About Mrs Mactivity
Hi, I’m Heather. I started Mrs Mactivity because I was spending far too much time searching for resources that were engaging, purposeful and genuinely useful, and often ended up making my own anyway.
I wanted to create the sort of lessons I’d look forward to teaching: full of interesting ideas, thoughtful questions and opportunities for those lovely little lightbulb moments when something suddenly makes sense.
Almost nine years later, Mrs Mactivity is a small independent team creating complete schemes of work and classroom resources for teachers, schools and parents around the world. The question behind everything is still the same: would I use this with my own class?
Weekly Phase 1 phonics lesson packs, ready to teach
Our members often tell us they value resources that feel thoughtful, distinctive and made with real care.
Complete schemes, lessons and supporting resources sensibly organised to help teachers spend less time searching and more time getting on with teaching.
From practical activities to colourful classroom resources, everything is designed to hold children’s interest and help ideas stick.
When we ask our members why they use Mrs Mactivity, the same things come up again and again. They want resources they can trust, schemes that are clear and well structured, and ideas that feel engaging rather than generic.
They also want everything they need in one place. That means complete schemes of work, lessons that follow a sensible sequence and supporting resources that are ready when they need them, without hours of searching.
That is what we try to get right. Resources that look inviting, make sense to teachers and give children plenty to think, talk and wonder about.
What our members tell us “Visually attractive, accurate, engaging, well structured and versatile.”
We’re a small team of experienced teachers, curriculum specialists and creative thinkers who genuinely love what we do. Between us we’ve taught across EYFS, KS1, KS2 and beyond, and every resource we create is shaped by real classroom experience.
Hi, I’m Heather. Before starting Mrs Mactivity, I spent 10 years teaching in primary schools in the UK and overseas. Since then I’ve worked in educational publishing, including on the senior team at Twinkl and as a Non-Executive Director at Kapow Primary. I also created a Department for Education-validated phonics programme before focusing full-time on growing Mrs Mactivity.
These days I still spend most of my time thinking about curriculum design and managing the website.
Favourite resource/scheme – Rhyme Town.
Anne has more than 15 years’ experience teaching across the primary age range and leads much of the curriculum development at Mrs Mactivity. She has an incredible eye for detail and is passionate about making sure every lesson is practical, purposeful and easy for teachers to use.
When she’s not creating resources, you’ll usually find her by the sea or spending time with her family.
Favourite resource/scheme: Morning starters
Katie brings over 16 years of teaching experience, including roles as Early Years Lead, Year 1 Team Leader and Whole School Phonics Lead. She combines her classroom role with creating practical, hands-on phonics and Early Years resources that children genuinely enjoy using.
Her favourite days are the ones filled with messy play, storytelling and plenty of laughter.
Favourite resource/scheme: FLIP
Trusted by teachers and schools
From individual teachers to whole-school teams around the world, our members use Mrs Mactivity to save time, strengthen curriculum planning and bring lessons to life.
★★★★★
“Mrs Mactivity has been invaluable to us in EYFS and the maths scheme for Reception and Nursery has saved us SO much time. The engaging ideas and thoroughness of the resources and activities has made it a no brainer, and this is the subscription I always intend to keep!”
Louise Tansley
EYFS teacher
★★★★★
“I was impressed by how comprehensive the SPaG scheme is. The accompanying resources are particularly useful because each lesson includes a pre-planned PowerPoint that teaches a specific SPaG objective clearly and explicitly. The differentiated activities that follow make it easy to support pupils at different levels. I have found the scheme invaluable for delivering high-quality SPaG lessons without adding to my workload.”
Rebecca
English Lead
★★★★★
“Having appropriate resources, matched to end-of-year outcomes, with explicit teaching points and high-quality content, all in one place has assisted enormously in the development of our whole-school learning strategy.”
Chris Walker
Deputy Head, Belmont Grosvenor School
★★★★★
“Switching to Mrs Mactivity’s Geography scheme has been a fantastic decision. The lessons are engaging, clearly structured and closely aligned to National Curriculum objectives. The resources support pupils of different abilities, while the progression documents have been invaluable for our Geography Lead.”
Mrs V Gambier
Semley CE VA Primary School
★★★★★
“As a large international school, we have been extremely impressed with Mrs Mactivity. The schemes and resources support high-quality teaching across the school, and the value compared to other providers is excellent. The support from Heather and the team has been outstanding.”
Tessa Wilde
The British School of Kuwait
Recognised across education
Mrs Mactivity is a proud member of BESA. Our schemes and resources have received recognition through the Teach Early Years Awards, the Geographical Association Awards and the Education Resources Awards, reflecting our commitment to creating high-quality resources for teachers and schools.
Explore membershipsFind out more about who we are, how we create our resources and what makes Mrs Mactivity different.
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Whether you’re an individual teacher, a school or a parent, you’ll find complete schemes of work, carefully planned lessons and classroom resources ready to use from Nursery to Year 6.
