Using the outdoors as a way to promote a healthy mindset as well as having a brain break from the classroom can have huge benefits on students’ learning and emotional wellbeing. These outdoor mindfulness task cards can be used to give out to students when they are in need of some quiet time or a brain break from the classroom. Each card contains a simple activity that they can complete outside independently with minimal prep. Each activity is designed to promote a positive mental wellbeing along with a calm mindset ready for work. These cards can also be used very effectively with SEN students that become overwhelmed within the classroom. If safe and appropriate, they can choose a card and spend 5 minutes completing the activity outside before returning to the classroom. This can help them take a minute to calm down and return to a better state of mind. Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store Saving The Teachers and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

Subtraction boards are a fun and practical way for your early learners to practice simple subtraction outside. For this activity they will complete the differentiated questions by collecting the correct amount of objects (shown above question) to represent the subtraction and placing it over the top of the square. Once they have completed all four subtractions on the board you can get them to take a photo for a record or write out the subtractions with pictures and answers on some paper. This activity is a great physical and visual way to help them understand subtraction in a concrete way. It’s best to either laminate the boards or print them out on thick card so they can be used multiple times. We leave them in our outdoor space so students can come and choose them as they like during free-flow activities. Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

A cross-curricular maths and science investigation that will get your class into the great outdoors on a bug hunt. They will learn about data handling, bar charts, estimation, averages, and basic number skills as they search for, and record, the different species of insects that they find. Your class are sure to love this exciting investigation! Contents - 4 Large Icon Insect Identification Sheets - 1 Small Icon Insect Identification Sheet - Instruction Sheet - Planning Sheet - Results Table - 2 x Differentiated Bar Charts - 1 x Analysis Sheet ------------------------ Please don’t forget to rate this product and provide feedback to earn credits that you can use toward future purchases on TpT. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

This activity consists of 2 cootie catchers (or fortune tellers) for learning or revising instrument families. The children must try to figure out what the instrument is from the clues given to them. It’s a great way to have students review their knowledge of different instruments and not even realise that they’re learning! They’ll be engaged and excited with this addictive activity (as I am sure you will be too!). This pack contains two Cootie Catchers, each with a second copy included if you would like your students to fill the clues for each instrument themselves. There are visuals included to meet different learning styles. Instrument included: - Trumpet - Tuba - Violin - Harp - Xylophone - Snare Drum - Clarinet - Flute - Saxophone - Viola - Cello - Drum Kit - Maraca - French Horn - Cornet Folding and playing directions are also included. Have fun! ------------------------

A fun data handling focused maths investigation to get your children hands on learning in the outdoors. The children will race snails in order to collect some simple data that they will use to create a line-graph before analysing the data and answering a few questions. It is a fantastic way to introduce data handling as well as reinforcing other mathematical skills such as measuring. Contents: - Instructions sheet - 3 x differentiated results sheet with questions - 2 x differentiated line graph sheet - Extension questions sheet -------------------------------------- We hope you enjoy it as much as our classes did!

Homophones with Larry The Knight PowerPoint, games, and worksheets lesson makes for a fun way to teach these tricky words. This highly visual and interactive PowerPoint will keep your children engaged and thinking carefully about the homophone spellings. I find this PowerPoint works best if all the children have a whiteboard to record their answers. This means there can be no hogs or logs! Contents - Slides 1 – 4: Introduction - Slides 5 – 21: Game 1: Homophone or Not? Children must decided whether the word is a homophone or not. - Slides 22 – 35: Hunt The Homophone. Children must find the homophone using wrongly in the sentences. - Slide 36: Conclusion Check out some of our other grammar resources! Figurative Language PowerPoint and Quiz Literacy Games PowerPoint Sentence Fixers PowerPoint Activity Adjective Acting Game Figurative Language Acting Activity Flash Cards: Similes ------------------------ Please don’t forget to rate this resource if you enjoyed it. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

