Information about Escher and then an activty to make their own ' random' tessellation.

Gets the children to think about the different parts of the circle, use a compass and make a pretty pattern using circles!!

Revsing what tessellation is, both regualr and irregular

A power point showing the process that is gone through to produce the Torah.

This is a powerpoint to encourage the children to find out about Victorian British composers. It gives you suggestions as to who they can choose and hyperlinks to find out more about them. I did have examples of their music but it was too complicated to add. There is also a homework task at the end.

A power point to show ideas of the kind of instruments the Vikings might have played. We began with a class discussion as to how we might know what they played, and how would we know what they sounded like.

Word map to aid children writing about how to look after themselves.

This was written to support a Victorian topic in a top KS2 class. We looked at brassbands, and similar in our locaility.

A lesson plan for a Year 3/4 mix class using Smetanas Vltava

I have been looking for a puppet template with moving arms and legs for an activity, and resorted to making one myself. We will join the arms and legs with split pins, having coloured and cut out. The children loved doing this, they were making a Flat Stanley and it was a Huge success!

Differentiated worksheet for 2 levels, children to consider what is needed for a dog to keep it fit and healthy

A selection of pictures of healthy foods for soriting, diicussion, display etc.

I have been collecting ideas for different fairy tales and ways to enthuse and engage the children. Hopefully you will find something useful here. THey are from a varietyof different sources.

This version incorporates traditional carols and modern Chirstmas songs. In our version the reception class will build up the tableau and the Year 6 pupils will be the narrators. Just wanted to add that this was a very successful evening, and it was great to have the parents singing also during the 'performance'.

This is a powerpoint I used to introduce the artist Patrick Caulfield. The last piece of art, Pottery, is the one we were particularly looking at. We did sketches of different pots and vases and then copied their favourite onto a sheet of coloured paper and cut out to make our own version. The idea was initiated from the 'Art in a Box' from the Tate museum.

7, 8 and 9 x table number squares. I have left the space below each blank for people to put in their own activities. I will be using them with KS1 higher ability when counting in 5's.

A mini topic on Scotland for my Year 1 class I cover one morning a week. Including IT, Geography, literacy, cooking, maths.

Differentiated worksheet for children to design a poster for safe use of medicines

Here are written and visual instructions to make an origami candle holder which was actually used for my Cub packs Diwali celebrations but equally would have used in school

Various images of woodland scenes in different seasons for use in composition work, to inspire ideas.

The new curriculum requires children to develop an understanding of the history of music. I have devised a timeline that the children can build on over the 4 years of Key Stage 2. There is also included two pictures that can be used for the cover of the sheets. The timeline info makes a small book about the composer - the example is Richard Wagner, which is then stuck into the relevant musical period.