Over 2000 primary school resources including assemblies, games, activities, presentations and more! All resources have been tried and tested and most cost less than a cup of coffee. Thank you for visiting.
Over 2000 primary school resources including assemblies, games, activities, presentations and more! All resources have been tried and tested and most cost less than a cup of coffee. Thank you for visiting.
Year 1 - Writing Targets
A simple checklist for Year 1 children to follow when doing a piece of independent written work.
An effective self assessment strategy,
Fully editable.
Kingdoms, Dragons & Princesses - BIG WRITE!
Can your students plan a story that includes a kingdom far away, a hungry dragon that kidnaps a princess and a HERO who rescues the princess?
Planning sheet and story writing templates attached.
Fully editable.
End of Year - Memories Booklet
Why not end the year by asking the children to write and draw their fondest memories in your class.
Attached is a 7-page memories booklet under the following headings:
My Teachers.
My Greatest Lesson.
My Biggest Achievement.
My Friends.
Playground Fun.
School Assemblies.
Snacks and Lunches.
Sporting Events.
Music Memories.
My Greatest Acts of Kindness.
Online Learning.
Special Days.
Fully editable.
Halloween - Activity Booklets!
2 great Halloween activity booklets.
Booklet A: 8 pages of maths, dot to dot, maze, word searches and colouring- in activities.
Booklet B: 5 pages of Halloween pictures - ideal for making Halloween cards and crafts.
13 pages in total.
Happy Halloween!
BIG WRITE - My Sister’s Birthday!
Stimulus Text: ‘Hurry Up Birthday’ by Paeony Lewis and Sarah Gill (or something similar).
Ask the children to imagine it’s their sister’s birthday … go shopping etc.
Planning frame and writing template attached.
Fully editable.
BIG WRITE - The Princess, Villain & Hero
After reading/watching Rapunzel, why not write a similar story (or adaptation) about a princess, a villain and hero.
Picture plan and writing template attached.
Fully editable.
Questions to ask when listening to readers.
A useful prompt sheet when listening to readers.
Useful tool to give to parents at the beginning of the year to aid comprehension and discussion- based activities during reading.
Fully editable.
** 3 - 4 week plan (Word and PDF).
** Huge PowerPoint presentation with integrated activities!
** This unit of work covers: character profiles, settings, vocabulary work, play scripts, treasure maps, story plans, writing frames and a writing assessment.
** Fully editable.
Halloween Homework.
A great half term homework activity.
Activity: Write a SCARY story using 1 of 3 titles (and planning guidelines) displayed on the sheet.
Fully editable.
An informative, child-friendly slide show that introduces a girl (or class of girls) to periods. The slide show explains what a period is, when a girl will probably start her first period and how to cope.
The PowerPoint is divided into the following sections and also contains an excellent 3-minute embedded video:
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Slide 3: What is a period?
Slide 4: Will you get a period?
Slide 5: What to expect
Slide 6: Periods and Blood
Slide 7: How long will it last?
Slide 8: When will it stop?
Slide 9:Tummy Pain and Moods
Slide 10: PMS
Slide 11: Is My Life Over?
Slide 12: Maturity
Slide 13: Questions and Concerns
Slide 14: Why do girls have periods? Video
Slide 15: The Menstrual Cycle
Slide 16: Be Ready!
Slide 17: Pads
Slides 18 & 19: Tampons (2 slides)
Slide 20: Can you cope?
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Ofsted rated this presentation highly during an inspection.
Make marking and responding to a piece of work simple.
The attached ‘Responding to Work’ form is called, ‘Can we fix it? … YES WE CAN.’
You can use this form at the end of a lesson, after a test, at the end of a small or large topic (just about anything).
It’s easy to follow, adaptable and quick … just follow the instructions below!
Type in the ‘I can statements’ in the first box. These can be the ‘success criteria’ from a lesson or ‘specific’ areas within a topic (e.g. Time). I’ve attached an example form.
Then, when you mark a child’s piece of work, tick the ‘I can statements’ the child has achieved.
Then choose 1 ‘I can’ statement that HASN’T BEEN ACHIEVED and make this the child’s NEXT STEP (get the child to write this in the ‘next step’ box).
Allow the child time to practice this next step/skill/target … this doesn’t have to be done straight away, but the sooner the better!
Once the child has demonstrated they have achieved the 'NEXT STEP ‘independently’, staple (or stick) the evidence on the right hand side.
Preparation:
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Probably one of the most difficult PRACTICAL lessons to plan and execute, BUT it is doable!
My suggestion: Choose a sunny day (as you will need to do this lesson on the playground).
Bring in a variety of small/medium-sized plastic containers from home (about 10) and label them (1 - 10). Bring in lots of large buckets too … if you have a class of 30, you will need 8 buckets. You could ask the children to bring in some from home too!
Arrange the small/medium-sized containers in a large hoop on the playground.
Give each group of 4 children a bucket of water … YES, a bucket!! Don’t panic!
Give each group a small and large measuring cylinder and a small and large measuring jug.
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**Activity: **
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Using the equipment provided, each group must choose a plastic container (from the hoop) to estimate then measure (using their equipment).
Record estimates and actual measurements on the sheet provided.
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Extension Activities:
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Calculate the DIFFERENCE between the estimate and actual measurement for each container.
FUN FUN FUN: You could always have a water fight at the end!
Fully editable!