This set of Christmas themed subtraction word problems are perfect for grades 1 – 2 to get ready for the festive season. There are 24 math word problems, 12 of which are ‘challenging’ problems for those children who need the extra level of difficulty. These NO PREP subtraction problems can be used as worksheets, or they can be cut out and used as task cards. Contents - 12 X Subtraction Word Problems - 12 X Challenging Subtraction Word Problems - 2 X Answer Keys We hope you have fun with these and have a wonderful Christmas! ☺ Check out our Christmas Addition Word Problems ) ------------------------ If you enjoyed this resource please leave us some feedback. Thank you! Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

This set of Christmas themed addition word problems are perfect for grades 1 – 2 to get ready for the festive season. There are 24 word problems, 12 of which are ‘challenging’ problems for those children who need the extra level of difficulty. The first set of questions are mostly simple addition without carrying, however the challenge questions involve one and two step carrying. These NO PREP resources can be used as worksheets, or they can be cut out and used as task cards. Contents - 12 X Addition Word Problems - 12 X Challenging Addition Word Problems - 2 X Answer Keys We hope you have fun with these and have a wonderful Christmas! ☺ ------------------------ If you liked this resource please leave us some feedback. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

This is an extremely fun outdoor activity for your children to learn about place value with decimals. Place Value Relay is an active way for children to learn about decimals and place value. This activity is best played outside where the children will take a decimal and place it in the correct place on the large number line in a relay format. This pack also contains 2 differentiated cut and stick worksheets where the children must place the decimals in the correct place on the number lines. Contents - Teacher’s Guide - 3 x Large number lines along with playing cards for each - 2 x Differentiated worksheets ------------------------ If you like this resources please don't forget to leave us feedback. Thank you! Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

This foldable activity consists of 2 cootie catchers (or fortune tellers) for learning or revising the light and sight key terms. The children must try to figure out which key word of the light and sight topic is being described. It’s a great way to have students review their knowledge and not even realise that they’re learning! They’ll be engaged and excited with this addictive activity (as I am sure you will be too!). This pack contains two Cootie Catchers, each with a second copy included if you would like your students to write their own definitions for each key term themselves. There are visuals included to meet different learning styles. Key Terms included: - Light Energy - Reflection - Shiny - Opaque - Transparent - Optics - Shadow - Eyes - Cornea - Pupil - Iris - Sclera - Lens - Retina - Optic Nerve Folding and playing directions are also included. Have fun! ------------------------ Check out our other science cootie catchers: The Water Cycle The Rock Cycle Plant Structure ------------------------ Please don’t forget to rate this resource is you enjoyed it. :) Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

A set of 5 Christmas themed literacy games that your class will love as we head towards this festive season. This PowerPoint is perfect for fun starter activities, as quick brain breaks, or just for some Christmas literacy fun! This PowerPoint contains the following games: - Christmas Jokes and Riddles - Christmas Anagrams - The Alphabet Game - Class Debate - Picture ‘Odd One Out’ ------------------------ Please don’t forget to rate this resource if you enjoyed it. Thank you! Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

A fun interactive PowerPoint and quiz is designed to give your class an introduction into the amazing world of animal adaptions. It goes through the basics of the different types of physical and behavioural adaptions, giving interesting examples for each. We have found this great for introducing the topic or as a quick refresher for the children. Contents - Slides 1 – 8: Introduction - Slides 9 – 13: Physical Adaptions - Slides 14 – 19: Behavioural Adaptions - Slides 20 – 29: Quiz - Slide 30: Conclusion Check out our camouflage activities. Animal Adaptions: Camouflage and Mimicry Activities ------------------------ Please don’t forget to rate this resource if you enjoyed it. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

This NO PREP engaging fractions lesson (with financial literacy links) is designed to help children learn or practise how to find a fraction of a number. It is designed to be played as a whole class, however would work just as well in small groups. The aim of the game is to collect as much ‘money’ (obviously imaginary!) as possible. In each round they will be given two options (e.g. 1/3 of $21 or ¼ of $28) and must try to choose the highest amount. They choose which ever they think is highest, work it out, and record it on their sheet. If they work it out incorrectly they do not get to keep any of the ‘money’. At the end the player with the highest score / amount of money is the winner. I award a few more of our Multiplication Trading Cards as a prize which they love. For those that need more support we have found it helps if they go with a partner that is able to support them. This is a fantastic lesson to link in with financial literacy as the harder fractions are generally the highest amount. They need to decide if it’s worth the risk and attempt the harder one. Contents - PPT GAME - Teacher’s Guide - Record Sheet - Example Record Sheet ------------------------ Please don’t forget to rate this resource if you enjoyed it. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

