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.
These fun cut-and-paste foldable sequencing activities are a fun way to learn or review some examples of the life cycle of a bird.
A cross between a worksheet and a science craft, these hands-on resources cover 4 bird life cycles - a penguin, owl, chicken and flamingo.
Each foldout breaks down the life cycle into 4 parts (the penguin and owl also have a 6 part option). The differentiated template options make this a versatile resource to use for science in KS1 or lower KS2.
Life cycle of a chicken templates
Pupils colour, cut and fold their template. The words used are egg, embryo, chick and chicken,
As above but using the words egg, egg hatching, chick and chicken.
Pupils colour their template, cut out the life cycle words, glue them in order onto the template, cut and fold. Uses same vocabulary as template 1.
As above but with the same vocabulary as template 2.
Pupils colour their template, sequence the life cycle labels, glue, cut and fold.
Life cycle of a penguin templates
1: 4-part life cycle with the option to sequence either words with pictures, or descriptions with pictures.
2: 6-part life cycle with the option to sequence either words with pictures, or descriptions with pictures.
Life cycle of a flamingo templates
1: Children colour the life cycle stages, match the words to the pictures, glue, cut and fold.
2: As above but with a straight cutting edge.
3: Children colour the life cycle stages, sequence the stages, glue, cut and fold. Option to choose simple labels or descriptions.
4: As above but with a straight cutting edge
Life cycle of an owl templates
1: Children sequence 4 life cycles on the template, glue, cut, and fold. Option to sequence basic words with pictures, or pictures with descriptions.
2: As above, but with an easy-cut edge.
3: Children sequence 6 life cycles on the template, glue, cut, and fold. Option to sequence basic words with pictures, or pictures with descriptions.
4: As above, but with an easy-cut edge.
Pupils could complete a foldout, then research the bird they have chosen and find out more about the stages of its life cycle (e.g. the length of each stage, where they nest, how many eggs are laid at a time). Guidance for this is not included.
Please note, it is not possible to edit these templates. UK and US versions are included.
These certificates are a lovely way to recognise pupils who have shown a growth mindset. Whether they have persevered with developing a new skill, faced a challenging task, learned from a mistake or practiced something until they succeeded, these awards are sure to be well received.
There are 6 designs in this set. Each is bright and colourful and features an animal in a flower pot (to represent growth). This resource is included as a PDF to print and hand write, and as a PowerPoint. Use the PowerPoint to insert text boxes in a chosen certificate, save as an image and then email to a pupil. Guidance is included for this.
These dinosaur award certificates are a fun way to reward effort, behaviour, and amazing work in your KS1 or early years classroom. With both colour and black/white options, these dinosaur rewards are easy to print and fill in by hand. The partially editable PDF has fillable fields so you can type on the lines before printing.
There are 10 dinosaur-themed certificate designs in this resource with the following messages:
Roar-some work
Wonderful work
High flyer award
Wow work award
Enormous effort award
I’m proud of you
You’re tricera-tops
Dino-mite work
Growth mindset award
Egg-cellent effort
The designs are included as a full page (landscape) and 2 to a page (portrait). US and A4 paper size options are also included.
Get to know your pupils with these fun ‘all about me’ foldable activities. Each one is designed to be coloured, completed with words and pictures, cut, and folded. No glue required! Once folded, bring the 2 halves together to show the main images, and pull apart to reveal what’s inside! Each resource has UK and US versions.
There are 4 sets in this bundle:
Self-portrait foldables
Children can pick the design that best matches their hairstyle. They then draw eyes, eyebrows, skin/hair colour, and lips, creating a self-portrait!
The inside prompts them to add some information about themselves - name, age, favourite colours, something that makes them smile, and something they are good at.
Space theme foldable activity
In this set, each foldable displays a different letter so that students can complete one that matches the first letter of their name. The inner sections of the foldable have meaningful questions on an outer space theme as follows:
-Captain… (children insert their name here)
-Age
-Things I love to the moon and back
-I’m a star at… (for children to tell you what they are good at)
-My mission is to get better at… (for children to let you know areas that they might need extra help and support).
Dinosaur themed foldable activity
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!
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 favorite 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).
Vertical foldable activity
A single design with the following questions inside:
-Name
-Age
-Left/right handed
-A place I’d like to visit
-3 words to describe me
-Things that make me smile
-I want to learn more about…
-If I were an animal I’d be a…
-Something important to me.
Sprinkle some warm and fuzzy vibes in your classroom with this set of 7 Valentine’s Day animated Google Classroom headers. Add the banners to your Google Classroom header space in the same way you would add an image.
Your students will love seeing the moving images featuring hearts, flowers, balloons, and even a dinosaur!
As well as being fun for Valentine’s Day, some of the banners could be used all year round.
Unfortunately, animated banners are not compatible with the Google Classroom app - they need to be used on the desktop site. The text and images are not editable.
