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Infant teacher - shortlisted for TES Resource Contributor of the Year 2014 & 2015. All my resources have been made for my class, so have been tried and tested before uploading them to share with others. I hope you find my resources useful.

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Infant teacher - shortlisted for TES Resource Contributor of the Year 2014 & 2015. All my resources have been made for my class, so have been tried and tested before uploading them to share with others. I hope you find my resources useful.
SEN or EAL?
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SEN or EAL?

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PowerPoint based on LA training. Information on normal language development, and barriers to acquisition of English as a second/additional language. To be used in conjunction with How language usually develops form.
Castles
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Castles

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A PowerPoint on early castles, looking into motte and baileys and then onto stone castles
New Life
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New Life

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A PowerPoint plan covering 5 lessons on New Life. Specifically looking at new life in Spring and working towards understanding the Easter story. 1. Giving and receiving love 2. Loving and trusting 3. New life 4. Jesus as loving 5. Easter as a Christian festival You will need the books Dogger by Shirley Hughes and Badger's Parting Gifts by Susan Varley.
Harvest festival: the story of bread
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Harvest festival: the story of bread

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A PowerPoint lesson plan that could be used for Geography or RE teaching. Covers the story of bread from wheat seed to bread on the table. Has a Christian element looking at what harvest festival is and thanking god for the food we receive. Sequence the pictures from Grain Chain.
Pirates
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Pirates

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Based on information from the National Maritime Museum's website with images. Who were pirates, what did they do, how did they live and what can we learn to make ourselves better people?
How to use PowerPoint
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How to use PowerPoint

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A PowerPoint written for Infant age children to begin to use PowerPoint software. Learning how to: 1. Insert slides 2. Change the layout of slides 3. Insert images 4. Save the document Can be used for story-writing or non-fiction
Patterned skin patterns
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Patterned skin patterns

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A matching pairs game using the skin patterns of a tiger, leopard, cow, giraffe, elephant, zebra, snake and peacock. To be printed double sided and laminated. This game links with my other zoo-themed resources.
What is Holi?
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What is Holi?

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An introduction (based on Scholastic's Festival Facts Holi) ton the Hindu festival of Holi. To be used in conjunction with the story of Prahlad and Holika. Holi is the festival of colours, and is celebrated with the throwing of coloured powder and water.
Fairy-tales introduction
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Fairy-tales introduction

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A PowerPoint on what fairy-tales are and the structure that they follow. Uses the Story Mountain concept: opening, build-up, dilemma, resolution and ending.
Duni Chand and the needle of heaven
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Duni Chand and the needle of heaven

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Lesson based on the Sikh story of Duni Chand and the value of generosity. Guru Nanak reminds the greedy Duni Chand that when you die, you cannot take material possessions and wealth with you. Encourages children to act out the story and decide what Duni Chand could have done with his wealth. Also attached a homework sheet for children to explore words associated with generosity. Lesson taken from the Leicester SACRE RE Syllabus KS1 unit of Beginning to learn about the Sikhs: symbols, stories and sharing. Please see my other lessons on the Sikh Gurus and Sikh artefacts and objects.
Giant's castle role-play
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Giant's castle role-play

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An adult assistance sheet for structured role-play. Ideas of resources, scenarios and vocabulary to be used with fairytale castle role-play. Jack and the Beanstalk Sleeping Beauty Cinderella Beauty and the Beast Snow White St George Kings and Queens - Queen's jubilee
Phonics /ee/ phoneme PowerPoint
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Phonics /ee/ phoneme PowerPoint

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A PowerPoint differentiated for Phase 3 and 4 Phonics teaching, focusing on the /ee/ phoneme. 1. Reading words containing the /ee/ phoneme (incl pseudo words - indicated with a picture of an alien) 2. Where in the word does the phoneme come? 3. Oral segmentation 4. Segmentation for spelling 5. Reading sentences Hope this is of use - if so, please leave feedback xx
Weather poems
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Weather poems

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An acrostic snow poem and a rain shape poem. To be used for teaching poetry or as a display. I designed these and the supporting images as a homework. The Powerpoint document has 6 pages of each poem, so can easily be printed on a handout to be cut up for each child's homework book. I have used in conjunction with Hamilton&'s Y1 unit 3b - Poems on a theme - weather
Phonics igh phoneme
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Phonics igh phoneme

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A PowerPoint designed to teach/recap the /igh/ phoneme. Differentiated to fit in with Phase 3 and 4 teaching. 1. Blending for reading 2. Oral segmentation 3. Segmentation for spelling 4. Reading sentences incl tricky words