Welcome to my store and thanks for stopping by! I've been teaching in out-of-school settings for over 15 years. From helping children understand wriggling pythons as a zoo education officer (dream job!), to using historical objects as keys to unlock our past, my teaching experience has been far from typical. I'm currently a schools manager for a museum and art gallery, working with hundreds of children of all ages each year.
Welcome to my store and thanks for stopping by! I've been teaching in out-of-school settings for over 15 years. From helping children understand wriggling pythons as a zoo education officer (dream job!), to using historical objects as keys to unlock our past, my teaching experience has been far from typical. I'm currently a schools manager for a museum and art gallery, working with hundreds of children of all ages each year.
Explore the life and work of British filmmaker Sir David Attenborough with this engaging slideshow lesson (PowerPoint and Google Slides) and biography printables/worksheets. This resource will help KS2 pupils understand who David Attenborough is and why his work is important.
What’s included?
Colourful 25-slide presentation included as a PowerPoint file, and with a link to make a copy for Google Slides
Foldable timeline activity for students to record key events in Attenborough’s life/work
David Attenborough flip book template
Biography worksheet
12 discussion prompts (these could also be used for writing)
Word search with solution
US and UK versions of all printable materials
Is the resource editable?
Text boxes in the slideshow allow for some editing if required. Images and titles are fixed in place and cannot be edited.
The PDF (printables/worksheets) is not editable.
Reward and motivate your class with these superhero-themed reward certificates!
Ideal for early years and KS1 pupils. There are 6 designs and each one is included as in a PowerPoint, Google Slides and PDF document.
Use the PDF file to print your chosen certificates, handwrite and use in the classroom. Alternatively, use the PowerPoint or Google Slides version to fill the certificates in digitally, download and email to pupils.
UK and US paper sizes included.
If you’re studying animal life cycles in year 5 and are looking to introduce your pupils to some of the more weird and wonderful examples, this PowerPoint slide show is for you. It will expand their learning beyond the butterfly, frog, or chicken life cycles that they may have encountered before.
Explore the features of some of the more unusual life cycles in the animal world. From frogs whose tadpoles hatch in their stomachs, to fish that change sex and egg-laying mammals, this presentation lesson is full of interesting facts about lesser-known animal life cycles.
What’s included?
36 Colourful slides featuring real photos and realistic clip art
Editable slides (see below for details)
Information and facts about interesting animal life cycles including the echidna, axolotl, atlas moth, and the 17-year cicada.
Re-cap questions at the end to discuss or have pupils write up in their notebooks.
-2 spare slides to add your own information to if needed (not included in the overall page total).
Is the PowerPoint editable?
You can edit any body text on the slides. Titles and images are not able to be moved or edited.
Can I see a full preview?
Yes! The video preview shows the full slide show so you can check suitability for your learners.
These insect life cycle foldable activities make a fun addition to science books. This set of resources looks at the life cycle of a butterfly, honey bee, ladybird and dragonfly.
Pupils will love creating their foldout, then opening to reveal the life cycle inside. These could be used for a lesson on insects or minibeasts, life cycles or habitats.
There are different options allowing you to differentiate the activity if required:
Black and white templates for pupils to colour, cut and fold
Black and white templates for pupils to colour, sequence the life cycle stages, glue and fold.
Instructions and guidance for folding is included.
Do you need a simple and easy end-of-school-year gift idea for your pupils? This cute ocean themed printable with an original poem can be given to your class at the end of term, to remind them of your time together.
There are 4 options within the PDF:
Full-page poem with black text
Full-page poem with coloured text
The same poem arranged 2-to-a-page with black text
As above (2 to a page) but with colored text
Print on white card, and trim if required. Colours may vary slightly from what you see on the screen due to screen/printer settings.
You could pair this printable with an ocean-themed gift for kids (e.g. pencil, candy, key ring).
The PDF is not editable. A4 and US letter size files included.
A fun, foldable cut and paste activity for exploring the life cycle stages of a corn (maize) plant. Use this cross between a craft and a worksheet for a science lesson, in an interactive notebook, or for a plants, growing, harvest, or autumn topic activity.
