I am passionate about learning that is tailored to children's interests and gives lots of opportunity for children to be creative and critical thinkers. I think it's important that learning materials cater to a variety of learning styles and I try to make my resources have real-world applications whenever possible. These resources will not only engage your learners, but they'll save you time, so that you can focus on doing what you do best.
I am passionate about learning that is tailored to children's interests and gives lots of opportunity for children to be creative and critical thinkers. I think it's important that learning materials cater to a variety of learning styles and I try to make my resources have real-world applications whenever possible. These resources will not only engage your learners, but they'll save you time, so that you can focus on doing what you do best.
Are you looking for engaging ways for your students to learn about modal verbs and adverbs for possibility? This digital and printable resource includes a quiz to introduce the language, an interactive notebook to apply and organise learning in a visual way, six engaging worksheets, and a board game for pairs or small groups.
These activities cater to different learning styles to make learning more memorable, and encourage creativity, draw on general knowledge, and meet social needs through playing together, all while using modal verbs.
What’s covered?
can, may (not), might (not), could, must, should/ought to, can’t, won’t
negatives
adverbs of possibility
What’s included?
6 worksheets (printable and digital)
Interactive notebook ranking the modal verbs in order of probability (and visual instructions) - printable and digital drag and drop version
Board game for pairs or small groups
Answer keys
Reference sheet for modal verbs
U.S and U.K versions
I hope your students enjoy using these activities.
You will receive:
A PDF version, an editable PPTX (text is editable, not images or layout), and a link to the Google Slides™ version.
Updated March 19 2024 to add digital versions.
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Practising Greek and Latin roots is about to get a whole lot more hands-on with these mini 3D Easter eggs that students write on and make.
The eggs are around 10cm/4in and will look great as a display of “trophies” on the students’ desks as they make each one.
There are four root words on each egg and students write the meaning and give two examples of words that use the root word.
Options for using this activity:
Students complete one Easter egg with early finishers completing more.
Students complete all four Easter eggs.
Use the Greek and Latin roots given.
Students choose their own Greek/Latin root word.
Editable version so you can choose the Greek/Latin roots.
I hope your students enjoy making their Easter eggs!
You will receive 2 PDFs and an editable PPTX file.
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Ramadan lanterns are so beautiful and a special symbol of Ramadan, so this hands-on craft is a great way for students to show what they know about Ramadan. Making a craft is fun, it’s engaging, and it makes learning about special days and months more memorable.
The craft is very easy to assemble, and I’ve included options for six designs, and three line sizes.
There are two possible ways you could use this craft:
Children write facts about Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr on a lantern craft.
Children make art projects using the templates, with crayon and dye, paint, torn paper, or markers.
What’s included?
templates for the lanterns in 1-inch, 3/4 inch, and 1/2 inch line sizes
templates for the lanterns for art
visual instructions
U.S and U.K versions
Extra pages are included for each line size for children who love to write a lot.
These would look stunning on a display.
I hope your children enjoy making their Ramadan lanterns!
You will receive a zip file with PDFs.
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Your children will love this fun way to practise their fact families at Easter time! Students complete five fact families and make a 2D or 3D Easter basket to fill with their eggs.
The 2D baskets look great on the wall, and the 3D baskets are fun to have on their tables.
I’ve included options for addition/subtraction and multiplication/ division. You can choose from versions with the numbers given, partially filled or with all the gaps to be filled, a student-choice option for students to write their own fact families. Plus, there’s an editable version so you can choose the fact families.
What’s included?
2D and 3D Easter baskets
5 eggs (and early finishers could do more)
addition/subtraction
multiplication/division
partially-filled
fill-all-the-gaps
student choice
editable version
visual instructions
U.S and U.K versions
I hope your students enjoy making their Easter basket of fact families!
You will receive 3 PDFs and an editable PPTX file.
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This hands-on craft is a great way for students to show what they know about Anne Frank. With this craft, children write facts about Anne Frank or a diary entry and make an Anne Frank craft to hold the diary.
The craft is very easy to assemble, and I’ve included options for three-line sizes depending on the age of your children.
Two possible ways you could use this craft:
children write facts about Anne Frank
children write a diary (using the diary prompt pages)
Extra pages are included for each line size for children who love to write lots.
