'Dear Mummy, thank you for.... Love from' Letter writing to follow up on discussions about all the jobs mums do for us. Nice idea to include inside the Mother's Day card as a surprise. Children to decorate the border afterwards. Differentiated based on writing ability.

Story by Jill Murphy. I designed to make into a book. Lovely story to begin Mother's Day discussions and activities.

An introduction (based on Scholastic's Festival Facts Holi) ton the Hindu festival of Holi. To be used in conjunction with the story of Prahlad and Holika. Holi is the festival of colours, and is celebrated with the throwing of coloured powder and water.

Poster to go with Where in the world is Barnaby Bear display on China/Chinese New Year.

We wrote our own class book based on Pants and More Pants by Giles Andreae (Purple Ronnie). Each child was challenged to create their own pants rhymes, design pants to illustrate the rhyme, type the text on the computer. We then made into a book, and made a Pants display, including why we were learning about pants, as many parents thought it was weird! I've also made some info on the author and illustrator.

Poem focusing on leaves and colours.

I was given this by our Early Years Support Team training on ICT as an activity. I have used with my team to focus in on levels of ICT development. From birth to 60+months. To look at the stages of ICT development and match to the appropriate age. Good for identifying whether a child is on track or not.

Basic assembly script written about a boy who always shouts. Eventually no-one wants to be his friend, so he learns to talk quieter, although sometimes a loud voice can come in useful!

An assembly outline based on the fact that the main religions all pray to one god, just known by different names. Contains prayers from Christianity, Hinduism and Islam.

Assembly script based on Cleversticks by Bernard Ashley. The story is based on a Chinese child who is new to the class and doesn't speak much English. He feels withdrawn as everyone has a special talent apart from him, until he shows the class how to use chopsticks. A nice story/play to do as part of Chinese New Year.

Based on information from the National Maritime Museum's website with images. Who were pirates, what did they do, how did they live and what can we learn to make ourselves better people?

Quotation on family used to start a topic on families and family trees. 'We are all one family under the same sky.' Respecting similarities and differences.

A classroom based shared poem based on Peepo! by Janet and Allan Ahlberg. I was planning to use as a starter for writing our own poem, focussing on the rhyming words. We will be photographing areas of the classroom, and writing verses about them. Then laying a cut-out style window on top, and making the whole thing into a book.

An SSEHV lesson plan on learning the skill of patience through the sunflower 1. Quotation 2. Meditation (guided visualisation) 3. Story (SEAD Sam and the Sunflower) & questions 4. Song (I am learning patience) 5. Activity/game (The patience package)

An SSEHV (education through human values) lesson on not wasting water. 1. Quotation 2. Meditation on the water cycle 3. Story and discussion 4. Song 5. Activity - completing a personal water usage chart

A PowerPoint written for Reception to cover the Mesozoic era - triassic, jurassic and cretaceous periods. Looking at basic evolution of animals and the changes in the landscape.

Independent/adult-assisted research activity (I used as a week's homework) to use a non-fiction text or internet to research a dinosaur. Using a non-fiction text to locate and use contents page, page numbers and information

Mindmap topic planner for all 6 areas of learning. Focussed on general Chinese New Year ideas, plus the Year of the Rabbit.

Non-fiction book on (pet) rabbits. Designed either to be viewed on the interactive whiteboard or printed and made into a book for shared reading sessions. Could be used as a topic introduction or independent reading.

Topic planner mindmap covering children's experiences of new babies. Activity ideas across the 6 areas of learning, including role-play baby clinic and learning to look after a new baby.