The template options
There are 4 similar templates so you can select and print the one that best suits your pupils’ needs:
Colour the corn and the stages of its life cycle. Match the words to the pictures, cut and fold.
As above but with a straight cutting edge.
Colour the corn and the stages of its life cycle. Sequence the stages, glue, and fold. There are 2 different label options for this - one with the life cycle stage names, the other with short descriptions.
As above but with the straight cutting edge.
Directions are provided as well as a folding guide with pictures.
Key vocabulary
The life cycle stage names used in this resource are seed, sprout, seedling, growing plant, flowers and mature corn.
What else is included?
Life cycle sequencing cards and arrows in colour and black/white. One way you could use these is to print them onto card and cut out each piece. Children could work in small groups to sequence the life cycle stages, using the arrows to link them together. Laminate for longevity.
Label the corn cut and paste activity.
Life cycle diagram (colour).
Facts about corn page.
Is this resource editable?
No, this 15-page PDF resource is not editable.
Use this foldable sequencing printable to introduce or review the life cycle of a European stag beetle. This differentiated science activity can be used as part of a lesson or unit about life cycles, insects, beetles, or woodland animals.
Benefits of this life cycle activity
Low prep
Children learn about the stag beetle life cycle in a fun and hands-on way, that’s a bit different from a standard science worksheet.
Can be used to introduce the life cycle, or as a review/assessment to check understanding.
Encourages fine motor/scissor skills, hand-eye coordination (folding), and sequencing.
Differentiated options allow for multiple age ranges or abilities to do the same activity.
Finished foldouts can be inserted into a science notebook where they can be referenced by children.
The templates
There are 3 templates and multiple label options to choose from:
Template 1: Colour the stag beetle and its 4 life cycle stages, cut out the life cycle labels, match them to the pictures, glue, and fold. As an alternative, children could write their own labels directly onto the template.
Template 2: Colour the stag beetle and its 4 life cycle stages, cut out the stages and sequence them on the template, glue, and fold. There are 2 label options for this - one with the names of the stages, and the other with descriptions.
Template 3: This template has 6 stages (the larval stage is broken down into 3 parts). Children colour the stag beetle and its life cycle stages (2 choices of labels), sequence the stages, cut, glue, and fold.
What you need:
You’ll need coloured pencils, scissors, and glue. You may find it useful to have a pre-made example for children who might require more of a visual cue for folding.
Save printing costs by showing the folding instructions on a screen.
This resource is a 13-page PDF. It is not editable. The zipped file contains both US and UK versions. There’s also a bonus ‘label the stag beetle’ worksheet included.
These foldable crafts are ideal for science work books, and to support life cycle, growth, plants or seasonal changes units/lessons.
This resource contains PDF templates for 4 different plants - pumpkin, apple, bean plant and sunflower.
For each plant you’ll find at least 2 options (e.g. pupils colour, cut and fold the template, or sequence the life cycle stages before cutting and folding).
Please note, the templates are not editable. Instructions for students are provided including guidance for how to fold.
Why are flamingos pink? How many eggs do they lay? Explore the life cycle of a flamingo with this 14-slide PowerPoint presentation, suitable for Key Stage 2.
The presentation covers the egg stage, the growth of the chick and features of an adult flamingo. With interesting facts and real images, your pupils will get to know the flamingo life cycle in an engaging way.
Use to support a lesson on birds, the life cycle of a bird, habitats or exotic animals.
You can see a full preview of the PowerPoint to decide if this resource is right for you. Any purchased download will not have a watermark.
Get your class crazy for crocs and talking about turtles with this bright and informative reptiles display pack. Use to support science learning around classification, animal groups or reptiles.
This resource contains:
Scaly letters to make the reptiles display title. This is presented as a PDF and as a Publisher document (if you want to adjust the size of the letters). Just print, cut and mount.
A3 poster - What is a Reptile?
A3 poster - Who’s Who? The 4 groups of reptiles
9 additional A4 posters with fun facts, and information about reptiles including the heaviest reptile, threats to reptiles, the deadliest snake and why they shed their skin.
