My students love these slides! These slides are very useful for a slow start and are a way for children to practise their handwriting independently as they begin the school day. I use these as children enter my classroom in dribs and drabs. They copy each letter, word and sentence 3 times before writing their own independent sentences.

In my last two schools we would focus on a Unicef article of the week and refer to it in our teaching as part of being rights respecting schools. I have created a template of the 42 different rights which pertain to children and this can be printed and added to a noticeboard or display for easy referral. They can also be used in your planning or to help you track which articles you have used in your own planning. I use these each week to inform my planning and for display purposes so my children can see and read which article we are focusing on this week. Further information: https://www.unicef.org.uk/what-we-do/un-convention-child-rights/ Here is the PDF where I used the phrasings of the UN convention of the rights of the child: https://www.unicef.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/UNCRC_summary-1_1.pdf

This is a resource I use in my own KS1 classroom and is really useful when forming and extending questioning sentences and supporting questioning language used by my students. 7 key question words. Simply print, cut out and display. This resource is ideal for ECT’s needing to decorate a classroom. If you find this resource useful please rate and review. Thank you!

This is a resource I use in my own KS1 classroom and is really useful for reminding the children of which function we are using to day and the key stem language associated with it. 7 key symbols. Simply print, cut out and display. This resource is ideal for ECT’s needing to decorate a classroom. If you find this resource useful please rate and review. Thank you!

I have had this resource displayed in my classroom since my NQT year. It’s at the children’s height and the children can check in how they feel every morning and afternoon registration. The widgets themselves are usually moved around the appropriate zone to help them. The children love accessing it and usually write on the emotion zone areas their own suggestions on how to deal with those types of emotions.

This resource is very useful when you have a slow start and the children are coming in in random waves. This resource has 20 slides and its enough for a month’s morning starter for a Year 2 class. It has a Phase 5 handwriting focus and a simple maths focus of either place value, counting in 10’s or number bonds.

This powerpoint contains weekly spelling lists and activities which will last the entire year for your Year 2 class. There are enough slides to go through the entire 39 weeks of the school year without repeating and will help with consolidation and supporting of your pupil’s spellings. These spelling lists progress through the 100 Common Exception Words that your students will need to learn by the end of KS1 and also contain challenges which will benefit and stretch your more academically able students.

This powerpoint contains weekly spelling lists which will last the Autumn term for your Year 2 class. These spelling lists progress through the 100 Common Exception Words that your students will need to learn by the end of KS1 and also contain challenges which will benefit and stretch your more academically able students.

This powerpoint contains weekly spelling lists which will last the entire summer term for your Year 2 class. These spelling lists progress through the 100 Common Exception Words that your students will need to learn by the end of KS1 and also contain challenges which will benefit and stretch your more academically able students.

This powerpoint contains weekly spelling lists which will last the Spring term for your Year 2 class. These spelling lists progress through the 100 Common Exception Words that your students will need to learn by the end of KS1 and also contain challenges which will benefit and stretch your more academically able students.

This resource is one that I use often on my tables to encourage and build vocabulary in the children’s independent writing. This resource contains 8 different word mats which focus on building language and vocabulary skills based on the 5 different senses. It does not just focus on the senses as a whole but also focuses on how we can further describe them, for example separate mats for unpleasant and pleasant smells. These mats are both KS1 and KS2 friendly. They also use visuals to help reinforce which sense is being described.

This is a Estimation Station I use in my KS1 classroom. It is simple, visual and black and white printer friendly. This resource contains a display image with appropriate vocabulary, sheets for the children to write their answer on and 10 visual prompts to be used in conjunction with concrete materials or as a quick visual question for the children to respond to. These prompts correspond to all areas of the KS1 Maths curriculum aims as well and are useful for Assessment and pinpointing misconceptions.

This resource is one that I use often on my tables to encourage and build vocabulary in the children’s independent writing. This resource contains 15 different word mats which focus on building language and vocabulary skills based on size, shape, time, personality traits and the 5 different senses. It does not just focus on the senses as a whole but also focuses on how we can further describe them, for example separate mats for unpleasant and pleasant smells along with positive and negative emotions. These mats are both KS1 and KS2 friendly. They also use visuals to help reinforce which sense is being described. These can be used independently, as part of a vocabulary, SPAG or English display, as part of a lesson or as an aid for independent work.

This is a Resource bundle which I have created for my own classroom. It’s designed to make your reading corner more active and less passive. It has shelf labels for the different genres and types of books in your book corner, question prompts to encourage comprehension skills and key vocabulary. This resource also has several editable posters for you to write your own recommendations to keep your reading corner fresh and active throughout the year. Just print and stick! :)

I use this as a daily morning starter to support my students either in Year 1 as a way to stretch them or in Year 2 as a way to support and gather evidence that the children can count up to 100 independently. This morning starter is differentiated and adapted 8 different ways so should be supportive in adapting to all of your students whether working below, working at or if you need to challenge them further. This word document resource will fit on a A4 page and will fit easily into most maths work books. Not revolutionary but it will save you at least ten minutes in creating, re-sizing, configuring print settings etc.

This is a fun Geography assembly for year 2. It has 2 catchy songs with youtube links and one hymn for if you work in a Catholic or C of E school. It covers continents, oceans and compass directions. There are so many opportunities for fun acting and miming in this script too depending on the ability of your class. Hopefully it saves you some time for planning your own assemblies.

This is a fun Science assembly for year 2. It has 1 catchy song and a fun poem with youtube links and one hymn for if you work in a Catholic or C of E school. It covers, what is a spine, the five vertebrate animals classification, carnivores, herbivores and omnivores, the importance of a balanced diet across the five food groups, and why hygiene is important . There are so many opportunities for fun acting and miming in this script too depending on the ability of your class. Hopefully it saves you some time for planning your own assemblies.

I have used this resource with my year 2 group of Expected/Working At and Greater Depth/Working Above readers and the children have really enjoyed the tasks. The children call this their ‘selfie questions’ as they answer them independently after reading in pairs. Each session is based on 8 pages from the book. The questions cover a range of different types including retrieval, inference, prediction and clarification and each ‘selfie’ sheet has two extension tasks. This is a resource which could also be used with Year 3 readers as well.

This resource contains 10 posters which you can use as part of a Growth Mindset display within your classroom. They are positive messages of hope and resilience which hopefully will motivate your students as much as they motivate mine.

I have used this resource with my Year 2 group of Working At/ Expected and Working Above/Greater Depth readers and the children have really enjoyed the tasks. The children call this their ‘selfie questions’ as they answer them independently. This resource contains planning for the entire book.Each page is based on 9 pages from the book. The questions cover a range of different types including retrieval, inference, prediction and clarification and each ‘selfie’ sheet has an extension task. This is also a resource which could easily be used with Year 3 as well as a week long end of term reading comprehension.