22 Easy to print word searches for when you need an extention activity in a hurry. 22 different themes… weather, verbs, vehicles, the face, the body, sport, school subjects, plants, movements, mini-beasts, furniture, food,footwear, family, entertainment, emotion, colour, clothes, New Year, pets, Halloween, famous artists. Great value too!

This 4-part Halloween art lesson is designed specifically for young learners, combining the magic of Halloween with hands-on, age-appropriate art activities! Each lesson is packed with step-by-step instructions, historical information, and creative projects that will inspire your students imaginations while building key artistic skills. What is Included: Pumpkin Drawing Learn about the history of carved pumpkins… Create fun, colorful pumpkin faces using construction paper and markers. Spooky Spider Webs Explore the beauty of spider webs through string and paint. Create textured, spooky designs while learning about spiders in Halloween lore. Friendly Ghosts Introduce children to the fun and playful side of Halloween ghosts. Create adorable 3 dimensional ghosts using tissue paper and cotton balls. Halloween Masks Make festive Halloween masks (cats, bats, pumpkins) while learning about Halloween traditions. Students will decorate their masks and participate in a classroom Halloween parade! Why This Resource? Hands-On Learning: Each lesson allows students to create their own Halloween-themed artwork using a variety of materials, developing their fine motor skills and creativity. Child-Friendly History: The lessons include simplified historical information about Halloween traditions to engage young learners. Inclusive of Different Learning Styles: Whether your students love cutting, gluing, painting, or drawing, these activities allow for diverse learning experiences. No-Fuss Preparation: All lessons come with clear materials lists and step-by-step guides, so you can spend more time teaching and less time planning. Complete Rubric for Assessment: Each lesson includes a rubric to assess creativity, effort, neatness, and participation, making it easy to track student progress. Perfect For: Primary school Teachers: Engaging art projects designed to hold the attention of younger learners. Home school Parents: Fun, easy-to-follow Halloween-themed lessons that are suitable for home use. Art Instructors: A fantastic resource to build foundational art skills while embracing the festive Halloween spirit. Resource Features: Detailed Lesson Plans: Each of the 4 lessons is broken down into easy-to-follow steps. Materials List: Simple and affordable materials that are accessible for most classrooms. Historical Information: Fun facts and simplified historical tidbits about Halloween to captivate students. Printable Templates: Ready-to-use templates for Halloween masks and pumpkin designs. Assessment Rubric: A comprehensive rubric for evaluating student artwork based on creativity, effort, and participation. Why You will Love It: This Halloween art lesson plan is perfect for teachers who want to introduce their students to Halloween in a fun, educational way. With engaging art activities, a bit of Halloween history, and easy-to-follow instructions, your students will have a blast creating spooky artwork that celebrates the season!

Dowloaded over 5000 times last Christmas. Updated for 2023. Treat kids to this great big Christmas Quiz. 40 cool questions suitable for students aged 11 to 16. Provided as a printable doc and also as a PDF slideshow with festive backgrounds. Also includes a bonus visual round - 10 zoomed in seasonal images for students to guess. Also includes bonus content … Christmas grid drawings, cracker making templates and much more! We hope you and your students have a wonderful festive season! Merry Christmas!

This resource provides a range of superhero templates that children can use to design their own superhero character. They can add colour to develop their own super suit and then they can think about the super powers that their character will have. You could encourage children to develop super powers linked to study skills, for instance, super memory or super writing ability …. Or you could use it as a lead into creative writing, with their superhero saving the day in an adventure. Male and female character templates are provided. This resource could help make cross curricular links – study skills, art, creative writing. Please leave feedback. We really value your views. Many thanks.

Halloween is on the way! Engage your students with this visual resource - 25 spooky photocopiable images in grayscale that can be coloured and/or provide inspiration for creative writing. They are spooky, but not scary! So these images can be used with all ages. Happy Halloween!

