Helping busy teachers feel calm, confident, and creative with ready-to-use resources that actually work in real classrooms.
Created by a full-time Scottish primary teacher, Glow Up Resources supports learning across Literacy, Numeracy, and Health & Wellbeing — always with the needs of real learners at the heart.
Helping busy teachers feel calm, confident, and creative with ready-to-use resources that actually work in real classrooms.
Created by a full-time Scottish primary teacher, Glow Up Resources supports learning across Literacy, Numeracy, and Health & Wellbeing — always with the needs of real learners at the heart.
Product Description
Empower your learners to build emotional resilience, self-awareness, and a positive mindset with these beautifully designed A3 visual posters. This pack supports wellbeing by helping children distinguish between what is and isn’t in their control—and what proactive steps they can take.
Ideal for classroom display, PSHE lessons, SEL time, or morning check-ins, these posters nurture reflective thinking and promote a growth mindset. The child-friendly illustrations and accessible language make abstract emotional concepts feel practical, achievable, and safe to explore.
Skills Developed
Emotional regulation and awareness
Growth mindset thinking
Decision-making and ownership
Self-reflection and empathy
Resilience through challenge
How to Use
Display the posters in key areas (wellbeing corners, calm-down zones, near your class charter) to serve as a daily visual prompt.
Discuss regularly with learners—refer to specific examples from their day when these ideas apply.
Use as a starter for class discussions or circle time, especially when navigating emotional challenges or friendship conflicts.
Pair with personal reflection activities (e.g., journaling or drawing) where children identify situations they faced and how they responded.
Integrate with your Emotion Works cogs or Zones of Regulation work to deepen understanding of reactions and control.
Bring sentence writing to life with this engaging and colourful Write About the Picture pack from Glow Up Resources! Perfect for developing vocabulary, sentence structure, and grammatical understanding, this resource helps learners move from supported to independent writing.
Each vibrant image captures a real-life moment that sparks discussion, storytelling, and focused writing — all supported by a categorised word bank (nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs). Whether you’re developing fluency or exploring parts of speech, this pack will help your pupils glow up their grammar!
What’s Included
3 full-colour illustrated sentence-writing prompts:
Classroom Scene
Seaside Rescue
Supermarket Trip
Categorised word banks for each scene (Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs)
Editable format for teacher flexibility
Printable and digital-use friendly
Success Criteria and Learning Intension.
Self-reflective tool (Zones of Learning)
Skills Developed
Sentence structure
Vocabulary building
Word class identification
Descriptive language
Grammar awareness
Writing independence
How to Use
Starter Task: Project the image and ask learners to generate a sentence aloud before writing.
Independent Practice: Pupils use the word bank to write one or more full sentences.
Grammar Focus: Highlight and label the nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs in their sentence.
Challenge Extension: Set a target to use at least one word from each category or create a short paragraph using 5 words from the bank.
Assessment: Use completed writing to track progression in sentence control and vocabulary use.
SECOND LEVEL | Curriculum for Excellence
This resource is designed to support differentiated practice in numeracy.
Each worksheet is:
• Aligned with Second Level CfE outcomes
• Differentiated 4 ways to support accessibility and challenge
• Designed with a clean, consistent layout and pupil check-in
• Ideal for warm-ups, revision, consolidation or fast finishers
Skills covered in this resource:
• Rounding to the nearest whole number
• Addition with decimals
• Subtraction with decimals
• Multiplying by 9, 10 and 100
• Dividing by 4, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 100
• Estimating and applying number sense
Created by Glow Up Resources
Lighting up Second Level learning, one resource at a time.
Bright ideas for brilliant learners.
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Everyday Writers Toolkit – Second Level / Ks2
A practical and empowering self-assessment tool to help Second Level learners take ownership of their writing progress. Perfect for embedding daily writing habits with purpose and clarity.
