Here is a fun doodle activity for back to school or any time. Good speaking and listening activity for pairs or writing activity making lists. How many words can they say or list in a given time? Children colour in the doodles on page 1 and draw their own designs on page 2. Great for homework too!

3 pages of Tennis flashcards with 6 cards to a page. 1 card is blank for you to use how you want. Add these to your display on Sports or Tennis. Duplicate and children can match them. Add to your writing corner and children can write about Tennis.

2 colour posters to discuss with your children, or they could talk about them in pairs. Poster 1 shows a coffee shop where people are in a queue to buy food and drinks. There is a comprehension question sheet for children to answer verbally, discuss and / or write the answers to e.g. What time is the coffee shop open? Who is first in the queue? Poster 2 shows a Pizza Express with food and drinks menus. There is a comprehension question sheet for children to answer verbally, discuss and / or write the answers to e.g. How much would it cost for an Olive Pizza and a bottle of Cola? Links to Literacy, comprehension and speaking and listening as well as Maths, money and shopping.

12 easy quiz sheets for your class. Great as a back to school resource! Each quiz invites children to read, discuss and write. Each quiz has 4 questions and a corresponding picture for the answers. Children can answer in different ways - writing the letter of the picture, naming the picture or writing a phrase or short sentence. Play the quiz in pairs, groups or as a whole class. Alternatively use as worksheets to compliment your topic work. You could also laminate the sheets and add to the writing corner for early finishers or use as homework. There are a range of themes: Christmas, Halloween, On the Farm, Space, Flying things, Plants, Winter Clothing, Tigers, Baby Animals, Weather, Animals and Transport.

5 worksheets where children practice forming their letters linked to Letters and Sounds. Children can use pencils or felt pens /paint.

10 posters to share with your children and encourage speaking and listening activities. Each poster shows something different, unusual or interesting such as an upside down house, cute animals or dolphins made from bananas. Children could think about what will happen next or what happened before each picture. Share on the white board and/or print out and the children can discuss in small groups and then choose their favourite posters to write about.

4 worksheets encouraging and supporting children with their writing at KS1. Sheet 1 shows a word bank and colour picture and invites children to use the key words to write a story. Sheet 2 shows a packed school bag and children write 7 things that they might find or pack in a school bag. Sheet 3 is a book review. Sheet 3 asks children to list what is in their pencil cases.

2 versions of this resource for children to record the books they want to read in the holidays or those they do read. Great little homework idea for young children.

A bumper 21 worksheet collection of characters that children will be familiar with from story books. Each sheet shows a different character such as fairy, giant, knight or dragon. Children read the sentence, write the sentence and then colour the characters. There is a colour version of each character on the sheets - children can copy these colours or use some of their own. Links to initial sound work, phonics, reading and handwriting.

Here is a simple Autumn tale reading and writing activity. Children can read the text and fill in the missing words. The answers are given in red on the next slide and the pictures around the colour border help children with the words they need. There is a blank border page where children can make up their own Autumn tale and use the pictures to help them. Alternatively, they can draw a picture of the Autumn tale or an Autumn picture of their own. There are also colour flashcards without words and colour flashcards with words that can assist children with their reading and writing.

5 different worksheets where children name the pictures related to Autumn and then trace over the words. Links to Seasons, Harvest, Halloween, Weather, handwriting and fine motor control. Please see also Let’s Write Winter, Spring and Summer Words on this shop too.

5 free colouring sheets for EYFS and KS1 children.

Here is a writing activity for children learning to write lists. Links to writing, reading, Ourselves, Me and PSHE. Page 1 shows lists of words children could choose from for their writing or they can come up with their own ideas and suggestions. Page 2 is for children to complete the sentences and write a list of 7 things they like. Page 3 is for children to write 7 things they dislike.

A differentiated phonics / writing worksheet activity for EYFS/KS1. There are 3 worksheets with a differentiated version of each. Each sheet shows 5 or 6 words and character pictures. Children find the correct word for each character and write it on the banner that the characters are holding. On the simpler version of the sheets, the words are there for children to trace or write underneath.

Sports themed resource activity sheets in colour and black and white. Data handling recording sheet showing favourite sports. Colour and B/W. 8 pictures of different sports for children to label. Colour and B/W. 3 and 4. Children write a phrase or short sentence about each sport or piece of sports equipment. Colour and B/W. Links to Sports and Sports Day, Data Handling, labelling and writing.