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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
Year 3 World Cup 2018 Maths - Addition
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Year 3 World Cup 2018 Maths - Addition

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These Year 3 World Cup and football themed addition word problems are split into 3 differentiated levels. Each level contains 30 questions with answers. The questions cover all areas of the addition curriculum and are perfect for celebrating the World Cup 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. An assessment table has also been included which sets out each curriculum requirement and the questions which cover it, so you can assess the progress of your class. No further preparation required.
Phonics PowerPoints - Real and Alien Words
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Phonics PowerPoints - Real and Alien Words

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This is Blossoming Minds’ second set of 10 PowerPoints to help prepare your class for the Phonics Screening Check. Each PowerPoint includes 40 words, one on each slide. 20 words are pretend or ‘alien’ words and 20 are real words. They are organised in the same way as the screening check, starting with four simple phase 2 words, before moving on to phase 3, 4 and 5 and concluding with more complex words. Get your class to call out together or choose targeted children to decode the words. Use throughout the year - fit in during 5 minute gaps or use during a phonics lesson to make sure your entire class are prepared for the screening check!
Italian lesson and resources : How old are you?
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Italian lesson and resources : How old are you?

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This is a plan and resources for a beginner’s Italian 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 resources needed for the lesson are included in the price. They are in the zip file. These are: 5 page PDF Lesson Plan A 20 Slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open. Some of the images are only revealed when the PowerPoint is played as a slideshow with the animations.) 2 PDF pages of resources for speaking activity 6 PDF pages for the written activity (Colour and Black & White worksheets and answers) No further preparation needed. This is the second lesson in Unit 2 designed by Blossoming Minds. Unit 1 is available on Blossoming Minds’ shop on the TES: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12397072 Unit 2 is available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12516804
Geography - United Kingdom - 11 day Literacy Plan
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Geography - United Kingdom - 11 day Literacy Plan

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This is a plan for KS1 Literacy that I used when we were learning about Britain and Ireland. There are 11 lessons in the Learning Journey that lead towards the children making their own leaflets. The children examine a range of leaflets about the local area so that they develop their awareness of what a leaflet actually is. They then experience different types of information text about the British Isles, with each mixed ability group focussing on a different country or city. Three days are reserved for the children to actually make their own leaflets. We invited year 5 to visit at the end of the topic to read our leaflets and vote about which country they would visit. The children loved that part! The children worked in mixed ability groups and each group at some point had the opportunity to work in the role play corner, where they have to do some independent writing.
Year 6 SATs comprehension - Palm Sunday
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Year 6 SATs comprehension - Palm Sunday

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This resource is a comprehension activity based on the year 6 reading comprehension SATs paper. The theme is the story of Palm Sunday, which I have rewritten to resemble the style of the reading paper. There is a reading booklet and an accompanying question booklet, which contains a range of questions based on last year’s paper. Answers are also included. I have included 3 differentiated levels. The Higher Ability level (801 words) is similar to the SATs paper, whilst the Middle Ability (741 words) and Lower Ability (615 words) use slightly simplified wording in the reading and question booklet. PDF file format. Colour and Black & White versions are included in the price. You might also be interested in: KS1 Easter RE Lesson Pack - Palm Sunday Palm Sunday Lesson Plan and PowerPoint - KS2 (Easter) Palm Sunday Story Powerpoint Easter Assembly Plan - Palm Sunday
Edith Cavell - Fictional newspaper report - Comprehension - Year 2 - Women's History Month
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Edith Cavell - Fictional newspaper report - Comprehension - Year 2 - Women's History Month

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This resource is a comprehension activity for year 2. It is a fictional newspaper report, which I have written from the point of view of a reporter the day after Edith Cavell was shot. It is based on the KS1 SATs reading paper and includes 3 differentiated levels. There are a range of 'what' 'where' and 'when' questions, some multiple choice tick questions and some that require more detailed answers. There is a one page newspaper report, followed by two pages of questions. Answers are also included. PDF file format. This comprehension is also included as part of the 5 lesson year 2 literacy unit on Edith Cavell: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/year-2-literacy-5-lesson-plan-edith-cavell-history-11541732
Emily Davison Presentation - Primary age - Suffragette - Women's History Month
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Emily Davison Presentation - Primary age - Suffragette - Women's History Month

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This is a detailed, 10 slide presentation on the suffragette, Emily Davison, who became a martyr for the suffragette movement when she ran in front of the king's horse. Use it as part of a lesson or for an assembly. The presentation covers Emily's education, before moving onto her actions in the suffragette movement, her imprisonment and finally her death and legacy. The last part of the presentation includes some interesting questions to provoke discussion or for further exploration. Please note that there are no photos of Emily Davison included, owing to copyright restrictions. This presentation is an altered version of my presentation for older children, making it suitable to use with primary school children.
French lesson and resources : Pets
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French lesson and resources : Pets

