Documentary topic: Oceans
25 question and answer sheet to accompany the BBC documentary The Blue Planet, Episode One, Introduction. This documentary introduces the idea of life being sustained in the oceans by nutrient cycling.
The worksheet has 25 questions that cover the full documentary and comes with a detailed answer sheet for teachers (including time stamps). There is also a worksheet to follow up the documentary that gets pupils using both atlases and inference skills. This worksheet is designed to sit alongside a coasts/ocean unit of learning, but equally makes an excellent cover activity.
Topics include:
Nutrient Cycling
Ocean Currents
Wave Formation
Ocean location activity
Downloaded materials include all sheets PDF formats.
A fun engaging way to get your pupils practicing their High Frequency Words for reading in Reception.
This pack includes:
All 45 High Frequency Words each on a unique card
Instructions on how to play Pairs
Instructions on how to play Go Fish!
Basic phonics colour coding for vowel sounds
A set of cards without colour as well!
This activity set works best printed on card stock to give the cards some durability although they could be laminated to make a long lasting resource for your classroom.
An interactive powerpoint presentation giving pupils the information they need in chronological order along with potential links to other parts of the course. An excellent resource to integrate with Google Classroom that allows pupils to rapidly access information and plan responses.
Upper and lower case letter set which looks fantastic as the heading for classroom displays. The set includes full upper and lower case lettering in PDF and Scalable Vector Graphic (SVG) format.
This set is perfect for Geographers looking to make a Deserts display.
SVG files are contained with .Zip folders.
Tip!
All of my letter sets use the same font and sizing so mix and match any sets you have purchased to create interesting displays.
Help
If you find the PDF letters are the incorrect size for your display, please use the SVG files. These can be imported into a Word Doc or Powerpoint Presentation and be resized without losing quality.
Upper and lower case letter set which looks fantastic as the heading for classroom displays. The set includes full upper and lower case lettering in PDF and Scalable Vector Graphic (SVG) format.
This set is perfect for Geographers looking to make an Arctic / Antarctic / Frozen Worlds display.
SVG files are contained with .Zip folders.
Tip!
All of my letter sets use the same font and sizing so mix and match any sets you have purchased to create interesting displays.
Help
If you find the PDF letters are the incorrect size for your display, please use the SVG files. These can be imported into a Word Doc or Powerpoint Presentation and be resized without losing quality.
5 guided reading activities, aimed at 10-13 years olds, which seeks to assess and develop their inference and deduction skills. To be used with individual pupils or small groups with a member of staff or parent guiding practice.
The activity comes with assessment questions and answers, with marks per question included. Several of the worksheets also come with some additional vocabulary support resources. This is helpful for pupils preparing for reading tests but also for lower reading aged pupils to develop and hone the necessary skills for success.
In this pack you will find worksheets on:
Ed White’s Space Walk
The Hubble Telescope
The James Webb Space Telescope
One Small Step
The Perseverance Rover
5 guided reading activities, aimed at 10-13 years olds, which seeks to assess and develop their inference and deduction skills. To be used with individual pupils or small groups with a member of staff or parent guiding practice.
The activity comes with assessment questions and answers, with marks per question included. The worksheets also come with targeted additional vocabulary support resources. This is helpful for pupils preparing for reading tests but also for lower reading aged pupils to develop and hone the necessary skills for success.
In this pack you will find worksheets on:
Shark Introduction
Shark Myths
A world without sharks
How to survive a shark attack
Why do we fear sharks
All resources are presented in a ready to print PDF format and should require no additional planning.
Upper and lower case letter set which looks fantastic as the heading for classroom displays. The set includes full upper and lower case lettering in PDF and Scalable Vector Graphic (SVG) format.
This set is perfect for Geographers looking to make a Deserts display.
SVG files are contained with .Zip folders.
Tip!
All of my letter sets use the same font and sizing so mix and match any sets you have purchased to create interesting displays.
Help
If you find the PDF letters are the incorrect size for your display, please use the SVG files. These can be imported into a Word Doc or Powerpoint Presentation and be resized without losing quality.
5 guided reading activities, aimed at 11-14 years olds, which seeks to assess and develop their inference and deduction skills. To be used with individual pupils or small groups with a member of staff or parent guiding practice.
The activity comes with assessment questions and answers. There is also a reading rate calculation sheet included with age relative comparison values to help you assess a pupil’s ability. This is helpful for pupils preparing for reading tests but also for lower reading aged pupils to develop and hone the necessary skills for success.
