Information on Lord Shiva, as well as the Hindu story of the Great River: how the River Ganges came to be. A Hindu creation story involving the Goddess Ganga who became the river to save the earth from burning. Lord Shiva realised the world would be destroyed from the floods, so stood on the earth and took the mighty force of the waterfall, changing the water into 7 streams of water. This water became the Ganges (or Ganga). Thanks to authorstream for some of the information on Lord Shiva.

PowerPoint to model how to use Numicon to add and to record number sentences/maths stories correctly. Most pages are up to 20, with a couple of additional challenges for the most able. Additionally I saved the last 6 pages as a pdf handout worksheet for the most able to complete independently while the rest of the class are using the Numicon.

A set of rhyming number bonds with a fairy-tale theme. Goldilocks, Sleeping Beauty, Jack & the Beanstalk, Little Red Hen, Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland, Snow White

A pictorial recipe for making egg-free gingerbread men. Focus on the structure of the text as non-fiction, with sections for the ingredients, equipment and method. Including pictorial instruction sorting cards. Great to use alongside the Gingerbread Man traditional tale.

A powerpoint lesson plan on how people can be special, focusing on: 1. who is special to me 2. what makes someone special 3. special beliefs 4. disability 5. why is Jesus special 6. thanking special people This unit is part of the Leicester SACRE F2 syllabus. Most of this unit is based around having visitors in to hot-seat why they are special in their own way

A non-fiction PowerPoint all about Pumpkins. Learn about the fruit, how it can be cooked and Jack-O-Lanterns.

A set of classroom labels with an under the sea theme. Suitable for pegs, trays, books, folders and general classroom resources. Images courtesy of colourbox.com and shapes courtesy of Surfing to Success by Mercedes Hutchens.

A classroom based shared poem based on Peepo! by Janet and Allan Ahlberg. I was planning to use as a starter for writing our own poem, focussing on the rhyming words. We will be photographing areas of the classroom, and writing verses about them. Then laying a cut-out style window on top, and making the whole thing into a book.

Double sided wordmat to go with John Burningham's Oi! Get off our train. First side has images of the main characters and some objects in the story, along with words. Second side has some VCOP ideas to go with story writing.

Weekly planning ideas mind map

Key word cards and differentiated word mats for the science investigation of rolling a car down a ramp. Also a template for completing/writing the experiment. Designed primarily for Y1.

SSEHV lesson plan on telling the truth 1. Quotation on truth 2. Guided visualisation meditation 3. Story and disussion - Tiddler by Julia Donaldson 4. Song - never tell a lie (SSEHV song) 5. Activity/game - pictionary/consequences

Information on the job of a Police Community Support Officer (PCSO). Could be used for recount writing or a discussion before learning about People who help us.

A PowerPoint on why there is a Langar (kitchen) in a Gurdwara. Focus on generosity, sharing and equality. Some video links included. This lesson is part of the Leicester City SACRE RE Syllabus - KS1 unit on Beginning to learn about the Sikhs (symbols, stories and sharing). Please see my other PowerPoints on the Sikh Gurus, Sikh artefacts and objects, and Duni Chand and the needle of heaven.

A PowerPoint on what fairy-tales are and the structure that they follow. Uses the Story Mountain concept: opening, build-up, dilemma, resolution and ending.

Phase 5 powerpoint - designed to teach: 1. GPC recognition 2. Blending for reading words containing the phoneme (real and pseudo words) 3. Where in the word does the phoneme come? 4. Segment for spelling - model for class, then individual quickwrites 5. Sentence reading

PowerPoint to learn the or phoneme - differentiated to cater for a mixed Phase 3/4 group. 1. Blending for reading words incl pseudo words. 2. Oral segmentation. Segmentation for spelling. 4. Reading sentences.

A step by step guide to make stained glass crosses. Will work with any other shape as well.

A sheet to be used in group guided reading or Literacy to find and list all words beginning with different consonant blends scr, spl, spr, str, pl, cr, cl, pr, tw, thr Songbirds book The Scrap Rocket - Stage 3, reading recovery level 6

Phase 5 powerpoint - designed to teach: 1. GPC recognition 2. Blending for reading words containing the phoneme (real and pseudo words) 3. Where in the word does the phoneme come? 4. Segment for spelling - model for class, then individual quickwrites 5. Sentence reading