What’s Included:
• Pupil-friendly self-assessment checklist
• Covers core writing skills across punctuation, structure, vocabulary, and editing
• Designed for repeated use throughout a writing block or term
Skills Developed:
• Editing and proofreading
• Independence and peer/self-assessment
• Reflective thinking around writing targets
How to Use:
• Stick into jotters or keep in folders
• Use as a checkpoint before publishing writing
• Highlight or tick once each element is confidently applied
• Revisit regularly to support reflection and track progress
• Can be used alongside teacher or peer conferencing
Includes: Circle of Control | Effort Steps | Zones of Learning
Perfect for Primary 4–7 | Health & Wellbeing | Growth Mindset | Resilience Building
Product Description
Empower your learners with the emotional tools they need to succeed! This Glow Up Growth Mindset Bundle is designed to build resilience, increase self-awareness, and boost learner agency across the classroom. Whether you’re launching a new health and wellbeing topic, introducing reflective thinking, or embedding strategies into daily practice, this trio will transform how learners view challenge and effort.
With clear visuals, engaging activities, and differentiated supports, these tools help children understand what they can control, how to manage their effort, and what it means to step outside their comfort zone.
What’s Included
Circle of Control Pack
Editable PowerPoint Presentation
My Circle Toolkit Worksheet (Editable + Printable)
A3 Poster Set — “What I Can Control / What I Can’t Control” + Circle Visual
Class Scenario Activity Table
Effort Steps Pack
Effort Steps PowerPoint explaining 5-tier scale
Fraction Bar Visuals – Showing effort as a chocolate bar from 1/5 to 5/5
Cocoon-to-Butterfly Evolution Chart — 5-Stage Effort Metaphor
Class Reflection Activities + Visual Tracker Templates
Zones of Learning Pack
Interactive PowerPoint exploring Safe, Challenge, and Panic Zones
Zones Wall Display Posters
Scenario Sorting Task (Mild to Hot)
Reflection Templates — What zone am I in? What helps me get to my Challenge Zone?
How to Use This Bundle
Start with a Mini-Series
Introduce each concept as a standalone mini-lesson over three weeks, building on prior understanding (e.g. Week 1 = Circle of Control, Week 2 = Effort Steps, Week 3 = Zones of Learning).
Embed into Daily Practice
Display the posters around the room as visual prompts. Use the worksheets during morning meetings, reflection time, or wellbeing journals.
Use for Check-Ins & Coaching
When learners are stuck, emotional, or disengaged, refer back to the toolkit:
“Is this in your control?”
“What effort step are you on?”
“Which zone are you currently in?”
Description
This engaging, pupil-led resource helps children understand and reflect on what effort really means. Using a chocolate bar metaphor and visual effort scales, learners explore the idea that effort isn’t about being the best — it’s about trying your best. Through discussion tasks, relatable scenarios, and creative activities, children learn to identify, describe, and evaluate different levels of effort — including their own. Ideal for developing growth mindset, emotional literacy, and metacognitive awareness.
How to Use
Start with the question: “What does effort mean to you?” Pupils complete a peer interview task using a 3-chunk chocolate visual. 2. Introduce the visuals: Share the Chocolate Bar of Effort and Effort Thermometer to spark discussion. 3. Explore scenarios: Use real-life learning situations to analyse different effort levels. 4. Encourage deep reflection: Use structured discussion and a pupil voice grid to reflect on effort barriers and motivators. 5. Create a class display: Pupils co-construct a visual showing how effort evolves — from caterpillar to butterfly.
Description
This comprehensive spelling and vocabulary bundle is designed for Second Level / KS2 learners. It includes a full week of adaptable, engaging activities designed to boost spelling confidence, expand vocabulary, and support independent learning. Featuring editable templates, visual posters, group tasks, and scaffolded support strategies, this toolkit is perfect for literacy stations, homework support, DIRT, and more.
