These giant vegetables were made by Nursery children, with some adult help.... We looked at pictures and decided to make the vegetables really big... They look great on display, but were quite fragile and not that good for play activities.

Slides show of how to carry out an investigation using quadrilaterals.

This power point shows the work of reception class as they designed and made their own shoes. Some help was necessary for cutting the corrugated card and the fabric. We used a wide variety of materials and used our imagination to put the pieces together to make a pair of shoes.. 120 children took part in this project- that's 240 cardboard soles..!!

This is a set of planning frames, for a variety of biographies about a selection of people from past times. The biography text can be used to analyse, deconstruct or extend, to allow children to recognise the structure and sequence of a biography text. The planning frame can be used to allow the children to research information using a variety of sources, so that they can them write a biography text.

Succinct planning, analysis sheet, DT design format, Analysis proforma and power point, to encourage and suggest some ideas as starting points for children to think about their own designs. This selection is mainly for purses of different sorts, but the concept could be widened out considerably. Encourage children to think for themselves, rather than produce something 'suitable' for a display...

This is a selection of ideas for supporting children who find it difficult to access the general classroom activities. They help the child to contextualize reading and writing, as well as the recognition skills and intrinsic meaning within the process of learning to read, and then write. The formats can be changed to suit children as individuals, and their particular interests and choices. Could also be used in other situations, such as supporting children learning English as a new language. These items could also be made more complex, as the child progresses.

A short paper covering what could be included in sketch books.

power point to rehearse rhythms

A power point to promote discussion among children regarding the process of dissolving and reversibility. This could be applied to other life situations for similar discussions as class or group, etc.

Power point to show rhythm and beat.

This set includes a power point of Aztec Art produced by Primary School children. It shows a range of outcomes- weaving, drawing, clay modelling and printing. There is one planning sheet from a lesson on this topic.

An activity to stimulate thought and reasoning around negative and positive numbers and how they work. My intention is to help children think around an idea and how it could be used in life and philosophical ideas in modern presentations of mathematical ideas. This power point is a background for discussion and questions that relate to positive and negative numbers.

Set of resources for teaching explanitory text. text about TEA growing.

Activity sheets for various ability groups. Children to work independently, or in pairs to classify animals into families throughout the Metazoa. Cut, sort, stick, match, or photograph....

This is a lesson plan set for a day devoted to Art, in reception class. It is designed to involve parents and allow then to work with their children on a range of Art projects throughout the day. This is to provide a link between home and school, and to encourage parents to be involved with Art in the work family setting.

This series of lessons has some resources for use over a three or four week period. It includes a mapping document; a four week overview; a three week planning sequence; a powerpoint of Art work produced and some pupils self-assessment remarks... Everything is flexible and is not meant to be a definitive pattern. It is best if children can work as independently as possible and learn the skills they need, as they themselves see the need. Mrs. Sides has got to like it....

These resources will get you started and motivated to examine this amazing piece of Art work. It has become part of Irish culture for a long time, and continues to be the premier manuscript for illustration and illumination. A power point, a series of planning documents and a pupil planning sheet are here. The humans will supply the rest...

These resources can be adapted for any age or ability group. Because of its nature, we cannot directly observe anything in its natural setting. Observation can from pictures, power points, books, You tube films. The first document Nisan overview of the scheme of work. The second is a sequence of planning for five days of work around this topic. The power point has the ideas and output of the Art work we did. Included here is a format for a pupil response sheet, and some examples of how the children responded to them. We really enjoyed this topic, as it still has an air of mystery and astounding beauty.

Algebra: Using letters as numbers.

A power point to recap or reinforce practical work researching forces that make objects move, speed up or go slower. This gives the opportunity for children to discuss what they have found out and summarize orally, what they have learned.