Fact sheets - for reading activities and independent research with clear information about most popular dinosaurs – use them as visual display resources in a Reading Corner, Writing Corner or on Topic Board. If you would like follow-up activities, please check my set of Dinosaurs Worksheets (sold separately). https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/dinosaurs-worksheets-11534907 For updates go to my Facebook page – Marie’s Teaching Resources Thanks for looking :)

A set of posters to learn about dinosaurs, dinosaur groups, time line, size, their diets (predator or prey) and types of food they ate. A lot of useful information that can be used for independent research and for display. If you would like follow-up activities, please check my set of Dinosaurs Worksheets and Word Mat (vocabulary) for independent writing (sold separately). https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/dinosaurs-worksheets-11534907 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/dinosaurs-word-mat-11652200 For updates go to my Facebook page – Marie’s Teaching Resources Thanks for looking :)

Use unique PowerPoints as a fun way to introduce and teach facts and vocabulary associated to the topic Under The Sea. Lots of key information about different groups of sea creatures - fish, mammals, reptiles, molluscs, crustaceans, echinoderms, worms, coelenterates and sponges - as well as for different species. Ideal for whole class teaching or set up as independent reading / researching ICT activities. The set includes now 3 differentiated PowerPoints to suit each and everyone’s diverse levels of learning. PPP LA: Suitable for early KS1 - 41 slides - key words to introduce the ocean environment, names & features of animals PPP MA: Suitable for KS1 - 47 slides with key sentences & adjectives - to learn about the environment, animal groups, names & habits of animals PPP HA: Suitable for KS1 (early KS2) top readers - 77 slides which includes more extended reading material & information, key facts & useful vocabulary The PowerPoints have been created with sounds – create a file and ensure that you save ALL PPPs and sounds in the same file.

10 slides – sheep, cows, goats, horses, pigs, chickens, geese, ducks, dogs, cats - which highlight: • name of adult & young animal • early stages in life • eating habits / food • behaviour • name of the sound they make • shelter • name of animal group plus 3 slides to guess the names of all the young animals to reinforce learning. Suitable for KS1

Use unique PowerPoints as a fun way to introduce and teach facts and vocabulary associated to dinosaurs. Ideal for whole class teaching or set up as independent reading / researching ICT activities. The set includes now 3 differentiated PowerPoints to suit each and everyone’s diverse levels of learning. PPP LA: Suitable for early KS1 - 18 slides – key words to introduce names & features of popular dinosaurs PPP MA: Suitable for KS1 - 21 slides with key sentences & adjectives to learn about dinosaurs, names & features & different groups PPP HA: Suitable for KS1 (early KS2) top readers - 34 slides which includes more extended reading material & information - to learn about the different groups of dinosaurs, key facts & useful vocabulary The PowerPoints have been created with sounds – create a file and ensure that you save ALL PPPs and sounds in the same file.

Use a unique PowerPoint (47 slides) as a fun way to introduce facts & vocabulary associated to the farm, farm animals and their young, shelters and environments, jobs on the farm, farming tools and vehicles and foods from the farm. Ideal for whole class teaching or set up as independent reading ICT activities. The PowerPoint also shows some of the worksheets based on the same theme. It is designed as a means to introduce and talk about follow up activities while providing some suggested answers. Activities and suggested answers include: • Matching farm animals and their young • Farm animals and their shelters • Names & use of farm vehicles • Foods from the farm • Jobs on the farm and tools The PowerPoint has been created with sounds – create a file and ensure that you save the PPP , sounds and fonts in the same file.

Jack’s Bean Salad - DT activities This unit can be used alongside the story of jack and the Beanstalk. It provides opportunities for the children to use food technology to create a healthy food product suitable for a character and link it to their storytelling. Included: • Planning • Posters - text, pictures of various beans, recipes, sensory vocabulary • Worksheets • Target sheet (LO) These activities encourage children to investigate different types of beans through text and looking closely at a variety of real beans, and learn why beans are part of a healthy food diet. They use recipes to practice how to make different bean salads. They taste and describe the appearance, taste and texture of each salad, and find out which one everyone liked best using a tally chart. Children then design their own bean salad creating a new recipe, illustrating how their bean salad will look and taste, list ingredients and equipment, write in which order they will work using the recipe template, and record their evaluation. They can illustrate a poster about eating their salad, and write about Jack’s mother eating the bean salad. For additional resources based on the story of Jack and the Beanstalk, please check my shop Marie’s Teaching Resources :) For updates go to my Facebook page – Marie’s Teaching Resources Thanks for looking :)

