Example of handwriting policy for beginners to policy writing!

Draw pic in style of artist

An assortment of resources to do with jungle topic. Postcards - used for writing assessment at end of topic. Write a postcard home from the depths of the jungle. Very simple but can be jazzed up with clipart. Just saves time! Design your own smoothie with tropical fruits. Draw a picture in the style of Henri Rousseau. Blank mindmap - fill in mindmap with vocab at beginning and as children add new vocab as they learn. Please leave feedback :)

Talk about hair colour, eye colour etc.

Linked to our English topic on adverts.

Can be used to recall any story - time saved instead of making own format from scratch.

A variety of differentiated venn diagram worksheets and plan. Can be altered easily to fit your topic.

Different images of collage to start children thinking about what collage is.

Instructions to make a jam sandwich, children had to write a clear set before making their own sandwich by following the instructions they'd written.

Barnaby in Africa, worksheets also avaliable to go with...

We looked closely at Bob Marley CD covers and in talking partners the children discussed what they could see on each one. We wrote a class reggae song and then designed a cover for it.

A powerpoint used to train TAs in phonics. In addition I modelled a lesson.

handa's surprise text with missing words. Class thought of their own ideas, i.e to take cakes to their friend and then filled the gaps with chocolate cake or flapjack or etc. Children can take anything they want to their friend and draw pictures to create a book.

Various simple scaffolds that can be used for creating leaflets or writing a non-fiction report.

Chances to learn abit about Dresden and Koln. Hope it's useful :)

Differentiation at top of the page. Children can use highlighters/coloured pencils to explore what pattern they can find.

Old and new seaside which can be sorted or compared

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpAoCUN4toE for revolting rhymes clip or read book. My class who then cut the small images out, stuck them into their books and retold the story next to it with a focus on punctuation. They really enjoyed it because the story is so silly! Pictures can be used for many different activities but will hopefully save you some time!

Simple sheet with coins/notes as visuals. Children must work-out how much change would be given.

Write short ideas for planning beginning, middle and end. SImple scaffold.