I have been teaching primary age children in Australia, UK and China for over 35 years. My resources are based on English and Maths themes. It is exciting to be at the cutting edge of creating resources when we have an instant source of prime feedback to test those resources. Our students! I hope that you and your students will find something useful in my large collection of resources
I have been teaching primary age children in Australia, UK and China for over 35 years. My resources are based on English and Maths themes. It is exciting to be at the cutting edge of creating resources when we have an instant source of prime feedback to test those resources. Our students! I hope that you and your students will find something useful in my large collection of resources
Lexile = 640
Reading Age Guide = 9-11
A unique set of activities that will engage your students focus, ignite their learning and strengthen your Billionaire Boy unit of work.
The overall objective is to have fun, with learning bubbling excitingly in the background.
**Billionaire Boy Spelling Board Game **- Billionaire Boy themed words
2x A4 playing boards - join together. Enlarge to A3 for best results
54 squares on the playing board.
16 Spelling Starter Game words - In addition, use the **Game Word Template **option to create your own words for the board game
Game instructions
Game Life Cards
**Spelling Worksheet Template **- Type in your own Daily Themed Target word (e.g. BILLIONAIRE ) - 10 questions on each sheet e.g. Arrange the letters of the word in alphabetical order.
Edit the questions to suit your own targets
**Creative Writing Prompt **- Billionaire Boy theme.
**Homework Activities x3 - Billionaire Boy Theme
**Quiz **- Multiple Choice - Billionaire Boy theme
**Wordsearch **- Billionaire Boy theme
**Comprehension ** Billionaire Boy worksheet with answers
**Story Starters ** Billionaire Boy Adventure Theme
**Spelling Certificate Template **- edit and use as necessary
A unique set of activities that will engage your students focus, ignite their learning and strengthen your SPELLING unit of work.
**60 worksheets **containing 60 Yr5/6 statutory words
10 questions for each worksheet
Photocopy and distribute, Display on your IWB for individual or collaborative tasks
Create your own Word Cracker booklet.
2.** Spelling Board Game** with features that include:
2x A4 playing boards - join together. Enlarge to A3
54 squares in total.
72 Yr 5/6 Statutory words - print for the game
Game Rules & Instructions - adapt as necessary
Word template to create your own words to use in the game
3.** Double Puzzles** - Use of all 105 statutory words -10 puzzles with 10 words in each puzzle - Rearrange all the jumbled letters of each word and fill in the blank grid - use the numbered letters throughout the puzzle to find the missing word/phrase - enter these in the corresponding numbered boxes at the bottom of the page.
This task makes an excellent piece of homework and a collaborative exercise on your IWB
Life Cards
Suitable for all levels of KS2 ability
Lively and colourful board content
Microsoft Excel required
Dice and counters required
2 files. A new set of numbers every time the file is opened
2 digits up to 99 take away numbers up to 20 - see cover image
3 digits take away numbers up to 20 (e.g. 234 - 9, 367-15)
2 landscape A4 pages (join together) 74 game squares
Enlarge to A3 and laminate for best results
The first player to reach the finish is the winner
Decide on your own game rules
Works really well for the first or last Maths lesson of the week.
Microsoft Excel, dice and counters required.
2 x A4 landscape boards - enlarge to A3 for best results and join together
54 game squares. 32 homophone starter words provided.
Word template to create and print your own words to be included in the game.
Spelling game rules.
Be the first player to reach the finish safely.
A versatile and pro active resource that boosts Homophone knowledge and understanding.
Also included 72 word Homonym Wordsearch worksheet
Also included 78 Homophone Word Playing Cards (6 per A4 sheet) - print, stick on cardboard and cut out to play SNAP and CONCENTRATION
Microsoft Excel, dice and counters required
A new set of questions every time the file is opened - unlimited game boards
Suitable for KS1
3 Game files
1.) Single digit add single digit
2.) Two digits between 10 and 20 subtract single digit
3.) Two digits up to 100 add or subtract a single digit.
