I am a teaching Deputy Head in a primary school in Hampshire and TES recommended author. I've been teaching in primary since 2007 with experience in most year groups, although my heart lies in Year 1! I enjoy making helpful, time-saving and engaging educational resources for teachers and pupils - I hope you find them useful!
I am a teaching Deputy Head in a primary school in Hampshire and TES recommended author. I've been teaching in primary since 2007 with experience in most year groups, although my heart lies in Year 1! I enjoy making helpful, time-saving and engaging educational resources for teachers and pupils - I hope you find them useful!
Lots of practise reading and writing the split digraphs a-e, e-e, i-e, o-e and u-e! This resource includes:
- poster cards for each split digraph
- alien words using all 5 digraphs
- real words using all 5 digraphs
-split digraph writing frames (for all 5 digraphs)
- empty split digraph writing frames
You might like to use my free split digraphs presentations as well:
Presentations for teaching split digraphs
Reading comprehensions on the UK government, general election and democracy. There are three differentiated versions that could be used for Year 2 and upwards. My more able Year 1s had a go at the comprehension sheet in the middle of the file and did pretty well, it was a good challenge for them - I'm amused that they would build more chocolate factories if they ran the government!
Questions include multiple choice, short written and longer written answers. The highest level also contains a true/false table with statements to be ticked as appropriate.
38 pages of Year 1 place value activities informed by the White Rose mastery document. The pages progress through concrete, pictorial and abstract activities and a teach, practise, apply approach. There are opportunities to practise with smaller numbers (0-10) and also larger numbers up to 100.
A set of loop cards is included which need to be printed double-sided and cut out, as well as cards for a paired activity and plenty of worksheets. Personally, I cut out strips or blocks of the sheet to stick in the child’s book so that their books aren’t full of worksheets and/or half finished work.
For more place value mastery resources for Year 1 take a look at:
Counting forwards and backwards to 100
Counting in multiples of 2, 5 and 10
11 session unit of work with a grammar focus of question marks and exclamation marks based on Julia Donaldson's 'Room on the Broom'. Children make their own character puppets and perform a play, generating lots of talk for writing. The planning was created for the Year 1 curriculum but is equally valid for Year 2 work on exclamations, questions and statements.
This resource includes:
- A comprehensive planning document including suggestions for cutaways, pullbacks, guided reading activities and differentiation.
- Room on the Broom planning resources pdf containing writing frames, word mat, introductory activities and keep up activity ideas (all referenced in the planning document).
- Sentence identification activities used in the planning as assessment for learning opportunities.
My class loved making the puppets and doing the puppet show. We performed our shows to small groups of Year R and got feedback from the Year R kids which was lovely. I hope your class enjoy it too!
Over 100 pages of activities for teaching and mastering 3 of the Year 1 place value objectives!
This bundle contains mastery materials for:
- counting to and across 100, forwards and backwards, beginning from 0 or 1, or from any given number
- counting in multiples of 2, 5 and 10
- identifying one more or one less than a given number
I’m working on the other objectives and will add them to this bundle as they become available. Check back because I think once you’ve bought this bundle you’re able to download any additional resources added to it - bargain! If you have any trouble doing so, just message me privately via the TES website and I’ll send you any additional files that you are entitled to.
Enjoy!
Perfect for practising segmenting for spelling using a tablet or PC with early writers! No printing is required - all you’ll need is a device that has PowerPoint, or access to Google Slides via the internet, a piece of paper and a pencil or pen.
The digital worksheets begin with simple CVC (consonant sound, vowel sound, consonant sound) words such as pig, hat, etc. with the middle sound provided. Children sound out (segment) the word, using the image and given letter for support and then write the word on their piece of paper. Answers are provided on the penultimate slide so they can even mark their own work.
Once they have mastered level 1, they can “unlock” the next level and so on, building up their segmenting for spelling skills progressively and systematically.
I’ve used these digital worksheets with children 4 years old and upwards. Most children are able to use them independently once they’ve been shown what to do and the slide show is presented. They occasionally come out of the slide show by accident but show children how to press the slide show/present button and they can often handle that by themselves too - great for their computing skills!
What’s included?
A zipped file which contains all of the PowerPoints as follows:
CVC single grapheme words (scaffolded)
CVC single grapheme words
CVC digraph words
CCVC single grapheme words
CVCC single grapheme words
CCVC words with digraphs
CVCC words with digraphs
Planning and resources for the Year 3 and 4 English national curriculum based around Satoshi Kitamura’s story, Stone Age Boy. Eight literacy sessions are planned for children to plan, draft and write, evaluate and edit their own adventure story using the structure, vocabulary and grammar of the Stone Age Boy story as a ‘master’ example.
The planning covers the following objectives from the English national curriculum:
to identify themes in stories
to participate in discussions about books, taking turns and listening to what others say
to discuss and record ideas
to organise paragraphs around a theme
to use simple organisational devices
to use vocabulary and grammar from a story when writing
to assess the effectiveness of my own and others writing and suggest improvements.