What’s Included
Spelling Success PowerPoint – includes group tasks, weekly structure, skill slides, and learning intentions/success criteria all embedded within the ‘Path to Progress’ framework
Editable Word Study Table (with WAGOLL)
Editable Word Map (with WAGOLL and image support)
Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check table with child-friendly explanation
Synonyms & Antonyms Poster
Spelling Pattern Sorting Sheets (digraphs, silent letters, R-controlled vowels, etc.)
Learning Intentions, WAGOLLs, self-assessment prompts, and visual learning journeys
Skills Developed
Spelling accuracy and rule application
Active listening and dictation
Vocabulary expansion and dictionary skills
Synonym/antonym understanding
Visual literacy through colour coding and phonics
How to Use These Resources
Introduce one template at a time, or structure your full week using the editable PowerPoint
Display the synonym/antonym poster for ongoing reference
Use the Word Map and Study Table as independent tasks, rotations, or support stations
Pair the Look-Cover-Write template with colour-coded spelling strategies
Reinforce rules with the Spelling Pattern sorting sheets – great for early finishers or literacy stations
Embed DIRT tasks for learners to reflect, edit, and improve their own writing
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This resource was thoughtfully created by Glow Up Resources with the support of AI tools to ensure clarity, consistency, and quality.
Please leave a review if you found it helpful — your feedback helps other teachers find resources they can trust and supports continued development!
Description:
This low-prep, pupil-friendly spelling toolkit is designed to build independence, support second level/KS2 learners, and streamline your weekly routines.
It includes clear visual instructions and editable prompts for:
• Dictation – tips and space for guided practice
• DIRT (Dedicated Improvement and Reflection Time) – helping children edit and improve work
• Dictionary Skills – step-by-step strategies for successful use
• Sign Language Prompt – insert your own BSL alphabet reference page
What’s Included
• Editable weekly spelling timetable (group rotations)
• ‘Words for the Week’ display slides
• Child-friendly guides for:
→ Dictation
→ DIRT
→ Dictionary Skills
→ Look, Cover, Check
→ Prefixes & Suffixes
→ BSL Signing (editable)
• WAGOLL slides (modelled writing)
• Visual Path to Progress slides
• Independent tasks with step-by-step spelling activities
How to Use
• Set up weekly rotations with the timetable
• Introduce strategy with visual guides
• Assign independent tasks or group work
• Support editing and reflection using WAGOLLs
• Adapt for KS2/Second Level spelling sessions
Skills Developed:
• Spelling accuracy
• Self-assessment
• Independent improvement
• Dictionary navigation
• Listening and transcription
Cover image and path to progress created with support from AI (ChatGPT + DALL·E).
Resource Description
This sentence intervention resource uses a high-quality visual prompt to support the development of punctuation, grammar awareness, and sentence construction. Pupils engage with progressive tasks that build confidence in correcting, analysing, and improving their writing.
What’s included?
Learning Intention and Success Criteria
Find and Fix It Task (4 differentiated levels) with Answer Sheet
Sentence Uplevelling Task with 4 basic sentences to improve
Model sentences for comparison and reflection
Expanded word bank (nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, determiners, fronted adverbials)
Pupil-friendly instructions for each task
GLOW self-evaluation word document
Word unctuation checklist.
Skills Developed
Accurate use of punctuation (capital letters, commas, apostrophes, speech marks) - Sentence expansion using adjectives, adverbs, and clauses - Vocabulary building and word class identification - Independent editing and peer/self-assessment skills - Reflective comparison against model examples
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Description
This comprehensive spelling and vocabulary bundle is designed for Second Level / KS2 learners. It includes a full week of adaptable, engaging activities designed to boost spelling confidence, expand vocabulary, and support independent learning. Featuring editable templates, visual posters, group tasks, and scaffolded support strategies, this toolkit is perfect for literacy stations, homework support, DIRT, and more.
