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We are a team of two sisters who specialise in primary education. We are determined to create resources of the highest standard that can be used without further preparation. Our lessons and assemblies have been designed to challenge children of all levels within a creative, engaging and inspiring context. Explore our shop to find lesson packs for languages, art and religious education, plans for assemblies and numerous high-quality resources to help you teach phonics, mathematics and literacy

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We are a team of two sisters who specialise in primary education. We are determined to create resources of the highest standard that can be used without further preparation. Our lessons and assemblies have been designed to challenge children of all levels within a creative, engaging and inspiring context. Explore our shop to find lesson packs for languages, art and religious education, plans for assemblies and numerous high-quality resources to help you teach phonics, mathematics and literacy
Phonics phase 4 - The 'nd' sound - Consonant blends
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Phonics phase 4 - The 'nd' sound - Consonant blends

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This resource is an interactive lesson aimed at whole class or group phonics. It is a powerpoint presentation that allows children to reviseprevious phonemes and learn or revisit the sound ‘nd.’ It takes 15-20 minutes. This powerpoint is split into different sections: - Revision of phase 2 and 3 phonemes in a random order - Introduction to ‘nd’ sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound - Spotting the odd one out (the picture without the ‘nd’ sound) - Segmenting and blending sounds in ‘nd’ words - Phoneme counting - Phoneme spotting in sentences - Writing words with ‘nd’ sound - Writing a sentence with ‘nd’ sound - Revision of tricky words
Phonics phase 4 - The 'mp' sound - Consonant blends
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Phonics phase 4 - The 'mp' sound - Consonant blends

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This resource is an interactive lesson aimed at whole class or group phonics. It is a powerpoint presentation that allows children to reviseprevious phonemes and learn or revisit the sound ‘mp.’ It takes 15-20 minutes. This powerpoint is split into different sections: - Revision of phase 2 and 3 phonemes in a random order - Introduction to ‘mp’ sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound - Spotting the odd one out (the picture without the ‘mp’ sound) - Segmenting and blending sounds in ‘mp’ words - Phoneme counting - Phoneme spotting in sentences - Writing words with ‘mp’ sound - Writing a sentence with ‘mp’ sound - Revision of tricky words
Phonics phase 4 - The 'sk' sound - Consonant blends
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Phonics phase 4 - The 'sk' sound - Consonant blends

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This resource is an interactive lesson aimed at whole class or group phonics. It is a powerpoint presentation that allows children to reviseprevious phonemes and learn or revisit the sound ‘sk.’ It takes 15-20 minutes. This powerpoint is split into different sections: - Revision of phase 2 and 3 phonemes in a random order - Introduction to ‘sk’ sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound - Spotting the odd one out (the picture without the ‘sk’ sound) - Segmenting and blending sounds in ‘sk’ words - Phoneme counting - Phoneme spotting in sentences - Writing words with ‘sk’ sound - Writing a sentence with ‘sk’ sound - Revision of tricky words
Phonics phase 4 - The 'lp' sound - Consonant blends
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Phonics phase 4 - The 'lp' sound - Consonant blends

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This resource is an interactive lesson aimed at whole class or group phonics. It is a powerpoint presentation that allows children to reviseprevious phonemes and learn or revisit the sound ‘lp.’ It takes 15-20 minutes. This powerpoint is split into different sections: - Revision of phase 2 and 3 phonemes in a random order - Introduction to ‘lp’ sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound - Spotting the odd one out (the picture without the ‘lp’ sound) - Segmenting and blending sounds in ‘lp’ words - Phoneme counting - Phoneme spotting in sentences - Writing words with ‘lp’ sound - Writing a sentence with ‘lp’ sound - Revision of tricky words
Phonics phase 4 - The 'xt' sound - Consonant blends
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Phonics phase 4 - The 'xt' sound - Consonant blends

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This resource is an interactive lesson aimed at whole class or group phonics. It is a powerpoint presentation that allows children to reviseprevious phonemes and learn or revisit the sound ‘xt.’ It takes 15-20 minutes. This powerpoint is split into different sections: - Revision of phase 3 and 4 phonemes in a random order - Introduction to ‘xt’ sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound - Segmenting and blending sounds in real ‘xt’ words - Phoneme counting - Phoneme spotting in sentences - Filling in missing words - Writing a sentence with ‘xt’ sound - Revision of tricky phase 4 words
Phonics phase 4 - The 'gr' sound - Consonant blends
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Phonics phase 4 - The 'gr' sound - Consonant blends

