Chat mats are designed to dual code vocabulary for children to assist in knowing and remembering more. They also provide sentence stems to encourage children to actively use the new vocabulary confidently when giving in class answers or having peer to peer learning discussions. This chat mat us designed for use when introducing the Science topic of Materials (KS1).

Chat mats are designed to assist children in remembering key vocabulary through dual coding and with additional scaffolding such as the sentence stems, allowing them the opportunity to use their newly learned vocabulary with confidence when giving answers in class or engaging in peer to peer discussions. This chat mat is designed for use with Year 1 and an introduction to time related vocabulary.

Simple board game for KS1 children to work scientifically and categorise animals by: herbivore, omniovre and carnivore mammals, reptiles, birds, amphibians, birds The pack contains: 2 different boards (so that children can play more than once and be exposed to a variety of animals) dice keys (one key for each game) scaffold sheet (help sheet giving hints to support children in deciding which category to place the animal in) To play the game requires a dice and tokens for moving around the board. Children roll the dice and move to the next animal along which belongs in that category, who will get to the end first?! Teacher-made for science unit (animals including humans).

Lower KS2 Working Scientifically Posters for classroom displays – aimed at showing the children good questions to ask to improve their investigative skills. These can be printed at any size and have been designed by myself following the working scientifically guidance in the National Curriculum. Any questions, please feel free to ask.

Upper KS2 Working Scientifically Posters for classroom displays – aimed at showing the children good questions to ask to improve their investigative skills. These can be printed at any size and have been designed by myself following the working scientifically guidance in the National Curriculum. Any questions, please feel free to ask.