Pet cards and skin texture boards. Children to sort the cards onto the correct board, depending on which skin type they have. Can provoke discussion around why animals have certain skins (temperature regulation, protection, sensory needs). Could also introduce camouflage.

A simple image showing how the body is proportioned as we get older (from infant to adult)

A simple print, cut, match and stick jigsaw on the internal organs of the body. Two versions - one labelled with some of the organs inside the main torso (lungs, heart, liver, stomach and intestines) , and one without labels.

A simple minibeast riddle powerpoint. Print out 2 or 4 to a page as reading and matching cards. Spider, frog, butterfly, slug, snail, bee, millipede, ladybird.

5 sentences containing pictures to sequence to create a recount about the Moon landing.

Graphemes and pictures related to items seen at Thornton Reservoir in Leicestershire. Grapheme prompts to assist children in the use of digraphs and trigraphs when writing. Also an editable Word version, easily adaptable for your own local country parks and reservoirs.

A set of statements to be cut up for children to read and sort into fact and fiction. A second set has been provided with the tricky words written in red for ease of newer readers. Also, a simple Fact or Fiction table to be enlarged to A3 for the statements to be put/stuck onto.

A writing frame to create an information poster on the growth cycle of a bean.

A graphic organiser for children to plan their design for a lunchbox that keeps food cool. Space to make notes or write reasons as well as areas to sketch the inside of the lunchbox and also provide a diagram of how the insulation works. Storage could be how the lunchbox will be stored - thinking about the shape of the lunchbox. Pupils could also consider the eco friendliness of the materials used.

A word mat designed to support writing about the growth cycle of a bean. Sectioned in to Vocabulary, Connectives, Openers and Punctuation. Also contains the VCOP superheroes (thanks to Butterbeer and ilovemarmite) and on the reverse has images and labels for different common beans and a diagram of the growing cycle.

An image of an battery to be used when studying Electricity

A word mat designed to support writing about the moon landing. Sectioned in to Vocabulary, Connectives, Openers and Punctuation. Also contains the two common phrases broadcast and VCOP superheroes (thanks to Butterbeer and ilovemarmite)

Introduction to space topic and letter writing. Letter format for studying how a letter is written. Encouraging independent letter writing from an imaginery setting.

A word mat to write instructions on how to make a straw rocket launcher. Set out into V, C, O & P sections. Also contains butterbeer & Ilovemarmite's VCOP superheroes.

Images of Harold, Kiki and Derek, along with their names. A simple vowel digraph prompt with pictures to assist children in spelling key words.

A word mat designed to follow the VCOP display board. Created to help pupils write a recount of a trip to Leicester Botanic Gardens. Thanks to ilovemarmite and butterbeer for the VCOP superhero images.

An SSEHV lesson plan on learning the skill of patience through the sunflower 1. Quotation 2. Meditation (guided visualisation) 3. Story (SEAD Sam and the Sunflower) & questions 4. Song (I am learning patience) 5. Activity/game (The patience package)

4 posters on Vitamins A, B12, C and E detailing some of the fruit and vegetables they can eat to get the vitamins. Also lists some jobs that vitamins do for the body.

3 differentiated instructional writing templates. All templates in Word and pdf version.

A step-by-step instructional PowerPoint inspired by Eric Carle's tissue paper collage artwork and http://artolazzi.blogspot.co.uk/2010/05/grouchy-lady-bug.html . You will need white card, coloured tissue paper (or white tissue paper and paint), scissors, PVA glue and paintbrushes/ spreaders, black tissue paper and black card to mount.