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We have been sharing teaching ideas, classroom activities and display resources online since 1998. Our sites are visited by millions of teachers, educators and parents every year and our teaching materials are in use in classrooms around the world every day. We hope that our ideas and resources to you. Feel free to visit our websites: Teaching Ideas - http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/ Teaching Packs - http://www.teachingpacks.co.uk/ ... and contact us if you have any questions.

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We have been sharing teaching ideas, classroom activities and display resources online since 1998. Our sites are visited by millions of teachers, educators and parents every year and our teaching materials are in use in classrooms around the world every day. We hope that our ideas and resources to you. Feel free to visit our websites: Teaching Ideas - http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/ Teaching Packs - http://www.teachingpacks.co.uk/ ... and contact us if you have any questions.
Christmas Present Maths - Area and Perimeter Problems
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Christmas Present Maths - Area and Perimeter Problems

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A festive resource that your children can use to review their area and perimeter skills! Two versions are included with rectangles and compound shapes. Differentiated versions of each are also included with gridlines or measurements. Find more resources like this in our Christmas Pack at www.teachingpacks.co.uk
Punctuation Mats
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Punctuation Mats

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Help your children to review their knowledge of different types of punctuation with our colourful Punctuation Mats! Add them to a classroom display board or use them as reference mats on students' tables. Three versions are included with different terminology for those who use the terms speech marks / inverted commas / quotation marks and full stops / periods. Find more resources like this in our Punctuation Pack at www.teachingpacks.co.uk
Puzzling Pictures - Inference and Deduction Resource
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Puzzling Pictures - Inference and Deduction Resource

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This popular resource includes 20 high quality images for your children to explore. Each picture has a set of related questions to help your students review their inference and deduction skills. Use them as an independent / group classroom activity, during your guided reading sessions or as part of your English display boards. Find more resources like this in our Comprehension Pack at www.teachingpacks.co.uk
Ancient Greece Word Mat
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Ancient Greece Word Mat

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A handy printable mat that includes a selection of words linked to Ancient Greece. Use it as a classroom display resource or a reference mat on your children's tables. Includes the following words and images: * Parthenon / temple / Acropolis, * Minoan / Mycenaean, * Olympia / Olympic Games, * god / goddess / Zeus / Hera / Hades / Underworld, * pottery / amphora, * theatre / play / comedy / tragedy / mask * Athens / Troy / Sparta / city-state ... and more! Download our enormous Ancient Greece Pack from www.teachingpacks.co.uk
Recount Writing Posters
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Recount Writing Posters

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Teach your children about all aspects of writing a recount with our eye catching posters. They're perfect for showing on an interactive whiteboard as part of whole class teaching or on your classroom display boards. Includes information on: * What is recount writing? * Who do we write recounts for? * Types of recount writing, * Organisation, * Chronological Order, * First or Third Person? * Using the Past Tense, * Connectives and Conjunctions, * Personal or Impersonal? * How to improve your recounts. Find more resources like this in our Recount Writing Pack at www.teachingpacks.co.uk
Time Matching Cards
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Time Matching Cards

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This resource is a HUGE set of cards showing different times in analogue, digital and word formats. Challenge your children to sort or order them... or use them for a 'matching pairs' game. Includes 43 pages of printable cards with: * 'o'clock' times, * 'half past' times, * 'quarter past' and 'quarter to' times, * plenty of other random times! A blank set of cards is also included so that you can make up your own versions! Find other related resources in our 'Telling the Time' pack at https://www.teachingpacks.co.uk/the-telling-the-time-pack/
Measuring Lines - Activity Resource
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Measuring Lines - Activity Resource

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Give your children practice measuring lines with these printable activity sheets. Four sheets are included. These feature horizontal and diagonal lines and require children to measure in centimetres and millimetres. Please ensure that the document is printed at 100% on A4 paper to ensure the lines are the correct measurements. Answers are included on the final page. Find more resources like this in our Length Pack at www.teachingpacks.co.uk
Shakespearean Phrases - Matching Activity
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Shakespearean Phrases - Matching Activity

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Challenge your students to match these Shakespearean phrases with their meanings. Sixteen different phrases are included with their meanings. Cut them out, jumble them up and ask your students to match them back together again! Find more resources like this in our Shakespeare Mini Pack at www.teachingpacks.co.uk
Fire Safety - Poster and Activity Template
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Fire Safety - Poster and Activity Template

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This resource can be used to teach your children about fire safety. Share the poster on a classroom display board or use it as a whole class teaching tool on your interactive whiteboard. Two versions are available (using 999 / 911 emergency numbers) and a blank template is also included so that your children can add their own fire safety information. Find more resources like this at www.teachingpacks.co.uk
'About Me' Profiles for Transition Activities
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'About Me' Profiles for Transition Activities

