A super-fun activity for Valentine’s Day. Make these secret code wheels and use them to write a secret message/card for someone special. Included: ♦ 15 templates (different pictures in each wheel). ♦ Teacher notes. ♦ Joke – for your students to decipher using their code wheel. ♦ Writing template – for your students to write a secret message on. ♦ 2 card templates – for your students to write a secret message in. Pictures on the inner wheels: Furry love monster, cupcake, cupcake with sign, heart (dotty), heart (concentric), heart (zig-zag), heart (stripes), heart (scalloped edge), flower, tree with hearts, bee, bee mine, bear, lovebug, frog. What you need: All you need is a split pin (otherwise known as a brad pin), or alternatively just use a push-pin and attach it to a pin board or something soft like an eraser. They work fine with paper if you don’t have a supply of card. This template: This template has the upper case alphabet on the outer wheel and the lower case alphabet (both ordered) on the inner wheel. Other templates available from my TES store: Alphabet and Symbol Blank Template Alphabet and alphabet (jumbled) Alphabet and number (ordered) Alphabet and number (jumbled) You can also purchase all 6 templates as a 'bundle' for a heavily discounted price. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

A super-fun activity for Valentine’s Day. Make these secret code wheels and use them to write a secret message/card for someone special. Included: ♦ 15 templates (different pictures in each wheel). ♦ Teacher notes. ♦ Joke – for your students to decipher using their code wheel. ♦ Writing template – for your students to write a secret message on. ♦ 2 card templates – for your students to write a secret message in. Pictures on the inner wheels: Furry love monster, cupcake, cupcake with sign, heart (dotty), heart (concentric), heart (zig-zag), heart (stripes), heart (scalloped edge), flower, tree with hearts, bee, bee mine, bear, lovebug, frog. What you need: All you need is a split pin (otherwise known as a brad pin), or alternatively just use a push-pin and attach it to a pin board or something soft like an eraser. They work fine with paper if you don’t have a supply of card. This template: This template has the alphabet on the outer wheel and numbers (jumbled) on the inner wheel. Other templates available from my TES store: Alphabet and Symbol Blank Template Alphabet and alphabet (ordered) Alphabet and alphabet (jumbled) Alphabet and number (ordered) You can also purchase all 6 resources as a 'bundle' for a heavily discounted price. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

A super-fun activity for Valentine’s Day. Make these secret code wheels and use them to write a secret message/card for someone special. Included: ♦ 15 templates (different pictures in each wheel). ♦ Teacher notes. ♦ Joke – for your students to decipher using their code wheel. ♦ Writing template – for your students to write a secret message on. ♦ 2 card templates – for your students to write a secret message in. Pictures on the inner wheels: Furry love monster, cupcake, cupcake with sign, heart (dotty), heart (concentric), heart (zig-zag), heart (stripes), heart (scalloped edge), flower, tree with hearts, bee, bee mine, bear, lovebug, frog. What you need: All you need is a split pin (otherwise known as a brad pin), or alternatively just use a push-pin and attach it to a pin board or something soft like an eraser. They work fine with paper if you don’t have a supply of card. This template: This template has the alphabet on the outer wheel and numbers (ordered) on the inner wheel. Other templates that are available from my TES store: Alphabet and Symbol Blank Template Alphabet and alphabet (ordered) Alphabet and alphabet (jumbled) Alphabet and number (jumbled) You can also purchase the 'bundle' for a heavily discounted price. The bundle includes all 6 different code breaking templates. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

A super-fun activity for Valentine’s Day. Make these secret code wheels and use them to write a secret message/card for someone special. Included: ♦ 15 templates (different pictures in each wheel). ♦ Teacher notes. ♦ Joke – for your students to decipher using their code wheel. ♦ Writing template – for your students to write a secret message on. ♦ 2 card templates – for your students to write a secret message in. Pictures on the inner wheels: Furry love monster, cupcake, cupcake with sign, heart (dotty), heart (concentric), heart (zig-zag), heart (stripes), heart (scalloped edge), flower, tree with hearts, bee, bee mine, bear, lovebug, frog. What you need: All you need is a split pin (otherwise known as a brad pin), or alternatively just use a push-pin and attach it to a pin board or something soft like an eraser. They work fine with paper if you don’t have a supply of card. This template: This template has the alphabet on the outer wheel and symbols on the inner wheel. Other templates that are available from my TES store: Blank Template Alphabet and alphabet (ordered) Alphabet and alphabet (jumbled) Alphabet and number (ordered) Alphabet and number (jumbled) All of the templates are also available as a 'bundle' for a heavily discounted price. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

