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 stages of the salmon life cycle with this fun foldable activity. A fun alternative to a worksheet that can be used to support learning around habitats, life cycles or fish.
There are 3 similar cut-and-paste templates to choose from so you can pick one that best matches your pupils’ needs:
Template 1: Colour the template and life cycle stages, match the labels to the pictures, glue, cut, and fold. As an alternative, pupils could write the life cycle stages directly onto the template.
Template 2: Colour the template and life cycle stages, arrange the stages in order on the template, glue, cut and fold.
Template 3: Larger template. This option has the life cycle stages as simple words, and also with descriptions.
In addition, this resource also contains cards for a life cycle of a salmon word wall. There are 12 words included (3 to a page) with and without a description. The words are:
eggs
eyed eggs
mature eggs
alevin
yolk sac
fry
parr
smolt
adult salmon
spawning
migration
redd
For early finishers, there is a salmon life cycle word search with 10 words to find.
US and UK versions are included. Please note this 20 page resource is not editable.
Benefits of this activity
Low prep
Children learn about the salmon 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.
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.
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.
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.
A fun and simple Christmas craft activity for kids to do in the lead-up to the holidays. Print a Christmas cracker card template on white card. Children can then colour, cut, glue, and fold. Once completed, cards can be given to a friend, relative, or teacher.
There are 4 similar templates to pick from (plain, spotty, wavy stripes, and zig-zag stripes).
The finished cards are around 26cm across when folded. Please note, the PDF is not editable.
Full instructions are included, as well as template versions formatted for UK (A4) and US (letter-size) paper sizes. For those that don’t celebrate Christmas, the templates are repeated with the greeting ‘Happy Holidays’.
Set your class a week-long kindness challenge with this ‘fill a stocking with kindness’ activity. This 16-page Christmas printable will get your class reflecting on why kindness is important, and how to show it to others. You have the option to use the completed stockings for a kindness display.
The activity
Print a stocking template for each student. Each stripe on their stocking represents a day of the week. There are templates for 5 days (to use for a school week), or for 7 days if you want the challenge to continue over the weekend.
For the next week, students will try to complete an act of kindness every day. For each one, they can colour in a stripe on their stocking (starting at the bottom), and write what they did. By the end of the week, they will have a rainbow-striped Christmas stocking of kindness.
The templates
You can choose the template options that best suit you.
Stocking with 5 stripes (for 5 days) with a border. Designed to be used as a stand-alone worksheet.
As above but with 7 stripes
4 x stocking designs, each with 5 stripes, to be printed on card and cut out on completion. These can then be used to create a Christmas kindness display.
As above but the stockings have 7 stripes.
In addition to the activity template, this resource includes:
Teacher notes
2 optional worksheet printables for children to complete before and after the challenge
Both UK and US paper sizes are included. This resource is not editable.
Suitable for upper KS1 or lower KS2.
This winter/Christmas themed bundle is a collection of 4 foldout sequencing activities:
Penguin life cycle
Christmas tree life cycle
The steps for making gingerbread.
How to build a snowman.
These are printable activities, with multiple cut and paste template options to allow for differentiation. Instructions for students and picture guides to help with the folding are included.
Here is a breakdown of each foldout:
Penguin life cycle foldout
A fun and simple science activity all about the life cycle of a penguin. This activity could be used to support a lesson on birds, the Antarctic, or penguins.
This resource has 2 similar templates.
Christmas tree life cycle foldout
A fun, seasonal activity to help children understand the life cycle of a Christmas (coniferous) tree from seed, to sapling, to the adult tree and seed cones.
Use this activity for interactive science notebooks, or to support a unit on plants, life cycles, or Christmas traditions/celebrations.
There are 6 similar options to allow you to differentiate for your students or to use with different age groups.
Making gingerbread
This foldable sequencing activity allows students to order the stages of making/baking gingerbread. It is designed to help develop thinking and fine motor skills.
You could add the finish foldouts to interactive notebooks, use this to support learning around The Gingerbread Man story, or as a fun Christmas activity or center.
Students cut out the stages, put them in order on the template, before cutting and folding. They will love bringing the 2 halves of their gingerbread foldout together, then gently pulling it apart to show the stages inside.