The pack is a great way to get your children outdoors learning and exploring lines of symmetry. There are different activities and worksheets that will get your children exploring the outdoors while thinking about and creating patterns and shapes with one and more lines of symmetry. We have aimed this pack at grades 3 – 5, however it can be used in most grades with different levels of support and outcomes. Contents: - 1 x Symmetry Collecting Worksheet - 1 x Stick Bugs Activity Task Card - 1 x Symmetry Hunt Worksheet - 9 x Natural Symmetry Task Cards We hope you enjoy these as much as we did! ------------------------ If you liked this resource please don't forget to give us feedback.

Two sets of pair cards to help children learn how to read one and four quadrant coordinates grids. They can be used in a variety of ways as a whole class, in pairs, or individually. We find them very effective a exit cards or even a fun extension activity for those early finishers. Here are two ways that we have used them successfully: Game 1: Give each of the children 1 card, get them to walk around and find the other person with the matching card. How quickly can they do it? Game 2: In pairs, put all of the cards face down on the table. Take it in turns turning over two cards to try and find a matching pair. The person with the most pairs at the end is the winner. Contents - 1 Quadrant Pair Cards (30 cards) - 4 Quadrant Pair Cards (30 cards) ------------------------ Please don’t forget to rate this resource if you enjoyed it. Thank you! Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

Christmas is the perfect time to put a coat on and head outside to do this differentiated Christmas Math Challenge with a space, shape, and measure focus. Your children will love measuring, scaling, and drawing these Christmas themed shapes onto the playground. Contents: - 6 x ‘draw the correctly sized objects’ sheets - 6 x ‘scale the object’ sheets Enjoy and have a wonderful Christmas! ----------------------------------- Please don’t forget to rate this product and provide feedback to earn credits that you can use toward future purchases on TpT. Also be sure to visit my store Saving The Teachers and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

A set of 22 active lesson starters to get your children engaged and improving their fitness. Research shows that children are able to focus better after doing short amounts of exercise. These cards can be used in many different ways to help keep your children’s bodies and minds energised. Along with this it will highlight the importance of keeping fit. They can be used at the start of the day or randomly during the day as a lesson starter or brain break. Each activity is designed to be done three times over a couple of months so that the children are able to see a steady increase in their fitness and achievements. Some of the activities require equipment, however everything needed should be readily available. Contents - 22 x Activity Task Cards - Teacher Guide - Tracking Sheets ------------------------ Please don’t forget to rate this product and provide feedback to earn credits that you can use toward future purchases on TpT. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

Learning times tables have never been so fun with this multiplication card game which is perfect for a math lesson starter or plenary. The children will quickly strive to collect the most monsters in this addictive card game, our class even continued playing with the cards in the playground. Being fluent with times tables can have a huge impact on the children's progress with the different aspects of their math. This fun game is designed to accelerate and secure their mental multiplication skills and make a big difference to their learning. We have been amazed with the impact it has had on our class. We hope you enjoy this as much as we do! Contents - Teachers Guide - 64 x multiplication cards ----------------------------------- Have fun!

This fun and entertaining activity (for both the teacher and children!) is played like charades. It is an exciting and a practical way for children to learn to recognise and use adjectives to improve their writing. There are 24 simile cards with each card containing ideas as to how they could act out the adjective. This game can be played in groups, pairs or as a whole class. Content - 1 x Instruction Sheet - 24 x Adjective Cards - 2 x Differentiated Record Sheets My children absolutely love this game and are always asking to play it! Best of all, they now use adjectives effectively in their writing! ----------------------------------- Have fun!