This resource is also available as part of a Stone Age bundle which also contains a DT textiles unit of work for the same topic, saving you 20% of the total cost.
Track errors, diagnose areas of development and organise groups and interventions to prepare your class for the Year 1 phonics screening check.
This document contains a set of instructions, the diagnostic tool, a worked example for an individual pupil and whole class with a follow-up breakdown. This should help you complete the diagnostic tool and see how you can use the information it provides to plan your priorities for teaching whole class, small groups and/or 1:1 interventions.
This really worked for me last year, I used it within my own class where I achieved a 90% pass rate for the screening check, and as year leader across Year 1 to inform the teachers of phonics sets, where we achieved an 84% pass rate collectively.
Use these Christmas calculations to challenge your pupils’ understanding, ability to reason mathematically and algebraic thinking in a fun and engaging way!
Using images to represent numbers, children use what they know to discover the value of the images. They need to understand the meaning of =, x and ÷ signs and the relationship between multiplication and division. The calculations include 2, 3, 4, 5 and 10 times tables.
There are 4 sets of progressively more difficult calculations, as well as 4 sets with the numbers given in an answer key for children requiring more support. As an extension, children could write their own challenges or describe how they know their answer is correct.
There is also an addition and subtraction version of this resource here.
Happy teaching!
All of my Easter resources to date in one easy download! These activities, presentations and assembly are well suited to EYFS and KS1.
Included in this bundle are:
An Easter assembly and accompanying presentation
A KS1-friendly copy of The Easter Story
A lesson plan for teaching the Easter story through art
A booklet for children to re-tell the Easter story themselves
A fun, pictorial Easter-themed puzzle for counting in multiples of 2s, 5s and 10s.
This is a growing bundle and further Easter activities will be added as they become available.
You may also be interested in these other seasonal resources:
Christmas multiplication and division reasoning cards
Christmas addition and subtraction reasoning cards
Save 20% on these complete units of work for teaching the Stone Age in KS2! This bundle currently comprises of:
a literacy/English unit of work with planning and resources based on Satoshi Kitamura’s book, Stone Age Boy.
a DT/textiles unit of work where children learn and experiment with different stitches to design, create and evaluate a tabard-style Stone Age tunic.
You may be interested in these other history resources:
Ancient Egypt code breaker worksheet
Romans code breaker worksheet
#backtoschool Wake up your pupils’ maths brains with these back to school reasoning challenges. These cards challenge their understanding and recall of multiplication and division facts, their ability to reason mathematically and introduces algebraic thinking in a fun and engaging way!
Using images to represent numbers, children use what they know to discover the value of the images. They need to understand the meaning of =, x and ÷ signs and the relationship between multiplication and division. The calculations include 2, 3, 4, 5 and 10 times tables.
There are 4 sets of progressively more difficult calculations, as well as 4 sets with the numbers given in an answer key for children requiring more support. As an extension, children could write their own challenges or describe how they know their answer is correct.
Happy teaching!
#backtoschool Wake up your pupils’ brains with these back to school addition and subtraction challenge cards! These calculations challenge your pupils’ understanding, ability to reason mathematically and algebraic thinking in a fun and engaging way.
Using images to represent numbers, children use what they know to discover the value of the images. They need to understand the meaning of =, + and - signs and the relationship between addition and subtraction. The calculations include doubles and number bonds to 10 and 20.
There are 4 sets of progressively more difficult calculations, as well as 4 sets with the numbers given in an answer key for children requiring more support. There are two open-ended calculations where children can find multiple possible answers to extend their thinking. Further extensions include children writing their own challenges or describing how they solved the problem.
Happy teaching!
These print and go Halloween maths worksheets are jam-packed full of National Curriculum objectives! Your pupils will love the Halloween theme while continuing to learn - plus giving you valuable evidence and assessment for learning for your planning. There are 10 worksheets in total, primarily aimed at Year 3, although many of the worksheets will also be suitable for autumn term Year 4 children.
In this resource you will receive worksheets for the following curricular objectives:
Count from 0 in 4, 8, 50 and 100
Find 10 or 100 more or less than a given number
Read and write numbers to 1000 in numerals and words
Add and subtract numbers mentally, including: a three-digit number and ones
Recall and use multiplication and division facts for the 3, 4 and 8 multiplication tables
Solve problems, including missing number problems, involving multiplication and division
Measure, compare, add and subtract lengths (mm, cm, m)
Measure the perimeter of simple 2D shapes
Read Roman numerals I to XII
Add and subtract amounts of money, using both £ and p in practical contexts
Interpret data using pictograms
Solve one-step and two-step questions using information presented in pictograms
An answer key is also included for ease of marking or to allow children to mark their own/others’ work.
Looking for more resources for Lower KS2? Take a look here:
Unit of work: recount of a school trip or event
Stone Age Boy - literacy unit of work
KS2 poetry lesson based on ‘I saw a peacock with a fiery tail’
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Happy teaching!
