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We are a team of two sisters who specialise in primary education. We are determined to create resources of the highest standard that can be used without further preparation. Our lessons and assemblies have been designed to challenge children of all levels within a creative, engaging and inspiring context. Explore our shop to find lesson packs for languages, art and religious education, plans for assemblies and numerous high-quality resources to help you teach phonics, mathematics and literacy
An animated 21 page PowerPoint presentation that describes harvest celebrations around the world. It covers Thanksgiving in the USA, rice festivals in Asia, the Jewish festival of Sukkot, the fruit festival in Thailand, the moon festival of harvest in China and the yam festival in Ghana. The PowerPoint is non-editable. (Click ‘Read Only’ to open.)
Perfect as part of a lesson or for an assembly for children aged 4 -11.
A version of this PowerPoint is also available with our KS2 Harvest Unit:
Key Stage 2 Harvest RE Unit
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This interactive PowerPoint quiz is perfect for using in the 2024 Australian CBCA Book Week. It contains 54 questions. The first 48 questions cover famous books from Australia and around the world. The theme this year is ‘Reading is Magic’ and so I have chosen books that have a magical element or are from the fantasy genre. These are followed by one question on each of the books in the CBCA 2024 short list for ages 7-12.
You can use this as a starter, an assembly, a filler or a main activity. All questions are multiple choice and focus on popular modern books as well as classics. After you have chosen an answer for each question, click again and the correct answer changes colour. The PowerPoint is not editable. Please click ‘read only’ to open. Some of the images are only revealed when the PowerPoint is played as a slideshow with the animations.
Example questions include:
What is Matilda’s third and final miracle? Making a glass tip over, Writing on the chalkboard or Making a child fly
What are Mildred Hubble’s best friends called? Ethel and Margot, Maud and Enid or Esmerelda and Mirabelle
In Enid Blyton’s book, what do you climb to find different worlds at the top? The Distant Bush, The Magical Moon or The Faraway Tree
Who are the Pudding Thieves who are trying to steal The Magic Pudding? A kangaroo and an alligator, A possum and a wombat or A platypus and a dingo
A separate answer sheet is also included. The quiz and the answers are in the zip file.
No further preparation needed.
This resource is a non-fiction comprehension activity for year 2, based on the KS1 SATs reading paper.
The booklet is about what humans need to survive - air, food and water. Perfect for cross-curricular learning, covering the literacy and science curriculum at the same time.
There are 3 differentiated levels, which include a range of ‘what,’ ‘how,’ ‘where’ and ‘why’ questions, some multiple choice tick questions and some that require more detailed answers. The activity is also laid out in a similar way to the SATs booklets, with four pages of pictures and short written extracts to read and 2-3 questions per page.
PDF file format and editable Microsoft word format included in the price.
This resource is a non-fiction comprehension activity for year 2, with a focus on the science curriculum topic of ‘materials and forces.’ The booklet covers squashing, bending, twisting and stretching.
It is based on the KS1 SATs reading paper and includes 3 differentiated levels.
There are a range of ‘what,’ ‘when’ and ‘why’ questions, some multiple choice tick questions and some that require more detailed answers. The activity is also laid out in a similar way to the SATs booklets, with four pages of pictures and short written extracts to read and 2-3 questions per page.
PDF file format and editable Microsoft word format included in the price.
This resource is an interactive lesson aimed at whole class or group phonics. It is a powerpoint presentation that allows children to revise phonemes and learn or revisit the sound ‘th.’ It takes 15-20 minutes.
This powerpoint is split into different sections:
- Revision of phase 2 and 3 phonemes in a random order
- Introduction to ‘th’ sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound
- Spotting the odd one out (the picture without the ‘th’ sound)
- Segmenting and blending sounds in ‘th’ words
- Phoneme counting
- Phoneme spotting in sentences
- Writing words with ‘th’ sound
- Writing a sentence with ‘th’ sound
- Revision of common exception words
This resource is an interactive lesson aimed at whole class or group phonics. It is a powerpoint presentation that allows children to revise phonemes and learn or revisit the sound ‘ay.’ It takes 15-20 minutes.
This powerpoint is split into different sections:
- Revision of phase 3 and 4 phonemes in a random order
- Introduction to ‘ay’ sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound
- Spotting the odd one out (the picture without the ‘ay’ sound)
- Segmenting and blending sounds in ‘ay’ words
- Phoneme counting
- Phoneme spotting in sentences
- Writing words with ‘ay’ sound
- Writing a sentence with ‘ay’ sound
- Revision of common exception words
This resource is an interactive lesson aimed at whole class or group phonics. It is a powerpoint presentation that allows children to revise phonemes and learn or revisit the sound ‘wh.’ It takes 15-20 minutes.
