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A large set of print-and-go activity sheets for use during a topic study of RUGBY or for when special events such as the Rugby World Cup are on. DESIGNING ACTIVITIES: Rugby uniform (various templates) Rugby boot Rugby ball Water bottle Hoodie Jacket and Puffer Jacket Trophy Scarf, beanie and gloves Flag Supporter sign Postage stamp WRITING ACTIVITIES Interview questions Text Email View from the grandstand Would you rather play … Did you know … Argument writing (4 different statements) Newspaper article writing - (10 different photos, plus blank template) Designed on A4 size paper. Suitable for any classroom around the world as they are not country/team specific. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

A ‘Fun with a Ruler’ art project that involves drawing parabolic curves (curves that are made by drawing a series of straight lines). This project involves your students ruling straight lines between 2 dots on a template. When they have finished drawing all of the lines they can give their artwork some colour. Each student completes a square. Join the squares together to make an eye-catching display (see image for example). Included: ♦ Template – black dots ♦ Template – light grey dots ♦ Example ♦ Display suggestion ♦ Instructions ♦ Teacher notes Level of Difficulty: Your students need to be able to use a ruler to draw straight lines between 2 points (the curves are made with straight lines … it’s like magic!). The designs can look more complicated than they actually are. Concentration is required, but the actual process is not difficult. Instructions: Simple, clear, easy-to-follow instructions are provided. One instruction per page (image and a sentence). Display the instructions via a data projector if you have access to one. Otherwise print and enlarge them and/or demonstrate on an enlarged template. Equipment: You need a ruler and a pen (black works best). Something to colour with (eg coloured pencils, watercolours, felt tip markers, chalk pastels, dye, etc) Size: Each square measures approximately 18.5cm x 18.5cm. Designed on A4 size paper. Keywords: string art, math, geometry, patterns, parabolic curves. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

A basic fact speed and accuracy challenge. 5 different levels. 100 questions per level. Complete it in the time allocation with 100% accuracy to pass the level. Five Levels: 1) Addition – using single digit numbers 2) Subtraction – facts to 20 3) Multiplication – 0x0 to 12x12 4) Division – same facts as multiplication 5) Mixture – mixture of levels 1 – 4 Suggested Use: Students are given a certain allocation of time to achieve the completion of 100 facts with 100% accuracy. If they do this, they pass that level and move on to the next level. I would operate this challenge once a week, but it’s up to you. You select the time, depending on the ability of your students. Answer sheets are provided for self or buddy marking. Hand out certificates to recognise achievement. Included: ♦ Question sheets (one for each level) ♦ Answer sheets ♦ Student recording sheets ♦ Teacher tracking sheet ♦ Certificates (colour and black/white) ♦ Wall display templates © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

The ultimate resource to help you teach REPEATING COLOUR PATTERNS. 10 Different Pattern Sequences: AB ABC AAB ABB ABCD AABC ABCC AAAB AABB ABBC Included: ♦ 10 pattern cards – provided in 4 different formats. ♦ 30 pattern strips – copy the pattern. ♦ 30 pattern strips – continue the pattern. ♦ 30 pattern strips – identify the missing cube(s). ♦ 24 Clip and flip cards. ♦ 24 Pattern hunt cards. ♦ 6 Worksheets. ♦ 4 Blank templates. All of the patterns are shown with linking cubes (unifix, unlink, connecting cubes). The only colours you need for copying the pattern, continuing the pattern, and identifying the missing cube(s) are: red, blue, green, yellow. If you don’t have cubes you can use an alternative such as coloured counters, counting bears, etc.

Alphabetical Order. Worksheets for students to cut, group, order and glue words into alphabetical order. 3 different levels: * all words have a different starting letter * some words have the same starting letter * all words have the same starting letter 2 different worksheets at each level. 2 A5 size worksheets on A4 paper. Blank template included. Answer sheets included. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Worksheets for common blends and digraphs. Activities: ♦ write your name. ♦ colour the blend. ♦ trace and write the blend. ♦ find the blend 4 times and colour the circle. ♦ colour the picture. ♦ write the blend to make 4 words. ♦ write the 4 words in the letter boxes. There is also an empty box in the bottom left corner. This is so you can design an activity for your students. For example: • draw a picture of a word that has the blend. • hunt for a word around the classroom (in a book, on the wall, etc) that has the blend and write it. • write the blend as many times as you can. • write the blend in fancy lettering. • write a sentence using a word that has the blend. Included: ♦ 40 worksheets ♦ Teacher notes (including a resource to help teach the ‘letter boxes’). ♦ Each worksheet is the same format. ♦ Made on A4 size paper. ♦ Made with the NZ Basic Script font so they are especially suitable for New Zealand classrooms. List of blends and digraphs used: (36 beginning and 4 final) br- cr- dr- fr- gr- pr- tr- wr- bl- cl- fl- gl- pl- sl- ch- ph- sh- th- wh- sc- sk- sm- sn- sp- st- sw- kn- qu- tw- scr- shr- spl- spr- squ- str- thr- -ck -ng -sh -st © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