Gingerbread House - DT activities This unit can be used alongside the story of Hansel and Gretel. It provides opportunities for the children to use food technology to create a food product linked to their storytelling Included: • Planning • Posters – UK’s top 20 Biscuits, History of Gingerbread Houses, recipes, sensory vocabulary • Worksheets • Target sheet (LO) These activities encourage children to investigate different types of biscuits and find out the origins of the gingerbread house. They use recipes to practice how to make different biscuits. Then taste and describe the appearance, texture, smell and taste of each biscuit, and find out which one everyone liked best using a tally chart. Children practise how to make a house paper template and how to follow a recipe to create a gingerbread house. Then they design their own gingerbread house creating a new template, illustrating how their gingerbread house will look, list ingredients and equipment, write in which order they will work, and record their evaluation. For additional resources based on the story of Hansel and Gretel, please check my shop Marie’s Teaching Resources :) For updates go to my Facebook page – Marie’s Teaching Resources Thanks for looking :)

Pirate themed worksheets for planning and writing own pirate story. The set includes: • Story Plan - write a brief sequence of events for a story (beginning, middle, end) • Story Structure – explain: characters (who is in the story?), settings (where and when did the story happen?), problem (what happens?), and solution (how is the problem solved?) • Story Map – use the word bank to illustrate and label a sequence of events for a story • Character’s Portrait- illustrate the main character - list adjectives to describe the character, and write sentences • Setting the Scene - illustrate the setting - list adjectives to describe the setting, and write sentences • 2 blank lined worksheets for writing (one has space for illustration) to use as often as needed for different parts of the story • Wanted Poster • My Pirate Story Checklist – narrative learning objectives I have also created 3 useful word mats with key vocabulary for writing stories about pirates. Includes: story sequence - sentence starters, nouns, verbs and adjectives. TES https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/pirates-story-writing-word-mats-11652212 For updates go to my Facebook page – Marie’s Teaching Resources Thanks for looking :)

Use this pirate’ facts and quiz set as a fun way to quickly teach about pirates of the Caribbean islands. Once displayed on wide screen, go through the whole PDF document by reading first a Fact page followed by a Quiz page - children then record their answers on the printed Quiz sheets. When finished, you can display the answer sheets (end of document) and then the children can count the number of correct answers. Celebrate with certificates :) The set includes: 1 PDF – Facts and Quiz (questions + answers) 1 PDF – Quiz Recording Sheets + Certificate The sequence: The Golden Age of Piracy Caribbean Islands Fearsome Thieves Spanish Treasure Port Royal Pirate Ships Strict Rules Life Onboard Buried Treasure Famous Pirates Before you start: Print out the 2 Quiz recording sheets. You can put them back to back and laminate them to make 1 document that can be used multiple times. Children can use board pens to tick answers. Or print for each child as a way to assess learning and keep in their exercise books. Please check out my other pirates resources including worksheets for story writing and comparing fiction and non-fiction texts. For updates go to my Facebook page – Marie’s Teaching Resources Thanks for looking :)

A brief history of the Christmas tree Text includes information about the origins of the Christmas tree, from Pagan celebrations to German traditions and how it became a worldwide custom since Victorian times. Each page has related questions to check comprehension and extend discussion (Guided reading) Worksheets: • Use word bank to write a brief history of the origins of the Christmas tree from Pagan times until Victorian Times • Complete sentences with missing words – use word bank • Record definition of words using a dictionary • Illustrate and label Christmas tree decorations from the past and present day For updates go to my Facebook page – Marie’s Teaching Resources Thanks for looking :)

The set includes information sheets to introduce the topics of the Solar System, Planets, the Sun, the Earth, and of the Moon each with follow-up activities. Activities: Our Solar System • Reading • Questionnaire • Diagram (cut & Paste pictures and labels) Types Of Planets • Reading • Match Descriptions • Temperatures – record degrees from coldest to hottest, identify which planet is the coldest and which one is the hottest The Sun • Reading • Facts About The Sun - questionnaire The Earth • Reading • 5 Facts About The Earth - writing • Day and Night – complete sentences, colour and label diagram The Moon • Reading • Facts About The Moon – questionnaire • Phases of the Moon – complete sentences, colour and label diagram Sun, Earth and Moon In Orbit - complete sentences and label diagram What Is It? – write meaning/ definition of words (independently or with a dictionary) For more useful Space activities and resources, please check my shop Marie’s Teaching Resources. Thanks for looking :)

