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
These Year 3 Summer Olympics 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 Paris Olympic Games 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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Year 3 Euro 2024 Football Maths : All Topics
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Year 2 Summer Olympics Maths : All Topics
An interactive 74 slide PowerPoint quiz to use for International Women's Day or Women's History Month. It contains 65 fascinating questions on pioneering women around the world, women's history, celebrities and equal rights issues in 2024. Perfect for using with ages 9 - 16.
Use as a starter, an assembly, a filler or a main activity. All questions are multiple choice and fit into 6 different categories: Firsts for Women; Where in the World; World Leaders; Suffragettes and Social Activists; Guess Who and 2024. After you have chosen an answer for each question, click again and the correct answer flashes, while the wrong answers fly off the page.
Extra facts are included to help your class learn even more.
The PowerPoint is not editable. Please click 'Read Only' to open. Some of the images only appear when the PowerPoint is run as a slideshow.
An answer sheet is also included.
A selection of three phonics practice papers to use with your year 1 class in preparation for the screening test.
The papers contain original content, but are all based entirely on past papers, progressing from simple cvc phase 3 words to more complex phase 5 words.
There is an accompanying PowerPoint presentation with each paper, so that you can choose to work with the whole class or individuals.
An answer sheet and tick sheet are also included.
PDF file format.
This resource is a poetry comprehension activity for year 2. The poem tells the story about a disastrous trip to the beach, before a funny event turns the day around.
The resource includes 3 differentiated levels of booklet, making them suitable for a whole range of abilities in your class.
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 ‘what,’ ‘where’ and ‘which’ questions, some multiple choice tick questions and some that require more detailed answers.
Answers are included.
A great way to bring the seaside into your classroom this summer!
PDF file format.
This is a plan and resources for a French lesson to use with KS2. It involves children learning about tourist sites around Paris and how to describe in French places they would like to visit e.g I would like to visit the Eiffel Tower. There is also a bit of information in English about each of the eight places that are mentioned. The plan could be used for an individual lesson, or as part of a longer unit on France.
The plan gives details of a starter, how to teach the vocabulary, a whole class speaking and listening activity, a reading task, 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. They are in the zip file and are:
Lesson Plan - 4 pages (PDF)
An animated PowerPoint presentation - 21 pages (This is not editable. Please click ‘Read Only’ to open.)
Resource for speaking and listening activity - 1 page (PDF)
Resource for reading task and answers - 3 pages (PDF)
Templates for writing activity (colour and black & white) - 2 pages (PDF)
No further preparation needed.
This is Lesson 4, Unit 12 French by Blossoming Minds, but can be used as an individual lesson.
You might be interested in Units 1, 2 and 3:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11769397
This resource contains 4 comprehension activities on ‘Bonfire Night.’ These cover:
The Gunpowder Plot
Bonfire Night Food
How to build a bonfire
Bonfire Night Safety
They are suitable for using with year 1 or lower ability year 2.
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 the children work out what they say. Each text is followed by 5 simple questions.
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. The PowerPoint is not editable. Please click ‘Read Only’ to open.
There is a colour and black & white booklet. Answers are also included.
PDF file format
You might also be interested in:
Year 2 Bonfire Night Comprehension Bundle / Guy Fawkes
These Year 2 SATs style revision questions on money are split into 3 differentiated levels. Each level contains 30 SATs style problems with answers.
The higher level (Super Super Challenge) contains questions covering the Year 2 and Year 3 curriculum and is in the style of a SATs paper.
The intermediate level (Super Challenge) contains questions covering the Year 2 curriculum and is based on past SATs papers.
The lower level (Challenge) contains questions covering the Year 1 curriculum with a few questions from the Year 2 curriculum.
No further preparation required.
This is also included in our Bumper KS1 Year 2 Maths SATs Revision Pack:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/bumper-ks1-year-2-maths-sats-revision-pack-all-topics-3-levels-11828827
This is a lesson plan and resources for a beginner’s Italian lesson to use with KS2. It would be perfect to use as a first Italian lesson, as it involves children learning the most basic vocabulary of ‘hello’ and ‘goodbye.’
The lesson plan gives details of a group starter, how to teach the ‘greetings’ vocabulary, a whole class game, a speaking and listening activity, simple reading/writing activity and plenary. It is highly interactive and allows the children to practise a range of language skills.
All resources needed for the lesson are included in the price. The resources include:
a 4 page PDF lesson plan;
a 10 slide animated PowerPoint presentation containing the vocabulary to act as a visual aid (This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open.);
a sheet for the starter; and
colour and black & white versions of the reading activity.
This is lesson 1 of Unit 1 Italian designed by Blossomingminds.
Unit 1 is available here:
Beginners Italian - Greetings and Introductions Bundle
Unit 2 is available here:
Italian All About Me 5 lesson bundle
This is a plan and resources for a beginner’s Spanish lesson to use with KS2. It is a revision lesson that allows children to recap vocabulary used to talk about themselves.
