Looking for an assembly to teach your pupils more about mental health awareness? Then look no further. This PowerPoint has been sensitively put together to give an overview about what mental health is and to debunk some of the myths and misconceptions about mental health. There is a focus on activities that can support us with our mental health. Covered in this assembly: What is mental health? Mindfulness Mindful breathing Building a bank of positive activities What to do if we are struggling with our mental health True or false quiz questions There are also three worksheets to accompany the assembly. Pupils can use these to consolidate what they have learnt and to further reflect on what mental health is and how to support themselves and others.

Year 3 End of Year Quiz This download is a Year 3 End of Year Quiz. Why not combine learning and fun in your end of year quiz? This quiz is based on the Year 3 English and maths curriculum. It is interactive and includes 12 questions and answers. By clicking on the answer, part of a celebrity photo is revealed. The first team to guess the celebrity gets 10 extra points! This quiz is a fun way to end Year 3 and consolidate knowledge.

Abstract Nouns Quiz This download is an abstract nouns quiz. There are 20 multiple choice questions with different levels of difficulty, all focused on abstract nouns. The answers are interactive and there are buttons to take students back to the question if they are incorrect, or forward to the next question if they get an answer right. This fun and challenging abstract nouns quiz will consolidate your pupils’ knowledge. Included:20 question quiz (PowerPoint)

Mayan Religion Lesson This Mayan religion lesson focuses on the religious practices of the Ancient Maya. This complete lesson aims to cover a broad look at Ancient Mayan religion, covering areas vocabulary linked to Mayan religion, the Ancient Mayan gods, pilgrimages and rituals. Three worksheets are also included as part of the lesson. Throughout the lesson, opportunities for reflection and partner talk are included to encourage pupil interaction. The worksheets are spread through the lesson, giving pupils the chance to revise and consider what they have been taught about Mayan religion. What’s included? 25 page slideshow about Mayan religion 3 worksheets linked to the slideshow (and introduced in the slideshow, so children know what to do)

These are Leap Year and Leap Day comprehension passages for KS2 that include a range of nonfiction Leap Day and Leap Year texts for Key Stage 2, whilst also giving you a selection of Leap Year reading comprehension activities. Each Leap Year passage has a nonfiction reading text, followed by four KS2 Grade standards-focused comprehension questions. The passages are varied in style, from instructions to poetry. Passages are: Leap Day (A poem) Leap Year Fun Facts Leap Year - (an information text) Sandy’s Birthday Card (A birthday card to Sandy from her aunt to wish her a happy birthday on Leap Day) How to Make a Leap Year Frog Pencil Topper What’s included? 5 KS2 leap year themed passages - one poem, one set of instructions, one fun facts, one informational text and a birthday card 20 KS2 appropriate questions - include questions on main idea and key details, quoting accurately from the text and vocabulary questions Black and white versions of all texts and activities Your class will enjoy the variety of texts and questions. The passages are fun and engaging. The texts and questions could be printed out and given to the children as a pack. This would make it perfect for a supply lesson. There’s not much to prepare… All you need to do is print the sheets out and hand to your class! You may also like… Leap Year Assembly and Activities Copyright © Geoge and Smudge. Please note, I also make resources under the name ‘Ellie’s Tales for Learning’. You may use this resource for your own classroom only.

Want to teach your Year 6 pupils how to avoid common errors when answering inference questions? This PowerPoint goes through three common SATS inference errors, one by one. There’s plenty of change to practise, with two texts (and sets of questions) per error. The errors covered are: Not using the clues (not using the evidence to help answer the inference question Short answers (missing key parts of the answer and, thus, missing out on marks) Dangerous general knowledge (using general knowledge in a SATS answer, rather than using the text to answer the question). With six enjoyable texts and six sets of questions (three questions per text), there is plenty of SATS reading practice to be carried out here. Please note that this resource is not editable for terms of use reasons.

