A great resource pack for the story ‘Rosie’s Walk’ Includes: Display banner Display border Word cards- words on beehives relating to the story Word and picture flashcards Photos- colours photos of farmyards and the animals in the story Fact cards- simple fact cards with facts about foxes and chickens A4 word card Hen alphabet- a lovely alphabet line on colourful hens Writing sheets- a set of writing sheets with borders for the children to write on and use in the writing area Speech bubble worksheets- fill in the speech bubbles to show what the characters are saying Rhyming words- sort the pictures into those that rhyme with ‘hen’ and ‘fox’ Word searches- two word searches with words from the story to find Worksheets- a collection of worksheets about the story Character worksheets- write about the characters in the story Label a hen- label the different parts of the hen ‘My Walk’ book- make your own book about your walk and what you see on the way Bee number line- a number line to 50 on colourful bees Preposition words- words from the story to add to a display Counting cards- count the bees from 1-10 Preposition posters- with word and a picture showing the hen behind, in front etc Preposition worksheet- write where the hen is in each picture Size ordering worksheets- order the hens by size- in colour and also black and white Counting worksheets- count the number of bees and hens Preposition play mat- place Rosie behind, next to etc Bee number rhyme pack- a rhyme card for singing the rhyme, face masks and props for use when singing the rhyme Matching pairs- match the pictures Build a hen- roll a die and collect a part of your hen- how many hens can you make? Board game- travel around the farmyard to reach the hen house first Preposition bingo- collect the different pictures for your board Design a new hen house- design a new house for Rosie Tracing sheets- trace the dotted lines on the pictures to practice fine motor control Stick puppets- colour and make your own stick puppet characters Play dough mats- make the different things seen on Rosie’s walk Colouring Drawing worksheets- draw the different things found on Rosie’s farm Farm map- cut and stick the things seen on Rosie’s walk through the farm yard Make a windmill Sequence pictures- a set of coloured pictures to use when retelling the story Story props- large coloured pictures of the different things in the story Story map- an A4 and an A3 map of the Rosie’s farm- great for display and discussion Face masks Please note: The art work used in these resources has been produced by ourselves. It is not associated with, or endorsed by the authors or publishers of the story, or any related stories or products.

Review the stages of a frog’s life cycle with this foldable activity. This cut and paste PDF printable is differentiated, with options for both matching and sequencing the life cycle of a frog. The finished foldout mini-books are ideal for sticking into an interactive science notebook and are a bit different from a standard worksheet. Use to support a lesson on pond life, amphibians, life cycles, frogs, or spring. This PDF resource contains 5 different templates so that you can differentiate the activity if needed: Four-part life cycle to colour, cut, sequence the word labels, glue and fold. Four-part life cycle to colour, cut, sequence the description labels, glue and fold. Four-part life cycle to colour, cut, sequence the labels (descriptions and pictures), glue and fold. Six-part life cycle to colour, cut, sequence the word labels, glue and fold. Six-part life cycle to colour, cut, sequence the description labels, glue and fold. Instructions and pictures showing how to fold are included. Some children may need extra support with folding. US and UK paper sizes and spelling are included.

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

Let’s get to know Africa! This worksheet includes 36 pages with a wide variety of activities and exercises about Africa. The materials have informative exercises about the things that Africa is famous for, such as tribal peoples, natural resources, Nelson Mandela, wildlife, Nelson Mandela, pyramids and many other things! Crosswords, word searches, puzzles and other kinds of activities are included to make it a fun and interesting class. GOOGLE SLIDES WITH PREMADE TEXTBOXES INCLUDED! Overview: Page 1-3: Introduction Page 4-6: Geography Page 7-8: Countries Page 9-11: Wildlife Page 12-13: Poaching Page 14-15: History Page 16-17: Ancient Egypt Page 18-19: People Page 20-22: Tribes Page 23: Nelson Mandela Page 24-25: Languages Page 26-27: Economy Page 28-29: Poverty Page 30-31: Attractions Page 32-33: Pyramids Page 34-36: Reflection The answers and an answer sheet are included. You might also like these worksheets: Africa (Fun stuff for elementary grades) Ancient Civilizations Egypt Kenya Nigeria Geography - Africa Middle East South Africa Tribes Keywords: worksheet, digital, printable, tribes, gold, diamonds, Nelson Mandela, apartheid, people, Sahara, poverty, wildlife, poaching, the Kruger Park, the Big Five, gorillas, conflicts, Masaai, animals, continent, savanna