The plan gives details of a whole class starter, a recap of the vocabulary, a whole class listening and reading activity, a speaking and listening activity, a written worksheet 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:
Starter template (1 PDF page)
Lesson Plan (5 PDF pages)
A 17 slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open.)
Resource for the reading/listening activity (8 PDF pages)
Writing activity (Colour and Black & White worksheet) (2 PDF pages)
Plenary ideas (1 PDF page)
The language covered in the lesson includes saying your name, age and where you live, describing your eye and hair colour, family members and pets and talking about clothes. It would be useful if your class have already covered these topics, but not essential.
This is lesson 5 of Unit 3 Spanish designed by Blossoming Minds.
Unit 1 Beginner Spanish Greetings and Introductions Bundle is available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11651388
Unit 2 Spanish All About Me 5 lesson bundle is available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11706377
Unit 3 Spanish lesson bundle : Family members, clothes and pets is available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11762016
This is a 5 lesson Spanish unit for total beginners to use with KS2. It teaches children greetings, feelings, how to say their name and how to talk about where they live. The lessons are highly interactive and allow children to practise a range of language skills.
Lesson 1 - Greetings
In this lesson children learn to say hello and goodbye.
The plan gives details of a group starter, how to teach the ‘greetings’ vocabulary, a whole class game, a speaking and listening activity, a simple reading and writing activity and a plenary.
All resources needed for the lesson are included in the price. These are:
4 page PDF Lesson Plan
A 10 slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is non-editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open.)
Starter activity (1 PDF page)
Reading and writing activity and answers (3 PDF Pages) (Colour and Black & White)
Lesson 2 - Emotions and Feelings
The focus in this lesson is 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/writing activity and plenary discussion.
All the resources needed for the lesson are included in the price. They are in a zip file. These are:
The 4 page PDF Lesson plan
A 21 Slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click the ‘Read Only’ button in the centre of the page to open it. Some of the images only appear when the PowerPoint is played as a slideshow.)
5 PDF pages of resources for the speaking activity
2 PDF pages for the paired game
3 PDF pages for the Reading/Writing activity. There is a colour and black & white version of the worksheet and an answers sheet.
Lesson 3 - Greetings for different times of day
The focus in this lesson is how to greet people at different times of the day.
The plan gives details of a starter game, how to teach the ‘greetings’ vocabulary, a whole class game, a speaking and listening activity, simple reading/writing activity and final whole class activity.
All resources needed for the lesson are included in the price. They are all in a zip file. These are:
The 4 page PDF lesson plan
A 15 Slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click the ‘Read Only’ button in the centre of the page to open it. Some of the images only appear when the PowerPoint is played as a slideshow.)
3 PDF pages of pictures for the game
3 PDF pages for the Reading/Writing activity. There is a colour and black & white version of the worksheet and an answers sheet.
Lesson 4 - Introducing yourself / Saying your name
The focus in this lesson is on how to ask someone their name and to reply.
The plan gives details of a starter, how to teach the ‘name’ vocabulary, a whole class game, a speaking and listening activity, reading/writing activity and plenary.
All resources needed for the lesson are included in the price. They are in the zip file and are:
The 4 page PDF lesson plan
A 10 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.)
1 PDF sheet for the speaking/listening activity
2 PDF sheets for the Reading/Writing activity (a worksheet and answers)
All you need to take with you is a ball or beanbag for the whole class game.
Lesson 5 - Where you live
The focus in this lesson is on how to ask someone where they live and reply.
The plan gives details of a starter, how to teach the ‘countries’ vocabulary, a whole class listening activity, a speaking activity, writing activity and plenary.
All resources needed for the lesson are included in the price. These are:
The 4 page PDF lesson plan
A 23 Slide animated PowerPoint presentation (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.)
5 PDF sheets for the speaking activity
8 PDF sheets for the Writing activity (A worksheet and answers)
No further preparation needed.
This is Unit 1 Spanish designed by Blossoming Minds.
You might also be interested in Unit 2 Spanish All About Me 5 lesson bundle:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11706377
Units 1 and 2 are available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/spanish-lesson-bundle-1-term-beginners-11710541
This resource is a set of 3 art lessons based around the theme of harvest for Key Stage 1. Children create three pictures based on Van Gogh’s series of wheatfield paintings. The key skills that are taught include creating different tones and shades with paint, pastel and pencil and experimenting with shapes and patterns.
The lesson plans are very detailed and include a list of any resources you will need to get out of the cupboard. There are also details of curriculum links and examples of work from my class. I have included the PowerPoints I used for the series of lessons, which contains information about the artist, examples of the artists’ work around which the lessons are based and information about how bread is made. Also included are templates for the children to use.
All the resources needed for the unit are included:
A 17 page PDF lesson plan with examples of work from my class
A 10 slide animated PowerPoint (This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open.)
An 8 slide animated PowerPoint (This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open.)
A 3 page PDF document with examples of the artist’s work for the class to work from
3 pages of templates for the children to use
I created this unit of work to use with my year 1 class for a harvest art project. I was so impressed with the outcome and the children’s work made a fantastic display. I hope you enjoy the lessons! They are great fun!