These would look great on a bulletin board.
What’s included?
template to make the craft
three line sizes
extra pages of diaries
visual instructions
U.S and U.K versions
I hope your children enjoy making their Anne Frank crafts!
You will receive 3 PDF files.
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Marie Curie Writing Craft
Florence Nightingale Craft
Bessie Coleman Writing Craft
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If you want a fun way for your children to show their learning about Marie Curie, then you’ll love this hands-on craft where children make a craft of Marie Curie and write what they know on the flask she is holding.
The flask comes in three line sizes, and if you need more than one flask, simply staple them together when the child has finished, and then glue the flask on.
Crafts are fun, engaging, and they make learning about significant people in history memorable. Plus, they look great on your bulletin board!
I hope your students enjoy making their Marie Curie craft.
U.S and U.K versions included.
You will receive 3 PDF files.
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Anne Frank Writing Craft
Florence Nightingale Craft
Bessie Coleman Writing Craft
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The Titanic was a significant event in history and continues to fascinate children and adults today. The fact that it was so tragic, that there are so many “what-ifs”, that there were survivors who lived to tell vivid accounts of what actually happened, all makes for a highly interesting topic to learn about.
This digital resource has 37 PowerPoint™ and Google Slides™ which use primary sources including quotes, photos, advertising material, court claims, and items that were recovered, along with other images and timelines to explain the events leading up to and following the sinking of the Titanic.
The slides towards the end of the slide deck highlight essential social studies concepts about the significance of the event, causes and consequences of the sinking and high death toll, sources of information, differences in classes, and changes to safety that took place as a result of the tragedy.
You can delete any slides you don’t need.
Plus you’ll get:
An editable printable worksheet with comprehension questions. You can add, edit, or remove any questions to meet your needs.
A printable Morse Code activity which would be great for the whole class or early finishers.
A two-page graphic organiser that you can print or give to children digitally to add their own text boxes with answers.
You will receive a PPTX slideshow file for PowerPoint™, a PDF information pack with the link to make a copy of the slides in Google Slides™, a PPTX graphic organiser and a PPTX of the comprehension questions.
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If you’re looking for an interesting way for your learners to present their learning about the key facts and events leading up to and following the sinking of the Titanic, then you’ll like this two-page graphic organiser.
There are lots of options to meet your needs:
Use one or two pages.
Use the given prompts or edit the prompts to be relevant to what you’re covering.
Use the blank organiser so children can write about their own choice of topics.
Print the organiser or use the digital Google Slides™ version
Editable PowerPoint™ file (text is editable, images and layout aren’t)
I hope your learners enjoy using this graphic organiser.
You will receive a PDF file an editable PPTX file.
You may also like:
Titanic PowerPoint and Google Slides presentation with comprehension questions
Titanic timeline activity
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The Titanic was a significant event in history and continues to fascinate children and adults today. The fact that it was so tragic, that there are so many “what-ifs”, that there were survivors who lived to tell vivid accounts of what actually happened, all makes for a highly interesting topic to learn about.
This digital resource has 37 PowerPoint™ and Google Slides™ which use primary sources including quotes, photos, advertising material, court claims, and items that were recovered, along with other images and timelines to explain the events leading up to and following the sinking of the Titanic.
The slides towards the end of the slide deck highlight essential social studies concepts about the significance of the event, causes and consequences of the sinking and high death toll, sources of information, differences in classes, and changes to safety that took place as a result of the tragedy.
You can delete any slides you don’t need.
I’ve also included an editable printable worksheet with comprehension questions. You can add, edit, or remove any questions to meet your needs.
Plus, there’s a printable Morse Code activity which would be great for the whole class or early finishers.
You will receive a PPTX slideshow file for PowerPoint™, a PDF information pack with the link to make a copy of the slides in Google Slides™, and a PPTX of the comprehension questions, plus a link to the Google Slides™ version.
You may also like:
Titanic graphic organiser
Titanic timeline activity
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This timeline activity is a hands-on visual way for children to see the changes that have been made in the history of land transport, from the time when people first domesticated horses to the hybrid car.
The timeline has four differentiated options so that you can meet the needs of your learners, and there is the option to make a foldable version which is a mini-book. The mini-book has a shorter, simpler version with 8 pictures to glue on (use with clues), and a longer version with 11 pictures to glue on (use without clues).
