This is a lesson plan I created and used on my 2nd year university placement, looking at one more and one less from a given number (e.g. what is one less than 6?) I hope someone finds this useful =)

This is a lesson plan I created and used on my 2nd year univeristy placement. It is for Early Years/Reception and focuses on recognising numerals from 1-10, using the story 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' as a starting point. Hope this is useful to someone =)

This activity can be used as part of a Maths lesson (good starter or plenary). This game encourages children to count over 100 starting from any number, putting numbers in order from smallest to biggest. To adapt the game and change the words to your own categories, click on the pencil on the game. To make your own games click on the little alien that says "Smart LAB" when you hover over the icon. Hope you find this useful =)

This activity can be used as part of a Phonics lesson (good starter or plenary). Both games encourage children to think about the number of syllables in a word as a whole and how words can be broken down. To adapt the game and change the matching words to your own categories, click on the pencil on the game. To make your own games click on the little alien that says "Smart LAB" when you hover over the icon. Hope you find this useful =)

These aliens have gotten all mixed up. Which words are nouns and which are verbs? To adapt the game and change words to your own categories, click on the pencil on the game. To make your own games click on the little alien that says "Smart LAB" when you hover over the icon.

Can children put the words in alphabetical order? Couple of the words have the same start letter, so encourage children to look at the rest of the word. Good starter activity. To adapt the game and change words to your own categories, click on the pencil on the game. To make your own games click on the little alien that says "Smart LAB" when you hover over the icon.

What conjunction goes in the blank space? Drag and drop activity. Great starter or plenary. To adapt the game and change words to your own categories, click on the pencil on the game. To make your own games click on the little alien that says "Smart LAB" when you hover over the icon.

This activity can be used as part of a French lesson (good starter or plenary). This game uses colour matching words in English and French. To adapt the game and change the matching words to your own categories, click on the pencil on the game. To make your own games click on the little alien that says "Smart LAB" when you hover over the icon. Hope you find this useful =)

This activity can be used as part of a French lesson (good starter or plenary). This game uses pictures of clothes on flip cards with a French word underneath. To adapt the game and change the matching words to your own categories, click on the pencil on the game. To make your own games click on the little alien that says "Smart LAB" when you hover over the icon. Hope you find this useful =)

These are a selection of Maths questions that can be used with KS1. I used to use them once a week as a quick starter with year 1; this helps the children get an understanding of the types of questions they may face in end of year tests or the KS1 sats. Questions can be changed regularly. Hope someone finds these useful. =)

These are a selection of GPS questions that can be used with KS1. I used to use them once a week as a quick starter with year 1; this helps the children get an understanding of the types of questions they may face in end of year tests or the KS1 sats. Questions can be changed regularly. Hope someone finds these useful. =)

This activity can be used as part of a Maths lesson (good starter or plenary). This game uses pictures of shapes on flip cards. To adapt the game and change the matching words to your own categories, click on the pencil on the game. To make your own games click on the little alien that says "Smart LAB" when you hover over the icon. Hope you find this useful =)

This activity can be used as part of a Maths lesson (good starter or plenary). Both games use a variety of number facts to 10 and 20 (e.g. double 10, half of 40, 12 + 4 + 4, 5 + 5). These different facts allow children to see more than just the "normal" pairs of numbers that make 10/20. To adapt the game and change the numbers to your own categories, click on the pencil on the game. To make your own games click on the little alien that says "Smart LAB" when you hover over the icon. Hope you find this useful =)

This activity can be used as part of a Maths lesson (good starter or plenary). This game uses numbers and the corresponding word (e.g. 68 and sixty eight). The children need to match up the numbers and the words (recognising word and numeral form of numbers). To adapt the game and change words to your own categories, click on the pencil on the game. To make your own games click on the little alien that says "Smart LAB" when you hover over the icon. Hope you find this useful =)

A good activity for small groups or 1-1. Children roll a dice (also use dice more than 6) and collect that number of counters and put in the pot. Try to halve the counters by adding one at a time to each ice cream. Good for children to recognise which numbers can be halved and which can not. Could also be adapted for doubling.

These are a selection of activities some of my peers and I designed for a 'make spelling fun' evening at a local primary school as part of my English specialism. I would use a different one every fortnight as this is something the children could look forward to. I hope someone finds this useful =).

9 cards with simple classroom instructions. Teach the children the vocabulary first (see bottom of page) in both English and French (use larger versions of these cards to demonstrate a picture-word correspondence). Cut out the little cards and provide enough for one per pair. Turn the cards over. One at a time the children pick a card and mime the action to their partner. I hope someone finds this as useful as I did =)