Celebrate the Maori New Year with this art activity – colour the koru stars. Two different templates. A fun colouring activity for New Zealand students during Matariki. Designed on A4 size paper. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Practise your colour identification with these 3 gameboards. UK and USA spelling included (colour/color grey/gray) The Game: 4-in-a-row: ♦ Instructions and gameboards included. ♦ All you need is a dice and some counters. ♦ Suitable for 2 players. How to play: 1. Player A rolls the dice. 2. Player A reads the colour word that is located under the picture of the dice on the left side of the board. 3. Player A finds that colour on the gameboard and covers one of those squares with one of their counters. 4. Player B has their turn. 5. Players continue to take turns. The winner is the first player to get 4 of their counters in a row. Gameboard 1: red, yellow, blue, green, black, orange Gameboard 2: white, pink, brown, purple, grey, cream Gameboard 3: light blue, dark blue, light green, dark green, light brown, dark brown

Colour Mixing – flashcards, activity sheets, game and reference chart UK and USA spelling included (colour/color grey/gray) Flash Cards - 3 different types: ♦ colour splodges and word equations ♦ colour splodge equations – work out the final colour ♦ colour splodge equations – work out the missing colour Activity Sheets - 3 different types: ♦ colour the last splodge of the equation (print in colour) ♦ colour the splodges and work out the last splodge of the equation ♦ colour the splodges and work out the missing splodge Game: ‘Four-in-a-row’ game - instructions and gameboard. All you need is a dice and some counters. 1. Player A rolls the dice. 2. Player A reads the colour mixing equation that is located under the picture of the dice on the left side of the board. 3. Player A finds the answer to the colour mixing equation on the gameboard and covers one of those squares with one of their counters. 4. Player B has their turn. 5. Players continue to take turns. The winner is the first player to get 4 of their counters in a row. The 6 colour mixing equations: red + white = pink blue + yellow = green red + blue = purple white + black = grey green + red = brown yellow + red = orange

A fun, effective art activity for your students when celebrating Anzac Day. Draw some patterns on the poppy / background and colour it in. 4 different templates are included: ♦ TEMPLATE 1 and 2 – the patterns are given in the boxes at the base of the sheet. Students transfer these patterns to the poppy and the background and then colour everything in. ♦ TEMPLATE 3 – this is a blank template. Your students decide on their own 5 patterns and draw them in the boxes at the bottom of the sheet. ♦ TEMPLATE 4 – the patterns are already given on the poppy and the background. This is just a colouring activity. ********************************************************************** © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

This is a bundle of secret code wheels that are for Valentine’s Day. There are 6 different types of code wheels: * Alphabet and alphabet (ordered a-z) * Alphabet and alphabet (jumbled) * Alphabet and number (ordered 1-26) * Alphabet and number (jumbled) * Alphabet and symbol * Blank - write the alphabet and create your own code Each resource has 15 code wheel templates, each with Valentine’s Day pictures on the inner wheel. 5 of the resources contain a Valentine’s Day joke for your students to decipher with their wheel (the blank one doesn't contain the joke). All of the resources contain a Valentine’s Day themed template for writing a secret code on (lined and unlined) as well as 2 card templates. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

A creative classroom activity for celebrating Matariki (the Māori New Year). Hiwa-i-te-rangi is one of the 9 stars in the Matariki star cluster. It is known as the ‘wishing star’. This star has a connection to our hopes, dreams and aspirations for the year ahead. The Process: 1. Draw patterns in the spaces around the star shape (use a black ball-point pen). 2. Colour. 3. Write a wish in the star. 4. Cut out around the outside black frame. 5. Display on the wall (you may like to do this so it looks like a patchwork quilt). Three different templates are provided for you to select from. Two templates have pre-drawn patterns in the boxes at the bottom, and one is blank so your students can design their own patterns. Included: ♦ Instructions ♦ Information card about Hiwa-i-te-rangi ♦ Template A – with patterns ♦ Template B – with patterns ♦ Template C - blank (draw your own patterns) Made on A4 size paper. Finished size of artwork (after cutting it out) is approx 18cm x 18cm. ********************************************************************** © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

A ‘Fun with a Ruler’ art project for your students to complete leading up to Remembrance Day / Memorial Day / Armistice Day / Anzac Day. This project involves your students ruling straight lines between 2 dots on a template, to create a poppy. Your students could write something in the petals before colouring (eg facts, opinons, a 4 line poem, etc). Display them together to make a 'poppy patchwork quilt'. Included: ♦ Template – black dots ♦ Template – light grey dots ♦ Example – black/white ♦ Instructions ♦ Teacher notes Level of Difficulty: Your students need to be able to use a ruler to draw straight lines between 2 points (the curves are made with straight lines … it’s like magic!). The design looks more complicated than it actually is. Concentration is required, but the actual process is not difficult. A pattern is repeated 8 times. Instructions: Simple, clear, easy-to-follow instructions are provided. One instruction per page (image and a sentence). Display the instructions via a data projector if you have access to one. Otherwise print and enlarge them and/or demonstrate on an enlarged template. Equipment: You need a ruler and a pen (black works best). Something to colour with (eg coloured pencils, watercolours, felt tip markers, chalk pastels, dye, etc) Size: The artwork measures approximately 17cm x 17cm. Designed on A4 size paper. Keywords: string art, parabolic curves, math, geometry, patterns, war, symbolism, veteran, © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources