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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

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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
The Gunpowder Plot Comprehension / Bonfire Night / Year 3 and 4
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The Gunpowder Plot Comprehension / Bonfire Night / Year 3 and 4

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This resource is a comprehension booklet aimed at Lower Key Stage 2 (7-9 yrs). The booklet tells the story of The Gunpowder Plot which is the story behind the Bonfire Night celebrations. There are three differentiated booklets. The higher booklet has two pages of information for the children to read before they complete 3 pages of ‘what,’ ‘where,’ ‘when,’ ‘which,’ ‘how’ and ‘why’ questions. There are also true or false, multiple choice questions and some that require more detailed answers. There are 14 questions in total. The middle and lower ability booklets have the information split into four separate pages with questions on each page. The middle ability has 13 questions and the lower ability has 12 questions in total. There is a colour and black & white booklet for each level. Answers are also included. PDF file format. You might be interested in: Year 2 Bonfire Night Comprehension Bundle / Guy Fawkes
The birth of Jesus Christmas Comprehension - Year 3 and 4
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The birth of Jesus Christmas Comprehension - Year 3 and 4

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This resource is a comprehension booklet aimed at Lower Key Stage 2 (7-9 yrs). It is adapted from the Bible and tells part of the Christmas story, when Mary and Joseph travel to Bethlehem and the baby Jesus is born. There are three differentiated booklets. The higher booklet has two 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. PDF file format and editable Microsoft word format.
Harvest Reading Comprehensions Bundle Year 3 and 4
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Harvest Reading Comprehensions Bundle Year 3 and 4

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This bundle contains a collection of reading comprehension booklets with the theme of harvest aimed at Lower Key Stage 2 (7-9 year olds). The three topics covered are: Harvest Festival Harvest around the world Thanksgiving Harvest Festival The Harvest Festival booklet covers what the harvest festival is, when it is celebrated around the world, its history in Britain and how it is celebrated today. Harvest Around the World The harvest around the world booklet covers Thanksgiving in the USA, rice festivals in Asia, the yam festival in Ghana, a fruit festival in Thailand, the Jewish holiday Sukkot and the harvest moon festival in China. Thanksgiving The Thanksgiving in the USA booklet is perfect to use with children outside America to teach about the American version of harvest. Each booklet has three differentiated levels. There are a range of ‘what,’ ‘when,’ ‘where’ and ‘why’ questions. There are also true or false, multiple choice questions and some that require more detailed answers. There is a colour and black & white booklet for each level. Answers are also included. PDF file format.
Year 2 SPaG - Autumn theme
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Year 2 SPaG - Autumn theme

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A collection of 3 SPaG activity booklets for year 2 with the theme of autumn. All three booklets are based on the 2016/2017 SPaG SATs papers. Each activity contains 18 questions focussing on a range of punctuation and grammar. This includes tenses, sentence types, commas, question marks, full stops, apostrophes, nouns, adjectives, verbs and adverbs. The children are asked to circle, tick, fill in the missing gap, match up words and write full sentences, with all questions based around the theme of autumn. Answers included. PDF file format and editable Microsoft word format included in the price.
The History of Halloween Comprehension - Year 2
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The History of Halloween Comprehension - Year 2

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This resource is a non-fiction comprehension activity for year 2, perfect for using in the autumn term. There are three differentiated fact booklets on the history of Halloween. The middle ability booklet is based on the KS1 SATs reading paper. There are a range of ‘what,’ ‘where’ and ‘when’ 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.
Year 3 and 4 comprehension - Mince Pie Recipe
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Year 3 and 4 comprehension - Mince Pie Recipe

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This resource is a non-fiction comprehension activity for lower key stage 2, perfect for using in the run up to Christmas. There are three differentiated sets of instructions on how to make mince pies, with differentiated questions. It is based on a mixture of the KS1 and KS2 SATs reading papers. There are a range of 'what, ’ ‘where,’ ‘who,’ ‘how’ 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. PDF file format and editable Microsoft word format included in the price.
Spanish lesson : How old are you?
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Spanish lesson : How old are you?