Want a fun and engaging way to teach food chains at KS1? This sequencing science craft activity is hands-on alternative to a food chains worksheet. Children can construct a 4-stage food chains for 3 different habitats - a woodland, ocean/sea and a rainforest. For each habitat, there are 4 options included: Colour the pre-designed template, with animals and plants already included, cut out the template, and fold. Colour the food chain, sequence the animals/plants to show who eats who, glue them onto the template, cut and fold. Children draw their own food chain on a black and white template, cut and fold. Pupils draw their own food chain on a pre-coloured template, cut and fold. Once folded, pupils can hide their food chain by bringing the 2 halves of the template together, then gently pull apart to reveal the inside. There is minimal prep required. Print the designs you plan to use on paper or card. Pupils need coloured pencils and scissors. One template in each habitat set requires glue. Instructions for how to fold are included (you may wish to make an example beforehand for those who might find folding tricky). This resource is 17 pages long and contains a version for both UK and US paper sizes.

Order the stages of fossilisation with this printable sequencing activity. This science resource uses the example of an ammonite (a marine creature with a spiral-shaped shell) to explore 8 steps in the fossilisation process. Laminate to use as a science center again and again. This resource includes: -Teacher notes -8 fossil sequencing cards (2 to a page) in color without text. -8 fossil sequencing cards (2 to a page) in color with a short description on each card. -8 fossil sequencing cards (2 to a page) in black and white without text. -8 fossil sequencing cards (2 to a page) in color with a short description on each card. -Labels to print and use with the card sets that don’t have text. -8 fossil sequencing cards (4 to a page) in black and white without text. The PDF is not editable. Uk and US paper sizes included. National Curriculum link: Describe in simple terms how fossils are formed when things that have lived are trapped within rock.

A science craft activity which can be differentiated if required. Use to support learning about ecosystems, feeding relationships and habitats. This resource has templates for 3 food chains (lion, grizzly bear and shark). For each one there are 3 similar options; Colour the pre-designed template, with animals and plants already included and fold. Colour the food chain, sequence the animals/plants to show who eats who, glue them onto the template, cut and fold. As above but with a simpler, straight cutting edge. Once folded, pupils can hide their food chain by bringing the 2 halves of the template together, then gently pull apart to reveal the inside (see preview video). There is minimal prep required. Print the designs you plan to use on paper or card. Students need coloured pencils, scissors and glue. Instructions for how to fold are included (you may wish to make an example beforehand for those who might find folding tricky). There is a version for both US and UK spelling/paper size.

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 is a course of fun, easy to follow lessons which educate, inform and inspire young people to affect change in a world where plastic pollution is at a critical level. We are in a time when people, globally, should celebrate and honour our planet, whose land and sea connects us all. Working together, we can and will protect our shared Earth. Each well structured 60 minute lesson brings to life key elements in an engaging and experiential ‘hands-on’ way to encourage learning and understanding. The workshops, and accompanying factsheets, are designed to lead the students through a process of learning to understand how damaging waste plastic is and where it comes from, so as to inspire them with the motivation to do something about the problem in their daily lives. This course is in conjunction with Earth Day 2020. (Suitable for ages 6 -12) Course Lessons The Hazards of Plastics Where it Begins Earth Day Why do we need to Recycle? Reusing Plastics Offsetting Plastic Use Time to Act Quiz Time Oath to the Earth Fact Sheets Ten Shocking Facts About Plastic Pollution How Much Disposable Plastic Do We Use? What is Earth Day? Why do we need to recycle? Reusing Plastics Making a Herb Garden Waste Decomposition Rates The Plastic Bank Where does litter come from? Quiz Answers and Review Oath to the Earth Promises Workshops Elastic Band & Animal Impact Puzzle Class Rubbish Audit Landfill in a Bottle Earth Day Stones Recycling Poster Chandelier/Herb Garden Making A Message to the Adults Plastics Quiz Oath to the Earth

