The set contains the following powerpoints: Democracy introduction: Explains what democracy is, where it began, and a short history of how Democracy began in Britain. It explains that not all countries are democracies and gives examples of other types of government. Democracy in Britain: Explains how democracy works in Britain; how votes are made, elections, political parties, Parliament and Government Respect and Tolerance: Explains the ‘Out of Africa’ theory of where humans originated and how the migration of humans has affected race and culture. Explains the six major religions in Britain; their beliefs and their origins; asking the children to look at similarities and differences between them. Respecting Differences: Something to make the children think - looks at different features in humans and how we might all be different but we are all human. The Rule of Law: Explains what the Rule of Law is and how the legal system developed in England/Britain from medieval times to the present. Looks at civil law and criminal law, explaining the differences, and how the courts and the police are there to protect us. The set also includes flags/ bunting to colour, writing and activity sheets and a topic cover.

A large pack of resources. It includes: POWERPOINTS: The Gingerbread Man Story The Smelly Cheese Man (an alternative version of the story) The Gingerbread Man poem ACTIVITIES Acrostic poem (spelling out Gingerbread Man) Blank speech / thought bubbles: 8 different sizes and shapes to print out and fill in. Counting cards: 0 to 20 in numerals and Gingerbread Man faces to match up / play snap etc. Vocabulary cards: 18 words and matching pictures. Can be used for games, display or labelling activities. Counting cards: Cards to laminate different numbers of Gingerbread men and a box for writing in the number. Characters to print and use for stick puppets Larger characters - 2 per A4 page for display / other activities. Gingerbread Man clipart: black and white to colour Gingerbread Man clipart: Colour Gingerbread men to print: Large men in black and white, different versions, to make own faces / clothes etc. Sequencing pictures: 10 small pictures. The children can cut them up and stick in sequence, or they can be laminated and used for an activity. Story sheets: Contains the same images in the sequencing pictures but there is one picture per A4 page with lines for the children to compose their own story. Wanted poster Word mat containing vocabulary needed for the story. Writing border: 2 different designs; colour and black and white. DISPLAY A4 Heading x 2 A-Z lettering - to cut out for display Lettering/banner: The Gingerbread Man - prints onto 6 pages. There are 3 different designs. Border: Images of the Gingerbread Man to frame a display Alphabet a-z in lower case with a gingerbread man background Number line 0-20 with digits and written numbers with a gingerbread man circle background The Gingerbread Man poem MASKS 13 character masks to act out the story.

POWERPOINTS: Pirates Introduction: Explains the history of pirates, who they were, where they operated and what they did. Pirate Life: Daily life of pirates; pirate flags; injuries; pirate attacks; punishments; code of conduct etc. Henry Morgan - the king of pirates: His life story Famous Pirates: Includes Blackbeard, Black Bart, Black Sam, Anne Bonney, Captain Kidd; with facts of their lives and their pirate flags. Pirate Activities: Fun things to do, songs etc. Pirate glossary: 25 pages explaining different pirate terms /objects etc Pirate Shipwreck: Recount of the sinking of the Whyday, and how it was discovered nearly 300 years later. DISPLAY Pirates lettering v1 - Colourful lettering - spells out ‘Pirates’, plus all upper and lower case letters and numbers included so that you can print and cut out what you need to personalise your display. Pirates banner - prints onto 2 A4 sheets Pirate word / help mat - with vocabulary and pictures to help support writing tasks. Pirate vocabulary - 12 A4 sheets with pictures and short descriptions. Includes anchor, deck, black jack, booty, cannon, compass, cutlass, maroon, mutiny, rigging, telescope and treasure map. Pirate sayings - 11 A4 sheets with pictures. Includes Ship ahoy! Avast! Shiver me timbers! Yo ho ho! Thar she blows! Walk the plank! PRINTABLE ACTIVITIES Pirate invitations Topic covers - 8 different versions, portrait and landscape Treasure maps to colour and finish Writing borders, lined and unlined, portrait and landscape with a pirate hat border. Pirate colouring sheets - famous pirates plus others Pirate flag colouring sheets Treasure maps colouring pages Blank treasure map Blank pirate flag

This pack contains 7 resources: A PowerPoint lesson for children to write words containing the new grapheme, 4 differentiated worksheets, picture and word cards and a large flashcard. The font used is Sassoon with an additional copy in Elementary font.

A set of colorful posters featuring a cute baby chicken in different positions to teach or reinforce prepositions. There are 30 different prepositions which each print onto one page. Also included is a banner / lettering ‘Prepositions’, plus matching A-Z chick lettering to personalize your display.

