Activity designed for pupils to think about and investigate shelters using a set of 11 photographs.

This unit looks at minibeasts and may be useful either prior to embarking on work of a practical nature or after a practical session collecting and observing bugs. This activity should not replace the practical task of collecting bugs. The thrill pupils have in first hand observations of live creatures cannot be replicated on a whiteboard screen. Using the resources in this pack, pupils will learn about: * different kinds of animals in the local environment * that animals can be grouped according to observable similarities and differences

This resource will allow children to compare andcontrast twocountries (Ecuador and Wales).The countriesare compared using the following topics: rainforest / woodland, houses and lifestyles and recycling. This resource covers many aspects across the seven ESDGC themes

A resource that teaches beat and rhythm.

Changes in nature during the four seasons in Wales

This lesson introduces pupils to shapes and patterns. There are a series of interactive activities, all of which test pupils' ability to place shapes in a particular order. They will also create multi-coloured objects, one side at a time. The lesson can be simulated in the classroom using plastic building blocks.

The calendar is a collection of tasks and activities related to seasonal changes in the weather and how this in turn affects plants, animals, birds, food and farming. Key features in January and February : •Winter weather •Big Schools’ Birdwatch 2009 The project aims to encourage pupils to engage and observe nature and also to motivate them to produce their own digital calendar.

This activity introduces the class to the idea that shapes can be used to draw pictures of everyday objects. Pupils firstly look at a shape picture and discuss the shapes they can see. They are then able to create their own shape picture using a variety of shapes provided on the screen (eg a house, people, animals). Pupils can then use a fill tool to colour their pictures before printing. Practical activities using the idea of shapes in pictures are suggested for individual or group work.

This resource uses ACTIVStudio software and online activities and has 3 sections. The first covering general problem solving, and includes an online multichoice questionnaire where pupils can enter their name, and print off their scores. Multiplication and division is covered in the second section including learning tables with extension material looking at inverse operations. Finally, addition and subtraction looks at number bonds to 10 and 20.

Introduces the Stuarts and begins to give an indication of when they lived and how James I came to the throne.

Resources to support the ACCAC optional assessment materials at KS1

A series of PowerPoint presentations to aid in the teaching of fractions

Design your own siege engine and change variables to try out an interactive mangonel.

This pack is made up of a set of activities. It can be used to introduce pupils to the idea that language has many subtleties and that statements are not always right or wrong. These activities will address the following areas of the national curriculum in Wales: Key stage 2 programme of study English, Oracy - 1, 2. This pack contains: three interactive whiteboard activities reference material and animations a class worksheet - differentiation by outcome.

Investigate the mode, maximum value, minimum value and range of the data presented.

Introduce the pointillist technique used by artists such as Andre Derain and Georges Seurat.

An investigation of the effects of World War Two on Wales.

The unit is split into three sections giving information about the effects of waste on the environment and interactive games that allow pupils to learn how to minimise those effects. Section 1 introduces the pupils to the concepts of reducing, re-using and recycling waste to help overcome the negative effects on the environment. Section 2 has a timed interactive game where pupils need to decide whether different items of waste are suitable for reusing, reducing or recycling. Section 3 has an interactive game to teach pupils about the type of recycling bank different items should be placed in.

Six flipchart lessons covering cross curricular work in science (keys) and IT (branching databases). The materials cover comparing and contrasting online keys (or databases) based on tree identification. The children are then shown how to make a multimedia branching keys using PowerPoint. Contains worksheets, and photo packs.

A range of art videos and interactive activities based on the work of Cefyn Burgess and his work on chapels.The pack looks closely at lines and shapes and includes interactive activities that allow pupils to consider the diferent shapes that make up the chapel and then go on to collage their own chapel. With thanks to UWIC Press for permission to use the Let's Look videos http://www.uwicpress.co.uk/primary-design-c-8.html