A lesson learning all about polar bears, reindeer and robins. A seasonal activity for a fun and educational Christmas week. Included is a powerpoint presentation with photos, facts and links to short video clips as well as 3 writing pages with word banks to assist with writing up a fact file. There is also a word mat to help with any further writing.

Common exception words written into ActivInspire to use for early morning work, print out or extra practise.

A fun way to get children practising some mental maths. A set of 20 Easter eggs to laminate and hide around the classroom. Each egg is linked with an arithmetic question. When children find the egg, they can work in pairs to solve the question and record it on the included recording sheet. Answer sheet also included.

Explore the key vocabulary about Bonfire night with this differentiated wordsearch. Use this at the start of the lesson to see what children already know about these words or at the end to sum up the learning on this subject. Two wordsearches available; one about the story of Bonfire Night and one exploring adjectives to describe the celebration. Also check out these resources about Bonfire Night: Reading comprehension https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11747711 Bonfire Night Chatterbox https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11741990

This pack contains plans and resources for 9 sequential lessons covering most of the new science national curriculum objectives for living things in KS1. The aim of this pack is to provide fun engaging activities while being easy to prepare for the teacher. Content includes lessons on: Living and non living things, what living things need, life cycles, food chains, classifying, habitats, nature in artwork (Monet). A colour in sheet and word search are also included.

A seasonal themed reading comprehension linked to the year 2 National Curriculum objectives. Questions direct children to practise inference, deduction, skimming and scanning skills as well as links to different word types. Can be completed individually or as a Christmas Quiz in partners. This resources has been differentiated three ways.

A different take on spellings where repetition and teacher assessment is at the forefront. Each week, children are introduced to 4 new spellings and are given 4 spellings from the previous week. This allows children two weeks to practise each word so that they can build a solid memory of each word when using them in their writing. This pack contains spelling lists, test sheets and home learning with words that match up to the common exception list in the new national curriculum.

Three different chatterboxes for your class to try. One is about Christmas, one is about Christmas animals and one is empty for the children to make their own. Print out on A3 for easier folding. Children will love making these as a Christmas treat and will learn new surprising facts.

A range of different Christmas-themed word problems to solve with pictures to help support the children’s working out. Why not try something different with word problems? Instead of completing at their tables, mount these problems onto card and hide them around the classroom, children can complete using the attached record sheet. Maybe offer a prize for the first pair to find them all. A fun and educational activity for those last weeks of term.

A different type of activity to consolidate children's learning about different types of living things: mammals, birds, reptiles, fish, insects and plants. Children will love to play with these fun chatterboxes. They cover key objectives in the national curriculum.

A seasonal-themed resource aimed to improve children’s knowledge of sentence structure. This lesson will reinforce the language needed in the Year 2 curriculum (noun, verb, adverb, adjective and conjunction) and allow opportunities it to develop their own sentences. By focusing on one or two sentences, children can develop the language needed to talk about their word choice.

A set of 34 word searches covering the year 1 and year 2 common exception words with some additional word searches for words that add suffixes, prefixes and some contractions. An excellent addition to weekly spellings allowing children an opportunity to play with words and spot patterns between them. This resources could be used as early morning work during the register or as an additional home learning activity.

A set of 20 eggs to laminate and hide around your classroom. Children collect the letters under each egg and switch them around to reveal an easter phrase. A fun way to challenge your class. The recording sheet and answer included.

An engaging non fiction text about spring differentiated three ways. Text includes statements, questions and exclamations. A range of questions are asked that link to the year 2 National Curriculum. Topic include: Spring babies Spring flowers What is Easter? Weather Written in a simple form for young children to be able to access. Questions challenge children to retrieve information as well as consider their own opinions.

A fun way to introduce or conclude a spring topic. 3 different templates: Easter eggs, spring animals and an empty one for children to add their own facts. Children can learn some exciting new facts or organise their own to wow their family with what they have learnt. Great for a crafty afternoon or as a homelearning activity. Enjoy!

A set of 20 Easter eggs to laminate and hide around your classroom or school. Children will enjoy finding the words and collecting them on the included recording sheet. An excellent way to introduce new vocabulary for the class to use in their writing. After the Easter egg hunt, discuss the meaning of the words they found and then children can experiment by using the words in a short story. Recording sheet included.

A set of 15 word searches and 12 cloze paragraphs to help children practise using new vocabulary. An excellent activity for Guided Reading, extra home learning or as early morning work. Children will practise putting interesting words into sentences, as well as link words with a similar meaning together so they can use them in their own writing. Words include: calculate, majestic, sneaky, petrified, glide, glisten, soothing, magnificent and many more.

Children use their mathematical understanding of shape to generate as many different ways of organising 5 squares. They are asked by a building company to find all the different ways of laying out 5 rooms for a new block of flats. Fits in well with ‘Houses’ topic in Geography. Lesson plan, photocopy pages and flipchart included. PLEASE NOTE: this resource requires ActivInspire software