Introducing cursive writing to years 1 and 2. By the end of the key stage children should be using a consistent legible cursive handwriting style to achieve greater depth. This resource is a good aid for classrooms to support teachers and pupils to remember the joins, and which letters to leave unjoined. The resource is useful for classroom and table top display. It can also be used to introduce all the joins correctly. In year 1 children should be reminded to form each letter correctly, with spacing and correct size. Year 2 should begin to join consistently.

2d shapes Exploring properties of shape with a fun shadow making activity. Children can learn about the properties of regular, simple 2d shapes as well being extended to naming and creating new irregular shapes. The powerpoint demonstrates how to uses torches to create shadow shapes, and differentiated activities allow for children to sort shapes, into different types of tables (e.g carol diagrams and ven diagrams). Relevant questions suitable for testing reasoning about shape can also be found in the powerpoint.

Year 2 tell the time by showing where the hour hand and the minutes hands. Children need to be confident in telling the time before they use this activity. They must understand that the hour hand is the small hand and the long hand is the minutes hand. The resource will enable them to count in fives around the clock and understand how to calculate for example 20 minutes past 9. A differentiated resource for all children to reach the expected standards (S) in maths for the new curriculum.

Year 2 Telling the time to the hour, half past, quarter past and quarter to. Children are encouraged to understand what each hand on the clock represents. They move onto telling the time an hour later, hour before, half an later and half an hour before. They look at word problems related to time and work out for example which clock is showing the time one hour after 10.30. They tick the clock that is showing a time in between 3 o’clock and 4 o’clock (e.g a clock face showing 3:15). The work on here is suitable for children working at the expected standard in Maths for year 2. The word problems have challenges for all ability groups including questions to challenge children working at greater depth.

Year 1 and 2 cursive handwriting class posters. Suitable as part of classroom display around the school to encourage good handwriting and presentation Cursive print, correct formation and size of letters is encouraged. This resource is useful as a guide for pupils and can also be available on table tops too. A must for all pupils to understand the correct formation Leaving spaces in between words understand middle size letters and shape of capitals Make sure that ascenders go under the lines and ascenders go up.

Year 2 Maths arithmetic This is a 40 page publisher document designed to increase fluency in mental maths. It can be used as and excellent visual aid for a maths meeting wall designed to recap and revise on all the addition, subtraction, division and multiplication taught. There are also opportunities for number bonds, doubling, solving varied fractions, part- part whole number problems and adding multiples of 10 to any number. This resource can also be used as a mental oral starter or as morning work to evidence mental calculations for the expected mastery standards. Suitable for year 2 curriculum in maths and supports evidence for moderations.

Year 2 Writing unit The children can use this resources to research all about the London Olympic Venues and the Torch relay. Children can be given parts of the information to think of their own caption or headings. It will support them to write a non-fiction piece of writing. It can also be used as part of Geography to find out about in London. This unit was written to celebrate the arrival of the Olympics in 2012. However, it can still be used to compare changes in local area/London, how Olympics compare, or in general to read around Sports Day.

Year 2 Narrative Unit to inspire greater depth and mastery writing skills. An excellent bundle of resources suitable for year 2 and year 3. Includes 5 weeks of planning for English and 5 separate grammar exercises within context of the book to be taught alongside it. A cold writing task begins with writing a narrative(fable) of a fox. An exemplar text is provided (re-written in the past tense to imitate and innovate). There are also other opportunities for independent creative writing pieces integrated in the unit so that children can practice skills and rehearse them independently. Book talk and comprehension activities are also included. The language in the text is ambitious as well as appropriate for children to achieve the TAF statements for the year 2 curriculum. This unit can be adapted to suit lower KS2. Links to films and short clips provide opportunities for non-fiction writing e.g. Recount of how fires start in forests or bush lands. If children have previous experiences of writing instructions- they can apply this by writing 'How to mend a broken wing' instructions or make wings for Magpie to fly in DT. This is a great text for closing the gaps in boys writing. Please leave a review. Many thanks for choosing this resource.

year 2 National Curriculum Teaching mastery of money comes with solving mixed operation word problems. In this resource you will find differentiated resources for children to solve problems e.g Find 2 coins with the value higher than double 3. Find 3 coins with the value of 63. Now find another way. Adam shares all the coins equally with a friend - how many do they get each? Adam thinks he has enough money to buy a spider plant worth 195p. Is he correct? Suitable for childen working ARE in the year 2 national maths curriculum. Great opportunties also for HAPs children to work with numbers beyond 100 and show greater depth mastery skills.