A ‘Fun with a Ruler’ math/art project that involves drawing parabolic curves (curves that are made by drawing a series of straight lines). This project involves your students ruling straight lines between dots on a template. When they have finished drawing all the lines they can give their artwork some colour. Alternatively, your students could draw the design using different coloured pens. Each student completes a piece. Join the pieces together to make an eye-catching display (see image for example). Included: ♦ Student template (black or grey dots) ♦ Example ♦ Instructions ♦ Display suggestions ♦ Teacher notes Level of Difficulty: Your students need to be able to use a ruler to draw straight lines between 2 points (the curves are made with straight lines … it’s like magic!). The designs can look more complicated than they actually are. Concentration is required, but the actual process is not difficult. Instructions: Simple, clear, easy-to-follow instructions are provided. One instruction per page (image and a sentence). Display the instructions via a data projector if you have access to one. Otherwise print and enlarge them and/or demonstrate on an enlarged template. Equipment: You need a ruler and a pen (black works best). Something to colour with (eg coloured pencils, watercolours, felt tip markers, chalk pastels, dye, etc) Size: Each piece is approximately 18cm x 18cm. Designed on A4 size paper. More of my ‘Fun with a Ruler’ resources available in my store. Keywords: string art, math, geometry, patterns, parabolic curves © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Template for making a Spy ID (or Secret Agent ID). 4 templates per page. US and UK templates included (for the word 'colour/color') Add a photo, a fingerprint, or a photo with disguise props (eg glasses, hat, moustache) Loads of fun! © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

A laptop / keyboard template for you to use however you wish! Suggestions would be to display things in the screen …. Computer rules, how to …, word of the day, reminder notices, etc. You could laminate it and write on it with a whiteboard marker or you could simply pin things to the screen. The templates: ♦ Grey ♦ Blue ♦ Pink ♦ Green ♦ Purple Designed on A3 size paper. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

A fun, effective art activity for your students when celebrating Anzac Day. Draw some patterns on the poppy / background and colour it in. 4 different templates are included: ♦ TEMPLATE 1 and 2 – the patterns are given in the boxes at the base of the sheet. Students transfer these patterns to the poppy and the background and then colour everything in. ♦ TEMPLATE 3 – this is a blank template. Your students decide on their own 5 patterns and draw them in the boxes at the bottom of the sheet. ♦ TEMPLATE 4 – the patterns are already given on the poppy and the background. This is just a colouring activity. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

