An Easter assembly done as 5 news bulletin reports outlining the different parts of the Easter story as it may be reported today. I used this for the Easter service at church across 5 classes but easily adapted to an assembly and different groupings. 10 speaking parts. Could also be an Easter dram/RE/RME lesson.

Simple activity for data handling or for introducing classification in Science. Animals sheet give 3 sets of animals per sheet to save on printing. I also have anothe Carroll diagram resource which sorts dog biscuits.

2 threefold writing frames for children to write information about caring for pets. Aimed at about 5-6 year olds.

A presentation to discuss how image is airbrushed and we no longer know what is normal. Shows some celebrities on their normal days.

Simple worksheet to share what would be in our bag of worries. I then get children to colour code by underlining the ones we can give to someone else, deal with ourselves, etc. Great starter for a discussion about big problems, little problems.

A worksheet for children to draw or produce a cartoon for the creation story as told in the Bible and Torah. Editable in case you are only looking at one of these faiths. Scottish Curriculum RME 1-01a 2-01a 1-04a 2-04a.

Experiment to investigate the effects of salt and sand or grit on ice. Introduces the idea of a catalyst and explores why we grit the roads in winter. SCN 0-05a 1-05a 2-05a

Short biography of Romero Britto and pictures of some of his work on both PowerPoints. The first asks for the pupil to create a word or their name in Britto's style, the second asks them to create a Britto style Cheshire Cat.

Sheet to guide research into different types of fossil fuels or as a follow on from teaching input.

A great story to explain that everyone has different points of view depending on their experience. This sheet can be used to draw the elephant using the descriptions of the different blind men.

Guided worksheet to explore some the beliefs about Muhammad. I used alongside the video How Islam Began - In Ten Minutes which is easy to find online.

Can you describe Granny using similes? Worksheet to label her.

Names and pictures of a range of species indiginous to Scotland. I used it to provide a starting point for researching the animals that live here.

Guided research sheet to find out about Eric Liddell Scottish rugby player, Olympic medalist, missionary and prisoner of war and how his beliefs shaped his life. I have used clips from Chariots of Fire around this as well as an excellent PowerPoint downloaded from TES resources. Used as a series of lesson to explore the Scottish curriculum Development of Beliefs and Values RME 2-09a 2-09b RME 2-09c and RME 2-09d. Also used as a key Christian figure for RME 2-02a.

A PowerPoint describing the traditions of welcoming a baby into the Sikh faith and how names may be traditionally derived. Aimed at a young age group but would be easy to edit.

Double sided worksheet to guide a class through research about Global Warming and Climate Change. Scottish Curriculm SCN 2-04b 3-05b TCH 2-02b

I have run a shoe design challenge as a team building, business studies and enterprise topic. This sheet is for pupils to first design their trainer before pooling their team ideas on a larger A3 version. I have then given them a cheap plain white lace up gym shoe (small size and just 1 per group) to design a prototype with Sharpies they then market and advertise. Think Apprentice/Dragon's Den style. SOC 1-22a 2-22a TCH 1-11a 2-11a

A simple sheet for cutting and sticking ordinal numbers in the right order to match their names.

These look very effective as a wall display if you give a choice of bright colours for the lamps. The download is a PDF with instructions and templates for the lamps and flames. Top tip provide the glitter glue in the small plastic shot glasses you find in pound shops and give them cotton buds to apply it with. You only need to provide a tiny amount of glitter glue and it can all get binned at the end of the lesson ;)

I have used this many time in P1 (Reception) to get children to identify coins correctly. They place the coins under the sheet and use silver and bronze crayons to gently rub the design onto the sheet. They think this is magic and really enjoy the task. Works with plastic coins.