I have designed 2 weeks English ( 10 sessions) planning and engaging resources, based on ‘Stuck’ by Oliver Jeffers, where children will write their own stories at the end of the topic. Resources include wordbanks, sequencing activities and planning templates. I have also included Guided Reading activities ( 3 sessions) , linked with the theme, including a Powerpoint on Gorillas and and comprehension questions, All sessions include notes for whole class teaching and ideas for tasks. I have also included some ideas for links to other subjects such as PE and art. I have used these plans with KS1, but they can be easily adapted for EYFS and Year 3 too.

This is 10 sessions worth of Christmas English planning that I have used with Year 2 and Year 3. It is based on the wonderful advert that Sainsbury’s and The National Literacy Trust made a few years back. It is a lovely animation and can be easily found on Youtube. Mog’s Calamity. The planning provides ideas for talk for writing games and ideas, differentiated activities and resources. At the end of the sequence of lessons, the children make their own Christmas picture book of the own story, based on the story of Mog. We colour photocopy these so the children can take them home as well as sticking in books as wonderful writing evidence. This is such an engaging resource and every year we achieve wonderful writing results. All resources are provided for each session. This is a 2 week unit but sessions can be easily adpated and shortened/ extended, depending on the needs of your class.

I have designed a 2 week ( 10 sessions) writing plan for KS1, Years 1 and 2, based on the wonderful story of ‘Lost and Found’ by Oliver Jeffers. Every session includes all recources needed and notes for tasks and whole class teaching. This resource also includes 5 reading activities linked to the story, along with all resources. I have also included some ideas for links to PE and Art, as well as suggested internet sites that can be used to enhance learning. These plans can easily be adapted for an EYFS topic and this topic has been a firm favourite of mine to teach for many years now. Please do look on my page for further Oliver Jeffers planning resources.

This presentation discusses the importance of Art. It includes interesting facts about famous artists and discusses how Art is important for Breakfast ( the designs on your cereal boxes!). I have also included a slide show that includes some very interesting pieces of art which can be used a discussion point and to get the children talking! A good starting point to any piece of art project or topic or can be used as a whole school assembly topic.

This is a great Nativity script about a shelf of toys learning about Christmas. So it includes the traditional story but with a modern twist! It has ideas for some traditional and more modern songs which suits all ages. It includes simple stage directions and has 72 parts so can be used for the whole of KS1. This could even be easily adapted for KS2! It is all in Word so it can be easily adapted for more / less parts by including more / less non speaking or sharing some lines! It lasts for about 40 minutes and all costumes can be easily hand made. If you want any more ideas or have any queries about anything then please just leave a comment and I'll get back to you. I can give more ideas for the costumes we made. I have included the a casting list to make it easy to cast your parts and I have also included a programme to hand out on the night of the show. All you have to do is copy and paste your casting list. Any feedback is appreciated and I hope you enjoy it as much as we did!

I designed this for a whole school assembly. It is a quiz for Children versus the adults and is differentiated accordingly. It contains fun picture rounds, such as which character enjoys this food? Guess the book, what’s the film ( based on a book), multiple choice rounds and a tie breaker about the seven dwarfs. The assembly also begins with interesting facts about well known books and facts about how reading can be good for you! It ends with a beautiful poem about reading by Julia Donaldson. We had a panel of children and a panel of adults at the front and asked for help from the audience. We even invited parents and governors and it was very successful. This was used for World Book Day but could used for a range of contexts and is suitable for KS2 and 3. Answers are included.

I made this presentation to begin our topic of Roald Dahl and have used it for a few years now and it never fails to engage. It talks about his life, with many interesting facts and shares his inspiration behind his stories.

I have used this powerpoint for a parent workshop on the importance of Phonics and Reading. It talks through the terminology used in phonics, summarises every phase, encourages parents to create sound buttons etc so it is very interactive and also explains how parents can support phonics, reading and writing at home. It also includes information on the Year 1 phonics screening and how they support at home. We have also sent the presentation home for parents to keep so they can refer back to the guidance when helping with phonics at home. This presentation has had excellent feedback and has also been used by the local authority. This can also be used as staff training to help other members of staff (such as NQT’s and new members of staff)who are not phonics trained understand the terminology and importance of it.

I have been an English Lead for nearly 10 years and my passion is KS1 English. I have designed a full weeks worth of English and Guided Reading, along with all the resources needed, based on the story of ‘The way back home’ by Oliver Jeffers. It also includes plans for PE sessions based on the theme of the book, and other well being sessions and activities to promote a positive mind set. These plans and resources are mainly for Year 2 but could be adapted for Years 1 and 3 too.

I have been an English Lead for over 10 years now and I created this plan and resources for an activity during World Book Day. Although, this can be used for a Guided Reading session too. All resources are differentiated 3 ways and includes a lesson plan and whole class teaching Powepoint for the Starter. Focuses on chocolate bars which enagages the children right from the start and includes retrieval, comprehnsion and inference style questions. Used in Year 2 but cal easily be used in Year 1 and Lower KS2. This can nicely tie in with Willy Wonka and / or George’s Marvellous Medicine.

This has been made for Year 2 Reading. An information Powerpoint all about orangutans and a question sheet to go with. The powerpoint includes examples of the questions to work through and the information is condensed into one sheet so the children can use the subheadings to find key information. These have been used in an observed lesson in Guided Reading that had excellent feedback.

I made this Powerpoint for World Book Day but it can be used at any point throughout the year to promote reading in school. It contains a quiz between the adults and the pupils / children Vs families. I asked the SLT to sit at the front behind a table and the rest of the school played against them. The quiz involves guessing characters, guess book from the one liners and even includes a tie breaker. Parents were invited and it was a real success.

I have been an English lead for over 10 years now and I have designed and used this Powerpoint for a number of reasons. It has been used for my World Book Day assembly but it can be used just to promote reading in school and has also been used in class. It is a Children Vs Adults game ( could be pupils Vs staff, children Vs families) and it contains questions related to reading, books and stories. It begins with fascinating facts about reading then contains 4 entertaining rounds inlcuding one liners, questions and picture rounds. It also has a tie breaker and finishes with a wonderful poem about reading by Julia Donaldson. It is a very fun interactive lesson and has had much positive feedback. It is suitable for primary and KS3.

I made this powerpoint for world book day but it can be used for a range of ideas. It explains the importance of reading and includes a quiz for the school to get involved in. Including guessing well known characters and guess the books from the famous line. It ends with a reflection.

I have created this to tie in with my ‘Under the sea’ book corner display. It contains resources to help encourage children to read at home. Used in previous years and really does work to inspire children to read more regularly at home. It also contains resources to create a small display, explaining the reading incentives within class. This pack consists of: Poster explaining why reading is important Editable posters explaining the class incentives to read Reading Incentives Title for the display Under the sea themed bookmarks to collect the stickers on Class Reads Border to write the number of reads so far Bar Graph Template to show progress each week ( we have a weekly readers monitor who enjoys completing the bar graph and adding the numbers so it shouldn’t take too much time etc. Editable Daily Readers list for your class Ideas and ways to use these resources

I made this powerpoint for a Staff Training session on the importance of teaching reading and challenging vocabulary. It contains evidence from research studies, ideas from the simple view of reading, activities for engaging reading sessions. assessment opportunities and ideas for teaching vocabulary.