This powerpoint is split into different sections:
- Revision of phase 3, 4 and 5 phonemes in a random order
- Introduction to ‘wh’ sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound
- Spotting the odd one out (the picture without the ‘wh’ sound)
- Segmenting and blending sounds in ‘wh’ words
- Phoneme counting
- Phoneme spotting in sentences
- Writing words with ‘wh’ sound
- Writing a sentence with ‘wh’ sound
- Revision of HFW
This resource contains 3 comprehension activities suitable for using with year 1.
They each contain a short piece of text (about 5 sentences) with words that can be sounded out. There are three trickier words which have pictures to help children work out what they say.
The text is followed by 5 simple questions.
The theme in this pack is ‘Aeroplanes.’ There are three different comprehensions:
The first aeroplanes
Record-breaking pilots
Fascinating plane facts
There is also a PowerPoint included in the pack containing a slide for each text so that you can go through the comprehensions before the children complete them. Each slide also contains 3 words that are trickier to sound out, with sound buttons underneath them.
PDF file format and editable Microsoft word format included in the price.
This resource is an interactive lesson aimed at whole class or group phonics. It is a powerpoint presentation that allows children to revise phonemes and learn or revisit the sound ‘o_e.’ It takes 15-20 minutes.
This powerpoint is split into different sections:
- Revision of phase 3, 4 and 5 phonemes in a random order
- Introduction to ‘o_e’ sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound
- Spotting the odd one out (the picture without the ‘o_e’ sound)
- Segmenting and blending sounds in ‘o_e’ words
- Phoneme counting
- Phoneme spotting in sentences
- Writing words with ‘o_e’ sound
- Writing a sentence with ‘o_e’ sound
- Revision of tricky words
This resource is an interactive lesson aimed at whole class or group phonics. It is a powerpoint presentation that allows children to revise phonemes and learn or revisit the sound ‘u_e.’ It takes 15-20 minutes.
This powerpoint is split into different sections:
- Revision of phase 3, 4 and 5 phonemes in a random order
- Introduction to ‘u_e’ sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound
- Spotting the odd one out (the picture without the ‘u_e’ sound)
- Segmenting and blending sounds in ‘u_e’ words
- Phoneme counting
- Phoneme spotting in sentences
- Writing words with ‘u_e’ sound
- Writing a sentence with ‘u_e’ sound
- Revision of tricky words
This resource is an interactive lesson aimed at whole class or group phonics. It is a powerpoint presentation that allows children to revise phonemes and learn or revisit the sound ‘i_e.’ It takes 15-20 minutes.
This powerpoint is split into different sections:
- Revision of phase 3, 4 and 5 phonemes in a random order
- Introduction to ‘i_e’ sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound
- Spotting the odd one out (the picture without the ‘i_e’ sound)
- Segmenting and blending sounds in ‘i_e’ words
- Phoneme counting
- Phoneme spotting in sentences
- Writing words with ‘i_e’ sound
- Writing a sentence with ‘i_e’ sound
- Revision of tricky words
This resource is an interactive lesson aimed at whole class or group phonics. It is a powerpoint presentation that allows children to reviseprevious phonemes and learn or revisit the sound ‘sk.’ It takes 15-20 minutes.
This powerpoint is split into different sections:
- Revision of phase 2 and 3 phonemes in a random order
- Introduction to ‘sk’ sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound
- Spotting the odd one out (the picture without the ‘sk’ sound)
- Segmenting and blending sounds in ‘sk’ words
- Phoneme counting
- Phoneme spotting in sentences
- Writing words with ‘sk’ sound
- Writing a sentence with ‘sk’ sound
- Revision of tricky words
This resource is a non-fiction comprehension activity for year 2. It is all about India and covers key facts, Indian landmarks, food and festivals.
It is based on the KS1 SATs reading paper and includes 3 differentiated levels.
There are a range of ‘what,’ ‘when’ and ‘who’ questions, some multiple choice tick questions and some that require more detailed answers. The activity is laid out in a similar way to the SATs booklets, with four pages of pictures and short written extracts to read and 2-3 questions per page. Answers are included.
PDF file format and editable Microsoft file format included in price.
This resource contains 4 comprehension activities suitable for using with year 1 or lower ability year 2. The theme in this pack is 'Autumn.