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This is a plan and resources for a beginners Spanish lesson to use with KS2. It involves children talking about how old they are and could be used after children have learnt numbers to 10. The plan gives details of a starter, how to teach the ‘ages’ vocabulary, a whole class game, a speaking activity, written activity and plenary. It is highly interactive and allows children to practise a range of language skills. All the resources needed for the lesson are included in the price. They are in the zip file. These are: 5 page PDF Lesson Plan A 21 Slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click the ‘read only’ button to open.) 6 PDF pages of resources for the Speaking activity (Colour and Black & White versions) 6 PDF pages for the Written activity (Colour and Black & White versions and answers) No further preparation needed. This is the second lesson in Unit 2 Spanish designed by Blossoming Minds. Unit 1 - Spanish Greetings and Introductions is available on Blossoming Minds’ shop on the TES here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11651388 Unit 2 Spanish All About Me is available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/spanish-all-about-me-5-lesson-bundle-beginners-11706377 Units 1 and 2 are available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/spanish-lesson-bundle-1-term-beginners-11710541
Christmas Pudding Recipe Comprehension - Year 2
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Christmas Pudding Recipe Comprehension - Year 2

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This resource is a comprehension activity for year 2, perfect for using in the run up to Christmas. There are three differentiated sets of instructions on how to make Christmas pudding, with differentiated questions. It is based on the KS1 SATs reading paper. There are a range of 'what, ’ ‘which’ and ‘how’ 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.
KS1 Harvest RE (2 lessons)
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KS1 Harvest RE (2 lessons)

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This resource is a 2 lesson unit on Harvest, suitable for using with key stage 1. There are details of activities and differentiation for each lesson. The first lesson involves children learning about the history of British harvest. They take part in an interactive starter, watch a PowerPoint about harvest, do a drama activity and a written activity, finishing with a philosophical discussion. The second lesson allows children to learn about Thanksgiving in America and how harvest is linked to thankfulness. Children take part in a written starter, watch a PowerPoint on Thanksgiving and write a poem. All resources are included in the price. They are in a zip file. They are: 8 page PDF lesson plans 20 slide animated PowerPoint about Harvest Festival (This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open. Some of the images only appear when the PowerPoint is played as a slideshow with the animations.) 21 slide animated PowerPoint about Thanksgiving (This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open. Some of the images only appear when the PowerPoint is played as a slideshow with the animations.) 16 PDF pages of pictures for the starter activity in Lesson 1 4 PDF pages for the discussion in Lesson 1 6 PDF pages of colour and black & white differentiated worksheets for the written activity in lesson 1 6 PDF pages of colour and black & white differentiated worksheets for the poem writing activity in lesson 2 No further preparation is needed The two PowerPoints are also available separately: Harvest Festival Presentation Thanksgiving PowerPoint Presentation A Key Stage 2 version of these plans is available: Key Stage 2 Harvest RE Unit The PowerPoint from Lesson 1 is also available with our Harvest Festival Assembly: Harvest Festival Assembly
French Lesson Bundle (1 term) Beginners
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French Lesson Bundle (1 term) Beginners

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This bundle contains 10 French lessons for beginners, perfect for using with KS2. The lessons are: Lesson 1 - Greetings Lesson 2 - Emotions and Feelings Lesson 3 - Greetings for different times of day Lesson 4 - Introducing Yourself Lesson 5 - Where you live Lesson 6 - Numbers Lesson 7 - How old are you? Lesson 8 - Colours Lesson 9 - What do I look like? (eye and hair colour) Lesson 10 - Describing myself (height and size) The plans (pdfs) all give details of a starter, how to teach the new vocabulary, followed by a combination of listening activities, speaking activities, reading/writing activities and a plenary. Each lesson is highly interactive and allows children to practise a range of language skills. All resources needed for the lessons are included in the price. There is a PowerPoint for each lesson which includes an audio version of each French word or phrase to make it easier for anyone to be able to teach the lessons. You can also play the PowerPoints without the audio. (The PowerPoints are not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open them. Some of the images are only revealed when the PowerPoints are played as slideshows with the animations.) In total there are 46 pages of lesson plans (pdfs), 153 slides of animated PowerPoints and 86 pages of games and worksheets (pdfs). All of the lessons are in zip files. No further preparation needed. This is Units 1 and 2 French designed by Blossoming Minds. Each Unit is also available separately. Unit 1 French Greetings and introductions lesson bundle is available here: 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
Social Activists Presentation Bundle
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Social Activists Presentation Bundle

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A collection of four presentations on various social activists, suitable for using with KS2, KS3 or KS4. The figures included have fought for the rights of women, ethnic minorities or the poor. Those included in the pack are: Nelson Mandela Emily Davison Millicent Fawcett
Black History Month - 56 page presentation
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Black History Month - 56 page presentation