Children can either keep the foldable in accordion style to take home or make it into a mini-book which can be taped into workbooks.
What’s included?
Timeline and real photos to match up to the dates
Differentiated worksheets
Interactive foldable with visual step-by-step instructions
Logic-style clues to solve the order of the timeline
U.S and U.K versions
Answer key
You will receive a zip file with PDFs.
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History of Flight Timeline
History of Boats Timeline
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Do you need some visual photos of ancient Egypt to go with your unit? This pack includes 30 photos of artifacts, buildings, and other items that give us a glimpse into ancient Egyptian life.
These posters can be printed and displayed on the wall or given to small groups.
They make great discussion starters and can be used as primary sources for children to analyse what items might have been used for in daily life.
I have also included a primary source worksheet activity about an ancient Egyptian toy that students can complete individually, in pairs, or in small groups.
The posters are colour and come in full size, 2 per page, and 4 per page so you can choose the size you need, with the option of labelled or unlabelled.
What’s included:
Printable PDF primary source activity (2 line sizes)
Editable PPTX primary source activity
Link to digital Google Slides™ version
Printable PDF posters (1, 2, and 4 per page)
If you’re after Ancient Egypt activities, you may like this resource here.
You may also like:
3D Egypt Pyramid Craft
Egypt Hands-on Art Projects
Achievements of Ancient Egypt
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If you’re learning about ancient China, then this template to make a chariot craft from the Shang Dynasty period will be a great hands-on activity.
The craft uses an axle so the wheels actually turn, and the chariot can be pulled by hand. You may even have some small items that children could put inside.
Visual step-by-step instructions are included.
What you’ll need for the craft:
chariot template
a straw
a wooden skewer
tape
two popsicle sticks
thick card for the wheels (cardboard from packing boxes work well)
thin card (optional - cereal boxes work well)
I hope your students enjoy making their chariots!
You will receive a PDF file.
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Full Pack of Shang Dynasty Art/Craft Activities
Shang Dynasty learning activities
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This is such a cute winter craft to make, and it’s going to make learning fact families so much fun! With this activity, children make a penguin, complete the fact families on the fish, and fill the penguin’s bucket.
There are lots of options to cater to your needs:
Practise addition/subtraction
Practise multiplication/division
Partially-filled or fill-all-gaps
Student choice of fact family
Editable version so you can choose the fact families
I hope your students enjoy making their penguins!
You will receive a PDF file an an editable PPTX file.
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Have some fun this Halloween with this hands-on 3D haunted house model. Your students will love making their own haunted house, adding their own details to make the house unique.
This pack includes options for a single-level house made up of three rooms and a roof, or a two level house which has six rooms. The model is put together by making rooms and gluing them together, so students could make just one or two rooms, or they could make all six.
The haunted house can be made using paper or light card. White glue is the easiest to work with for this project, and tape can be used if needed.
What’s included?
Instructions
4 outline pages for a one-level house
6 outline pages for a two-level house
Display box template for a “garden”
Photo examples
U.S and U.K versions
Note: 3D crafts can be challenging for students so please consider if your students have the fine motor skills needed before purchasing.
I hope your students enjoy making a haunted house this Halloween!
You will receive a PDF file.
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Fun pack of Halloween activities
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Your students will love this fun pack of easy-prep printable Halloween-themed activities which cover idioms, maths, science, writing, and design skills.
There are plenty of options to appeal to all learners with word searches, a number search, creative design activities, labelling the skeletal system, writing ideas, and more.
This pack is suitable for Year 3 and up.
What’s included?
U.S and U.K versions
Halloween word search
Create a Halloween word search
Design a board game
Design a new sweet
Design a Halloween costume
Design carved pumpkins
Halloween crossword
Name 5 Halloween-related words for different topics
Halloween A to Z
Cat idioms and Halloween idioms
Number search - multiplication
Fraction word problems
Label the skeletal system
Cut out and make the skeletal system
Writing prompts (colour and ink saver)
Answer keys for activities which aren’t open-ended
Ideas for use:
whole class
stations
early finishers
I hope your students enjoy this Halloween pack.
You will receive a PDF file.
