This advent calender is great to add a bit of fun to problem solving and reasoning. It covers subtraction, addition, multiplication and division. Simply click on each window on the calender and a problem for that day appears. There are 23 problems. Many have the answers and structures to model the answer. I hope that this resource challenges your pupils. Feel free to adapt each problem to suit the needs of your class.

Hi, This resource focuses on multiplication, area and perimeter and allows the children to use reasoning and problem solving skills to solve two investigations. The investigations focus on the 9 and 8 times tables. Investigation 1: Santa wants a new floor design for his grotto 10m x 10m and a new floor design for his ballroom 20 m x 20 m (for higher attainers) Investigation 2: Santa would like to know how many presents fit in each room. Children have to work together to solve. There is a short task to solve the presents area and perimeter which involves the 9 and 8 x tables. Feel free to edit this resource to suit the needs of your class. For example, you could change the multiplication, area size to 5 x 5 or change the grotto to the sleigh. Also you could change the actual measurement to cm and get children to draw in books. I am going to get children to cut areas from spare grids and place on until they have a final version. I’m also going to set my highers off with the challenge of only using calculations to solve first. Hope your class enjoy it and have an awesome Christmas!

These Sight Word Fluency Sentence flash cards are a FAB way for your pupils to become confident and fluent readers! Learning to read and spell the common exception words can be a tricky task for most Year 2 children. I send this resource to parents on a key ring for children to learn at home. I also use them in school during Guided Reading sessions and on my IWB to display to the whole class. There are 64 flash cards in total. I hope you find this resource useful. Attached is an editable version to use within your own class and not for re-sale. Many thanks

This resource includes one game board. It is ideal for revision of angles and covering such vocab as acute, obtuse, reflex and right angles etc… I have used this as a 1:2:1 resource and in small groups to help recap or pre teach learning. I hope you find this useful. Thanks

Hi, This Interactive white board activity allows your children to spot the odd sounding word out and play ‘Into the black hole’…a game that sees the child dragging the pseudonym (alien word) into the black hole and into oblivion. The real words stay in front of the black hole and the alien disappear behind the center of the hole. The game is accompanied by a worksheet that can be used in conjunction with the IWB or without. The resource is editable so feel free to tinker to suit the sound and needs of your class. In most slides you can edit the words. I hope that this resource helps you and your children continue to love reading and enjoy their Phonics teaching.

This game is loved by my mixed R/1 class. This download includes 5 PDF documents with 4 pages (20 boards in all) and a smartboard version of all hard copies for interactive whiteboard. Each split digraph a_e , e_e, i_e , o_e and u_e have been split into three levels of difficulty and the middle ability has a copy with the sounds highlighted to further differentiate. The pupils simply roll die and then move car and say word they land on. These sounds are ideal to cover if you are working on phase 5 or set 3 RWI phoncis schemes. This can be used as a whole class activity / starter or with 1:1/group interventions. The interactive Smartboard game uses a die that only goes up to 3. This makes it a snappy but not too long a game. Children could play best out of three or you could use the game boards to set out a mini competition/tournament around the classroom. It’s also great wen doing transport as a theme and to check and stretch learning. I’ve included the word documents so that you can edit and create your own words. Great revision activity for the upcoming phonics screening. No real preparation needed. Simply print and use. You only need toy cars or a playing piece and a die. I really hope you and your class enjoy this as much as my class do. Please leave feedback if possible :) Thanks

This game was loved by my mixed R/1 class so much that I created a 4 player A3 sheet version. It promotes reading and sharing. Included is a 2 player and 4 player version. This download includes 5 PDF documents with 4 game boards (20 boards in all). Each split digraph a_e , e_e, i_e , o_e and u_e have been split into three levels of difficulty and the middle ability has a copy with the sounds highlighted to further differentiate. Boards contain a mixture of nonsense/alien words and real. The pupils simply roll die and then move car and say word they land on. They don’t move if they can’ read the nonsense word. The other pupils really enjoy being the ref and check their friends learning. To make it a longer game use a die just up to 3. This can be used as a whole class activity / starter or with 1:1/group interventions. You could simply use this to time your children on how fast they can read the words. To extend game just overlap the game boards and make the track longer. Children could play best out of three or you could use the game boards to set out a mini competition/tournament around the classroom. It’s also great when doing transport as a theme and to check and stretch learning. I’ve included the word documents so that you can edit and create your own words. Great revision activity for the new Year 1 phonics screening check. No real preparation needed. Simply print and use. You only need toy cars or a playing piece and a die. I really hope you and your class enjoy this as much as my class do. Please leave feedback if possible :) Thanks

This is a great game! The children read the word attached to ball and then flick it. I've also included find the bear game. Hope your children enjoy the game!

