We are a team of two sisters who specialise in primary education. We are determined to create resources of the highest standard that can be used without further preparation. Our lessons and assemblies have been designed to challenge children of all levels within a creative, engaging and inspiring context. Explore our shop to find lesson packs for languages, art and religious education, plans for assemblies and numerous high-quality resources to help you teach phonics, mathematics and literacy
We are a team of two sisters who specialise in primary education. We are determined to create resources of the highest standard that can be used without further preparation. Our lessons and assemblies have been designed to challenge children of all levels within a creative, engaging and inspiring context. Explore our shop to find lesson packs for languages, art and religious education, plans for assemblies and numerous high-quality resources to help you teach phonics, mathematics and literacy
This resource contains 7 comprehension activities all about the world’s top football players. They are suitable for using with year 1 or lower ability year 2.
There are seven different footballers included:
Lionel Messi
Cristiano Ronaldo
Kevin de Bruyne
Harry Kane
Vinícius Júnior
Sam Kerr
Aitana Bonmatí
Each comprehension contains a short piece of text with words that can be predominantly sounded out. There are three trickier words which have pictures to help the children work out what they say. The text is followed by 5 simple questions. Each comprehension can be used individually or you can print them out together to create a booklet.
There are colour and black & white versions of the comprehensions. Answers are also included.
There is also a PowerPoint included in the pack containing a slide for each text so that you can go through the comprehensions before the children complete them. Each slide also contains 3 words that are trickier to sound out, with sound buttons underneath them. (The PowerPoint is not editable. Please click ‘Read Only’ to open.)
PDF file format. The comprehensions, answers and PowerPoint are in the zip file.
No further preparation needed.
The comprehensions were updated in June 2024.
A set of 10 PowerPoints to help your class practise all phonemes on a daily basis.
Each of the 10 PowerPoints contain every phoneme from phases 2 to 5, with one phoneme per slide.
The phonemes are shown in a random order on each PowerPoint. Get the whole class to call out or choose certain children for targeted sounds.
Perfect for using instead of flashcards, as it ensures the whole class can definitely see the graphemes.
This set of PowerPoints uses an alien theme. Look out for other themes coming soon to Blossoming Minds’ shop.
This resource is an interactive lesson aimed at whole class or group phonics. It is a powerpoint presentation that allows children to revise previous phonemes and learn or revisit the sound ‘cl.’ It takes 15-20 minutes.
This PowerPoint is split into different sections:
Revision of phase 3 and 4 phonemes in a random order
Introduction to ‘cl’ sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound
Spotting the odd one out (the picture without the ‘cl’ sound)
Segmenting and blending sounds in ‘cl’ words
Phoneme counting
Phoneme spotting in sentences
Writing words with ‘cl’ sound
Writing a sentence with ‘cl’ sound
Revision of phase 4 tricky words
This resource is an interactive lesson aimed at whole class or group phonics. It is a 42 slide Powerpoint presentation that allows children to revise phonemes and learn or revisit the alternative ‘ow’ sound. It covers the alternative ‘ow’ sound as in ‘grow’ and takes 15-20 minutes.
This non-editable PowerPoint is split into different sections:
Revision of phase 5 phonemes in a random order
Introduction to the ‘ow’ sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound
Spotting the odd one out (the picture with a different ‘ow’ sound)
Segmenting and blending sounds in ‘ow’ words
Phoneme counting
Phoneme spotting in sentences
Writing words with the ‘ow’ sound
Writing a sentence with the ‘ow’ sound
(Click ‘Read Only’ to open the PowerPoint.)
This resource is an interactive lesson aimed at whole class or group phonics. It is a powerpoint presentation that allows children to revise phonemes and learn or revisit the sound ‘er.’ It takes 15-20 minutes.
This powerpoint is split into different sections:
- Revision of phase 2 and 3 phonemes in a random order
- Introduction to ‘er’ sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound
- Spotting the odd one out (the picture without the er sound)
- Segmenting and blending sounds in ‘er’ words
- Phoneme counting
- Phoneme spotting in sentences
- Writing words with ‘er’ sound
- Writing a sentence with ‘er’ sound
- Revision of common exception words
This resource is an interactive lesson aimed at whole class or group phonics. It is a powerpoint presentation that allows children to revise phonemes and learn or revisit the sound ‘air.’ It takes 15-20 minutes.