Katharine7
Save time, effort and 25% by buying these Halloween maths resources together! A range of no-prep worksheets closely match 8 of the Year 1 maths curriculum objectives and a set of 20 differentiated one-step addition and subtraction word problems will ensure challenge for all your pupils.
These resources are available to buy individually:
Halloween maths worksheets
Halloween word problems (addition and subtraction)
You may also be interested in a set of free Halloween phonics digital worksheets!
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Happy teaching!
Katharine7
Need an assembly presentation for Remembrance Day? This powerpoint explains Remembrance Day in a child-friendly way and is appropriate for young children (Early Years/KS1). It contains 13 slides, plus notes, on the meaning of peace, Armistice and Remembrance Day.
Looking for further assemblies? Try these:
SMSC plan and presentation - Social
SMSC plan and presentation - Moral
SMSC plan and presentation - Spiritual
SMSC plan and presentation - Cultural
Assembly plan and presentation - Hope
I hope your children enjoy the assembly. Don’t forget to leave feedback so I can improve what I do - or make more of what you love!
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Happy teaching!
Katharine7
Have fun practising subitising with your class with this festive maths mastery game for the interactive whiteboard!
Subitising is the ability to instantly count a small quantity without needing to count each individual item and plays an important part in early ‘number sense’, building solid foundations for later addition and subtraction.
This PowerPoint resource contains 5 variations of the subitising game, including less Christmassy versions (snow foxes, gingerbread men and brussel sprouts).
In the game, between 1 and 6 objects are displayed briefly on the screen and the children have to subitise (count instantaneously) how many objects they have seen. The images and the corresponding number are shown when you are ready by clicking the slide. I get my class to write their answer on an individual whiteboard before we check it on the big screen.
The first 3 versions contain regular patterns of the numbers 1 - 6 (as you would see on a dice) for perceptual subitising and the final 2 versions contain irregular arrangements to support the development of conceptual subitising.
My Year R class love these animated slides and I hope your children enjoy them too!
Happy teaching!
Katharine7
One week’s worth of Year R mastery maths planning informed by the NCETM’s key areas of early mathematics learning and White Rose mastery principles. Printed and digital resources are included to facilitate delivery of the planning although you will also need some practical resources, e.g. duplo, beads, tens frames, Numicon.
The planning is based around a Traditional Tales/Jolly Postman topic however it is written in MS Word so that you can tweak it to suit your curriculum and practical equipment. For example, if you don’t have gems, you could use penny coins; if you were doing Supertato, you could use evil peas in a match box, etc…
A focus group runs throughout the week, rotating through the whole class, and these groups should be mixed ability in line with mastery principles. Notes for supporting less able pupils and extending more able pupils are included in the planning document. The remaining maths activities run all week, with extensions to bring in as the week progresses and the children become more competent at the key idea. Personally, I box up all the resources I’ll need for the week during PPA which makes it easy to bring out and put away the numbertime activities throughout the week.
Included in this resource pack:
One week’s worth of planning (editable)
Foldable signs for each activity and extension (pdf)
Gingerbread men number frames with number sentences for the extensions (editable)
Hansel and Gretel treasure box recording frames (editable)
The Jolly Postman PowerPoint activity (editable)
Big number frame and recording scaffold (editable)
Number cards 0-5 (editable)
I hope you find it helpful - happy teaching!
Katharine7
These print and go Halloween maths worksheets are packed full of Year 1 National Curriculum objectives! Your pupils will love the Halloween theme while continuing to learn - plus giving you valuable evidence and assessment for learning for your planning. Primarily aimed at Year 1, many of the worksheets will also be suitable for more able Year R children or children in Year 2 who are working towards age related expectations.
In this resource you will receive worksheets for the following curricular objectives:
Count, read and write numbers to 100 in numerals
Count to and across 100
Read and write numbers to 20 in numerals and words
Add and subtract one and two-digit numbers to 20, including 0
Compare, describe and solve practical problems for mass/weight, capacity and volume
Recognise and know the denominations of coins
Sequence events in chronological order using language
Recognise and name common 2D shapes
An answer key is also included for ease of marking or to allow children to mark their own/others’ work.
This resource is available as part of a bundle where you will also receive a set of differentiated Halloween word problems:
Halloween maths bundle
Looking for other Halloween resources? Take a look here:
Halloween word problems (addition and subtraction)
Halloween segmenting - digital worksheet
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Happy teaching!
Katharine7
A primary assembly on Diwali that involves and engages the children. When you download this resource you will get a powerpoint on Diwali with accompanying notes and ideas for presenting the assembly.
Looking for other assemblies? Try these:
SMSC assembly and plan - Social
SMSC assembly and plan - Moral
SMSC assembly and plan - Spiritual
SMSC assembly and plan - Cultural
Assembly plan and presentation - Hope
I hope your children enjoy the assembly. Remember to leave feedback so that I can improve what I do - and make more of what you love!
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Happy teaching!
Katharine7