This KS1 plants science display is designed for you to print, trim and mount with minimum fuss. Depending on the space available, you could use all the pages, or just pick the most relevant for your class. Here’s what’s included: ‘Plants’ title over 2 pages. Print, trim, and join together. 9 full-page colour photo posters of parts of a plant (flowers, leaves, stem, seeds, roots, fruit, branches, buds, and trunk). These are also included 2-to-a-page. Poster detailing why plants are important. 2 life cycle posters (tomato and sunflower) What plants need to grow (over 2 pages). Cut out individual parts and group together. Deciduous and evergreen trees posters x 2 An ‘our work’ sign for displaying with children’s work. In total, there are 20 pages to choose from. UK and US paper sizes included (US version uses a different font to that shown in the preview).

Week 1 planning for a reception class. This is changed from last years planning due to new maths small steps and a tweaks to weekly themes/activities. We also have a different format for guided reading to last year and some tweaks to foundation lessons too. This pack includes an overview of the week showing when we teach, how we distribute staff, a continuous provision plan, a literacy plan, a maths plan, the challenge page to match our challenge mountain and our guided reading learning. The weekly theme for this week is: Rainbows

A fun, foldable activity for exploring the life cycle stages of a bean plant. This printable mini-book would make a great follow-up activity after growing your own beans! Alternatively, use in an interactive science notebook, or for a plants, growing, or seasonal changes unit activity. Benefits of this activity Low prep Children learn about the bean plant life cycle in a fun and hands-on way, that’s a bit different from a standard science worksheet Can be used to introduce the life cycle, or as a review/assessment to check understanding. Encourages fine motor/scissor skills, hand-eye coordination (folding), and sequencing. Differentiated options allow for multiple age ranges or abilities to do the same activity. Finished foldouts can be inserted into an interactive notebook where they can be referenced by children. The differentiated templates There are 5 similar cut and paste templates in the PDF so you can select the one that best suits your needs: Template 1: Colour the life cycle of a bean plant, cut, and fold. Template 2: Colour the bean plant life cycle stages, cut out the word labels and match them to the pictures, glue, cut and fold. Template 3: Colour the bean plant life cycle stages, cut out the life cycle stages, sequence the labels on the template, glue, cut and fold. Template 4: As above but with a rectangle around the outside for easier cutting. Template 5: Largest version. Pupils will colour the template and life cycle stages, sequence the stages, glue, cut and fold. This is a 10-page PDF. The pictures and text are not editable. UK and US version included.

This is a Powerpoint presentation containing lesson objectives, information and homework slides for a 7 week Year 6 or Year 7Art project. It is based on bugs and insects and is really popular with boys and girls. It is designed to develop a wide range of skills such as drawing, shading, oil pastel techniques, using symmetry, cutting out shapes, creating textures with inks/water colours and improving composition. It investigates the visual elements of Line, Tone, Shape , Texture, Pattern and Colour.

This resource contains an informative and fully editable 100 slide PowerPoint presentation on Greta Thunberg, the young Swedish climate activist who inspired an international youth movement for urgent action on climate change. It is an ideal resource for International Womens’ Day. The presentation tells Greta’s inspirational story and includes links to some of her inspirational speeches. Please note that the watermark on the preview images is not present on the resource itself. If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, I would be extremely grateful if you could leave a review. As a token of appreciation, you can have a free resource of your choice up to the same value as your purchased resource. Just email inspireandeducate@aol.co.uk with your user name, the resource you have reviewed and the resource you would like for free. You may also be interested in: World Ocean Day - 90 Slide Presentation Earth Day - 100 Slide Presentation Earth Hour - 80 Slide Presentation World Environment Day - 70 Slide Presentation Greta Thunberg - 100 Slide Presentation Climate Change - 115 Slide Presentation David Attenborough - 90 Slide Presentation

This KS1 microhabitats (or micro-habitats) activity is a fun way for children to explore where minibeasts would like within a garden. They’ll also think about why different minibeasts prefer different microhabitats. Use this resource to support a year 2 science lesson about local habitats/microhabitats or before exploring the microhabitats in your school grounds. This resource includes: A3 printable garden (with and without microhabitat labels) A4 printable garden (with and without microhabitat labels) 12 common minibeasts to place in the garden Minibeast ID sheet Guidance notes on how the resource could be used, including follow up questions to explore together. Primary science link: identify that most living things live in habitats to which they are suited and describe how different habitats provide for the basic needs of different kinds of animals and plants, and how they depend on each other identify and name a variety of plants and animals in their habitats, including micro-habitats

Planning for six weeks for EYFS- topic Come outside. With a heavy focus on growing linking to text- Jack and the beanstalk, Jasper’s beanstalk, The tiny seed and Oliver’s Vegetables.

This is a sunflower growing diary I created for a Year 1 class, but it would also suit Year 2 pupils. My class planted sunflowers in pots in school, which they then took home, along with the diary booklets. They completed one page each week, drawing, measuring and describing the changes in their sunflower each weekend for their homework over a half term, before returning the booklets and sunflowers to school during the last week of term.

