In this resource, teachers will find five engaging short stories designed to spark the imaginations and creative writing skills of their children. “George the Ghost” scares himself by reading spooky tales, “Hide and Squeak”, a fun-filled game in a haunted house, “Pip Wins First Place”, a tale of a little girl’s triumph in a Halloween costume contest, “Winnie Witch Learns to Fly”, the journey of a young witch mastering her first broomstick, “Trick or Treat at Halloween”, a lively Halloween night adventure. Alongside the stories, each tale is accompanied by a colouring sheet.

This resource contains a poster with weather words for children to read and use in their speaking about the weather and writing / recording the weather. There is a poster of weather symbols that children can discuss and come up with words / phrases or sentences to describe each symbol extending their vocabulary. Finally there is a table / chart for children to record the weather (using words or symbols) 3 times a day for a week.

Here is a novel idea for making a Father’s Day card. Children design patterns onto the ties and assemble to make the card.

4 colouring sheets linked to your 4th July Celebrations. Each sheet shows 6 pictures for children to talk about and colour in.

A collection of worksheets and activities with a theme of Autumn or Harvest. Included is phonics work matching sounds and pictures, word match, sentence writing, sorting and counting Autumn pictures and labelling fruits and vegetables.

A set of activities for your topic on Gardens, Outdoors or Homes suitable for EYFS and KS1. There is a comprehension activity, garden equipment to label and a colouring sheet. There are flashcards to talk about and use in your topic work.

A cross curricular activity for children learning about numbers, animals and their habitats. There is a colouring page and 3 sets of 6 cards for counting, reading, matching and ordering. Links to the Gruffalo story too.

This Power Point starts of with an animated slide showing 6 pictures of different days out children may experience. Click to show the words to go with the pictures and children can see if they can name the places correctly. Page 2 shows black and white drawings of the days out and the words appear on a click. Next there is a slide for each day out as a writing template. Print off the sheets for worksheets where children can write about their favourite days out or places they would like to visit.

A discussion activity around people who help us and the NHS. Sheet 1 asks children to label the pictures and colour them in e.g. ambulance and wheelchair. Sheet 2 is a word bank for those children who need support with their writing. Sheet 3 is a doodle sheet for colouring in medical related pictures.

10 cards showing occupations or jobs people do and 10 matching cards to pair up e.g. pilot and the plane. There are also word cards to read and match. Cut and laminate to reuse. Links to World of Work and People Who Help Us.

This is an animated PPT with 2 activity sheets as a follow up. Jo wants a new dog and is viewing them on ‘Zoom’! There are 20 dogs to choose from. Children watch the PPT and help Jo to decide on a dog they feel would be suitable. The slides are animated so the children will delight in watching the dogs on the TV, There are lots of details too on the slides for children to talk about and spot in the other slides. Some of these are animated also. The activity sheets are at the back: A writing frame for children to write their choice for Jo and their personal choice. They then draw these dogs. All 20 dog pictures - can children recall their names and write them underneath the pictures? You could also cut these out and laminate them and children can find the pictures to go with the slides as you go along. Extension activities include data handling - how many children chose the same or different dogs? How many children have pets?

Here are 30 items you may find in the garden. Children can name them, colour them in and make a list of them using the grid provided. Links to literacy, list writing and your topic on homes.

A great speaking and listening slide show for the smart board or set of posters to print and use as visual aids when thinking about Ourselves or Toys.

16 colour cards to cut and order for children learning about time and special days. Included is their own birthday to make it more personal to them. Children can start from any date they want. They can research and add the exact dates for the year ahead underneath the titles.

10 vehicles to colour in for your topic on Transport.

There are 12 pages for children linked to their topic on Dinosaurs. Children can colour the pictures and use the space underneath to write about the dinosaurs or make up a short story or sentence. The final sheet shows all 12 of the pictures on one page. Duplicate these and children can colour, cut and match.

9 activity sheets connected to the Toys, Journeys, Ourselves and reading and writing. Suitable for EYFS/KS1 and SEND pupils. Connect the resources to a trip to or a visit to the Toy Shop, either virtual or real. Page 1 is a filled bus off to the Toy Shop for children to talk about and colour in. Page 2 is an empty bus template. Children can draw themselves and their class mates going to the Toy shop in the windows. Alternatively, they can choose, colour, cut and paste Toys pictures onto the bus. Page 3 shows a selection to choose from. Page 3 shows a collection of symbol cards and pictures that children can use to add to the bus, for their written work, or duplicate for matching card games. Page 4 is a writing template about a Toy shop trip in Colour and page 5 is the same sheet but in black and white. Pages 6 to 9 show toy animals and things that children might see at the Toy shop for them to label. These sheets are in colour and black and white. Children write the labels. Boardmaker licenced.

An EYFS or KS1 resource to remind children about keeping safe on and around Bonfire Night. Children read and write over the simple 7 rules. They can colour the fireworks and make a poster.

Children can use the black and white poster as a place mat for Halloween celebrations as it is or they can colour or paint it. Enlarge for best results. Page 2 shows a border so children could use this template to design their own place mats. Alternatively, use the template for children to draw or write on connected with your Halloween themed work.

6 different designs of labels with a dinosaur theme. For your classroom displays, drawers or for children to write on.