I am a teaching Deputy Head in a primary school in Hampshire and TES recommended author. I've been teaching in primary since 2007 with experience in most year groups, although my heart lies in Year 1! I enjoy making helpful, time-saving and engaging educational resources for teachers and pupils - I hope you find them useful!
I am a teaching Deputy Head in a primary school in Hampshire and TES recommended author. I've been teaching in primary since 2007 with experience in most year groups, although my heart lies in Year 1! I enjoy making helpful, time-saving and engaging educational resources for teachers and pupils - I hope you find them useful!
Use these scenario cards to generate discussions in small groups and support your pupils in understanding the choices they can make and the consequences of these choices.
Differentiated with simpler two choice scenarios, a three choice scenario and one scenario where a choice is left blank for the children to decide what other choice could be made.
How many different ways can Santa wrap the presents? An investigation for children to find all of the combinations of wrapping paper and ribbon.
Differentiated worksheets are included and I used real wrapping paper and ribbon for LA/SEN children.
This Year 1 unit of maths work is for early on in Year 1. The learning journey focuses on learning to read and write the numbers 1 - 10 in numerals and words as well as counting to 30 forwards and backwards. These numbers are lower than the end of year (EOY) expectations for Year 1 but activities can easily be extended for more able pupils or if you are teaching this unit later in the year.
NC objectives covered:
• Count to and across 30 (EOY = 100), forward s and backwards, beginning with 0 or 1 or from any given number.
• Count, read and write numbers to 50 in numerals.
• Read and write numbers from 1-10 (EOY = 1-20)
This unit includes:
- a unit of work overview
- an entry/exit pass for AfL
- number frames and number cards (pupils pick a card and dot in the number frames)
- editable pom-pom serving game (group game: pupils pick a card, 'waiter' has to serve the correct number and colour of pom-poms - use tweezers for fine motor skill practise!)
- roll and write recording frame
- shape investigation - shapes and instructions
- rainbow spelling sheet
- 1 - 10 in words bookmarks
Primary school SMSC assembly plan and presentation based on the word ‘Cultural’ and informed by the government’s advice document on promoting fundamental British values as part of Spiritual Moral Social and Cultural development in schools.
The assembly helps children to understand the meaning of the words ‘cultural’ and ‘cultural diversity’. They apply the concept to themselves in school first and then extend it to living in the United Kingdom. There is a reflection at the end of the assembly for children to consider our differences, what unites us and how we should challenge discrimination where it arises.
Files included :
- SMSC assembly plan
- SMSC assembly presentation
Looking for other assemblies? Try these:
SMSC assembly and plan - Social
SMSC assembly and plan - Moral
SMSC assembly and plan - Spiritual
Or get all four SMSC resources in a bundle and save 30%!
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Happy teaching!
Katharine7
Primary school SMSC assembly plan and presentation based on the word ‘Social’ and informed by the government’s advice document on promoting fundamental British values as part of SMSC in schools.
The assembly helps children to understand the meaning of the word ‘social’, apply it to themselves and their own lives and then extend it to the wider world. There is a reflection at the end for children to celebrate how lucky they are to lead social lives and consider how they can make a difference to someone in their social groups.
Files included:
SMSC assembly plan
SMSC assembly presentation
Looking for other assemblies? Try these:
SMSC assembly and plan - Moral
SMSC assembly and plan - Spiritual
SMSC assembly and plan - Cultural
Or get all four SMSC resources in a bundle and save 40%!
I hope your children enjoy the assembly. Remember to leave feedback so that I can improve what I do - and make more of what you like!
Follow me on TES to be notified when new products are posted.
Happy teaching!
Katharine7
Three pages of differentiated, pirate-themed addition and subtraction word problems (one step only). When I use these, I cut them up or get the children to cut them up and stick them in individually, which allows space to show their working and avoids pages full of worksheets glued in.
Each page makes specific reference to the 2013 National Curriculum Key Stage 1 Mathematics programme of study (Year 2 expectations):
Pupils should be taught to add and subtract numbers using concrete objects, pictorial representations, and mentally, including:
- a two-digit number and ones
- a two-digit number and tens
- two two-digit numbers
Posters to promote growth mindsets in the classroom environment and a questionnaire to diagnose areas for development.
There are different colour schemes for the posters so hopefully one will suit your classroom.
You may also be interested in these resources:
Personal best target bookmarks
Social stories for tackling behaviour issues
Remember to leave feedback so that I can improve what I do - or make more of what you love! Follow me on TES to be notified when new resources are uploaded.
Happy teaching!
Katharine7
Based on the 2016 interim assessment framework for KS1 mathematics, this form provides additional evidencing of the Working Towards criteria for maths. Useful for children who struggle to record their knowledge.
Year 1 writing frames/scaffolds for our first topic - 'Wish you were here...'
We will be using the 'Holidays - joining with and - writing scaffolds' to practise orally rehearsing sentences including words joined with 'and' before writing them. Moving on from using the scaffold we will be writing sentences about our holiday with more independence.
We'll be using the postcard templates as role-play writing materials but they could be used in a variety of ways including phonics application, early morning work or incorporated into a whole lesson. The postcards include three levels of differentiation.