The playing board consists of 2x A4 landscape pieces of paper (join them together) for a total of 74 playing squares
Enlarge to A3 for best results. Print, stick onto card and laminate
Roll the dice, move the required number of squares and if the answer is correct, wait on that square until your next go.
If the answer is incorrect, go back to the nearest Waiting Square
Land on a Yellow square and if the answer is correct, move forward 2 spaces
Land on a Green square and have another throw
Land on a Collect a Life Card square (cards provided, b&W or colour) and use this card to stay on the square if the answer is wrong
Be the first to reach the finish to be declared the winner
Print for the students to take home and play with mum and dad
A great resource that can be used at any time
Microsoft Excel, counters and dice required
A new set of questions every time the fie is opened
Division questions with remainders
Print two A4 landscape game boards (enlarge to A3 for best results)and join together - 74 squares in total
Answer a question correctly and stay on that square
Answer a question incorrectly and move back to a Waiting square
Land on a yellow square, answer the question correctly and move forward 2 squares
Land on a green square and have a free throw
Land on a Collect a Life Card, (cards provided) collect a card and use it if you answer a question incorrectly
Be the first to reach the finish
An invaluable resource to practice division - numbers between 20 and 50 divided by numbers up to 9
MIcrosoft Powerpoint required
4 x Compound word puzzles - see cover image
3 x Homophone puzzles
1 x Opposite words puzzle
Print, stick on to card, cut out the 10 triangles, shuffle face up.
Arrange the triangles so that adjoining words match the task.
Once solved, repeat against the clock
Choose four words and use each one in an interesting sentence.
Microsoft Excel required
A new set of random numbers every time the file is opened providing unlimited worksheets
Suitable for KS2
Read the information, then fill in the two data tables
Create your own questions
Examples: On which day did the most adults go to the zoo?
How long have Jack and Jill been working at the zoo?
Which animal was given the greatest quantity of food?
How many children went to the zoo during the week?
A compact resource that improves the skills of data handling
Microsoft Excel required
Counters and dice required
2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11 and 12 times table individual game files
2 x landscape playing boards for each game file. Join together for 72 playing squares
Print and stick on A4 card
A new set of numbers every time a file is opened - unlimited playing boards
Colour and BW “Collect a Life Cards” ready to print and cut out
Straightforward game rules
First to reach the finish is the winner.
Land on a white square, answer the question correctly and remain on that square until your next turn
Land on a white square, answer the question incorrectly, then move back to the nearest red “Waiting Square”
Land on a yellow square, answer the question correctly and have a free throw
Land on a green square and miss a turn
Land on a blue square and collect a “Life Card” Use this card if you answer a question incorrectly and you do not need to go back to a “Waiting Square”
A fun resource to support the learning of times tables
A selection of Roman numerals up to MD - 1500
22 puzzle pieces.
Each piece of the puzzle has a question and/or answer on it.
Matching the pieces together correctly, answers to questions are revealed.
Each triangular piece fits into another, creating the perfect shape as shown on the picture template.
Print out the puzzle sheet two times. Stick one sheet on to thin cardboard.
Carefully cut out each of the individual pieces.
Use the second printout as an answer sheet.
Use a bulldog clip to bundle the pieces together safely and securely, when you are not using them.
A blank template is included so you can see what the finished shape looks like.
A master sheet of the Roman Numerals used is also included.
Synonyms for - Happy, Next, Sad, Said, Big, Went, Very, Saw.
22 pieces in the puzzle
Each piece of the puzzle has a question and/or answer on it.
Matching the pieces together correctly, answers to questions are revealed.
Each triangular piece fits into another, creating the perfect shape as shown on the picture template.
Print out the puzzle sheet two times. Stick one sheet on to thin cardboard.
Carefully cut out each of the individual pieces.
Use the second printout as an answer sheet.
Use a bulldog clip to bundle the pieces together safely and securely, when you are not using them.
A blank template is included so you can see what the finished shape looks like.
5 puzzles
22 pieces for each puzzle
Adverbs: How? How Much? How Often? Where? When?
Positive Adverbs: Behaviour,Speech, Movement, Gesture
Adjectives: Time, Objects, People, Size, Positive Feelings, Negative Feelings.
