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We are a team of two sisters who specialise in primary education. We are determined to create resources of the highest standard that can be used without further preparation. Our lessons and assemblies have been designed to challenge children of all levels within a creative, engaging and inspiring context. Explore our shop to find lesson packs for languages, art and religious education, plans for assemblies and numerous high-quality resources to help you teach phonics, mathematics and literacy

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We are a team of two sisters who specialise in primary education. We are determined to create resources of the highest standard that can be used without further preparation. Our lessons and assemblies have been designed to challenge children of all levels within a creative, engaging and inspiring context. Explore our shop to find lesson packs for languages, art and religious education, plans for assemblies and numerous high-quality resources to help you teach phonics, mathematics and literacy
Spanish Breakfast Lesson and Resources
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Spanish Breakfast Lesson and Resources

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This is a plan and resources for a beginner’s Spanish lesson to use with KS2. It involves children learning the vocabulary for ordering different breakfast items in Spanish. The plan could be used for an individual lesson, or as part of a food and drink unit. The plan gives details of a starter, how to teach the vocabulary, a listening activity, a speaking game, a reading activity and a plenary game. It is highly interactive and allows children to practise a range of language skills. All resources needed for the lesson are included in the price. They are in the zip file and are: Lesson Plan (PDF) 4 pages An animated 12 slide PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Please click ‘Read Only’ to open.) Starter ideas (PDF) 1 page Resource for listening activity (PDF) 16 pages colour and black & white Resource for speaking activity (PDF) 2 pages colour and black & white Reading activity (PDF) 3 pages colour and black & white and answers No further preparation needed This plan is Blossoming Minds’ Lesson 4 Unit 4, but can be used individually. You might be interested in units 1-3: Beginner Spanish / 15 lessons
Queen Elizabeth I - Year 2 Reading Comprehension - Women's History Month
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Queen Elizabeth I - Year 2 Reading Comprehension - Women's History Month

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This resource is a non-fiction comprehension activity for year 2. It is based on the KS1 SATs reading paper and includes 3 differentiated levels. There are a range of 'what,' 'who,' 'how' and 'why' questions, some multiple choice tick questions and some that require more detailed answers. The activity is also laid out in a similar way to the SATs booklets, with four pages of pictures and short written extracts to read and 2-3 questions per page. Answers are also included. This comprehension is all about Queen Elizabeth I. Perfect to use as part of a KS1 history topic or just for general interest for comprehension practice. PDF file format.
Harvest around the world Comprehension / Year 3 and 4
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Harvest around the world Comprehension / Year 3 and 4

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This resource is a non-fiction comprehension booklet aimed at Lower Key Stage 2 (7-9 yrs). The theme for the booklet is harvest around the world and covers Thanksgiving in the USA, rice festivals in Asia, the yam festival in Ghana, a fruit festival in Thailand, the Jewish holiday Sukkot and the harvest moon festival in China. It is a perfect comprehension to use during the autumn term, but could be used throughout the year, as harvest is celebrated at different times of the year around the world. There are three differentiated booklets. The higher ability booklet has two pages of information for the children to read before they complete 2 pages of ‘what,’ ‘when,’ ‘who’ and ‘why’ questions. There are also true or false, multiple choice questions and some that require more detailed answers. There are 15 questions in total. The middle and lower ability booklets have the information split into four pages with questions on each page. The middle ability has 13 questions and the lower ability has 12 questions in total. There is a colour and black & white booklet for each level. Answers are also included. PDF file format. You might be interested in: Harvest around the world Comprehension Year 2 Harvest Around the World Presentation
Beauty and the Beast comprehension Year 1 / traditional tale
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Beauty and the Beast comprehension Year 1 / traditional tale

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This resource is a fictional comprehension activity for year 1. It tells the traditional tale of Beauty and the Beast and includes 3 differentiated levels. There is a colour and black & white version of each level. Each level contains three short pieces of text with words that can be sounded out. There are three trickier words which have pictures to help children work out what they say. Each passage is followed by 5 simple questions. There is also a PowerPoint included in the pack containing a slide for each text from the middle ability so that you can go through the comprehensions before the children complete them. Each slide also contains 3 words that are trickier to sound out, with sound buttons underneath them. This is not editable. Please click the ‘Read Only’ button to open it. Answers are also included. All of the documents are in the zip file. No further preparation needed. PDF file format.
Phonics phases 3 to 5 lesson bundle (81 interactive lessons)
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Phonics phases 3 to 5 lesson bundle (81 interactive lessons)