In this pack you will find worksheets on:
The Great Big Swim
Enduring Endurance
Climbing El Capitan
Flying for 64 Days without Landing
Rowing the Atlantic
A pack containing all of our guided reading activities, aimed at 10-13 years olds, which seeks to assess and develop their inference and deduction skills. To be used with individual pupils or small groups with a member of staff or parent guiding practice.
These activities come with assessment questions and answers, with marks per question included. Most of the worksheets also come with some additional vocabulary support resources. This is helpful for pupils preparing for reading tests but also for lower reading aged pupils to develop and hone the necessary skills for success.
Each pack can be used a week’s worth of activities or can be broken up as needed!
In this pack you will find worksheets on:
5x The Arctic
5x Endurance
5x Sharks
5x Space
5 guided reading activities, aimed at 10-13 years olds, which seeks to assess and develop their inference and deduction skills. To be used with individual pupils or small groups with a member of staff or parent guiding practice.
The activity comes with assessment questions and answers, with marks per question included. The worksheets also come with targeted additional vocabulary support resources. This is helpful for pupils preparing for reading tests but also for lower reading aged pupils to develop and hone the necessary skills for success.
In this pack you will find worksheets on:
Arctic Exploration
Indigenous Peoples of the Arctic
Sea Life in the Arctic
The 2007 Russian Flag Planting
The Mighty Polar Bear
All resources are presented in a ready to print PDF format and should require no additional planning.
Documentary topic: Oceans
25 question and answer sheet to accompany the BBC documentary The Blue Planet, Episode Two, The Deep. This documentary introduces the concept of the deep oceans and how life can be sustained in those dark deserts.
The worksheet has 25 questions that cover the full documentary and comes with a detailed answer sheet for teachers (including time stamps). There is also a worksheet to follow up the documentary that gets pupils to use a range of skills (explaining, drawing & creative writing). This worksheet is designed to sit alongside a coasts/ocean unit of learning, but equally makes an excellent cover activity.
Topics include:
Changes in the Deep Ocean
Adaptations to the Deep Ocean
Features of the Deep Ocean
Downloaded materials include all sheets PDF formats.
A teacher led gap fill exercise to get pupils to think about the process of reading. Designed for use in a secondary reading intervention. This resource takes some key ideas from “Closing the Reading Gap” and makes them accessible to pupils.
A set of reading bookmarks featuring the RAP, RIDA, 5s & SQR reading methods. This set of bookmarks should be used with pupils to help them strategically pick the method of reading best suited to the text in front of them.
Entry/Revision task for Coasts modules centred around types of Hard Engineering. Pupils read the information sheet, construct the dice, and then test each other on their newfound knowledge by rolling the dice.
A quick to assemble interactive starter bound to get your pupils talking about Hard Engineering methods. An ideal way of supporting the development of the key subject vocabulary and knowledge pupils need to succeed.
This resource was originally designed to be used with Year 8 classes and lower ability GCSE pupils but there is no reason why more able pupils cannot get value from this kind of an activity.
A guided reading activity, aimed at 10-13 years olds, which seeks to assess and develop their inference and deduction skills. To be used with individual pupils or small groups with a member of staff or parent guiding practice.
The activity comes with assessment questions and answers, with marks per question included. This is helpful for pupils preparing for reading tests but also for lower reading aged pupils to develop and hone the necessary skills for success.
A guided reading activity from my 5x Shark Themed Reading Comprehension Worksheet set, aimed at 11-14 years olds, which seeks to assess and develop the pupil’s inference and deduction skills. To be used with individual pupils or small groups with a member of staff or parent guiding practice.
The activity comes with assessment questions and answers, with marks per question included. It also comes with integrated vocabulary support to help strech a pupil’s word knowledge. This is helpful for pupils preparing for reading tests but also for lower reading aged pupils to develop and hone the necessary skills for success.
If you enjoy it, please consider purchasing the whole set.
A guided reading activity from my 5x Endurance Themed Reading Comprehension Worksheet set, aimed at 11-14 years olds, which seeks to assess and develop the pupil’s inference and deduction skills. To be used with individual pupils or small groups with a member of staff or parent guiding practice.
The activity comes with assessment questions and answers, with marks per question included. This is helpful for pupils preparing for reading tests but also for lower reading aged pupils to develop and hone the necessary skills for success.
This activity focuses on 64 year old Diana Nyad’s 110 mile swim between Cuba & Florida.