Nouns: Abstract, Collective, Concrete, Compound, Proper, Pronoun
Verbs: Object, Emotion, Thought, Movement, Sense, Voice.
Each piece of the puzzle has a question and/or answer on it.
Matching the pieces together correctly, answers to questions are revealed.
Each triangular piece fits into another, creating the perfect shape as shown on the picture template.
Print out the puzzle sheet two times. Stick one sheet on to thin cardboard.
Carefully cut out each of the individual pieces.
Use the second printout as an answer sheet.
Use a bulldog clip to bundle the pieces together safely and securely, when you are not using them.
A blank template is included so you can see what the finished shape looks like.
Year 5 & 6 statutory words
3 Tarsia Puzzles
25 words in each puzzle
22 pieces in each puzzle.
Enlarge to A3 for ease of use.
Match and join the two parts to each word e.g. ALTH OUGH, STO MACH
Each piece of the puzzle has a question and/or answer on it.
Matching the pieces together correctly, answers to questions are revealed.
Each triangular piece fits into another, creating the perfect shape as shown on the picture template.
Print out the puzzle sheet two times. Stick one sheet on to thin cardboard.
Carefully cut out each of the individual pieces.
Use the second printout as an answer sheet.
Use a bulldog clip to bundle the pieces together safely and securely, when you are not using them.
A blank template is included so you can see what the finished shape looks like.
2-12 Times Table
11 puzzles
22 pieces for each puzzle
Each piece of the puzzle has a question and/or answer on it.
Matching the pieces together correctly, answers to questions are revealed.
Each triangular piece fits into another, creating the perfect shape as shown on the picture template.
Print out the puzzle sheet two times. Stick one sheet on to thin cardboard.
Carefully cut out each of the individual pieces.
Use the second printout as an answer sheet.
Use a bulldog clip to bundle the pieces together safely and securely, when you are not using them.
A blank template is included so you can see what the finished shape looks like.
A unique set of activities that will engage your students focus, ignite their learning and strengthen your HOLES unit of work.
Spelling Board Game - HOLES themed words
2x A4 playing boards - join together. Enlarge to A3 for best results
54 squares on the playing board.
24 Game words - In addition, use the Game Word Template option to create your own words for the Spelling Game
Game instructions
Game Life Cards
Spelling Worksheet Template - Type in your own Daily Target word - 10 questions on each sheet. Edit the questions to suit your own targets
Homework Activities 20-30 minutes for each activity
**Group Activity **- “Digging Into Holes”
Crossword - HOLES theme
**Creative Writing Adventure Prompt **- HOLES theme
Powerpoint Quiz - HOLES theme
Bingo Activity - HOLES theme
Comprehension worksheet- HOLES theme
Cloze Exercise worksheet- HOLES theme
Word Search worksheet- HOLES theme
**Certificate Template **- edit and use as necessary
Reading Age Guide = 11+
A unique set of activities that will engage your students focus, ignite their learning and strengthen your “The Boy in Striped Pyjamas” unit of work.
The overall objective is to have fun with learning bubbling excitingly in the forefront.
**The Boy in Striped Pyjamas Spelling Board Game
2x A4 playing boards - join together on card. Enlarge to A3 for best results
54 squares on the board.
16 Spelling Starter Game words - In addition, use the **Game Word Template option to create your own words for the board game
Game instructions
Game Life Cards
**Spelling Worksheet Template **- Type in your own Daily Themed Target word (e.g. FRIENDSHIP) - 10 questions on each sheet e.g. Arrange the letters of the word in alphabetical order backwards.
Edit the questions to suit your own targets
**Concentration **- well known card game - 21 words x2 -Lexile vocabulary from the novel - cut out & stick on card for durability
**Creative Writing Prompt **- The Boy in Striped Pyjamas theme.
**Homework Activities x3 - TBISP Theme
**Quiz **- Multiple Choice with answers - TBISP theme
**Comprehension with answers- Retrieval, Vocabulary, Inference, Prediction - Multiple Choice - TBISP theme
**Story Starter ** TBISP theme
**Spelling Certificate Template **- edit and use as necessary
A unique set of activities that will engage your students focus, ignite their learning and strengthen your Beowulf unit of work.
