<p>These activity sheets have been created based on the Purple Read Write Inc. story books for use either at home (e.g. for remote learning), or in school. There is an option of using these activity sheets at school to save buying writing books, and to allow for differentiation of activities. For home use, the children can access the RWI eBooks on Oxford Owl with a school subscription. Each activity sheet has a hold a sentence/ build a sentence/ proof reading activity, followed by a creative writing activity. These can be spread out over the week.</p>

<p>These activity sheets have been created based on 10 Green RWI story books for use either at home (e.g. for remote learning), or in school. There is an option of using these activity sheets at school to save buying writing books, and to allow for differentiation of activities. For home use, the children can access the eBooks on Oxford Owl with a school subscription. Each activity sheet has a hold a sentence/ build a sentence/ proof reading activity, followed by a creative writing activity. These can be spread out over the week.</p>

<p>Fun class quiz in ppt format suitable for Year 1 and Year 2. Based on popular and familiar picture books. Children must guess the name of the book based on a section of the cover. 10 questions with 10 answers. Perfect for Book Week, Circle Time, end of the day, morning registration, developing speaking and listening skills.</p>

<p>A fun quiz suitable for Year 1 and Year 2 children in PowerPoint format. 10 characters from popular children’s books. The aim is to guess the name of the character shown. Ideal for remote teaching/learning. Could be used for a form tutor/ PSHE/ Wellbeing session, or an oral language/English lesson (build discussion around the books and characters). Bonus points could be awarded for naming the book title! Challenge the children to design their own Guess the Book Character Quiz.</p>

<p>A lesson plan used for an observation with a mixed ability reception class, as part of our ‘Magic, Mystery and Fairytales’ Topic. The children recieved a letter from a princess asking for their help to escape the castle. The children engaged in good discussions and small group work. This lesson covers the Early Years curriculum including PSED and Literacy areas.</p>

<p>A Topic Web based on the story ‘The Jolly Christmas Postman’. This topic web details activities that could be covered using the story as a focus text to cover aspects of the curriculum in Autumn Term. An excellent story to help Year 1 to explore Christmas, the post office, transport, people who help us, mapping, to name abut a few topics.</p>

<p>An engaging powerpoint designed to captivate Year 1 children at the beginning of Castles/ Who’s the king of the castle? topic. The presentation uses images based on areas explored within the topic (e.g. dragon, castles, fairytales) to encourage the children to predict the new topic. A KWL chart is introduced and the children are encouraged to think about and record what they would like to find out during the topic all about castles.</p>

<p>Back to school KS1 maths fun! Get to know your new class through a creative maths activity in the first few days of the new school year. The activity asks children to represent how many people are in their family using a whole part model and their age using a ten frame. Create a ‘Maths about me’ display board. Use as a discussion activity for new to be taught in Year 1 or use as a revision activity for return to Year 2.</p>

<p>An interactive powerpoint presentation to use during a PSHE/Wellbeing discussion on what to do when you’re worrying. Focus book for discussion is “The Don’t Worry Book” by Tom Parr with link to book in PPT. This lesson helps the children to think about strategies and ideas to help them cope with worrying. Ideal for use during remote/ virtual learning and school closures to ease children’s worries.</p>

<p>Ideal for use during Remote Learning. A simple general knowledge 10 question quiz with answers for form time/ PSED/ circle time/ ice-breaker. PowerPoint format.</p>

<p>A detailed summary of the Belshevik consolidation of power handout for A Level students studying Russia, including:</p> <ul> <li>Socialism</li> <li>Marxism</li> <li>Leninism</li> <li>Reasons for the Bolshevik victory in 1917</li> <li>The Bolsheviks’ aims in 1917:</li> <li>Reforms following the October Revolution</li> <li>The outbreak of Civil War, 1918</li> <li>Reasons for the Bolshevik victory in the Civil War</li> <li>War Communism</li> <li>The Red Terror</li> <li>The Kronstadt Rebellion</li> <li>Reasons for the Bolshevik consolidation of power between 1917 and 1921</li> <li>New Economic Policy (NEP)</li> <li>Reasons for the Bolshevik consolidation of power between 1917 and 1924/28</li> <li>The impact of War Communism and NEP:<br /> War Communism</li> <li>Mistakes made by Lenin prior to his death (1924)</li> <li>Changes introduced by the Bolsheviks between 1917 and 1928</li> <li>The extent to which the Bolsheviks had consolidated power during the 1920s</li> </ul>

<p>A detailed handout for A Level students studying the Russian Revolution including;</p> <ul> <li>Key features of Russian society in 1905</li> <li>Opposition to the Tsarist autocracy</li> <li>The 1905 Revolution</li> <li>The Tsarist reforms</li> </ul>

<p>Autumn half-term activities for Year 1 children to choose from. Including art and crafts, baking, phonics, maths and literacy.</p>

<p>As part of your Superheroes Topic, a Superhero training day is a must! Use this as a guide to planning your day. This worked well with a Year 1 group who arrived to school dressed as superheroes. The children baked flapjacks, completed superhero related activities during the day and were presented with certificates at the end of a very fun day. List of resources required is noted.</p>

<p>Use this template to engage children in creating a questionnaire to ask an adult about what toys they played with in the past. Children to record answers from adult. Could be used as a weekend homework activity or project work on learning about toys in the past. Useful for discussion around question marks and questions words.</p>

<p>A Powerpoint presentation to use for a KS1 PSHE lesson on the importance of keeping active during lockdown. 2 links to video clips on keeping active. Opportunity to brainstorm ways of keeping active at home. Challenge set to create an obstacle course in garden to share with rest of class.</p>

<p>Year 1 start of year newsletter template - adaptable for teachers to use as a guide for what information to include for parents at the beginning of year. This newsletter was distributed to parents following an informal information meeting on the first week of term.</p>

<p>I have created a short lesson presentation to discuss special learning bubbles on return to school in September. These slides could be used with Reception, Year 1 or Year 2 for a circle time discussion, a PSHE lesson or on the first week back as an introduction to their new classroom. The slides could easily be adapted for an older/younger age group. The slides will help build discussions around what the set up is like in classrooms with bubbles, and the children can engage in a brainstorm of what is the same and what is different to when they were last in school.</p>

<p>Poster bundle to be used in line with COVID19 procedures in your setting including one way stairs systems, no entry signs, sanitise equipment reminders. Could be used in corridors, computer room, common rooms/social spaces of boarding house, or adapted for any educational setting.</p>

<p>An excellent early years maths activity idea to develop the children’s number sense. Suitable for Reception age (and could be adapted for higher numbers in Year 1). Engage the children in representing a number in many different ways, e.g. on their fingers, on a dice, on a coin, write it, draw it.</p>