Merry Christmas! Hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year! My shop will have a sale Christmas Eve AND Christmas Day for anyone who wants to grab a Christmas bargain! Be sure to check out my January Writing Pack - perfect for that first week back. No prep needed! If you are looking for something a little different, my New Year Activity Pack is great for going over those New Year resolutions!

This download includes a selection of worksheets and starter essay questions which explore the story of Beowulf. Covers areas of learning such as character analysis, the past and the present, text evidence and more.

A student calendar with individual months in Letter Size. Download is fully editable. Available in colour and b/w. See the preview for more info!

Slow writing is a great way to progress writing and punctuation skills and writing meta cognition. Slow writing helps students in the process of writing. It encourages them to spend more time on their work and think before they write! This pack includes 20 no prep printables for slow writing. Can be used as a warm up, to teach grammar, punctuation and writing techniques. Check out the preview!

Following on from my best selling, 1st Reading Comprehensions, this Christmas themed pack may be just what you are looking for! This pack includes 13 1st Christmas themed reading comprehensions. Questions are mainly focused on recalling information directly from the text. You can ‘print and go’, there’s no prep required at all. You can use these as regular printables, early finisher worksheets and/or as a whole group, small group, ESL, individual work and/or for SEN students. Each reading passage focuses on Comprehension, Vocabulary and Writing. This is a perfect starter pack for those emergent readers to tackle Comprehensions. My 1st Reading Comprehensions can be found here https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/1st-reading-comprehensions-for-eyfs-ks1-11438470

This is a lovely little unit created for this festive season! If you can’t do Christmas then this pack might be for you! You may not be able to do Christmas but you CAN do Reindeer! File Type is PDF Download is 55 pages. This pack includes: Reindeer Fact Files and Display Flashcards with Infographics. Over 20 worksheets (these include different Reading Comprehensions- suitable for your LA AND HA!) The pack includes fact files for landforms. These can be used cross curricular with geographical knowledge on landforms and processes. Reindeer Word Scramble (these are Santa’s Reindeer) Singular and Plural Worksheet Reindeer story writing The North Pole Party Story Comprehension (an invite from Rudolph) Fact/Opinion sorting Vocabulary word wall (these can be used as a word wall for KS1 or as story starters for KS2)

A set of 25 Task Cards for this festive season. These cards are cross curricular. Each card can be used for projects, essay writing and or presentations/posters. These are ideal for homework and/or early finishers and/or library time. During the pandemic, theee cards cancbe used to support asynchronous learning. Task Cards cover the history of St. Nicholas, the history of Christmas and more. Check out the preview!

A lovely set of 5 Christmas Posters. Use for display areas or spice up those corridors this festive season!

Spice up your classroom display this festive season with this wonderful Christmas word wall. Over 30 words included.

Resource Title December Circle Time Activity Pack Age/Year Group Early Years and Key Stage 1 Total Pages in download ❤ 78 File Type PDF Resource Content Circle Time is a vital component in the EYFS and early Key Stage One. When children have opportunities to share their thoughts and ideas in a safe, encouraging environment, they begin to learn that they are valued, capable, and important members of the group. Circle Time is a time to reflect on things learnt, discuss new ideas and to practice listening and speaking skills. This pack will enable you to have lengthy discussions during December's Circle Time. Included are over 60 slides, the focus for this Circle Time pack is Peace Themed. You can extend many of the activities and questions further. The pack covers Literacy, Maths, PSHE and Understanding the World. ❂ 1 December Calendar with Numbers ❂ Pack is Christmas Themed ❂ Christmas Themed Match Up Games ❂ One full set of phonics flashcards (single sounds only- lowercase alphabet) ❂ One full set of numbers flashcards for circle time counting (Christmas themed) ❂ December Topic Words ❂ December Circle Time Rules Check the preview! This pack and all other monthly circle time packs are available as a bundle in my shop! Reviews and feedback are appreciated, I value all but as we tell our students, try to be constructive! @ pollypuddleduck@gmail.com Printing Tip: This educational resource has been designed for printing on A4 size paper. If you are printing on a different size, select ‘shrink’ or ‘print to fit page’ (or similar option) in order for the contents to fit correctly. TOU Purchase of this resource entitles YOU, the buyer, the right to reproduce the pages for personal and classroom use ONLY. Duplication for other classes, an entire school or for commercial use is strictly prohibited without written permission from Polly Puddleduck. Minor editing is allowed but only for personal use. The document remains under the copyright of Polly Puddleduck even when edited. Posting this item in whole or part on the Internet in any form is strictly prohibited and a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Polly Puddleduck ©2016

This pack includes 15 1st reading comprehensions. Questions are mainly focused on recalling information directly from the text. You can ‘print and go’, there’s no prep required at all. You can use these as regular printables, early finisher worksheets and/or as a whole group, small group, ESL, individual work and/or for SEN students. These comprehensions are ideal for Year 1 and Year 2. Each reading passage focuses on Comprehension, Vocabulary and Writing. This is a perfect starter pack for those emergent readers to tackle Comprehensions. Check out the preview!

Resolutions and Predictions Writing Pack. Get your students into the spirit of the New Year with this New Year Literacy Pack. Included in this download- -Resolution Worksheets (creating resolutions and resolving problems) -Prediction Worksheets -Goals for 2017 -Hopes and Dreams for the future -Research Tasks related to 2017 Upper KS1 and KS2 Total number of pages in download 18.

Need some Christmas themed lettering for that Christmas display? This pack includes lower and uppercase letters, a capital letter, an exclamation mark, comma and a full. Print as many copies as needed.

Resource Title December Writing Pack Age/Year Group Early Years and Key Stage 1 Total Pages in download ❤ 38 File Type PDF Resource Content This writing activity pack is for the month of December (other packs can be found in my shop!) and is perfect for emerging readers and writers. An ideal pack for encouraging writing, especially for those students who may struggle. This pack will give you an idea of exactly where children are and what they are capable of. Ideal for English Creative Writing Lessons and/or for Early Finishers. Included are over 30 printables - no prep required, just print, staple and go! Perfect for late EYFS/ KS1 but may help weaker lower KS2 students. ❂ Includes one page for EVERY single day in December including weekends (if you need to send homework - these are perfect!) ❂ One topic word mat (these are great and should be laminated) ❂ One picture word mat (should also be laminated for long-term durability) You can use this pack year after year EVERY December! Check the preview! Reviews and feedback are appreciated, I value all but as we tell our students, try to be constructive! @ pollypuddleduck@gmail.com Printing Tip: This educational resource has been designed for printing on A4 size paper. If you are printing on a different size, select ‘shrink’ or ‘print to fit page’ (or similar option) in order for the contents to fit correctly. TOU Purchase of this resource entitles YOU, the buyer, the right to reproduce the pages for personal and classroom use ONLY. Duplication for other classes, an entire school or for commercial use is strictly prohibited without written permission from Polly Puddleduck. Minor editing is allowed but only for personal use. The document remains under the copyright of Polly Puddleduck even when edited. Posting this item in whole or part on the Internet in any form is strictly prohibited and a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Polly Puddleduck ©2016