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This is a plan and resources for a beginner’s French lesson to use with KS2. It involves children learning the vocabulary for different pets in French. The plan could be used for an individual lesson, or as part of an ‘All About Me’ unit. The plan gives details of a whole class starter, an introduction to the vocabulary, a whole class writing activity, a speaking and listening activity, a reading activity and a plenary. It is highly interactive and allows children to practise a range of language skills. 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 13 slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open.) 2 PDF pages of resources for the speaking and listening activity (colour and black & white versions) 3 PDF pages of resources for the reading activity (colour and black & white worksheet and answers) Please note: It would be helpful if children can count to 10 in French prior to this lesson. Our French numbers lesson is available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11706948 This is lesson 3 of unit 3 French designed by Blossoming Minds. Unit 1 Beginners French - Greetings and introductions lesson bundle is available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11631397 Unit 2 French 5 lesson bundle - All About Me - Age and Appearance is available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11707339 Unit 3 French Lesson Bundle - Family members, clothes and pets is available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/french-lesson-bundle-family-members-clothes-and-pets-11769370
Spanish Days Out Lesson and Resources
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Spanish Days Out Lesson and Resources

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This is a plan and resources for a beginner’s Spanish lesson to use with KS2. It involves children learning the vocabulary for different places they would like to visit in town. For example, the park or the funfair. The plan could be used for an individual lesson, or as part of a longer hobbies unit. The plan gives details of a game for a starter, how to teach the vocabulary, a whole class listening game, a speaking and listening activity, a written activity and a plenary game. It is highly interactive and allows children to practise a range of language skills. All resources needed for the lesson are included in the price. These are in the zip file and are: Lesson Plan (5 pages PDF) A 12 slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open.) Starter vocabulary (2 pages PDF) Resource for listening game (12 pages colour and black & white PDF) Resource for speaking and listening activity (2 pages colour and black & white PDF) Written worksheet (2 pages colour and black & white PDF) No further preparation needed. This is Lesson 5, Unit 5 by Blossoming Minds, but can be used individually. You might be interested in units 1-4: Beginner Spanish 20 lesson bundle
French lesson : Music Genres
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French lesson : Music Genres

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This is a plan and resources for a French lesson to use with KS2. It involves children learning how to talk about the types of music they enjoy in French, such as classical, rap and pop. The plan gives details of a starter, how to teach the vocabulary, a listening game, a speaking and listening activity, a written worksheet and a plenary game. 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 in the zip file and are: 5 page PDF Lesson Plan A 13 slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open.) Resource for starter (4 PDF pages) Resource for speaking and listening activity (2 PDF pages - colour and black & white versions) Writing template (2 PDF pages - colour and black & white versions) No further preparation needed. This plan is Lesson 2, Unit 11 French designed by Blossoming Minds, but can be used on its own. You might be interested in some of our other French units including Units 1, 2 and 3: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11769397
Phonics phase 3 filler activities
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Phonics phase 3 filler activities

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An interactive PowerPoint to help your class revise the first half of phase 3 phonics. The PowerPoint consists of 20 activities that focus on the skill of reading. They could be used as fillers for a whole month, or as part of a phonics lesson. Example activities include: speed reading finding the odd one out, finding as many ‘ch’ words as possible before the timer finishes… …and many more! I have created the PowerPoint to use with my year 1 class throughout the month of September as a revision activity, so some of the activities have an autumn/back to school theme. However, you can easily use them at any point in the year. 14 phase 3 sounds are covered, up to the ‘ee’ sound. This is the first in Blossoming Minds’ new series of phonics filler activities! Follow us to see when we add more.
Boudicca Presentation (Boudicea) - Women's History Month
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Boudicca Presentation (Boudicea) - Women's History Month

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This is a presentation on the Celtic queen, Boudicca. The presentation covers the Iceni tribe and the Roman invasion of Britain, Boudicca’s reaction to the invasion, her army, her downfall and her legacy. The last part of the presentation includes some interesting questions to provoke discussion. Use this as part of a lesson or for an assembly for ages 5 - 11.
Quiz for CBCA Book Week 2020 : The Glimme by Emily Rodda - 78 questions
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Quiz for CBCA Book Week 2020 : The Glimme by Emily Rodda - 78 questions

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This interactive PowerPoint quiz is perfect for using in the 2020 Australian CBCA Book Week. It contains 78 questions on The Glimme by Emily Rodda. The Glimme is in the CBCA 2020 short list for ages 7-12. You can use this as a starter, an assembly, a filler or a main activity. There are several questions for each of the 20 chapters. You can use the links to jump to different chapters or back to the main menu. All questions are multiple choice. After you have chosen an answer for each question, click again and the correct answer changes colour. The PowerPoint is not editable. Please click the ‘read only’ button to open. Example questions include: What is in the glass roofed room in Edge House? Painted panels, Plants or Dragons Why is he renamed Penn? His mum was called Penny, He likes to write or He likes to draw How long will Teller have to complete his mission? 1 year, 1 month or 1 week What special gift does Lone Annie have? She can heal people, She can visit the past or She can see the future The quiz is in the zip file. (There are no illustrations from the book included because these are copyrighted.) We also have a shorter 25 question quiz on this book: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/quiz-for-cbca-book-week-2020-the-glimme-by-emily-rodda-25-questions-12364642 You might also be interested in our two quizzes on The Secrets of Magnolia Moon by Edwina Wyatt https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/quiz-for-cbca-book-week-2020-the-secrets-of-magnolia-moon-67-questions-12413025 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/quiz-for-cbca-book-week-2020-the-secrets-of-magnolia-moon-25-questions-12413298
Italian lesson and resources : Clothing
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Italian lesson and resources : Clothing