What’s Included
Spelling Success PowerPoint – includes group tasks, weekly structure, skill slides, and learning intentions/success criteria all embedded within the ‘Path to Progress’ framework
Editable Word Study Table (with WAGOLL)
Editable Word Map (with WAGOLL and image support)
Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check table with child-friendly explanation
Synonyms & Antonyms Poster
Spelling Pattern Sorting Sheets (digraphs, silent letters, R-controlled vowels, etc.)
Learning Intentions, WAGOLLs, self-assessment prompts, and visual learning journeys
Skills Developed
Spelling accuracy and rule application
Active listening and dictation
Vocabulary expansion and dictionary skills
Synonym/antonym understanding
Visual literacy through colour coding and phonics
How to Use These Resources
Introduce one template at a time, or structure your full week using the editable PowerPoint
Display the synonym/antonym poster for ongoing reference
Use the Word Map and Study Table as independent tasks, rotations, or support stations
Pair the Look-Cover-Write template with colour-coded spelling strategies
Reinforce rules with the Spelling Pattern sorting sheets – great for early finishers or literacy stations
Embed DIRT tasks for learners to reflect, edit, and improve their own writing
Created Using AI Support
This resource was thoughtfully created by Glow Up Resources with the support of AI tools to ensure clarity, consistency, and quality.
Please leave a review if you found it helpful — your feedback helps other teachers find resources they can trust and supports continued development!
Description
Empower learners to recognise how learning feels with this engaging resource exploring the Zones of Learning. Ideal for Health & Wellbeing or Growth Mindset lessons, this pack supports pupils to build confidence, resilience, and emotional awareness through discussion, collaboration, and reflection. Learners move from guided understanding to independent contribution, supported by lightbulb strategies and speech bubble reflections.
Skills Developed
Emotional literacy
Growth mindset
Self-regulation
Reflective thinking
Critical discussion & peer empathy
What’s Included
Clear diagrams of the Comfort, Challenge & Panic Zones
Guidable ‘What does it look/sound/feel like?’ task
Group collaboration slides and scenario prompts
Pupil-friendly learning objectives with ‘Steps to Success’
Lightbulb moments strategy support (with editable template)
Differentiated speech bubble templates for pupil reflection
Exit pass reflection log
Bonus: Whole class display activity with scaffolded speech bubble contributions
How to Use
Introduce in HWB or as a resilience starter
Display zones in class to support independent learning
Use reflection tools after tricky tasks or assessments
Support pupil voice with scaffolded speech bubbles (mild to spicy)
Encourage peer collaboration then celebrate learning with a class display
All About the Number is a flexible, ready-to-use numeracy resource designed to build confidence with key skills. Each sheet centres around one anchor number — everything links back to it! Tasks are tiered in difficulty (indicated by stars) so you can easily differentiate for your class, answers included along with a template should you wish to create one yourself.
Perfect for warm-ups, fast finishers, or revision — just print and go!
Each worksheet is:
Aligned with Second Level CfE outcomes
Differentiated 4 ways to support accessibility and challenge
Designed with a clean, consistent layout and pupil check-in
Ideal for warm-ups, revision, consolidation or fast finishers.
Skills covered in this resource:
Finding percentages of numbers (e.g. 10%, 25%, 66.6%)
Calculating unit and fractional parts (e.g. ⅕, ⅓, ¾, ²⁄₇)
Applying known facts and multiples
Developing number sense and estimating strategies.
How to Use This Resource
Choose the level that suits your learners.
Pupils complete all tasks using the anchor number in the centre.
Use as part of your numeracy warm-up, for revision, or as a fast finisher challenge.
Encourage self-reflection using the symbol check-in and challenge zones.
Cover image created with support from AI (ChatGPT + DALL·E).
All About the Number is a flexible, ready-to-use numeracy resource designed to build confidence with key skills. Each sheet centres around one anchor number — everything links back to it! Tasks are tiered in difficulty (indicated by stars) so you can easily differentiate for your class, answers included along with a template should you wish to create one yourself.
Perfect for warm-ups, fast finishers, or revision — just print and go!