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This resource is an interactive lesson aimed at whole class or group phonics. It is a powerpoint presentation that allows children to reviseprevious phonemes and learn or revisit the sound ‘gr.’ It takes 15-20 minutes. This powerpoint is split into different sections: - Revision of phase 3 and 4 phonemes in a random order - Introduction to ‘gr’ sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound - Spotting the odd one out (the picture without the ‘gr’ sound) - Segmenting and blending sounds in ‘gr’ words - Phoneme counting - Phoneme spotting in sentences - Writing words with ‘gr’ sound - Writing a sentence with ‘gr’ sound - Revision of phase 4 tricky words
Year 2 Comprehension - India
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Year 2 Comprehension - India

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This resource is a non-fiction comprehension activity for year 2. It is all about India and covers key facts, Indian landmarks, food and festivals. It is based on the KS1 SATs reading paper and includes 3 differentiated levels. There are a range of ‘what,’ ‘when’ and ‘who’ questions, some multiple choice tick questions and some that require more detailed answers. The activity is laid out in a similar way to the SATs booklets, with four pages of pictures and short written extracts to read and 2-3 questions per page. Answers are included. PDF file format and editable Microsoft file format included in price.
Phonics phase 4 - The 'pl' sound - Consonant blends
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Phonics phase 4 - The 'pl' sound - Consonant blends

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This resource is an interactive lesson aimed at whole class or group phonics. It is a powerpoint presentation that allows children to reviseprevious phonemes and learn or revisit the sound ‘pl.’ It takes 15-20 minutes. This PowerPoint is split into different sections: - Revision of phase 3 and 4 phonemes in a random order - Introduction to ‘pl’ sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound - Spotting the odd one out (the picture without the ‘pl’ sound) - Segmenting and blending sounds in ‘pl’ words - Phoneme counting - Phoneme spotting in sentences - Writing words with ‘pl’ sound - Writing a sentence with ‘pl’ sound - Revision of phase 4 tricky words
Phonics phase 4 - The 'sc' sound - Consonant blends
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Phonics phase 4 - The 'sc' sound - Consonant blends

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This resource is an interactive lesson aimed at whole class or group phonics. It is a powerpoint presentation that allows children to reviseprevious phonemes and learn or revisit the sound ‘sc.’ It takes 15-20 minutes. This PowerPoint is split into different sections: - Revision of phase 3 and 4 phonemes in a random order - Introduction to ‘sc’ sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound - Spotting the odd one out (the picture without the ‘sc’ sound) - Segmenting and blending sounds in ‘sc’ words - Phoneme counting - Phoneme spotting in sentences - Writing words with ‘sc’ sound - Writing a sentence with ‘sc’ sound - Revision of phase 4 tricky words
Phonics phase 4 - The 'pr' sound - Consonant blends
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Phonics phase 4 - The 'pr' sound - Consonant blends

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This resource is an interactive lesson aimed at whole class or group phonics. It is a powerpoint presentation that allows children to reviseprevious phonemes and learn or revisit the sound ‘pr.’ It takes 15-20 minutes. This PowerPoint is split into different sections: - Revision of phase 3 and 4 phonemes in a random order - Introduction to ‘pr’ sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound - Spotting the odd one out (the picture without the ‘pr’ sound) - Segmenting and blending sounds in ‘pr’ words - Phoneme counting - Phoneme spotting in sentences - Writing words with ‘pr’ sound - Writing a sentence with ‘pr’ sound - Revision of phase 4 tricky words
Harvest comprehensions Year 1
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Harvest comprehensions Year 1

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This resource contains 4 comprehension activities suitable for using with year 1 or lower ability year 2. The theme in this pack is ‘Harvest.’ There are four different comprehensions: What is harvest? Thanksgiving Harvest around the world Harvest in Britain Each comprehension contains a short piece of text with words that can be sounded out. There are three trickier words which have pictures to help the children work out what they say. The text is followed by 5 simple questions. There is also a PowerPoint included in the pack containing a slide for each text so that you can go through the comprehensions before the children complete them. Each slide also contains 3 words that are trickier to sound out, with sound buttons underneath them. The PowerPoint is not editable. There is a colour and black & white booklet. Answers are also included. PDF file format
Year 2 SPaG booklets - Halloween theme
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Year 2 SPaG booklets - Halloween theme

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A collection of 3 SPaG activity booklets for year 2 with the theme of Halloween. All three booklets are based on the 2016/2017 SPaG SATs papers. Each activity contains 18 questions focussing on a range of punctuation and grammar. This includes tenses, sentence types, commas, question marks, full stops, apostrophes, nouns, adjectives, verbs and adverbs. The children are asked to circle, tick, fill in the missing gap, match up words and write full sentences, with all questions based around the theme of Halloween. Answers included. PDF file format and editable Microsoft word format included in the price.
Bumper Year 2 Comprehensions - Autumn Term
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Bumper Year 2 Comprehensions - Autumn Term

