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
Doing a Project on the Seaside? This is a great bundle for you?Original story prompts and poetry prompts written by myself, shortlisted for a 2017 award and a published writer and poet. The other two workbooks are about children visiting the seaside for the day. Includes grammar, descriptive writing, poetry and numeracy. 25% off when you buy this bundle.
This is the third in the series of My Colour Books for Early years and KS1 children. It is themed for Summer with colourful graphics. The tasks are to complete sentences using the correct colours, visual awareness is important and recognition of colours essential. There are also two wordmaps which could be laminated one on Seaside words and one on colours. These could be used as aids for writing ecxercises. The children will also be asked to complete some reading activities putting in a missing colour word, this will test understanding of what has been read. This can also be bought as part of a bundle.
Five workbooks for transition days looking at School Rules, All about me, My Family, and Setting Targets. Can be used for display in the classroom, for discussion and getting to know you activities.
The 2nd Resource in my Explorers and Navigators resources for KS1/2. I have written the story ofCaptain James Cook in a child friendly vocabulary, outlining his life, his travel to Tahiti and then his discovery of Australia. I have included a PDF file which can be printed as individual workbooks and a powerpoint presentation for discussion about the topic.There are comprehension questions, writing activities, some grammar, a ship's log entry and a story planning sheet. I have also included some word maps which could be printed out for teacher display boards.
An original story of Noah and the Ark written by me in child friendly vocabulary. There are 8 parts to the story which the children can read, highlighting new wordsfor dictionary work. These are followed by worksheets for descriptive writing, poetry writing, PHSE I Promise to..., converstional writing, drawing activities, searching for adjectives, animal gender and noises. It can be printed out as a complete workbook or as individual sheets, can be linked to RE or an animal topic or a topic like God's Promises. good for differentation and SEN children.
Are you ever stuck for ideas to help promote the learning of spellings? This 20 page PDF file consists of a variety of activities children will enjoy doing to help them learn their spellings. They are suitable activities for the entire primary school. The file can be printed out and each page laminated to use in class. Once laminated they will last forever. The activities provide fun things to do for the children.
Activities include alphabetical order, vowels and consonants, writing silly sentences with spelling words, creating pictures with hidden words, creating word searches, computer activities, sentence construction, story and poetry writing, games, opposites and rhyming words. I have used many of these in my own teaching and the children loved them.
10 resources all Roald Dahl novels, workbooks, writing and literacy worksheets great forupper KS1 and KS2 a bargain if you buy all 10. Includes quiz and timeline as well as fascinating facts. save 68% if you buy this bundle
Are your children stuck for ideas when it comes to writing? Here are three fun resources for Autumn for Key Stage 1/2. Autumn Story prompts, Autumn SpaG and an Autumn writing booklet. Save 47% when you buy the three.
Two powerpoint presentations to use on St. Patrick’s Day for literacy and numeracy. Literacy (22 slides) includes grammar activities, writing poetry,alphabetical order and lots of fun activities concerning rainbows, leprechauns and St. Patrick.Numeracy(13 slides) includes simple multiplication, addition, subtraction and division activities, a wordmat is included.
A PDF file of 20 pages for KS1 and KS2 looking at the celebration of Lent. The children will read about the reasons for fasting, the importance of the number 40, reflection and self-discipline, Jesus' suffering and pain, the origins of Mothering Sunday, Shrove Tuesday, Ash Wednesday and the use of the colour purple in churches. Having read the various fact sheets, they will then complete worksheets on what they have learned, poetry and story writing, writings about their mothers, words they have learned and their meanings, a few drawing activities and facts about my favourite pancake. A great resource as a lead up to Easter. I have also included a Powerpoint presentation in the price which teachers may wish to use in class or as an assembly.
A PDF file of 22 pages which can be printed out as a booklet for each child, with one colour cover and the rest in black and white. This resource will raise the pupils’ awarenes of emotions and growth mindsets, working with partners discussing similarities and differences, looking at skills and ways to improve them, rules and punishments, conflict with peers and co-operation. The pupils will be asked to think about who helps them when their emotions are sad, angry or upset and what causes these emotions. Every child is unique, should disability mean different treatment. A great resource for increasing Mental health awareness and issues. I have included a powerpoint presentation for classroom use and discussion.
4 Hallowe’en booklets to print out includes story starting prompts, problem solving activities and funstuff. this will keep your little ones busy, improve writing, spelling and creativity.
Finished the novel? Need a display put up? This resource covers everything from writing legends to finding facts in the novel itself. It’s a 27 page workbook, mainly in black and white which can be printed out as a complete booklet or as individual sheets. A powerpoint presentation has been included to be used during classroom discussion time. There are a variety of writing and drawing activities including internet research, book reviews, vocabulary and dictionary tasks, themes, character studies, descriptive and imaginary writing tasks and designing a new cover for the novel.
A 20 page PDF File and Powerpoint presentation suitable for KS1/2. Includes worksheets on personal information, Likes and dislikes, family, favourite things, target setting, friendship, healthy eating, making choices and the future. This resource can be printed out as individual worksheets or as a complete booklet and will be very useful at the start of the year to help teachers requiring information about their individual pupils. they can be printed out and used for display boards. Writing and drawing activities have been included which will be good for differentation.
Following on from My Little Christmas Grammar Book which was very successful I have created My Little Winter Grammar Workbook. This has similar writing activities to the Christmas one involving Nouns, Proper Nouns, Collective Nouns, Adjectives, Verbs, Adverbs, descriptive writing and sentence construction. There are a few drawing activities, a comparison between summer and winter and the children have to write the life cycle of a tree through the seasons. I have also included a small poem at the end for the children to find the nouns, verbs and adjectives in it. A fun start to the New Year for KS1.
I have also included the Powerpoint presentation
This PDF file has been recently updated for 2019 and is a very useful resource for returning to school after the Christmas holidays. It can be printed out as a complete workbook for each child or used as individual worksheets for differentation. A few of the target setting and growth mindset sheets could be used on a working wall.This is suitable for Upper KS1 and KS2.
It includes written activities on:-
Target setting
Growth mindset
Reflection
Action plan
Making choices
Citizenship
Classroom Display Bundle
1.Lower case letters of the alphabet and three drawing worksheets
2.Upper case letters of the alphabet and three drawing worksheets
3.Numbers 1-20 and four writing worksheets
A bundle of three resources themed around the season of Winter.
A set of story starters, writing sentences, questions and answers and a grammar booklet. These can be printed out for individual children and will be great for differentiation.
This is suitable for KS1 and Lower KS2 or SEN children. Great for differentiation and can be adapted for individuals. The 30 page booklet consists of 15 colour sheets and 15 duplicated black and white sheets. I have also included the Powerpoint presentation.
The following are included:-
Writing sentences
Descriptive writing
Poetry…original text
Story…original text with comprehension questions and the children are then asked to finish the story
Singular and plural
Writing lists
Writing an acrostic poem
Spelling activity…unscramble Christmas words
Writing instructions
Brainstorming winter words