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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.
Similes and Metaphors - Reference Mat
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Similes and Metaphors - Reference Mat

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A handy reference mat that your children can use when they are learning about similes and metaphors. This mat helps children to remember the meaning of each term and includes lots of examples that can be used in their writing. Use it as a whole class teaching tool and challenge students to use one of the examples in a sentence / paragraph… or let children use these as reference mats on their tables during independent writing. Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!
Shakespearean Phrases - Matching Activity
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Shakespearean Phrases - Matching Activity

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Challenge your students to match these Shakespearean phrases with their meanings. Sixteen different phrases are included with their meanings. Cut them out, jumble them up and ask your students to match them back together again! Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!
Magnets - Vocabulary Matching Activity
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Magnets - Vocabulary Matching Activity

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Help your children to review their knowledge and understanding of magnets with this vocabulary activity. Ten sentences are included and each one has a word missing. Can your children find the correct missing word from the selection provided. Answers are included for teachers / self-checking. Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!
Fire Safety - Poster and Activity Template
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Fire Safety - Poster and Activity Template

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This resource can be used to teach your children about fire safety. Share the poster on a classroom display board or use it as a whole class teaching tool on your interactive whiteboard. Two versions are available (using 999 / 911 emergency numbers) and a blank template is also included so that your children can add their own fire safety information. Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!
Diwali Fact File
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Diwali Fact File

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Teach your children about Diwali with this handy fact file. This PDF page could be used on a large display as a whole class teaching tool, on a classroom display board or as a reference mat on tables. Children could also use it for independent research. Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!
British Values - Vocabulary Matching Cards
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British Values - Vocabulary Matching Cards

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Help your children to learn key vocabulary related to British Values with this matching activity. This resource includes thirty vocabulary cards with thirty matching definitions. Can your children match them together to review their understanding of British Values? Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!
Anne Frank Topic Guide
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Anne Frank Topic Guide

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A comprehensive guide to the life of Anne Frank. This PDF can be shared with children on a large display / interactive whiteboard or printed for independent / group reading and research. The PDF includes information about Anne’s family, her life, the move to Amsterdam, life in the Secret Annexe and more. Also includes a selection of high quality illustrations and photos. Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!
Animal / Plant Adaptations - Matching Resource
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Animal / Plant Adaptations - Matching Resource

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Help your children to learn how animals and plants are adapted to their habitat with this matching activity! This resource includes eight pages. Each page includes an image of a particular animal / plant, its name and four ways that it is adapted to its environment. Cut out the cards on each page and jumble them up. Then ask your children to match them together again! Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!
Find the Correct Change - UK Money Resource
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Find the Correct Change - UK Money Resource

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Challenge your children to find the correct coins to make up the change for the customers in this cafe. This resource includes four pages (at different levels of difficulty), with a collection of coins that children can cut out and stick onto the other pages. Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!
Rainforests - Cursive Display Letters
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Rainforests - Cursive Display Letters

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A set of display letters, in a cursive font, with a texture that shows a scene from a rainforest. The set includes every letter (in upper and lower case), numbers, mathematical symbols and punctuation. Use these letters on your classroom display boards. They’re perfect for when your children are learning about rainforests! Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!
Australian Flag - Cursive Display Letters
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Australian Flag - Cursive Display Letters

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A set of display letters, in a cursive font, with a texture that shows the flag of Australia. The set includes every letter (in upper and lower case), numbers, mathematical symbols and punctuation. Use these letters on your classroom display boards. They’re perfect for when your children are learning about Australia! Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!
UK Flag - Cursive Display Letters
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UK Flag - Cursive Display Letters

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A set of display letters, in a cursive font, with a texture that shows the flag of the United Kingdom. The set includes every letter (in upper and lower case), numbers, mathematical symbols and punctuation. Use these letters on your classroom display boards. They’re perfect for when your children are learning about the UK, British Values and more! Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!
Handwriting Resource (Precursive Font)
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Handwriting Resource (Precursive Font)

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This resource includes 26 handwriting pages that feature each letter of the alphabet. Children are asked to write each letter in four different ways: * Trace over the letters on the first row by following the arrows, * Trace over the letters (without arrows) on the second row, * Write their own letters on the third row, * Write the letter as part of a word in the final row. Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!
Story Sequencing - Little Red Riding Hood
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Story Sequencing - Little Red Riding Hood

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Challenge your children to put these images from the story of Little Red Riding Hood into the correct order. When the images have been ordered, your children could also use the images as the starting point for a storytelling or a writing activity. Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!
Star Number - Maths Challenges for Early Years
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Star Number - Maths Challenges for Early Years

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A collection of printable pages that help your children to understand different ways of writing numbers. Twenty pages are included and each page asks children to: * Draw the star number - How could they represent the number using a picture? * Write the star number - Can your children write the number in words? * Write the number before. * Write the number after. These resources could be used as activity resources or completed for use on classroom display boards. Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!
Division Table (Reference) Mat
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Division Table (Reference) Mat

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A colourful mat to help your children with their division. Print copies of this resource and let children refer to it during their Maths lessons. Includes: * Key vocabulary (including dividend, divisor and quotient), * Remainders * Inverse operations * Divisibility rules * Division facts Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!
Division Challenge Cards
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Division Challenge Cards

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A collection of forty cards that include a variety of division challenges for your children to try. Includes: * Division with no remainders, * Division with remainders, * Decimals, * Dividing by 10 and 100, * Multiplication and division, * Missing numbers, * Word problems. Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!
Negative Numbers Follow Me Cards (Loop Cards)
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Negative Numbers Follow Me Cards (Loop Cards)

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A set of thirty-two negative number questions. * Give one card to each child in your class and ask one of the children to read their question. * The child with the matching answer shouts it out and then reads their question. * Continue until you have answered all questions together! A fantastic resource that can be used to review your children’s negative number skills! Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!
Negative Numbers Jigsaw - Maths Challenge
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Negative Numbers Jigsaw - Maths Challenge

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Challenge your children’s negative number calculation skills with this printable activity sheet. Cut up the jigsaw and ask them to put it back together by matching the negative number calculations to the correct answers. How quickly can they complete it? Then… jumble it up again and see if they can beat their time! Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!
Characters - Descriptive Vocabulary Mats
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Characters - Descriptive Vocabulary Mats

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These resource sheets can be used to help your children describe different aspects of the characters in their story. Suggested words are given to describe people, aliens and monsters, robots and animals. Two versions of each word list are included for use with younger / older students. Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!