3 days of planning and resources based on the beautiful, inspirational John Lewis' The Bear and the Hare Christmas advert. Activities include exploring why Christmas is special to us, writing a letter to Bear describing why he should wake up for Christmas, and adding speech bubbles to scenes from the animation. Written for Year 1, this planning could easily be adapted for older children.

This was written for a Year 1 class, but could easily be adapted for Year 2. It is 3 days worth of English planning and resources. Children write facts about the fairy tale Little Red Riding Hood and then compare it to the Chinese story of Lon Po Po (stories from different cultures) written by Ed Young. Resources include 3 days of differentiated planning; differentiated fairy tale facts sheets for Little Red Riding Hood and Lon Po Po (pictures are also included for BA group); and a Venn Diagram collaborative activity which should ideally be enlarged to A3, along with statements to sort. Children could go on to write their own version of Little Red Riding Hood by changing the character, setting and so on.

A 3 day unit with a follow up idea for a 4th day. Resources include 3 days of planning written for Year 1, but adaptable for EYFS and Year 2. Also included are 3 differentiated recipe resource sheets for children to sequence the Witches Brew made on day 1 (4 ingredient simple recipe included); a powerpoint of ideas to help children think of their own ingredient ideas - with a focus on adjectives; and cute differentiated mini cauldron pages for children to write their own recipes for Witches Brew and make into a book.

Phase 4 first week's phonics planning for Year 1 or able EYFS children. Planning introduces reading and spelling of CVCC/CCVC words and key words. Also included is a variety of resources named in the planning, including:- Revisit/Review power point, CVCC Buried Treasure Game, CVCC Magic Squares Game, Kim's Game, Roll, Read and Colour the CCVC words game, Tricky Word Bingo.

4 day carousel of differentiated Maths activities with a Dinosaur theme. Suitable for EYFS/Year 1, depending upon ability. Focus is on counting and ordering numbers. Pack includes 4 days of planning; count the room activity and recording sheets; dinosaur outline, and dinosaur bones salt dough recipe.

This planning is based on the story Dinosaurs Love Underpants by Claire Freedman. It includes a detailed weekly plan aimed at Year 1 children, but could easily be adapted for EYFS as it was written for children just moving into year 1. The main objectives of the plan focus on sentence work and adjectives, but also includes independent activities based on the story. Also included are resources to support the plan - underpants template, dinosaur sentences with adjectives, writing frame, and colourful underpants with the letters of the alphabet.

This planning is based on the story Dinosaurs Love Underpants by Claire Freedman. It includes a detailed weekly plan aimed at Year 1 children, but could easily be adapted for EYFS as it was written for children just moving into year 1. The main objectives of the plan focus on sentence work and adjectives, but also includes independent activities based on the story. Also included are resources to support the plan - underpants template, images from the story, dinosaur sentences with adjectives, writing frame, and colourful underpants with the letters of the alphabet.

Fun, colourful phonic activities with shark in the park theme. Five activities for children to apply their phonic knowledge for 'ar'. Activities include a read/write the classroom; I have, who has?; roll the die, move and read the word; roll the die, read and colour the word; roll the die and read the sentences. All fully editable if you want to change font or words.

Colourful, fun activities for children to apply their knowledge of digraphs wh and ph. Activities include search, read, write the classroom and roll the die games.

Random Name Generator to help you choose children for questions, monitor jobs and so on. Simply change the names - add or delete slides as necessary. One slide per child in your class. Each slide has a girl or boy riding on a dragon, stars and rainbow clipart to make the presentation colourful and engaging. To start the generator, put the presentation into slide show mode and press 's', randomly select a child's name by pressing 's' again, restart by pressing 's' again, and so on. Children love it!

Fun, colourful phonic activities with bright fireflies theme. Six activities for children to apply their phonic knowledge for ie, i-e and igh. Activities include a phoneme spotter firefly story; catch the firefly words and sort into the correct jar; roll the die, move and read the word; roll the die, read and colour the word; use the words in the jar to complete the sentences; roll the die and read the sentences. All fully editable if you want to change font or words.

This resource has been designed for Key Stage 1. There are 3 different activities. The first one involves children putting the months of the year in order. In the second, the children answer questions about which month comes before/after. Finally, children are asked to write the dates, for example, change 5.4.15 to 5th April, 2015. All activities are ready to print and go for your convenience.

Two fun reading challenges to encourage children to read at home. Give each child a reading challenge sheet (these are editable so you can adapt as desired). Children complete the challenges on their bingo boards, for example, read a book whilst wearing a hat. When all the challenges are complete, they return to their teacher. I give my children a golden ticket to post in a box (piece of gold card with golden ticket written on). At the end of each half term we have a prize draw and children receive a small prize if their ticket is picked out. Parents and children love them!

Written for FS2, a carousel of Maths activities for children to rotate through over 4 sessions.

Creative English Plan aimed at Year 1. It uses the story of It Looked Like Spilt Milk by Charles G Shaw to encourage children to explore pictures in clouds. A favourite childhood pastime of my own! Can be used without the story. Encourages speaking, listening, sentence writing and the use of conjunctions.

Simple lesson plan to allow children to explore and retell the story of The Princess and the Wizard by Julia Donaldson. Aimed at Year 1. Includes images for story sequencing.

I created this plan for FS2, but it could easily be adapted for other ages. Children explore a range of instruments before coming together to form their own minibeast band. The children loved it!

A 2 day English plan to start off a new year. Written for Year 1, the plan introduces the idea of lists and captions through getting to know the children and the children getting to know their new classroom. Includes a template for 'Where did my shoes take me this summer?'.

This is a detailed English lesson plan based on the story Lost and Found by Oliver Jeffers. It is aimed at Year 1 children. It is a creative lesson with some cross curricular links. You will need additional props as it is based on retelling/exploring the story through for example, role play.

An ideal activity for the first week back at school. Designed for Year 1 children, but could be edited for older children. 3 sheets to introduce children to the idea that Maths is all around us, and encourages them to think about their age, the number of letters in their name, how tall they are and so on.