This resource provides a step by step art project suitable for year 3, 4, 5 and 6 students. The photocopiable work book guides students through a range of fun, informative, creative processes. All tasks are related to the natural world and encourage students to engage with the environment. Tasks are "self differentiating" , meaning that students of all abilities can access the tasks and develop work at an appropriate level. Students are also introduced to a range of artists along the way. Each task build on the previous one and culminates in the student devising a final outcome (a final piece of artwork). Also included is an extensive photographic library of natural images to provide inspiration to students. Photographic files included are: Plants Insects Fungi Birds Natural textures Flowers Fish Trees This project could be a great creative addition to lessons on nature and environment This resource has been devised specifically for Primary Schools by Mael Matthews, experienced Head of Art at a UK Grammar School and Senior A level Art Moderator (examiner) for one of the Uk's leading exam boards. If you would like further information about the resource, please tweet Mael @maelhmatthews

This slideshow provides 24 scary images for Halloween. They can be used to provide inspiration for Art and Creative Writing, or can be used to generate a suitably spooky atmosphere for Halloween! Suitable for all ages .... They're scary ....... but not that scary!!!

A huge visual resource suitable for all subjects and age ranges. Over 1000 high quality photographs organised into easy to navigate files. Included are the following themes: Autumn Summer Monsters Birds Buildings Christmas Landscapes Fish Flowers Fungi Graffiti Hands Insects Natural Textures Numbers People Rust Sky Sea Water Trees Faces Halloween Patterns Perspective Colour ....... and more. Also this is a resource that will continue to grow, with new topic files being added regularly. Next to be added (on 19.6.16) is Brazil. Purchase of this resource provides you with a live link that you simply click on to send you to the files in the cloud. It works and it's quick and easy to use. A wonderful classroom resource which will allow you to pull up pictures at the touch of a button. No need to search the web or flick through books. Purchase allows you to use the resource within your school. It also allows you to share the link with colleagues within your school.

A whole year of Art lessons backed up by a huge amount of visual support. Over 1000 pages! Included in this resource are the following: A thorough scheme of study which provides all the information you need to structure your Art lessons for a whole year. It is provided as a Word doc so that you have complete freedom to edit it to absolutely suit your needs. 22 image slideshows consisting of over 1000 high quality images relating to the natural world. A quick lesson planner to allow you to plan your lesson in under 3 minutes! A student friendly step by step guide to developing work. Example work produced by students following this scheme of study. We hope that you are pleased with your purchase. We really value your feedback because we want to make it as great as possible.

The resource comprises 3 original coloring books by Mael Matthews, totalling over 100 different coloring templates. Recent research suggests that anxious, over busy minds can be calmed by focusing on simple, therapeutic tasks such as coloring. This resource has been designed to be suitable for use with all ages, including adults and SEN students. Whether being used as an extension activity, for therapeutic reasons or simply for fun, I hope that you enjoy this resource. Happy coloring!

This book provides a step by step art project for Grade 3 to 6. The focus is "The Natural World". Children are guided through the development of drawings and paintings based on natural objects. A range of artwork by recognised artists is also introduced to students. The resource can provide a structure for 6 to 8 individual art lessons. It also allows for modification by the teacher to suit the particular group. This Primary Art resource has been developed by Start Creative Resources

This resource provides visual inspiration for the development of seascape paintings. A wide range of photographs show the textures, colours and movement of rough seas. The slideshow then shows a range of paintings produced using a variety of techniques. each painting includes an explanation of how it was produced. All paintings were produced by the author, Mael Matthews. This resource could provide inspiration for students of all ages. The main message is that where painting is concerned, the only rule is that there are no rules! The resource also includes Mael's Twitter handle and he is happy to answer all direct questions about the paintings in this resource. Happy painting!

This visual resource comprises 8 individual slideshows covering the topics of fish, hands, sky, trees, water, faces, patterns in nature and perspective. The aim is to provide inspiration for Art students of all ages. This resource can be used in conjunction with other Art resources by Mael Matthews on TES.

Suitable for Key stage 2. This Christmas bundle offers eight individual files including colouring sheets, clip art, jigsaw making activity and a word search. Ideal for festive end of term activities. Many more resources available in our shop. Take a look at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/mael