A super-fun activity for Valentine’s Day. Make these secret code wheels and use them to write a secret message/card for someone special. Included: ♦ 15 templates (different pictures in each wheel). ♦ Teacher notes. ♦ Writing template – for your students to write a secret message on. ♦ 2 card templates – for your students to write a secret message in. Pictures on the inner wheels: Furry love monster, cupcake, cupcake with sign, heart (dotty), heart (concentric), heart (zig-zag), heart (stripes), heart (scalloped edge), flower, tree with hearts, bee, bee mine, bear, lovebug, frog. What you need: All you need is a split pin (otherwise known as a brad pin), or alternatively just use a push-pin and attach it to a pin board or something soft like an eraser. They work fine with paper if you don’t have a supply of card. This template: This template is blank. Your students will need to write the alphabet on the outer wheel, and something on the inner wheel (alphabet, numbers, symbols). Other templates that are available on my TES store: Alphabet and Symbol Alphabet and alphabet (ordered) Alphabet and alphabet (jumbled) Alphabet and number (ordered) Alphabet and number (jumbled) © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

This is a bundle of secret code wheels that are for Valentine’s Day. There are 6 different types of code wheels: * Alphabet and alphabet (ordered a-z) * Alphabet and alphabet (jumbled) * Alphabet and number (ordered 1-26) * Alphabet and number (jumbled) * Alphabet and symbol * Blank - write the alphabet and create your own code Each resource has 15 code wheel templates, each with Valentine’s Day pictures on the inner wheel. 5 of the resources contain a Valentine’s Day joke for your students to decipher with their wheel (the blank one doesn't contain the joke). All of the resources contain a Valentine’s Day themed template for writing a secret code on (lined and unlined) as well as 2 card templates. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

18 animals with a Santa hat. Black and white templates for your students to colour. Attach a craft stick to make a stick puppet. 6 different puppets per page. A fun Christmas activity. Animals include: cow goat cat dog x2 sheep x2 lion penguin hippo elephant octopus mouse owl pig walrus bunny llama © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Fun Christmas Gameboards - ‘4 in a row’ How to play: Roll the dice, read the word, find the picture and put a counter on it. The first person to get 4 of their counters in a row is the winner. Equipment needed: one dice (numbered 1-6) and counters for each player. Number of players: works best with 2 players. What you get: 4 games with different Christmas images. Each game comes in two versions – plain white background, or blue background. Plus a freebie: Christmas 3D shapes – 4 in a row gameboard (cone, sphere, pyramid, cube, cylinder, cuboid/rectangular prism) © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

War themed publishing paper. Suitable for presenting poems, facts, diary writing, narrative, etc. • Lined and unlined. • A4 and Letter size paper. 10 pictures are black silhouettes. 4 pictures are suitable for colouring in. Silhouette images are: Line of soldiers on crest of hill Row of soldiers with guns pointing up Soldiers and cannon Army tank Kneeling soldier Soldier’s face (side profile) Soldiers marching with US flag War ship 3 soldiers in action poses Soldier walking Blackline images are: Army truck Army tank Army Hummer vehicle Army boot ************************************************************* © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources Keywords: ANZAC Day, Rememberance Day, Veterans Day, Armistice Day, War study.

Professor Diggalot has discovered some ancient documents that belonged to the ‘Puggawigga’ people from long ago. He has been unable to decipher the mysterious code that these texts are written in, so he has written to you to ask if you can help him. Are you up for the challenge? Interesting, fun facts about 22 different minibeasts are written in code and displayed on ancient parchment paper. (Plain black and white copy is also included) This resource includes: * Scenario outline * Teacher notes – how to decipher the code, etc. * List of the 22 minibeasts * Poster – definition of minibeast / invertebrate * Letter from Professor Diggalot (requesting your assistance) * Photo of Professor Diggalot at the site of the Puggawigga ruins * Ancient document - alphabet grid * Code breaking tool – alphabet grid - student handout (also in black and white) * Ancient documents on parchment paper (the codes) (also in black and white) * Answers Facts/Codes for these 22 creatures: Ladybug, grasshopper, ant, wasp, spider, praying mantis, moth, butterfly, snail, worm, bumble bee, dragonfly, honey bee, earwig, flea, mosquito, fly, aphid, caterpillar, cicada, cockroach, millipede. A super-fun activity for learning about minibeasts / invertebrates. Get your code-breaking cap on! © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources