While learning alphabetical order, children to play i-spy or look around, and write one thing for each letter.

An assessment tool to be used on all new arrivals to the school, to all initial concerns/low achievers and also across all SEN pupils. The SLCN screen helps to focus on the needs of the individual (if any). To be used in conjunction with the Leicester City Meeting Individual Needs SLCN manual.

A set of numbers I used to label our toilet doors to help number recognition and ordering

A short introduction to describing pumpkins, both on the outside and inside. Activity inspired by A-Z Teacher Stuff (lessons atoz) to make a non fiction pumpkin book. Children to write words, phrases or sentences to describe the outside and inside of the pumpkin. Can cut orange wool and seeds to stick on the inside of the book to illustrate.

A SMART notebook file to be used to introduce my class to the concept of a Christmas tree festival. We will be creating tree decs based on our class theme of the value of peace through making doves. The content also includes a short history of the introduction of Christmas trees, as well as pictures of different themed trees. This is easily adaptable to your own needs.

Advent is an adventure. Designed to spark off discussion on why Christians celebrate the period of Advent

Pictorial PowerPoint poem based on the words from peakie's resource. To be used as a shared reading exercise and then children to write their own versions, focusing on end rhyming words and onomatopoeia.

Additional information for Physical Development on profile. Tricky scale points PD5, PD6 & PD8

An assessment tool to be used by teachers and parents/carers. To be used with SEN children with EBD to decide where the difficulty may lie. Questions are grouped by colour, dependent on the area of difficulty. Based on the Leicester City questionnaire.

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

List of Phase 4 CCVC words to be read in 1 min or 3 mins against a timer.

A PowerPoint designed to show partitioning of a 2-digit number for subtraction.Initially subtracting 10 on a hundred square, then subtracting 20, and then tens and units.

A set of 13 bright classroom labels, ideal for pegs, trays, books and folders, as well as for classroom equipment. Background clipart thanks to Mercedes Hutchens of Surfing to Success. The font used is Janda Closer to Free. As these were made in PowerPoint 2010, I have used the glow facility on the text; this may not be available in earlier versions.

An SSEHV (education through human values) lesson plan on teamwork and co-operation. Can be used in PSHE/PSED/SEAL times. 1. Quotation 2. Meditation 3. Story and discussion 4. Song 5. Games and activities Designed to be split over a few sessions for younger children.

Images designed to be printed onto sticky labels for a birthday boy or girl. Labels saying 'It's my birthday!' or 'I am 3', 'I am 4' or 'I am 5'

A set of 5 label images for Halloween. Featuring ghosts, pumpkins and candy corn. Suitable for general classroom labelling. Image courtesy of halloweenwallpapers.blogspot.com. Frame shape courtesy of Surfing to Success by Mercedes Hutchens.

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.

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

iPod/iPad themed activity for transition day. Children to design their own iPod/iPad apps to describe themselves as a person. Could then be used as a first display in the class, ready before they start in September. Differentiated so suitable from EYFS up to upper KS2. Idea taken from Pinterest, but updated to include differentiation across the primary age.

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