A set of worksheets / activities / display / planning resources for looking at the lives of 2 significant individuals in the past and comparing aspects of life in the periods they lived. POWERPOINTS: Who were Columbus and Armstrong: An introduction to the topic. It shows three pictures of each explorer, asking the children to look at the pictures and find out information. Christopher Columbus: A 24 page lesson, looking at his life story, and his first journey across the Atlantic. Neil Armstrong: A 19 page powerpoint, looking at the story of his life and his journey to the moon Comparison of life in the different time periods: Shows the different explorers and where they lived on a simple timeline. It compares different aspects of life in both their lives including aspects such as transport, knowledge of the world, houses, food and uniforms. DISPLAY (pdf): A-Z lettering x 2, one with a sea background and Christopher Columbus banner, and one with a space background and Neil Armstrong banner Portraits of the two men in picture frames A4 title - Christopher Columbus (x 2 versions) A4 title - Neil Armstrong (x 2 versions) World maps x 2 from the different time periods ACTIVITIES (pdf) Cards - 12 different cards with objects that both explorers would have used. Can be used in card games, or for cutting and sticking sorting activities. Topic covers x 6 different layouts for Christopher Columbus Topic covers x 6 different layouts for Neil Armstrong Writing sheets (x 4 lined and unlined) with Christopher Columbus border Writing sheets (x 4 lined and unlined) with Astronaut border

A 30 page PowerPoint file, explaining what nocturnal animals are; why they come out at night; how they feed and live etc. The animals include: Bats Owls Badgers Foxes Hedgehogs Moles Mice The file also includes a page of related vocabulary, how nocturnal animals see, and looking for evidence of nightime activity.

A pack of posters, vocabulary, headings, lettering and display borders: Ourselves headings and titles: Five Senses title: Prints onto 4 A4 sheets - can be used as a banner, or the letters can be cut out. Ourselves lettering x2: 2 different versions of A-Z letters, both with pictures of children's faces. Ourselves banner: Prints onto 2 A4 sheets, with a border of children's faces. Ourselves border: With children's faces, to frame your display Ourselves title: 2 A4 versions. Ourselves Posters: Body Parts: 17 A4 sheets, with title and vocabulary with pictures - eye, nose, ear, mouth, head, neck, shoulder, back, chest, arm, elbow, hand, leg, knee, ankle and foot. Also includes a title. (One version shows a skeleton outline, with arrows pointing to the location of each body part, the other shows the outline of a body.) Growing up posters: 15 pages of humans of different ages, for display, or sequencing activities. Matching baby animals: Can be used for display or matching games. Animals include dog / puppy, horse / foal, cat / kitten, chick / chicken, lamb / sheep, kid / goat, duckling / duck, caterpillar / butterfly, baby / adult, and tadpole / frog. Movement posters: Pictures and labels of different types of movements that humans and other animals make - jump, run, skip, crawl, hop, climb, cycle, walk, dive, swim, fly, slither, scuttle, gallop, flutter and wriggle. Also includes title. Ourselves vocabulary: 17 pages of useful vocabulary for the children to refer to. Includes words for parts of the body, words relating to living things, words for making comparistons (eg tall, taller, tallest), and words relating to the senses. 12 pages contain 2 sets of vocabulary and pictures; 3 pages contain 3 sets of comparison vocabulary, and 2 pages contain 5 sets of vocabulary labels. The Five Senses posters: Includes a title, pictures and descriptions of the 5 senses. Ourselves word / help mat: Contains useful vocabulary with pictures for the children to use when writing.

POWERPOINTS: Pirates Introduction: Explains the history of pirates, who they were, where they operated and what they did. Pirate Life: Daily life of pirates; pirate flags; injuries; pirate attacks; punishments; code of conduct etc. Henry Morgan - the king of pirates: His life story Famous Pirates: Includes Blackbeard, Black Bart, Black Sam, Anne Bonney, Captain Kidd; with facts of their lives and their pirate flags. Pirate Activities: Fun things to do, songs etc. Pirate glossary: 25 pages explaining different pirate terms /objects etc Pirate Shipwreck: Recount of the sinking of the Whyday, and how it was discovered nearly 300 years later. DISPLAY Pirates lettering v1 - Colourful lettering - spells out ‘Pirates’, plus all upper and lower case letters and numbers included so that you can print and cut out what you need to personalise your display. Pirates banner - prints onto 2 A4 sheets Pirate word / help mat - with vocabulary and pictures to help support writing tasks. Pirate vocabulary - 12 A4 sheets with pictures and short descriptions. Includes anchor, deck, black jack, booty, cannon, compass, cutlass, maroon, mutiny, rigging, telescope and treasure map. Pirate sayings - 11 A4 sheets with pictures. Includes Ship ahoy! Avast! Shiver me timbers! Yo ho ho! Thar she blows! Walk the plank! PRINTABLE ACTIVITIES Pirate invitations Topic covers - 8 different versions, portrait and landscape Treasure maps to colour and finish Writing borders, lined and unlined, portrait and landscape with a pirate hat border. Pirate colouring sheets - famous pirates plus others Pirate flag colouring sheets Treasure maps colouring pages Blank treasure map Blank pirate flag