This powerpoint is split into different sections:
- Revision of phase 2 and 3 phonemes in a random order
- Introduction to ‘air’ sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound
- Spotting the odd one out (the picture without the ‘air’ sound)
- Segmenting and blending sounds in ‘air’ words
- Phoneme counting
- Phoneme spotting in sentences
- Writing words with ‘air’ sound
- Writing a sentence with ‘air’ sound
- Revision of common exception words
This resource contains 4 comprehension activities suitable for using with year 1.
They each contain a short piece of text (about 5 sentences) with words that can be sounded out. There are three trickier words which have pictures to help children work out what they say.
The text is followed by 5 questions, containing ‘what’ ‘who’ and ‘when’ questions and some multiple choice questions.
The theme in this pack is ‘reptiles.’ There are four different texts:
Reptiles
Turtles
Crocodiles
Record breaking reptiles
There is also a powerpoint included in the pack containing a slide for each text so that you can go through the comprehensions before the children complete them. Each slide also contains 3 words that are trickier to sound out, with sound buttons underneath them.
PDF file format and editable Microsoft word format included in the price.
This resource is an interactive lesson aimed at whole class or group phonics. It is a powerpoint presentation that allows children to revise phonemes and learn or revisit the sound ‘qu.’ It takes 15-20 minutes.
This powerpoint is split into different sections:
- Revision of phase 2 and 3 phonemes in a random order
- Introduction to ‘qu’ sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound
- Spotting the odd one out (the picture without the ‘qu’ sound)
- Segmenting and blending sounds in ‘qu’ words
- Phoneme counting
- Phoneme spotting in sentences
- Writing words with ‘qu’ sound
- Writing a sentence with ‘qu’ sound
- Revision of common exception words
This resource is an interactive lesson aimed at whole class or group phonics. It is a powerpoint presentation that allows children to revise phonemes and learn or revisit the sound ‘ch.’ It takes 15-20 minutes.
This powerpoint is split into different sections:
- Revision of phase 2 and 3 phonemes in a random order
- Introduction to ‘ch’ sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound
- Spotting the odd one out (the picture without the ‘ch’ sound)
- Segmenting and blending sounds in ‘ch’ words
- Phoneme counting
- Phoneme spotting in sentences
- Writing words with ‘ch’ sound
- Writing a sentence with ‘ch’ sound
- Revision of common exception words
This resource contains 4 comprehension activities suitable for using with year 1. The theme in this pack is ‘rainforests.’ There are four different comprehensions:
What are rainforests?
Rainforest animals
Animal defence in the rainforest
Endangered rainforest animals
They each contain a short piece of text (about 5 sentences) with words that can be sounded out. There are three trickier words which have pictures to help children work out what they say.
The text is followed by 5 simple questions.
There is also a powerpoint included in the pack containing a slide for each text so that you can go through the comprehensions before the children complete them. Each slide also contains 3 words that are trickier to sound out, with sound buttons underneath them.
This resource contains 4 comprehension activities suitable for using with year 1.
The theme in this pack is the Easter Story. The story is split into 4 sections:
Palm Sunday
The Last Supper
Good Friday
Easter Sunday
Each comprehension contains a short piece of text with words that can be sounded out. There are three trickier words which have pictures to help children work out what they say. The text is followed by 5 questions, containing ‘what’ ‘who’ and ‘when’ questions and some multiple choice questions. Answers are also included.
There are three differentiated levels (PDFs). There is a colour and black & white version of each level.
There is also a powerpoint included in the pack containing a slide for each text from the middle ability so that you can go through the comprehensions before the children complete them. Each slide also contains 3 words that are trickier to sound out, with sound buttons underneath them. The PowerPoint is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open.
All of the documents are in the zip file.
This resource is an interactive lesson aimed at whole class or group phonics. It is a powerpoint presentation that allows children to revise phonemes and learn or revisit the sound ‘th.’ It takes 15-20 minutes.
This powerpoint is split into different sections:
- Revision of phase 2 and 3 phonemes in a random order
- Introduction to ‘th’ sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound
- Spotting the odd one out (the picture without the ‘th’ sound)
- Segmenting and blending sounds in ‘th’ words
- Phoneme counting
- Phoneme spotting in sentences
- Writing words with ‘th’ sound
- Writing a sentence with ‘th’ sound
- Revision of common exception words
This resource is an interactive lesson aimed at whole class or group phonics. It is a powerpoint presentation that allows children to revise phonemes and learn or revisit the sound ‘ng.’ It takes 15-20 minutes.
