A word mat designed to follow the VCOP display board. Created to help pupils write a recount of a trip to Leicester Botanic Gardens. Thanks to ilovemarmite and butterbeer for the VCOP superhero images.

A VCOP word mat to be used when writing the African folktale 'How zebra got stripes'. Links with Greedy Zebra by Mwenye Hadithi and the Tinga Tinga Tales version. Picture courtesy of a child from http://thislittleclassofmine.blogspot.co.uk - thanks xx

Useful for all teachers at all levels and Key stages, which gives a very simple aids for students in their writing for Geography and History which gives examples and suggestions of specialist terms to include in their work for each of the areas. Totally editable for all staff to add / amend / remove terms from the pyramids which makes these useful for all subjects across school at all levels.

Great for any arctic, polar or animal based topics. This lesson is a complete, engaging & imaginative, creative writing or Big Writing stimuli lesson that can be applied to many different writing genres. Children discuss ideas and then plan by answering the thought provoking questions which enable a wealth of ideas to be generated for the writing. Planning sheet has space for 5 sense descriptions, VCOP elements and purpose, audience and genre notes to help meet the new 2014 curriculum. Starter activity é 2 widths of line guides/writing sheets included plus optional paragraph planning sheet, custom art sheet and self-assessment plenary activity mean that this lesson's length is flexible and could easily last for 2 hours if you wanted it to and comes with 3 different options for delivery over 1,2 or 3 lessons. Lesson is aimed at KS2 but can be used for more able KS1, or KS3 as it is differentiated by outcome

Suitable for any seas and oceans or nature based study/topic - or for simply an inspiring writing lesson! This complete, engaging and imaginative, creative writing or Big Writing stimuli lesson that can be applied to many different writing genres. Children discuss ideas and then plan by answering the thought provoking questions which enable a wealth of ideas to be generated for the writing. Planning sheet has space for 5 sense descriptions, VCOP elements and purpose, audience and genre notes to help meet the new 2014 curriculum. Starter activity plus 2 widths of line guides/writing sheets included plus optional paragraph planning sheet, custom art sheet and self-assessment plenary activity mean that this lesson's length is flexible and could easily last for 2 hours if you wanted it to and comes with 3 different options for delivery over 1,2 or 3 lessons. Lesson is aimed at KS2 but suitable for more able KS1 and KS3 as it is differentiated by outcome.

Hours and hours of meaningful and engaging cross-curricula learning all based on, and inspired by, the Rugby Word Cup 2015 that is currently being staged in the U.K. All learning can be applied to any nation/team and can be taught in whatever country you are from Australia to Namibia! Contains Cross-Curricula Learning Based Around: - Rugby World Cup Maths Worksheets - Rugby World Cup Creative Writing Activities - Rugby World Cup Geography - Rugby World Cup Art and Design Activities - Rugby World Cup Independent Learning - Rugby World Cup Word Search - Rugby World Cup Poetry - Rugby Terminology and Sweep Stake Kit - Plus 19 learning activity ideas from across the breadth of the curriculum including writing, poetry, dictionary and thesaurus skills, singing, drama, p.e, games, design technology, science, art and much more. And.. The Extra Special Rugby Challenge That Will Keep Your Class Busy For A Long Time! Includes the extra bonus of a full individual creative writing lesson pack from our range of resources that can be stretched to 3 lessons if you so wish and can be applied to the ultimate rugby player! All images sourced via creative commons 1.0 or created by tftf