Hi all! We teach Computing across different schools and often get asked for interactive resources - so that's what we make. Most resources you will find on here are interactive activities for the children to complete, either on their own device or as an interactive whiteboard activity! Please feel free to send requests or for variations of things found in our shop.
Hi all! We teach Computing across different schools and often get asked for interactive resources - so that's what we make. Most resources you will find on here are interactive activities for the children to complete, either on their own device or as an interactive whiteboard activity! Please feel free to send requests or for variations of things found in our shop.
Quick and easy Computing activity for the whole class. Drag and drop eyes, nose and mouth onto pumpkins in this PowerPoint file. Print out for instant displays/decorations.
Teach year 1 and 2 children how to use the Internet to research information. Using a specific wildlife website, challenge your children to complete the four worksheets by retrieving basic information. Use this opportunity to teach children how to:
-navigate backwards and forwards through web pages.
-recognise a link to a new page when the cursor turns to a hand.
-minimise and maximise.
Excellent, easy to use, drag and drop Computing activity for the whole class. Get the children to create beautiful French themed bunting in this PowerPoint document and then simply print them out to decorate your classroom.
A great Interactive Whiteboard Resource for learning about hobbies in French. Simply go into presentation mode, select a hobby, decide whether or not you like that hobby, (click the smiley face or sad face) read out the statement in French and then click the home button to choose another.
Use these two step-by-step picture guides to help you create digital graphs/charts. Print off the rainfall figures resources and teach you children how to enter information accurately into a database and then create a graph/chart from that data. Edit the titles, axes and colours. Perfect for honing Computing skills through Topic and Science!
Create brilliant pie, line and bar charts really easily using this resource pack. Including:
- Planning guide
- x2 step-by-step picture guides
- PowerPoint file: 3 sets of data ready to create graphs/charts
Have yourself a Spanish Day! Gather your children around the interactive whiteboard for some interactive games that will teach them the Spanish names for animals, hobbies, food, numbers, days of the week and months of the year.
A variety of interactive whiteboard resources and Computing resources aimed at learning the basics in Spanish.
This Microsoft PowerPoint document retells the classic fairy tale of Goldilocks and The Three Bears. Whilst the illustrations are non-editable, the story itself is. This allows you to change the text as you see fit. Visuals created by Martin Goulden. Story re-written by Martin Goulden.
Set sail across the seas in in a creaky, wooden ship destined for adventure, new lands or even treasure!
Included in this package:
A superb 12 minute video hook showing a 1st person experience of life as an adventurer. Check the map, raise the sail, steer the ship and dig for treasure where ‘X’ marks the spot!
A printable/editable instruction template to halp structure your writing.
Using the explorer video as a hook, get your children to write their instructions on ‘How to find treasure/land’ on the printable templates. Alternatively, tick off some Computing skills and get the children to type their instructions on the digital template.
If you want to make your own treasure maps, explorer hats or your own pirate pendants. Check out my other items on my TES shop HERE.
Pirates and Explorers
Choose from 5 different shaped hats and decorate them with a variety of items such as tassels, feathers, buttons and badges. The badges include all kinds of designs such as skull and bones, cross swords, flag, parrot, anchor and helm steering wheel.
A super simple to use PowerPoint file that allows you to drag and drop the items onto your hat. Rotate, resize and flip items to get the desired effect.
This resources is super great for teaching younger children how to manipulate objects on the screen and is perfect for individual use or group use on an interactive whiteboard.
Finally, with a couple of clicks, your hats can be printed out to create wonderful displays or look great in their books.
Using animals as part of your languages topic, but you don’t use French or Spanish? Then these editable animal flashcards are just what you need!
You will get 15 animal flashcards that you can add any language to, including English for any learners who have English as an additional language.
Why not check out our other language themed resources. Including a PowerPoint game using all of these animals. The PowerPoint can be found in our TES Shop HERE
Or by searching the TES resources for
‘Spanish-Interactive Whiteboard Game - Animal Names
A beautiful variety of alien ‘Wanted’ posters.
