Experienced Primary School teacher of 30 years. Worked across KS1/2.
- child friendly worksheets and resources to cover all areas of the curriculum
- specialise in language and writing
- established child author
- Gold TES Author
- Shortlisted for the Bev Evans Award 2017
Experienced Primary School teacher of 30 years. Worked across KS1/2.
- child friendly worksheets and resources to cover all areas of the curriculum
- specialise in language and writing
- established child author
- Gold TES Author
- Shortlisted for the Bev Evans Award 2017
A mega bundle of 11 great resources for all Poetry work throughout the school and throughout the year. Save over 70% when you buy this bundle. Analysing poems, poetry anthologies, Summer poetry, Autumn poetryand comprehension pack, Poetry prompts and starters, war poetry, Victorian poetry, Christmas poetry and sea themed poetry. Many of the poems are original and written by me a published author of poetry and short stories. Suitable for both key stages, for good and poorer readers.
A great resource to use with the children to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. A pdf file for Key Stage 1 which may also be useful for lower ability Key stage 2 or SEN. The 20 worksheets can be printed out separately and used for differentiation or as an entire booklet to let the children take home. There are a variety of writing and drawing tasks for literacy.
Acrostic poems, quizzes, alphabetical order, true or false, creative writing, finding words, similes and research from books or the internet. A great resource to celebrate Ireland's saint.
This bundle consists of 5 workbooks to use with the children. There is a growth mindset story pack, a British Values workbook, Citizenship looking at the lives of Martin Luther King and Florence Nightingale.There is also a booklet for the children to complete about themselves which would be good for the start of the new term.
A bundle of 5 files for the busy teacher, all resources are original, written by me and consist of fun activities for the children. They are colourful and eye-catching and are written in child friendly vocabulary.A selection of Autumn and Halloween literacy activities for differentation.
Includes reading, writing activities, , storystarters and the story of Guy Fawkes. Comprehension questions are also included.A great bargain save 50%.
This is a 16 page history and literacy based workbook for all levels in KS2 and perhaps Upper KS1. There are fact sheets and various writing activities for high achievers and low achievers. The pdf file can be printed out as a single booklet or as individual worksheets I have also included a Powerpoint presentation.
This resource includes:-
Fact Sheets
Comprehension Questions
Nouns and verbs
Another word for
An internet research sheet
Create a newspaper article
Poetry writing
Narrative writing
Descriptive writing
Design a comic strip.
Great for differentation or composite classes
A 20 page workbook of original fact, fiction and poetry extracts with comprehension questions.
Suitable for KS2 or low ability KS3.
There are prose passages, fact sheets and poetry.
Topics covered in the workbook are:
Stone Age
famine
Egypt
Elephants
Autumn
Health and Sport
A 28 page resource in black and white on The Fire Of London
Suitable for age 7-10
10 facts sheets for oral reading and discussion.
7 Timeline entries for display
Worksheets:-
Comprehension questions
Diary Entries
Newspaper report
What I have Learned Sheet
Research Sheet On Samuel Pepys
SPaG Exclamation or question mark?
A pdf file and powerpoint presentation PHSE for KS2
Includes
Questions:-
What is Humanitarian Day?
How can you help those less fortunate in our community?
How can you help those less fortunate in the world?
Writing:-
Write a biography about someone who has made a difference in the world.
Write a biography about someone who has made a difference in your life.
Write your own I have a dream Speech
Fact Sheets :- Florence Nightingale, Martin Luther King
Citizenship
Library and Textbook tasks
Biography writing
Internet research
This could be used as a workbook for each child or as a presentation for Talking and listening.
Three workbooks for KS2 A Cross Curricular Resource
The Animal Kingdom this could be linked to The Rainforest Topic
History of Olympics
Mathematical activities Measure
Mathematical activities Time
Mapwork
Creative Writing
Internet Research
The Rainforest
Fact sheets
This 15 page workbook is suitable for KS1/2 with pieces of original prose and poetry written by me.
Flash Fiction ;The Belfast Lad. I was delighted when this poem was published a few years ago by Readers Digest. It is based around The Battle of The Somme:-I have created a worksheet to accompany it asking the children to create their own flash fiction about the First World War
Poem;The Breaking of Day I wrote this poem after three young British soldiers were killed in N.Ireland. It reflects modern warfare and can be related to what took place during, The First and Second World Wars, The Irish Rising or recent battles in the Middle East:- I have included a worksheet for the children to write An acrostic Poem The Somme
Poem ;We Will Remember Them:- This poem could be used after any tragedy when people have lost their lives. I have included a worksheet Critical Thinking why and how?
Poem ;Uprising:- An original poem About The Irish Uprising with a worksheet for Internet research
Other activities include
Poetic terminology
Dictionary Work
Types of Poetry
Creative Writing worksheet write your own poem
Discussion questions on Poetry
A Poetry analysis sheet
This is a 21 page workbook for upper Key stage 1 and Key stage 2
It is cross curricular including history, geography, numeracy and literacy as well as ICT researching the internet.
Fact Sheet about Egypt and comprehension questions
Map work
Fact sheet about The River Nile and comprehension questions
Fact Sheet about Pyramids and mathematical questions re faces, edges, and vertices
Tutankhaman fact sheet and acrostic poem to create
Internet research on gods and cats and Egyptian inventions
Daily life:- design jewelery and say what materials were used.
A PDF file with an original story about The Potato Famine in Ireland written by me in a child friendly vocabulary and various Literacy tasks. Includes a fact sheet about the famine, comprehension sheets, grammar activities, drawing activities, creative writing, a story review sheet, speech and brainstorming. This would be very useful as a cross curricular resource for KS1 or KS2 it could be linked to geography, art, history and English. Can be printed out as a complete workbook or as individual pages.
An 18 page Unit of Work
includes:-
a) Fact sheets on Ancient and Modern Olympic Games with Comprehension Worksheets
b) Fact Sheet on Zeus with word analysis and creative writing activities
c) Alphabetical Order
d) Past Tense
e) Brainstorming
f) Designing a logo
g) Creative writing, story, poem and newspaper article
Could be used alongside a class project on the Rio Olympics
A pdf file, an original story about a refugee. This 28 page pack contains one mini novel of 6 chapters which can be used as a whole unit of work when covering Refugees or the effect on children during a war. As a published writer this is one of my own favourite short stories. It is a story about a thirteen yearVietnamese girl during the American Vietnamese war. The young girl's family are taken away and she has to survive alone. A great resource to begin guided reading before giving children a full novel.
Written activities include Comprehension questions, Dictionary work, Grammar:-Nouns, Verbs ,Adjectives and Adverbs, Prediction, Verb Tenses, Creative writing empathetic and imaginative. Two background sheets are also included.
Pack contains 6 chapters with worksheets for each chapter covering areas of learning such as;
Word Analysis
Grammar
Creative Writing
Dictionary Work and more!
Suitable for KS2
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Categories
• English / Guided reading
• English / Fiction
• English / Grammar and punctuation
• English / Language and linguistics
• English /
Ages
• 7-11
This 26 page pack contains one class novel written by me (5 chapters) and can be used as a whole unit of work when covering The Stone Age.
Pack contains 5 chapters with worksheets for each chapter covering areas of learning such as;
Word Analysis
Grammar
Creative Writing
Dictionary Work and more!
Suitable for KS2 but may benefit weaker KS3 students.
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