Looking closely at Newspapers. A fun way to introduce children to newspaper terminology, headlines, advertisements, fonts, pictures. The PDF file consists of 20 tasks skimming and searching through the various pages of a newspaper to complete a task by cutting and sticking and writing and drawing. Each child requires a newspaper or perhaps this could also be done in pairs. Suitable for KS1 or slow learners in KS2. An editable powerpoint presentation is also included.

A set of 38 Mental Tasks for KS1 to be used as first thing in the morning tasks or for early finishers. These can be cut out and laminated or printed out as individual sheets or workbooks. Months of the year, calendar work, division and multiplication by 2,3,4,5,10, Numbers in words, words into numbers, fractions half, quarter, third and tenth, measures converting litres, metres, kilograms. May also be of use for slow learners at KS2. I have also included a presentation file.

A PDF file for KS1 and 2 relating to the landing at Galippoli during the 1st WW. These are original poems written by me for the children to discuss and then create their own acrostic poems, look at personification, similes, metaphors etc. I have also included a powerpoint presentation to be used as a class hook.

This is a 16 page Assessment workbook covering Y6 Sats for Number. Questions can be printed out as individual workbooks for each child to be used as revision in class or as a homework booklet. Topics included are: place value, x by 10 and 100, rounding, fractions, decimals, percentages,multiples, factors, square numbers, prime numbers,number sequences, functions, addition, multiplication, subtraction and division. There are over 30 questions many with 3/4 parts to complete.

Another Little Grammar book for KS1 based on the theme of summer. This can be printed out as a complete workbook or as individual worksheets. Included are nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, collective nouns, proper nouns, sentence construction, creative writing, poetry writing and drawing activities. This is the fourth in the series of little grammar books.would also be useful for SEN children.

The second resource in my Discover Place Value resources. A pdf file which can be printed out as a complete workbook or as individual worksheets for KS1. Includes writing numbers in words and as digits, addition and subtraction, problem solving activities, extended addition, a place value game and digit cards to cut out. Could also be used with SEN children to reinforce Place Value.

Another original short story written by me in a child friendly vocabulary set in 1895, Jayne, the young lady of the house is attending a ball in the manor and waiting patiently for a young suiter to appear. There are various characters in the story and this could be used as an introduction to a long novel, Shakespearian or Dickensian literature in preparation for Grammar/ Secondary school. There are pages to read and discuss so I have included a powerpoint presentation followed by comprehension questions, writing activities and drawing conclusions. There is dictionary work and internet research.

A PDF File which can be printed out as an individual workbook looking at the topic Probability. Introduces probability words certain, uncertain, likely, unlikely. Challenges for children are related to every day things like coloured cubes, flowers, animals so this is a child friendly workbook. I have also included a Powerpoint presentation for classroom use.

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.

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.

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.