KS1 A fun Pirate themed powerpoint lesson. Secret Agent Academy is a lesson (s) set in a ‘real’ stolen goods context where pupils are ‘trained’ for a special mission to catch a pirate villain. They create Agent Code Names and numbers, work as part of an Agent Cell, and take an oath of secrecy. Their mission consists of 4 main tasks which include cracking reverse alphabet and number codes, Maths number problem solving challenges and a geography map/flag challenge. Slides 2-9 include a simple introduction to ‘what is a code?’ followed by a chance to practise cracking simple words using a reverse alphabet code before pupils enter the Secret Agent Academy. Slides 10-16 focus on creating their own secret agent cell (decided by equivalent numbers maths task), creating code names, handshakes and taking the Agent’s promise etc Learning Objectives Solve an important mission for the Prime Minister by: • Using number, reasoning and geographical skills to resolve a ‘real life’ situation. • Deciphering messages using simple codes. • Working out problems and puzzles to track and catch a pirate! Slides 17-20 setting out the mission. Slides 21-24 Mission 1: Crack a number coded message. Slides 25-30 Information about Edward Teach/Blackbeard in preparation for Mission 2. Slide 31 Label the pirate ship worksheet. Pupil template and answers provided. Slide 32 Mission 2: Create a Wanted Poster (template provided) Slide 33-38 Mission 3: Island geography of the Caribbean Islands. Pupil worksheets provided. Slides 39-43: Identifying the Blackbeard’s hideout from the clues covered. Worksheet and answers provided. Slides 44- 51: Solving number puzzles to track Bluebeard through underground caves. Pupil worksheet and answers provided. Slides 52 A message from the King for returning the treasure. There is a template for pupils to use at the end of each mission to record their Agent cell report plus spare code grids in case the children catch the code bug and want to make up their own coded messages!

The Solar System. KS2 power-point of 31 slides (including worksheets). This power-point can be used as a complete stand-alone lesson or as an additional spin off to related topics which encourage the pupils to think about the Solar System and the planets. I have kept the information simple with a mix of slides and activities including a short youtube clip, paired talk activities, 7 worksheets. Learning objectives • To know that the sun is the centre of the solar system. • To know some interesting facts about the sun. • To name the eight planets which orbit the sun. • To organise the planets in order of closeness to the sun. • To know the names of other cosmic bodies in the solar system. Worksheet 1: Facts about the Sun. Worksheet 2: Ordering the planets mnemonic. Worksheet 3: Ordering the planets cut and stick activity. Worksheet 4: Labelling the planets. Worksheet 5: Cosmic objects in the Solar System. Resource 6: Planets fact cards. Worksheet 7: Planets research activity grid. Each slide includes pictures which illustrate the key learning points. Useful alongside lessons or topics on sun safety, summer, space and planets etc.

Chinese New Year KS1 and KS2 Assembly. A simply written whole school assembly to cover the main aspects of Chinese New Year which can be used in the days preceding or during the 15 day celebration starting on 10th -25th February. Chinese dragon music can be easily slotted into the assembly where you chose (link included). Colourful images on each slide help to engage the children. Power-point of 37 slides which include: Suggested music (links to Chinese Dragon Dance, Festival music) and hymns. Date of Chinese New Year (10th – 25th February 2024). Geographical information about China’s location in the world on a map, land and sea borders, population. Brief information about the Lunar calendar, Chinese zodiac, Chinese New Year celebrations and traditions including Days 1 – 5 of the New Year and the Lantern festival. Poem ‘Chinese New Year’ by Wendy Larmont. A short prayer.

Chinese New Year Animals of the zodiac KS1 and KS2 Assembly. A simply written whole school assembly in the form of a story which tells of how the 12 animals were chosen to represent the years on the Chinese Calendar. Chinese dragon music can be easily slotted into the assembly where you chose (links to royalty free music included). Colourful images on each slide help to engage the children. Power-point of 27 slides which include: Suggested music (links to Chinese Dragon Dance, Festival music) and hymns. The Jade Emperor’s race and the animals who enter it. The 12 animals and their final positions in the race. A zodiac wheel showing the dates and the animals which represent the dates. Image 2024 and the year of the dragon. Animal personality traits/characteristics and 12 animal cards to use in the classroom. A short prayer.

