Here is a novel idea for making a Father’s Day card. Children design patterns onto the ties and assemble to make the card.

A Father’s Day / Celebrations PPT and activities. This is an animated PPT with 2 activity sheets as a follow up. Jo wants to get her dad a Father’s Day gift but she cannot decide what. There are 20 animated ideas to choose from. Children watch the PPT and help Jo to decide on a gift they feel would be suitable. The slides are animated so the children will delight in watching the present ideas on the TV, There are lots of details too on the slides for children to talk about and spot in the other slides. Some of these are animated also. The activity sheets are at the back: A writing frame for children to write their choice for Jo and their personal choice. They then draw these gift choices. Activity sheet 2 is for children to draw and label all the choices of gift. One is done for them. Extension activities include data handling - how many children chose the same or different gifts? Make a Father’s day gift, card or write a letter to dad.

3 different colour versions of this ‘I Love Dad’ Father’s Day card for children to choose from, cut, fold and make - green, pink and yellow. There is a black and white version that children can colour in themselves. There are also 2 inserts saying ‘Happy Father’s Day’ that children can paste inside their cards.

3 different butterfly colour patterns for children to copy. They could use a range of media such as felt pens, paint, collage or crayons. Extend by asking children to make a colour butterfly pattern for their friends to copy. Links to symmetry.

A set of activities for either/and EYFS and KS1 children linked to World Ocean Day and any topics on Water, Oceans and Seas and Animals. Resources: Colour and black and white fish border sheets for writing, drawing or pasting into. Colour and black and white animals for children to name and label and colour in. A word wall with 21 key words that children can use in their writing about the ocean. A writing frame for children to draw and write about the ocean.

4 colouring sheets linked to your 4th July Celebrations. Each sheet shows 6 pictures for children to talk about and colour in.

Here are some back to school activities to get children feeling positive about the future and encouraging them to talk about their feelings. There are 4 activities with a choice of writing frames. Suitable for KS1 and lower KS2.

Here are 4 worksheets in black and white for children who are moving up or on to a new class or school. The questions will help them to think about things that are important to them from this year, as well as look forward to the next step of their learning journey. The picture and shape outlines provide a writing scaffold with minimal writing for those who would find this difficult. Suitable for SEN pupils. Children can draw, write key words, captions or sentences as appropriate for them. Questions include important dates, people, happy thoughts and visits, three best moments, 4 feelings and what to put in a first aid kit when moving on.

A power point presentation to share with young children encouraging them to talk about keeping safe and road safety as well as observing sings all around. Slides 1 to 4 show colour images and words that children can name and discuss their meaning. Slide 5 can be printed off as a worksheet and asks the children to write about how to cross the road safely. Slide 6 is a table of some of the vocabulary the children could use in their writing or learn as part of their topic work. Slide 7 is a colouring sheet - children can colour this in or use it as a stimulus for making their own Road Safety doodle sheet or poster. Link this work to any topic on safety, ourselves or transport.

Here is a format for children to self review their year. Sheet 1 asks some questions that children might consider in writing their reviews. They can come up with others of their own. Sheet 2 and 3 are 2 versions of a template that children can write within. Suitable for all primary school children.

This an end of year task where children are given an example of a motivating poster and asked to make their own which would be given to the next person who will sit in their seat next year. There is a template for them to use to make their own poster and a section to make notes.

This colour banner is great on a display or it can be used as a basis for making a birthday card. Use also on your class birthday boards to show the children’s birthdays. There is a black and white copy for children to colour or paint to make it the same as the original or to make it their own. There is a large and small version of the banners in colour and black and white.

6 colour pages of cards with a beach/holiday/summer theme. Duplicate, laminate and cut to make playing cards, Bingo cards or flash cards. These cards are useful to encourage speaking and listening as well as creative writing. Add labels to the cards to make colourful classroom displays.

18 flashcards in colour and black and white with a Safety theme. Designed to be used as discussion cards around keeping safe and hazards all around. The cards come 2 to a sheet and sheets can be used as worksheets for children to discuss, colour, cut out, write about and display.

A number resource linked to transport and colour. Sheets: Colour the hot air balloon using the number code underneath A worked example Children add their own colours to the number boxes to make a different design Black and white ballooon and number boxes for children to design their own using numbers or letters or any other code they choose.

Here is a simple Autumn tale reading and writing activity. Children can read the text and fill in the missing words. The answers are given in red on the next slide and the pictures around the colour border help children with the words they need. There is a blank border page where children can make up their own Autumn tale and use the pictures to help them. Alternatively, they can draw a picture of the Autumn tale or an Autumn picture of their own. There are also colour flashcards without words and colour flashcards with words that can assist children with their reading and writing.

Brighten up your celebrations for the Queen’s platinum Jubilee with this colourful bunting. Print, cut and hang around the class, school or your displays. Each piece of bunting has a different picture related to the Queen or/ and London England. The colours are red, white and blue. The bunting can also be used to make celebration cards. There are 10 pages of bunting with 2 designs on each page.

12 different designs of A4 portrait page borders for your work on the Queen and/or the Platinum Jubilee celebrations. Children can use the border pages as writing or drawing frames or to paste in their work for displays.