3 Billy Goats Gruff - classroom resources Stick puppet templates - goats, troll and bridge Colour and black and white - Various options. Attach to an ice-block stick and have fun! Encourages story retelling and oral language development. Label the goat worksheet (with answer sheet). 2 per A4 sheet. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Stick puppet templates (black and white) for the story ‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears’. Templates Include: • Papa Bear, Mama Bear, Baby Bear • Goldilocks • Porridge Bowls x3 • Chairs x3 • Beds x3 • Broken Chair • Goldilocks’ mother • Goldilocks’ house • Three Bears’ house • Forest pathway • Goldilocks sleeping in bed • Goldilocks waking in bed Template Options: There are 2 different templates for the Bears – happy face and confused face. There are 2 different templates for Goldilocks – happy and shocked/surprised. Attach these back-to-back with a craft stick in between. Simply turn it around to show the change of emotion during the story. A template is also provided of Goldilocks without any facial features. Your students can identify her emotions as they change throughout the story and then draw them on the template. There are also 2 different templates for Papa and Mama Bear’s bed – nicely made and slept in. Great for story retell, oral language development, puppetry skills, imaginative play, etc. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Stick puppet templates (black and white) for the story ‘The Gingerbread Man’. Templates Include: * Gingerbread Man * Gingerbread Man – blank (A) * Gingerbread Man – blank (B) * Old Man * Old Lady * Cottage * Oven * Fox * Horse * Pig * Cow * Dog * Cat * Blank Template The old man and old lady templates do not have any facial features. Your students can decide what sort of emotion the characters need and then draw the eyes, nose and mouth. Great for story retell, oral language development, puppetry skills, imaginative play, etc. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Fun Activity Sheets for Roald Dahl's great story - The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me. Great for photocopying / printing. Includes: * newspaper article template * job match - cut and paste * word search * order events from the story * design an alternative book cover * design a poster for the LWCC * design a bag for The Grubber * animal research templates - giraffe, pelican, monkey * problem/solution match - cut and paste * letter template x2 * drawing tasks * who am I? * design a new kind of sweet * design some cool sweet wrappers * character interview template * quiz - 25 questions * giraffe craft * stick puppets - colour and black and white Your students are bound to have fun with these great activities. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Balance (Stability) task cards for Sport / Physical Education lessons. Non-locomotor movement. 72 task cards using a combination of 9 different parts of the body. Symbols used for indicating the part of the body. Provided in colour and in black and white. Included: * 72 task cards (4 to a page). * 9 flash cards (for learning the symbols). * Chart showing all 9 symbols and their body part. * Static Balance definition chart. * Teacher notes - suggested use, safety considerations, preparation. Examples of suggested use included in the resource: * Use as stations around the room. * Work with a buddy and move smoothly from one balance pose to another Great as a mini unit or tied into the likes of a gymnastics unit. Great for all ages / levels. Great for individual or co-operative work. Your students will have a lot of fun with this activity! © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Tortoise Flip Book for the story 'Esio Trot' by Roald Dahl. Variety of blackline templates so you can custom design your own flip book. Small and large tortoise templates. Blank shell templates as well as ones with text/patterns. Able to be used for general tortoise activities, not just with the story 'Esio Trot'. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Fun With Lines. Templates to create 4, 5, 6 and 8 point stars. Draw straight lines connecting the dots on the templates and curves will magically appear … such fun! (Parabolic Curves). Included: ♦ 4x student templates – 4, 5, 6 and 8 point stars ♦ Example stars ♦ Easy-to-follow instructions (with images) The Process: ♦ Draw the lines. ♦ Colour your artwork. ♦ Cut the artwork out around the circle. ♦ Display the stars. The Instructions: I have provided 7 steps to complete the artwork. Each step is on one page with concise instructions and an image. Print them out or display via a data projector – a great way for your students to self-check and manage their own learning. (Plus it will save you from having to answer millions of “Is this right?” questions!) The Practise Part: At the bottom of each template there is a section to practise ruling the lines and getting the hang of making parabolic curves before attempting it on the actual template. The artwork looks tricky …. but it is actually very simple! Skill enhancement: ruling straight lines with precision. Keywords: parabolic curves, string art, line art, geometry, math, ruler, straight lines, star, space, galaxy, © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

A fabulous resource to have in New Zealand classrooms when studying Māori Myths and Legends. Great for a follow-up activity after reading the story, or to have as an early-finisher task. 12 word searches. Eleven of the word searches have a Māori themed border or panel that can be coloured after finding all of the words. One word search has a flame/fire themed border (How Maui Found the Secret of Fire). These word searches are designed to go with the fabulous stories written by Peter Gossage. These books are commonly found in NZ schools and are also easily available for purchase in book stores. If you are not sure what these books look like, I suggest you do a quick image search on the internet (I'm not able to include an image here due to copyright restrictions). The words used in the word searches are taken from the stories in these books. The 12 Word Searches: ♦ How Maui Slowed the Sun ♦ The Fish of Maui ♦ How Maui Found his Father and the Magic Jawbone ♦ How Maui Found his Mother ♦ In the Beginning ♦ How Maui Defied the Goddess of Death ♦ How Maui Found the Secret of Fire ♦ Battle of the Mountains ♦ Pania of the Reef ♦ Rona and the Moon ♦ The Giant of Lake Wakatipu ♦ Hinemoa and Tūtānekai Each word search is on A4 size paper and can easily be reduced to A5 if necessary. There are 16 words to be found on each word search. ANSWER SHEETS are included. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Story Starters for writing lessons in the classroom. They are all for writing in the third person (ie they all contain the names of other characters, rather than using 'I') Print these out and laminate them back-to-back. Hand them out (or children can 'lucky-dip'). Students can then choose which story starter interests them the most and use that one to begin writing in their exercise book. Collect them in and use them again another time. 8 A4 sheets with 8 story starters on each page (total 64).

Super-fun stick puppets! Simply laminate and attach a craft stick. Great for oral language development, co-operative learning, topic based study, drama, performance skills, engaging reluctant learners, etc … Can also be used as a writing prompt (eg script writing, narrative writing, descriptive writing …) This set contains 102 puppets in total. hippos, lions, leopards, elephants, antelope, liger, cow, zebra,monkey, rhino, cats, dogs, pigs, sheep, squirrels, chipmunk, walrus, seal, goats, cattle, ducks, peacock, chickens, bee, grizzly bear, polar bear, panda bear, kangaroo, elk, horse, bunny, owl, hedgehog, giraffe, llama, dinosaurs, birds, moose, wolf, flamingo, giraffe, frog, turtles. Your students will LOVE making up performances with these colourful stick puppets. © Suzanne Welch, 2016 Visit my store for more stick puppets and other great classroom resources. Your feedback is appreciated. Thank you.