Chinese New Year Bundle Powerpoint 1: KS1 and KS2 Assembly/Lesson. A simply written whole school assembly to cover the main aspects of Chinese New Year . Can be used as a stand-alone lesson. Music can be easily slotted in (link included). 37 slides include: Music (links to Chinese Dragon Dance, Festival music) and hymns. Geographical information about China’s location in the world . Lunar calendar, Chinese zodiac, Chinese New Year celebrations and traditions, Lantern festival. Poem ‘Chinese New Year’ by Wendy Larmont. A short prayer. Powerpoint 2: Animals of the zodiac KS1 and KS2 Assembly/ Lesson. A story of how the 12 animals were chosen to represent the years on the Chinese Calendar. Can be used as a stand- alone lesson. Links to royalty free music included. 27 slides include: Links to Chinese Dragon Dance, Festival music and hymns. The Jade Emperor’s race and the animals who enter it. Zodiac wheel and animals which represent the dates. A short prayer. Resource 1 : Glossary workbook A stand- alone lesson on glossaries or part of topic on Chinese New Year. Activities are organised into a short workbook. Learning objectives: To know that a glossary is an alphabetical list of words with definitions found in a non-fiction book. To put words in alphabetical order. To match words about Chinese New Year to the correct definitions. Page 1. An information page about Chinese New Year. Page 2. Vocabulary relating to Chinese New Year. 4 words to order alphabetically and set out as a glossary. Page 3. Questions about vocabulary. Page 4. Alphabetical order guide for pupils. Page 5. Create 3 questions from the information text to ask a partner to include words from the glossary cards. Set of 16 ‘Chinese New Year’ glossary cards for pupils to cut out and order into alphabetical order. Page 6. Answers - alphabetical order. Resource 2. Picture writing descriptions (paragraphs). Four images to stimulate language and descriptive paragraph writing. Resource 3. Three different worksheets with 3 different images (9 images in total) with key vocabulary for each image to support writing. Resource 4. Set of 12 Chinese animal zodiac cards with picture of the animal and their personality/ characteristics. Resource 5. What is your Chinese zodiac sign? Pupils can work out their animal year and write it in Chinese letters. Resource 6 Write your name in Chinese characters. Not an exact match but will give children an idea of how the Chinese alphabet is structured. Resource 7. Chinese zodiac animal code breaking maths (20 questions in total to practice place value and rounding 10, 100. Multiplication and division using 2 and3 digit numbers. Decimal multiplication. Answers included. Resource 8. Instructions make a simple fortune cookie. Resource 9 The traditional tale of Nian the Lion the basis for the traditions of Chinese New Year. Can be read aloud, small group guided reading or as a factsheet or comprehension text or Drama starting point.

Mystery story template KS1 & 2 Mystery story planning template. A resource for pupils to use to plan their own mystery writing. Includes a bullet point reminder of the rules for writing mystery stories and spaces for pupils to develop character description, setting and plan the structure of their story. Great to use following an writing lesson or drama. Can also be used with a range of topics : Seasonal mysteries, Explorers, Different countries, Travel, Halloween.

