I am an experienced Primary school teacher with over twenty years experience in EYFS, KS1 and KS2. I have made and used all of the interactive topic based lesson plans, power-points and resources in this shop with my classes. I hope you enjoy using them with your classes too.
I am an experienced Primary school teacher with over twenty years experience in EYFS, KS1 and KS2. I have made and used all of the interactive topic based lesson plans, power-points and resources in this shop with my classes. I hope you enjoy using them with your classes too.
Harvest Assembly and supporting powerpoint.
This assembly is complete but can be mixed or edited according to time limitations or pupil numbers/abilities. There are sufficient parts for 2 classes of KS2 pupils or pupils reading and taking acting/ speaking roles.
The Assembly begins with a short introduction and information about harvest traditions and moves onto crops and grains harvested with a harvest Alphabet. The powerpoint has images which support the pupil text if you wish to use it. There are suggestions for well known songs and hymns at key points in the assembly. There is a prayer of thanks in the form of a poem which leads onto thanks to the parents/carers for their harvest donations.
A short play depicts the theme of sharing with those who need it and moves onto supporting our planet and the climate issues it faces. (a summary of props is included on the playscript).
The assembly ends with a ‘Happy Harvest’ where pupils can show their paintings or pictures as they read out short captions.
My class made bread and we inserted pictures of the baking process (including the sticky hands and floury faces!) into the powerpoint. Also, the small recorder group played a short song and we took their photos and inserted them into the powerpoint.
The children’s scripts were numbered so they sat in order of speaking (and moved if they had more than one part) and their script cards (their words) were mounted on Autumn pictures or collages made by the children and held up for the audience to see after speaking.
I hope you enjoy this assembly and have fun with your children.
EY/KS1 Signs of Autumn Powerpoint Four lessons.
Learning Objectives:
Lesson 1
To know the names of the Autumn months.
To recognise the signs of Autumn around me.
Lesson 2
To describe weather changes in the Autumn season.
To explain how the autumn weather affects some animals.
To know what the word ‘hibernate’ means.
To list animals that hibernate.
Lesson 3
To name the grains which grow at Autumn time.
To name some foods which are made with grains.
To sequence the stages of making bread.
Lesson 4
To be able to name different autumn fruit and vegetables and say where they grow.
The slides include photographs of animals which hibernate (dormouse, bat, frog, grass snake etc) and do not hibernate but sleep at Autumn/Winter (squirrels, badgers, rabbits/hares). At specific points there are short paired talk activities and simple class activities with worksheets (and answers) for each lesson.
There are BBC links – making bread and a survey worksheet for an Autumn walk.
Cross curricular KOW /Science work on topics of ‘Seasons’, ‘Autumn’, ‘Animals’, ‘Nature’.
This Autumn bundle has 10 worksheets for KS1 pupils:
Autumn acrostic poem templates. Autumn Acrostic poetry templates. Four blank templates with the headings Autumn, Scarecrow, Leaf and Farmer. Each poem has a corresponding word mat of Autumn words help pupils start a new line of their poem. The shorter poem templates can be used with younger or SEN pupils.
Autumn months sentence work and an Autumn label to decorate.
Fruit and vegetables. Matching to labels and saying where the vegetable grows (ground, tree, bush, hedge, field).
Autumn survey for an autumn walk
Autumn clothes ordering the clothes in the correct boxes (Autumn or Summer).
The journey of bread. Picture sequencing.
Grain foods. Listing food made from wheat, oats and corn (labelled image to help).
Breadmaking ordering the statements.
Hibernating animals. Dictionary definition work and cut and stick animals into categories.
Activity mat. Fun mat with jumbled autumn words, a maze, symmetrical drawing, wordsearch.
Useful to build into a lesson or for early finishers.
Remembrance Day KS1 and KS2 Assembly.
A simply written whole school assembly to cover the main aspects of Remembrance Day which can be used in the days preceding or on 11th November. A 2 minute silence can be easily slotted into the assembly where you chose and can be followed with the post horn sounding (link included).
Power-point of 15 slides which include:
Suggested music (links to post horn and orchestra) and hymns.
Date of Remembrance Day (11th of 11th at 11 o’ clock).
King George V proclamation for 2 minutes silence.
Brief information about World War I, the Cenotaph and the Grave of the Unknown Warrior.
Poem ‘Flanders Fields’.
The symbol of the poppy.
A short prayer.
Creativity Bubbles.
Set of 3, one for each Key Stage, modified with statements which enable pupils to recognise when they are being creative in lessons. The statements are categorised under three headings: imagination, originality and evaluation.
