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Hi! I'm Marie. From experience as a primary teacher, I enjoy creating sets of teaching resources (often with my own illustrations!) for introducing and teaching school topics, and with practical activities. Hope you find something useful. Happy teaching! :)

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Hi! I'm Marie. From experience as a primary teacher, I enjoy creating sets of teaching resources (often with my own illustrations!) for introducing and teaching school topics, and with practical activities. Hope you find something useful. Happy teaching! :)
Science / Materials / The 3 Little Pigs
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Science / Materials / The 3 Little Pigs

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The Three Little Pigs / Science / Materials This unit can be used alongside the story of The Three Little Pigs. It provides opportunities for the children to use science to investigate the materials product are made of and link it to their storytelling. Planning included! Through this small unit, children learn about the materials used in the story of The Three Little Pigs, found out where straw, wood and bricks (clay) come from, how they are used as building materials and their properties.,as well as describe and compare every day objects made of the same materials, and carry out 2 science experiments. Includes • Planning - for 5 lessons. • PowerPoint – found out what straw, wood and clay comes from, how they are used as building materials and their properties • Text for reading activities (similar as powerPoint) • Flashcards – objects made of straw, wood and clay Worksheets: • What do you know about these materials? (Using key vocabulary to describe materials and their properties) Complete sentences or/ and use writing sheet – using • Sort objects (cut & Paste) made of straw, wood and clay • Describe what straw, wood and clay feels like (use word bank) • Found out which material absorbs water the most • Found out which material can be move the furthest For additional resources based on the story of The Three Little Pigs, please check my shop Marie’s Teaching Resources. For updates go to my Facebook page – Marie’s Teaching Resources Thanks for looking :)
DT /  Food / Goldilocks and the Three Bears
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DT / Food / Goldilocks and the Three Bears

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Goldilocks and the Three Bears / DT / Food / Yummy Porridge! This unit can be used alongside the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. 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. Planning included! Children investigate the characteristics and properties of different varieties of ingredients to add different flavours to a basic dish – porridge – compare 5 recipes and develop vocabulary to describe the appearance, taste, smell and texture. They learn basic food preparation techniques to design and make a yummy porridge! Includes vocabulary sheet. For updates go to my Facebook and Instagram pages @ Marie’s Teaching Resources Thanks for looking :)
Under The Sea - Word Mats
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Under The Sea - Word Mats

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Useful word mats with names of aquatic animals, classification groups and features, diet and food, verbs and adjectives – could be put back to back and laminated together to create one lasting document. For more useful activities, please check my Under the Sea Animal Classification set and Bingo in my shop Marie’s Teaching Resources. For updates go to my Facebook page – Marie’s Teaching Resources Thanks for looking :)
The Christmas Tree Origins
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The Christmas Tree Origins

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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 :)
DT / Vehicles/ Space Buggy
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DT / Vehicles/ Space Buggy

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Worksheets based on DT Unit 2A / Vehicles where children design a space buggy, plan how they will make it and evaluate their finished work. The set includes: Information sheets and worksheets that can be to introduce the topic: • text about space buggies used during the moon exploration followed by a questionnaire • picture of a space buggy with names of parts followed by one that children can label Front cover sheet and targets (objectives) sheet Worksheets for DT activities: Think of ideas for making your space buggy (purpose) Draw how your space buggy will look like and label the parts (own design) Draw how you will make your space buggy move and label the parts (wheels and axels) Draw a logo for your space buggy, and tick what you will use to make your logo Write a list of materials and tools that you will need to make your space buggy Plan in which order you will make your own space buggy What do you think of your finished vehicle? (Evaluation) Worksheet for creative writing: Write an exciting short story for a newspaper report which includes a space buggy (newspaper template) For more useful Space activities and resources, please check my shop Marie’s Teaching Resources. For updates go to my Facebook page – Marie’s Teaching Resources Thanks for looking :)
Space / Famous Astronauts Fact Sheets & Worksheets
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Space / Famous Astronauts Fact Sheets & Worksheets