This is a plan and resources for a French lesson to use with KS2. It involves children learning how to label parts of the body in French.
The plan gives details of a starter, how to teach the vocabulary, a listening game, a speaking game, a written worksheet 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:
The plan
A PowerPoint presentation
Starter resources
Resources for speaking game
Written worksheet
(This plan is Lesson 1, Unit 10 by Blossoming Minds, but can be used as an individual plan.)
A plan and resources for a KS1 Easter RE lesson on Good Friday, with a focus on emotions.
The 5 page PDF lesson plan includes details of a paired starter, an introduction to the story, a circle time activity, a simple written activity and a plenary whole class discussion. There are also differentiated targets, curriculum links and details about assessment for learning methods.
All activities are highly interactive and make the topic accessible to the children.
There is a 16 slide animated PowerPoint presentation telling the story. This is not editable. Click 'Read Only' to open. Some of the images only appear when the PowerPoint is played as a Slideshow. The templates for the written activity are also included. (3 PDF pages)
The lesson could be used individually or as part of a Lent and Easter RE unit.
A version of the PowerPoint is available separately:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/good-friday-presentation-11542698
You might also be interested in my Good Friday assembly and KS2 Good Friday lesson:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/easter-assembly-good-friday-making-sacrifices-11846095
tes.com/teaching-resource/good-friday-lesson-plan-easter-ks2-11515866
This is a presentation on the founder of the Suffragette movement, Emmeline Pankhurst.
The presentation covers Emmeline’s childhood, the suffrage movement, her protests, her imprisonment and the results of the movement. The last part of the presentation includes some interesting questions to provoke discussion.
Please note there are no photos of Emmeline Pankhurst included, owing to copyright restrictions.
Use this as part of a lesson or for an assembly for ages 5 - 11.
This is a plan and resources for a beginners Italian lesson to use with KS2. It involves children learning the vocabulary for different pizzas in Italian. The plan could be used for an individual lesson, or as part of a food unit.
The plan gives details of a starter, how to teach the vocabulary, a whole class listening game, a speaking and listening activity, a reading/written 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. They are in the zip file and are:
Lesson Plan - 4 pages (PDF)
A 12 slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open.)
Resources for listening game - 4 pages (colour and black & white) (PDF)
Resources for speaking and listening activity - 2 pages (colour and black & white) (PDF)
Reading/Written activity - 3 pages (colour and black & white and answers) (PDF)
This lesson made me hungry!
This plan is Blossoming Minds’ Italian Lesson 2 Unit 4, but can be used individually.
You might be interested in Units 1-3:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12590110
This is a plan and resources for a French lesson to use with KS2. It involves children learning the vocabulary to describe the landscape in different French speaking countries e.g. In Guadeloupe there are beaches. The children are taught sentences to describe eight French speaking countries or regions. The plan could be used for an individual lesson, or as part of a longer unit on France and French speaking regions.
The plan gives details of a starter, how to teach the vocabulary, a whole class listening game, a speaking activity, a reading and writing activity, a speaking task and a plenary whole class 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. They are in the zip file and are:
Lesson Plan - 4 pages (PDF)
An animated PowerPoint presentation - 20 pages (This is not editable. Please click ‘Read Only’ to open.)
Resource for listening game - 8 pages (PDF)
Resources for Reading and Writing activity - 3 pages (PDF)
No further preparation needed.
It would be helpful but not essential if your class have completed our French countryside lesson:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12667431
This is Lesson 3, Unit 12 French by Blossoming Minds, but can be used as an individual lesson.
You might be interested in Units 1, 2 and 3:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11769397
This resource is a comprehension booklet aimed at Lower Key Stage 2 (7-9 yrs). It is a playscript adapted from Shakespeare’s play of** A Midsummer Night’s Dream**. The story is a romance and comedy and covers the themes of love, mistaken identities and magic. The story has been adapted so that is is suitable for ages 7-9.
There are three differentiated booklets. The higher 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.
These Year 2 SATs style revision questions on measurements cover length, height, mass, temperature and capacity. There are 3 differentiated levels. Each level contains 30 SATs style problems with answers.
The higher level (Super Super Challenge) contains questions covering the Year 2 and Year 3 curriculum and is in the style of a SATs paper.
The intermediate level (Super Challenge) contains questions covering the Year 2 curriculum and is based on past SATs papers.
The lower level (Challenge) contains questions covering the Year 1 curriculum.
No further preparation required.
PDF File Format
These measurement booklets are included in our Bumper KS1 Year 2 Maths SATs Revision Pack:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11828827
This resource contains 3 comprehension activities suitable for using with year 1.
The theme in this pack is spring. The three topics are:
What can I do in the spring?
What happens in the spring?
Spring animals
Each comprehension contains 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 questions, containing ‘what’ ‘who’ and ‘when’ questions and some multiple choice questions.
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.
Answers are also included.
PDF file format.
These comprehensions are included in our:
Year 1 Easter End of Term Activity Bundle
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’ 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 cars. It covers the history of cars, modern cars and some fascinating facts.
PDF file format and editable Microsoft word format included in the price.