There are 3 similar versions included, including one with a straight cutting edge for those children who would struggle to cut around the outside of the gingerbread man.
How to build a snowman
This cut and paste sequencing activity allows students to order the stages of building a snowman.
Students cut out the stages, put them in order on the template, before cutting and folding. They will love bringing the 2 halves of their snowman foldout together, then gently pulling it apart to show the stages inside.
There are 3 similar versions included.
A fun, foldable activity to explore the life cycle of a hedgehog. This printable resource covers 4 stages - newborn, 2-week hoglet, 4-week hoglet, and adult hedgehog.
To complete this activity, children will colour their template and life cycle stages, sequence the stages, glue, and fold. Use it to support a lesson about hedgehogs, mammals, local animals, life cycles or autumn.
There are options for children to use labels with just names of the life cycle stages, and with short descriptions allowing you to differentiate if needed.
This resource is low-prep, can be used as a review or intro activity, and is a fun alternative to a worksheet.
You’ll also find 3 bonus printables within the PDF:
-Hedgehogs ‘can, have, are’ worksheet
-Label a hedgehog (cut and paste and writing option included)
-Draw a dinner for a hedgehog on the empty plate.
US and UK paper sizes included. The 12 page PDF is not editable.
A cute 3D flower pot card craft that children can use to say thank you to someone special in their life. Ideal for mothers or fathers day, grandparents, as a teacher gift, or for another significant individual in their life.
This 5 page resource contains a template and instructions. The message on the flower pot is ‘thank you for helping me grow’.
In addition to a template, pupils will need:
Coloured pens/pencils
Pipe cleaners, scissors
Tape
Googly eyes
The side tabs that help the card to stand up have space to write the name of the recipient and who the card is from.
The template has 2 flowers for students to color and cut out.
There is also an option to add a flower with a photo inside - a PowerPoint template, as well as a Canva template link, are included for this. It is not essential to add a photo - the card looks great without it so don’t worry if this is not an option for you.
Spiders are fascinating creatures! Use this 30-slide presentation to introduce them to your class in a colourful and informative way.
Although suitable to be used all year round, this resource could also support autumn or Halloween science activities related to spiders and how they live.
This resource is a 30-slide presentation in both a PowerPoint and Google Slides format (see the video for a full preview to make sure it’s suitable for your pupils).
The presentation covers:
The features of spiders (including a look at mouth parts, spinnerets, and eyes)
What spiders eat
The life cycle of a spider (egg, egg sac, spiderling, adult spider)
Interesting spiders from around the world and some fun facts about them.
Is this resource editable?
The images, labels, and titles are flattened and cannot be edited. However, all body text boxes are fully editable, allowing you to make any adaptations for your pupils should you wish to.
The link to the Google Slides file is contained in a PDF.
Introduce or review the life cycle stages of a mallard duck with this foldable sequencing activity. This fun alternative to a worksheet covers 4 stages of a duck’s life cycle - egg, hatching, duckling, and adult duck. It could be used as part of a lesson on bird life cycles, alongside hatching ducks, or as part of a pond life study.
The templates
The activity templates are differentiated so you can use them with multiple age groups or abilities.
Template 1: Colour the duck face and the stages of the duck life cycle. Cut out the template and fold.
Template 2: Colour the duck face and the stages of the duck life cycle (egg, hatching, duckling, adult duck), cut out and sequence the life cycle stages, glue, cut and fold.
Template 3: As above but with a straight cutting edge.
Template 4: Colour the duck face and the stages of the duck life cycle, cut out and sequence the life cycle stages (with short descriptions), glue, cut and fold.
Guidance for folding is supplied.
Benefits of this activity
-Low prep
-Children learn about the duck 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 an interactive notebook where they can be referenced by children.
-Us and UK versions are included in the file.
Please note that this is not an editable resource.
Introduce inheritance and inherited characteristics to your year 6 class with this fun presentation and monster activity. This science lesson is interactive, and allows pupils to explore inheritance by observing the physical features of some little monsters, and predicting what their offspring might look like.
This resource can be used all year round but the monster theme makes it a fun science activity for Halloween.
