Stories by the same author. Different sentences/phrases typed up from Julia Donaldson books: A squash and a squeeze, Sharing a shell and Follow the Swallow. My class really enjoyed spliting them into groups. SOme chose 'people, animal, object&' others chose to group sentences according to punctuation or language. They were allowed to chose whether to use a venn diagram (hoops on floor) or large carroll diagrams I made up. I used this as a start for thinking about similarities and differences in books by the same author.

Draw and label two monsters. I then used this to write a character description used for fictional writing assessment.

Children given piles of story books. In small groups read the books and pick out any exciting words. Write the words in the treasure box.

A fun Christmas pack for the end of the Autumn term. The pack included exciting English and Maths activities. Guided your pupils through the activities or give them the booklet to work through independently while you take displays down or finish last minute jobs! Any questions, just ask!

An engaging and visual presentation giving an event in history for each of the 31 days in May. Events have been chosen because they are interesting for pupils, They range from disasters to politics to war to theater and everything in between. Included with the presentation comes 10 exciting lesson ideas! Can also be used for a fun assembly at the beginning of the relevant month. Thank you for looking. Any questions, please don't hesitate to get in touch.

All of the Phase 2 sounds - one per slide. A fabulous resource for recapping sounds and initiating speaking. Each sound has two slides. On the second slide there are three images linking to the picture. This resource supports vocabulary building.

Want a planning free weekend? This resource includes everything you need to teach your class about information leaflets. Follow a presentation as pupils learn about foxes and the features of an information leaflet. Included is an example leaflet on badgers so pupils can see exactly what is required of them. There are many resources, including a leaflet template and peer-assessment activity. If you do have any questions or need any support, please send me a message. *My resources always take me a lot of time and effort to create so I hope that they help to save you some precious time - please do review my resources. Thank you!*

A fun science experiment with planning, presentation and resource sheets, which hits many objectives in Y3/4 and Y5/6. The experiment is linked to the three witches in Macbeth and engages children by combining potions and science!

Links to five youtube video clips, showing different ways that I taught Hamlet to a Year 5 class in a fun and engaging way. This resource is there to hopefully give you some ideas and inspirations. If you'd like any extra support or ideas, please send me a message. Thank you

All of the Phase 3 sounds - one per slide. A fabulous resource for recapping sounds and initiating speaking. Each sound has two slides. On the second slide there are three images linking to the picture. This resource supports vocabulary building.

Terrorism needs to be addressed from an early age so pupils understand why it is wrong and how it can ruin lives. This is a gentle introduction into thinking about the evil of terror. There is a poem, comprehension and a scaffold for pupils to write their own poem. Any questions, please send me a message, Thank you for looking.

69 word flashcards covering all sounds from Phase 2 in Letters and Sounds. Cut out and laminate the sounds and you have a great, durable set of words to complement the teaching of phonics. These word flashcards can be used for so many things. They can be used in the teaching of phonics but can also be given to pupils to work independently on many different activities. There are 3 words for each sound and the sound is highlighted in green. Most words are CVC and easy to sound out so that they can be accessed by pupils independently. Also a super resource to aid phonic interventions. One key element in the teaching of phonics is to revisit previous sounds taught - using these flashcards is a great way to do just that! Lots of games can be played using flashcards, including, 'your pile, my pile'. Any questions, please just ask! And please check out my other resources...

An engaging and visual presentation giving an event in history for each of the 30 days in April. Events have been chosen because they are interesting for pupils, They range from disasters to politics to war to theater and everything in between. Included with the presentation comes 10 exciting lesson ideas! Can also be used for a fun assembly at the beginning of the relevant month. Thank you for looking. Any questions, please don't hesitate to get in touch.

12 fun English lesson ideas to engage pupils with Hamlet, includes wacky skull writing paper.

1.) Checklist for instructional writing, used on my working wall. 2.) Again something put on my working wall for ch. who have finished their activity to try mending the sentence. 3.) Instructions for how to read a gobbledygook work (for help with Phonics screening in Year 1) If you have found my resources useful, please leave feedback :)

Crack my code! Children to use simple format to create their own code and use it to write a secret messge to someone else. I used this to start a Year 2 topic on Media Magic, thinking and learning about language and communication. My children really enjoyed being secret agents.

Differentiated work (we used as homework) on words with i_e in.

Can either be used as stimulus for fantasy setting writing or to sort into venn diagram or carroll diagram.

Children to copy the author, title and illustrations from the front of a current/favourite book. can be used as independent activity during guided reading. Can add questions about predictions to bottom of sheet.

Can be used as assessment, ch can write about any traditional character