This worksheet contains 15 questions that allow the pupils to use their knowledge and skills in different scenarios. Feel free to adapt this worksheet to suit your children's needs. Thanks, I hope they help.

This is a mastery worksheet involving adding money. There is a mixture of operations , statistics and fractions to ensure that children are still being exposed to previously recapped and upcoming concepts/learning. I have included 12 varied fluency questions and 6 problem solving and reasoning questions. These questions allow the children to be challenged in a way that will stretch their thinking and learning, allowing them to master the topic. Many thanks for downloading this resource. I hope you and your children find it useful. I have included the word version so you can adapt each question to suit the needs of your class. Enjoy!

This game is great for promoting vocabulary/terminology in my mixed R/1 class. This download includes 10 PDF documents with 4 pages (40 game boards in all). Each game board covers a range of sounds from phase 2-5 and set 2/3 RWI. This game is a great revision activity that is fun and allows children to show what they know as well as collaborate/play with other children. This can be used as a whole class activity / starter or with 1:1/group interventions. Great revision activity for the upcoming phonics screening test. No real preparation needed. Simply print, cut and use. To play who’s who the children need to pick a word and then ask other players questions to eliminate possible words (aliens). Alternatively you can laminate boards and just ask children to choose a alien (word) and ask children to sit in a group to play. Also I have used these as bingo boards for small groups (up to 4 children). I really hope you and your class enjoy this as much as my class do. Please leave feedback if possible :) Thanks

This interactive whiteboard game is fab! Boys and girls love it. I use this to test children's reading skills and use it to model sounding out words. The children must come up and drag car to the correct word. The children can also play in pairs and challenge one another. I have made 3 versions and one maths version using Numicon. Feel free to edit the slides to suit your classes needs. Many thanks.

This Minecraft Money activity allows the children to solve the items in each bag. This open ended challenge allows the children to come up with more than one possibility. I hope this is useful. Many thanks.

This worksheet uses Minecraft to enthuse the children to learn position and movement. Some of the questions stretch the children by asking them to write instructions for a beebot and some q's have Minecraft objects that start in a diagonal position. I hope your class enjoy using this resource. Many thanks

Here is 1 sheet of 10 more 10 less 1 less 1 more puzzle grids. Ask the children to try and solve the number sentences to solve the numbers they must add/subtract 1 or 10 more/less than. I've included some coins for the children to recognise and keep their skills up to date. Thanks

This 1 more/less 10more/less hunt can be differentiated many ways. I have already differentiated it 5 ways for my own class and printed out the sheets on different coloured paper for each group to find. Once the children have found the coloured shape that they've been given they must solve 1 more/less or 10 more less depending on their ability. They record on the answer sheets provided in the download. I hope this helps and feel free to differentiated to suit your class. Many thanks

It's taken me a while to pull this all together and I apologies because it's not entirely finished. However, I felt that I needed to get it out there for others to use. The book includes 40 plus ideas to use in your class and hopefully gives you ideas to extend and enhance the games. Please leave feedback. One day I hope to finish and get it possibly published ( a pipe dream maybe but who knows). Many thanks

This takes a little prep to do but my children enjoyed the freedom of moving about to get the tokens and match them to the definition of the term. It is fully editable so please feel free to add/remove terminology or create your own version. This resource includes 2 worksheets in which the children must solve what term is what and then write an example. They must finally find the terminology token and stick in correct box of the sheet. Hope this helps! Thanks.

Hi, This template is editable. I use two stars and a wish - with one of the wishes being the next step. It’s free and compatible with the 8 labels per sheet (avery L7165 ) sheets. Hope this helps. Thanks TuneED