The pack includes: Display banner- a long colourful banner for your display Display border- a colourful themed border to print out as many times as you need for a display board of any size Word cards- words relating to the story Animal and crate flashcards- colourful cards to add to a display Cover picture- a poster of the picture from the book cover Animal photos- coloured photos of the different animals in the story Question cards- questions relating to the story- great to add to your display or to use as prompts during literacy A4 word card- an A4 word card with words and pictures for the children to use when writing about the story Animal alphabet- a lovely alphabet line on coloured animals from the story Writing sheets- a set of writing sheets with animal pictures and lines below- these are in both colour and black and white Word searches- two word searches with words from the story to find Worksheets- a collection of worksheets about the story including match the clue to the animal, match the animal to the name, writing words to describe the animals and writing warning labels for the crates and boxes Crate tags and labels- make your own warning signs for the animal crates Crossword- solve the clues to find the words to complete the crossword Escaped animal posters- different worksheets to draw and write about animals escaped from the zoo Animal crates number line Size ordering worksheets Counting cards Dot to dot worksheets Worksheets- various worksheets with addition sums, subtraction sums and counting the animals Blank maths worksheets Matching pairs/ snap game Dominoes game Bingo- collect all of the pictures for your board in this colourful game Build a Zoo- spin the spinner and collect the animals needed for your zoo but make sure your animals don’t escape through the open gate! Tracing sheets Face masks- colour and decorate the animals face masks Colouring pictures Rhymes and songs- a collection of rhymes and songs on decorated sheets to learn Workbook cover Stick puppets to make Sequence pictures Large pictures- these are great to hold up with a whole class for retelling the story Book sized pictures- these can be used for retelling the story or creating your own flap book Animal and word matching- match the animals to the descriptive words Story sack labels Please note: The art work used in these resources has been produced by ourselves. It is not associated with, or endorsed by the authors or publishers of the story, or any related stories or products.

KS2 Worksheet - Classifying Vertebrates/Invertebrates Main activity - answer the questions in the key to find out which group the animals belong too - invertebrate or vertebrate (mammal/bird/fish/reptile/amphibian). Pictures of animals provided. Answers provided on the final page.

Bee themed fine motor activity. Use 2cm objects whether they be pom poms, buttons or Grapat to make the bee colourful again.

L.O. To know that animals are adapted to live in their habitats. L.O. To know how different animal are adapted to live in the habitats. This download includes 5 pages, as follows: * Questions (with pictures) about how animals (shark, otter, camel, polar bear and parrot) are adapted to their habitat. Pupils need to consider the features of each animal, and answer in sentences. * A matching activity - pupils match the animal (shark, otter, camel, polar bear and parrot) to the habitat, and can write how they think the animals are suited to their homes. * Guess the animal activity - the pupils read clues about the animal’s adaptive features and guess the animal from the description (shark, otter, camel, polar bear or parrot) * Animal Information Sheet - A descriptive paragraph about each of the animals (shark, otter, camel, polar bear and parrot) - can be used as a reading comprehension text. * Lined page - Pupils completing this activity will write a more in-depth piece about how one of the animals are suited to their habitat (they could use additional information books to find out further facts.) The above activities can be used by the same children for consolidation or end-of-lesson testing purposes, or may be used as a form of differentiation between groups during a lesson.

An extract on Tigers. Accompanied by bronze/silver/gold differentiation Can be used for guided reading or extract alone can be used as example of a non-chronological report. Aimed at KS2

Kick off a classification topic with this colourful and engaging PowerPoint presentation. This resource will introduce the 5 vertebrate animal groups to younger pupils - fish, mammals, amphibians, reptiles and birds. There are 40 slides in total, designed to be used over 1 or several lessons. It ends with a short quiz to re-cap knowledge. This resource also contains: Animal sorting activity - 5 cards labeled with each animal group name, plus 24 animal pictures to sort. Print on white card. Activity booklet - Double-sided sheet (black and white) to print and fold in half. Includes ‘draw the scales on the fish’, ‘identify the reptiles,’ and ‘what do you know about mammals’. Is this resource editable? The headings and images in the PowerPoint are not editable. Most of the text boxes are editable (except on a few slides where I have used clip art that does not allow this). The activity sheet and sorting activity are not editable. UK and US paper sizes of the activities are included.

Polar Bear Early Writing Phoneme Frame and Answers Ideas for use include: Laminated to enhance tuff spots and writing areas Can be made into writing booklets The product is designed on A4 but can be adapted bigger and smaller through your printing preferences.

Prince William recently spoke out about the plight of elephants in China. This reading comprehension resource supports a BBC News article which investigates the real threat to China's elephants - habitat destruction. 3 differentiated worksheets of questions are included.

The lesson looks at our comsumption choices and how they can have impacts on others around the world. As a case study it looks at how our demand for mobile phones has knock on affects in the mineral rich Democratic Republic of Congo.

A powerpoint explaining the rituals of the Muslim pilgrimage called 'Hajj'

A 60 minute lesson on Habitats. This bespoke lesson starts with an animal story, introducing how it might feel to have your natural habitat destroyed. The lesson then explores some of the creatures living within a natural habitat, helping children to engage with the natural world and understand some of the issues that come with deforestation. Suitable for KS1 tudents. For the rest of the curriculum series on Habitats, visit thoughtboxeducation.com