This powerpoint is split into different sections:
- Revision of phase 2 and 3 phonemes in a random order
- Introduction to ‘ng’ sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound
- Spotting the odd one out (the picture without the ‘ng’ sound)
- Segmenting and blending sounds in ‘ng’ words
- Phoneme counting
- Phoneme spotting in sentences
- Writing words with ‘ng’ sound
- Writing a sentence with ‘ng’ sound
- Revision of common exception words
This resource is a phonics booklet aimed at year 1 as preparation for phonics screening.
There are 20 pages of activities perfect for children to work on independently during phonics lessons, as a start of day activity or as a filler. Alternatively, send home for parents to work on with children as a homework task.
The theme of this booklet is sports.
Just print and staple!
PDF file format.
This resource is an interactive lesson aimed at whole class or group phonics. It is a powerpoint presentation that allows children to revise phonemes and learn or revisit the sound ‘wh.’ It takes 15-20 minutes.
This powerpoint is split into different sections:
- Revision of phase 3, 4 and 5 phonemes in a random order
- Introduction to ‘wh’ sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound
- Spotting the odd one out (the picture without the ‘wh’ sound)
- Segmenting and blending sounds in ‘wh’ words
- Phoneme counting
- Phoneme spotting in sentences
- Writing words with ‘wh’ sound
- Writing a sentence with ‘wh’ sound
- Revision of HFW
This resource is an interactive lesson aimed at whole class or group phonics. It is a powerpoint presentation that allows children to revise phonemes and learn or revisit the sound ‘a_e.’ It takes 15-20 minutes.
This powerpoint is split into different sections:
- Revision of phase 3, 4 and 5 phonemes in a random order
- Introduction to ‘a_e’ sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound
- Spotting the odd one out (the picture without the ‘a_e’ sound)
- Segmenting and blending sounds in ‘a_e’ words
- Phoneme counting
- Phoneme spotting in sentences
- Writing words with ‘a_e’ sound
- Writing a sentence with ‘a_e’ sound
- Revision of tricky words
This resource is an interactive lesson aimed at whole class or group phonics. It is a powerpoint presentation that allows children to revise phonemes and learn or revisit the sound ‘e_e.’ It takes 15-20 minutes.
This powerpoint is split into different sections:
- Revision of phase 3, 4 and 5 phonemes in a random order
- Introduction to ‘e_e’ sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound
- Spotting the odd one out (the picture without the ‘e_e’ sound)
- Segmenting and blending sounds in ‘e_e’ words
- Phoneme counting
- Phoneme spotting in sentences
- Writing words with ‘e_e’ sound
- Writing a sentence with ‘e_e’ sound
- Revision of tricky words
This resource is a collection of interactive lessons aimed at whole class or group phonics. They are PowerPoint presentations that allow children to revise phonemes and learn or revisit target split digraph sounds. Each lesson takes 15-20 minutes.
The PowerPoints are split into different sections:
- Revision of phase 3, 4 and 5 phonemes in a random order
- Introduction to target sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound
- Spotting the odd one out (the picture without the target sound)
- Segmenting and blending words
- Phoneme counting
- Phoneme spotting in sentences
- Writing words with target sound
- Writing a sentence with target sound
- Revision of trick words
Perfect for revising split digraphs in the lead up to the Phonics Screening test.
This resource contains 3 comprehension activities suitable for using with year 1.
They each contain a short piece of text with words that can be sounded out. There are three trickier words which have pictures to help children work out what they say.
The text is followed by 5 simple questions.
The theme in this pack is ‘Trains.’ There are three different comprehensions:
The first trains
Underground trains
Fascinating train facts
There is also a PowerPoint included in the pack containing a slide for each text so that you can go through the comprehensions before the children complete them. Each slide also contains 3 words that are trickier to sound out, with sound buttons underneath them.
PDF file format and editable Microsoft word format included in the price.
This resource contains 5 comprehension activities suitable for using with year 1.
The theme in this pack is ‘summer instructions.’ There are five different texts for the children to read and answer questions about:
How to grow a sunflower
How to build a sandcastle
How to make lemonade
How to prepare a picnic
How to go pond dipping
Each comprehension contains a short piece of text with words that can be sounded out. There are pictures to help with the trickier words.
The text is followed by 5 questions, containing ‘what’ ‘how’ and ‘where’ questions and some multiple choice questions.
There is also a PowerPoint included in the pack containing a slide for each text so that you can go through the comprehensions before the children complete them.
PDF file format