Aimed at Year 1/2 To support writing about the seagulls in the story The Lighthouse Keepers Lunch. I used this to write a letter to the seagulls from Mr Grinling explaining why it’s unkind to steal food from the point of view of Mr and Mrs Grinling.

All about Mr Grinling. Question prompts to support writing a character description about Mr Grinling. Aimed at Year 1/2. Suffix activity linked to the seagulls. Font may need altering to Comic Sans.

Aimed at Year 1/2. Used as a follow on task after reading the Lighthouse Keepers Lunch story. Photos and sentences from the pdf version of the story to support understanding/sequencing of the events involving the seagulls.

Very useful for a follow up task for the story Mr Large in Charge by Jill Murphy. I used this for a Year 1 class. Word mat with pictures from Google and sentence starters.

5 different resources to go alongside the book ‘Five Minutes Peace’ by Jill Murphy. There is a word mat with pictures to support, adjectives to describe the main character, images for writing about how much Mum does and why she might need five minutes peace. Finally there are key questions aimed at Year 2 for an oracy task but can support writing.

Small images from Google for children to cut and stick as well as measure using cubes or rulers.

This was a lesson from a Rich Task called ‘Amazing Architecture’ and focused on the Wonders of the World. There is a whole lesson included along with a Powerpoint.

Here are lots of facts, images and general information about the famous Tudor House in Wales Llancaiach Fawr. I created this for a Rich Task with Year 5 and 6 to help them created fact files.

I have created a modern version of ‘Thank you Lord for this new day’, by altering the lyrics to fit into a Harvest song. You can split the song into 2 or 3 parts.

I used this for an interview lesson, for a class of 15 ks2 (Year 5), to introduce time capsules as part of a history lesson introduction. There are activity ideas included.

A simple diamond ranking template which can be used in a variety of ways.

This was an observed lesson as part of my NQT year, which focused on oracy and drama to improve report writing. There are character badges, supportive advice to the actors/actresses as well as crime images from Google.

After searching for a quick set of instruction style challenges for a literacy lesson in Year 5, i decided to create my own. They are differentiated but can be adapted for a mixed ability or mixed year class.

I have created my own sequencing writing frame for pancake making for Reception or Year 1. There are 3 different ability levels included.

After searching for doubling stories at Year 1 level I decided to make my own. This is a word document so it can be edited and adapted, there are dot patterns on one side with a short sentence underneath ‘I have __ spots my friend has___’ This visual aid helps understanding doubling by having to complete a double domino.

This is a very basic fact file about a mole- the image is from Google-the fact file includes a title, picture and basic facts about a mole aimed at Year 1.

I used this for Year 1 after reading the Tale of Peter Rabbit as a whole class they used the word bank to complete the cloze. You could remove the word bank to extend challenge.

After reading The Tale of Peter Rabbit I used the topic mat to support writing a narrative independently and the phonic activity to support linking images to words that match the story. I used this for Reception.

I created this missing words from the lion hunt after searching for ages for something similar. I used it for my HA reception groups and LA year 1s. There is a wordbank but it can be removed if needed.

Could use this as a cut and stick activity to observe cutting skills or you could create a Venn diagram so the children can sort the animals into 2 groups. For example, pattern/no pattern or UK/Africa. I used this for Reception