Fantastic Mr Fox - THE TERRIBLE SHOVELS! A great activity when introducing Chapter 4. Focus: To write a story. Activity: Imagine YOU are Mr Fox and YOU are trapped in your fox hole (your den). Three farmers are trying to get you with their diggers. Can you escape? Fully editable.

Focus text: ‘The Iron Man’ (by Ted Hughes). 4 resources attached. The first resource is a simple 1-page storyboard divided into 5 chapters. Students need to summarise each chapter by writing a sentence and drawing a picture. Ideal for younger learners. The second resource is a 12-page booklet that summarises the story in 24 small sections of text. Great for creating play scripts, acting out, group work, sequencing or just illustrating. The third resource is a 6-page Iron Man booklet - similar to resource number 1 but in booklet form. The final set of resources are 5 worksheets (1 for each chapter) for your student’s to write their own summary (and picture). Ideal to use when reading this wonderful story with your class. All resources are fully editable.

Attached is an ideal starting point when asking students to plan and write a story about a fictional character. 3 resources attached: A blank storyboard. A storyboard to develop a character. A selection of fictional characters to write about. Fully editable.

Christmas Storyboard Ask your student’s to RECOUNT their Christmas Day festivities using this simple but effective storyboard. Nice activity to start the New Year off after Christmas. Fully editable.

Questions to ask when listening to readers. A useful prompt sheet when listening to readers. Useful tool to give to parents at the beginning of the year to aid comprehension and discussion- based activities during reading. Fully editable.

SACAWAC stands for … SAY and COVER and WRITE and CHECK. 3 spelling sheet templates to choose from. Space for 10 spellings. Each evening, the children have to copy out each spelling (once, twice or three times depending on the format you choose). Fully editable.

2 template sheets for writing poetry. Ideal for 5+ (depending on ability). Fully editable.

What Good Readers do - for display. 3 charts showing ‘What Good Readers Do’: Accuracy Chart. Fluency Chart. Punctuation Chart. Also attached is a slide show showing all 3 charts. Fully editable.

**A MASSIVE PowerPoint full of activities you can just print off: ** -What is poetry? -Animal Poems -Performance poetry (with a special focus on Michael Rosen) -Onomatopoeia -Similes and metaphors -Teeth and Eating poems A basic plan is also attached for you to start with and adapt.

A great poetry task … and no marking involved 1 page. Fully editable. Ideal for 7+ (depending on ability).

Clear, simple and easy to follow. 9 pages (1 page for each year group + front cover). Just print off 1 for each child and tick off the targets once sufficient evidence is available (it’s always best to have 3 separate pieces of evidence for each target). Fully editable.

A great PowerPoint to use with Early Years. 34 slides. Activity: Make lots of CVC words with interactive sounds! Fully editable.

Great templates for rhyming couplets. Just list some words on the board linked to the topic (school) and off you go. The worksheet highlights the end word on each line. Also attached is another rhyming couplet template linked to the topic “US” 2 resources in total. Fully editable.

A dyslexia-friendly reading and writing manual. Recommended age: 2 - 6 years. This 48-page manual is designed to help ANY child to read and write. Children with dyslexia or dyslexic tendencies make remarkable progress with this manual. The ‘6 Times’ manual must be taught on a 1-to-1 basis (1 adult, 1 child) and takes 36 days to complete. Many of the activities are designed to be repetitious and are graded according to difficulty.

RATS! 2 differentiated non-fiction activity booklets about RATS. Lower ability booklet and more able booklet. Ideal texts if you are studying ‘The Plague!’ 8 pages in total. Fully editable.

Spelling Mistakes & Getting Them Right - Action Booklet. Attached is a 3-page booklet designed to help any student practice up to 6 spelling mistakes they got wrong (in any piece of work). Great as an extension activity / student reflection / self assessment. Suitable for 5 - 9 years. Fully editable.

A 26-slide phonics PowerPoint - ideal for Reception or Year 1. This PowerPoint focuses on the following sounds/blends: er ue qu ou ar ou oi Animations, sounds and pictures incorporated to make it a bit more fun.

A 13-slide PowerPoint that helps children practise words that end in ll, ss and ck. Slides are animated so that children can say the initial and vowel sound first then the end sound moves into place. Fully editable.

Great ways to remember how to spell … -because -island -necessary -difficulty -friend -piece -parliament -separate -secretary -terrible -business -quiet -guitar -accommodation -‘ould’ words -laugh -rhythm -soldier -height & weight -hear

Spelling Test Sheets - 4 Templates 4 spelling test sheet templates. Fully editable. An 18 word spelling test sheet. A 15 word spelling test sheet. A 10 word spelling test sheet. A 5 word spelling test sheet.