We love teaching and making resources to promote enjoyment, motivation, and understanding for children and teachers with a particular passion for learning outside the classroom.
We love teaching and making resources to promote enjoyment, motivation, and understanding for children and teachers with a particular passion for learning outside the classroom.
This HUGE bundle is packed full of outdoor science goodies from fun investigations to practical activities. It covers a huge range of topics for years 1 - 3.
Topics covered:
Animal Adaptations
Animal Classification
Earth & Moon
Electricity
Floating and Sinking
Habitats
Magnetism
Materials and their Properties
Mini-Beasts
Plants
Skeletons
Sound
STEM Investigations
We hope you find this pack useful and enjoy working outside with your class!
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This summer word search is great fun and perfect to be used a filler activity towards the end of the term. It contains 12 summer themed words for your students to find.
The resource contains a printer friendly version as well as an answer key.
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The “Our Woodland Adventure Recount” templates guides your young explorers through the memorable moments of their trip to the woods as they use our template to re-live their woodland adventure as they write their recounts.
These templates help to develop writing proficiency, creativity and memory recall while providing a platform for them to share the key moments from their trip with friends and family.
This resource contains three templates, each with a different level of difficulty.
You may also be interested in our Beach Visit Recount Templates.
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The “Our Woodland Adventure Recount” template guides your young explorers through the memorable moments of their trip to the woods as they use our template to re-live their woodland adventure as they write their recounts.
This template help to develop writing proficiency, creativity and memory recall while providing a platform for them to share the key moments from their trip with friends and family.
This resource contains one template only.
Click here to download our full pack of three differentiated woodland recount templates.
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It’s time to get messy writing instructions for and making potions! This fun activity is sure it be a hit with your class while the learn about the key features in instruction writing such as imperative verbs and time connectives. At the end of it all they will have their own set of instructions for their very own magic potion using natural materials.
Our teaching structure:
1: Show examples of instructions and highlight the features
2: Get the children to go outside to think about which natural resources they may want to use.
3: Fill in the planning sheet
4: Write the instructions
5: Swap the instructions and make the potions!
Contents
- Teacher’s Guide
- Instructions Checklist
- Potion Instructions Example
- Planning Sheet
- Differentiated Instructions Template
We hope you have as much fun as our class did!
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A word scramble with a twist! This outdoor word scramble lesson is all about exploring your outdoor space while having lots of fun and developing team building skills. Students will work in small groups to hide and find letters around the outdoor space before collaborating to figure out a hidden word formed by the letters they find.
It’s perfect for a sunny afternoon or end of term activity.
Contents:
Lesson Plan: 2 pages
Starter activity prompt sheet: 1 page
Word scramble cards: 9 pages
Word scramble clue sheet: 1 page
Word scramble colour cards: 1 page
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This outdoor word scramble lesson is all about exploring your outdoor space while developing team working skills. Students will work in small groups to hide and find letters around the outdoor space. They will collaborate to figure out a hidden word formed by the letters they find.
This lesson is perfect for the end of term or as a fun brain break.
Contents:
Teacher’s guide
Starter activity prompts
Word clue cards
8 word cards
Color grid
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This “Around-the-House Treasure Hunt” is deal for the holidays.This captivating activity turns your home into a thrilling adventure zone. Your children will unravel a series of clever riddles, each one guiding them to the next clue, all leading up to the ultimate prize - an exciting treasure of your choice.
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Check out our other activities perfect for summer!
- Outdoor Summer Scavenger Hunt
- Summer Word Scavenger Hunt
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Bring some fun and excitement to your reading lessons with these Animal-Themed Reading Comprehension & Inference Task Cards! This resource includes 8 task cards, each featuring a different animal and a short passage that is sure to captivate your students’ attention.
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What’s Inside:
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8 Animal-Themed Task Cards: Each card includes a passage with two thoughtfully crafted questions:
**Question 1: **Helps students practice extracting key information directly from the text.
Question 2: Challenges them to make inferences based on what they’ve read.
**Answer Sheet: **A sheet for children to record their answers on
Teacher’s Guide
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Versatile Ways to Use:
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Scavenger Hunt: Hide the task cards around your classroom, school, or even an outdoor space, and let students search for them while practicing their reading skills.
**Literacy Centers: **These cards are perfect for literacy centers, allowing students to work independently or in small groups.
Partner or Group Work: Encourage teamwork by having students discuss and answer the questions together.
**Morning Warm-Up or Exit Tickets: **Use these cards as a quick, engaging warm-up or as an exit ticket to assess comprehension skills.
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These task cards are adaptable and easy to incorporate into your existing lesson plans. Whether used inside or outside, they’re a great way to combine learning with a bit of adventure!
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Perfect for Years: 4 - 5
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Format: PDF download, ready for immediate printing and use.
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Bring some fun and excitement to your reading lessons with these Animal-Themed Reading Comprehension & Inference Fiction Task Cards! This resource includes 8 task cards, each featuring a different animal and a short passage that is sure to captivate your students’ attention.
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What’s Inside:
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8 Animal-Themed Task Cards: Each card includes a passage with two thoughtfully crafted questions:
**Question 1: **Helps students practice extracting key information directly from the text.
Question 2: Challenges them to make inferences based on what they’ve read.
**Answer Sheet: **A sheet for children to record their answers on
Teacher’s Guide
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Versatile Ways to Use:
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Scavenger Hunt: Hide the task cards around your classroom, school, or even an outdoor space, and let students search for them while practicing their reading skills.
**Literacy Centers: **These cards are perfect for literacy centers, allowing students to work independently or in small groups.
Partner or Group Work: Encourage teamwork by having students discuss and answer the questions together.