Contains 14 unique aliens with a variety of features to explore and describe. Each has a different number of colourful arms, legs, eyes, teeth, antennae and regular shaped mouths to identify.
The resource is differentiated 3 ways with 4-6 aliens to choose from in each category.
Also, why not make some of your own aliens using an interactive, drag-and-drop activity?
It’s a perfect activity for the interactive whiteboard or for the children to work independently on the computer:
You can find the resource on TES at my shop:
www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/martinjgoulden
Or by searching the TES resources for
‘create your own alien’
A beautiful variety of space aliens to help count up to 30. Perfect for the interactive whiteboard as a teacher input/starter or as a continuous provision style activity.
Contains a whole bunch of unique aliens with a variety of features to explore and discuss. Each has a different number of colourful arms, legs, eyes, teeth, antennae and regular shaped mouths to identify.
This PowerPoint is set up to run like an interactive game, not just a dull slideshow. Run the PowerPoint and follow the instructions on screen. Simply count the red, blue, yellow or green aliens, as directed, and select the boxed number on screen. It will either chime to signal a correct answer or click and wiggle to tell you to try again. Choose from 5 different difficulty levels - higher difficulties have more aliens to count. The highest difficulty even asks you to count multiple colours of aliens.
Over 40 questions in total and includes a question randomiser to make it endlessly replayable!
Also, why not make some of your own aliens using an interactive, drag-and-drop activity?
It’s a perfect activity for the interactive whiteboard or for the children to work independently on the computer:
You can find the resource on TES at my shop:
www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/martinjgoulden
Or by searching the TES resources for
‘create your own alien’
And if you are looking for even more Space themed resources:
Click HERE to view the Wanted Posters
“I can’t drawwwww…”
Whilst drawing is a great skill to have, it sometimes gets in the way of what we need to do.
Using simple Computing skills, create awesome looking characters for your stories using this easy-to-use PowerPoint file. Drag, drop, copy and paste the different elements of the character, thinking carefully about each of your choices. Choose a skin tone, add hair, eyes, eyebrows, mouth, face paint, scars, jewelery and facial hair.
With a vast number of variations available in terms of colours, expressions, distinguishing features you can create hugely diverse characters from mean looking villains, withered old side characters to brave heroes and heroines!
On the final page, name your character and write a description.
Easily printable from PowerPoint to stick in books.
“I can’t drawwwww…”
Whilst drawing is a great skill to have, it sometimes gets in the way of what we need to do.
Using simple Computing skills, create awesome looking characters for your stories using this easy-to-use PowerPoint file. Drag, drop, copy and paste the different elements of the character, thinking carefully about each of your choices. Choose a face and then ready your adventurers by providing them with armour, jewellery, special equipment and weapons.
With a vast number of variations available, you can create hugely diverse set of characters from mean looking villains, withered old side characters to brave heroes and heroines!
On the final page, name your character and write a description.
Easily printable from PowerPoint to stick in books.
Based on the retelling of Little Red Riding Hood by Martin Goulden this Microsoft PowerPoint document contains 3 drag and drop jigsaws to complete. Ideally suited to an Interactive Whiteboard activity as part of continuous provision. Each jigsaw contains 12 pieces. Each jigsaw portrays a scene from the story: 'Grandma's House', 'The Chase' and 'Happy Ever After'.
Based on the retelling of Goldilocks and The Three Bears by Martin Goulden, this Microsoft PowerPoint document contain exactly the same storyboard as the story itself. However, this storyboard contain no text or text boxes but instead contains editable speech bubbles.
In the style of Blockbuster, test your children’s knowledge all about the Romans. 28 questions are supplied with the quiz, along with a PowerPoint with all the instructions that you will need to use this fun resource in your classroom on your interactive whiteboard. Could be used at an end of the topic, to test how much your children have learnt or just as a fun activity.
Not doing the Romans? Then keep your eyes peeled on our page, more history quizzes will be added soon.