A PowerPoint lesson introducing children to Advent and exploring the symbolism behind it. The slides will take your pupils on an exciting journey exploring the origins of Advent and what makes it important to Christians. The PowerPoint included information on the Advent season; advent calendars; christingles; advent wreaths and candles; There are 3 activities included in the lesson: 1. Sequencing the story of Jesus' birth. 2. Exploring the events the local churches hold during Advent. 3. Watching a video about Papa Panov. There is an independent worksheet that asks the children to circle the symbols of Advent and write a paragraph describing their feelings (anticipation) during the season. Suitable for KS2

French Valentine’s Day Cards Joyeuse Saint Valentin! This resource contains cards with 5 different designs for children to colour and present to their loved ones on Valentine’s Day. I have also included a fill in the words French poem for more advanced learners. Cards can be printed on A4 cardstock, coloured or decorated. Thank you for your interest, Hoppy Times

Tolerance Value Display Remind your students about Tolerance with this simple but powerful display kit. The kit includes: main poster (A4); word cards (x2 per A4 page); Tolerance letters in blue and white ; pictures of the globe and children. Sizes can be altered when printing. Suitable for KS2/3. In .pdf format (not editable). You might also be interested in: British Values Display

A fun and interactive 27-slide PowerPoint presentation about Mother’s Day (Mothering Sunday), its UK origins and traditions. Suitable for stand alone lessons and assemblies in KS1/KS2. Fully editable text can be tailored to the needs of your pupils. After a short starter, pupils learn about the history of Mother’s Day and its religious origins. Information about modern Mother’s Day is also included, as well as a fun facts quiz, inspirational quotes and colourful illustrations. Thank you for your interest. HoppyTimes

In this product I've included 2 colourful Cafe shop menus. Prices are in pounds and pence. The second menu shows prices in pence only. Each menu comes with 12 task cards/ worded problems for children to solve. These differentiated activities are suitable for KS2 Years 3 - 5.

Halloween Maths Murder Mystery . Suitable for KS2 (Years 4-6) Great revision tool with a number of topics covered - 4 operations, times tables, time,problem solving, etc. Easier and harder versions included. Colourful graphics, can be printed in black and white with no quality lost. The resource has 6 pages (a cover page, 4 pages with the activity, and 1 with HoppyTimes’ terms and conditions). Solution included. Thank you for your interest in my products! Hoppy Times

The resource follows the National Curriculum guidelines for Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar in Lower KS2 (Years 3 and 4) This HUGE set will give you everything you need for your SPaG wall. Included are 22 posters and 26 vocabulary cards on various SPaG topics. Posters: prepositions, root words, suffixes, prefixes, conjunctions, possessive nouns, possessive pronouns, plural nouns, word families, homophones, direct speech, articles, adverbs, fronted adverbials, pronouns, paragraphs, headings and subheadings, Present Perfect and Past Simple, main clause, subordinate clause, noun phrases, determiners. Can be printed as A4 or A3 (just change the settings on your Print page). The posters can also be scaled down (choose Multiple on the Print page) and used as reference cards - the choice is yours! Thank you for interest in my products! Hoppy Times

KS2 Science PowerPoint Lesson and worksheets This is the first lesson in a series of Year 3 Science lessons on Plants. Corresponds to the Year 3 Science statutory requirements: identify and describe the functions of different parts of flowering plants: roots, stem/trunk, leaves and flowers. Can also be used as an introduction to plants lesson in Year 2. 19 pages that will take your students on an exploratory journey to recap and discover different plant parts and their functions. The PowerPoint includes a starter, a number of engaging activities, an opportunity for independent work and assessment. The worksheets that go with the lesson are: Label Parts of a Plant (easier and harder), KWL chart and a template for creating their own plant. The PowePoint is fully editable, making it easier to customise and tailor to the needs of your class. HoppyTimes

Christmas Card Craft (English and French) I am giving away this resource completely free to say thank you to all my buyers and followers for their support over the last year. Have a fantastic Christmas! An easy to make Christmas card, all you need is some A4 card paper, access to printer, scissors, glue and colouring pencils. Suitable for all ages. Wording in French and English. The inside can be personalised with a Christmas message. Thank you for your interest, HoppyTimes

A matching card game activity for pupils studying states of matter. Put the larger states of matter cards face down on the table, scatter the statements cards around. Children take turns picking up two cards, if they match - they keep the card. The game continues until all of the cards are gone.