Each worksheet is:
Aligned with Second Level CfE outcomes
Differentiated 4 ways to support accessibility and challenge
Designed with a clean, consistent layout and pupil check-in
Ideal for warm-ups, revision, consolidation or fast finishers.
Skills covered in this resource:
Finding percentages of numbers (e.g. 10%, 25%, 66.6%)
Calculating unit and fractional parts (e.g. ⅕, ⅓, ¾, ²⁄₇)
Applying known facts and multiples
Developing number sense and estimating strategies.
How to Use This Resource
Choose the level that suits your learners.
Pupils complete all tasks using the anchor number in the centre.
Use as part of your numeracy warm-up, for revision, or as a fast finisher challenge.
Encourage self-reflection using the symbol check-in and challenge zones.
Cover image created with support from AI (ChatGPT + DALL·E).
All About the Number – Fractions of a Number is a flexible, differentiated numeracy resource designed to develop fluency and understanding in calculating fractions of whole numbers. Each worksheet centres around one anchor number and includes twelve fraction-based calculations with increasing complexity. Ideal for warm-ups, independent challenges, or revision tasks.
Each worksheet is:
Aligned with Second Level CfE outcomes
Differentiated 4 ways to support accessibility and challenge
Designed with a clean, consistent layout and pupil check-in
Ideal for warm-ups, revision, consolidation or fast finishers Skills covered in this resource:
Calculating simple and complex fractions of whole numbers
Recognising proper fractions and their place in the number system
Applying understanding of numerators and denominators in real contexts
Building fluency and accuracy through repeated exposure
Reasoning through contextualised word problems
Tracking learning confidence using pupil check-in zones
How to Use This Resource
Choose the level that suits your learners.
Pupils complete all tasks using the anchor number in the centre.
Use as part of your numeracy warm-up, for revision, or as a fast finisher challenge.
Encourage self-reflection using the symbol check-in and challenge zones.
This empowering lesson resource helps learners build emotional resilience by identifying what they can and cannot control. Through scenario-based discussions, interactive reflection tasks, and creative visual tools, pupils will explore how their mindset and response can influence outcomes—even in challenging situations. Rooted in emotional regulation and metacognitive awareness, this lesson supports learners in managing stress, reducing overwhelm, and recognising their own power to choose their reactions.
How to Use
Begin with a reflection: Pupils recall a moment they felt out of control and explore what triggered the emotion.
Introduce the concept: Define the Circle of Control using visuals and discuss its importance.
Scenario analysis: Pupils analyse realistic situations to determine what’s within or outside of their control.
Use the reflection grid: Pupils break down responses using Emotion Works-style prompts (trigger, emotions, body sensations, behaviour, strategies).
Build a class display: Co-create a visual Circle of Control using sticky notes, drawings, or iPad tools.
Create individual toolkits: Learners record personal strategies to manage out-of-control feelings.
End with a learning reflection: Pupils consider what they’ve learned about emotional regulation and personal growth.
Help learners become confident spellers by identifying patterns, building word banks, and exploring phonics with colour-coding and dictionary skills. Perfect as an independent station, early finisher task, or targeted support.
What’s Included
Spelling identification sheets covering:
• Prefixes & suffixes
• Common vowel & consonant digraphs/trigraphs
• Split digraphs (magic e)
• Hard/soft c & g
• R-controlled vowel
• Space for children to add their own words
• Colour-coding section (vowels/consonants)
• Diacritically marking section (dots, dashes, rainbow for split digraphs)
Skills Developed
• Word pattern recognition
• Understanding of prefixes, suffixes & phonics
• Phoneme–grapheme correspondence
• Dictionary and vocabulary-building skills
• Visual discrimination through colour coding
• Independent word study and self-checking
Pupils identify the spelling sound, say the example word, and spot where the sound appears (start, middle, or end). They then add two of their own words and one dictionary word. Finally, they phonetically mark one word using dots/dashes (or rainbow for split digraphs) and colour-code vowels (red) and consonants (blue).
