Two differentiated Venn Diagrams for use with KS1 children or less able KS2 children. The first sheet sorts on a single criteria (whether the animal is nocturnal or not) and the second sheet sorts on two criteria, with overlap (animals that live on land/water). Also don't miss the opportunity for discussion around animals that go outside the circles on the second Venn Diagram!

A game to help pupils practice their high frequency keyword spellings. The first page - the game board - should be blown up to A3 size and I’ve laminated my copy. The keyword pages should be copied onto card and cut up. You will need a dice and a counter for each child playing (my class have used their mini robots that they created as part of our topic work).

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!

8 session Year 2 English creative writing unit of work that can be easily adapted for other year groups. There is a focus on correctly sequencing a story and the use of adjectives and expanded noun phrases to describe and specify. The planning is based around ‘The Snail and the Whale’ by Julia Donaldson but can be tweaked to apply to an adventure story of your choice. Cutaways are suggested within the planning for a variety of groups of children. This resource includes: - 8 sessions of planning - sentence opener and suffix scaffold cards for children requiring additional support - ‘think about it’ prompt cards for more able writers - lesson starter activities - suffixes presentation (also available separately) - emotions graph template - planning frame and vocabulary gathering extension sheet

Primary school SMSC assembly plan and presentation based on the word ‘Social’ and informed by the government’s advice document on promoting fundamental British values as part of SMSC in schools. The assembly helps children to understand the meaning of the word ‘social’, apply it to themselves and their own lives and then extend it to the wider world. There is a reflection at the end for children to celebrate how lucky they are to lead social lives and consider how they can make a difference to someone in their social groups. Files included: SMSC assembly plan SMSC assembly presentation Looking for other assemblies? Try these: SMSC assembly and plan - Moral SMSC assembly and plan - Spiritual SMSC assembly and plan - Cultural Or get all four SMSC resources in a bundle and save 40%! I hope your children enjoy the assembly. Remember to leave feedback so that I can improve what I do - and make more of what you like! Follow me on TES to be notified when new products are posted. Happy teaching! Katharine7

This Year 1 unit of maths work is for early on in Year 1. The learning journey focuses on learning to read and write the numbers 1 - 10 in numerals and words as well as counting to 30 forwards and backwards. These numbers are lower than the end of year (EOY) expectations for Year 1 but activities can easily be extended for more able pupils or if you are teaching this unit later in the year. NC objectives covered: • Count to and across 30 (EOY = 100), forward s and backwards, beginning with 0 or 1 or from any given number. • Count, read and write numbers to 50 in numerals. • Read and write numbers from 1-10 (EOY = 1-20) This unit includes: - a unit of work overview - an entry/exit pass for AfL - number frames and number cards (pupils pick a card and dot in the number frames) - editable pom-pom serving game (group game: pupils pick a card, 'waiter' has to serve the correct number and colour of pom-poms - use tweezers for fine motor skill practise!) - roll and write recording frame - shape investigation - shapes and instructions - rainbow spelling sheet - 1 - 10 in words bookmarks

Have a bit of fun and keep the children busy with these classic logic puzzles. Children can practise their reading and reasoning in an engaging and different way! Read the clues and eliminate possibilities to crack the puzzle. Children can draw pictures or use the grids provided to logically reason which pirate captains each ship. There are 3 differentiated puzzles and answers are provided with this resource. If you’ve enjoyed the pirates puzzle, why not try another logic puzzle: Who’s Who

Reading comprehensions on the UK government, general election and democracy. There are three differentiated versions that could be used for Year 2 and upwards. My more able Year 1s had a go at the comprehension sheet in the middle of the file and did pretty well, it was a good challenge for them - I'm amused that they would build more chocolate factories if they ran the government! Questions include multiple choice, short written and longer written answers. The highest level also contains a true/false table with statements to be ticked as appropriate.

Perfect for practising segmenting for spelling using a tablet or PC with early writers! No printing is required - all you’ll need is a device that has PowerPoint, or access to Google Slides via the internet, a piece of paper and a pencil or pen. The digital worksheets begin with simple CVC (consonant sound, vowel sound, consonant sound) words such as pig, hat, etc. with the middle sound provided. Children sound out (segment) the word, using the image and given letter for support and then write the word on their piece of paper. Answers are provided on the penultimate slide so they can even mark their own work. Once they have mastered level 1, they can “unlock” the next level and so on, building up their segmenting for spelling skills progressively and systematically. I’ve used these digital worksheets with children 4 years old and upwards. Most children are able to use them independently once they’ve been shown what to do and the slide show is presented. They occasionally come out of the slide show by accident but show children how to press the slide show/present button and they can often handle that by themselves too - great for their computing skills! What’s included? A zipped file which contains all of the PowerPoints as follows: CVC single grapheme words (scaffolded) CVC single grapheme words CVC digraph words CCVC single grapheme words CVCC single grapheme words CCVC words with digraphs CVCC words with digraphs

Track errors, diagnose areas of development and organise groups and interventions to prepare your class for the Year 1 phonics screening check. This document contains a set of instructions, the diagnostic tool, a worked example for an individual pupil and whole class with a follow-up breakdown. This should help you complete the diagnostic tool and see how you can use the information it provides to plan your priorities for teaching whole class, small groups and/or 1:1 interventions. This really worked for me last year, I used it within my own class where I achieved a 90% pass rate for the screening check, and as year leader across Year 1 to inform the teachers of phonics sets, where we achieved an 84% pass rate collectively.