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This is a pack of 13 year 2 SATs style comprehensions, perfect for using throughout the autumn term. Each booklet comes in 3 differentiated levels. They are all based on the reading SATs paper, containing a similar style of questions and a similar layout. There are a wide range of autumn topics covered, including: Autumn non-fiction (x 4) Harvest non-fiction (x2) Thanksgiving non-fiction Halloween non-fiction (x 2) Bonfire Night non-fiction (x 4) PDF file format and editable Microsoft word format included in the price.
Christmas in Germany Comprehensions - Year 1
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Christmas in Germany Comprehensions - Year 1

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This resource contains 4 comprehension activities suitable for using with year 1 or lower ability year 2. They each contain a short piece of text with words that can be sounded out. There are three trickier words which have pictures to help children work out what they say. The text is followed by 5 simple questions. The theme in this pack is ‘Christmas in Germany.’ There are four different comprehensions: German Christmas trees German Christmas food German Christmas market Christmas decorations in Germany There is also a PowerPoint included in the pack containing a slide for each text so that you can go through the comprehensions before the children complete them. Each slide also contains 3 words that are trickier to sound out, with sound buttons underneath them. PDF file format and editable Microsoft word format included in the price.
Christmas in Spain Comprehensions - Year 1
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Christmas in Spain Comprehensions - Year 1

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This resource contains 4 comprehension activities suitable for using with year 1 or lower ability year 2. They each contain a short piece of text with words that can be sounded out. There are three trickier words which have pictures to help children work out what they say. The text is followed by 5 simple questions. The theme in this pack is ‘Christmas in Spain.’ There are four different comprehensions: Nativity Scenes Christmas Eve Epiphany Christmas in Catalonia There is also a PowerPoint included in the pack containing a slide for each text so that you can go through the comprehensions before the children complete them. Each slide also contains 3 words that are trickier to sound out, with sound buttons underneath them. PDF file format and editable Microsoft word format included in the price.
Interactive Christmas Advent Calendar Bundle
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Interactive Christmas Advent Calendar Bundle

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A set of four interactive PowerPoint Advent Calendars to use throughout the month of December with your year 1 class. The four Advent Calendars included in the bundle are: Phonics phase 3 Phonics phase 5 Maths problems Jokes A great start to the Christmas season, which will get your whole class involved.
Phonics phase 5 - Christmas Advent Calendar
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Phonics phase 5 - Christmas Advent Calendar

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An interactive PowerPoint advent calendar to use throughout the month of December. Just click on the date and you will be taken to a phase 5 phonics activity! Activities range from finding rhyming words to singing phase 5 phonemes. All phase 5 sounds and tricky words are revised in a wide variety of scenarios, perfect for your whole class to enjoy. A great start to the Christmas season.
Christmas Phonics Activity Booklet - 20 pages
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Christmas Phonics Activity Booklet - 20 pages

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This resource is a Christmas themed phonics booklet, containing a wide range of activities suitable for phases 3 - 5. There are 20 pages of activities perfect for children to work on independently during phonics lessons, as a start of day activity or as a filler for the busy Christmas period. Alternatively, send home for parents to work on with children as a homework task. Activities range from filling in initial sounds, to sorting real and fake words, to filling in missing words. There is a colour and black and white version of the booklet. Just print and staple! PDF file format.
Year 1 Christmas story comprehension
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Year 1 Christmas story comprehension

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This resource contains 4 comprehension activities suitable for using with year 1 or lower ability year 2. The theme in this pack is the Christmas story, which is split into four separate comprehensions: Angel Gabriel visits Mary The birth of Jesus The shepherds visit Jesus The Wise Men visit Jesus Each comprehension contains a short piece of text with words that can be sounded out. There are three trickier words which have pictures to help children work out what they say. The text is followed by 5 simple questions. There is also a PowerPoint included in the pack containing a slide for each text so that you can go through the comprehensions before the children complete them. Each slide also contains 3 words that are trickier to sound out, with sound buttons underneath them. PDF file format and editable Microsoft word format included in the price.
Transport Comprehensions Bundle - Year 1 and 2
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Transport Comprehensions Bundle - Year 1 and 2

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This pack contains six comprehension activities based around the theme of transport. Perfect for a mixed year 1-2 class. 3 of the comprehensions are aimed at year 1. Each comprehension has a short piece of text and five simple questions. There is also an accompanying PowerPoint for each to help you introduce the texts to your year 1s. 3 of the comprehensions are aimed at year 2. Each comprehension is based on the year 2 SATs reading paper and is differentiated 3 ways. The following topics are included: Aeroplanes Trains Cars PDF file format and editable Microsoft Word format included in the price.