A lot of useful information about different groups of most common animals from the African savannah – includes mammals, reptiles, birds, fish, amphibians and insects. A5 fact sheets (once folded back to back) for a Reading Corner, Topic Board, Writing Corner, Science Resources – or alternatively used as A4 posters. For additional resources based on animals from the African Savannah, please check my shop Marie’s Teaching Resources. For updates go to my Facebook page – Marie’s Teaching Resources Thanks for looking :)

3 Bingo mats with matching picture cards, matching names of African animals, and quiz like cards For additional resources based on African animals, please check my shop Marie’s Teaching Resources. For updates go to my Facebook page – Marie’s Teaching Resources Thanks for looking :)

A set of posters (text) to introduce different groups of animals - mammals, birds, reptiles, fish, amphibians, insects and animals which belong to ‘other’ classification groups! - worksheets and posters to check answers. Worksheets: • Complete a table - match each feature with an animal group • Complete a table – which group does each animal belong to? • Circle around in different colours mammals, birds, reptiles, fish, amphibians and insects • Classification keys – use a series of questions to identify each animal • Complete a Venn Diagram – list key features to compare reptiles and fish • Name the group to which each animal belongs to – use posters (text) as reference For more useful activities, please check other Animal Classification resources in my shop Marie’s Teaching Resources For updates go to my Facebook page – Marie’s Teaching Resources Thanks for looking :)

Based on the ‘Going to the Seaside’ scheme of work, the PowerPoint is divided into 5 parts: Most popular seaside places in the UK includes map of the UK with different seaside resorts; information about 10 seaside places Why do people like going to the seaside? includes pictures of different seaside landscapes; information; pictures of different activities on the beach and on/in the sea Seaside Features includes pictures of different human and physical seaside features; recognise which ones are human or physical features; identify famous seaside landmarks Seaside holidays in the past includes pictures and text from Victorian times to 1990s; time line with pictures Seaside holidays abroad includes text and pictures; map of the world – recognise most popular destinations; information about Benidorm (Spain), Rhodes (Greece), Cocoa Beach (Florida), Sharm el-Sheikh (Egypt), Tenerife (Canary Islands) and Antalya (Turkey); compare different seaside holidays at home and abroad I have also created worksheets as follow up activities. Please check my shop Marie’s Teaching Resources. Hope that you like and find them useful. If you have any comments or recommendations to make, please do not hesitate to do so. For updates go to my Facebook page – Marie’s Teaching Resources Thanks for looking :)

A lot of useful information about different groups of most common aquatic animals – includes fish, mammal, reptile, crustacean, mollusc, echinoderm, coelenterate, worm and sponge. A5 fact sheets (once folded back to back) for a Reading Corner, Topic Board, Writing Corner, Science Resources – or alternatively used as A4 posters. For additional resources based on animals from Under the Sea, please check my shop Marie’s Teaching Resources. For updates go to my Facebook page – Marie’s Teaching Resources Thanks for looking :)

A Bingo game that will encourage a lot of discussions as you play :) Enables to identify and match different seaside features as well as reinforce which ones are physical features or human features. Children can check their boards - answer sheets included. As a follow up, I have included a cut and paste activity sorting pictures into human and physical features For more useful seaside activities, please check my set of worksheets and PowerPoint in my shop Marie’s Teaching Resources. For updates go to my Facebook page – Marie’s Teaching Resources Thanks for looking :)

Useful information/vocabulary for independent writing about Space and the planets in our solar system – can be used for a Reading Corner, Topic Board or alternatively used as A4 posters. The set includes: • A diagram of our solar system showing planets orbiting around our Sun • A table with information about each planet (its size, distance from the Sun, how many hours in a day, how many days in a year, temperature on the surface, number of moons) • 2 posters describing different parts and objects that we see in space For more useful Space activities and resources, please check my shop Marie’s Teaching Resources. Thanks for looking :)

Based on animals from the Amazon rainforest A Bingo game that will encourage a lot of discussions as you play :) Enables to identify and match different animals with their names, animal groups and diet groups. Children can check their boards - answer sheet for each bingo mat included. For more useful activities, please check my set of worksheets and Animal Classification activities in my shop Marie’s Teaching Resources. For updates go to my Facebook page – Marie’s Teaching Resources Thanks for looking :)