Easter Traditions. KS1 and 2 power-point of 58 slides (including worksheets). This power-point can be used as a complete stand-alone lesson which can be edited into topic sections or as an additional spin off to related topics which encourage the pupils to think about how Easter is celebrated and how the traditions we know today originated. I have kept the information simple with a mix of slides, and lots of additional fun linked activities including a quick dictionary definition exercise, short youtube clips, book exercises (written tasks), paired talk activities and worksheets. Easter traditions covered are: Easter eggs and links to the Saxon Goddess Eostre, egg rolling and paste eggs, Easter bunny, baskets and egg hunting, card giving (and the Victorian tradition), food (hot cross buns, Simnel cake, roast dinner), Easter clothes and bonnets, traditional egg and Morris dancing (my class love the dancing activity at the end and performed at a class assembly). Learning objectives To know the origins of Easter traditions in the United Kingdom and the link to Christianity. To compare Easter traditions today with traditions in the past. To work co-operatively with a partner or small group to discuss answers and ideas about Easter traditions. Introductory activity: What do you know? Worksheet mind map to prompt ideas. Class Poll 1: Easter eggs. Shared talk activities: Links to Christianity and youtube clip ‘The Easter Story’. Pair activity: Pace egging. Worksheets: 3 patterned egg templates to colour and 1 blank egg template for own design. Youtube clip: Egg rolling. Class task: Solve a short riddle. Book task: About Easter cards Blank template with a Victorian border for Easter message Blank templates x 3 to design an Easter card. Class Poll 2: Hot cross buns. Book task: dictionary activity, supporting worksheet and recipe for hot cross buns. Musical link to rhyme ‘Hot cross buns’ Worksheet: Lent and hot cross buns written tasks. Talk partners: Simnel cake Worksheet: Write about and draw traditional easter roast dinner and your Easter dinner. Book task: Dictionary activity and structured worksheet (2) to design and evaluate a bonnet. Paired task: interpret a simple traditional rhyme about new Easter clothes. Class challenge: Watch and follow a simple Morris dance youtube clip. Learn and perform for an audience. Evaluation worksheet: Easter traditions blank writing summary for each tradition. Each slide includes pictures which illustrate the key learning points. Useful alongside lessons or topics on Easter, celebrations, Spring, entertainment, Victorians.

Wassily Kandinsky complete Art lesson for Primary pupils. Learning objectives • To learn about the work of the artist Wassily Kandinsky. • To look at shapes, colour and lines in Kandinsky’s artwork and talk about what they might represent. • To understand an example of abstract art. • To experience the link between art and sounds when creating my own artwork. • To create my own composition using shape, colour and lines and explain my work to my partner. The lesson includes brief information about Kandinsky’s life and how he painted using examples of his paintings and a simple explanation of abstract art. There are opportunities for pupils to work in paired tasks to discuss abstract composition and emotional interpretation. Art task includes: 12 squared-grid (included) for drawing Kandinsky style concentric circles. Pupils are encouraged to collect recycled plastic lids or bottle tops for a group task to make a large collaborative Kandinsky circle picture. There is a short-paired task to reinforce primary and secondary colour mixing and a Primary colours ‘design’ activity (worksheet). There is also an opportunity for the class to use a range of materials (pastels, chalk, paint, crayon) to create their own abstract piece inspired by music (own or teacher’s choice) with an evaluation sheet for their finished masterpiece! This lesson can be edited and used as suitable for your class and time or space constraints. Can be a stand-alone lesson or linked to topics such as Colour, Famous people/Artists, Abstract Art, Famous paintings, Feelings and Emotions.

Features of seaside towns: Set of 2 KS2/3 power-point Geography lessons. Each lesson is broken into short focused activities. There are opportunities for pupils to recall prior learning, watch a youtube clip (hyperlink), and identify geographical features. Each set of slides contain images to help pupils ‘get a feel’ for the geography of the seaside. Includes 5 pupil worksheets, paired activities, short written tasks. Great to link with cross curricular topic such as Maps and Plans, Seaside, Holidays, All about me, Local Study. Lesson 1 Learning objectives I can identify and describe physical features in the environment. I can identify and describe human features in the environment. I can identify and describe the geographical features of the seaside. I can use key vocabulary to describe the seaside features for example: body of water coastline harbour pier landform. I can apply my knowledge when talking about Scarborough. Lesson 2 Learning objectives I can explain how land is used in a seaside town. I can describe how seaside towns attract tourists. I can explain the difference between seasonal and non-seasonal jobs at the seaside. I can use key vocabulary to describe the three types of jobs people have for example: primary jobs secondary jobs tertiary jobs. I can use my knowledge of a seaside town to explain some of the problems that are caused by tourism.