There are four different comprehensions:
What happens in the autumn
What to do in the autumn - go for a woodland walk
What to do in the autumn - make a leaf hedgehog
How to go blackberry picking
Each comprehension contains a short piece of text with words that can be sounded out. There are three trickier words which have pictures to help children work out what they say.
The text is followed by 5 simple questions. Answers are also included.
There is also a PowerPoint included in the pack containing a slide for each text so that you can go through the comprehensions before the children complete them. Each slide also contains 3 words that are trickier to sound out, with sound buttons underneath them.
This is a plan and resources for a beginner’s French lesson to use with KS2. It involves children learning the vocabulary for describing eyes and hair in French. The plan could be used for an individual lesson, but would work well if children have learnt some colours in French first.
The plan gives details of a starter, how to teach the eyes and hair vocabulary, a whole class listening activity, a game, written activity and plenary. It is highly interactive and allows children to practise a range of language skills.
There is a PowerPoint which includes an audio version of each French word or phrase to make it easier for anyone to be able to teach the lesson. You can also play the PowerPoint without the audio.
All resources needed for the lesson are included in the price. They are in the zip file. These are:
4 page PDF Lesson Plan
A 14 Slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open it. Some of the images are only revealed when the PowerPoint is played as a slideshow with the animations.)
Resources for speaking activity (1 PDF page)
Written activity (1 PDF page)
No further preparation needed.
This is lesson 4 of Unit 2 French designed by Blossomingminds.
You might be interested in Unit 1 - Greetings and Introductions:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11631397
Unit 2 French - All About Me - Age and Appearance is available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11707339
This is a presentation on the athlete Mo Farah.
Use it as part of a lesson or for an assembly for KS2, KS3 or KS4.
The presentation covers his childhood, early success, training, medals and other interesting facts. The last part of the presentation includes some interesting questions to provoke discussion.
Please note there are no photos of Mo Farah included, owing to copyright restrictions.
A fascinating, inspirational runner, who would be perfect to study during Black History Month.
This is a plan and resources for a French lesson to use with KS2. It involves children learning the vocabulary for different rooms around school. The plan could be used for an individual lesson, or as part of a longer schools unit.
The plan gives details of a starter, how to teach the vocabulary, a whole class listening game, a speaking and listening game, a writing activity and a plenary. It is highly interactive and allows children to practise a range of language skills.
Resources needed for the lesson are included in the price. These are:
Plan
A PowerPoint presentation
Starter cards
Resources for listening game
Resources for speaking and listening game
Written worksheet
(This plan is Lesson 1, Unit 7 by Blossoming Minds, but can be used as an individual plan.)
This set of comprehensions is about the world’s top footballers! It covers seven top footballers. The comprehensions are aimed at Year 2 (ages 6-7).
There are three differentiated booklets. There are a range of ‘what’, ‘where’, ‘who’, ‘which’ and ‘why’ questions, some multiple choice tick questions and some that require more detailed answers. The activity contains a title page with useful words followed by five pages with short written extracts to read and 3-5 questions per page. The higher ability booklet has 20 questions. The middle ability has 18 questions and the lower ability has 15 questions. Answers are also included.
All of the PDF booklets are in the zip file. There is a colour and black & white version for each level.
No further preparation required.
The comprehensions were updated in May 2024.
You might also be interested in our Year 2 World Cup 2022 Football Maths:
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These Year 3 Euro 2024 and football themed maths questions are split into 3 differentiated levels. Each level contains 30 problems with answers. The questions cover all areas of the curriculum and are perfect for celebrating Euro 2024 with your class!
The higher level (Super Super Challenge) contains questions covering the Year 3 curriculum and some questions from the Year 4 curriculum.
The intermediate level (Super Challenge) contains questions covering the Year 3 curriculum.
The lower level (Challenge) contains questions covering the Year 2 curriculum.
A colour and black & white version of each booklet is included.
All of the booklets are in the zip file.
PDF file format.
No further preparation required.
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This resource is a comprehension booklet aimed at Lower Key Stage 2 (7-9 yrs). It is a story adapted from Shakespeare’s play of Macbeth. The story is a tragedy and covers the themes of ambition, fate and guilt among others. The story has been adapted so that is is suitable for ages 7-9.
There are three differentiated booklets. The higher ability booklet has three pages of text for the children to read before they complete a range of questions based on a mixture of the KS1 and KS2 SATs.
The middle and lower ability booklets have the text split into separate pages with questions on each page.
Perfect for using during** Shakespeare Week** (12th March) or for a Shakespeare or playwriting topic.
PDF file format.