Bookmark targets cards in a variety of colours and with a range of headings, including a blank space for you to write on your own if preferred. The target cards include a 'Personal Best' box for children/teacher to record their achievement and attempt to improve upon it. E.g. I can use full stops correctly. PB - 5 (full stops used correctly). I've found 'PB's to be very motivating in the past! They also give children a sense of ownership and involvement with their targets.
Three differentiated 'Seaside Snack Shack' menus for addition and subtraction work as well as one-step problem solving involving addition and subtraction, including missing number problems.
The three menus cover objectives as follows:
Menu 1 -
- use number bonds within 10.
Menu 2 -
- use number bonds within 20
- add and subtract one-digit and two-digit numbers to 20, including 0.
Menu 3 -
- solve one-step problems that involve addition and subtraction, using concrete objects and pictorial representations, and missing number problems such as 7 = ? - 9.
Comprehensive KS2 unit of work on recounts based around a school trip or school event but could easily be adapted for other recount subject matter. The planning uses Red Nose Day as a model and was originally written for Year 3, also suitable for Year 4.
The unit of 6 lessons follows the composition progression laid out in the National Curriculum - plan, draft and write, evaluate and edit, including proof-reading. Planning includes ideas for cutaway and pullback groups and EAL/SEN activities. All resources required to deliver the unit of work are included in this download. There are starter activities as pdfs, but if you would like to change any of these, or edit the success criteria to suit your class, there are also editable powerpoint slides for you to adapt. All editable resources are indicated below; if they do not include ‘editable’ they will be a pdf file.
There’s so much in here! Included in this unit:
- Recount unit of work planning document (editable)
- Session 1 presentation
- Session 1 presentation (editable version)
- Recount example (editable)
- Time connective word cards
- Recount writing prompt cards
- More able recount lesson planning activity template (editable)
- Photos of my recount skeleton framework and recount plan displayed in my classroom
- Recount planning writing frame (editable)
- Session 2 presentation (editable)
- Four starter activity slides as a pdf
- Session 3 presentation (editable)
-Sentence builder activity for SEN/EAL (editable)
- More able evaluation checklist (editable).
Great for Key Stage 1 SATs revision! Help your pupils to practise and become confident with the types of questions that arise on the end of KS1 SATs reading comprehension papers.
Use these editable question templates to create limitless questions - based on your choice of text - and practise the content domains that the children will encounter in the KS1 reading SATs papers.
These question templates create smarter comprehension questions for whole class and guided/focused reading groups. Example templates include:
- 'Tick one' and 'tick two' style questions
- True or false tables
- Sequencing events by number
- Matching boxes
- 2 mark extended answer questions
...and many more.
Also included in this download are two samples to model how to copy, paste and edit the template questions to create SATs style comprehensions either in PowerPoint or Word.
Additionally, a 'question of the day' style model is included, generated from the editable question templates, that gives children practise at one particular style of question.
Make sure your children are prepared and being tested on their reading ability, not their exam technique.
All the best,
Katharine7
29 pages of Year 1 activities for teaching, practising and applying knowledge of counting forwards and backwards to 100.
The learning journey allows for plenty of practice and consolidation to build fluency and understanding, beginning with numbers to 10 then 20 and finally 100. The activities provide opportunities for straightforward skills practise as well as reasoning and problem-solving.
For more place value mastery resources for Year 1 take a look at:
Finding one more and one less
Counting in multiples of 2, 5 and 10
15 lessons of story writing planning for primary school children! The planning is based around Year 1 curricular objectives but could easily be adapted for other year groups as it is written around the universal themes of
- beginning, middle and end
- story problems and resolutions
- use of adjectives to describe
This download includes 15 lessons on writing short narratives including ideas for linking your guided reading to the writing, key questions and differentiation. There is also a story planning frame included.
Practise counting in 2s, 5s and 10s with these fun Easter puzzles!
Perfect for Year 1 and revision in Year 2. The pictures help children to access the activity independently. I encouraged my pupils to work systematically, looking for the lowest multiple and working up because those that didn’t were more prone to making errors. I thought they would walk this activity but there was enough challenge in there to keep them interested and engaged. Spotting errors was a good way to check their understanding.
There are six puzzles in total with the following multiples:
2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20
5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50
10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100
22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40
30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 110, 120
35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80
Solve the code to reveal the shape names and match them to the correct shape. Perfect for Key Stage 1/lower Key Stage 2 revision of common 2D and 3D shape recognition and naming. There is an answer key included so that children can mark their own work if desired.
I recently printed pages 2 and 3 of the file double-sided and used it as an end of term activity with my Year 1s - it kept them very quiet! It could also be used as a back to school baseline activity or to provide AfL information when you are about to teach a unit on shape.
Shapes included on the worksheet are:
2D - circle, square, rectangle, pentagon, triangle, hexagon
3D - cube, sphere, pyramid, cuboid, cylinder, cone
Children write the Easter story in their own keepsake booklet. There are 10 pages for writing on in total, including a reflection page at the end. Each page has simple illustrations for the children to colour and space to write about the Easter story. The booklet matches up with the images used in my Easter Story powerpoint: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-easter-story-powerpoint-11552562
Print the pdf as is, double-sided, and make sure you tick the ‘flip on the short edge’ option. The booklet will print out in the correct order and you simply need to fold the pages in half.
Enjoy!
Display these synonym posters for over-used, everyday words to support your students in enriching their vocabulary. There are 12 separate posters for your display board and/or a table top page containing all 12 posters on one page for use on tables.