Year 2 Reading and Writing- poetry New English Curriculum This fabulous resources has an array of classic poetry with comprehensions. The sound collector has differentiated comprehension for higher ability (working at greater depth) and then differentiated down so that all the class can access and enjoy classic poetry. Children answer literal, inference and evaluative questions about the poem. After that , they spend a day creating their own verses using similar pattern structures. There are also other many fun and enjoyable poems to learn and perform by Roger McGough, and Valerie Bloom- such as The River, and other sound poems. Children can recite these, perform them and offer opinions about them. Children will learn how to identify rhyming words and generate their own. They will understand language techniques used by the poet and create their own verse. This resource can also be used as a poetry unit during English main teaching or guided reading. It will be good evidence for greater depth reading and writing. Thank you in advance for choosing this resource. Find other great reading and writing units in the shop to save you planning time and get a work life balance.

Guided Reading Year 2. Whole class teaching and group discussion. This is as outstanding resource for you to use with your whole class. It has been cleverly organized and written so that all children can access the wonderful story. The resource is designed to be taught as a whole a class activity. The teacher supports reading of the text and children answer questions collaboratively, and learn from each others responses. Teachers are required to teach skimming and scanning techniques, read around the word, answer literal and clue questions, as well as evaluative summary questions. The resource has high expectations of all children and builds high level vocabulary. This will support you to show evidence of greater depth text. It s important to have class copies of text for group discussion.

EYFS and KS1 Continuous Provision Are you looking for continuous provision tuff tray ideas? Are you new to year 1 or EYFS? Look no further and use this resource to set up your classroom continuous provision ideas indoors and outdoors. You will find 80 + tuff tray visual ideas in the following areas; Phonics - matching and sorting sounds English - Tuff Tray ideas for Ginger bread Man, stick Man, Handa’s surprise, Three Little Pigs, Little Red Riding hood, Elmer, Numeracy - place value, number, addition and subtraction, bonds, numicon matching, domino doubles, continue the pattern Science - materials, plants, life cycles, nature, seasons,animals, minibeast bug hunts, Topic - space, transport, local area, space Art - patterns, line, shape, colour mixing Tuff tray vinyls There is also a list of resources that you will need to make the tuff trays engaging and practical. Thank you for choosing this resource and I wish you a fun, memorable and enjoyable year.

Solving problems with addition to show application of skills. This is a differentiated resources to for children practice adding in different order. They will understand how to apply the skills they have learnt e.g. adding in any order and addition is commutative. Adding three numbers using bonds. Finding different possible answers. Thinking of own problems for a friend. They learn how to be resilient with maths, work in pairs or teams and think about problems and solutions. They understand that there is more than one possible answer and begin taking risks. A great application resources for maths to develop understanding of number. Suitable for the new Maths curriculum 2018.

Structures Design and Technology Lower KS2 Primary This resources contains a Shell Structures Knowledge Organiser ONLY.It is suitable for years 3 and 4. It outlines the learning objectives from the programmes of study, prior learning, key vocabulary, skills practice visuals, Rights to Respect links, knowledge of shell structures and designers or architects. The Knowledge orgainser is a point of reference for teachers and pupils to support memory, build vocabulary, develop knoweldge, skills and ensure pitch and expectations are correct for DT. This Knowledge organiser corresponds to the unit of work in the shop with the following; - A complete unit of work with lesson planning, Powerpoints and resources. Visuals and photos included for clear instructions. Design inspirations for shell structures e.g natural and manufactured as well as suitable designers and engineers. Opportunities to plan and make a shell structure e.g using 3d nets of varying design as well as CAD (computer aided design). Pupils will develop understanding of technical skills and explore cutting, joining and strengthening techniques. Pupils can construct a prototype food box, a trinket box, or a treasure box using inspiration from nets, nature, and architects. Pupils will evaluate on an ongoing basis to see if the design is fit for purpose. You can purchase the complete unit from the shop. This resource has been used to support staff development in CPD as well as ofsted and School Improvement inspections to show how the curriculum is organised.

