Hi all! We teach Computing across different schools and often get asked for interactive resources - so that's what we make. Most resources you will find on here are interactive activities for the children to complete, either on their own device or as an interactive whiteboard activity! Please feel free to send requests or for variations of things found in our shop.
Hi all! We teach Computing across different schools and often get asked for interactive resources - so that's what we make. Most resources you will find on here are interactive activities for the children to complete, either on their own device or as an interactive whiteboard activity! Please feel free to send requests or for variations of things found in our shop.
Creating posters can be a relatively easy thing to do. Sometimes, we want to delve a little deeper and create dramatic looking posters. This involves teaching the children vital Computing/ICT skills across not just one program but several.
Use this step-by-step picture guide to create WW2 Propaganda posters. This activity uses tools from across two software programs: PowerPoint and Artrage (A free art program). The download link for Artrage is attached. If you arenât able to use Artrage, then you can use the 10 painted backgrounds that are included in this purchase.
Create your very own Lowry style paintings in KS2 digitally. Copy and paste buildings that have been individually recreated in the Lowry style to create your city scene. Then populate your city with Lowry people. Teach yourself and your children more about layers and perspective by using PowerPoint's send backwards/forwards and resize tools. Finally, you can print out your paintings straight from this PowerPoint file on any size up to and including A3. A perfect activity to group model on the interactive whiteboard and then to be used on laptops/desktops as an individual digital art activity.
A superb drag and drop PowerPoint activity for the whole class. Recreate famous Egyptian gods/goddesses such as Ra, Isis, Anubis and Thoth. Or, create your own characters - group your characters together and create your own scene. When youâre done, simply print them out for your books or for display.
A simple drag and drop interactive whiteboard resource aimed at introducing data handling to Rec>Y3 aged children. 7 PowerPoint slides designed to approach Pictograms\Pictographs in 3 different ways. Subjects: Fruit, colour, transport, pets, cake and pizza.
Create your own aliens in this drag and drop PowerPoint file. Choose from four different coloured bodies and six different body shapes. Then, customize them with various eyes, antennas, mouths and legs. Get your children to try and remake some of the pre-made aliens on the home page or simply let them get creative. Challenge them further by getting them to focus on number and shape. E.g. Create an alien with a mouth shaped like a pentagon, give it 5 eyes and 4 legs.
Bring the classic tale of the Three Little Pigs to life with our editable wanted poster featuring the wolf. This interactive digital resource allows children to drag and drop adjectives to describe the wolf, or they can insert their own words to customize the poster. Perfect for Literacy lessons, this activity helps students develop descriptive writing skills while engaging with a beloved story. This editable wanted poster is a fun and educational way for children to get creative and interact with literature. Add this resource to your digital library today and watch as students have a blast creating their own unique wanted posters for the infamous wolf.
Super quick and easy, whole class Computing activity. Drag and drop leaves, rocks and sticks into patterns and shaped using this PowerPoint file. Easily printed for displays or to go into books.
Based on the retelling of The Three Little Pigs by Martin Goulden this Microsoft PowerPoint document contains exactly the same storyboard as the story itself. However, this storyboard contains no text or text boxes but instead contains editable speech bubbles.
Create your very own Lowry style paintings in EYFS and KS1. Drag and drop buildings that have been individually recreated in the Lowry style to create your city scene. Then populate your city with drag and drop Lowry people. Finally, you can print out your paintings straight from this PowerPoint file on any size up to and including A3. Suitable for use on the interactive whiteboard as part of continuous provision or on laptops/desktops as an individual digital art activity.
âYou arrive at three ancient doors. Which door do you choose?â
Write your own adventure stories where you, the reader, choose your own path - like authors such as Ian Livingstone. Differentiated through 10,7 or 5 paragraphs, write them on the PowerPoint files provided and the hyperlink buttons will take you to the next part of the story. There are two sets of immersive PowerPoint files that each give you starting/linking sentences - provided are 1st person and 3rd person files.
Perfect for practicing setting descriptions and creating writing with suspense!
*Included are some images from a computer game called Legend of Grimrock. Please note that these images are readily available via their website and are simply added in this package for convenience, not profit.
Based on the retelling of The Three Little Pigs by Martin Goulden this .pdf document contains all the pages of the story in a random order. These are non-editable and are designed to be easily printed and cut to create a story sequencing activity for the children.
Create brilliant pie, line and bar charts really easily using this resource pack. Including:
- Planning guide
- x2 step-by-step picture guides
- PowerPoint file: 3 sets of data ready to create graphs/charts
Set sail across the seas in in a creaky, wooden ship destined for adventure, new lands or even treasure!
Included in this package:
A superb 12 minute video hook showing a 1st person experience of life as an adventurer. Check the map, raise the sail, steer the ship and dig for treasure where âXâ marks the spot!
A printable/editable instruction template to halp structure your writing.
Using the explorer video as a hook, get your children to write their instructions on âHow to find treasure/landâ on the printable templates. Alternatively, tick off some Computing skills and get the children to type their instructions on the digital template.
If you want to make your own treasure maps, explorer hats or your own pirate pendants. Check out my other items on my TES shop HERE.
Based on the retelling of Goldilocks and The Three Bears by Martin Goulden, this Microsoft PowerPoint document contain exactly the same storyboard as the story itself. However, this storyboard contain no text or text boxes but instead contains editable speech bubbles.
In the style of Blockbuster, test your childrenâs knowledge all about the Romans. 28 questions are supplied with the quiz, along with a PowerPoint with all the instructions that you will need to use this fun resource in your classroom on your interactive whiteboard. Could be used at an end of the topic, to test how much your children have learnt or just as a fun activity.
Not doing the Romans? Then keep your eyes peeled on our page, more history quizzes will be added soon.
A build your own dinosaur out of a variety of heads, legs etc. Hundreds of combinations possible. 3 backgrounds to choose from. All based in Microsoft PowerPoint for ease of use in and printing. A great resource for individual use of as part of continuous provision/modelled input.
A beautiful variety of space/alien posters.
Contains 14 unique aliens with a variety of features to explore and discuss. Each has a different number of colourful arms, legs, eyes, teeth, antennae and regular shaped mouths to identify.
If you want to take the discussions further, you might also be interested in creating some âWANTEDâ style posters using the same aliens in this resource.
Click HERE to view the Wanted Posters
Also, why not make some of your own aliens using an interactive, drag-and-drop activity?
Itâs a perfect activity for the interactive whiteboard or for the children to work independently on the computer:
You can find the resource on TES at my shop:
www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/martinjgoulden
Or by searching the TES resources for
âcreate your own alienâ
Using the free program Sculptris, teach your children how to sculpt organically in 3D. This is ideal for first time Sculptris users who have never done any 3D modelling - The step-by-step picture guide will show you exactly what and where to click and what each of your settings should look like.
Also included is a download link to a Sculptris file that teaches children how to use the camera tools effectively to find 8 hidden numbers.
Build on this basic model by creating self portraits, famous people, old/young topics etc.
A beautiful variety of space/alien themed writing templates both in landscape and portrait.
Several pages of each, differentiated with varying amounts of lines and line thicknesses.
Why not make some of your own aliens using an interactive, drag-and-drop activity?
Itâs a perfect activity for the interactive whiteboard or for the children to work independently on the computer:
You can find the resource on TES at my shop:
www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/martinjgoulden
Or by searching the TES resources for
âcreate your own alienâ