Simple worksheet to share what would be in our bag of worries. I then get children to colour code by underlining the ones we can give to someone else, deal with ourselves, etc. Great starter for a discussion about big problems, little problems.

Double sided worksheet to guide a class through research about Global Warming and Climate Change. Scottish Curriculm SCN 2-04b 3-05b TCH 2-02b

Quick way to generate data for information handling purposes. Also great for chance and uncertainty, calculating odds etc. Throw dice for a set period of time and tally results. Create bar or pie charts from data. Compare to charts for combined results of the class. MNU1-22a 2-22a

I have run a shoe design challenge as a team building, business studies and enterprise topic. This sheet is for pupils to first design their trainer before pooling their team ideas on a larger A3 version. I have then given them a cheap plain white lace up gym shoe (small size and just 1 per group) to design a prototype with Sharpies they then market and advertise. Think Apprentice/Dragon's Den style. SOC 1-22a 2-22a TCH 1-11a 2-11a

A sheet to scaffold the writing of directions including key vocabulary at the bottom of the page. I've used to get children to write a range of directions between 2 places in the school or school grounds. MTH1-17a

2 sheets one of which asks pupils to find a different person who shares their taste in the set catergories. The second sheet sends pupils to look for differences. Great icebreaker for a newly formed class or the start of a school year to get to know them. Also useful for PHSE activities and links to HWB 0-10a 1-10a 2-10a 3-10a 4-10a and HWB 0-47a 1-47a in the Scottish Curriculum.

Guided research sheet to find out about Eric Liddell Scottish rugby player, Olympic medalist, missionary and prisoner of war and how his beliefs shaped his life. I have used clips from Chariots of Fire around this as well as an excellent PowerPoint downloaded from TES resources. Used as a series of lesson to explore the Scottish curriculum Development of Beliefs and Values RME 2-09a 2-09b RME 2-09c and RME 2-09d. Also used as a key Christian figure for RME 2-02a.

Sheet to guide pupils through 3 different activities to investigate the properties of 2 commonly used metals. I set this up as 3 different stations with the class rotating through the activities. SCN 1-08a 1-15a

A sheet to plan an account of an event. I have used this to plan writing a factual account of Sports Day, a sponsored walk and school trips. Prompts to structure the writing and encourage chronology.

A simple sheet for cutting and sticking ordinal numbers in the right order to match their names.

A PowerPoint introducing the 5 elements of a good story: Beginning, Middle, End, Setting and Characters.

2 part system. Laminated mat goes on you tables of 4 with table number/group name on in whiteboard marker and coloured arrows pointing to seats. Sheet is filled in for each class with seats assigned by table and colour. As classes arrive seats can them allocated quickly with pupils being given their table number and seat colour. When working in co-operative groups it is then easy to assign roles and tasks by colour. I've used this to good effect when teaching several classes in a day for non contact time in a room which was not permanently mine so all resources had to be removed at the end of the day. This system could easily be moved from room to room.

Step by step photographic instructions to make an attractive hanging tree decoration. Changing your template would of course make a different design but this was made using the patterned tissue paper from the cheap shops ;)

Step by step photographic instructions of how to make a snowman from a sock filled with rice. I also have instructions for Sock Santa in my shop. Top tip use a plastic cup or dry disposable water bottle with the bottom cut out of it as a rice funnel. Working in pairs for this step is also easier.

These look very effective as a wall display if you give a choice of bright colours for the lamps. The download is a PDF with instructions and templates for the lamps and flames. Top tip provide the glitter glue in the small plastic shot glasses you find in pound shops and give them cotton buds to apply it with. You only need to provide a tiny amount of glitter glue and it can all get binned at the end of the lesson ;)

Step by step photographic instructions of how to make a Santa from a sock filled with rice. I also have instructions for Sock Snowmen in my shop. Top tip use a plastic cup or dry disposable water bottle with the bottom cut out of it as a rice funnel. Working in pairs for this step is also easier.

A quick outline of firework safety rules as they apply to children including basic first aid and pet safety tips.

Writing frame to support the development of research skills guiding the child to find out a set list of information. We then created our own trading card game.

Lyrics to a song which gives examples of different types of energy and how energy changes from one form to another. Also stresses that energy is conserved. Set to the tune of When Christmas Comes to Town from Polar Express as my class already knew the tune. Last page of the PowerPoint is a lyrics sheet to be printed and given out if required. SCN 1-04a 2-04a

An Easter assembly done as 5 news bulletin reports outlining the different parts of the Easter story as it may be reported today. I used this for the Easter service at church across 5 classes but easily adapted to an assembly and different groupings. 10 speaking parts. Could also be an Easter dram/RE/RME lesson.