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*GET READY FOR A WHOLE YEAR’S PHONICS* This resource contains 3 giant interactive PowerPoints with interactive lessons for ALL phase 3 - 5 phonemes. That’s 81 sounds! Simply click on the sound and you will be taken to the appropriate lesson. Each lesson takes 15-20 minutes and is split into the following sections: - Revision phonemes in a random order - Introduction to new sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound - Spotting the odd one out - Reading words - Phoneme counting - Phoneme spotting in sentences - Writing words with sound/filling in missing words - Writing a sentence - Revision of tricky words Simply open the PowerPoint each day and you are ready to teach!
French Lesson Bundle - Family members, clothes and pets
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French Lesson Bundle - Family members, clothes and pets

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This is a 5 lesson French unit for beginners, perfect for using with KS2. It teaches children family members, clothes, pets and pet descriptions. The final lesson in the unit revises lots of ‘All About Me’ vocabulary. The plans (pdfs) all give details of a starter, how to teach the new vocabulary, followed by a combination of listening activities, speaking activities, reading/writing activities and a plenary. Each lesson is highly interactive and allows children to practise a range of language skills. All resources needed for the lessons are included in the price. This includes a PowerPoint for each containing the new vocabulary. The PowerPoint presentations are not editable. Click the ‘Read Only’ button to open them. Some of the images only appear when the PowerPoints are played as slideshows with the animations. In total there are 85 pages of lesson plans, games and worksheets (pdfs) and 70 slides of animated PowerPoints. All of the lessons are in zip files. No further preparation needed. This is Unit 3 French designed by Blossoming Minds. This unit could be combined with the ‘greetings and introductions’ unit and ‘All About Me’ unit, also created by Blossoming Minds: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11631397 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11707339
French Family Members lesson / la famille
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French Family Members lesson / la famille

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This is a plan and resources for a beginner’s French lesson to use with KS2. It involves children learning the vocabulary for grandad/grandmother/mother/father/brother and sister in French. The plan could be used for an individual lesson, or as part of an ‘All About Me’ unit. The plan gives details of a whole class game to use as a starter, how to teach the vocabulary, a paired speaking and listening activity, a whole class listening activity, a reading/written activity and plenary. It is highly interactive and allows children to practise a range of language skills. All resources needed for the lesson are included in the price. They are in the zip file. These are: 5 page PDF Lesson Plan 11 Slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open.) 34 PDF pages of resources for the listening activity (Colour and Black & White versions) 2 PDF pages for the reading/written activity (Colour and Black & White worksheets) No further preparation needed. This is lesson 1 of Unit 3 French designed by Blossoming Minds. Units 1-3 are available here: French Lesson Bundle : 15 lessons
Beginner French 20 lesson bundle
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Beginner French 20 lesson bundle

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***Fantastic value*** This is a bundle of 20 French lessons, perfect for using with absolute beginners. They are aimed at KS2. The Lessons are: Lesson 1 - Greetings Lesson 2 - Emotions and Feelings Lesson 3 - Greetings for different times of day Lesson 4 - Introducing Yourself Lesson 5 - Where you live (countries) Lesson 6 - Numbers Lesson 7 - How old are you? Lesson 8 - Colours Lesson 9 - What do I look like? (eye and hair colour) Lesson 10 - Describing myself (height and size) Lesson 11 - Family Members Lesson 12 - Clothing Lesson 13 - Pets Lesson 14 - Pet Descriptions Lesson 15 - All About Me Revision Lesson 16 - Fruit and Vegetables Lesson 17 - Bread and Pastries Lesson 18 - Drinks Lesson 19 - Breakfast Lesson 20 - Dinner The plans all give details of a starter, how to teach the new vocabulary, followed by a combination of listening activities, speaking activities, reading/writing activities and a plenary. Each lesson is highly interactive and allows children to practise a range of language skills. All resources are included in the price. This includes a PowerPoint for each lesson containing the new vocabulary. The PowerPoint presentations are not editable. Click the ‘Read Only’ button to open them. Some of the images only appear when the PowerPoints are played as slideshows with the animations. In total there are 288 pages of lesson plans, games and worksheets (pdfs) and 282 slides of animated PowerPoints. All of the lessons are in zip files. No further preparation needed. This is Units 1, 2, 3 and 4 French designed by Blossoming Minds. (These lessons are also available as individual lessons or as smaller units.)
Year 6 spag revision activities
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Year 6 spag revision activities

