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Spelling Ladder templates
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Spelling Ladder templates

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4 different templates Spelling ladders Teachers/ children add key words they are mis-spelling onto their ladder. This could be a focus on HFW or MFW. The children use this as a mini support/ checklist until they can spell the word correctly and then tick it off/ cross it out. Once the ladder is complete, start a new one! Just print and cut in half.
EYFS and KS1 Emotion cards bundle
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EYFS and KS1 Emotion cards bundle

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1 set of cards for EYFS covering the 6 emotions from The Colour Monster. Template is in word so you can add your images/ characters. KS1 cards covering joy, sadness, embarassment, anger, anxiety, fear envy and disgust. 1 set has emotion sign posts under each tree, another set is in word so you can add your own images/ characters - see my exmaple on instagram using the Inside Out characters.
KS1 Spelling bundle
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KS1 Spelling bundle

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Spelling Challenge Cards Level 1-5 Level 1 = phase 3 CEW and HFW Level 2 = Phase 4 CEW and HFW Level 3 = Phase 5a Level 4 = Phase 5b Level 5 = Phase 5c Each challenge card is split into bronze, silver and gold (these aren’t progressive, they just offer milestones) Children take the sheets home and practice the words. When they are confident they can spell them, the parents cut the relevant slip off the bottom and send it in to say they are ready to be tested! Teachers can test all/ a random sample of the words to validate. Each level has bronze, silver and gold certs. Each time a child gets a cert, we offer 3 raffle tickets (in the bundle) and 2 house points (you can add your own rewards!). We will run a termly raffle to win £20!
Challenge Us Door Cards NEW DESIGN
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Challenge Us Door Cards NEW DESIGN

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Print to A3, laminate and pop up on classroom doors. Teachers can add facts that the children have learnt so visitors to the classroom can discuss their learning with them/ check what they have remembered. E.g. Test us on our… 3 x table Ask us to spell… together Question us about… Fair Trade See if we can remember… how the water cycle works Use a dry wipe pen and you can keep updating through the year!
RE discussion cards
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RE discussion cards

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Sentence stems to scaffold talk in RE. Ideal for lesson starters, plenaries or discussion tasks throughout the lesson. 2 levels of cards. These ARE NOT editable.
Emotion cards editable template
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Emotion cards editable template

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This is a link to the Canva template so you can fully edit the cards. They do not feature the inside out characters due to copyright but you can copy and paste your own images in - there is a free download of the character images on my TES - alternatively you can use any images you like or any you find in canva. The emotion vocab cards - which are large versions of the emotion trees - are also available on my TES and work well with these cards. I had these printed and made them into key rings and had them enlarged for our playground wall - my instagram shares more info!