Words containing Phase 3 graphemes for reading practise. I made this resource this term for my Year 1 class and they love it! The red herrings are a bit random, but the children love looking out for them (they are words in the powerpoint that don’t contain the featured grapheme). When they arrive the children put their hands together, make a fishy movement and call out ‘red herring!’ They generally fall about laughing too. I don’t know why it’s so funny but I’m happy to go with it because they are engaged, they’re paying attention to the graphemes and best of all they’re having fun! I also use the slides to teach silent blending and how to break down longer words for reading. Handy for preparing for the Year 1 phonics screening check and I’ve really noticed their reading coming along. It’s not entirely down to the red herring powerpoints, they’re only one aspect of what we do, but I think they’re a solid part of it. I don’t use them every day because I don’t want the concept to get boring but I always get a ‘yessss!’ when I do. I’ve included the graphemes are, ore and ear (as in pear) in the trigraphs powerpoint as they’re in the Year 1 curriculum (although not in letters and sounds). I thought they would fit most conveniently in the trigraphs powerpoint. I also took out ‘ure’ as it doesn’t appear in the curriculum until Year 2 but you can easily add it back in by editing the powerpoint if you would like to use it. Many of the graphemes are also appropriate for Year R. I hope your class enjoy using this as much as mine do!

Perfect for an assembly on St George or as an introduction to the saint and the day. The presentation includes the following slides: - St George and his banner - What a patron saint is - Celebration date - The Union Flag - Who was St George? - The dragon legend - When St George became the patron saint of England - Celebrations - Will you be celebrating St George’s Day?

Save time, avoid mistakes and ensure a high-quality, consistent approach to organising your trip days. These templates can be re-used time and again, providing a quick and efficient system and supporting a happy, safe and educational school trip. This resource includes: group details sheets helper introductory letter and timetable for the trip class teacher summary sheet Customise the highlighted text in each document for your own class(es) and trip. Fill in the details, print off everything and then make 5 more copies of the introductory letter and timetable. Staple together the letter and a group details sheet for each supporting adult and the teacher summary is for you. Most of the hard work is done for you, just fill in the details, print, be safe and look good on trip day! NB this pack does not include a risk assessment which must be completed in line with your school/LA’s policies. Information on medical conditions must be planned for but should not be listed on documents shared with non-school staff due to the GDPR.

Use these scenario cards to generate discussions in small groups and support your pupils in understanding the choices they can make and the consequences of these choices. Differentiated with simpler two choice scenarios, a three choice scenario and one scenario where a choice is left blank for the children to decide what other choice could be made.

Looking at prefixes and how they change the meaning of the word.

How many different ways can Santa wrap the presents? An investigation for children to find all of the combinations of wrapping paper and ribbon. Differentiated worksheets are included and I used real wrapping paper and ribbon for LA/SEN children.

Use these slides to introduce some of the Year 2 suffixes, including spelling rules, and then practise some examples before children apply what they are learning in their own writing. Suffixes included: -y -ful -less -ness -ment

Frooby the Maths Dragon throws a tea party but will the fussy blue witch spoil his carefully prepared tea party? Revise or introduce symmetry in a vertical line with your class using the Return of Frooby story powerpoint. Follow-up the story with some Frooby-themed images for sorting, drawing or describing lines of symmetry. Key stage 1 mathematics programme of study --> Year 2 --> Geometry - properties of shape - identify and describe the properties of 2-D shapes, including the number of sides and line symmetry in a vertical line

A behaviour consultant once recommended I use social stories to tackle persistent behaviours in class. However, I found these hard to find relevant to my particular needs so I wrote some myself. The stories explain very specifically the behaviours being exhibited and the effects and feelings that these behaviours create. I wrote these stories for real children so please excuse the lack of ethnic diversity and gender bias, this happened to be my demographic at the time of writing! Contact me if you would like an updated version to suit your pupils. I read the 'calling out' story to a bright boy who persistently called out in class and it was like a revelation to him. He hadn't considered how it affected other children. He said, "This boy is a bit like me, isn't he?" His calling out improved dramatically and when it inevitably slipped, we simply got the story out again and re-read it. Much better than repeated tellings off and squashing his spirit! I used the other two stories similarly and enjoyed the discussions I had with the children involved.

