Planning a Story An English activity to help children to plan a story in a step by step manner. This activity breaks down story planning into small chunks and enables children to plan each stage of the story. The activity encourages lots of talk and children enjoy sharing their ideas about the story. The activity encourages children to think about and describe their character, the setting and the time of their story. Children then plan the problem, what happens first, then and next and then the solution and the ending. The activity gives children different ideas and demonstrates to children that not all stories need to be the same as we all have different ideas and suggestions. I often take several days to work through this activity and to build story plans with the children and find that rereading our story plans regularly helps children when they reach the writing stage. This activity could be used in Early Years to introduce story planning and oral retelling of a story to the children or in Key Stage 1 to support children with story planning and story writing. Writing a Story An English story writing activity to support children when writing a story. Children plan their story using a story plan. This activity then demonstrates to the children how to write each part of their story using the story plan. I use this activity over several days to support children to write their story and will often cover several parts in one lesson with mini plenaries in between reminding children what their writing needs. Children like the little girl who pops up to ask questions to improve the story. The activity could be used in Early Years for orally retelling a story or in Key Stage 1 for writing a story.

**Three number bonds activity PowerPoints for making 5, 10 and 20. ** These Maths activities can support children to learn and practise number bonds to make 5, 10 and 20. Each activity shows children all of the different number bonds for making five, ten or twenty. Each number bond has a word problem eg I have ten dogs, 5 of them are playing in the garden. How many dogs are in the kennel? Children can solve these problems using objects and pictorial representations and record their number sentence on their whiteboards. The activities could be used as a whole class activity or in small groups. Aimed at Early Years and Year 1 children.

Maths Intervention Booster A Maths intervention that can be printed off to create a booklet of activity worksheets for Early Years and Key Stage 1 children. The PowerPoint covers five weeks and covers a range of activities including number writing to 5 and then to 10, missing numbers, number recognition and representation using pictures and addition and subtraction using numbers to 5 and then numbers to 10. I have used this activity to support children in their understanding of number and addition and subtraction and it has helped to boost their confidence when they return to class. Writing Intervention A sentence writing booster/intervention that can be printed off to create a booklet of activity worksheets for Early Years and Key Stage 1 children. The PowerPoint covers five weeks and introduces children to 35 of the 100 high frequency words/hfw. Each week covers reading the focus high frequency words, writing the focus words, cutting and sticking words to make a sentence and then writing a dictated sentence. I have used this activity to encourage children to write sentences with capital letters and full stops and to hold and repeat the sentence in their head. The intervention helps children to gain confidence when they are writing sentences.

Two fun Maths activity PowerPoints to introduce children to 2D and 3D shapes. The PowerPoints include interactive activities for the children to join in with. The PowerPoints show different 2D or 3D shapes and describes their properties. Children then have to guess the shape that is being described or the shape that is being slowly revealed. There is also a shape spotting activity and an odd one out activities. My classes have enjoyed using these PowerPoints to learn about 2D and 3D shapes and they encourage lots of talk about shapes. The activities could be used as a whole class activity or in small intervention groups. Aimed at Early Years and Year 1 children however could be used as a recap or booster session for Year 2 children.

Number Bonds - Making 5 PowerPoint A number bonds activity for making 5. This Maths activity can support children to learn and practise number bonds for making 5. The activity shows children all of the different number bonds for making 5. Each number bond has a word problem and children can solve these using objects and pictorial representations and record their number sentences on their whiteboards. Activity could be used as a whole class activity or in small groups. Making 5 Activity Worksheets A set of 8 different Maths activity worksheets to practise making 5 covering bar models, part whole models, adding using objects and word problems. These sheets focus solely on making 5. They also give children the opportunity to practise recording number sentences. I have used these as worksheets during Maths lessons plus also have laminated the different sheets for children to use during choosing time. Making 5 Activity Cards A set of Maths activity cards for making 5. The set includes 6 number bond activities for making 5 including using a bar model, part whole models, addition and word problems. These cards can be used as part of a number bond Maths lesson or could be used during choosing time for children to practise making 5. The activity cards also give children the opportunity to practise recording number sentences. These cards can be laminated so that they can be used again. Aimed at Early Years and Year 1 children.

Initial Sounds A phonics activity for practising and revising initial sounds. Children say the initial sound and then read words including the initial sound. Children must then identify the alien word. Phonics Activity - Digraphs and Trigraphs A phonics activity for practising and revising vowel digraphs and trigraphs or special friends sounds. Children can practise writing real and alien words on their whiteboards using focus sounds. The activity could be used during phonics lesson, as an intervention for any children requiring extra support or in the lead up to the phonics screening. A good activity to support children to recognise sounds plus spell and read words. Phonics Workbook - Digraphs and Trigraphs A fun phonics activity workbook covering vowel digraphs and trigraphs. Each new ‘special friend’ sound has three workbook pages - one to practise writing real words, one to identify alien words and one to complete a sentence using the focus sound in a word. There is a space on the sentence writing page for children to draw a picture to match their sentence. This activity workbook could be completed as part of a group, independently or could be sent home as home learning/homework. I have also used this workbook as Early Morning Work for children to practise their phonics. The workbook supports children to become more confident with each focus sound and as the activities are repeated for each new sound the children can become more independent when completing the workbook. Aimed at Early Years and Year 1 children although could be used in Year 2 for a booster group or intervention.