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An interactive PowerPoint presentation on 6 different inspirational or historical figures of African or Caribbean descent. The first slide gives the option of clicking on one of the six different figures, after which you are taken to the appropriate part of the presentation which tells you all about the figure. The slideshow is designed to be used as part of Black History Month or for a thematic study in history. It is suitable for use with KS2, KS3 or KS4 and can be used for assemblies, as an introduction to history or topic lessons or just as a filler during Black History Month in October. The figures included are: Nelson Mandela Serena Williams Rosa Parks Mo Farah Mary Seacole Benjamin Zephaniah
Christmas in Italy non-fiction comprehension - Year 2
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Christmas in Italy non-fiction comprehension - Year 2

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This resource is a non-fiction comprehension activity for year 2. It is based on the KS1 SATs reading paper and includes 3 differentiated levels. There are a range of ‘what,’ ‘where,’ ‘how’ and ‘when’ 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. This comprehension is all about Christmas in Italy and covers December traditions, nativity scenes, food and Epiphany. PDF file format & editable Microsoft word format included in price.
Christmas in Poland - non-fiction comprehension - Year 2
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Christmas in Poland - non-fiction comprehension - Year 2

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This resource is a non-fiction comprehension activity for year 2. It is based on the KS1 SATs reading paper and includes 3 differentiated levels. There are a range of ‘what,’ ‘why’ and ‘when’ 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. This comprehension is all about Christmas in Poland and covers Advent, Decorations, Plays, Carols, Christmas Eve and Christmas food. PDF file format & editable Microsoft word format included in price.
Christmas in Italy Comprehensions - Year 1
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Christmas in Italy Comprehensions - Year 1

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This resource contains 4 comprehension activities suitable for using with year 1 or lower ability year 2. They each contain 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. The theme in this pack is ‘Christmas in Italy.’ There are four different comprehensions: December in Italy Nativity scenes Christmas food La Befana (the kind witch who delivers gifts on Epiphany) 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.
Christmas around Europe Comprehension Bundle - Year 1
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Christmas around Europe Comprehension Bundle - Year 1

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A collection of 20 comprehension activities for year 1 on the theme of Christmas around Europe. All the comprehensions contain a short piece of text with picture clues for tricky words and five simple questions. There are also accompanying PowerPoints for you to read the texts through with your class if you wish. This pack contains: 4 comprehensions on Christmas in Germany 4 comprehensions on Christmas in Spain 4 comprehensions on Christmas in France 4 comprehensions on Christmas in Poland 4 comprehensions on Christmas in Italy These comprehensions are also available as part of larger bundles.
Christmas in Spain Comprehensions - Year 1
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Christmas in Spain Comprehensions - Year 1

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This resource contains 4 comprehension activities suitable for using with year 1 or lower ability year 2. They each contain 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. The theme in this pack is ‘Christmas in Spain.’ There are four different comprehensions: Nativity Scenes Christmas Eve Epiphany Christmas in Catalonia 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.
KS2 Christmas RE Lesson - The shepherds visit Jesus
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KS2 Christmas RE Lesson - The shepherds visit Jesus

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This is a plan for a Christmas RE lesson, focusing on the part of the story when the shepherds learn the news about Jesus and visit him in Bethlehem. It is suitable for using with Key Stage 2. The 5 page PDF lesson plan includes differentiated learning objectives, a starter, a drama activity, a written activity and a plenary. There is a 22 Slide animated PowerPoint presentation of the story to use. This is not editable. Please click the ‘Read Only’ button to open it. Some of the images are only revealed when the PowerPoint is played as a slideshow with the animations. A fun, interactive lesson, with a chance for the children to use their imaginations to respond to the written task. It could be used individually or as part of a Christmas RE unit. A version of the PowerPoint is also available separately: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/christmas-story-presentation-the-shepherds-visit-jesus-11729266 You might also be interested in our KS1 lesson and assembly on the shepherds visiting Jesus: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/christmas-re-lesson-the-shepherds-visit-jesus-ks1-11731759 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-11790879
Year 2 Christmas Maths Advent Calendar
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Year 2 Christmas Maths Advent Calendar

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An interactive PowerPoint Advent Calendar to use throughout the month of December. Just click on the date and you will be taken to a Christmas themed Maths problem! This is not editable. Please click ‘Read Only’ to open. The Advent Calendar covers all topics of the Year 2 Maths curriculum and uses Christmas themed scenarios that the children can relate to. A great start to the Christmas season!
Year 1 Christmas Activity Booklets Bundle
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Year 1 Christmas Activity Booklets Bundle

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A collection of three Christmas activity packs, perfect for using with year 1 at Christmas time. The activities are perfect for children to complete on their own at this busy time of year or to use as part of a whole lesson. The following booklets are included in the bundle: Phonics phase 3 to 5 booklet (20 pages) Maths booklet (20 pages) General activity booklet (30 pages) There is a colour and black & white version of each of the booklets. PDF file format