Consolidate learning on rocks and fossils with this 26 slide PowerPoint presentation, packed full of bright images and interesting geology facts.
Each letter is a different themed word which will help pupils re-cap their prior learning, as well as introduce some new vocabulary.
For example, for the letter A, pupils will find out about prehistoric ammonites.
One letter is covered per slide.
Regular questions within the presentation provide an opportunity for children to share their knowledge, and promote discussion.
Please note that the images in this presentation are fixed in place, but the text is editable.
You’ll find 2 versions of the file - one with US and one with UK spelling.
This resource is a bundle of 3 skeletons themed resources.
Skeletons Classroom Display
Create an eye-catching and informative skeletons and bones themed display. This resource contains the following:
‘BONES’ title letters. There are 2 design options (one with a pattern, the other with bone-shaped letters).
Skeleton poster (a mixture of scientific and common names used). A version is included for A3 and A4 sizes.
10 A4 posters with facts, information, and x-ray pictures of bones. There are also 4 individual bones to cut out and mount with some extra facts!
Skeletons and Bones Introduction PowerPoint KS2
This resource is 30 slides and covers:
Functions of the skeletal system in the human body (movement, protection of organs and support),
Vertebrates/invertebrates definitions and examples
Joints,
Facts about bones
Movement (including muscles)
Questions throughout allow students to discuss ideas and thoughts with each other.
**Identify the X-ray PowerPoint Activity **
Help Dr Bones identify the body parts in his X-ray pictures. A fun and interactive way to build on knowledge of the human skeleton. Pupils see each picture, identify the body part/bones, and see if they were right on the next slide.
A colourful and informative pack of materials to make an Australian themed classroom display.
This pack contains:
‘Australia’ title with Aboriginal style pattern. Print on 2 pages A4, join and mount. When printing, select ‘fit’ or ‘shrink oversized pages’ to avoid cutting the letter ‘t’ off.
14 A4 themed printables covering the following topics - The flag, geography, climate, people, money, sport, wildlife, The Outback, The Great barrier Reef, slang words, reptiles, mammals, birds and landmarks. Just select the ones you want to use and print!
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Make your display pop with this black and white polka dot lettering set. Just print onto coloured card of your choice. In the cover picture, I’ve used red card for a ladybird theme. The font is Century Gothic Bold.
This resource includes:
A-Z upper case letters
a-z lower case letters
Numbers 0-9
! ? . # ,
If a symbol you require isn’t included, please let me know and I am happy to add it to the set.
Please note, all letters and numbers are individual png. files, not a font for typing. You can insert them into documents and resize as required, or print out as they are onto A4 paper or card. Everything is contained within a zip file so please ensure you are able to open this type of file before you download.
This resource is for classroom use only and must not be used as part of a commercial product.
These fun accordion foldable activities are a lovely addition to interactive science notebooks and support learning around spring, seasonal changes and life cycles. They are a cross between a worksheet and a craft activity!
This resource is a bundle of 4 life cycle template sets - frog, bean, daffodil and chicken.
Each foldout breaks down the life cycle into 4 or 6 parts. There are options to simply colour the template, cut out and fold (and insert into a notebook if required). Alternatively, there is also an option to add a step of ordering the life cycle stages and gluing them onto the template.
Pupils could complete a foldout, then research the animal/plant they have chosen to find out more about the stages of its life cycle (e.g. the length of each stage). Guidance for this is not included.
Please note, it is not possible to edit these templates.
Introduce or review the life cycle of an ant with this foldable sequencing activity and other printables. Use this resource to support a science lesson on ants or insect life cycles, or use alongside an ant farm in the classroom. The foldouts can also be used in an interactive science notebook.
What’s included in the PDF?
Foldable activity with 3 differentiated cut and paste templates to choose from. Includes full directions for students.
Flash/word wall cards for the life cycle stages, included 3 and 6 words to a page. Colour and b/w options.
An information page with a description of what happens at each life cycle stage.
Simple colour poster of the ant life cycle stages.
Label the ant body parts cut and paste activity.
Compare a spider and an ant cut and paste activity.