**Spelling Board Game **- Beowulf themed words
2x A4 playing boards - join together. Enlarge to A3 for best results
54 squares on the playing board.
16 Game words - In addition, use the Game Word Template option to create your own words for the Spelling Game
Game instructions
Game Life Cards
**Spelling Worksheet Template **- Type in your own Daily Themed Target word - 10 questions on each sheet. Edit the questions to suit your own targets
**Homework Activities x 3 ** to take around 30 minutes for each activity based on the L & S theme
Crossword
**Creative Writing Prompt **- Beowulf Adventure
**Powerpoint Quiz **- Beowulf theme
**Comprehension **worksheet- Beowulf theme
**Cloze **Exercise worksheet- Beowulf theme
Facts
**Certificate Template **- edit and use as necessary
A unique set of activities that will engage your students focus, ignite their learning and strengthen your Amazon Rainforest unit of work.
The overall objective is to have fun, with learning bubbling excitingly in the foreground.
**Amazon Rainforest Spelling Board Game
2x A4 playing boards - join together. Enlarge to A3 for best results
54 squares on the playing board.
16 Spelling Starter Game words - In addition, use the **Game Word Template option to create your own words for the board game by using the Lexile vocabulary
Game instructions
Game Life Cards
**Spelling Worksheet Template **- Type in your own Daily Themed Target word (e.g. RAINFOREST ) - 10 questions on each sheet e.g. Arrange the letters of the word backwards in alphabetical order.
Edit the questions to suit your own targets
**Creative Writing Prompt **- AR theme.
**Homework Activities x3 - AR Theme
**Quiz **- Multiple Choice - AR theme
**Comprehension with answers- Retrieval, Vocabulary, Inference, Prediction - AR theme
PowerPoint Quiz AR theme
Cloze Exercise AR theme
**Fun Facts **- AR theme
**Story Starters ** AR Adventure Theme
**Spelling Certificate Template **- edit and use as necessary
Five different puzzle categories.
Solutions provided on separate sheets.
All words associated with The Amazon Rainforest
Maze Puzzles x5
Double Puzzles x3
Hidden Message Puzzles x 3
Letter Tile Puzzles x 5
Cryptogram Puzzles x 5
These fun puzzles will suit all KS2 abilities and reinforce key vocabulary and the timeline of events for your Amazon Rainforest unit of study.
They require stamina, patience and concentration and fit soundly as a lesson starter/extension or as a homework activity.
In addition to printing out each puzzle for individual use, why not try displaying the puzzles on your IWB and creating teams for effective group work.
Lexile = 840
Reading Age Guide = 8-12
A unique set of activities that will engage your students focus, ignite their learning and strengthen your Matilda unit of work.
The overall objective is to have fun, with learning bubbling excitingly in the background.
**Matilda Spelling Board Game
2x A4 playing boards - join together. Enlarge to A3 for best results
54 squares on the playing board.
Lexile vocabulary provided from each chapter of the novel.
16 Spelling Starter Game words - In addition, use the **Game Word Template option to create your own words for the board game by using the Lexile vocabulary
Game instructions
Game Life Cards
**Spelling Worksheet Template **- Type in your own Daily Themed Target word (e.g. MILEAGE ) - 10 questions on each sheet e.g. Arrange the letters of the word in alphabetical order.
Edit the questions to suit your own targets
Concentration - well known card game - 30 words x2 -Lexile vocabulary from the novel - cut out & stick on card for durability
**Creative Writing Prompt **- Matilda theme.
**Homework Activities x3 - Matilda Theme
**Quiz **- Multiple Choice - Matilda theme
**Wordsearch **- Matilda theme
**Comprehension with answers- Retrieval, Vocabulary, Inference, Prediction - Matilda theme
**Story Starters ** Matilda Adventure Theme
**Spelling Certificate Template **- edit and use as necessary