Can be used by the teacher to measure pupil progress, peer to peer observation and self-assessment in creative learning.
I have used these in all Key Stages, initially asking children as a class which tasks could be identified as creative eg ‘I think of unusual ways of doing things’ in a PE lesson – pupils were able to give examples of travelling sequences using mats and small apparatus saying specifically how their moves were different or unusual to that of their peers.
Can be useful to use to prompt self and peer assessment in subjects which are not perceived as ‘creative’ by pupils eg Maths, Science, Geography.
Set of 60 (covering one term) ‘Five a Day’ maths challenges. Aimed at Y1 and some YR these challenges can be used as a simple daily warm up, a quick test, early finishers task or a small group task.
The challenges cover a range of simple number and shape space and measures and become more challenging as the children move through the 60 days. The exercises are presented in a similar way to help children to get used to what is asked of them in recorded format. The exercises include:
Counting in ones, twos and later in 5s and 10s.
More/less than.
Number lines and picture/number sequences.
Simple addition and subtraction to 10 then 20+.
Making sets and pairs.
Ordinal numbers. Positional vocabulary: before, after.
Heavier/lighter
Longer/shorter/taller
Length in cm
O clock and half past.
2D shapes: circle, square, rectangle.
Half and whole.
Simple tally graphs.
Pirate knowledge board game. For 2 players. KS1.
Learning Objective
To practise and remember important words (vocabulary) about Pirates.
To work with my partner to remember facts and information about pirate life.
To test my own knowledge.
Learning objective and rules included.
Pupils need a dice or a spinner and a counter each. This is a traditional style board game where the children work their way around a trail from start to finish answering the pirate general knowledge questions as they go. Correct answer wins 1 square forward, incorrect answer wins 1 square backwards.
The first person to reach the finish square is the Pirate Champion!
I laminated this game for durability and its increased size when I wanted to include up to 4 pupils in the game with an adult to support younger pupils.
Useful as an assessment activity or a fun way of developing knowledge in a Pirates topic.
Visual timetable cards. Set of 36 of the most commonly used classroom tasks and subjects with simple text and images. Includes individual cards for the 7 days of the week and cards for ‘afternoon’ and ‘morning’.
The words on the cards are: Lunch, swimming, wash hands, milk time, circle time, talk and share time, surprise time, Assembly, reading practise, writing practise, handwriting, dance, library, PE and games, outdoor learning, music, playtime, drama, Maths/numeracy, computing, RE, citizenship, learning a language, healthy living, growing things, school visit, topic work, phonics and spelling, baking, design technology, toilet, science, history, art, geography.
Useful to help children of most ages and abilities use a timeline to predict and prepare for the order of the daily activities.
End of year certificates. Set of 34 individual awards with fun and interesting award titles:
Person most likely to:
Win an Oscar
Become Prime Minister
Set a world record
Be on a TV show
Save the planet
Become a millionaire
Be a blogger
Be in a boy band
Become a famous chef
Find a cure for a disease
Start a charity
Become Dr Who’s Assistant
Create a famous piece of artwork
Become a footballer
Be a dancer
Be a comedian
Fight for a cause
Protect other people
Be a stunt person
Be a fashion designer
Be on a TV soap
Work on or in water
Work in transport
Be an accountant
Write a Number 1 song
Be a famous gamer
Invent a gadget
Write a best seller
Work with children
Work with animals
Travel the world
Be in a girl band
Spy for MI6
Go to space
Close up picture quiz. Set of 20. Have fun identifying close up and cropped pictures of everyday objects, food and creatures which will challenge visual perception and creativity. Suitable for KS1 and KS2 as an individual, paired or group activity or competition. Do your pupils have an eagle eye?
End of Term One a day countdown fun.
Have fun with your class in the last weeks of term with this list of exciting activities and rewards. Pupils vote for the following day’s activity from the list each day. The activity with the most votes is the class activity choice. Work through the activities and practice voting and democracy at the same time!
Transition Y6
End of year reflection activity to help pupils think about their time in Y6 and their next school. Can be linked to a range of year end activities including a stimulus for a Leavers Assembly, a diary extract or PSHE discussion.
Summer holiday reading challenge.
This activity is aimed at KS1 and KS2 pupils as a reading challenge for 20 days over the summer holiday break to encourage them read a variety of texts and reading materials to keep up their reading skills while they are away from school. The 20 activities are fun and varied and children can share their experiences when they return to school in September. I gave a certificate and small rewards for number of challenges completed eg 1 challenge – sticker, 2-5 challenges – bookmark, 6-10 challenges – badge, 11-15 challenges – pencil and notepad, 16-20 challenges – frisbee or small game.