Introduce or review the life cycle of a grasshopper with this foldable sequencing activity and other printables. A fun, hands-on alternative to a standard science worksheet, this resource can be used to support a lesson on insect life cycles, grasshoppers, or bugs.
The templates
There are different template options to allow for differentiation if required:
Template 1: Pupils colour the template and life cycle stages, match the word labels to the pictures, glue, cut, and fold.
Template 2: Pupils colour the template and life cycle stages, sequence the stage, glue, cut, and fold. Option to sequence with the stage names or with short descriptions.
Also included:
Full-page colour grasshopper life cycle diagram.
Poster with descriptions of the life cycle stages (colour and b/w).
Life cycle questions (with suggested answers) to discuss with pupils during the activity.
Grasshopper flipbook - Children can research grasshoppers and record what they find out. Included with ‘features’, ‘habitat’ and ‘fact’ written on the tabs, or with blank tabs for children to write titles on.
Label the grasshopper cut and paste worksheet and answer page.
Is the resource editable?
No, the PDF cannot be edited.
Introduce or review the life cycle of a spider with this fun spinner wheel activity. This spider life cycle resource has 2 template design options, and pupils can either colour the life cycle stages, or draw their own. Use for a KS1 (or lower KS2) Halloween, autumn nature, or spiders/minibeasts lesson.
The spinner templates
There are 2 choices for the top of the template and 2 for the labels (one to colour, and one to draw the life cycle stages on).
What else is included?
Colour life cycle diagram
Life cycle writing page (colour & b/w)
Full-page information cards for each stage (colour & b/w).
Smaller life cycle pictures and arrows to print and cut into individual pieces. Children can arrange the stages in order and connect them with the arrows. Laminate for longevity.
US and UK versions of the PDF
Is the resource editable?
No, this 12-page PDF resource is not editable.
This resource is a set of 5 animated headers (GIFs) for Google Classroom with a St Patrick’s Day theme. Add them to Google Classroom banner area in the same way you would add an image. Your students will love seeing the moving images including glitter shamrocks, gold coins and lucky horse shoes!
All 5 designs can be seen in the preview so be sure to have a look before purchasing.
Unfortunately, animated banners are not compatible with the Google Classroom app. The text and images are not editable.
This resource is a set of 10 animated headers for Google Classroom with a spring theme. Add them to Google Classroom in the same way you would add an image in the banner space. The set includes a Valentine’s, St Patrick’s Day, and Easter design.
See the preview video to check out all the designs.
Unfortunately, animated banners are not compatible with the Google Classroom app. The text and images are not editable.
Add these fun, animated Halloween headers to the Google Classroom banner area in the same way you would add an image. There are 7 headers in this set (as gif. files) including pumpkins, ghosts, potions and candy!
You can see the banners in the preview video.
Unfortunately, animated banners are not compatible with the Google Classroom app. The text and images are not editable.
Do your pupils need a visual reminder of the vocabulary for plant life cycles. This colourful life cycle of a bean plant word wall can be printed and displayed to help support them.
This resource contains the following:
Life cycle stages of a bean plant (3 to a page)
As above but with descriptions
Words for the parts of a plant (stem, leaves, roots, flower, stem).
UK and US paper sizes are included. Please note that this free resource is not editable.
Add some 80s/early 90s vibes to your Google Classroom with this animated set of banners.
Just add them to the header area in your Google Classroom in the same way you’d add a static image - it’s super easy and guidance is provided if you need it. These banners are full of 80s colors and style - think neon, retro patterns and roller disco!
There are 5 headers in this set (as gif. files) so you can swap them around when you want a change!
You can see all of the banners in the preview video.
Unfortunately, animated banners are not compatible with the Google Classroom app.
Explore the stages of a rose’s life cycle with this fun, foldable activity. Ideal as a Valentine’s Day or summer science activity, for an interactive notebook, or to support learning about plants, life cycles, or roses.
Print the black and white templates for pupils to colour, cut, and sequence. There are 4 similar cut-and-paste templates to choose from so you can pick one that best matches your class’s needs.
-Template 1: Colour the rose and its life cycle stages, sequence the stages, glue onto the template, cut, and fold.
-Template 2: As above but with a straight cutting edge around the rose.
-Template 3: Colour the rose and its life cycle stages, sequence the stages, glue onto the template, cut, and fold. Larger finished size than templates 1 and 2.
-Template 4: As above but with a straight cutting edge around the rose.
Simple instructions with pictures are provided to help with folding. Once complete, the 2 halves of the rose are brought together, then gently pulled apart to reveal the life cycle stages inside.
The 6 life cycle stages for this activity are seed sprouting, seedling, young plant, flower in bud, flower in bloom, and rosehip (fruit).
US and UK versions are included. Please note this resource is not editable.
Benefits of this activity
-Low prep
-Children learn about the rose 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.
-Finished foldouts can be inserted into science books where they can be referenced by children.
