Welcome to my store and thanks for stopping by! I've been teaching in out-of-school settings for over 15 years. From helping children understand wriggling pythons as a zoo education officer (dream job!), to using historical objects as keys to unlock our past, my teaching experience has been far from typical. I'm currently a schools manager for a museum and art gallery, working with hundreds of children of all ages each year.
Welcome to my store and thanks for stopping by! I've been teaching in out-of-school settings for over 15 years. From helping children understand wriggling pythons as a zoo education officer (dream job!), to using historical objects as keys to unlock our past, my teaching experience has been far from typical. I'm currently a schools manager for a museum and art gallery, working with hundreds of children of all ages each year.
Explore the life cycle of an owl with this fun, foldable science activity. A cross between a worksheet and a craft, this hands-on resource will help pupils recall the owl life cycle from egg, to adult bird.
Ideal for interactive science notebooks, projects on life cycles, owls, nocturnal animals, or even as an alternative Halloween activity. This printable could also be used alongside the Owl Babies story.
The template options
There are 4 similar templates to choose so that you can differentiate as required:
Template 1: Children sequence 4 life cycles on the template, glue, cut, and fold. Option to sequence basic words with pictures, or pictures with descriptions.
Template 2: As above, but with an easy-cut edge.
Template 3: Children sequence 6 life cycles on the template, glue, cut, and fold. Option to sequence basic words with pictures, or pictures with descriptions.
Template 4: As above, but with an easy-cut edge.
Instructions for how to fold are also included, as well as some useful information about each stage.
Please note that the templates are not editable. US and UK versions are included. The resource is 12 pages.
These dinosaur award certificates are a fun way to reward effort, behaviour, and amazing work in your KS1 or early years classroom. With both colour and black/white options, these dinosaur rewards are easy to print and fill in by hand. The partially editable PDF has fillable fields so you can type on the lines before printing.
There are 10 dinosaur-themed certificate designs in this resource with the following messages:
Roar-some work
Wonderful work
High flyer award
Wow work award
Enormous effort award
I’m proud of you
You’re tricera-tops
Dino-mite work
Growth mindset award
Egg-cellent effort
The designs are included as a full page (landscape) and 2 to a page (portrait). US and A4 paper size options are also included.
Add some extra fun to your Google Classroom with this set of animated Spanish language headers. There are 12 designs in this set.
See the preview video for a selection of the banners and to see how they are animated.
Included are 5 days of the week, 2 banners with the greeting ‘hola’, 2 with ‘bienvenidos’, one each of ‘feliz cumpleaños’, ‘feliz Navidad’, and ‘feliz Halloween’.
Instructions are included for inserting into the banner area of your Google Classroom. You could also use them in Google Forms.
Unfortunately, animated banners are not compatible with the Google Classroom app. The text and images are not editable.
Explore the life cycles of 3 different marine animals with this fun set of foldable activities.
Differentiated templates are included for a sea turtle, clownfish and a penguin.
Use as a part of a science carousel, or to support learning on ocean habitats, sea creatures, or life cycles. You could also use for comparison of a bird, reptile and fish life cycle.
Each animal has a selection of foldout templates to allow you to differentiate for your students if required. Some require simply coloring, cutting and folding, others allow students to sequence the life cycle stages with descriptions or single words.
Instructions for how to fold are included.
Do you need a fun activity for teaching life cycles that isn’t a standard worksheet? Help your pupils understand and review the life cycle of a watermelon plant with this differentiated sequencing activity. This resource is a printable PDF (11 pages).
Children put the life cycle stages from watermelon seed to fruit in order on their template. They then cut and fold. The finished foldouts are ideal for an interactive science notebook.
This activity could support learning around plant life cycles, plants we eat or summer fruits/healthy eating.
There are 3 similar printable options so you can choose what suits your pupils best:
Colour the life cycle stages and watermelon halves, cut out and sequence the life cycle stages (words only), glue, and fold.
Colour the life cycle stages and watermelon halves, cut out and sequence the life cycle stages (pictures with words), glue, and fold.
As above but children sequence pictures with descriptions.
There is also an additional set of cards for sequencing that you can print and use for a small group activity.
Instructions for students are provided, as well as both US and UK paper sizes.
A cute 3D flower pot card craft that children can use to say thank you to someone special in their life. Ideal for mothers or fathers day, grandparents, as a teacher gift, or for another significant individual in their life.
This 5 page resource contains a template and instructions. The message on the flower pot is ‘thank you for helping me grow’.
In addition to a template, pupils will need:
Coloured pens/pencils
Pipe cleaners, scissors
Tape
Googly eyes
The side tabs that help the card to stand up have space to write the name of the recipient and who the card is from.
The template has 2 flowers for students to color and cut out.
There is also an option to add a flower with a photo inside - a PowerPoint template, as well as a Canva template link, are included for this. It is not essential to add a photo - the card looks great without it so don’t worry if this is not an option for you.
