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
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
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’ 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.
This comprehension is all about reptiles and covers what a reptile is, British reptiles, other reptiles and fascinating facts. It could be used as part of a science lesson.
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 ‘oy.’ 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 ‘oy’ sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound
- Spotting the odd one out (the picture without the ‘oy’ sound)
- Segmenting and blending sounds in ‘oy’ words
- Phoneme counting
- Phoneme spotting in sentences
- Writing words with ‘oy’ sound
- Writing a sentence with ‘oy’ sound
- Revision of HFW
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 ‘ey.’ 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 ‘ey’ sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound
- Spotting the odd one out (the picture without the ‘ey’ sound)
- Segmenting and blending sounds in ‘ey’ words
- Phoneme counting
- Phoneme spotting in sentences
- Writing words with ‘ey’ sound
- Writing a sentence with ‘ey’ sound
- Revision of HFW
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 ‘ue.’ 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 ‘ue’ sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound
- Spotting the odd one out (the picture without the ‘ue’ sound)
- Segmenting and blending sounds in ‘ue’ words
- Phoneme counting
- Phoneme spotting in sentences
- Writing words with ‘ue’ sound
- Writing a sentence with ‘ue’ sound
- Revision of HFW
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 ‘ir.’ 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 ‘ir’ sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound
- Spotting the odd one out (the picture without the ‘ir’ sound)
- Segmenting and blending sounds in ‘ir’ words
- Phoneme counting
- Phoneme spotting in sentences
- Writing words with ‘ir’ sound
- Writing a sentence with ‘ir’ sound
- Revision of HFW
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 ‘ph.’ 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 ‘ph’ sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound
- Spotting the odd one out (the picture without the ‘ph’ sound)
- Segmenting and blending sounds in ‘ph’ words
- Phoneme counting
- Phoneme spotting in sentences
- Writing words with ‘ph’ sound
- Writing a sentence with ‘ph’ sound
- Revision of HFW
This resource is a non-fiction comprehension activity for year 2, perfect for using in the summer term. There are three differentiated sets of instructions on how to prepare a picnic, with differentiated questions.
It is based on the KS1 SATs reading paper.
There are a range of 'what, ’ ‘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.
A collection of 5 non-fiction comprehension activities for year 2. They all focus on the theme of summer and help children to practise their comprehension of instructions. Each booklet comes in 3 differentiated levels. They are all based on the reading SATs paper, containing a similar style of questions. They are also laid out in the same way as a SATs booklet to provide the children with greater experience.
The 5 topics explored in the comprehensions are:
How to build a sandcastle
Pond dipping
How to grow a sunflower
How to prepare a picnic
Making lemonade
PDF file format and editable Microsoft word format included in the price.
A set of six presentations telling the stories of six of Jesus’ miracles.
Perfect for using for an assembly or an RE lesson.
The stories included are:
Jesus heals a blind man
Jesus heals a paralysed man
Jesus raises a man from the dead
Jesus heals a sick man - the centurion’s servant
Jesus calms the storm
Jesus feeds the 5000
In total there are 135 animated PowerPoint slides. The PowerPoints are not editable. Please click ‘Read Only’ to open them. Some of the images only appear when the presentations are played as slideshows with the animations.
These PowerPoints are also included in our KS1 and KS2 lessons:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12061096
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/jesus-miracles-6-week-unit-11591501
An animated 22 slide presentation retelling the story of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead. This is one of Jesus’s miracles. The PowerPoint is not editable. Please click ‘Read Only’ to open it. Some of the images are only revealed when the presentation is played as a slideshow with the animations. This could be used as part of a lesson or for an assembly for children aged 4 -11.
This PowerPoint is included with our KS2 lesson:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-11590688
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
A collection of 12 comprehension activities for year 1 on the theme of minibeasts, rainforests and reptiles.
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 resource contains comprehension activities on Germany suitable for using with year 1. There are four different comprehensions:
What to do in Germany
What to eat in Germany
German traditions - Christmas
German traditions - Easter
There are three differentiated levels. There is a colour and black & white version of each level.
Each level contains four short pieces 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. Each passage is followed by 5 simple questions.
There is also a PowerPoint included in the pack containing a slide for each text from the middle ability 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 not editable. Please click the ‘Read Only’ button to open it.
Answers are also included.
All of the documents are in the zip file.
No further preparation needed.
PDF file format.
This is a presentation on the inventor of the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee.
Use it as part of a lesson or for an assembly for KS1, KS2 or KS3.
The presentation covers Berners-Lee’s childhood, his early career, how his invention came about and what he is doing now.
Please note that there are no photos of Tim Berners-Lee included, owing to copyright restrictions.
The last part of the slideshow contains some interesting questions to provoke discussion or for further exploration.
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 ‘ft.’ 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 ‘ft’ sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound
- Spotting the odd one out (the picture without the ‘ft’ sound)
- Segmenting and blending sounds in ‘ft’ words
- Phoneme counting
- Phoneme spotting in sentences
- Writing words with ‘ft’ sound
- Writing a sentence with ‘ft’ sound
- Revision of tricky words
This is a plan and resources for a beginner’s French lesson to use with KS2. It would be perfect to use as a second or third French lesson, after children have learnt to say hello and ask how they are feeling. The focus in this lesson is on how to greet people at different times of the day.
The lesson plan gives details of a starter, how to teach the ‘greetings’ vocabulary, a whole class game, a speaking and listening activity, reading 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 the resources needed for the lesson are included in the price. They are in the zip file. These are:
A 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 for the game
3 PDF sheets for the Reading activity (A colour and black & white version of the worksheet and an answers sheet)
No further preparation needed.
This is lesson 3 of Unit 1 French designed by Blossoming Minds.
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
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 ‘lt.’ 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 ‘lt’ sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound
- Spotting the odd one out (the picture without the ‘lt’ sound)
- Segmenting and blending sounds in ‘lt’ words
- Phoneme counting
- Phoneme spotting in sentences
- Writing words with ‘lt’ sound
- Writing a sentence with ‘lt’ 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 ‘lf.’ 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 ‘lf’ sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound
- Spotting the odd one out (the picture without the ‘lf’ sound)
- Segmenting and blending sounds in ‘lf’ words
- Phoneme counting
- Phoneme spotting in sentences
- Writing words with ‘lf’ sound
- Writing a sentence with ‘lf’ 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 ‘lp.’ 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 ‘lp’ sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound
- Spotting the odd one out (the picture without the ‘lp’ sound)
- Segmenting and blending sounds in ‘lp’ words
- Phoneme counting
- Phoneme spotting in sentences
- Writing words with ‘lp’ sound
- Writing a sentence with ‘lp’ sound
- Revision of tricky words
This resource is a collection of interactive lessons aimed at whole class or group phonics. The lessons are PowerPoint presentations that allow children to revise phonemes and learn or revisit target final consonant blend sounds. Each lesson takes 15-20 minutes.
The PowerPoints are split into different sections:
- Revision of phase 2, 3 and 4 phonemes in a random order
- Introduction to target sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound
- Spotting the odd one out (the picture without the target sound) OR reading fake words
- Segmenting and blending words
- Phoneme counting
- Phoneme spotting in sentences
- Writing words with target sound OR filling in missing words
- Writing a sentence with target sound
- Revision of tricky words
Perfect for introducing or revising final consonant blends.
(Please note: you can also buy all phase 4 sounds as a set by searching on the Blossoming Minds website.)