An activity based around -oi for children. Included are cards with all the letters of the alphabet and the oi phoneme where children can then practise seeing what words they can create when blending sounds together. Recommended to print two sets of the letter cards.

Different word cards that include the ee phoneme on them that children can read through blending together.

A diamond 9 activity that gets children to decide which synonyms for said are the strongest verbs and which are the weakest before justifying their selection. Included is the original word and eight other synonyms, with the activity being useful as a starter as well as building up vocabulary for children by showing them other examples.

The sixth of six lessons that focus on the geography of Nottingham and Nottinghamshire. Included are all the resources needed to run the lesson including the presentation, differentiated resources and unit of work planning. This lesson focuses on getting children to respond to a historical/ geographical question appropriately.

An activity based around -igh for children. Included are cards with all the letters of the alphabet and the igh sound where children can then practise seeing what words they can create when blending sounds together. Recommended to print two sets of the letter cards because of words like tight.

A simple activity to help develop children's understanding of reading comprehension, getting them to think about what different questions are looking for by matching the question up to what they would need to find.

An activity based around -ar for children. Included are cards with all the letters of the alphabet and the ar phoneme where children can then practise seeing what words they can create when blending sounds together. Recommended to print two sets of the letter cards.

A matching activity that focuses on the -oa- phoneme. Children are given five pictures and the matching words with them having to draw a line from the correct picture to the correct word

An activity based around -ay for children. Included are cards with all the letters of the alphabet and the ay phoneme where children can then practise seeing what words they can create when blending sounds together. Recommended to print two sets of the letter cards.

A simple noun sorting activity that requires children to sort different nouns into whether they are common or proper. The common nouns are all examples of nouns they would expect to see in a classroom so that these can be put in context.

A blending activity for Phase 2 that requires children to use different letters to try and make words. Also included are word cards with examples of what they can make.

Different word cards that include the ai phoneme on them that children can read through blending together.

Different word cards that include the sh phoneme on them that children can read through blending together.

Two sets of lessons that try to inspire children to create independent writing. All credit due to Pobble with this then being taken and created as a lesson presentation and resources with ideas that children can then take and write about. Also included are some of my own word mats that children can use to support them with ideas. The prompts used for these are The Invisible Man which can be found on Pobble on the 13th May and Unwanted Visitors on 28th February.

A list of stories that link History and English together. This certainly isn't a comprehensive list but gives a good start to finding stories that link to historical topics for Ancient Egypt, Greece and the Romans. Also included is prehistoric stories.

A diamond 9 activity that gets children to decide which synonyms for a variety of verbs are the strongest verbs and which are the weakest before justifying their selection. Included is the original word and eight other synonyms, with the activity being useful as a starter as well as building up vocabulary for children by showing them other examples.

Every word from the 5/6 list including the variations are included within. The activity mat has the focus word in at the top and then a number of different activities that focus around the original word to help children understand and remember how to spell the word through exploring it.

Five activities linked to the first 20 spellings on the statutory list for 5/6 spellings.

A simple information text that children can read to have a better understanding of how Remembrance Day started and how it is marked in the U.K now.

An activity that works on ‘oa’ with various images that include ‘oa’ within them where children are then required to fill in the missing gaps with the correct phonemes/ graphemes, using the image as a clue to support. An answer sheet is also included in the resource. Images are courtesy of Pixabay.