Here is a complete term's medium term planning based around the book Percy the Park Keeper. The pack includes a plan for each week detailing the Early Learning Goals covered, learning activities, enhanced provision opportunities, weekly homework and a curriculum plan overview which can be shared with parents.

A fun and educational crossword on flowers – the answer to every clue is a type of flower. Full answer guide included in multiple formats to aid teachers in reviewing. Clues indicate the number of letters in the answers. Compact grid (15x15) created using specialist software. Sample questions 4-across Has sword-shaped leaves and purple, yellow or white petals; determines eye colour and dilation; author Dame Murdoch (4) Answer - Iris 9-across Petals can be pink, white or red; synonymous with Mother’s Day; evaporated milk brand; country of automobiles? (9) Answer - Carnation

Living, Dead and Never Alive cutting and sorting activity.

Explore the stages of an oak tree’s life cycle with this differentiated foldable sequencing activity. This cut-and-paste acorn craft is a fun alternative to a worksheet for fall science. It can be used to introduce the life cycle of oak trees or as a review activity. Children sequence the life cycle stages on their foldout from acorn to mature tree. They then cut out the template and fold it. Your class will LOVE opening their foldouts to reveal the sequence of the life cycle stages inside! Benefits of this activity Low prep Children learn about the oak tree life cycle in a fun and hands-on way, that’s a bit different from a standard science worksheet. Can be used to introduce the life cycle, or as a review/assessment to check understanding. Encourages fine motor/scissor skills, hand-eye coordination (folding), and sequencing. Differentiated options allow for multiple age ranges or abilities to do the same activity. Finished foldouts can be inserted into an interactive notebook where they can be referenced by children. The differentiated templates Template 1: Color the acorn 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 ‘acorn, sprout, sapling, mature tree’ or ‘acorn, seedling, sapling, mature tree’. Template 2: As above but with a straight cutting edge around the acorn. Template 3: Color the acorn halves and 6 life cycle stages, cut out the stages and glue them in order on the template, cut and fold. Option to sequence words or descriptions for each stage. Template 4: As above but with a straight cutting edge around the acorn. Versions with both US and UK spelling/paper sizes are included. The 10 page PDF is not editable.

Simple Powerpoint showing the life cycle of a frog.

Year 1/Year 2 Science full unit of learning with resources. 10 lessons have been planned and resourced but can be edited to meet the needs of your class. 1 LO: What do you already know about plants? 2 LO: Can I investigate plants around our school? 3 LO: Can I label and explain parts of a plant? 4 LO: Can I explain the difference between evergreen and deciduous trees? 5 LO: Can I explain how seed dispersal happens? 6 LO: Can I investigate what seeds need to grow? 7 LO: Can I investigate if my predictions were correct? 8 LO: Can I explain what plants need to grow? 9 LO: Can I explain what parts of the plants we eat? 10 LO: Can I explain how we get our food?

Medium Term Plan for 6 - 7 week half term in nursery/ pre-school/ reception class Covers all seven learning areas of the EYFS Development Matters

Teaching quadrants and ecological sampling? Too wet? no school field? PE say no to going out? left ecology to the winter? then fear not with this interactive notebook resource to fit in with the required practical ecological sampling and GCSE, A-level courses. Students can create their very own field to stick in the book with added tape measure and quadrat that moves horizontally and vertically in all directions. It can also act as a transect line 3 templates are included to fully differentiate the resource (one blank for students to draw their own flowers, one with lots of flowers and one with few) A table with key to record the results a lesson plan teacher help sheet GCSE questions for foundation learners and answers GCSE questions to stretch and challenge higher tier learners and answers

A SMART file promoting drama and role play for children to create a story based on Jack and the Beanstalk. This can lead onto independent story writing beginning, ‘I climbed up the enormous plant and gasped…’

Resources on the book, The last tree in the city, by Peter Carnavas. I have drawn pictures from the book to create resources to support the book. Resources can be used from reception upwards. Included is 33 pages in total, both literacy, numeracy, PSED and creative. Story sequencing Feelings Seasons Order by height Order by growth Who cut down the tree? Label Edward saving the tree Preferred city Colour city Put yourself in a tree Cheerful places Maze Design a poster Season cards Why do we need trees? What is the tree now? What is made from a tree? Finger painting Numbers to 5 Repeating patterns Number bonds More/less Writing frame Drawn pictures for display or as flashcards I hope you enjoy using them as much as I’ve enjoyed drawing them.

A set of activities for your topic on Gardens, Outdoors or Homes suitable for EYFS and KS1. There is a comprehension activity, garden equipment to label and a colouring sheet. There are flashcards to talk about and use in your topic work.

The Great Plant Hunt develops children’s understanding of the natural world and is an ideal free resource to help you teach the primary science curriculum. In this teachers booklet you will find activities for 3-5 year olds. The children will be finding out about all the amazing colours found in nature. They will learn how to group a collection of items, that collection can be sorted in different ways, and then use the collection to make colourful party bags for a party! For fun extras and further information visit: http://www.greatplanthunt.org/foundation The Great Plant Hunt is produced by Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and funded by the Wellcome Trust.

This is a lesson suitable for foundation age pupils and aims at looking at how they sort the variety of objects they collect from a plant walk.