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.
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.
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 you’re 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.
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.
Learn the names of these adorable animals in Spanish!
-Learn the animal names in Spanish
-Use the Slideshow mode on your Interactive Whiteboard and call out names in Spanish/English
-Ask the children to select the appropriate animal by clicking on it (on slides 4-5 the animals will flip over to reveal the translation)
-Challenge: See if you can identify all the animals in under 30 seconds!
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.
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.
“You arrive at three ancient doors. Which door do you choose?”
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.
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 aren’t able to use Artrage, then you can use the 10 painted backgrounds that are included in this purchase.
Introducing our educational digital resource - Create your own Three Little Pigs' Houses! This interactive tool allows children to design and build their own versions of the famous houses from the beloved fairy tale. From straw and sticks to bricks and mortar, this resource can be linked to materials in Science, making it an ideal way for kids to engage with the subject in a fun and creative way. With easy-to-use features and colorful graphics, children can explore the concepts of building materials and construction while unleashing their creativity. Let's bring the story of the Three Little Pigs to life with this engaging and educational resource!
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.
Introduce children to the classic tale of Little Red Riding Hood with our non-editable story sequencing activity. Based on a retelling of the story, this .pdf document contains all the pages of the story in a random order, allowing children to cut and sequence the story as they see fit. This hands-on activity is designed to promote critical thinking and reading comprehension skills in an engaging and interactive way. Perfect for classroom use, this resource is easily printable and can be used time and time again. Help children develop their storytelling and sequencing abilities while enjoying the timeless tale of Little Red Riding Hood.
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.
-Learn days of the week, numbers up to 31 and months of the year in Spanish
-Use the Slideshow mode on your Interactive Whiteboard and call out dates in Spanish/English
-Ask the children to select the appropriate day, date and month by clicking on the correct tiles (the tiles will flip over to reveal the translation)
-Challenge: See if you can identify 5 dates in under 30 seconds!
Using the FREE program Sculptris, create this unique Ancient Egyptian Death Mask!
This step-by-step picture guide will take you through the whole process - even if you haven't used the program before. Also included is a download link for the 3D model at various stages of sculpting. The models can be 3D printed or screenshots can be taken for displays/books.
Struggling to come up with how to teach your children how to be safe online?
This resource comes with instructions of how to embed e-safety into your general day to day teaching of Computing.
Included in the files are:
-Instructions of how to use it in your lessons
Traffic light system to support the rating of e-safety
Check out our Instagram page @martingouldendigitalresources of more ways to teach the children about online safety.
A document designed to help support the children when creating Newspaper reports on the computer. It separates key skills into the different year groups, that shows progression of key skills.
Tutorial on our Instagram page, explaining how we create the layout.
@martingouldendigitalresources
Introducing one of our first in a series of Number Formations sheets.
These sheets have been created to help with the development of children learning about number formations.
Included on each number sheet:
a number rhyme to help remember the formation of the number
numbers to be able to trace
space to practice the number formation
For more ideas please follow us on our Instagram page @martingouldendigitalresources