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A collection of 10 worksheets, 10 activities and 10 starters (in the form of a PowerPoint) to use with your year 6 class in the run-up to SATs. The ten topics covered are those that my class were finding difficult, so I decided they needed a bit of extra revision! The worksheets use questions that are based on the SATs SPaG papers, plus a few extras. The activities are perfect for group work and prepare your class for SATs in a more interactive way. The slideshow can be used for fillers, starters or plenaries. You can also put the three together to make 30 minute lessons on these tricky topics! For example, start with the slideshow to recap prepositions, before splitting your class into groups to do the interactive activity. Finish with an individual worksheet to check each child’s understanding. The topics included are: Brackets Hyphens Prefixes Root words The subjunctive Prepositions Pronouns Tenses Adverbs Main and subordinate clauses
French Lesson Bundle : 15 lessons
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French Lesson Bundle : 15 lessons

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***Fantastic value*** This is a bundle of 15 French lessons, perfect for using with absolute beginners. They are aimed at KS2. The Lessons are: Lesson 1 - Greetings Lesson 2 - Emotions and Feelings Lesson 3 - Greetings for different times of day Lesson 4 - Introducing Yourself Lesson 5 - Where you live (countries) Lesson 6 - Numbers Lesson 7 - How old are you? Lesson 8 - Colours Lesson 9 - What do I look like? (eye and hair colour) Lesson 10 - Describing myself (height and size) Lesson 11 - Family Members Lesson 12 - Clothing Lesson 13 - Pets Lesson 14 - Pet Descriptions Lesson 15 - All About Me Revision The plans (pdfs) all give details of a starter, how to teach the new vocabulary, followed by a combination of listening activities, speaking activities, reading/writing activities and a plenary. Each lesson is highly interactive and allows children to practise a range of language skills. All resources needed for the lessons are included in the price. This includes a PowerPoint for each containing the new vocabulary. The PowerPoint presentations are not editable. Click the ‘Read Only’ button to open them. Some of the images only appear when the PowerPoints are played as slideshows with the animations. In total there are 217 pages of lesson plans, games and worksheets (pdfs) and 223 slides of animated PowerPoints. All of the lessons are in zip files. No further preparation needed. This is Units 1, 2 and 3 French designed by Blossoming Minds. (These lessons are also available as individual lessons or as smaller units.)
Phase 3 phonics - consonant digraphs
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Phase 3 phonics - consonant digraphs

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This bundle contains a selection of interactive lessons aimed at whole class or group phonics. The bundle covers all phase 3 consonant digraphs. Each lesson takes 15-20 minutes. The powerpoint lessons are split into different sections: - Revision of phase 2 and 3 phonemes in a random order - Introduction to the new sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound - Segmenting and blending words - Phoneme counting - Phoneme spotting in sentences - Writing words with consonant digraph sound - Writing a sentence - Revision of common exception words
Phase 3 phonics - The 'qu' sound
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Phase 3 phonics - The 'qu' sound

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This resource is an interactive lesson aimed at whole class or group phonics. It is a powerpoint presentation that allows children to revise phonemes and learn or revisit the sound ‘qu.’ It takes 15-20 minutes. This powerpoint is split into different sections: - Revision of phase 2 and 3 phonemes in a random order - Introduction to ‘qu’ sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound - Spotting the odd one out (the picture without the ‘qu’ sound) - Segmenting and blending sounds in ‘qu’ words - Phoneme counting - Phoneme spotting in sentences - Writing words with ‘qu’ sound - Writing a sentence with ‘qu’ sound - Revision of common exception words
Mo Farah presentation
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Mo Farah presentation

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This is a presentation on the athlete Mo Farah. Use it as part of a lesson or for an assembly for KS2, KS3 or KS4. The presentation covers his childhood, early success, training, medals and other interesting facts. The last part of the presentation includes some interesting questions to provoke discussion. Please note there are no photos of Mo Farah included, owing to copyright restrictions. A fascinating, inspirational runner, who would be perfect to study during Black History Month.
Black History Month Presentations Bundle
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Black History Month Presentations Bundle

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A selection of 6 presentations on a variety of black figures from the past two centuries, perfect for using during Black History Month. The slideshows cover prominent figures who have had a variety of roles in history. Included are: Benjamin Zephaniah Mary Seacole Mo Farah Nelson Mandela Rosa Parks Serena Williams
Year 2 Reading Comprehension Pack - Non-fiction
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Year 2 Reading Comprehension Pack - Non-fiction