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Fact sheets and worksheets to learn about what it’s like to be an astronaut. The set includes fact sheets about famous astronauts and cosmonauts, male and female, including brief biographies, and text about how to become an astronaut and what work they do during space missions. Can also be used for a reading corner or as topic posters. Worksheets include: • Questionnaire: use fact sheets to find answers • Famous People Time Line/ cut and paste: match each photo with its caption and date, and put them in chronological order to create a time line. • Look on the internet for information about Tim Peake to complete the fact sheet template • Job Description: find answers in ‘Becoming An Astronaut’ and ‘An astronaut’s Work’ ( text included) to complete a job description for an astronaut • Interview An Astronaut: use an astronaut’s fact sheet to write questions and answers For more useful Space activities and resources, please check my shop Marie’s Teaching Resources. Thanks for looking :)
Space / Our Solar System / Planets Fact Sheets
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Space / Our Solar System / Planets Fact Sheets

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Fact sheets about the planets in our solar system, the Sun and our Moon. A5 fact sheets (once A4 folded back to back) for a Reading Corner, Topic Board, Writing Corner, Science Resources – or alternatively used as A4 posters. A lot of useful information! Each fact sheet includes information about the 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, when and who first recorded it. Each one has the space craft which was used to explore the planet. For more useful Space activities and resources, please check my shop Marie’s Teaching Resources. Thanks for looking :)
Space - Our Solar System Worksheets
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Space - Our Solar System Worksheets

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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 :)
Animals - Classification - Different Groups Word Mat
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Animals - Classification - Different Groups Word Mat

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A Word Mat for spellings - includes name of animal body parts and key features, eating groups and classification groups For additional resources based on animals – Farm, Rainforest, Under the Sea and Minibeasts, please check my shop Marie’s Teaching Resources. For updates go to my Facebook page – Marie’s Teaching Resources Thanks for looking :)
Growing Plants/Garden PowerPoint – KS1
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Growing Plants/Garden PowerPoint – KS1

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Use a unique PowerPoint as a fun way to introduce and teach simple facts about plants and vocabulary. Ideal for whole class teaching or set up as independent reading / researching ICT activities. In The garden - 24 slides Includes: what is a garden/ what is there in a garden; what is a plant; parts of a plant; parts of a tree; what plants need (soil, water, sun); how insects help (pollen); why minibeasts are a threat and where to find them; what a gardener does; garden tools for different purposes; how to plant (simple instructions); what is compost for and made of; how to make compost; useful words (dictionary) The PowerPoint has been created with animation & sounds – create a file and ensure that you save ALL PPPs and sounds in the same file. If any problem with sounds and fonts, please email me. I have created 4 worksheets that can be used during or after – labelling gardening tools; labelling parts of a plant; what plants need/ do not need to grow healthy (writing activity); facts about compost. how to make compost (writing activity). Please check more of my resources on Plants on TES – thanks for looking :)
African Safari – PowerPoints KS1 & 2
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African Safari – PowerPoints KS1 & 2

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Use unique PowerPoints as a fun way to introduce and teach facts and vocabulary associated to African animals and the environments they live in. 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 - 22 slides - key words to introduce the African environment, names and features of animals PPP MA: Suitable for KS1 - 33 slides - to learn about the African environment, names and features of animals (sentences) , facts about mammals, birds and reptiles, recognising herbivores, carnivores and omnivores, endangered species and animal features PPP HA: Suitable for KS1 (early KS2) top readers - 50 slides – which includes more extended reading material and information about the African environment, facts about African animals, facts about mammals, birds and reptiles, recognising herbivores, carnivores and omnivores, endangered species, animal features and 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. Includes 3 activity worksheets – writing facts about the lion, the elephant, the zebra and the rhinoceros Please check more of my resources on African animals on TES
Minibeasts PowerPoints – KS1
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Minibeasts PowerPoints – KS1

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2 PowerPoints to introduce minibeasts & key facts – suitable for KS1 & lower KS2. Use unique PowerPoints as a fun way to introduce and teach facts and vocabulary. Ideal for whole class teaching or set up as independent reading / researching ICT activities. The set includes now 2 differentiated PowerPoints to suit each and everyone’s diverse levels of learning. • Minibeasts Easy - 25 slides • Minibeasts – 31 slides – with more extended reading information Explains what minibeasts are & where they live; how to recognise insects; sorting minibeasts into ‘insects’ & ‘not insects’ categories; matching names to pictures; the role insects have with plants; life cycle of the butterfly; key facts for each minibeasts; recognising features; key words (meaning) Includes: • ladybird • beetle • caterpillar • butterfly • moth • woodlouse • ant • centipede • millipede • worm • bumble bee • wasp • fly • dragonfly • slug • snail • grasshopper • spider The PowerPoints have been created with animation & sounds – create a file and ensure that you save ALL PPPs and sounds in the same file. I have created 3 worksheets that can be used during or after – simple questionnaire, record answers in a table, illustrate & label body parts of an insect & write information. Please check more of my resources on Minibeasts on TES
Minibeasts Fact Sheets
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Minibeasts Fact Sheets

