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Geography Talk Cards
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Geography Talk Cards

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These cards are ideal to support children as they learn through talk, allowing for high quality discussions. These cards are NOT editable. Simply print, laminate and then you can add you topic specific vocabulary on the empty boxes provided - allowing them to be used in any unit of work. 2 levels of support - cards numbered 1 and 2
Science discussion cards
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Science discussion cards

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Sentence stems to support high quality discussions as children plan and carry out investigative work. 2 levels. These cards are NOT editable. Print, laminate and use over and over again.
Explore the Text templates
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Explore the Text templates

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A scaffold to support children looking at model texts and unpicking their key elements e.g. purpose, vocab/ phrases, writer techniques e.g. rhetorical questions, short sentences, personification, modal verbs, etc. This helps children build up an understanding of the intended impact of the text and how the writer creates this. From here children understand the ‘steps to success’ or ‘writer’s toolkit’ or whatever you may call it!
Health and Fitness Half Term Challenge
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Health and Fitness Half Term Challenge

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There are 5 food and 5 fitness activity challenges. 1 card to be sent home each week. Children/ parents have a recording sheet to tick off which challenges they complete. We ask for photos to be shared with us via seesaw - you could do what suits your school! We collate these into a floor book as part of our personal development/ mental wellbeing evidence. If children complete 5 or more of the 10 challenges before the deadline they are entered into a prize draw to win a little hamper - your prize would be up to you! Resources include the 5 challenge cards and the recording sheet. These are PDF docs and are not editable.
EYFS emotion cards
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EYFS emotion cards

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These cards have a blank space for you to add your own character on top of the aura bubble at the base of the tree. If you want the colour monster characters, drop me an email and I will send you them with the backgrounds removed so you can add these. Cards include: Happy Sad Anger Fear Calm Love
Poet Bio Posters
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Poet Bio Posters

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Posters for: Julia Donaldson Allan Ahlberg Spike Milligan Michael Rosen Brian Moses John Agard Ideal for school library/ reading area/ poetry section
Spelling Challenge KS2 bundle
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Spelling Challenge KS2 bundle

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Spelling Challenge Cards Level 6-9 Level 6 and Level 7 = Y3/4 statutory words Level 8 and Level 9 = Y5/6 statutory words These follow on from the KS1 spelling bundle also in my TES store. Each challenge card is split into bronze, silver and gold (these aren’t progressive, they just offer milestones) Children take the sheets home and practice the words. When they are confident they can spell them, the parents cut the relevant slip off the bottom and send it in to say they are ready to be tested! Teachers can test all/ a random sample of the words to validate. Each level has bronze, silver and gold certs. Each time a child gets a cert, we offer 3 raffle tickets (in the bundle) and 2 house points (you can add your own rewards!). We will run a termly raffle to win £20!
Times Table Champion Cards
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Times Table Champion Cards

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Print the relevant card for each child. Children colour the stars once theyve secured each task. Children/ adults can tick off the facts they are getting right so they can focus on the ones they are finding tricky (2 star task). Cards are to track, motivate and support children to learn their tables.
Geography Vocab booklet
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Geography Vocab booklet

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Simply print pages 2 and 3 back to back and create as many pages as you want to go inside the front cover and create a booklet. Children can add key geography vocab as it is taught and carry this up through school with them as a handy reference booklet. The page page offers some quick paired games for when there is a spare few minutes to recap and revise!
History Vocab Booklet
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History Vocab Booklet

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Simply print pages 2 and 3 back to back and create as many pages as you want to go inside the front cover and create a booklet. Children can add key history vocab as it is taught and carry this up through school with them as a handy reference booklet. The page page offers some quick paired games for when there is a spare few minutes to recap and revise!
Editable Discussion Cards
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Editable Discussion Cards

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Templates for - Science, Geography, History, RE, PSHCE, Art, DT, Computing, English, Maths. See example card Set up your own image/ statement/ calculation/ quote in the centre and create statements to show vrying opinions/ include misconceptions. These promote dicsussion and the unpicking of misconceptions as well as encourage children to strengthen their own understanding through discussion.
PSHCE Discussion Cards
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PSHCE Discussion Cards

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Sentence stems to scaffold conversations in PSHCE/ PSHE 2 levels, these cards are NOT editable Simply print, laminate and have as a useful tool in the classroom to lift the quality of oracy
DT discussion cards
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DT discussion cards

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These cards are ideal to support children as they go through the explore, design, make and evaluate cycle of DT. These cards are NOT editable. 2 levels of support - cards numbered 1 and 2