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We have been sharing teaching ideas, classroom activities and display resources online since 1998. Our sites are visited by millions of teachers, educators and parents every year and our teaching materials are in use in classrooms around the world every day. We hope that our ideas and resources to you. Feel free to visit our websites: Teaching Ideas - http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/ Teaching Packs - http://www.teachingpacks.co.uk/ ... and contact us if you have any questions.

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We have been sharing teaching ideas, classroom activities and display resources online since 1998. Our sites are visited by millions of teachers, educators and parents every year and our teaching materials are in use in classrooms around the world every day. We hope that our ideas and resources to you. Feel free to visit our websites: Teaching Ideas - http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/ Teaching Packs - http://www.teachingpacks.co.uk/ ... and contact us if you have any questions.
The Ancient Maya Book
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The Ancient Maya Book

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A huge guide to Ancient Maya, covering jobs, religion, family life, clothing, food and drink, astronomy and more! A brilliant teaching and reference resource that your children can use to learn about this amazing civilisation. Includes a comprehensive glossary of related vocabulary. Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!
Shape Rotation Challenges
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Shape Rotation Challenges

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Can your children rotate the shapes around the point shown on each coordinate grid? Two pages are included (with a total of twelve questions) and answers are also included for teachers and self-checking. Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!
Plotting Points - Coordinates Challenges
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Plotting Points - Coordinates Challenges

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Can your children identify the locations of the points in each coordinate grid? Each page includes four sets of coordinates grids and twelve pages are included, at a variety of difficulty levels (with one and four quadrants). Answers are included for busy teachers and for self-checking. Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!
Angles - Table Mats
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Angles - Table Mats

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A set of two eye-catching, printable table mats showing different facts and vocabulary related to angles. Why not print them back-to-back so that your children can refer to them during their lessons? These reference resources are great for classroom display boards or as table mats in your Maths lessons. Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!
Decimals Activity Cards
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Decimals Activity Cards

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Printable decimal numbers that can be used for a wide range of activities. Answer the questions provided with each set… or use the cards for other activities based on the teaching ideas included. Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!
Maya Maths Challenges
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Maya Maths Challenges

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Help your children to learn about the Maya and practise their Maths skills at the same time! This resource includes images of Maya numbers from 0 to 20 and two pages of Maths calculations (with twenty questions on each) to challenge your children. A fantastic resource to combine this fascinating history topic with your Maths work! Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!
How to be a Good Listener Posters
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How to be a Good Listener Posters

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Encourage your children to listen carefully with our eye-catching posters. Two versions are included: * Cartoon bunnies - for use with younger children, * Photos of young people - for use with older students. Each poster reminds children to look, be still, wait, think and ask / answer questions. Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!
100 Grammar Challenge Cards
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100 Grammar Challenge Cards

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Help your children to review their grammar skills with our challenge cards! This resource includes 100 cards that cover the following topics: * Types of nouns, * Adjectives, verbs, prepositions, pronouns, determiners and conjunctions, * Singular and plural, * Comparative and superlative adjectives, * Adjective phrases, * Past and present tense, * Complements and link verbs, * Active and passive voice, * Auxiliary and main verbs, * Adverbial phrases, * Coordinating and subordinating conjunctions, * Questions, statements, exclamations and commands, * Subject and verb agreement, * Simple and complex sentences, * Narrative voice, * Negative and positive sentences, * Direct and reported speech, Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!
Fairytale Character Puppets
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Fairytale Character Puppets

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This resource includes a selection of printable characters / puppets based on popular children’s fairytales. These include: * The Elves and the Shoemaker, * Goldilocks and the Three Bears, * Jack and the Beanstalk, * The Gingerbread Man, * The Three Billy Goats Gruff, * The Three Little Pigs. Your children can colour the characters, cut them out and then use them for their own storytelling activities. Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!
Social Media Profiles - Internet Safety Resource
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Social Media Profiles - Internet Safety Resource

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Can your children look at these six fictional social media profiles and identify any potential issues. Possible answers include: * Numbers of friends - Do these people actually know that many people in real life? * Location - Giving away where you live, go to school or where you are at a particular time. * Age - Use of social media by children who are younger than the specified age limits. * Photos - Sharing images of others without their permission. … and much more! Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!
Time - Teaching Guide and Posters
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Time - Teaching Guide and Posters