A unit of work with 3 PowerPoint lessons, investigating air transport, visiting the airport and flying on a plane; plus 23 worksheets. LESSONS: INTRODUCTION TO FLIGHT: Looks at maps of the UK, Europe, USA and the world - encouraging children to discuss which modes of transport would be suitable for getting to different places. Introduces flying as the best kind of transport for travelling to places far away. (17 slides) THE AIRPORT: A look at different things that are seen when travelling through the aiport, with pictures, descriptions and explanations. Explains the airport terminal, inside and outside; checking in; check in desk; baggage; baggage handlers; boarding card/QR scan; security; departure lounge; information boards; departure gates; boarding the plane; the runway; air traffic control and luggage carousel. (30 slides) AEROPLANES: Explores different parts of a plane - the flight deck, engines, wings, flaps and spoilers, fuel, fuselage, the tail and wheels; plus the inside of the plane - the cabin, doors, overhead bins, seats, safety cards, flight attendants, windows, galley, food and toilet. (35 slides) WORKSHEETS: 23 worksheets including - Labelling airport signs Making a passport Writing a postcard Describe the aiport pictures Label parts of a plane Maps of the world, Europe, the USA and the UK A place I would like to visit Plus A-Z lettering with airport picture background 3 pages of airport colour clipart Writing border sheets Some of the PowerPoints include a linked video to watch. This is a link shared through SafeShare TV - a programme that filters adverts and unwanted advertising from the clip. You may need to check if you can access this in school. The links were checked before uploading, but if any don’t work, feel free to contact me and I will update them.

A set of display resources and word mat looking at castle life and people living in castles. CASTLE ATTACK AND DEFENCE - 9 A4 sheets with pictures and titles: trebuchet, catapult, battering ram, coat of arms, bow and arrow, shield, sword, cannon, and chain mail. CASTLE BUILDINGS - 15 A4 sheets with pictures and titles: Motte and bailey, castle, tower, gatehouse, moat, drawbridge, turrets, portcullis, loophole, flag, castle ruins, wall walk, drum tower, inner ward, and curtain wall. CASTLES A4 HEADER - an A4 printable sheet with the title 'Castles'. CASTLES LETTERING - Large lettering that can be printed out as a banner, or the letters can be cut out. CASTLES WORD MAT - Castle vocabulary for spelling / writing prompts. MEDIEVAL ACTIVITIES - 8 A4 sheets with pictures and titles: Banqueting, jousting, hunting, praying, dancing, hawking, fairs, music. MEDIEVAL PEOPLE - 24 A4 sheets with pictures and titles: Lord, lady, priest, scribe, knight, squire, page, guard, archer, crossbowman, swordsman, soldier, messenger, porter, blacksmith, cooper, musician, jester, maid, laundress, cook, peasants, embroiderer, and servant. MEDIEVAL PEOPLE WORD MAT - 12 different medieval people.

