Children will use the picture of the tower to write descriptive sentences. There are 3 challenges (dependent on child’s ability).

Story map Character description ideas Setting description ideas

Recognise and use the inverse relationship between addition and subtraction and use this to check calculations and solve missing number problems. Three different challenges based on child’s ability. Investigation included to further challenge children’s conceptual understanding.

Using the inverse to find out missing numbers (bar models).

Children should also be able to state how a number is made up. For example, they can express 42 as 4 tens and 2 ones or as 42 ones.

Two activities to support children in counting in 3s.

Children to read and fill in the missing punctuation. This has been differentiated in three ways.

To find the verbs, nouns and adjectives from the passage.

Changing singular nouns to plural nouns worksheet

This is fab to use during transition week or at the start of the year.

Questions that can be displayed and discussed

All About Me Worksheet- great to use at the start of the year!

-ly suffix worksheet

PowerPoint displaying words with the: ea, ew, oe, ie, au, wh, ey, ir and ph sounds.

This pre-made checklist can be used for when children complete an independent fairytale writing piece.

Sentences based on the story of ‘The Three Little Pigs’ that need editing and improving.

Children to read, edit and improve sentences.

Children to finish off the sentence. Answers at the bottom can be trimmed to give children more of a challenge.

Present and past tense activity

Children will use the picture of the character to write a character description . There are 3 challenges (dependent on child’s ability).