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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

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Year 1 number and place value booklet
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Year 1 number and place value booklet

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A differentiated year 1 maths activity booklet, covering the number and place value part of the National Curriculum. The booklet contains **25 pages. ** Each page has one enjoyable activity, such as completing a number sequence or matching numerals and words. Every bullet point from the number part of the curriculum is covered by five pages of the booklet. Each page includes a sentence describing the curriculum objective covered. The booklet has a fun fairy-tale/traditional tales theme. The booklets contain colourful, appealing images, but can also be printed in black and white. 3 differentiated booklets are included in the price. The middle ability booklet covers the curriculum objectives, the higher ability one extends the objectives and the lower ability one simplifies activities. A separate document containing the answers and the curriculum objectives is included. This resource is perfect for using throughout the year in maths lessons, as an end-of-unit revision activity or as an end-of-year assessment. PDF file format
Year 2 Reading Comprehension - Royal Babies
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Year 2 Reading Comprehension - Royal Babies

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I updated this on the 6th May 2019, following the birth of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s baby boy! If you downloaded this last year please download again. This year 2 SATs style booklet teaches the children about lots of royal baby facts, including bizarre traditions, royal baby names, royal baby christenings and royal baby clothes. The booklets are based on the KS1 SATs reading paper and include 3 differentiated levels. There are a range of ‘what,’ ‘when,’ ‘who’ and ‘which’ questions, some multiple choice tick questions and some that require more detailed answers. Each booklet contains a title page with helpful words, followed by five pages of pictures and short written extracts to read and 2-3 questions per page. Answers are also included. I have included colour and black & white versions of each of the 3 booklets. The preview pages show the title page and one of the comprehension pages, from the middle ability booklets. PDF file format. You might also like our Year 1 Royal Babies comprehension: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/year-1-reading-comprehension-royal-family-royal-baby-3-levels-colour-and-black-and-white-12101659
Royal Wedding - Year 2 Reading Comprehension
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Royal Wedding - Year 2 Reading Comprehension

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Celebrate the royal wedding between Prince Harry and Meghan Markle with this year 2 SATs-style comprehension booklet! The booklet is based on the KS1 SATs reading paper and includes 3 differentiated levels. There are a range of ‘what,’ ‘when,’ ‘who’ 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. Please note that this resource was created prior to the Royal Wedding day.
Florence Nightingale History Presentation - Women's History Month
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Florence Nightingale History Presentation - Women's History Month

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This is a presentation on Florence Nightingale, the pioneering nurse who fought for more hygienic hospital conditions during the Crimean War. Use it as part of a lesson or for an assembly for KS1 or KS2. The presentation covers Florence’s childhood, early career, work during the Crimean War and ongoing legacy. The last part of the presentation includes some interesting questions to provoke discussion or for further exploration. A slightly altered version of the presentation is also available as part of the Year 2 five lesson literacy unit: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/florence-nightingale-year-2-literacy-5-day-plan-history-12199874
Edith Cavell History Presentation - Women's History Month
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Edith Cavell History Presentation - Women's History Month

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This is a presentation on the nurse Edith Cavell, who sacrificed her own life for the soldiers she cared for in World War I. Use it as part of a lesson or for an assembly for KS1 or KS2. The presentation covers Edith’s childhood, early career, war work and legacy. The last part of the presentation includes some interesting questions to provoke discussion or for further exploration. Please note: due to copyright reasons, no photos of Edith Cavell are included. A slightly edited version of this presentation is also included as part of the 5 lesson year 2 literacy plan: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/year-2-literacy-5-lesson-plan-edith-cavell-history-11541732
Year 1 Football World Cup 2022 Maths Booklet
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Year 1 Football World Cup 2022 Maths Booklet

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A collection of 20 football maths activities, perfect for using with year 1 during World Cup 2022! The booklet contains 20 activities that children can complete on their own as a start of day activity, a filler or a whole lesson. The tasks cover all areas of the year 1 curriculum, including addition, subtraction, counting, time, mass, height, capacity, shape, fractions and money. A colour and black & white version of each booklet is included. Answers are also included. The booklets are in the zip file. PDF file format No further preparation needed.
Football World Cup 2018 Phonics Booklet
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Football World Cup 2018 Phonics Booklet

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A 20 page Football World Cup themed phonics booklet, containing a wide range of activities to help children revise phases 3 - 5. Perfect for children to work on independently during phonics lessons, as a start of day activity, or as a filler for the busy end-of-term period. Alternatively, send home for parents to work on with children as a homework task. Activities range from filling in initial sounds, to sorting real and fake words, to filling in missing words. Each page indicates which phase is included so you will know what your children are covering. Answers are included at the end where applicable. Just print and staple! PDF file format.
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Year 1 Football World Cup 2018 Pack
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Year 1 Football World Cup 2018 Pack

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This resource is a bundle of activities perfect for using with your year 1 class during the 2018 football World Cup. The bundle contains: Phonics Booklet Maths Booklet Footballers Comprehensions x 5 PDF file format
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Pioneering Nurses History Presentations - Florence Nightingale, Edith Cavell, Mary Seacole - Women's History Month
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Pioneering Nurses History Presentations - Florence Nightingale, Edith Cavell, Mary Seacole - Women's History Month

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A bundle of three presentations on pioneering nurses, all of whom are mentioned as key historical figures in the KS1 history curriculum. Included in the bundle are: Florence Nightingale Mary Seacole Edith Cavell The presentation on Edith Cavell covers Edith’s childhood, early career, war work and legacy. The presentation on Florence Nightingale covers Florence’s childhood, early career, work during the Crimean War and ongoing legacy. The presentation on Mary Seacole covers her childhood, her first adventures around the world, her experiences in the Crimean war and her legacy. The last part of each presentation includes some interesting questions to provoke discussion or for further exploration. Use these as part of a lesson or for an assembly for KS1 or KS2.
Football World Cup 2018 - Year 2 SPaG
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Football World Cup 2018 - Year 2 SPaG

