Encourage your KS1 children to dive into the wonderful world of creative writing with this fun story pack. This is Set 1 in the Collection. This collection features five original tales: “The Boy Who Could Not Stop Growing”, “The Princess and the Knight”, “Hide and Squeak”, “The Lonely Bear and the Magic Umbrella”, and “The Cat That Nobody Wanted”. Each story is thoughtfully written, with engaging plots that will stimulate your children’s imaginations and foster their creativity. The stories are good starting points for various writing activities, encouraging children to create their own tales, write sequels, or pen character descriptions. The stories also carry subtle moral lessons - from embracing individual differences to overcoming fear with friendship. There is a colouring sheet to go with each story.

“Introducing ‘Find the Odd One Out’ – a 12-page resource where children are challenged to spot subtle differences in sets of three pictures. Perfect for honing observation skills and for speaking and listening, this activity can be a fun race against the clock for the whole class, or a collaborative task for pairs. Whether you’re stuck indoors on a rainy day or need a quick lesson starter for KS1 and EYFS, this resource is sure to engage and enthuse your young learners. Who will spot the difference first?”

A set of colour and black and white flashcards showing 6 weather types. These can be used as flashcards, display or visual aids. Children can use the worksheets to write sentences about the weather. A wordbank is included. There are colour and black and white versions of the worksheets.

4 worksheets for children learning about the letter W. Links to phonics, handwriting and reading. Sheets- 1 water 2 well 3 weather 4 week

Two colour labelling sheets showing the characters based on the story of The Enormous Turnip and things you might see on the farm. There are 2 versions of the sheets - one where children trace over the words and one where children write in their own words. Children can cut out the cards and use to make their own story or to sequence the story.

3 pages of Tennis flashcards with 6 cards to a page. 1 card is blank for you to use how you want. Add these to your display on Sports or Tennis. Duplicate and children can match them. Add to your writing corner and children can write about Tennis.

2 colour posters to discuss with your children, or they could talk about them in pairs. Poster 1 shows a coffee shop where people are in a queue to buy food and drinks. There is a comprehension question sheet for children to answer verbally, discuss and / or write the answers to e.g. What time is the coffee shop open? Who is first in the queue? Poster 2 shows a Pizza Express with food and drinks menus. There is a comprehension question sheet for children to answer verbally, discuss and / or write the answers to e.g. How much would it cost for an Olive Pizza and a bottle of Cola? Links to Literacy, comprehension and speaking and listening as well as Maths, money and shopping.

5 worksheets where children practice forming their letters linked to Letters and Sounds. Children can use pencils or felt pens /paint.

10 posters to share with your children and encourage speaking and listening activities. Each poster shows something different, unusual or interesting such as an upside down house, cute animals or dolphins made from bananas. Children could think about what will happen next or what happened before each picture. Share on the white board and/or print out and the children can discuss in small groups and then choose their favourite posters to write about.

4 worksheets encouraging and supporting children with their writing at KS1. Sheet 1 shows a word bank and colour picture and invites children to use the key words to write a story. Sheet 2 shows a packed school bag and children write 7 things that they might find or pack in a school bag. Sheet 3 is a book review. Sheet 3 asks children to list what is in their pencil cases.

2 versions of this resource for children to record the books they want to read in the holidays or those they do read. Great little homework idea for young children.

A bumper 21 worksheet collection of characters that children will be familiar with from story books. Each sheet shows a different character such as fairy, giant, knight or dragon. Children read the sentence, write the sentence and then colour the characters. There is a colour version of each character on the sheets - children can copy these colours or use some of their own. Links to initial sound work, phonics, reading and handwriting.

Here is a simple Autumn tale reading and writing activity. Children can read the text and fill in the missing words. The answers are given in red on the next slide and the pictures around the colour border help children with the words they need. There is a blank border page where children can make up their own Autumn tale and use the pictures to help them. Alternatively, they can draw a picture of the Autumn tale or an Autumn picture of their own. There are also colour flashcards without words and colour flashcards with words that can assist children with their reading and writing.

5 different worksheets where children name the pictures related to Autumn and then trace over the words. Links to Seasons, Harvest, Halloween, Weather, handwriting and fine motor control. Please see also Let’s Write Winter, Spring and Summer Words on this shop too.