And Tango Makes Three is a lovely story for discussing different family types. Here is a weekly plan and resources most suited for a KS1 class.

Two weeks planning on the traditional tale of The Three Little Pigs most suited for a Year One class.

PowerPoint of all phase 3 'letters and sounds' sounds for speed sounds.

Two weeks of planning around the story of Little Red Riding Hood created for a year 1 class.

A comprehension text with questions about the Stockton to Darlington railway. Suitable for KS2. Good for learning about the history of transport, George Stephenson and the industrial revolution.

Phase 5 Comprehesion and phonics worksheets for ay, ie and ou featuring Ken the koala.

Two week plan based on the book ‘Percy the Park keeper: After The Storm’. Most suited to a KS1 class.

Four weeks planning based on the first Paddington Bear picture book. Most suited to a Year 2 class but could be adapted to other year groups.

A non-fiction text written about the history of Stockton on Tees in the North of England. It would be good for SATs revision. It contains questions around retreival and inference. Also good at looking at the changes in time from the Industrial Revolution to the present day.

Worksheet for children to spell words containing the ‘ay’ sound. I use these as an independent activity in guided reading.

Differentiated worksheet focusing on adding the ‘ed’ suffix.

Powerpoint and writing scaffold for making and writing instructions for a Rainmaker. Good for D.T. and English.

Powerpoint and Postcard activity comparing two bear’s holidays to the Amazon Rainforest and the glaciers in Iceland. A very good stimuli for writing and learning about different weathers around the world.

One week’s planning based on the book Mog’s Christmas by Judith Kerr. Most suited for a year 1 or 2 class.

air sound worksheet.

Months of the Year comprehension questions. Most suited to year 1 and year 2.

A smart notebook of 100 alien and real words featuring phase 3 and 5 sounds.

Two lessons on the alternative spellings for air.

Notebook to help children learn the alternative spelling of n, kn.

Smart notebook for teaching ear, air and igh trigraphs with alien words and pictures for the children to spell.