A PowerPoint presentation that provides a stimulus for discussion as to whether something is living or non-living. It uses the mnemonic 'Giants eat Ready Brek every morning' to remember the basic life processes: grow, eat, reproduce, breathe, excrete and move. Suitable from year 3 onwards.
One slide long PowerPoint to prompt pupils into asking, answering and writing about where they have been, what they have seen etc. Suitable from year 4 onwards.
A poster to help pupils remember to bring their kit on the correct day. This can also be used as a letter to parents. Change MONDAY to suit the day your class have P.E.
A PowerPoint presentation in which each slide has a different question for groups of pupils to discuss. Questions include: 'If you were invisible for a day, what would you do?' and 'If you could change one of your family's rules, which would you change?' Suitable from year 3 onwards.
PowerPoint slides in which pupils estimate and add weights. Worksheets that require pupils to convert from kg and grams and vice versa. Worksheets with simple problem solving differentiated three ways. Suitable from year 4 onwards.
An activity in which pupils 'chunk' polysyllabic words ending in -tion and -sion. Includes activity for pupils to match words to definitions too. Suitable from year 4 onwards.
A worksheet on which pupils can use coloured pens to highlight: double letters, a word in a word, 'sandwiches' (two identical letters either side of another letter, e.g. ici) and vowels. They will consider the word's shape and draw a box around it, chunk it into parts using syllables, write it with their 'other' hand, write in capital letters, write with their eyes closed and speed write (write as many times as possible in one minute). A fun activity that children love! Suitable from year 3 onwards.