This is a hit resource with small children. There are 10 pages of examples of pictures that indicate what an App might be about: Art, health, drawing, computer games, sport, music, history, geography and French. There are 2 of the same ‘app’ per page for younger children to play matching games. There is a blank template at the end for children to use to make their own designs of an App of their choice. This template is also very good for making into subject cards and displaying as a timetable. Something original and different to the norm.

These monsters are so cute. Children can colour them their own way or copy the patterns they see. Print out twice, cut and laminate the flashcards for matching, sorting and pattern recognition games.

5 colour pages showing popular hobbies and crafts such as sewing, knitting, collage, model making and painting. Each page shows 9 picture cards with matching word cards. The matching borders of the picture and word cards help children with their reading as needed. Cards can be sorted into sets such as sewing, knitting and crafts. This resource can be cut out, laminated and used as a matching, reading game. Links to speaking and listening, reading, art and craft, Ourselves, sorting and hobbies. Useful too, for those learning English language around Leisure time.

This is a fun lesson where children find out about animals with fruity names such as the lemon shark and the raspberry crazy ant. Share the power point with the children and see if they can guess the name of each animal using the picture clues. Click the key and the name will appear on each page. There are 8 animal slides. The final slide is a list of suggested activities or tasks that the children can do. e.g. finding a picture or photo of each animal, drawing cartoon animals combining the fruit and the animal and then making a model. Links to art and design and science(animals).

Here is a fun and creative activity for KS1 children to explore art and design through “20 Design Ideas on Paper.” This resource includes a variety of design ideas: a book cover, t-shirt, ID card, birthday card, plate, stamp, photo frame, floral wreath, for sale poster, gift tag, socks, Christmas stocking, vase, Easter card, new baby poster, gift box, lunch box, butterfly, bird house, and wanted poster. Each page features a picture idea for the design, sparking children’s imaginations, along with a blank template for them to draw their own design. The activity can be extended by providing children with the materials to design and make. This activity can be linked to topics in other subjects, such as creating a “wanted poster” in a history lesson or designing an Easter card in a religious education class, providing a cross-curricular approach to learning.

Introducing: “Catch Phrase!” - A Journey Through Words and Art A hands-on activity tailored for Key Stage 2 pupils. From the comforting “There’s no place like home” to the festive “I’m dreaming of a white Christmas” and the determined “I’ve started so I’ll finish,” pupils embark on a captivating journey, uncovering the origins and meanings of 10 timeless catch phrases. Each catch phrase has it’s own original poster for inspiration, showing origins and meaning as well as instructions for pupils own poster work. “Catch Phrase!” links Literacy with Creativity: A fusion of language, art and design. Suitable for individual or group work, adapting to classroom needs.