These are great activities to help children to build the key points to their story. Roll the dice to work out what their story is going to be about, then let creativity begin. One ‘design a story’ activity has a Superhero them to help with superhero story writing, then other has a range of different characters. These provide a great support to children to help them with ideas, they also support children in keeping focused on the direction of their writing.

This is another of our ‘different takes on traditional stories’. We have designed a story based on ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ but our story takes a different twist and it is called ‘Little Boy Blue Boots’. The story is very visual and has been designed in the form of a powerpoint presentation. Children can observe and become involved in the story during the powerpoint presentation. There are then a selection of comprehension activities available to allow children to work at their own level. We have 3 different levels of comprehension which are included with this and a story sequencing activity. This is a great comprehension activity for children in KS1. Other story comprehensions and presentations like this one are available to download separately from TES or from our website Applefortheteacher.co.uk.

These are great cards which can be printed and laminated, to help children when struggling with the spellings of certain words. Having these tricky words around for children to refer to when writing whenever they need them, can really help with reading and spelling.

We have included a selection of Christmas activities to support children in KS1 in this pack, covering a range of subjects. Other Christmas packs are available to download here and on the website applefortheteacher.co.uk for FREE.

These are gorgeous writing activities based on a Christmas theme. Ten things in an elf’s pocket focuses on things that can be found with senses. The eight things found in Santa’s sleigh can be just a list of common or unusual items. Examples are given and both activities include planning sheets and writing templates.