A sheet designed for the child to draw an image of one of the farm animals in the story. To sound out and write the sound that that animal makes in the story. A nice short follow-up writing activity to a drama based lesson, based on the story What the Ladybird Heard by Julia Donaldson.

A simple worksheet to be used to record number bonds to 8, when using unifix cubes. Choose 16 cubes, 8 of one colour, and 8 of another. Investigate all the different ways to make 8 using 2 colours.

5 sentences containing pictures to sequence to create a recount about the Moon landing.

Reading age chart for the Young Reading Test, and equivalent scores for the Burt, Schonell and Vernon graded word reading tests.

Updated and animated version of cjhinchliffe's powerpoint. I have made into a 2 session lesson plan focusing on: 1. where are bananas grown and why? 2. Climates and why bananas are not grown in the UK. 3. The journey of a banana. 4. Fair-trade / local produce questions.

Visual of balancing scales showing 4+2 = 5+1 Could be used alongside Maths Makes Sense ditty "same value, different appearance" Good as an extension task for more able children

Based on ABC Does' blog posts this week on Dough Gym, but in PowerPoint form for staff training and parent workshops. Includes gross motor and fine motor development, ideas on how to create a dough gym, additional &'funky fingers&'; ideas for child initiated activities to improve fine motor control, and malleable material recipes/ideas.

Practise writing the alphabet by shape. Focus on the size of letters - ascenders and descenders.

PowerPoint to model the use of Numicon when subtracting a single digit number from 10. Animated to model placing a Numicon tile on top of the 10 tile and leave the difference.

F2 Reception medium term plan on plants and animals. PPt presentation. Linked to Leicester City SACRE RE unit, but encompasses RE, PSED, CL, UW. Content covers planting seeds, why humans needs plants and animals, life cycles and Easter.

To be used as a guided reading comprehension activity alongside Collins Big Cat book The Sun and the Moon. Focus phonemes, tricky word and speed words. Cloze activity questions. Child to draw a picture of the sun or moon and write facts in sentences/captions.

Timetable cards for Show & Tell, Italian, Spanish, School Council, Guided Writing and Skipping Club.

Step by step instructions on how to make a spinning Victorian thaumatrope toy.

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.

A b/w image of a bottle with a b/w treasure map inside. Role-play, literacy writing inspiration... I am planning to roll and tie up with string so children can discover!

Individual posters to be used on a working wall: 1. Opening 2. Build-up 3. Dilemma 4. Resolution 5. Ending

A Diwali-themed quotation from the Buddha. Encouraging teamwork, and also introduces the Hindu concept of Karma. 'If you light a lamp for somebody, it will also brighten your path.' Links in with diwa lamps and the Diwali story of Rama and Sita.

Introduction to the ten human Gurus and the Guru Granth Sahib. Who were the gurus and what did they do?

Letter from Spiderman written as an intro to 3D shapes and structures. Children encouraged to use the construction toys to build a new lair for him.

Different images of sunflowers. I used as a starting point for still life sketches, pastels, paintings etc.