Shell Structures in Primary Design and Technology - written for lower Key Stage 2. This resource continues from Lesson the 1 and 2 in the shop. It contains lessons 3, 4,5 only. It is suitable for the National Curriculum Programmes of Study in DT. See the complete unit in the shop for all the lessons including planning and Powerpoints and additional resources 0. Design Inspiration from Engineers and Architects Lesson 1 what is a shell structure, natural and manufactured Lesson 2 Explore strengthening joins and techniques Lesson 3 Planning shell structure Lesson 4 Make a net shell structure prototype - using measuring, cutting, joining, strengthening techniques Lesson 5 Evaluate your shell structure Thank you for choosing this resource.

The Day the Crayons Quit is a working at the expected standard reading text for Year 2. This guided reading unit is a wonderful text to use to engage reluctant readers. This reading unit is designed to support the new English Reading Framework. It is suitable for comprehension with looking, clue and thinking questions and encourages children to talk through their answers using a reciprocal approach. The resources have been designed for children to read a few letters at a time and answer literal and inference based questions. There are also other links such as poetry about crayons so that children can experience a range of genres and respond to them. Teachers can allow children to read letters written in the style of the book so there is a 'I quit' letter from the teacher for children to respond to. This work can help towards moderation and assessment purposes and evidence at the end of the year. The unit was taught over 3 weeks and includes visuals for additional activities such as predict what the crayons are saying in speech bubbles. Kindly leave a review and thank you for choosing this resource.

Year 2 Maths Measures - Reading scales in kg and grams. First, the children have the opportunity to think about the different measures of unit required for different purposes, e.g. measuring height of door, amount of liquid in bath, the length of playground, weight of book etc. They then focus on reading scales for mass and find out how to read scales accurately. Some children confuse the dial reading for mass with a clock and these misconceptions must be addressed. There are opportunities for mastery and greater depth problems in these bundle of resources. Children are also required to use > < comparative arrows to show greater understanding of given weights.

Year 2 Writing Narrative Where the Wild Things Are Film and Book Exemplar text to introduce children to narrative writing - called Voyage and Return. Both the film and book are used simultaneously to learn about the main character and write a narrative. An excellent powerpoint with more than 15 slides demonstrates how to write descriptive scenes from the story, a narrative, character traits, and a success ladder. The exemplar text meets the requirements of English New Curriculum objectives. Explicit reference has been made to grammatical features including varying sentence types, conjunctions, words with suffixes, and the use of common exception words. Teachers may use the text in the imitation stage, innovate to where the main character meets a new wild thing, and then invent their own voyage and return narrative. An excellent film and text to use to promote boys writing.

Lesson 5 Collage Mosaic techniques This is the fifth lesson of a 7 week unit of work It is suitable for years 3 and year 4 The following is included; Lesson Plan 5 Powerpoints and resources Examples of work and tasks included. Key vocabulary for the lesson Differentiation Youtube links with relevant examples. Pupils will learn the origins of mosaic. They will understand that mosaic can be made using clay tiles as well as paper. Pupils will create their own mosaic with a fish, sunset, star and moon, christian cross, or flower inset. Overview of the collage unit in the shop is as follows if you want to purchase the complete unit. Week 1 Explore collage techniques Week 2 Use inspiration from Canaletto to create a collage Week 3 Famous Architect Zaha Hadid (newspaper strip collage and BAME link) Week 4 Tessellation and Escher (collage with no gaps) Week 5 Mosaic - (collage with gaps) Week 6 Matisse and (scissors cutout collage) Week 7 Finale composition The theme of the unit was based around buildings and grand designs - but the skills of each lesson can be applied to any focus e.g plants, animals, seaside, world war, landscape, etc The unit can be extended or condensed as you wish. Follow on instagram for more ideas and ways to save your teacher Sundays. @thisisrehanafazil

This is a fantastic way to include a dinosaur topic in your English unit. The resource contains an exemplar text (Instructions) with visuals aimed at the Exceeding in EYFS or Working at in year 1. The children are introduced to the story first - Harry and the bucket full of dinosaurs. It then leads on to learning instructional exemplar text (imitate) about 'How to take care of a pet dino.' This is supported by a text map to sequence and internalise language. The grammar features included are time connectives and prepositional language. The exemplar text is differentiated for SEN or EAL learners who may have little English, or limited writing ability. The unit lends itself well to imitation, innovation and invention. The children may go onto writing instructions for 'How to care for yourself ' or 'How to get ready in the morning.' They may write instructiins about caring for a class pet. There are lots of opportunities to do cross curricular and independent writing opportunities from this book e.g. my first day shopping. Excellent text for relluctant boy writers. ENJOY.