These resources introduce the concept of a sentence and explain how to become a great sentence writer. Includes PowerPoint lessons, corresponding worksheets and sentence writing activities. LESSONS AN INTRODUCTION TO SENTENCES: Explanation of what sentences are and what type of punctuation should be used. It reinforces the importance of capital letters, periods, question marks or exclamation marks and spaces in between words. HOW TO WRITE A SENTENCE: A checklist of what is required for a perfect sentence. I CAN SENTENCES: Simple sentences to read. The spellings get progressively more difficult. JAKE’S PERIOD: A story showing how important it is to put periods in the right places. PICTURE SENTENCE: Find the correct sentence out of four to match the picture. WORDS THAT FIT: Find the words that can be substituted in the sentence. REARRANGE THE WORDS: Jumbled up sentences that need rearranging. PRINTABLES Worksheets: 15 different worksheets to accompany the lessons, including - Checklist to use when writing sentences Finish the ‘I can’ sentences Write the words that fit Write sentences about a picture Punctuation story Match the sentences Cut and make a sentence Also included is a center activity with 34 ‘I can’ sentence cards. Some of the PowerPoints include a linked video to watch. This is a link shared through SafeShare T.V., a program that filters adverts and unwanted commercials from the clip. You may need to check if you can access this in school. The links were checked before uploading, but if any don’t work, feel free to contact me.

A unit of work with 3 PowerPoint lessons, investigating air transport, visiting the airport and flying on a plane; plus 23 worksheets. LESSONS: INTRODUCTION TO FLIGHT: Looks at maps of the UK, Europe, USA and the world - encouraging children to discuss which modes of transport would be suitable for getting to different places. Introduces flying as the best kind of transport for travelling to places far away. (17 slides) THE AIRPORT: A look at different things that are seen when travelling through the aiport, with pictures, descriptions and explanations. Explains the airport terminal, inside and outside; checking in; check in desk; baggage; baggage handlers; boarding card/QR scan; security; departure lounge; information boards; departure gates; boarding the plane; the runway; air traffic control and luggage carousel. (30 slides) AEROPLANES: Explores different parts of a plane - the flight deck, engines, wings, flaps and spoilers, fuel, fuselage, the tail and wheels; plus the inside of the plane - the cabin, doors, overhead bins, seats, safety cards, flight attendants, windows, galley, food and toilet. (35 slides) WORKSHEETS: 23 worksheets including - Labelling airport signs Making a passport Writing a postcard Describe the aiport pictures Label parts of a plane Maps of the world, Europe, the USA and the UK A place I would like to visit Plus A-Z lettering with airport picture background 3 pages of airport colour clipart Writing border sheets Some of the PowerPoints include a linked video to watch. This is a link shared through SafeShare TV - a programme that filters adverts and unwanted advertising from the clip. You may need to check if you can access this in school. The links were checked before uploading, but if any don’t work, feel free to contact me and I will update them.

A set of PowerPoint lessons to teach different aspects of life in the sixties, plus headings and worksheets. It is suitable for teaching children aged 8-11. It includes: INTRODUCTION TO THE 1960S - A short introduction explaining what a decade is and how many decades ago the Sixties were. Poses some questions for the children to think about, with a follow up activity. SIXTIES DAILY LIFE - How people in the 1960s had ‘never had it so good’; Money - Explanation of pounds, shillings and pence with illustrations of the coins and notes; Shopping - how supermarkets started expanding, Green shield stamps, and food eaten in the Sixties; Transport - Expansion of motorways, popular cars, and air transport; Technology - Police call boxes, public telephones, telephones in the home, computers, computer games, the forerunner to the Internet, lasers, calculators. (25 slides) SIXTIES SCHOOL LIFE - What it was like going to school in the 1960s. (10 slides) SIXTIES KEY EVENTS - A timeline of events from around the world from 1960 to 1969, with three highlighted events in each year. (11 slides) SIXTIES HOMES - New housing developments, tower blocks and older houses that needed modernising; How the washing and cleaning was done; Home fashions - kitchens, lounges, ornaments, and furniture; Television, and how it progressed over the decade. (14 slides) SIXTIES FAMOUS PEOPLE - Neil Armstrong, Yuri Gagarin, Alfred Hitchcock, John F Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy, Muhammad Ali/ Cassius Clay, Mary Quant, Francis Chichester, Andy Warhol, and Twiggy. There is a page for each person, with a short description of what they are famous for. (12 slides) SIXTIES FASHION - How fashioned changed from the beginning to the end of the decade and how it was influenced by music. (17 slides) SIXTIES MUSIC - How people listened to music in the Sixties - records and record players; radios and Pirate radio stations, introduction of tape players, jukeboxes; Sixties music fans - Mods and Rockers, Skinheads and Hippies; Sixties bands and singers - The Beatles, Elvis Presley, Chubby Checker, Cliff Richard, The Beach Boys, The Rolling Stones, The Kinks, The Monkees, Jimi Hendrix, and the Woodstock Festival. There is a picture and description of each band / singer, and a their most popular hit of the Sixties. (21 slides) SIXTIES TOYS - Pictures of popular Sixties toys, with short descriptions. (9 slides) Plus a set of 11 worksheets with follow-up activities. Some of the PowerPoints contain links to relevant videos though SafeShare T.v., which filters unwanted adverts from the clip. You may need to check that you can access this in school. The links were checked before uploading, but if they stop working please feel free to contact me or email me: primaryteachingtools@gmail.com and I will update them. This pack is an updated version of my previous Sixties pack.