Do you need a quick and simple Valentine’s Day card making activity? These animal-themed Valentines to colour and fold are cute and easy to make! Children can give them to parents, grandparents, relatives, or friends.
There are 5 animal designs to choose from, and each is included 1-to-a-page and 2-to-a-page so that you have size options.
The designs are:
Llama - You are llamazing!
Frog - Hoppy Valentine’s Day
Bear- I love you bear-y much
Lion - You are roar-some
Rabbit - Some bunny loves you!
Children colour their design, write inside, cut, and fold.
A4 and US letter size options are included.
Add these animated summer headers to Google Classroom in the same way you would add an image. There are 10 banners in this set (as gif. files) so you can swap them around when you want a change during the summer term.
You can see all of the banners in the preview video.
Unfortunately, animated banners are not compatible with the Google Classroom app - they are designed to be used on the desktop site.
Are you looking for a fun way to teach insect life cycles that’s a bit different from a standard worksheet? This foldable sequencing activity is hands-on and differentiated to help your pupils understand the life cycle of a cicada.
The resource covers the stages of the cicada life cycle from egg to adult insect. Pupils will colour their template, cut and sequence the stages, before gluing and folding. There are options for sequencing 4 or 6 stages, plus an option with descriptions of each stage.
What’s included?
Template 1: Children color the template and 4 life cycle stages, arrange the stages in order, glue, cut and fold.
Template 2: As above but with a straight cutting edge
Template 3: Children color the template and 6 life cycle stages, arrange the stages in order, glue, cut and fold.
Template 4: As above but with a straight cutting edge
Folding guide with a picture showing where to fold.
Picture of the complete life cycle
Extra page of printable cards (color and b/w) that you could use as a small group activity or center.
Versions for US and UK
This resource is not editable. The PDF file is 13 pages.
Do you need a simple and easy end-of-school-year gift idea for your pupils? This cute ocean themed printable with an original poem can be given to your class at the end of term, to remind them of your time together.
There are 4 options within the PDF:
Full-page poem with black text
Full-page poem with coloured text
The same poem arranged 2-to-a-page with black text
As above (2 to a page) but with colored text
Print on white card, and trim if required. Colours may vary slightly from what you see on the screen due to screen/printer settings.
You could pair this printable with an ocean-themed gift for kids (e.g. pencil, candy, key ring).
The PDF is not editable. A4 and US letter size files included.
Add fun and movement to your Google Classroom with this set of animated headers (GIFs). This kawaii apple set can be used for back-to-school and autumn, as well as throughout the year to help your pupils look forward to logging on!
There are 13 animated banners included (6 designs repeated in different colors).
Add them to the Google Classroom banner area in the same way you would add an image. Your children will love seeing the moving image designs!
Animated banners only are designed for use on the Google Classroom desktop site - they don’t animate in the app. The text and images are not editable.
Add fun and movement to your online learning with animated Google Classroom headers. This ocean animal themed set of 8 banners features sharks, glowing jellyfish, seahorses, octopuses and more. Your pupils will LOVE logging on to your Google Classroom and seeing them!
This banner set could be used for an underwater or sea themed classroom, for science lessons, for summer, or for back to school.
Add the headers to Google Classroom in the same way you would add an image in the banner space. They could also be used in Google Forms.
Please note:
The text and images are not editable.
Animated banners work best when used on the desktop Google Classroom site. They do not animate in the app.
Help your class discover the life cycle of a dung beetle in a fun way with these differentiated foldable activities. This 17-page PDF resource is a hands-on alternative to a standard science worksheet and can be used to review insect life cycles or introduce the dung beetle life cycle.
Pupils will colour the dung (ball or pile) and the life cycle stages, sequence the stages, glue, and fold.
Use to support learning about insect life cycles, beetles, or metamorphosis. It could also be linked to the Egyptians (scarab beetles are dung beetles).
The templates
Templates 1 and 2: Colour the dung ball or dung pile and 4 life cycle stages, cut out the stages and glue them in order on the template, cut and fold. There are 2 label options - one with names, one with descriptions
Templates 3 and 4: Colour the dung and 6 life cycle stages, cut out the stages and glue them in order on the template, cut and fold. Option to sequence names or descriptions for each stage.
Also included:
Dung beetle facts (you could share these with children as they complete their foldouts).
Sequencing cards - these could be printed, cut out, and used as a small group activity.
Compare and contrast worksheet - ideal for early finishers.
US and UK (A4) paper sizes
This resource is not editable.
Add some sparkle to your Christmas Classroom with this set of 12 festive digital stickers. Each bauble has a positive message for students to help keep them motivated in the lead-up to Christmas.
Digital stickers are image files with a transparent background. You can copy and paste/insert them into documents (e.g. PowerPoint, Google Slides, Word).
Unlike regular stickers, they can be used over and over again!