POWERPOINTS: Introduction: Looks at London and its location in the UK London in the 17th century: What was it like in London long ago: Looks at the houses, materials and London Bridge What was it like in the 1600s: Pictures and descriptions of rich and poor people; the Civil War; Charles II; and the Black Death What happened in 1666 and how do we know about it: Samuel Pepys and John Evelyn, and a timeline The Great Fire of London: Story in diary style about the events that happened during the fire with excerpts from Samuel Pepys diary; what happened after the fire: Rebuilding, Christopher Wren’s plans and a view of London then and now. Questions: Asks children questions to recap learning, including an event ordering activity. WORKSHEETS (IN PDF TO PRINT OUT) Acrostic poem sheets x 3 different versions Blank writing frame: To write about the different events of the fire Cards - pictures and labels: Containing key vocabulary / characters etc. Can be used for card games and display. Diary writing sheet Newspaper report blank Newspaper report - The London Gazette heading, with space for children to write a report Sequencing pictures - 6 pictures to cut and stick in the order of events Speech bubble questions - Can be used for writing activities or display Topic covers x5: With and without pictures for the children to colour /design topic book front cover Word Mat - with key vocabulary and pictures for the topic Wordsearch x 2 Writing border x 3: Lined, plain and wider lines Writing sheet x 4 with pictures of Samuel Pepys, John Evelyn, Fire scene and a 17th century house. DISPLAY (IN PDF TO PRINT OUT) A4 heading A-Z lettering Banner - The Great Fire of London - prints onto 2 pages Display borders: 2 different versions, flames and Tower Bridge on fire Photographs of modern London (14) Pictures of the Fire of London Portraits of people involved in the Great Fire of London The London Gazette, reporting about the Fire The Londoners Lamentation, a pamphlet written just after the fire Timeline posters: 17 pages, including weather reports for each day. Vocabulary display with pictures Vocabulary cards

An alphabet of dinosaurs, 2 per each A4 page

A set of IWB lessons, worksheets, activities, planning and display resources following the 2014 curriculum. It includes 8 powerpoint lessons, worksheets, activities, games and display.

A pack of powerpoint lessons, activities, games and display Powerpoint files: A pack of worksheets, activities, cards and display resources for a dinosaurs topic. ACTIVITIES Acrostic poem templates x 2 Bones - different lengths to use for sequencing activities Coloured bookmarks with dinosaurs - 4 different designs Black and white bookmarks - 8 different designs Cards - 9 cards with different dinosaurs on for matching/snap games Colouring scenes - 11 different designs containing different types of dinosaurs Counting dinosaurs - 12 different amounts of dinosaurs with space to write the number. Dinosaur eggs - different sizes for sequencing Dinosaur masks - black and white to colour Dinosaur masks (colour) Black and white dinosaur pictures - 13 simple line drawings to colour/cut out etc Dinosaur information cards - to fill in Dinosaurs - different sizes for sequencing (2 different designs) Finger puppet dinosaurs - small images for puppets 3 x dinosaur themed jigsaws Topic covers x 3 Wordsearch Writing border DISPLAY A4 heading Alphabet - 2 versions, one on an egg, the other on an image of a dinosaur hatching. A-Z lettering, plus numbers and punctuation, with a dinosaur background image Banner x 2 designs - large 3 page banners Border with dinosaurs to frame a display Clipart dinosaurs, for activities or display Dinosaur alphabet capitals (2 letters per page; the letters are inside the dinosaur body) Dinosaur skeletons - 5 different images Numberline - Dinosaur egg - to 20 with numerals and writing Numbers 1-100, with odd and even numbers different colours Posters - 10 A5 posters containing images and vocabulary Word mat - with vocabulary the children may need.

A set of IWB lessons, worksheets, activities, planning and display resources following the new science 2014 curriculum.

A set of number rhyme resources to use when teaching about food in the Early Years. It includes display headings, rhymes, props etc. The rhymes are: One potato Two potato 5 Big Lemons 5 Crispy Pancakes 5 Currant Buns 5 Fat Peas 10 Fat Sausages

POWERPOINTS: 5 Little Reindeer: The song Can you solve the problems for Santa - 15 problem solving questions (Suitable for Y1, but you could adapt it for other years) Christmas around the World - How Christmas is celebrated in 12 other countries Christmas Carols - Words for Silent Night; The First Noel; We Three Kings; Away in a Manger Christmas Songs - Words for Frosty the Snowman; Jingle Bells; Must be Santa; Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer; We wish you a Merry Christmas Christmas Facts - Interesting facts about Christmas Jingle Bells - The song The Nativity Story The Three Kings poem Twinkle Twinkle Winter Poetry

This set of cards includes 56 general minibeasts (mainly ones found in the UK); 10 UK butterflies and 10 of the UK's most common spiders. Also included in each set is an A4 heading. The cards can be printed out for classification activities, observation,sorting activities etc.

A set of A5 cards containing 58 different common UK flowers. Each card contains the name of the plant / flower and a photograph. Also included are two A4 titles and large 'Flowers' lettering