A social story written about the need to follow instructions.

A winter/Christmas dice game based on the old game Beetle Drive. Roll the dice to be the first to draw Rudolph, before adding up your scores! Thanks to Theminster and MissEBG for inspiration from their reindeer and snowman themed games.

Powerpoint presentation on how to Observe children in the Early Years. Designed mainly for classroom assistants, but could be tweaked to present to parents and other staff at school. Additional word document case study. Suggest staff go through the training, then look at any observations they have already completed, as well as complete a joint/paired observation, and then discuss what is exactly required.

A powerpoint designed to be used in assembly or in class for PSHE/PSED. Discussion point on what stealing is, to consider the consequences of stealing, and think of others’ feelings.

Pet cards and skin texture boards. Children to sort the cards onto the correct board, depending on which skin type they have. Can provoke discussion around why animals have certain skins (temperature regulation, protection, sensory needs). Could also introduce camouflage.

Small pictures designed to be used to support recount writing of the story.

A social story written to explain why it is dangerous to throw toys or other items in the classroom.

A simple PowerPoint introduction to Diwali. Children watch a video, listen to the Ramayana story then find out ways in which Hindus celebrate.

Short PowerPoint about chromatography; what it is, and how and why it works.

A social story about bottoms being a private part of the body. It explains when it is OK for a key person to see your bottom. It also explains why not to touch other people’s bottoms.

This social story was written to explain when it is and is not appropriate to give someone a hug. Using a phrase on how to ask for a hug and how to react if someone says no.

A social story about understanding personal space.

A social story to explain why biting is not socially acceptable and strategies/ actions to take when a child needs to bite.

A social story about feeling angry. It acknowledges that it is OK to feel angry, but gives strategies to use to cope.

A social story to remind children not to take others’ food or take food from a bin to eat.

A powerpoint and worksheet designed to help children read real and pseudo 'alien' words from the /or/ /au/ /aw/ phoneme family. Designed to help children prepare for the Y1 Phonics screening test.

A selection of real and 'alien' pseudo words containing either the /ee/ /ea/ or /e-e/ grapheme. Alien words have an image of alien to assist preparation for the Phonics Screening. Children can write on their sound buttons to help read the word. Also a powerpoint containing all the words to read as a whole class

Loosely based on the Brown Bear story by Eric Carle, I’ve made a simple book for Shared Reading/Phonics sessions focussing on the digraphs oa, ee and ea.

A simple print, cut, match and stick jigsaw on the internal organs of the body. Two versions - one labelled with some of the organs inside the main torso (lungs, heart, liver, stomach and intestines) , and one without labels.

Unit taken from Leicester City SACRE RE Syllabus for KS1 on Who celebrates what and why? This unit is in two halves and only Easter is covered in these lessons. PowerPoint lesson plan, alongside activity resources. Set of 4 lessons have been designed for a mixed class of Reception, Year 1 and Year 2. Easily amended to suit the needs of any KS1 class. Lesson 1: what do you celebrate and why? Lesson 2: why do Christians celebrate Easter? Lesson 3: how do Christians celebrate Easter? Lesson 4: Easter celebrations around the world. If this is useful, please rate and leave comments.