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A collection of five non-fiction comprehension activities for year 2. Each booklet comes in 3 differentiated levels and includes answers. They are all based on the reading SATs paper, containing a similar style of questions. There are a range of ‘what,’ ‘how,’ and ‘why’ questions, some multiple choice tick questions and some that require more detailed answers. They are also laid out in the same way as a SATs booklet to provide the children with greater experience. Each booklet contains a title page with helpful words followed by 4 or 5 pages of text with several questions after each piece of information. All of the booklets are in zip files. These are the 5 different topics explored in the comprehensions: Dinosaurs Castles Animal Superpowers Living in Space The Human Body PDF file format There are colour and black & white booklets for the dinosaurs, castles, living in space and human body topics.
Phonics phase 3 digraphs mega-bundle
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Phonics phase 3 digraphs mega-bundle

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This bundle contains a selection of interactive lessons aimed at whole class or group phonics. The lessons cover ALL phase 3 vowel and consonant digraphs. Each lesson takes 15-20 minutes. The powerpoint lessons are split into different sections: - Revision of phase 2 and 3 phonemes in a random order - Introduction to the new sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound - Segmenting and blending words - Phoneme counting - Phoneme spotting in sentences - Writing words with focus sound - Writing a sentence - Revision of common exception words The lessons are also available individually or in smaller bundles of vowel digraphs or consonant digraphs.
Phase 3 phonics - alphabet sounds
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Phase 3 phonics - alphabet sounds

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This bundle contains a selection of interactive lessons aimed at whole class or group phonics. The lessons cover early phase 3 - the individual alphabet sounds. Each lesson takes 15-20 minutes. The powerpoint lessons are split into different sections: - Revision of phase 2 phonemes in a random order - Introduction to the new sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound - Segmenting and blending words - Phoneme counting - Phoneme spotting in sentences - Writing words with focus sound - Writing a sentence - Revision of common exception words
Harvest Around the World Presentation
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Harvest Around the World Presentation

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An animated 21 page PowerPoint presentation that describes harvest celebrations around the world. It covers Thanksgiving in the USA, rice festivals in Asia, the Jewish festival of Sukkot, the fruit festival in Thailand, the moon festival of harvest in China and the yam festival in Ghana. The PowerPoint is not editable. (Click ‘Read Only’ to open.) Perfect as part of a lesson or for an assembly for children aged 4 -11. A version of this PowerPoint is also available with our KS2 Harvest Unit: Key Stage 2 Harvest RE Unit You might also be interested in: Harvest around the world Comprehension / Year 3 and 4 Harvest around the world Comprehension Year 2
Harvest Presentations Bundle
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Harvest Presentations Bundle

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This bundle contains 3 presentations about harvest, perfect for using in assemblies, RE lessons or history lessons. The 3 presentations are: What is harvest? Harvest around the world Thanksgiving Harvest Festival Presentation An animated 20 page PowerPoint presentation explaining what harvest is, when it takes place around the world, its history in Britain and how it is celebrated today. Each slide has a short piece of explanatory text accompanied by a picture or several pictures. The presentation is not editable. Please click ‘Read Only’ to open. Harvest Around the World Presentation An animated 21 page PowerPoint presentation that describes harvest celebrations around the world. It covers Thanksgiving in the USA, rice festivals in Asia, the Jewish festival of Sukkot, the fruit festival in Thailand, the moon festival of harvest in China and the yam festival in Ghana. The PowerPoint is non-editable. (Click ‘Read Only’ to open.) Thanksgiving PowerPoint Presentation A 21 slide animated PowerPoint presentation on Thanksgiving for a non-American audience. The PowerPoint describes the history of Thanksgiving, the first Thanksgiving and modern traditions. The PowerPoint is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open. Some of the images only appear when the PowerPoint is run as a slideshow. Versions of these PowerPoints are also available with our KS2 Harvest Unit: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11684419
Black History Month Presentations and Assembly
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Black History Month Presentations and Assembly

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A selection of 6 presentations and an assembly, perfect for using during Black History Month. The slideshows cover prominent figures who have had a variety of roles in history. Included are: Benjamin Zephaniah Mary Seacole Mo Farah Nelson Mandela Rosa Parks Serena Williams The assembly is designed to be used as an introduction to Black History Month. It is a 16 page presentation and accompanying plan and covers prehistory, ancient civilizations, 18th and 19th century Britain and an introduction to the figures mentioned above. A great pack for introducing the topic of black history to KS2, KS3 or KS4.