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A collection of 3 SPaG activity booklets for year 2 with the theme of football, perfect for using during the 2018 football world cup. All three activities are based on the 2016/2017 SPaG SATs papers, but with appealing images and a football theme. 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 football. A great way to ensure your class don’t forget all their SPaG work after SATs this summer term! PDF file format.
The Royal Wedding - Year 1 Comprehensions
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The Royal Wedding - Year 1 Comprehensions

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This resource contains 6 comprehension activities all about the royal wedding between Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. They are suitable for using with year 1 or lower ability year 2. They each contain a short piece of text with words that can be predominantly 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. Each comprehension can be used individually or you can print out the front cover to create a booklet. There are six different comprehensions: The Royal Wedding Prince Harry Meghan Markle The Queen How to Throw a Royal Wedding Party The Royal Wedding Day 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. (Please note: due to copyright reasons, no pictures of any of the royal family are included. Please also note that this resource was created prior to the Royal Wedding day.)
Year 2 Footballers Reading Comprehensions
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Year 2 Footballers Reading Comprehensions

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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: Year 2 World Cup 2022 Maths : All Topics
All About Me Transition Booklet - Lower Key Stage Two
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All About Me Transition Booklet - Lower Key Stage Two

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This resource is a 20 page booklet for children to complete all about their hobbies, interests, friends, families, dreams and school life. It is aimed at Lower Key Stage 2 and could be used to aid the transition process into year 3 or 4. Use during a transition day, send home over the summer or complete during the new term as part of an ‘All About Me’ topic. PDF file format The booklet is colourful, but also prints well in black and white. If you are looking for a booklet for transition into years 1 or 2 we have created this one: All About Me transition booklet - EYFS & Key Stage 1
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Summer poetry unit and comprehensions - Year 2
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Summer poetry unit and comprehensions - Year 2

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A pack containing a summer poetry unit and two accompanying comprehensions to use with year 2 during the summer term. Included are: A five day summer poetry unit with a detailed plan for each day and accompanying resources. A comprehension on the ‘beach’ poem from the 5 day unit, differentiated 3 ways. A comprehension on the ‘water’ poem from the 5 day unit, differentiated 3 ways. A perfect way to bring summer into your classroom this term! PDF file format and Microsoft PowerPoint format.
Summer poetry comprehension - Summer Postcards - Year 2
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Summer poetry comprehension - Summer Postcards - Year 2

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This resource is a poetry comprehension activity for year 2, based around a poem called ‘Summer Postcards.’ The poem tells the story of one boy’s wild adventures on the run with an elephant over the summer holidays, so would make a perfect activity before or after a long break. The resource includes 3 differentiated levels of booklet, which use different layouts and slightly altered content and questions to make them suitable for a whole range of abilities. The middle ability booklet is laid out in a similar way to the KS1 SATs booklets, with four pages of pictures and short verses to read and 3-4 questions per page. There are a range of ‘who,’ ‘what,’ ‘how,’ ‘where’ and ‘why’ questions, some multiple choice tick questions and some that require more detailed answers. Answers are included. A Blossoming Minds original poem. PDF file format.
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Spanish 5 Lesson Bundle : Food and Drink / la comida
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Spanish 5 Lesson Bundle : Food and Drink / la comida

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This is a 5 lesson Spanish unit for beginners, perfect for using with KS2. The Lessons are: Lesson 1 - Fruit and Vegetables Lesson 2 - Bread and Cakes Lesson 3 - Drinks Lesson 4 - Breakfast Lesson 5 - Dinner (including several dishes from Spain) 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, making the unit perfect for young language learners. All resources needed for the lessons are included in the price. This includes a PowerPoint for each containing the new vocabulary. The PowerPoint presentations are not editable. Click the ‘Read Only’ button to open them. Some of the images only appear when the PowerPoints are played as slideshows with the animations. In total there are 72 pages of lesson plans, games and worksheets (pdfs) and 59 slides of animated PowerPoints. All of the lessons are in zip files. No further preparation needed. This is Unit 4 Spanish designed by Blossoming Minds. This unit could be combined with the ‘Greetings and Introductions’ unit and ‘All About Me,’ unit and ‘Family Members, Clothes and Pets’ unit, all created by ‘Blossoming Minds.’ Beginner Spanish / 15 lessons
Year 2 Football World Cup 2022 Maths : All Topics
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Year 2 Football World Cup 2022 Maths : All Topics

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These Year 2 World Cup 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 the World Cup with your class! The higher level (Super Super Challenge) contains questions covering the Year 2 curriculum and some questions from the Year 3 curriculum. The intermediate level (Super Challenge) contains questions covering the Year 2 curriculum. The lower level (Challenge) contains questions covering the Year 1 curriculum. No further preparation required.
Year 2 World Cup 2018 Maths - Addition
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Year 2 World Cup 2018 Maths - Addition

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These Year 2 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 2 curriculum and some questions from the Year 3 curriculum. The intermediate level (Super Challenge) contains questions covering the Year 2 curriculum. The lower level (Challenge) contains questions covering the Year 1 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.
Year 3 Football World Cup 2022 Maths - All Topics
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Year 3 Football World Cup 2022 Maths - All Topics

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These Year 3 World Cup 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 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. There is a colour and black & white booklet for each level. No further preparation required.
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.