There are 6 colours in this set (2 stickers in each set). Please note that it is not possible to edit the messages.
I hope you enjoy this festive freebie!
Set your class the challenge of completing 7 days of kindness! Ideal for a World Kindness Day activity, or for a school kindness week or month.
Print an activity sheet for each child. There are 3 activity templates in this bundle:
Fill a cup of kindness
Fill a bucket of kindness
Create a rainbow of kindness
For each of the next 7 days they will try to complete an act of kindness. For each one, they can colour in a stripe on their bucket/rainbow/cup (starting at the bottom), and write what they did. By the end of the week, they will have a colourful striped picture of kindness, ideal for creating a whole class display.
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Each activity is the same in principle and has the same instructions, hence the steep discount for this bundle.**
In addition to the activity template, this bundle includes:
Teacher notes
2 optional worksheet printables (PDF) for children to complete before and after the challenge
Colour and black and white award certificates for children on completion of the challenge (optional).
US and UK paper sizes are included.
These cute dinosaur themed Christmas card templates are ready to print on A4 card. Colour, fold and add a personal greeting inside. Children can then give thier card to a family member, friend, or loved one. A simple, no prep Christmas activity.
The messages/puns on the front of the cards are:
Ski-rex
Tree-rex
Santasaurus
Have a roarsome Christmas
There are 4 designs in this set. The inside is blank for children to write their own message.
Suitable for pre-school, KS1 or lower KS2 (especially if children have been looking at fossils and pre-historic life during the autumn term)!
This winter/Christmas themed bundle is a collection of 4 foldout sequencing activities:
Penguin life cycle
Christmas tree life cycle
The steps for making gingerbread.
How to build a snowman.
These are printable activities, with multiple cut and paste template options to allow for differentiation. Instructions for students and picture guides to help with the folding are included.
Here is a breakdown of each foldout:
Penguin life cycle foldout
A fun and simple science activity all about the life cycle of a penguin. This activity could be used to support a lesson on birds, the Antarctic, or penguins.
This resource has 2 similar templates.
Christmas tree life cycle foldout
A fun, seasonal activity to help children understand the life cycle of a Christmas (coniferous) tree from seed, to sapling, to the adult tree and seed cones.
Use this activity for interactive science notebooks, or to support a unit on plants, life cycles, or Christmas traditions/celebrations.
There are 6 similar options to allow you to differentiate for your students or to use with different age groups.
Making gingerbread
This foldable sequencing activity allows students to order the stages of making/baking gingerbread. It is designed to help develop thinking and fine motor skills.
You could add the finish foldouts to interactive notebooks, use this to support learning around The Gingerbread Man story, or as a fun Christmas activity or center.
Students cut out the stages, put them in order on the template, before cutting and folding. They will love bringing the 2 halves of their gingerbread foldout together, then gently pulling it apart to show the stages inside.
There are 3 similar versions included, including one with a straight cutting edge for those children who would struggle to cut around the outside of the gingerbread man.
How to build a snowman
This cut and paste sequencing activity allows students to order the stages of building a snowman.
Students cut out the stages, put them in order on the template, before cutting and folding. They will love bringing the 2 halves of their snowman foldout together, then gently pulling it apart to show the stages inside.
There are 3 similar versions included.
This resource is a set of 10 animated headers for Google Classroom with a spring theme. Add them to Google Classroom in the same way you would add an image in the banner space. The set includes a Valentine’s, St Patrick’s Day, and Easter design.
See the preview video to check out all the designs.
Unfortunately, animated banners are not compatible with the Google Classroom app. The text and images are not editable.
Explore the life cycle of a holly tree with this fun, foldable sequencing activity. Ideal for festive or Christmas science lessons, this hands-on plant life cycle resource is a cross between a craft and a worksheet.
This festive 9-page PDF resource contains differentiated options, making it suitable for different ages (at KS1 or KS2) or abilities:
Option 1: Children sequence the life cycle stages using pictures and simple words.
Option 2: As above but with a straight cutting edge around the holly leaves.
Option 3: Children sequence the life cycle stages using pictures with short descriptions.
Option 4: The same as option 3 but with a straight cutting edge around the holly leaves.
A picture guide showing where to fold is included, as well as a colour poster of the full life cycle. You’ll also find a page of holly tree facts that you can share with children as they complete the activity.
Versions for A4 and US letter size paper are included.
Help your KS1 or EYFS class prepare for the festive season with these sweet, foldout Christmas cards featuring Christmas characters. These simple, low-prep cards are ready to print, colour, and write to a friend or loved one.
There are 6 ‘Merry Christmas’ designs (elf, Santa, bear, reindeer, penguin, and snowman). Inside, children can write who their card is ‘to’ and ‘from’.
Each design is included one-to-a-page and 2-to-a-page.
Four of the designs are also included with the message ‘Happy Holidays’ for any children who don’t celebrate Christmas.
Size for US and UK (A4) paper included.
