An original poem about sports day and an activity to design a t shirt to celebrate team spirit and the summer season.

A simple acrostic poem about the Remembrance Poppy

Bring Hollywood to your Year Six Leavers’ assembly with these 3 songs that can be performed to the theme tunes from Star Wars, Mission Impossible and Indiana Jones. This assembly includes conversations which acknowledge how the children might be feeling about going to high school and gives them words of encouragement and praise for all of their achievements at primary school.

Use this original poem to get to know your new class! Children can write their own version of the poem to tell their new teacher lots of important things about themselves.

This original Christmas play can be combined with well-known Christmas carols and songs (song suggestions are included). Spike the Star tells Bella the Bauble, Holly the Christmas Wreath and Stitch the Stocking, why they should 'hang on' and decorate the house for Christmas. This play includes the Nativity story.

This is a Year Six Leavers' assembly with an Abba twist. All that's needed is 4 Abba backing tracks. Your Year Six class will love it!

Bring the seaside into your Early Years setting with these original songs and rhymes. Activity ideas are included.

Explore environmental issues such as global warming with these original Earth-themed poems.

This PowerPoint clearly shows each of the tricky words from phases 2 to 5. This resource has an autumn theme and is introduced and concluded with a simple song to the the tune of ‘Hickory Dickory Dock’.

Bring Summer into your English lesson with these original poems for key stage 1. This includes an acrostic poem with an accompanying writing frame and word bank.

This resource includes a simple song that children can sing before and after practising the sight recognition of the Phase 2 to 5 tricky words.

This resource includes a simple poem for younger children about the meaning of Valentine’s Day. An accompanying sheet gives children the opportunity to write words associated with Valentine’s Day taken directly from the poem as well as ones of their own inspired by the poem. This resource also includes a simple mathematics activity about pattern using Valentine’s Day themed pictures. These can be laminated and used as a continuous provision activity.

This free resource includes 9 original songs and rhymes for nursery and reception classrooms, covering the popular themes of birthdays, self-portraits, growing, playtime and tidy-up time.

Berries, Bows and Mistletoe is a heart-warming Christmas play for young children, with a magical woodland theme. The play is narrated by an adult with simple songs for children to sing with familiar nursery rhyme tunes. It is Christmas Eve and Little Fox is lonely, cold and hungry in Winter Wood. She is told to look for a shining light and sure enough when she finds it, she is welcomed into the cosy and warm home of the woodland animals and forest folk. This resource comes with suggestions for simple costumes and scenery ideas for a truly magical Christmas celebration.

A poem to read to your class at the end of a school year.

Bunting is an original poem for ks1 which celebrates all things summery: holidays, summer fairs, the park...This includes a creative activity to design summer bunting.

Celebrate Harvest with this performance poem parade! Hosted by Dingle Dangle the Scarecrow, the harvest of cereals, vegetables and fruit are celebrated as they walk down the red carpet. Well known Harvest songs can be performed at any point during the assembly to compliment this performance poem/parade.

‘Outdoor Ed’ is a performance poem that can be used to celebrate your school’s outdoor environment as an extension to the classroom. It can be used during an assembly to introduce an outdoor learning week where children are given the opportunity to share their own ideas about the learning that could take place outside, just like Ed did.

Share these 5 original poems with your new class and inspire some fabulous 'back to school' poetry writing. 'Hello To My New Teacher' will inspire your new class to tell you lots of important things about themselves. A sheet is included for each child to draw a self portrait on for a welcoming classroom display. Your class can use the writing frame and word bank to write an acrostic poem about the new school year inspired by the 'September' poem. Use the 'Our Class Rules' poem to remind your class about the school rules and why they are needed or to inspire a new set of class rules. 'The Classroom Fairy' poem is a fun poem to remind children to keep their classroom tidy. 'Teacher's Lost Her Memory Stick' is a funny poem about something that could happen to even the most organised of teachers. This poem could inspire your class to generate adjectives and adverbs that describe how the teacher feels and behaves.