Abstract Nouns Game This game is an abstract nouns starter activity. The students are tasked with finding the abstract nouns before the teacher. This fun and engaging activity is an exciting way for pupils to consolidate their grammar knowledge. The teacher must click on all the abstract nouns on their interactive grid on the board. Meanwhile the pupils are finding the abstract nouns on their identical grid. Who will find them all first? Included is: An interactive teacher PowerPoint (editable) with a 30 second timer included A pupil activity sheet (not editable)

Transition to New Class Workbook / Move Up Day / Meet the Teacher Day This download is a transition to new class workbook for Key Stage 2 teachers meeting their new class on move up day / meet the teacher day. The ten varied transition activities are to be used on move up day to: Reflect on the past year Set new subject-related targets for this year (SMART targets) Reflect on their hopes and concerns for the upcoming year Learn more about each other Learn more about their new teacher Included is: an editable PowerPoint file a PDF version of the same document, which is ready to print and turn into a booklet

Famous Scientists Quiz This download is a famous scientists quiz. It’s the perfect end of year quiz or can be used as part of a unit on famous scientists. There are five fun areas for your students to explore in this famous scientists quiz. This science quiz is interactive: there are buttons to take the students to the different areas. Answers and student answer sheet are both provided. Areas included: Newton’s Tree: Students identify scientists from an image of them Inventors’ House: Students say which scientist invented the featured items Association Beach: Which scientists are associated with the featured items? Hall of Fame: Students identify fictional scientists from images The Laboratory: Students identify which scientists have been using the laboratory from the items left behind The science quiz is the perfect way to introduce students to some scientists they may not have previously known (although I have included well-known scientists too). I imagine this quiz leading on to a research activity, with students finding out more about those they didn’t know about before the quiz.

Y6 SATs SPAG Revision Quiz This download is a Year 6 SPaG SATs revision SPaGbot Quiz. Help your Year 6 class revise for their SPaG SATs paper with a fun, interactive quiz! On the menu page, pupils can choose to answer a SPaGbot question (SPaG revision focused), a Funbot question (a fun, pop-culture or sports question) or a lucky dip question (mix of SPaG and fun questions). There are: 15 SPaGbot questions 15 Funbot questions 10 lucky dip questons

Netball worksheets differentiated with answers including fact files / fact sheets These resources are a complete set of three differentiated netball worksheets. There are also two fact sheets included: one about netball in general and one on positions. The bronze, silver and gold differentiated worksheets each have an answer sheet. Included: General netball fact sheet Fact sheet on netball positions Bronze, silver and gold worksheets Bronze, silver and gold answers Ideal for non-participants . No additional resources needed as all theory required is given in the fact sheets.

Looking for something fun for early finishers during your electricity topic in science? These are perfect for either those who need something extra or for a whole class activity on vocabulary linked to electricity. They could also be register activities for your class. There are two sheets (and answers). The first is a word scramble: words linked to electricity are scrambled and pupils must decipher the words. The second is a missing vowel puzzle. Pupils must work out which vowel is missing and complete the word linked to electricity. What’s included? Electricity word scramble + answers Electricity missing vowel puzzle + answers

Nowruz Lesson KS2 This Nowruz Lesson for KS2 introduces students to the festival of Nowruz - Iranian New Year. Students learn about Nowruz and then use this information to plan the celebrations for a boy called Kian. There is a Nowruz PowerPoint and a worksheet to use to plan Kian’s Nowruz. The PowerPoint covers: What is Nowruz? Customs and traditions Food Clothing Included in this lesson: 15 slide PowerPoint Worksheet

Ancient Greek Deities Poems Comprehension This Ancient Greek deities poems comprehension reading and history activity includes four poems about Ancient Greek gods and goddesses. Each one then has a set of questions for pupils to revise their knowledge of each deity. This also gives pupils the chance to practise their reading comprehension skills. Deities covered in the poems are: Zeus, Hera, Apollo and Poseidon. The cross-curricular nature of this activity means that children will be able to practise both their history skills (learning about Ancient Greek gods) and reading comprehension skills at the same time. The comprehension questions include retrieval and inference questions and also author’s intent and vocabulary ones. There are a mix of circle the answer, one word, one sentence and longer answers. Some questions require evidence from the text. All answers are included (sample answers where more than one answer would be acceptable). What’s included? 4 poems about Ancient Egyptian deities: Zeus, Hera, Apollo and Poseidon 4 sets of questions (one about each god or goddess). Five questions per god / goddess 4 sets of answers Tes paid licence