This Autumn bundle has 10 worksheets for KS1 pupils: Autumn acrostic poem templates. Autumn Acrostic poetry templates. Four blank templates with the headings Autumn, Scarecrow, Leaf and Farmer. Each poem has a corresponding word mat of Autumn words help pupils start a new line of their poem. The shorter poem templates can be used with younger or SEN pupils. Autumn months sentence work and an Autumn label to decorate. Fruit and vegetables. Matching to labels and saying where the vegetable grows (ground, tree, bush, hedge, field). Autumn survey for an autumn walk Autumn clothes ordering the clothes in the correct boxes (Autumn or Summer). The journey of bread. Picture sequencing. Grain foods. Listing food made from wheat, oats and corn (labelled image to help). Breadmaking ordering the statements. Hibernating animals. Dictionary definition work and cut and stick animals into categories. Activity mat. Fun mat with jumbled autumn words, a maze, symmetrical drawing, wordsearch. Useful to build into a lesson or for early finishers.

EY/KS1 Signs of Autumn Powerpoint Four lessons. Learning Objectives: Lesson 1 To know the names of the Autumn months. To recognise the signs of Autumn around me. Lesson 2 To describe weather changes in the Autumn season. To explain how the autumn weather affects some animals. To know what the word ‘hibernate’ means. To list animals that hibernate. Lesson 3 To name the grains which grow at Autumn time. To name some foods which are made with grains. To sequence the stages of making bread. Lesson 4 To be able to name different autumn fruit and vegetables and say where they grow. The slides include photographs of animals which hibernate (dormouse, bat, frog, grass snake etc) and do not hibernate but sleep at Autumn/Winter (squirrels, badgers, rabbits/hares). At specific points there are short paired talk activities and simple class activities with worksheets (and answers) for each lesson. There are BBC links – making bread and a survey worksheet for an Autumn walk. Cross curricular KOW /Science work on topics of ‘Seasons’, ‘Autumn’, ‘Animals’, ‘Nature’.

Pirate knowledge board game. For 2 players. KS1. Learning Objective To practise and remember important words (vocabulary) about Pirates. To work with my partner to remember facts and information about pirate life. To test my own knowledge. Learning objective and rules included. Pupils need a dice or a spinner and a counter each. This is a traditional style board game where the children work their way around a trail from start to finish answering the pirate general knowledge questions as they go. Correct answer wins 1 square forward, incorrect answer wins 1 square backwards. The first person to reach the finish square is the Pirate Champion! I laminated this game for durability and its increased size when I wanted to include up to 4 pupils in the game with an adult to support younger pupils. Useful as an assessment activity or a fun way of developing knowledge in a Pirates topic.

Visual timetable cards. Set of 36 of the most commonly used classroom tasks and subjects with simple text and images. Includes individual cards for the 7 days of the week and cards for ‘afternoon’ and ‘morning’. The words on the cards are: Lunch, swimming, wash hands, milk time, circle time, talk and share time, surprise time, Assembly, reading practise, writing practise, handwriting, dance, library, PE and games, outdoor learning, music, playtime, drama, Maths/numeracy, computing, RE, citizenship, learning a language, healthy living, growing things, school visit, topic work, phonics and spelling, baking, design technology, toilet, science, history, art, geography. Useful to help children of most ages and abilities use a timeline to predict and prepare for the order of the daily activities.

Set of 60 (covering one term) ‘Five a Day’ maths challenges. Aimed at Y1 and some YR these challenges can be used as a simple daily warm up, a quick test, early finishers task or a small group task. The challenges cover a range of simple number and shape space and measures and become more challenging as the children move through the 60 days. The exercises are presented in a similar way to help children to get used to what is asked of them in recorded format. The exercises include: Counting in ones, twos and later in 5s and 10s. More/less than. Number lines and picture/number sequences. Simple addition and subtraction to 10 then 20+. Making sets and pairs. Ordinal numbers. Positional vocabulary: before, after. Heavier/lighter Longer/shorter/taller Length in cm O clock and half past. 2D shapes: circle, square, rectangle. Half and whole. Simple tally graphs.