Three pages of differentiated, pirate-themed addition and subtraction word problems (one step only). When I use these, I cut them up or get the children to cut them up and stick them in individually, which allows space to show their working and avoids pages full of worksheets glued in. Each page makes specific reference to the 2013 National Curriculum Key Stage 1 Mathematics programme of study (Year 2 expectations): Pupils should be taught to add and subtract numbers using concrete objects, pictorial representations, and mentally, including:  - a two-digit number and ones  - a two-digit number and tens  - two two-digit numbers 

Based on the 2016 interim assessment framework for KS1 mathematics, this form provides additional evidencing of the Working Towards criteria for maths. Useful for children who struggle to record their knowledge.

Year 1 writing frames/scaffolds for our first topic - 'Wish you were here...' We will be using the 'Holidays - joining with and - writing scaffolds' to practise orally rehearsing sentences including words joined with 'and' before writing them. Moving on from using the scaffold we will be writing sentences about our holiday with more independence. We'll be using the postcard templates as role-play writing materials but they could be used in a variety of ways including phonics application, early morning work or incorporated into a whole lesson. The postcards include three levels of differentiation.

Bookmark targets cards in a variety of colours and with a range of headings, including a blank space for you to write on your own if preferred. The target cards include a 'Personal Best' box for children/teacher to record their achievement and attempt to improve upon it. E.g. I can use full stops correctly. PB - 5 (full stops used correctly). I've found 'PB's to be very motivating in the past! They also give children a sense of ownership and involvement with their targets.

Three differentiated 'Seaside Snack Shack' menus for addition and subtraction work as well as one-step problem solving involving addition and subtraction, including missing number problems. The three menus cover objectives as follows: Menu 1 - - use number bonds within 10. Menu 2 - - use number bonds within 20 - add and subtract one-digit and two-digit numbers to 20, including 0. Menu 3 - - solve one-step problems that involve addition and subtraction, using concrete objects and pictorial representations, and missing number problems such as 7 = ? - 9.

Great for Key Stage 1 SATs revision! Help your pupils to practise and become confident with the types of questions that arise on the end of KS1 SATs reading comprehension papers. Use these editable question templates to create limitless questions - based on your choice of text - and practise the content domains that the children will encounter in the KS1 reading SATs papers. These question templates create smarter comprehension questions for whole class and guided/focused reading groups. Example templates include: - 'Tick one' and 'tick two' style questions - True or false tables - Sequencing events by number - Matching boxes - 2 mark extended answer questions ...and many more. Also included in this download are two samples to model how to copy, paste and edit the template questions to create SATs style comprehensions either in PowerPoint or Word. Additionally, a 'question of the day' style model is included, generated from the editable question templates, that gives children practise at one particular style of question. Make sure your children are prepared and being tested on their reading ability, not their exam technique. All the best, Katharine7

15 lessons of story writing planning for primary school children! The planning is based around Year 1 curricular objectives but could easily be adapted for other year groups as it is written around the universal themes of - beginning, middle and end - story problems and resolutions - use of adjectives to describe This download includes 15 lessons on writing short narratives including ideas for linking your guided reading to the writing, key questions and differentiation. There is also a story planning frame included.

Practise counting in 2s, 5s and 10s with these fun Easter puzzles! Perfect for Year 1 and revision in Year 2. The pictures help children to access the activity independently. I encouraged my pupils to work systematically, looking for the lowest multiple and working up because those that didn’t were more prone to making errors. I thought they would walk this activity but there was enough challenge in there to keep them interested and engaged. Spotting errors was a good way to check their understanding. There are six puzzles in total with the following multiples: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 110, 120 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80

Solve the code to reveal the shape names and match them to the correct shape. Perfect for Key Stage 1/lower Key Stage 2 revision of common 2D and 3D shape recognition and naming. There is an answer key included so that children can mark their own work if desired. I recently printed pages 2 and 3 of the file double-sided and used it as an end of term activity with my Year 1s - it kept them very quiet! It could also be used as a back to school baseline activity or to provide AfL information when you are about to teach a unit on shape. Shapes included on the worksheet are: 2D - circle, square, rectangle, pentagon, triangle, hexagon 3D - cube, sphere, pyramid, cuboid, cylinder, cone

Children write the Easter story in their own keepsake booklet. There are 10 pages for writing on in total, including a reflection page at the end. Each page has simple illustrations for the children to colour and space to write about the Easter story. The booklet matches up with the images used in my Easter Story powerpoint: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-easter-story-powerpoint-11552562 Print the pdf as is, double-sided, and make sure you tick the ‘flip on the short edge’ option. The booklet will print out in the correct order and you simply need to fold the pages in half. Enjoy!