Making 5 and 10 Activity Worksheets Two sets of 8 different Maths activity worksheets to practise making 5 and 10 covering bar models, part whole models, adding using objects and word problems. These sheets focus solely on number bonds to 5 or to 10. They also give children the opportunity to practise recording number sentences. I have used these as worksheets during Maths lessons plus have also laminated the different sheets for children to use during choosing time or early work. Making 5 and 10 Activity Cards Two sets of Maths activity task cards for making 5 and 10. Each set includes 6 number bond activities for making 5 or 10 including using a bar model, part whole models, addition and word problems. These cards can be used as part of a number bond Maths lesson or could be used during choosing time for children to practise number bonds to 5 or 10. The activity cards also give children the opportunity to practise recording number sentences. These cards can be laminated so that they can be used again. Number Bonds - Making Five and Ten PowerPoints Two number bonds activity Powerpoints for making 5 or 10. These Maths activities can support children to learn and practise number bonds to make 5 and 10. Each activity shows children all of the different number bonds for making five or ten. Each number bond has a word problem eg I have ten dogs, 5 of them are playing in the garden. How many dogs are in the kennel? Children can solve these problems using objects and pictorial representations and record their number sentence on their whiteboards. Activity could be used as a whole class activity or in small groups. Aimed at Early Years and Year 1 children although could be used during a booster session or as part of an intervention for Year 2 children.

Making 5 Activity Worksheets A set of 8 different Maths activity worksheets to practise making 5 covering bar models, part whole models, adding using objects and word problems. These sheets focus solely on making 5. They also give children the opportunity to practise recording number sentences. I have used these as worksheets during Maths lessons plus have also laminated the different sheets for children to use during choosing time or early work. Making 10 Activity Worksheets A set of 8 different Maths activity worksheets to practise making 10 covering bar models, part whole models, adding using objects and word problems. These sheets focus solely on number bonds to 10. They also give children the opportunity to practise recording number sentences. I have used these as worksheets during Maths lessons plus have also laminated the different sheets for children to use during choosing time or early work. Aimed at Early Years and Year 1 children.

Making 10 Activity Worksheets A set of 8 different Maths activity worksheets to practise making 10 covering bar models, part whole models, adding using objects and word problems. These sheets focus solely on number bonds to 10. They also give children the opportunity to practise recording number sentences. I have used these as worksheets during Maths lessons plus have also laminated the different sheets for children to use during choosing time or early work. Making 10 Activity Cards A set of Maths activity task cards for making 10. The set includes 6 number bond activities for making 10 including using a bar model, part whole models, addition and word problems. These cards can be used as part of a number bond Maths lesson or could be used during choosing time for children to practise number bonds to 10. The activity cards also give children the opportunity to practise recording number sentences. These cards can be laminated so that they can be used again. Number Bonds - Making Ten PowerPoint A number bonds activity for making 10. This Maths activity can support children to learn and practise number bonds to make 10. The activity shows children all of the different number bonds for making ten. Each number bond has a word problem eg I have ten dogs, 5 of them are playing in the garden. How many dogs are in the kennel? Children can solve these problems using objects and pictorial representations and record their number sentence on their whiteboards. Activity could be used as a whole class activity or in small groups. Aimed at Early Years and Year 1 children however could also be used as a recap or as part of an intervention group for Year 2 children.

Making 5 Activity Cards A set of Maths activity task cards for making 5. The set includes 6 number bond activities for making 5 including using a bar model, part whole models, addition and word problems. These cards can be used as part of a number bond Maths lesson or could be used during choosing time for children to practise making 5. The activity cards also give children the opportunity to practise recording number sentences. These cards can be laminated so that they can be used again. Making 10 Activity Cards A set of Maths activity task cards for making 10. The set includes 6 number bond activities for making 10 including using a bar model, part whole models, addition and word problems. These cards can be used as part of a number bond Maths lesson or could be used during choosing time for children to practise number bonds to 10. The activity cards also give children the opportunity to practise recording number sentences. These cards can be laminated so that they can be used again. Aimed at Early Years and Year 1 children.

Two PowerPoints focusing on the seasons autumn and winter. The PowerPoints include questions for the children to answer and facts for the children to learn about the seasons autumn and winter. There are two sets of five worksheets - one set of five for autumn and one set of five for winter. The seasons worksheets include questions for children to answer about autumn or winter, fill in the missing words in sentences about autumn or winter, design a winter snowman or autumn leaves. The PowerPoints and worksheets are aimed at Key Stage 1 children.

Spellings Practise Powerpoint An activity to support children to learn to spell the 45 Year 1 Common Exception Words and to practise using these words in sentences. The children are shown the word and then shown the letters that they need to write the word. Children then use the letters to write the word on their whiteboard. They are then shown how to spell the word correctly. The following slide gives an example of the word being used in a sentence with an accompanying picture eg I am happy __ . Children to then practise spelling the missing focus word again before the correct spelling of the word is revealed in the sentence. This activity covers nine weeks with 5 spellings to learn each week and includes lists of spellings to send home for children to learn. This activity could also be used as part of a spelling intervention or booster group to support children to learn to spell Year 1 CEW. Spellings Practise Worksheets A set of spellings lists covering all of the Year 1 common exception words. Each spelling list contains 5 words for the class to learn per week with nine weeks worth in total. Each week includes an activity for children to practise writing the spellings and an activity for children to fill in the missing words using the spellings for that week. These sheets can be sent home as home learning.