A role-play assistance sheet designed to be kept in the topic resource box to help teachers and TAs/NNs set up the role-play area with the kids. Suggested resource list and possible scenarios

Different patterned beebot (15x15cm) cards.

A set of different Autumn themed labels, useful for pegs, trays, books, folders and Autumn display objects. Images courtesy of Google Images.

Quotation on family used to start a topic on families and family trees. 'We are all one family under the same sky.' Respecting similarities and differences.

Board game designed to celebrate the 2012 Olympic games. Start at the Wenlock mascot and travel around. When you land on a medal space, get that coloured Olympic ring. Can move between rings using the 2012 logo space. Winner is the person that has collected all five coloured rings and raced to the Mandeville mascot to end. Hope you enjoy playing. If so, please rate and leave feedback :)

Different images of sunflowers. I used as a starting point for still life sketches, pastels, paintings etc.

Video of the fire safety story for young kids along with some discussion points. Additional colouring page and story

Display captions to go with a display of the owls in a tree.

Introduction to space topic and letter writing. Letter format for studying how a letter is written. Encouraging independent letter writing from an imaginery setting.

A song to sing on Christmas Eve to the tune of the 12 days of Christmas or as part of a Christmas assembly or concert. On a night when the world was asleep and didn't know, shepherds were watching, angels were singing, &'peace on earth&';, on Christmas Day, in Bethlehem, laid in the hay, the Saviour Jesus was born.

A sheet I wrote out for the Royal Wedding role-play area.

Adult assistance sheet. Includes the whole activity plan and ideas to extend the role-play experience and learning.

Objectives taken straight from the EYFS Development Matters, split into 30-50 months, 40-60+ months and Early Learning Goals

A sorting game designed to discuss foods that are suitable and not suitable for dogs, cats, rabbits and birds. Each child to have an animal board. Food cards to be laminated and cut; placed face down in a pile. Children to take it in turn to pick up a food card and decide whether it is safe for their animal to eat. If so, place on the tick column. If they are aware that the food is not safe, place on the cross column. If the food is not applicable for that animal, place the card back down on the bottom of the pile.

An assembly outline based on the fact that the main religions all pray to one god, just known by different names. Contains prayers from Christianity, Hinduism and Islam.

4 posters on Vitamins A, B12, C and E detailing some of the fruit and vegetables they can eat to get the vitamins. Also lists some jobs that vitamins do for the body.

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

A step-by-step instructional PowerPoint inspired by Eric Carle's tissue paper collage artwork and http://artolazzi.blogspot.co.uk/2010/05/grouchy-lady-bug.html . You will need white card, coloured tissue paper (or white tissue paper and paint), scissors, PVA glue and paintbrushes/ spreaders, black tissue paper and black card to mount.

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

An SSEHV (education through human values) lesson on not wasting water. 1. Quotation 2. Meditation on the water cycle 3. Story and discussion 4. Song 5. Activity - completing a personal water usage chart