You may also like:
3D Haunted House Craft
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This pack of 4 digital and printable worksheets, answer keys, and class game will help your students improve their writing skills by eliminating wordiness and redundancy.
Each worksheet covers two tips for becoming a more concise writer, with an example sentence and practice sentences or matching activity.
I’ve aimed to make the concepts understandable while giving just the right amount of challenge when it comes to using the skills in writing.
I’ve included a whole-class team game that will reinforce learning and get your students applying their skills in a fun race to improve 10 sentences.
What’s included?
4 worksheets and answer keys
2 versions of the class game so you can choose one or do both
U.S and U.K versions
You will receive:
A PDF version, an editable PPT (text is editable, images and layout are not), and a link to the Google Slides™ version.
I hope your students enjoy using these activities.
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Active and Passive Voice Worksheets
Shifts in Voice and Mood Worksheets
Verb Moods Board Game
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This is an engaging set of digital and printable worksheets which cover how to form the plurals of words with Latin or Greek roots, foreign words, less common irregular plurals, and compound words, and is perfect for your year 5 and 6 class.
English spelling rules follow all kinds of rules, especially when it comes to borrowed words. If you’ve ever wondered if the plural of “octopus” is “octopi” or “octopuses” or maybe even “octopodes”, this pack explains it all!
What’s included?
7 worksheets
Latin-root words
Greek-root words
Words from other languages
Less common irregular plurals
Revision of irregular plurals from lower levels
Compound words
Answer keys
U.S and U.K versions
Editable PPT version (text is editable, images and layout are not)
Link to Google Slides™ version
I hope you and your students enjoy using these worksheets.
You will receive:
A PDF version, an editable PPT version, and a link to the Google Slides™ version.
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Are you looking for a maths activity that gets students up and moving, asking and answering questions that are all about them and their favorite things? This graphing pack is perfect for back to school or anytime you want to make graphs meaningful to your students.
What’s included?
10 pre-made bar graphs
10 tally charts
Options for up to 9 full squares or 18 half squares
Options for students to write their own categories for the question
U.S and U.K versions
I hope your students enjoy learning more about their classmates while practising their graphing skills.
You will receive a zip file with PDFs.
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Back to School 3D Name Plate
Back to School Activities Pack
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Are you looking for an easy and fun way to get your students interacting and working together with their grandparents or special people on Grandparents’ Day? This activity book is filled with tasks that help the children get to know their special person a little better and encourage them to work together to solve puzzles, which is great for bonding and building memories!
What’s included?
A version for grandparents and a version for grandparents and special people
8 pages with 13 activities and answers at the back
Fact file
Find out more about your grandparent/special person
Crossword
Word find
Tic tac toe
Draw each other
Grandparents write a favourite recipe
Name 5 things
Scavenger hunt in the classroom
General knowledge quiz
Rhyming words
U.K and U.S versions
Easy prep - just print double-sided on the short edge and staple together.
I hope this activity book brings joy and fun to your Grandparent’s Day!
You will receive 3 PDFs.
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The activities in this pack will help your students to learn about the history of boats, how boats use technology, and how the changes in technology over time have brought changes for how people meet their needs and made the world more connected.
There is a lot to choose from with worksheets, interactive notebook activities, a timeline, PowerPoint™ and Google Slides™ for teaching, design activities, labelling activities, a S.T.E.M activity, and a word search. Plus, there are editable versions for some worksheets so you can write questions to tailor the resource to your needs.
What’s included?
18 PowerPoint™ and Google Slides™
Cut and paste activity to categorize different ship technology (sails, steam, diesel)
Spot the differences - identify differences between two photos of boats, one from the past and one from the present
Ask a grandparent (or older person) - compare changes in boat transport over time (plus editable version)
Interactive sailboat - write about how boats meet our needs (plus editable version)
Interactive world - write about how transport technology makes the world more connected (plus editable version)
Interactive ship’s wheel - practice writing cardinal directions
Two design activities to choose from (a new kind of boat and a boat you could live on)
STEM challenge to make a boat
Label the parts of a ship - cut and paste
Word search (two levels of difficulty)
Timeline with four differentiated options plus a foldable option
U.K and U.S versions
I hope your students enjoy learning about the history of boats with these activities.
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