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A rainforest poem example & low ability writing frame. Poem focuses on the 5 senses, following a pattern. Used with a year 1 class. Sensory word bank included.

A template which can be used to display characters feelings, emotions or actions through the beginning, middle and end of a story or short film clip. Includes a blank version, smiley face LA version and 2 versions with a differing number of lines, for children to add in their own vocabulary related to emotions.

Differentiated planning templates to plan a recount. This resource is based on recounting a school trip, but can easily be adapted for other recount. Used with a year 1 class.

Differentiated activities to support teaching of measuring length using non-standard units of length. Can easily be adapted to support teaching of cm. Used in a year 1 class.

Differentiated activities to support adding money, coin recognition and calculating change. Used with a year 1 class, can be easily adapted to suit other year groups.

An introductory presentation and accompanying differentiated worksheets used with a year 1 class based on capacity. Using the language of ‘full’, ‘half full’, ‘empty’, ‘nearly/almost full’ and ‘nearly/almost empty’.

A class assembly written for a topic about Guinness World Records. Used in a year 4 class, but easily adapted to be used across KS2. Has 32 parts, some of which can be combined for smaller classes. In a .doc format so can easily be adapted & edited.

Lesson based on calculating percentages of money and finding the best deal for different food products at different retailers. Differentiated activities 3 ways. Can be taught as a single lesson or in a series of 3 lessons. Used with an upper Key Stage 2 class. Supporting PowerPoint and lesson plan also provided.

Differentiated activity to support teaching of measuring weight using non-standard units of measure. Balance scale required for measuring weight using multilink cubes.

A lesson designed for children to identify the amount of sugar that can be found in a range of different drinks. A PowerPoint to explain what sugar is and an explanation of a range of tasks. Can be carried out in an afternoon on a rotation basis or can be used as a series of lessons to investigate the amount of sugar in drinks. Differentiated worksheets to accompany tasks.

An investigation designed to test the best material to plant cress in order to support germination. Resources include a PowerPoint to support investigation planning and evaluation sheets following the investigation.

Pictures of different streets during the Victorian times. Different images of a Victorian street with accompanying writing sheet. Includes Word and pdf formats. Used in a year 1 class, but can easily be used across Primary age phase.

Fruit tasting activity where children taste various fruits. Children record what they like and dislike about the fruits. Children then conduct a ‘survey’ of all children in the class. Following this, children to create a bar chart/tally/tick chart to collect whole class data. Used with a year 1 class, but can easily be adapted to suit.

Differentiated activities to support the teaching of numbers as words. Used with a year 1 class.

An Iron Man description example to be improved. Also includes a ‘good’ and ‘bad’ example of a letter. Differentiated capital letter activity where children need to add or correct capital letter errors. Used with a year 4 class.

Various story planning frames. Also includes an example of a Caribbean story. Can be used across Primary age range.

Differentiated activity where children compare the temperature of places in the UK with countries from around the world. Used with a year 1 class.

Lesson based on the following scenario: An energy company has decided to build a dam near your local area in order to produce hydro-electrical power. The building of the dam and the flooding it will cause will mean that 200 homes will be destroyed. The energy company will give the people and families affected money and time to move house. The project will create a source of clean, renewable energy that will power thousands of homes in Swansea. It will also create work for many people in your area. However, the flooding of the valley to create the reservoir will not only affect the families that live there, but also the many animals and birds that live there. The valley that will be flooded is a place of natural beauty that is enjoyed by tourists, walkers and fishermen. In your group, you must create an argument either in favor or against the development of the dam.

A task for book by Philip Pullman ‘Clockwork’. Children to write their own blurb and preface for the book.

A lesson based on the Swansea Tidal Lagoon. Session explores the pros and cons of building a tidal lagoon in Swansea, South Wales. Use news reports to support the task. Various resources to support group discussion, culminating in a whole class discussion where children need to decide upon whether they think the tidal lagoon is a good idea or not.