Creativity Bubbles. Set of 3, one for each Key Stage, modified with statements which enable pupils to recognise when they are being creative in lessons. The statements are categorised under three headings: imagination, originality and evaluation. Can be used by the teacher to measure pupil progress, peer to peer observation and self-assessment in creative learning. I have used these in all Key Stages, initially asking children as a class which tasks could be identified as creative eg ‘I think of unusual ways of doing things’ in a PE lesson – pupils were able to give examples of travelling sequences using mats and small apparatus saying specifically how their moves were different or unusual to that of their peers. Can be useful to use to prompt self and peer assessment in subjects which are not perceived as ‘creative’ by pupils eg Maths, Science, Geography.

KS1 Christmas SATs Maths Practise Booklet I made this booklet based upon similar Year2 SATs questions but with a Christmas theme. It is targeted at Years 1 & 2 for practise in the areas below. There are 33 questions altogether in the booklet. Each topic has a learning objective for pupils to match against their targets. The questions are set out in a simple format with spaces for pupils to write answers and show workings and calculations. Christmas pictures are included alongside the questions which are practical and fun. Answer sheet provided at the end of the booklet. Page 1 Questions 1-3 Learning objective: I can count accurately and use numbers to 100. Page 2 Questions 4-6 Learning objective: I can name one more or one less from a given number. Page 3 Questions 7-9 Learning objective: I can order numbers. Page 4 Questions 10-11 Learning objective: I can add and subtract. Page 5 Questions 12-13 Learning objective: I can add and subtract. Page 6 Questions 14-16 Learning objective: I can solve one and two step problems. Page 7 Questions 17-19 Learning objective: I can add and subtract Pages 8-10 Questions 19-25 Learning objective: I can use measures. Page 11 Questions 26-27 Learning objective: I can recognise fractions in shapes. Pages 12-14 Questions 27-33 Learning objective: I can multiply and divide to solve problems.

KS1 & 2 Ancient Romans. Set of 5 worksheets. Label the armour on the Roman soldier, Label the clothes on the Roman man, Label the armour on the gladiator (3 worksheets). 2 Ancient Roman alphabet (Latin) worksheets . Total set of 5 worksheets: Three separate worksheets to enable pupils to match the clothing vocabulary to the correct part of the picture (soldier, gladiator and man in toga). There are ten items of clothing to label on the gladiator and soldier worksheets and six parts to label on the Roman man. The vocabulary list is included on each worksheet for pupil use and there is an image of a soldier, gladiator and Roman man for pupils to colour. There are 2 simple worksheets for pupils to use to translate common words into the 21 letters of the Latin alphabet. A simple translation grid is included. Useful activities to assess pupil knowledge of key vocabulary at the end of a mini topic on Ancient Rome, The Roman Empire, Clothes through the ages, Ancient writing.

Pupil Council promise and set of membership cards. KS1 & 2. Ideal for newly elected pupil council members to sign up to their key values. Pupil Council ID card templates ready to cut out for pupils to complete and make into a badge, lanyard or credit card.

Powerpoint of the most well-known of Aesop’s proverbs. KS2. 20 slides of images for pupils to work out the proverb. Each slide stimulates discussion to help pupils understand the meaning of Aesop’s messages. The full powerpoint can be used as a stimulus for a lesson exploring proverbs or specific slides can be selected to focus on proverbs or meanings linked to a specific lesson or topic eg RE, History, PE.

A fun resource for pupils to make as a start of term or new class activity to share with friends/teacher and create a colourful display where every child can be represented. I used this template with KS2 pupils but it can also be used with KS1.