If you’re looking for Y6 SATS revision for ordering the events of a text, then look no further. This resource is a PowerPoint, taking your class through the step-by-step process of ordering the events. There is a modelled activity, where all the steps are modelled with a sample text. Then there are two ‘over to you’ questions for pupils to have a go independently. Ordering the events is an important reading comprehension skill for practising summarising, and one that the children are usually required to demonstrate in Year 6 SATS. At the end, there is a ‘to finish’ task, where pupils need to remember all the steps they have learnt about. If you would like your class to have even more practice with this skill, there is also an order the events booklet that you can give them. This is available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13022061 Answers are included for each question. What’s included? Step-by-step guide Modelled process 2 independent tasks Answers 22 slides

Are you looking for Christmas worksheets for reading for your class? This set of Christmas reading comprehension questions focuses on the Christmas story, with a Christmas reading passage and 12 task cards, plus KS2 reading challenge cards. The story, Starbright’s Important Mission, tells the Christmas story through the eyes of the star. There are then 12 task cards requiring the children to reflect on their understanding of the story. The task cards focus on skills such as: Be an emotion detective: describe the emotion of the characters at specific points of the story Draw ‘mood journeys’ for three of the main characters Find the evidence to support key information Longer answers, requiring students to quote accurately from the text There are answers provided for each of the reading comprehension task cards. The answers are detailed and thorough, with sample answers where necessary. After the main task cards, there is also an example card, so that the children know what the ‘mood journeys’ should look like. There are also three challenge cards, to extend pupils’ learning if needed. The passages and activities could be printed out and given to students as a pack. This would make it perfect for a Christmas supply teacher lesson. There’s not much to prepare… All you need to do is print the sheets out and hand to your class.

Inference Maze - KS2 Fun Inference Activity Looking for a fun way to teach or revise inference in reading lessons with your KS2 students? In this activity, pupils must use their inference skills to guide TV presenter, Mya, through a maze. The PowerPoint revises the meaning of inference before guiding pupils through the process of finding Mya’s route through the maze. At each step, there are two objects to follow. Pupils must use infer which object to select from the clues given by Mya. At each step, answers are given so that pupils know if they are on the right track. Make reading lessons more fun and use this fun activity to reinforce the meaning of inference! Included: *50 slide PowerPoint (including answers) guiding students through the activity Printable PowerPoint handout with student copy of maze

Ancient Mayan Deities Lesson This Ancient Mayan deities lesson teaches pupils about five of the most well-known Mayan gods and goddesses. There are then three activities for pupils to apply their knowledge of Ancient Mayan deities. The deities covered are: Itzamna Chaac Kukulcan Kinich Ahau Ix Chel Pupils learn facts about each of the deities listed above, before applying their knowledge in the following activities: Deciding which deity should win one of four ‘awards’ e.g. most powerful Linking facts about the gods and goddesses Designing a cloak for a deity What’s included? Lesson slides 3 worksheets 1 answer sheet for one of the worksheets Profile sheet

Mayan Clothing PowerPoint / Clothes worn by the Ancient Maya This PowerPoint is a Mayan clothing teaching resource. It is a complete lesson and includes questions, tasks and answers on clothes worn by the Ancient Maya. Pupils learn: which materials were used for Mayan clothing typical clothing worn by men and women about Ancient Mayan jewellery how clothes differed among richer and poorer Mayans Included: Editable PowerPoint (30 slides) and a PDF version of the same presentation for easy printing.

Healthy Eating Week 2019 Complete Lesson This download is a Healthy Eating week 2019 complete lesson and worksheet on vitamins. The teacher PowerPoint teaches pupils about each of the vitamins in turn, explaining its role in keeping us healthy and food it can be found in. There is then a pupil worksheet to complete, where pupils must create a mini poster for each vegetable for a greengrocers, advertising the wonderful vitamins found in it. Pupils learn: what are vitamins? names of key vitamins essential for a healthy diet functions of these vitamins in keeping us healthy food/drink containing each vitamin There are three differentiated challenges on the teacher PowerPoint. This would be an excellent lesson to use as part of the Healthy Schools curriculum. Included: Teacher PowerPoint (editable + PDF version for immediate printing if required) and editable pupil worksheet.