Do you need a quick and simple Valentine’s Day card making activity? These animal-themed Valentines to colour and fold are cute and easy to make! Children can give them to parents, grandparents, relatives, or friends.
There are 5 animal designs to choose from, and each is included 1-to-a-page and 2-to-a-page so that you have size options.
The designs are:
Llama - You are llamazing!
Frog - Hoppy Valentine’s Day
Bear- I love you bear-y much
Lion - You are roar-some
Rabbit - Some bunny loves you!
Children colour their design, write inside, cut, and fold.
A4 and US letter size options are included.
Do you need a simple and easy end-of-school-year gift idea for your class? This cute jungle animal themed printable with an original poem can be given to your pupils 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.
The PDF is not editable. US letter and A4 paper size included.
Add fun and movement to your Google Classroom by using animated headers. This resource is a set of 12 animated banners for Google Classroom (gifs) with a back to school theme, featuring moving school supplies. Ideal for welcoming pupils in the first week of school and for all year round.
Add the animated banners to your Google Classroom in the same way you would add an image (a quick guide is included if you need it). They feature moving school supplies including pencil, erasers, paint brushes, apples and even a bus!
You can see 10 banners in the preview video (there are 8 designs with some repeated in a different color).
The text and images are not editable.
Please note, animated banners are only compatible with the desktop version of Google Classroom - the animations will not play on the app.
Add fun and movement to your online learning with animated Google Classroom headers. This ocean animal themed set of 8 banners features sharks, glowing jellyfish, seahorses, octopuses and more. Your pupils will LOVE logging on to your Google Classroom and seeing them!
This banner set could be used for an underwater or sea themed classroom, for science lessons, for summer, or for back to school.
Add the headers to Google Classroom in the same way you would add an image in the banner space. They could also be used in Google Forms.
Please note:
The text and images are not editable.
Animated banners work best when used on the desktop Google Classroom site. They do not animate in the app.
Add fun and movement to your Google Classroom with this set of animated headers (GIFs). This kawaii apple set can be used for back-to-school and autumn, as well as throughout the year to help your pupils look forward to logging on!
There are 13 animated banners included (6 designs repeated in different colors).
Add them to the Google Classroom banner area in the same way you would add an image. Your children will love seeing the moving image designs!
Animated banners only are designed for use on the Google Classroom desktop site - they don’t animate in the app. The text and images are not editable.
Introduce or review the stages of how fossils form with these folding cut-and-paste activities, featuring an ammonite and a Triceratops. These foldout sequencing activities will help KS2 pupils recall 6 stages of fossilisation in a fun and engaging way, that’s more hands-on than a standard fossils worksheet.
The templates - Triceratops
There are 4 similar templates to choose from to allow for differentiation:
Template 1: Colour the images, match the labels to the pictures, glue, cut, and fold. There are 2 label options to choose from.
Template 2: Colour the images, arrange the stages of fossilisation in order on the template, glue, cut, and fold.
Template 3: Colour the images, write a short description of each stage, glue, cut, and fold. This one could be used as a review if you’ve already covered the fossilisation process.
Template 4: Colour the images, match the pictures to the words, arrange them in order on the template, glue, cut, and fold.
The templates - ammonite
Template 1: Colour the images, cut out and fold.
Template 2 : Colour the images, cut out the words and sequence them, glue the words in place, cut and fold.
Template 3: Colour the images, cut out the words with the pictures and sequence them, glue the words in place, cut and fold.
Template 4: Larger version of template 3 (over 2 pages).
Activity benefits
Hands-on and low-prep
Use as an introduction or a review
Opportunity to practice following directions
A fun alternative to a science worksheet
Differentiated options
Suitable for interactive notebooks
Also included:
Directions for pupils (including a picture showing how to fold)
Questions for a whole class discussion. Some suggested answers are provided for this.
Palaeontologist’s diary writing page for students to imagine and describe the experience of finding a triceratops fossil.
US and UK versions of the PDF are included.
Is this resource editable?
This PDF resource is not editable.
Help your pupils understand the life cycles of 3 Australian mammals with these fun, foldable sequencing activities. This hands-on cut-and-paste resource has templates for 3 animals - kangaroo, koala, and platypus life cycles. Pupils can colour the template, arrange the life cycle stages in order, glue, cut, and fold.
Each template is included with and without an easy-cut edge around the animal face.
Additional printables are included to complement the activity and help further develop students’ knowledge and understanding:
-Colour poster of each life cycle
-Information sheet for each life cycle (b/w)
-Simple writing sheet for each animal - extra research may be required for this
Benefits of this resource
-Low-prep
-Use as an introduction or a review
-A FUN and hands-on alternative to a worksheet
-East-cut option for each template
What format is this resource?
This resource is a 22-page PDF to download and print yourself. It is included for US letter size paper with US spelling, and also as an A4 file with UK spelling. The resource is not editable.