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This is a plan and resources for a beginner’s Italian lesson to use with KS2. It involves children learning the vocabulary for different items of clothing in Italian. The plan could be used for an individual lesson, or as part of an ‘All About Me’ unit. The plan gives details of a whole class game to use as a starter, how to teach the vocabulary, a whole class listening activity, a paired speaking and listening activity, a reading/writing activity and plenary. It is highly interactive and allows children to practise a range of language skills. All resources needed for the lesson are included in the price. They are in the zip file. These are: 5 page PDF Lesson Plan A 12 Slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open.) 3 PDF pages of resources for the speaking and listening activity (Colour and Black & White versions and answers) 3 PDF pages for the reading/writing activity (Colour and Black & White worksheets and answers) No further preparation needed. This is lesson 2 of Unit 3 Italian designed by Blossoming Minds. Unit 1 Beginners Italian - Greetings and Introductions Bundle is available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12397072 Unit 2 Italian All About Me 5 lesson bundle is available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12516804 Unit 3 Italian Lesson Bundle : Family members, clothes and pets is available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12589727
Phonics phase 5 revision - The 'ie' sound - booklet
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Phonics phase 5 revision - The 'ie' sound - booklet

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This resource is a booklet that can be used by children to revisit or revise the phonics phase 5 ‘ie’ sound. There are 10 pages of activities for children to complete. It could be used as a start-of-day activity, filler, phonics lesson or homework activity. Simply print and staple or use pages as individual worksheets. A fun, visually appealing way to reinforce a phoneme.
German lesson and resources : Emotions and Feelings
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German lesson and resources : Emotions and Feelings

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This is a plan and resources for a beginner’s German lesson to use with KS2. It would be perfect to use as a second German lesson, after children have learnt to say hello. The focus in this lesson is on how to ask ‘how are you’ and reply. The plan gives details of a starter, how to teach the ‘feelings’ vocabulary, a speaking and listening activity, paired game, reading activity and plenary. It is highly interactive and allows children to practise a range of language skills. All resources needed for the lesson are included in the price. They are in the zip file. These are: The 5 page PDF lesson plan A 17 Slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open. Some of the images are only revealed when the PowerPoint is played as a slideshow with the animations.) 4 PDF sheets of resources for the speaking activity 2 PDF sheets for the Pairs game 3 PDF sheets for the Reading activity (Colour and black & white versions and answers are included) No further preparation needed. You might also be interested in our first German lesson: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12502844
Phonics phase 4 - The 'thr' sound - Consonant clusters
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Phonics phase 4 - The 'thr' sound - Consonant clusters

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This resource is an interactive lesson aimed at whole class or group phonics. It is a PowerPoint presentation that allows children to revise previous phonemes and learn or revisit the sound ‘thr.’ 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 ‘thr’ sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound - Segmenting and blending sounds in real ‘thr’ words - Phoneme counting - Phoneme spotting in sentences - Filling in missing words - Writing a sentence with ‘thr’ sound - Revision of tricky phase 4 words
Neil Armstrong - History Presentation - (Astronaut/explorer)
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Neil Armstrong - History Presentation - (Astronaut/explorer)

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This is a presentation on the astronaut, Neil Armstrong, who became the first man to walk on the moon. Use it as part of a lesson or for an assembly. The presentation covers Neil’s childhood, his years as a pilot, becoming and astronaut and the expedition to the moon. The last part of the presentation includes some interesting questions to provoke discussion or for further exploration. Armstrong is one of the key historical figures mentioned in the KS1 curriculum, so this presentation would be perfect for introducing the explorer.
End of term summer themed Year 4 Maths - all topics
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End of term summer themed Year 4 Maths - all topics

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This is a set of fun summer themed maths word problems for the summer term in year 4. There are 3 differentiated levels. Each level contains reasoning questions with answers covering all topics of the curriculum. There are 55 pages of questions in total. The higher level (called Super Super Challenge) contains questions based on the year 4 and year 5 curriculum. The intermediate level (called Super Challenge) contains questions based on the year 4 curriculum. The lower level (called Challenge) contains questions based on the year 3 curriculum. PDF file format. No further preparation required.
Summer themed end of term Year 5 Maths - all topics
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Summer themed end of term Year 5 Maths - all topics

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This is a set of fun summer themed maths word problems for the summer term in year 5. There are 3 differentiated levels. Each level contains reasoning questions with answers covering all topics of the curriculum. There are 60 pages of questions in total. The higher level (called Super Super Challenge) contains questions based on the year 5 and year 6 curriculum. The intermediate level (called Super Challenge) contains questions based on the year 5 curriculum. The lower level (called Challenge) contains questions based on the year 4 curriculum. PDF file format. No further preparation required.