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A HUGE 27 page guide to time that you can use to teach your children about the topic. The posters are also perfect for your classroom display boards. Includes information about: * What is time? * Past, present and future, * Seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months and seasons, * Clocks * Reading analogue clocks, * Roman numerals, * Reading digital clocks, * 24 hour time, * Time differences, * Time zones, * Calendars, * Timetables. Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!
Angle Birds - Angle Estimation / Measuring Game
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Angle Birds - Angle Estimation / Measuring Game

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Will your children be able to get the birds to fly into the targets by estimating and measuring the correct angles? This printable activity resource includes instructions, scorecards, answers, four differentiated game boards and two blank boards (so that your students can add their own targets). Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!
Plants Word Mat
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Plants Word Mat

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A handy reference mat showing a variety of words and images linked to plants. Add this to a classroom display board or print it for use as a resource on children’s tables. Includes the following terms: * Flower / Leaf / Stem / Roots * Carbon Dioxide / Oxygen / Photosynthesis * Petal / Stamen / Carpel / Sepal * Germination / Pollination / Fertilisation / Seed Dispersal Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!
3D Shapes Challenge Cards
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3D Shapes Challenge Cards

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A collection of forty 3D shapes challenges that your children can try! They’re great as class activities, extension tasks or homework challenges! Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!
Fractionstein's Fraction Guide
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Fractionstein's Fraction Guide

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Let Fractionstein teach your children about the wonderful world of fractions! This PDF guide includes: * Information about when we use fractions, * Numerators and denominators, * Types of fractions (halves, thirds, quarters…) * Ordering fractions, * Finding fractions of amounts, * Mixed numbers and improper fractions * Equivalent fractions, * Simplifying fractions, * Adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing fractions, * Fractions, decimals and percentages. Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!
Examples of Instruction Writing
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Examples of Instruction Writing

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This resource includes four different examples of instruction writing: * How to make a lizard card, * How to play ‘Shut the box’, * How to make chocolate cupcakes, * How to plant a sunflower seed. Help your children to learn about instruction writing by getting them to analyse these examples. Can they identify the features? How could they be improved? A fantastic resource for your English / Literacy lessons or for guided reading sessions. Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!
Euro 2016 Maths Challenges
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Euro 2016 Maths Challenges

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A set of 40 Maths challenges based on the players, teams, stadiums and results of Euro 2016 so far! Print the cards and use them as part of independent or group activities… or use them to make an interactive Maths display in your classroom. A fantastic Maths resource for your football-mad children! This resource also includes an answer sheet for your children and a set of answers for teachers / self-checking. Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!
Rivers Topic Guide
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Rivers Topic Guide

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Teach your children about rivers using our comprehensive topic guide. It includes information about: * Why rivers are crucial to life on Earth, * River sources, * River channels, * Tributaries, confluences and flood plains, * Erosion and deposition, * Waterfalls and rapids, * Estuaries and deltas, * Rivers and settlements, * Pollution in rivers, * Leisure time. This PDF guide can be displayed and shared on a large display (e.g. an interactive whiteboard) or printed for use as an independent / group reference resource. Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!
Measuring Lines - Activity Resource
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Measuring Lines - Activity Resource

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Give your children practice measuring lines with these printable activity sheets. Four sheets are included. These feature horizontal and diagonal lines and require children to measure in centimetres and millimetres. Please ensure that the document is printed at 100% on A4 paper to ensure the lines are the correct measurements. Answers are included on the final page. Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!
'About Me' Profiles for Transition Activities
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'About Me' Profiles for Transition Activities

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This resource includes a range of templates that your children can use to create profiles about themselves. They’re perfect for use as part of transition / orientation activities when students are preparing to move to a new class or school. They’re also a great resource to help teachers find out more about their children and for children to find out more about their classmates. This PDF includes: * A bunting template, * Bookmarks, * An ‘About Me’ scroll, * An emoji themed template, * A social media profile. Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!