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This resource includes a range of templates that your children can use to create profiles about themselves. They're perfect for use as part of transition / orientation activities when students are preparing to move to a new class or school. They're also a great resource to help teachers find out more about their children and for children to find out more about their classmates. This PDF includes: * A bunting template, * Bookmarks, * An 'About Me' scroll, * An emoji themed template, * A social media profile. Find more resources like this in our Transition Mini Pack at www.teachingpacks.co.uk
The Human Body Book
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The Human Body Book

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A 48 page guide to the human body that you can use as a whole class teaching tool... or that your children can use for group / independent research! Includes information about the skeleton, muscles, the lungs, the heart, the digestive system, the kidneys, the skin, the eyes, the ears, the nose and mouth, the nervous system, the immune system and keeping healthy. Also includes a comprehensive glossary with related words and their definitions. Don't forget to download our HUGE Human Body resource pack from www.teachingpacks.co.uk
Persuasive Writing Guide
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Persuasive Writing Guide

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Teach your children about the features of persuasive writing with our printable guide. Includes information about: * Different types of persuasive writing, * Organisation and layout, * Points and Elaboration, * Present Tense, * Conjunctions, * Emotive Language, * Fact and Opinion, * Challenging the Reader, * Rhetorical Questions, * Advertising. Share this PDF with your children on an interactive whiteboard or print it for use as part of shared reading activities... or add it to your classroom display boards! Download thousands of other resources like this from www.teachingpacks.co.uk
Kung Fu Phonics (Phases 2, 3, 4 and 5)
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Kung Fu Phonics (Phases 2, 3, 4 and 5)

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This HUGE resource can be used as a simple reading resource or for games of 'Noughts and Crosses / OXO / Tic-Tac-Toe' (where children mark the words with an X or an O but have to read them first!). Eighty-two pages are included with a variety of words from Phases 2, 3, 4 and 5 phonics. Find more resources like this in our Phonics Pack at www.teachingpacks.co.uk
Differentiated Sudoku Maths Challenges
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Differentiated Sudoku Maths Challenges

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This resource includes FORTY different Sudoku maths challenges for your children to try (with 4x4 and 6x6 grids). These could be used as activities in your Maths lessons, as early morning work, for early finishers or as resources to challenge students during rainy breaktimes. Answers are also included for busy teachers and for self-checking. Find more resources like this in our Wet Play Pack at www.teachingpacks.co.uk
Social Media Profiles - Internet Safety Resource
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Social Media Profiles - Internet Safety Resource

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Can your children look at these six fictional social media profiles and identify any potential issues. Possible answers include: * Numbers of friends - Do these people actually know that many people in real life? * Location - Giving away where you live, go to school or where you are at a particular time. * Age - Use of social media by children who are younger than the specified age limits. * Photos - Sharing images of others without their permission. ... and much more! Find more resources like this in our Internet Safety Pack at www.teachingpacks.co.uk
Toy Store Money Problems
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Toy Store Money Problems

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A collection of three differentiated challenges that are based on items in a toy store. Can your children find the correct prices and solve the word problems? Includes questions involving doubling, calculating change, total prices, differences, price increases / decreases and more. Answers are also included for teachers and self-checking. Find more resources like this in our Decimals Pack at www.teachingpacks.co.uk
TripReviewers - Recount Writing Template
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TripReviewers - Recount Writing Template

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Ask your children to write a 'review' of a place they have visited during school holidays / weekends with our 'TripReviewers' templates. You could also use it to review the destination of a recent school visit / trip. Six different templates are included so that you can use them with children of different ages and abilities. A fantastic way of encouraging children to demonstrate their recount writing skills. Find more resources like this in our Holiday Activity Mini Pack at https://www.teachingpacks.co.uk/the-holiday-activity-mini-pack/
The History of Computers - Posters
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The History of Computers - Posters

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A selection of posters that show some of the key events in the history of computers. Includes references to Charles Babbage, Konrad Zuse, Alan Turing, the first portable computer, the first computer virus, the invention of the World Wide Web and more! Download lots of other FREE related resources on our site at www.teachingideas.co.uk
The Aztecs - Fact Cards
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The Aztecs - Fact Cards

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A set of 20 fact cards to teach your children about the Aztecs. These could be printed and used on a classroom display board, used as a shared reading resource or shown on an interactive whiteboard for use as a teaching tool. A blank set of 'cards' is also available so that your children can write their own facts as part of their own research into the topic. Find more Aztecs resources (and other FREE fact cards) on our site at www.teachingideas.co.uk
Olympics Inspiration Posters
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Olympics Inspiration Posters

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A collection of 10 high quality images with question prompts that you can use as the starting point for Olympics-themed activities in your classroom. These could be used as writing / discussion prompts or as inspiration for a number of other classroom activities. Download more of these FREE Olympics Inspiration Posters from our site at www.teachingideas.co.uk