Curriculum link
Year 6 science
Evolution and Inheritance: ‘recognise that living things produce offspring of the same kind, but normally offspring vary and are not identical to their parents’
What’s included:
26 slide PowerPoint presentation (a Google Slides link to the presentation is also included) introducing inheritance and inherited characteristics. Check out the full video preview of the presentation before you purchase. It also touches on acquired characteristics.
Printable monster activity. Pupils meet the 3-eyed monsters and draw what their offspring might look like, with a focus on inherited physical traits. Please note this activity needs to be printed in colour, or alternatively, there’s an option to display the coloured parts on a screen.
Is this resource editable?
The presentation is partially editable. You cannot edit the titles or images, but some editable text boxes allow you to make adaptations for your learners.
The monster activity is not editable.
US and UK versions are included in the zip file.
Introduce or review the water cycle in simple steps with this foldable activity and presentation. This resource focuses on 4 stages of the water cycle: collection, evaporation, condensation, and precipitation.
The foldable cut and paste activity is a fun alternative to labeling a worksheet and is suitable for interactive science notebooks. One of the templates allows for children to write in the stages themselves.
The presentation outlines the 4 stages with simple descriptions and pictures. There is a PowerPoint and Google Slides version included. The video preview shows the full presentation.
This resource includes:
13 slide water cycle presentation (PowerPoint and Google Slides) with animation. The presentation is partially editable (titles and images are fixed in place but you can amend what’s in the text boxes if you need to adapt it for your learners).
Differentiated foldable sequencing activity (PDF) with 3 similar templates to choose from. The PDF is not editable.
Picture showing how to fold the template
Teacher notes
Versions for US and UK paper sizes
A lapbook is a fun, hands-on way of consolidating children’s research. This shark lapbook project has 7 templates and can be used for a shark week, marine science lessons or to support units on ocean animals, fish, or habitats.
Choose the foldable components that best suit your learners, and the size of the lapbook they are creating. Some of the activities will require pupils to do some of their own basic research.
You can see a resource preview on YouTube here.
The template options included in this lapbook resource are:
Cover page
Food chain foldable activity
Shark adjective petal foldable activity
Lift the flap shark facts
Examples of sharks (pocket with cards)
‘Spotlight on’ shark fact file
Great white life cycle foldable activity
Label the shark body parts
What else is included?
Pictures showing how to fold the components
Teacher notes
Versions with US and UK paper sizes/spelling
Review a fossils unit with this interactive science lapbook. This lapbook is a fun and hands-on way of consolidating children’s research and learning about fossils.
Choose the foldable components that best suit your learners, and the size of the lapbook they are creating. Some of the activities will require pupils to do some of their own basic research.
The template options included in this lapbook resource are:
Cover page
Types of fossil flip book
How an ammonite fossil is formed sequencing activity (accordion style)
Lift the flap fossil facts
Examples of fossils (pocket with cards)
Fill in the blanks reading passage
What’s in a paleontologist’s kit?
What else is included?
Picture showing how to fold the components
Teacher notes
Versions with US and UK paper sizes/spelling
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.
Do your KS1 pupils need a visual reminder for classification vocabulary? This colourful science word wall resource covers 18 keywords for a vertebrate animal classification topic (including the 5 vertebrate groups and their features).
Use the words to create an eye-catching display in your classroom for children to reference. You could also get creative with them! For example, use the labels with the single words on, print twice, cut out and create a pairs/memory game. Or, create a sorting game for children to match toys to the correct animal group.
The words are included in the following formats:
Single-word (no description), 3 to a page
Word with description - 1 per page
Word with description - 2 per page
Word with description - 4 per page
All files are flattened PDFs.
The 18 words included are:
Bird
Mammal
Fish
Reptile
Amphibian
Vertebrate
Fur
Feathers
Scales
Gills
Lungs
Milk
Egg
Beak
Cold-blooded
Warm-blooded
Fins
Classification
Is this resource editable?
This resource is NOT editable.
If there is a word you’d like to see included, please do let me know.
UK and US paper sizes included.
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.
Add some groovy 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 70s colors and style - think fun florals, camper vans, and disco!
There are 6 headers in this set (as gif. files) so you can swap them around when you want a change!
You can see all 5 of the banners in the preview video.
Unfortunately, animated banners are not compatible with the Google Classroom app.