**Morning Warm-Up or Exit Tickets: **Use these cards as a quick, engaging warm-up or as an exit ticket to assess comprehension skills.
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These task cards are adaptable and easy to incorporate into your existing lesson plans. Whether used inside or outside, they’re a great way to combine learning with a bit of adventure!
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Perfect for Years: 4 - 5
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Format: PDF download, ready for immediate printing and use.
Take a look at our non-fiction reading comprehension task cards.
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Spelling and phonics have never been more fun! This outdoor activity is designed to help students recap and reinforce their Phase 2 phonics sounds through active, hands-on learning. The objective of this lesson is to strengthen students’ spelling skills while reviewing Phase 2 sounds in an interactive way.
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In this activity, students will search for picture cards featuring missing letters, decipher the word, and write the correct spelling on their provided spelling sheet. This engaging approach helps improve phonics recognition and spelling accuracy, making it an excellent choice for early literacy development.
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What’s Included:
6 spelling lists targeting Phase 2 phonics sounds
60 word cards with pictures and missing letters
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**Perfect for outdoor learning or classroom phonics centers!
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Ideal for kindergarten and early primary students, this resource is a great way to make phonics practice exciting and engaging.
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You will also love our ‘Match The Sound’ phase 2 - 5 phonics game.
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Spelling and phonics have never been more fun! This outdoor activity is designed to help students recap and reinforce their Phase 3 phonics sounds through active, hands-on learning. The objective of this lesson is to strengthen students’ spelling skills while reviewing Phase 3 sounds in an interactive way.
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In this activity, students will search for picture cards featuring missing letters, decipher the word, and write the correct spelling on their provided spelling sheet. This engaging approach helps improve phonics recognition and spelling accuracy, making it an excellent choice for early literacy development.
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What’s Included:
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6 spelling lists targeting Phase 3 phonics sounds
60 word cards with pictures and missing letters
Perfect for outdoor learning or classroom phonics centers!
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Ideal for kindergarten and early primary students, this resource is a great way to make phonics practice exciting and engaging.
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You will also love our ‘Match The Sound’ phase 2 - 5 phonics game.
Check out our Phase 2 Phonics Hunt.
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Spelling and phonics have never been more fun! This outdoor activity is designed to help students recap and reinforce their Phase 4 phonics sounds through active, hands-on learning. The objective of this lesson is to strengthen students’ spelling skills while reviewing Phase 4 sounds in an interactive way.
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In this activity, students will search for picture cards featuring missing letters, decipher the word, and write the correct spelling on their provided spelling sheet. This engaging approach helps improve phonics recognition and spelling accuracy, making it an excellent choice for early literacy development.
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What’s Included:
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6 spelling lists targeting Phase 3 phonics sounds
60 word cards with pictures and missing letters
-Perfect for outdoor learning or classroom phonics centers!
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Ideal for kindergarten and early primary students, this resource is a great way to make phonics practice exciting and engaging.
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Check out our Phase 3 Phonics Hunt.
Check out our Phase 2 Phonics Hunt.
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Looking for a fun and active way to reinforce phonics learning across multiple phases? This bundle includes word cards for spelling activities for Phases 2, 3, 4, and 5 phonics!
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Students will search for word cards and complete spelling sheets, making phonics practice interactive and exciting. Perfect for outdoor learning or classroom use, this bundle is ideal for helping students solidify their understanding of key phonics sounds in a hands-on, dynamic way.
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Suitable for small groups or whole-class activities!
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Each phonics phase set contains:
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6 Spelling Lists
Spelling Sheet
60 Word Cards
You will also love our ‘Match The Sound’ phase 2 - 5 phonics game.
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Summer is a wonderful time of year when nature is blooming. This can be a fantastic opportunity to look at poetry and description. These lessons will get your students looking descriptive language and adjectives to describe the world around them through an acrostic poem.
They will look at adjectives and other descriptive techniques to describe summer before writing their own acrostic poems.
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Phase 5 phonics havs never been more fun! This outdoor activity is designed to help students recap and reinforce their Phase 5 phonics sounds through active, hands-on learning. The objective of this spelling lesson is to strengthen students’ spelling skills while reviewing Phase 5 sounds in an active way.
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In this activity, students will search for picture cards featuring missing letters, decipher the word, and write the correct spelling on their provided spelling sheet. This engaging approach helps improve phonics recognition and spelling accuracy, making it an excellent choice for early literacy development.
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What’s Included:
6 spelling lists targeting Phase 5 phonics sounds
60 word cards with pictures and missing letters
Perfect for outdoor learning or classroom phonics centers!
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Ideal for kindergarten and early primary students, this resource is a great way to make phonics practice exciting and engaging.
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You will also love our ‘Match The Sound’ phase 2 - 5 phonics game.
Check out our Phase 4 Phonics Hunt.
Check out our Phase 3 Phonics Hunt.
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This positional language lesson is practical and engaging! Designed to promote creativity and enhance descriptive writing skills, this resource takes learning outside the classroom. Students will explore their surroundings while practicing positional phrases such as “above,” “below,” “next to,” and “between.”
What’s Included:
Detailed Lesson Plan: Step-by-step instructions for guiding students through outdoor activities focused on positional language.
Student Writing Template: A fun and structured way to encourage descriptive writing using positional phrases.
Interactive Activity Ideas: Encourage collaboration and exploration as students describe natural items and their positions.
Perfect for elementary students, this resource blends literacy and outdoor exploration for a memorable learning experience.
Grade Level: 2 - 4
Learning Focus: Literacy, Descriptive Writing, Vocabulary
Why Teachers Love It: Encourages active learning, enhances language skills, and aligns with curriculum standards.
Take your writing lesson outside and watch creativity soar!
You may also like our woodland visit recount template.
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