Perfect for literacy stations, early finishers, or targeted support!
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Description:
Reignite focus and boost numeracy confidence with these quick, high-impact Daily 5 maths starters! Designed as a smooth transition back to class, these engaging tasks help pupils reset, refocus, and sharpen their core skills — all in under 10 minutes a day.
What’s Included:
• 1 week of Daily 5 numeracy starters (5 unique tasks)
• Printable pupil sheets
• Full teacher How-To Guide for seamless delivery
• Complete Answer Sheet for easy marking or peer review
Skills Developed:
• Mental agility and speed
• Core operations: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division
• Fractions, percentages & place value
• Mathematical reasoning & confidence
• Independence and accountability during transitions
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7 pages of quick, structured numeracy tasks to build confidence with core operations. Ideal for warm-ups, homework or revision!
This Resource Includes:
7 editable printable “Daily 5” pages (5 questions per day)
Core numeracy operations laid out on grids
Includes subtraction, addition, multiplication, percentages, and decimal work, BODMAS, rounding
Answer sheet Provided.
How to Use This Resource:
Daily Warm-Up – perfect as a settled start to any numeracy lesson
Homework – easy for pupils to complete independently
Revision Task – revisit key number concepts
Differentiation – use fewer questions for support or extend with challenge
Maths Journals – stick into jotters for evidence of progression
Skills Covered:
Column addition & subtraction
Long multiplication
Calculating percentages of amounts
Multiplying with decimals
Place value fluency
BODMAS
Rounding
Grid layout support for alignment
Bring sentence writing to life with this engaging and colourful Write About the Picture pack from Glow Up Resources! Perfect for developing vocabulary, sentence structure, and grammatical understanding, this resource helps learners move from supported to independent writing.
Each vibrant image captures a real-life moment that sparks discussion, storytelling, and focused writing — all supported by a categorised word bank (nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs). Whether you’re developing fluency or exploring parts of speech, this pack will help your pupils glow up their grammar!
What’s Included:
Park Accident Picture.
• Categorised word banks for each scene (Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs)
• Editable format for teacher flexibility
Printable and digital-use friendly
Success Criteria and Learning Intension.
• Self-reflective tool (Zones of Learning)
Skills Developed
• Sentence structure
• Vocabulary building
• Word class identification
• Descriptive language
• Grammar awareness
• Writing independence
How to Use
• Starter Task: Project the image and ask learners to generate a sentence aloud before writing.
• Independent Practice: Pupils use the word bank to write one or more full sentences.
• Grammar Focus: Highlight and label the nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs in their sentence.
• Challenge Extension: Set a target to use at least one word from each category or create a short paragraph using 5 words from the bank.
• Assessment: Use completed writing to track progression in sentence control and vocabulary use.
This bright and engaging Describing Bubble poster is designed to support learners in developing descriptive language across the curriculum. Perfect for classroom displays, writing walls, or pupil work areas, it provides visual prompts and vocabulary for adding detail and precision to writing.
Each descriptive category (e.g. colour, size, texture, number, etc.) is paired with clear examples and small visual icons to support learners with EAL, ASN, or those who benefit from visual learning strategies.
What’s Included:
• A vibrant A3/A4 display poster featuring:
• 7 descriptive categories: Position, Number, Size, Colour, Shape, Texture, and Doing Verbs
Skills Developed
• Expanded vocabulary for writing
• Improved use of adjectives and precise language
• Visual recognition of word meanings
• Sentence development through descriptive detail
• Cross-curricular support for literacy across learning
How to Use
• Display near writing stations or literacy areas
• Refer to the poster during shared and independent writing
• Use it as a prompt for descriptive writing warm-ups or vocabulary games
• Encourage pupils to add their own adjectives with matching drawings as a class extension
• Can be paired with the upcoming Describing Bubble PowerPoint for deeper exploration and interactive activities
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