Use these Christmas calculations to challenge your pupils’ understanding, ability to reason mathematically and algebraic thinking in a fun and engaging way! Using images to represent numbers, children use what they know to discover the value of the images. They need to understand the meaning of =, x and ÷ signs and the relationship between multiplication and division. The calculations include 2, 3, 4, 5 and 10 times tables. There are 4 sets of progressively more difficult calculations, as well as 4 sets with the numbers given in an answer key for children requiring more support. As an extension, children could write their own challenges or describe how they know their answer is correct. There is also an addition and subtraction version of this resource here. Happy teaching!

#backtoschool Wake up your pupils’ maths brains with these back to school reasoning challenges. These cards challenge their understanding and recall of multiplication and division facts, their ability to reason mathematically and introduces algebraic thinking in a fun and engaging way! Using images to represent numbers, children use what they know to discover the value of the images. They need to understand the meaning of =, x and ÷ signs and the relationship between multiplication and division. The calculations include 2, 3, 4, 5 and 10 times tables. There are 4 sets of progressively more difficult calculations, as well as 4 sets with the numbers given in an answer key for children requiring more support. As an extension, children could write their own challenges or describe how they know their answer is correct. Happy teaching!

#backtoschool Wake up your pupils’ brains with these back to school addition and subtraction challenge cards! These calculations challenge your pupils’ understanding, ability to reason mathematically and algebraic thinking in a fun and engaging way. Using images to represent numbers, children use what they know to discover the value of the images. They need to understand the meaning of =, + and - signs and the relationship between addition and subtraction. The calculations include doubles and number bonds to 10 and 20. There are 4 sets of progressively more difficult calculations, as well as 4 sets with the numbers given in an answer key for children requiring more support. There are two open-ended calculations where children can find multiple possible answers to extend their thinking. Further extensions include children writing their own challenges or describing how they solved the problem. Happy teaching!

Need an assembly presentation for Remembrance Day? This powerpoint explains Remembrance Day in a child-friendly way and is appropriate for young children (Early Years/KS1). It contains 13 slides, plus notes, on the meaning of peace, Armistice and Remembrance Day. Looking for further assemblies? Try these: SMSC plan and presentation - Social SMSC plan and presentation - Moral SMSC plan and presentation - Spiritual SMSC plan and presentation - Cultural Assembly plan and presentation - Hope I hope your children enjoy the assembly. Don’t forget to leave feedback so I can improve what I do - or make more of what you love! Follow me on TES to be notified when new products are uploaded. Happy teaching! Katharine7

These print and go Halloween maths worksheets are packed full of Year 1 National Curriculum objectives! Your pupils will love the Halloween theme while continuing to learn - plus giving you valuable evidence and assessment for learning for your planning. Primarily aimed at Year 1, many of the worksheets will also be suitable for more able Year R children or children in Year 2 who are working towards age related expectations. In this resource you will receive worksheets for the following curricular objectives: Count, read and write numbers to 100 in numerals Count to and across 100 Read and write numbers to 20 in numerals and words Add and subtract one and two-digit numbers to 20, including 0 Compare, describe and solve practical problems for mass/weight, capacity and volume Recognise and know the denominations of coins Sequence events in chronological order using language Recognise and name common 2D shapes An answer key is also included for ease of marking or to allow children to mark their own/others’ work. This resource is available as part of a bundle where you will also receive a set of differentiated Halloween word problems: Halloween maths bundle Looking for other Halloween resources? Take a look here: Halloween word problems (addition and subtraction) Halloween segmenting - digital worksheet Follow me on TES to be notified when new products are uploaded. Happy teaching! Katharine7

Consonant clusters are a stumbling block for many children in the phonics screening check. Use these cards and games to support the children in recognising consonant blends and then blending them in words. You may also have identified in practise that children sometimes reverse letters to create digraphs, e.g. mistakenly reading thrand as tharnd or strok as stork. This resource also practises this scenario through the word builder cards. I hope they help! If you like this resource, you may find these screening check practise files useful too: Consonant blends - phonics screening check practise Split digraphs - phonics screening check practise