Using the grid, children can create an enlargement of the small picture of a snowman. They should be encouraged to work on each square, not to look at the whole picture. I usually do this in the run up to Christmas.

This dance idea encourages children to work individually, building up to large group work. The music really evokes the movement of the sea and develops to a crescendo for the shipwreck. You will have to listen carefully to the 1st movement of Scherehazade to find the right length of music for your group.

This is a simple cut and stick activity for younger children to match the names of the senses with the correct parts of the body.

This is a worksheet examining the different types of teeth that humans have and how they are used.

A worksheet with 9 magic squares for children to solve. The answers are on the second page.

This dance idea starts simply and builds up to produce a whole class performance. The length of the dance is dictated by the children and can be faded out whenever they are ready.

This is a multiple choice test based on work about the reign of Queen Victoria and the Industrial Revolution.

This is a wordsearch containing 30 compound words. I have used it at the end of a unit of study on compound words.

Step by step instructions for creative dance based on balloons. Children really enjoying making the sounds as well as the movements.

This is an activity which requires children to create a larger version of the small picture by copying the lines in each square in proportion. It may help the children to do the activity with the sheet upside down so that they focus on each square and don't look at the whole picture.

Three different ideas for creative writing on the theme of Halloween.

I collect pictures of famous people from magazines, (preferably A4 size). Children can choose a picture which they then cut in half. Stick one half onto a piece of drawing paper and draw in the other half. It sometimes helps to turn the paper upside down so that the children look at specific lines, not the person as a whole. They can then colour in their drawn half matching the original as closely as possible. Once finished, the pictures can be mounted and make a great display in the classroom.

This dance idea always goes down well with the whole class. You could use any sports theme music, but I have found that the theme from Chariots of Fire encourages children to expand their movements more.

This is a test of childrens understanding of place value using large numbers, including decomposition.

If you know The Jolly Christmas Postman you will have seen an example of a diorama like this. They are quite easy to make and look great on display. I have based my example on The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, but you could have any theme. There are clear instructions, plus photographs of a finished diorama and images of the four parts of my example. You can use this idea for any book or topic in your curriculum.

I have used this worksheet to give children the opportunity to practice changing singular nouns to plurals.

This is a simple, but effective Christmas card for children to make, requiring minimal resources.

These look great when they are finished. I have given clear instructions on the first sheet and pictures of an example which I created. The trick is to keep the pictures as simple as possible so that the children can recreate them for day and night. They are a bit difficult to display, but children are fascinated by seeing the difference from one side and then the other.

This is a Christmas maths resource, using coordinates. The coordinates are given for the figure of Father Christmas, but I have not given the coordinates for the background, suggesting that children can have their own choice of colour to fill in the grid. I have included a colour answer sheet.

These two sheets provide an explanation of how to carry out tests using only the sense of smell with a chart to fill in. I choose 10 different foods and get the children to smell each one. They write down what they think it is and we discover the correct answers at the end of the lesson. I do this activity as part of a project on food and the digestive system.