6 colour pictures of different buildings and their uses: School Airport Building Yard Train Station Office Supermarket Each picture shows details of what you might see and what might be happening in these places or buildings. Children can talk about each of the places and then write key words in the boxes underneath each picture. The first word is done to start them off. As an extension, children could use the key words to help them to write about the buildings and places.

A lesson / activity idea to stimulate creative writing and imagination in your children. There is a picture of a magical fruit tree that grows lots of fruit all at once. Children are asked questions to help them with their writing. They can answer the questions or use the ideas to create a story or poem about the magical fruit tree. There are 6 different writing frames to choose from. There are 18 fruit circles that children could use to decorate their magical trees or a class tree which makes a lovely display.

Fruit and Vegetable colour cards to name, cut, label, sort. Picture strips for children to use for labels, writing words or sentences.

Play this PPT as a slide show with plenty of speaking and listening and questions to ask along the way. There are 13 stories included to share, retell and discuss. There area set of extension activities included at the end. Link to book or reading celebrations and / or use as a basis for an assembly.

Activities suitable for English Language learners, SEND and KS1 pupils. Instructions and ideas included. Verbs Resources A set of 64 cards showing picture symbols of verbs, regular and some irregular. Word grids showing each verb and past tense. Activity ideas Say or write two sentence for each verb E.g. The children were having a quarrel. The children quarrelled this morning. E.g. I wash my hair each week. I washed my hair on Friday. Cut out some of the picture symbols and paste into your workbook. Write 2 sentences next to each one. E.G. Opening window picture symbol I open my window in the summer. Dad opened my window this morning. Choose 5 cards and work in pairs to make up a verbal or written story. Share with the group or class. *PCS Licenced - Boardmaker symbols.

19 letters of the alphabet in photographic form. 3 images on each page with matching words. The following letters are included: a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,k,l,m,n,o,p,r,s,t,w Cut, laminate and match photos and words or use as display or visual aids. May be useful for pupils with special needs.

Show your pupils how a story character was created and link to the ebook, paperback and the video of the character being painted. Activities include what to think about when creating a character, planning and writing a story. Links beautifully with Art too.

10 sets of 4 colour cards in this Catch Phrase Game where pupils work out from the pictures what the phrase /sign or idiom might mean. The theme is citizenship and involves things like looking after our planet and environment as well as our responsibilities to look after ourselves and others. There is a suggested answer sheet but the pictures can be interpreted in different ways and make for good discussions as well as speaking and listening. Extend by asking your pupils to each come up with a picture card themselves with a given theme e.g. recycling. This makes a great display and assembly!

Share this PPT with your class / children when teaching about words that have the same spelling but different meanings. There are 6 slides showing pairs of words with pictures to match. Slides 7 to 12 can be used for speaking and listening where children compose and share sentences for each pair of words. Alternatively, print out the slides for worksheets and children can write out the sentences. Pictures can also be cut out for matching games.

A great resource for EYFS or KS1 to accompany your singing or nursery rhyme sessions. Each worksheet has a different nursery or number rhyme: One, two, three, four, five Five little ducks Jack and Jill Twinkle Twinkle Miss Polly had a dolly 10 Green bottles I’m a little teapot Incy Wincy Spider Humpty Dumpty 3 Blind Mice 5 Naughty Monkeys 5 Little Speckled Frogs Activities include sharing the rhyme, reading and adding the missing rhyming words, writing the words, colouring the pictures and adding a drawing following the instructions.

This is a fun game for children at KS1. Here, the school staff get up to silly things and the idea is to work out who does what, where, when, why and how. Children choose a card from each of the 6 sets: Who? e.g. Miss Cookwell and Miss Bookworm Where? e.g., the Kitchen or the Nursery What? e.g. changed the clock to home time or put paint on the walls and floors Why? e.g. it was an accident or I thought it would be funny When? e.g. during afternoon play or before the teachers meeting How? e.g. the PE teacher helped or I wore a disguise These are colour coded. There is a base board where children can put or paste their 6 cards onto. Next, they tell the story in their own words and / or write it out and share with class. Children work well in pairs for this game. There are lots of combinations, so the game can be played over again with different outcomes. There is a colour card for each set that children could use to sort or make collections. An example board is included where Miss Bookworm, the librarian went to the Head’s Office and changed the clock to home time. She did this because she thought it would be funny. The PE teacher helped Miss Bookwork and this was during afternoon play! Links to literacy, speaking and listening, problem solving and writing.

A phonics game with a difference linked to letters and sounds. There are 6 pictures for each of the sounds with corresponding word and initial sounds cards. The final board has one of each sound for collecting an image for each. Links with phonics, alphabet, reading, introducing plurals and speaking and listening. Copy, cut and laminate for games that you will re use over and again.

A fun activity for back to school or a wet play! 20 slides in this Catch Phrase game that is animated. These are popular phrases or idioms. Great for speaking and listening or those studying English language. Pupils work out the answers in pairs or teams and mark / locate these on the answer sheet provided.

A fun way to end or start the term. The game is based on Catch Phrase where children guess what the popular phrase or word is based on the pictures they see. This involves thinking and speaking and listening. Children enjoy this game in groups. There are 35 picture cards which can be cut up and laminated(for reuse) or pages can be used as they are with 4 cards to a page. There is a suggested answer sheet at the end, that children or the teacher, can use to mark off answers. (Some pictures could have an equally feasible alternate catch phrase or word). As a follow up, children could make up their own pictures based on familiar sayings or those on a theme such as football or animals. Children can research any sayings they are not familiar with. Links to language learning also.

This quiz game is along the theme of Soccer / football sayings or phrases. 35 pictorial popular catch phrases or sayings to encourage thinking skills and speaking and listening skills. There are 4 catch phrases on each page. It is fun to work against the clock! Children can work in pairs or teams to try to work out the answers. An answer sheet is provided for them to mark off. Some pictures can be interpreted in different ways. Cut out the cards and laminate for a game you can keep and reuse. As an extra activity children can research and write the meanings of the phrases they are unfamiliar with. Links in nicely with Sports Day and Football competitions. Tes paid licence

A great speaking and listening activity, especially useful for those learning English. There are 2 sets of worksheets / cards, one where pupils can write about the TV shows or name them. The other gives titles that pupils can use as prompts for discussion about what they watch, what they like or dislike etc. The word cards cut be cut out and matched to the TV shows also. The sheets could also form the basis of a survey on favourite TV shows or popularity. There is a template included at the end for pupils or teachers use.

A- Z set of colour worksheets where children use the word bank to write the matching words to the objects or cut and paste the words underneath. Links to speaking and listening and letters and sounds.

Suitable for children learning CCVCC words. Links to Reading, Phonics and Spelling and speaking and listening. This animated PPT has 10 slides . The pictures are animated and the letters come in as a switch or key is pressed.

These sheets can be used when teaching this set of sounds S A T P I N or for assessing learning of them. There are 8 sheets all with a different theme so that they can be linked in to topic work: Animals Transport Toys Food School supplies Clothing Household items Nature Children can write the initial sounds and more able children can write the words. Children can mark their own work using the answer grids or use these as a word bank to support them to find the correct words for each of the 8 sheets.

A set of templates in colour for your phonics / blends teaching and learning. These can be used for children to draw or paste pictures for each blend: sh, st, sp, sc, ch, cr, cl, th, tr, fr, fl, bl, br, dr, gr, gl, pl, pr, and wr. There are 19 worksheets and 1 example sheet. Or they can be used for children to write six words beginning with each blend / consonant cluster. Alternatively, they can draw and write - the first page of the resource is a worked example for the blend tr.