3 ‘Take the ant through’ the maze tunnels - ideal for early finishers.
Versions for UK and US paper sizes.
20 pages in total
Set your class the challenge of completing 7 days of kindness! Ideal for a World Kindness Day activity, or for a school kindness week or month.
Print an activity sheet for each child. There are 3 activity templates in this bundle:
Fill a cup of kindness
Fill a bucket of kindness
Create a rainbow of kindness
For each of the next 7 days they will try to complete an act of kindness. For each one, they can colour in a stripe on their bucket/rainbow/cup (starting at the bottom), and write what they did. By the end of the week, they will have a colourful striped picture of kindness, ideal for creating a whole class display.
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Each activity is the same in principle and has the same instructions, hence the steep discount for this bundle.**
In addition to the activity template, this bundle includes:
Teacher notes
2 optional worksheet printables (PDF) for children to complete before and after the challenge
Colour and black and white award certificates for children on completion of the challenge (optional).
US and UK paper sizes are included.
Get to know your class at the start of the school year with this all about me foldable activity. This fun alternative to a worksheet is dinosaur-themed.
There are 26 templates, each with a different scaly letter of the alphabet so students can use the template which displays the first letter of their name!
The finished mini-books can be displayed in an interactive notebook and are a fun ice breaker for children to share with each other.
This printable activity is suitable for classroom use as part of your back to school activities, or send home as a transition activity over the summer so they can bring it in on the first day back.
The prompts - discuss with students before beginning the task.
Self-portrait (space to draw their features on the blank face).
My dinosaur name (students add their first name in the space to create a dino name).
Age.
Things I think are RAWR-some (a space for favourite things).
My 3 favorite colours (colour the bones).
I’m EGG-cellent at (space to write about/draw their strengths).
Stomp, stomp, I like to chomp (favourite foods).
I’d LAVA to get better at… (what do they want to work on/improve during this next year).
The images and text are not editable. All of the templates are black and white. Versions with US and UK spellings are included.
Print the templates with the letters you need on A4 or letter size paper (landscape). There are instructions included for folding. All instructions and teacher notes are at the end of the file.
Here are some other All About Me resources you might like:
Self portrait all about me
Space themed all about me
Vertical all about me foldable
Help your students recall and understand the life cycle of an octopus with this foldable craft activity. Use to support learning around ocean animals, life cycles, or sea life.
Options are included for using coloured card, or for pupils to colour the octopus themselves. Pupils will cut out the life cycle stages and put them in order on the tentacles of the octopus before cutting out the parts, gluing, and folding. More fun and interactive than a standard life cycle worksheet!
There are similar 3 templates to choose from (one with the life cycle already sequenced, one to print on coloured card, and one to print on white card for children to colour the octopus).
This resource also includes a ‘label the octopus body parts’ worksheet in black and white, and in colour.
Both US and UK versions are included in the zip file.
May 2023 sees the coronation of King Charles III - an exciting part of British and Commonwealth history. Plan some fun activities to help your KS1 class celebrate this special occasion with this pack of coronation printables.
This King Charles coronation pack includes:
Make a crown
4 crown designs to either print landscape on A4 coloured card or on white card (for children to colour).
Make a Union Jack flag
There are several options for this:
Colour the flag, cut it out, fold it in half, and glue.
As above but with grey letters to indicate which colour children should use for each part.
Full-colour version - 2 to a page
Full-colour version - 4 to a page (mini flags).
If I were a king/queen writing activity
Children draw/colour a face on their king/queen picture (there are 9 designs). They can then use the lined page to respond to the prompt.
Crown maze
Help King Charles’s carriage reach Westminster Abbey for the coronation!
Coronation word search
A simple word search with 8 coronation-themed words (2 similar versions). Answers included.
The British National Anthem lyrics
Pages with 2 verses and with just the first verse are included.
You can listen to the National Anthem with 2 verses on YouTube before having a go at singing it yourselves.
Crown spot the difference
Find 5 differences in the picture.
Charles and Camilla coloring sheet
Versions for A4 and US letter size paper included. This 40+ page resource is not editable.