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A lot of useful information about different and most common minibeasts – includes insects, arachnid, molluscs, crustacean, arthropods and annelid. A5 fact sheets (A4 folded back to back) for a Reading Corner, Topic Board, Writing Corner, Science Resources – or alternatively used as A4 posters. For more useful activities, please check other Minibeasts resources in my shop Marie’s Teaching Resources For updates go to my Facebook page – Marie’s Teaching Resources Thanks for looking :)
Minibeasts – Bingo
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Minibeasts – Bingo

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A Bingo game that will encourage a lot of discussions as you play :) There are 3 different boards, each with matching sets of pictures with names, group names (insect, not insect), descriptions. Playing: Children attempt to match each animal with a picture card; match additional sets of cards, wherever it is an insect or not an insect; and then guess the minibeasts when reading the description cards. Children can check their answers - answer sheet for each bingo board included. For more useful activities, please check my set of Minibeasts Classification activities in my shop Marie’s Teaching Resources. For updates go to my Facebook page – Marie’s Teaching Resources Thanks for looking :)
Minibeasts  Classification Activity
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Minibeasts Classification Activity

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A great whole class teaching activity or group activity – children use labels and pictures to sort minibeasts into insect or not insect, and match key features while cooperatively making decisions and discussing the different possibilities. Includes instructions, posters (text) to introduce Minibeasts, minibeasts pictures, group and features labels, recording worksheets and posters to check answers. Follow up activities – worksheets: • Complete a table, matching minibeasts with features and identifying if it is an insect or not • Identify insects and not insects by circling in different colours • Classification keys – use a series of questions to identify each minibeast • Complete a Venn Diagram – list key features to compare insects and not insects For more useful activities, please check other Minibeasts resources in my shop Marie’s Teaching Resources For updates go to my Facebook page – Marie’s Teaching Resources Thanks for looking :)
Going To The Seaside - Word Mats
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Going To The Seaside - Word Mats

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4 illustrated Word Mats with vocabulary, verbs, adjectives and time connectives Covers Seaside Features and Activities, and Victorian Times For additional resources based on the seaside, please check my shop Marie’s Teaching Resources. For updates go to my Facebook page – Marie’s Teaching Resources Thanks for looking :)
Amazon Rainforest Animals - Word Mats
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Amazon Rainforest Animals - Word Mats

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Useful word mats with names of animals from the Amazon rainforest, classification groups and features, verbs and adjectives – could be put back to back and laminated together to create one lasting document. For additional resources based on Amazon Rainforest Animals, please check my shop Marie’s Teaching Resources. For updates go to my Facebook page – Marie’s Teaching Resources Thanks for looking :)
PIRATES – Story Writing Word Mats
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PIRATES – Story Writing Word Mats

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3 useful sheets with key vocabulary for writing stories about pirates. Includes: story sequence - sentence starters, nouns, verbs and adjectives. I have also created Pirate themed worksheets for planning and writing own pirate story. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-pirate-story-writing-worksheets-13049005 For updates go to my Facebook page – Marie’s Teaching Resources Thanks for looking :)
Dinosaurs - Word Mat Vocabulary
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Dinosaurs - Word Mat Vocabulary

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A useful Word Mat for writing and spellings with names of dinosaurs, verbs and adjectives. For additional resources based on Dinosaurs, please check my shop Marie’s Teaching Resources. For updates go to my Facebook page – Marie’s Teaching Resources Thanks for looking :)
Animals from Africa- Word Mats
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Animals from Africa- Word Mats

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Useful word mats with names of African animals from the Savannah, classification groups and features, verbs and adjectives – could be put back to back and laminated together to create one lasting document. For additional resources based on African Savannah Animals, please check my shop Marie’s Teaching Resources. For updates go to my Facebook page – Marie’s Teaching Resources Thanks for looking :)