Up for your consideration is a complete lesson PowerPoint on Pentecost. Suitable for KS2 RE lessons in years 3 / 4. Child friendly graphics; link to videos; range of activities including discussions and independent work where children are invited to write what their own cinquain poem and design a Pentecost symbol . Teacher’s notes included in the PowerPoint. All the text is editable. Please check my other lessons from the EASTER UNIT series.

Up for your consideration is the board game on the life of Moses (Religious Education) The game needs to be printed on A3 (as too small for A4); it can be then laminated and enjoyed by the pupils year after year. All you need is dice and counters. Great for group work. Suitable for KS1 and KS2

French Mother’s Day Cards A set of 12 Mother’s day cards in French. Various designs. A bonus acrostic poem for Maman also included. The cards can be printed on A4 cardstock, coloured or decorated by the students and presented to their loved ones on Mother’s Day. The resource is in .pdf format and not editable. You might also be interested in Mother’s Day Assembly and Mother’s Day Postcards Thank you for your interest. Hoppy Times

Year 5 / 6 Common Exception Words Spelling Activities ( set 2) This is the second set in the series of activities to practise the spellings of Year 5 and 6 Common Exception Words. The activities in this set are based on the following 10 words of the list - available, average, awkward, bargain, bruise, category, cemetery, committee, communicate, community. The activities include : page 1 - cover page 2 - mini word lists page 3 - Look, say, cover, write, check activity pages 4 - 8 - words flash cards pages 9 - 10 - Word Search (with answers) page 11 - Which is correct? activity page 12 - Spelling Rainbow activity page 13 - Word Puzzles activity page 14 -credits Follow the link for Set 1, which is free. More sets will appear shortly. Each will include at least 5 spelling activities, plus mini word lists and flash cards. These will later be combined into a bundle. If you like the quality of my work, please consider leaving a rating/ review. Thank you for your interest in my products. Hoppy Times

Insect Life Cycle Lesson National Curriculum link: describe the differences in the life cycles of a mammal, an amphibian, an insect and a bird; describe the life process of reproduction in some plants and animals. The resource consists of: A 21-slide PowerPoint Presentation on insect life cycles (the presentation explains what a life cycle is, details the differences between complete and incomplete metamorphosis using a butterfly as an example of a life cycle with 4 stages - egg, larva, pupa, adult) Insect Life Cycle Posters (butterfly and stag beetle) Activity 1 (labelling parts of an insect) Activity 2 (completing a life cycle of a butterfly) Activity 3 (completing a Venn diagram to compare the life cycles of a stag beetle and a dragonfly ) All the text in the presentation is editable. Activities are in .pdf format and can not be edited (if you need anything changing or adapting, please get in touch). Thank you for your interest HoppyTimes

Merry Christmas Bookmarks German The resource has 16 black and white bookmarks for your students to colour and personalise. Great as a reward, prize or present. Images include: Christmas presents, stockings, bells, ornaments, elves, candy cane, Christmas tree, Christmas muffins. The resource contains 5 pages, with 4 bookmarks per page; page 5 - HoppyTimes terms and conditions. English and French versions of the same resource are also available. Happy Christmas! HoppyTimes

I have created these to remind the children of what the subordinating conjunctions (or connectives) are. They are shaped as cute pencils which can be laminated, cut out and displayed on your SPaG or English board. Included are 15 pencils with different conjunctions written on them (with 2 blank ones to write your own). The images are of great quality. There are 3 pencils per page of A4 but could be printed on A3 if larger pictures required.

Suitable for KS 1 and 2. A set of 4 maths operations and key words that go with them. Instant Maths display, just print, laminate and arrange the circles and the key word cards on your Maths board for children to refer to throughout the year.

A word mat to go with this popular primary topic on the Vikings. A Viking display is also available here ( https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-vikings-display-11694402 )

A basic worksheet that I made to be used when teaching 2-digit addition.