activity
2 PDF pages for the paired game
3 PDF pages for the Reading/Writing activity. There is a colour and black & white version of the worksheet and an answers sheet.
Lesson 3 - Greetings for different times of day
The focus in this lesson is how to greet people at different times of the day.
The plan gives details of a starter game, how to teach the ‘greetings’ vocabulary, a whole class game, a speaking and listening activity, simple reading/writing activity and final whole class activity.
All resources needed for the lesson are included in the price. They are all in a zip file. These are:
The 4 page PDF lesson plan
A 15 Slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click the ‘Read Only’ button in the centre of the page to open it. Some of the images only appear when the PowerPoint is played as a slideshow.)
3 PDF pages of pictures for the game
3 PDF pages for the Reading/Writing activity. There is a colour and black & white version of the worksheet and an answers sheet.
Lesson 4 - Introducing yourself / Saying your name
The focus in this lesson is on how to ask someone their name and to reply.
The plan gives details of a starter, how to teach the ‘name’ vocabulary, a whole class game, a speaking and listening activity, reading/writing activity and plenary.
All resources needed for the lesson are included in the price. They are in the zip file and are:
The 4 page PDF lesson plan
A 10 Slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open. Some of the images are only revealed when the PowerPoint is played as a slideshow with the animations.)
1 PDF sheet for the speaking/listening activity
2 PDF sheets for the Reading/Writing activity (a worksheet and answers)
All you need to take with you is a ball or beanbag for the whole class game.
Lesson 5 - Where you live
The focus in this lesson is on how to ask someone where they live and reply.
The plan gives details of a starter, how to teach the ‘countries’ vocabulary, a whole class listening activity, a speaking activity, writing activity and plenary.
All resources needed for the lesson are included in the price. These are:
The 4 page PDF lesson plan
A 23 Slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open. Some of the images only appear when the PowerPoint is played as a slideshow with the animations.)
5 PDF sheets for the speaking activity
8 PDF sheets for the Writing activity (A worksheet and answers)
No further preparation needed.
This is Unit 1 Spanish designed by Blossoming Minds.
You might also be interested in Unit 2 Spanish All About Me 5 lesson bundle:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11706377
Units 1 and 2 are available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/spanish-lesson-bundle-1-term-beginners-11710541
This resource is a set of 3 art lessons based around the theme of harvest for Key Stage 1. Children create three pictures based on Van Gogh’s series of wheatfield paintings. The key skills that are taught include creating different tones and shades with paint, pastel and pencil and experimenting with shapes and patterns.
The lesson plans are very detailed and include a list of any resources you will need to get out of the cupboard. There are also details of curriculum links and examples of work from my class. I have included the PowerPoints I used for the series of lessons, which contains information about the artist, examples of the artists’ work around which the lessons are based and information about how bread is made. Also included are templates for the children to use.
All the resources needed for the unit are included:
A 17 page PDF lesson plan with examples of work from my class
A 10 slide animated PowerPoint (This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open.)
An 8 slide animated PowerPoint (This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open.)
A 3 page PDF document with examples of the artist’s work for the class to work from
3 pages of templates for the children to use
I created this unit of work to use with my year 1 class for a harvest art project. I was so impressed with the outcome and the children’s work made a fantastic display. I hope you enjoy the lessons! They are great fun!
This is a plan and resources for a French lesson to use with KS2. It involves children learning how to label parts of the body in French.
The plan gives details of a starter, how to teach the vocabulary, a listening game, a speaking game, a written worksheet and a plenary. It is highly interactive and allows children to practise a range of language skills.
Resources needed for the lesson are included in the price. These are:
The plan
A PowerPoint presentation
Starter resources
Resources for speaking game
Written worksheet
(This plan is Lesson 1, Unit 10 by Blossoming Minds, but can be used as an individual plan.)
A plan and resources for a KS1 Easter RE lesson on Good Friday, with a focus on emotions.
The 5 page PDF lesson plan includes details of a paired starter, an introduction to the story, a circle time activity, a simple written activity and a plenary whole class discussion. There are also differentiated targets, curriculum links and details about assessment for learning methods.
All activities are highly interactive and make the topic accessible to the children.
There is a 16 slide animated PowerPoint presentation telling the story. This is not editable. Click 'Read Only' to open. Some of the images only appear when the PowerPoint is played as a Slideshow. The templates for the written activity are also included. (3 PDF pages)
The lesson could be used individually or as part of a Lent and Easter RE unit.
A version of the PowerPoint is available separately:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/good-friday-presentation-11542698
You might also be interested in my Good Friday assembly and KS2 Good Friday lesson:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/easter-assembly-good-friday-making-sacrifices-11846095
tes.com/teaching-resource/good-friday-lesson-plan-easter-ks2-11515866
