A VCOP word mat to be used when writing the African folktale 'How zebra got stripes'. Links with Greedy Zebra by Mwenye Hadithi and the Tinga Tinga Tales version. Picture courtesy of a child from http://thislittleclassofmine.blogspot.co.uk - thanks xx

2 different word mats: 1. Religious: The Easter story 2. Non-religious: Easter signs and symbols

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.

Weekly spellings using the phoneme /igh/. Designed to be printed double sided and stuck into a homework diary - useful for parents, so they can help with Phonics alternate graphemes. Thanks to Phonicsplay.com for the idea for the back with the Best bet for spelling.

Pictures (courtesy of bloss1985 ng digraph pictures and words matching). 3 column phoneme frame for magnetic letters/graphemes on bottle tops... Print 2 to a page landscape

I have created a display banner to use alongside the Oxford Reading Tree display cards produced by Bev Evans.

Differentiated powerpoint for Phase 3/4 group teaching. 1. Blending for reading words including pseudo words. 2. Oral segmentation. 3. Segmentation for spelling. 4. Reading sentences.

A wordmat designed to mirror the VCOP board. VCOP superhero images thanks to ilovemarmite and butterbeer.

A word mat designed to support children's thank you writing after Christmas. Set out to mirror the VCOP board, including question words to prompt.

Small pictures designed to be used to support recount writing of the story.

Countdown game using CVC words for blending. Now updated with the pdf version, as font not be recognised on some computers.

Graphemes and pictures related to items seen at Thornton Reservoir in Leicestershire. Grapheme prompts to assist children in the use of digraphs and trigraphs when writing. Also an editable Word version, easily adaptable for your own local country parks and reservoirs.

A 2 page flipchart showing the ground, grass and sky behind the one-armed robot letters, then a page of handwriting paper to model how to write them. A separate sheet of handwriting paper for kids to practice on.

To be used as a guided reading comprehension activity alongside Collins Big Cat book The Sun and the Moon. Focus phonemes, tricky word and speed words. Cloze activity questions. Child to draw a picture of the sun or moon and write facts in sentences/captions.

A Y1 phonics screening practice activity to draw the sound buttons and then read real and 'alien' pseudo words for the /oa/ family plus a powerpoint to practice reading the words as a whole class

A set of statements to be cut up for children to read and sort into fact and fiction. A second set has been provided with the tricky words written in red for ease of newer readers. Also, a simple Fact or Fiction table to be enlarged to A3 for the statements to be put/stuck onto.

A word mat designed to support writing about the growth cycle of a bean. Sectioned in to Vocabulary, Connectives, Openers and Punctuation. Also contains the VCOP superheroes (thanks to Butterbeer and ilovemarmite) and on the reverse has images and labels for different common beans and a diagram of the growing cycle.

A writing frame to create an information poster on the growth cycle of a bean.

A homework sheet introducing and using adjectives. Children to write a short list about their favourite story using adjectives. Teacher to guess the story (if possible!)