A black and white and matching colour poster with a Light and Dark theme. Link to your Science lessons / Physical Processes. Encourage children to closely observe the symbols in the poster and talk about the different lights and any others they can think of. Lights can be sorted e.g. those operated with a battery and those with flames. Page 3 is a writing or drawing template - children draw or write the different lights that they see in the poster. Bring in a safety theme especially around matches and naked flames. Extend with a walk around school - what other lights or light sources can they find? Boardmaker Licenced

6 writing templates linked to creative writing and writing instructions. There are 3 designs of each type in colour on landscape pages. Children can use their imagination to write a short story about paper aeroplane adventures. Children can also learn how to make a paper aeroplane and then write out the basic instructions. Take the aeroplanes outside then for fun activities. Links to transport, Air, Primary Science and National Paper Airplane Day on May 26th.

A set of resources that links nicely to your topics on Food, Vegetables and Matching. Included are worksheets, flashcards and colour photos. Sheet 1 is the title page and shows a range of spoons that children could talk about and consider their uses, sizes, what they are made from and what they would be useful for. Page 2 is a set of 4 vegetables duplicated so that children can cut and match them. Page 3 is a worksheet where children trace over the names of the vegetables and colour in the black and white ones to match the colour pictures. Pages 4 and 5 are larger versions of the 4 vegetable cards to cut and use on displays or for matching. The final pages are photographs of the vegetables and matching soups in colour- Tomatoes and tomato soup Peas and pea soup Corn and corn soup Onion and onion soup

Unleash your children’s love for nature, science, and numeracy with this set of resources for EYFS and KS1. There is a simple lesson plan included together with number cards from 1 to 6. There are 6 pages, each containing a set of resources connected to the natural world such as squirrels, plants,butterflies and snails. Children can cut these cards out and sequence from 1 to 6.

6 Lotto boards with colour images of insects. 15 cards to copy, cut and play Lotto with. Great for Science, Minibeasts, Animals or Insect topics.

9 colourful fish for children to match with black and white versions for them to colour in. Extend by enlarging and painting the fish with brushes or finger paint.

A collection of photo dominoes showing 10 different animals. There are 25 pages with 4 dominoes on each page. There are a few blank dominoes that you may want to use to add different animals. EYFS and KS1 will enjoy this game whilst learning to match, make pairs, take turns, name and talk about animals.

A fun way to introduce, consolidate or teach about materials and their uses. There are 7 slides showing different materials: Wood, Leather, Fabric, Glass, Plastic, Wool and Metal. Children can discuss what they know and what they see in the slides. The circles can be used to add the names of the objects the children come up with. Extend by giving children a circle /template to write their own ideas on or what they can remember from the discussions.

An activity that encourages children to look out for and identify popular garden birds. There are 12 birds here with colour photos. Activities / pages: Label the birds Answer sheet for labelling Write a description of each bird Answer sheet with brief descriptions Draw the birds in the boxes provided Colouring sheet of birds Links to Animal/ Science topics as well as the RSPB Big School’s Birdwatch.

This is a nice activity for EYFS or KS1. There are 8 different ideas here to stimulate your children to create their own Shadow boxes or framed nature pictures including bugs, trees, plants and fruits. Use card / junk modelling or wood if available with support as needed. Children will enjoy colouring in the pictures and making some drawings of their own as well as going on a nature hunt and collecting materials for their boxes. Collage also works well. There is a blank template included.

This resource contains photographs of things, birds and animals that you might see on the farm. The children can talk about these, name the pictures and read the words. They can cut and match the photos to the words. There are 5 cut and match worksheets. There are 3 templates that children could paste onto: Farmland Birds, Farmland Animals and At the Farm. They can write or paste the words. Links to Literacy, Reading, Science, Animal Habitats and any Farm Topics.

This resource supports work on Plants, Animals, Habitats, Gardens, Parks and Nature in general at KS1. The first sheet shows 6 cards / words of handy tools needed to be a good garden detective. These can be cut and matched and used to make a cover for the child’s Note or Observation book. Sheet 2 and 3 are recording sheets and sheet 4 shows an example of how the sheet can be used. Great for a field trip to the local park or a nature trail around the school grounds.

An activity that encourages children to look out for and identify popular flowers . There are 12 types here with colour photos. Activities / pages: Label the plants / flowers Answer sheet for labelling Write a fact or description of each flower Answer sheet with brief information /descriptions Draw the flowers in the boxes provided Colouring sheet of flowers Links to Plants/ Science / Outdoor Learning / Nature topics.

A Science activity idea linked to States of Matter with a cross curricular literacy element. Children will enjoy matching the pictures to the words and then sorting them into solid, liquid or gas. There are 36 colour pictures and words to match. There are 2 sorting tables - 1 with lines for writing lists and 1 without for pasting pictures.

Here is a PPT depicting 7 types of trees. Each slide has a photograph, a leaf and a few facts about the tree. The activity sheets are for recognising the leaves, labelling and colouring. Change the facts or make them more in depth depending on your audience. Extend by taking a field trip and identifying trees in your school grounds or local park / woodland. Collect leaves for in class activities such as leaf prints and observational drawings. Also, bark rubbings are quite nice to do on location.

A collection of resources for your topic on the Zodiac or Horoscopes. There are 3 lots of different picture symbols that children can cut and sort. There is a table showing signs and dates for each star sign. There are 2 worksheets to go with this where children fill in either the name of the star sign or the dates. There are colour and black and white colouring sheets for each star sign. There is also a table showing which signs are Fire, Earth, Water and Air signs. Children can use this page as a template for carrying out a survey on friends star signs.

A beautiful PPT showing 25 photos of a range of mixes including fruit, vegetable, sweets, toys, leaves, cakes and pebbles. Good for speaking and listening /discussion on colour, pattern, shape, texture, materials as well as using the senses. Materials can also be sorted e.g. into natural and man - made/edible and non- edible. Useful to brighten up displays and as visual aids.

A data handling resource which shows children examples of circular bar charts. Page 1 - 6 examples of bar charts in percentages Page 2 - Children add the percentage numbers into the circles to show their understanding. Page 3 /4 - Children draw / colour into the outer circles to represent the bar charts e.g. 35% or 5%. Page 5 - Blank template for you or the children to use. Links to Percentages as well as data handling.

Activity sheets based on fruit and vegetables. Colour poster to encourage children to eat their greens - nice for display and a visual aid. Basis of a poster to start children off - they can draw their favourite fruits and vegetables around the character. 18 colour fruits and veg for children to name and label. 4 / 5. 4 lots of fruit/veg to colour in.

12 elephant cards for children to colour in to make them the same as the colour versions. There is also a template for children to draw their own elephants.