A set of phonics display/flashcards to use in KS1. There are 2 A5 cards on a page. Each card contains pictures and a list of words including the relevant common exception words for Year 1. The first set contains the letters of the alphabet. The second set contains the consonant digraphs and vowel digraphs and trigraphs in the Y1 Spelling appendix. The third set contains extra graphemes identified in the Letters and Sounds phonics programme.

YEAR 1 SCIENCE TOPIC SUMMER POWERPOINT: What is summer When does summer begin How does the weather change in summer What types of weather might you see in summer What types of clothes might you wear in summer What happens to the length of the days in summer What kinds of things happen in summer What do animals do in summer What happens to plants in summer Paintings of summer SUMMER DISPLAY 2xA4 spring title A-Z lettering with beach picture Summer banner - prints onto 2 A4 sheets SUMMER ACTIVITY SHEETS Summer acrostic poem Summer spotter sheet Spring topic cover Summer writing frame Summer writing sheet

A set of A4 posters to print and display. They contain all the 'terminology for pupils' identified in Appendix 2 for Year 1: Letter; Capital letter; Singular; Plural; Plural noun suffix; Word; Sentence; Punctuation; Full stop; Question Mark; Exclamation Mark; Suffix; Verbs; Adjective; Clause and Pronoun.

A set of A4 posters to print and display. They contain all the 'terminology for pupils' identified in Appendix 2 for Year 4: Determiner; Pronoun; Possessive pronoun; Adverb; Adverbial; Fronted adverbial; Plural; Verb inflections; Nouns; Possessive apostrophe; Sentence; Punctuation

A set of A4 posters to print and display. They contain all the 'terminology for pupils' identified in Appendix 2 for Year 2: Noun; Noun phrase; Statement; Question; Exclamation; Command; Compound word; Adjective; Verb; Suffix; Adverb; Tense; Apostrophe; Comma; Subordination; Co-ordination; Progressive; Sentence.

They contain all the 'terminology for pupils' identified in Appendix 2 for Year 5: Modal verb; Relative pronoun; Relative clause; Parenthesis; Cohesion; Ambiguity; Nouns; Adjectives; Verbs; Suffixes; Adverb; Adverbial.

A set of A4 posters to print and display. They contain all the 'terminology for pupils' identified in Appendix 2 for Year 6: Subject; Object; Active; Passive; Synonym; Antonym; Ellipsis; Ellipsis (punctuation mark); Hyphen; Colon; Semi-colon; Dash; Bullet points; Cohesive devices; Adverbials.

A set of resources to teach children about the /ŋ/ sound spelt n before k. The PowerPoint explains the spelling rule and gives examples of words for a class activity. The worksheet contains jumbled up words that end in nk.

A set of resources to teach the spelling requirements for Y1: The /f/, /l/, /s/, /z/ and /k/ sounds are usually spelt as ff, ll, ss, zz and ck if they come straight after a single vowel letter in short words. The PowerPoint presentations explain each spelling rule and gives examples of words for a class activity. The worksheets contain pictures and sentences with the relevant missing words for children to spell. The word wheel contains the beginnings and endings of words for a group activity. The word list contains a page-full of age-appropriate words. The outline planning document in Word matches the activities with learning objectives and spelling rules and guidelines.

A set of resources to teach the guideline/rule in the Spelling Appendix: Each syllable is like a ‘beat’ in the spoken word. Words of more than one syllable often have an unstressed syllable in which the vowel POWERPOINT RESOURCES: Introduction to syllables: An explanation of what syllables are and how to identify them in words. It gives several examples of words with more than one syllable with opportunities for children to spell them. Syllable practice: Activity where the children can read a word, then write it by identifying how many syllables it contains, then check it. WORKSHEETS: Two syllable word worksheet: A grid for splitting up words into syllables as an aid to spelling. Blank syllable word worksheet: As above, but the grid is left blank to insert words. sound is unclear