Simplify your guided reading sessions with this ready-to-use Year 1 Guided Reading Timetable! This pre-designed timetable is perfect for organising your weekly reading groups, allowing you to easily manage and ensure all students receive targeted reading instruction on a weeky basis. This timetable supports your organisation and helps you focus on delivering effective guided reading sessions throughout the year. Ready to print and use immediately!

Whether you’re looking to enhance reading comprehension, foster creativity, or develop students’ ability to infer meaning from visual cues, this resource is the perfect tool to inspire thoughtful discussion and learning. Using this resource helps develop children’s critical thinking and social emotional learning. Critical Thinking: Includes thought-provoking inference questions that encourage children to analyze, predict, and make connections beyond what they see. Social Emotional Learning (SEL): Helps students explore emotions, relationships, and decision-making by interpreting the expressions, actions, and environment of the children in the image. Versatile Usage: Ideal for group discussions, writing prompts, part of guided reading sessions or individual reflection activities. Full resource is coming soon with more examples and questions.

Whether you’re looking to enhance reading comprehension, foster creativity, or develop students’ ability to infer meaning from visual cues, this resource is the perfect tool to inspire thoughtful discussion, writing and learning. This resource includes 10 inference activities with real photographs and a range of inference style questions. Using this resource helps develop children’s critical thinking and social emotional learning. It can be used whole-class or as an intervention. Critical Thinking: Includes thought-provoking inference questions that encourage children to analyze, predict, and make connections beyond what they see. Social Emotional Learning: Helps students explore emotions, relationships, and decision-making by interpreting the expressions, actions, and environment of the children in the image. Versatile Usage: Ideal for group discussions, writing prompts, part of guided reading sessions or individual reflection activities.

This resource includes Powerpoint and 2 activities that cover the Year 1 science outcomes -identify, name, draw and label the basic parts of the human body and say which part of the body is associated with each sense. -performing simple tests using their observations and ideas to suggest answers to questions This lesson plan introduces Year 1 students to the five senses. Through a PowerPoint presentation, discussions, and a hands-on investigation, students will learn to identify, name, and use their five senses. It is suitable for Year 1 students and can be adapted to fit different learning styles and classroom needs.

This resource includes a Powerpoint and 2 independent activities. Children will learn how to group animals according to what they eat. The lesson covers the following curriculum objectives: -identifying and classifying -using their observations and ideas to suggest answers to questions -identify and name a variety of common animals that are carnivores, herbivores and omnivores It is suitable for Year 1 students and can be adapted to fit different learning styles and classroom needs.

Boost your pupils comprehension skills with this engaging inference activity! Using 10 vibrant photographs and illustrations with targeted questions, children will practice making inferences by interpreting visual clues and discussing possible scenarios. This activity encourages critical thinking, helping children to “read between the lines” and deepen their understanding. Perfect for whole-class lessons, interventions, or supporting pupils with SEN, this resource provides an excellent way to develop essential reading and comprehension skills in a relaxed and creative way.

Enhance your pupils’ comprehension skills with this exciting story-based inference activity! Using 10 engaging short stories with carefully crafted pauses, children will practice making inferences by listening for clues and predicting what happens next. This activity encourages thoughtful discussion, prompting children to use their imagination and critical thinking skills to “fill in the blanks” and develop a deeper understanding of the story. Ideal for whole-class lessons, small group interventions, or as support for pupils with SEN, this resource provides a fun, interactive way to build essential reading and comprehension skills

This traditional nativity script is designed for young children in KS1, offering an retelling of the first Christmas that links to the Bible. With 27 speaking roles and additional non-speaking parts for angels, animals, and shepherds, this 30-minute play brings the beloved nativity script to life.

This traditional nativity script is designed for KS1 or KS2, offering an retelling of the first Christmas that links to the Bible. With numerous speaking roles and additional non-speaking parts for angels, animals, and shepherds.

This All About Me worksheet can be done as an icebreaker where chlidren will engage, share their favorite things, and show their unique personalities. It is a simple yet powerful tool to start the school year on a positive note. This resource can: Boost Classroom Community: Create an inclusive environment where students celebrate their individuality and find common ground with their peers. Support Social-Emotional Learning: Helping students feel seen and heard can reduce back-to-school jitters and build confidence as they settle into the new school year.

This resource includes a Powerpoint and 2 independent activities. Children will learn how to classify animals and describe their characteristics. The lesson covers the following curriculum objectives: identifying and classifying using their observations and ideas to suggest answers to questions identify and name a variety of common animals including fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals describe and compare the structure of a variety of common animals (fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals, including pets) It is suitable for Year 1 students and can be adapted to fit different learning styles and classroom needs.

This assessment resource is made up of five questions that cover all outcomes in the topic Animals Including Humans: identify and name a variety of common animals including fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals identify and name a variety of common animals that are carnivores, herbivores and omnivores describe and compare the structure of a variety of common animals (fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals, including pets) identify, name, draw and label the basic parts of the human body and say which part of the body is associated with each sense.

This resource includes Powerpoint and 2 activities that cover the Year 1 science outcome - identify, name, draw and label the basic parts of the human body. This lesson plan introduces Year 1 students to the basic parts of the human body. Through a PowerPoint presentation, discussions, and hands-on activities, students will learn to identify, name, draw, and label the different components of their bodies. The lesson emphasies the importance of each body part and encourages students to explore their own anatomy in a fun and engaging way. It is suitable for Year 1 students and can be adapted to fit different learning styles and classroom needs.

This resource is made up of 10 short comprehension passages, specially designed for young readers. Each text features phonically decodable text that introduces early readers to essential vocabulary skills. Accompanied by thoughtful questions, these passages help children practice understanding word meanings, identifying key details, and expanding their language skills. Perfect for guided reading lessons, general classroom use or interventions.

This resource includes a Powerpoint and 2 independent activities. Children will learn how to identify animals and name their body parts. The lesson covers the following curriculum objectives: -identifying and classifying -using their observations and ideas to suggest answers to questions -describe and compare the structure of a variety of common animals (fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals, including pets) It is suitable for Year 1 students and can be adapted to fit different learning styles and classroom needs.