Maths Scaling cards Y5 and 6. Set of 6.
Set of 6 problem solving scaling cards for practising ratio and proportion using recipe ingredients and changing quantities for different sized groups.
I use these cards for small group practise and consolidation after initial teaching input.
KS2 Eco-Warrior News. A newspaper style page focusing on the important eco issue of rewilding the environment through the reintroduction of beavers into the countryside and the benefits they can bring to humans and wildlife. I made this resource to enable pupils to read a newspaper style article about beaver rewilding, to identify features of a newspaper, genre style and language as well as learning about the topic of wildlife and eco systems. Can be used as a factsheet, comprehension, guided reading passage or the basis for developing a class newspaper.
Useful linked to topics about Wildlife, Ecosystems, Beavers, Rivers and Waterways, Animals that help us.
Greek Myth story plan on a page
KS1 & 2 Greek Myth story planning template. A fun resource for pupils to use to plan their own mythological writing. Includes story prompts and spaces for pupils to develop writing in note or bullet point format when planning their own character description, setting and story structure.
Great to use following a ‘Myths’ writing lesson or drama. Can also be used with topics: Myths and Legends, Ancient Greece, Greece, Heroes and Heroines/Superheroes.
Australian Animals fact cards. Set of 36 cards depicting an animal, bird, reptile or fish found in Australia and a beautiful photographic image. Each card includes a few key facts about the animal on the card. There are also 12 key word definition cards (predator, poisonous, marsupial, nocturnal, amphibious, carnivore etc) The cards can be used to encourage recognition of the animals and their features/characteristics. Pupils can use them as a sorting exercise or as a paired or group game to sort the cards under the definition words (make a Venn diagram, sort into a list, identify common features between animals.) Can be placed in the class library area or the ‘Early Finisher’ box/tray. A double set of cards (laminated) can offer pupils opportunities for fun games such as Snap and Pairs.
I have used these to help pupils develop work on animals and their characteristics eg: writing a factual or descriptive piece about a particular animal or shared features of two animals or a researched paragraph about current issues relating to specific animal eg protected species. Can be used by Y2 -Y6 upwards. Useful for topics on Australia, Animals, Camouflage, Habitats etc.
Crime and Punishment Anglo Saxons resource pack. KS2
The pack is based around a fictional short story called ‘The False Oath’ set in AD 964 at the time of the reign of the last Viking king of Northumbria, Eric Bloodaxe. The description of crime and punishment in the story is based upon historical sources. A significant feature of Saxon law relied upon people telling the truth and behaving honourably. Men swore an oath of loyalty to a lord, part of which was a promise to obey the law. Oath breaking was a very serious offence. Swearing an oath on the bible was solemn and binding and if broken, people believed they would be condemned to persecution in the afterlife.
‘The false oath’ focuses on a young boy and his family find themselves at the centre of a feud over land with their Norse neighbours. Their actions see the family and their neighbour face Saxon justice in the Witan with far reaching consequences for everyone.
The story includes a historical context and notes.
I wrote the story myself after being unable to find resources which helped pupils understand the concepts, beliefs, ideas of democracy and justice, fairness and motivation surrounding the Saxon justice system rather than the punishments themselves.
The resource pack includes:
• Short story and historical notes.
• Historical information power-point about the Anglo Saxon justice system.
6 pupil resources:
• Pupil worksheet to summarise the historical context of the story.
• Glossary Activity
• Glossary cards
• Witan drama activity and thinking worksheet for pupils.
• Pupil activity about the importance of people (in the story) and their place in the ‘pecking order’.
• Anglo Saxon punishment factsheet.
Creative Writing. How to make an Ethiopian wish scroll.
This factsheet tells pupils about the ancient African wish scrolls which are carried on a person (in a bag or tube around the neck or on a belt) after they have written a personal prayer, wish, affirmation, charm or talisman. There are simple instructions on how to make the scroll and some fun facts about the tradition.
A great way to make writing meaningful and fun. Useful with KS1 and KS1 topics on Africa, Mental Health, Goal setting and Affirmations, Families.
Ernest Shackleton Famous person fact sheet.
Includes key events and important stages in his life broken into short easy to read sections with pictures and photos.
I have used this factsheet with pupils in Years 1-4 to help them retrieve information / develop their knowledge to write about Ernest Shackleton in a range of genres (newspaper report, biography, letter or diary writing, fiction, non-fiction etc). I have also used it with a guided reading group and a set of questions linked to the topic followed up with a written comprehension exercise.
Links well with topics on Explorers, South pole/Antarctica, Famous people, Ships and sailors, Frozen Earth.