I am a teaching Deputy Head in a primary school in Hampshire and TES recommended author. I've been teaching in primary since 2007 with experience in most year groups, although my heart lies in Year 1! I enjoy making helpful, time-saving and engaging educational resources for teachers and pupils - I hope you find them useful!
I am a teaching Deputy Head in a primary school in Hampshire and TES recommended author. I've been teaching in primary since 2007 with experience in most year groups, although my heart lies in Year 1! I enjoy making helpful, time-saving and engaging educational resources for teachers and pupils - I hope you find them useful!
A EYFS/KS1-friendly version of the Easter Story, perfect for assemblies and lessons about Easter.
The powerpoint tells the Christian story of Easter very simply and at the end there are some reflection questions for the children to discuss.
Unit of work including power points, activity cards and writing frame for teaching command sentences. Based on the Fire of London and the commands that King Charles II gave during and after the fire, pupils role play the part of King Charles and l. earn how to write commands using imperative verbs.
Our Year 2s loved this unit, in particular the role play element. In hindsight, I would have split session 3 into two sessions as the children enjoyed the acting so much. The whole class, even the less able, were able to identify a command sentence with confidence following this unit - even many months afterwards. Most were able to write commands independently in a variety of contexts.
This resource contains:
- the planning document (4-5 lessons)
- powerpoints to support teaching of the unit
- activity cards to support less able and whole class improvement of speaking and listening
- speaking and listening learning journeys to share with pupils
- a writing template
Flexible planning document for Year 2 money objectives and problem solving.
This resource includes:
- A flexible money planning document including national curriculum end of year objectives for this domain, learning journey and initial lesson plan. To be used as a working document, use the learning journey to plan the next steps for your learners, responding each day to their progress and needs.
- Three pirate menus for use with the lesson plan and containing differentiated prices. These menus are certainly reusable to hit other objectives in the learning journey.
2013 National Curriculum Key Stage 1 mathematics programme of study (Year 2):
Pupils should be taught to:
- recognise and use symbols for pounds (£) and pence (p); combine amounts to make a particular value
- find different combinations of coins that equal the same amounts of money
- solve simple problems in a practical context involving addition and subtraction of money of the same unit, including giving change
Fun 5 lesson science unit of work for Year 2 animals including humans curriculum with a pirate theme. The pupils are the captain of their own ship and they have a very unhealthy crew that they must whip into shape!
The unit begins with the basic needs of animals for survival and moves onto healthy lifestyles, including exercise, healthy eating and hygiene. I had lots of fun with my class teaching this unit and some good discussions which threw up misconceptions.
Included in this resource are a detailed planning document with ideas for differentiation and extension plus all the digital resources required to deliver the lessons.
You will get:
- Planning document for the unit of work
- Starter activity for session 1
- Presentation to support session 3
- Activity cards
Use these Christmas calculations to challenge your pupils’ understanding, ability to reason mathematically and algebraic thinking in a fun and engaging way!
Using images to represent numbers, children use what they know to discover the value of the images. They need to understand the meaning of =, x and ÷ signs and the relationship between multiplication and division. The calculations include 2, 3, 4, 5 and 10 times tables.
There are 4 sets of progressively more difficult calculations, as well as 4 sets with the numbers given in an answer key for children requiring more support. As an extension, children could write their own challenges or describe how they know their answer is correct.
There is also an addition and subtraction version of this resource here.
Happy teaching!
All of my Easter resources to date in one easy download! These activities, presentations and assembly are well suited to EYFS and KS1.
Included in this bundle are:
An Easter assembly and accompanying presentation
A KS1-friendly copy of The Easter Story
A lesson plan for teaching the Easter story through art
A booklet for children to re-tell the Easter story themselves
A fun, pictorial Easter-themed puzzle for counting in multiples of 2s, 5s and 10s.
This is a growing bundle and further Easter activities will be added as they become available.
You may also be interested in these other seasonal resources:
Christmas multiplication and division reasoning cards
Christmas addition and subtraction reasoning cards
Save 20% on these complete units of work for teaching the Stone Age in KS2! This bundle currently comprises of:
a literacy/English unit of work with planning and resources based on Satoshi Kitamura’s book, Stone Age Boy.
a DT/textiles unit of work where children learn and experiment with different stitches to design, create and evaluate a tabard-style Stone Age tunic.
You may be interested in these other history resources:
Ancient Egypt code breaker worksheet
Romans code breaker worksheet
Based on the 2016 interim assessment framework for KS1 mathematics, this form provides additional evidencing of the Working Towards criteria for maths. Useful for children who struggle to record their knowledge.
Year 1 writing frames/scaffolds for our first topic - 'Wish you were here...'
We will be using the 'Holidays - joining with and - writing scaffolds' to practise orally rehearsing sentences including words joined with 'and' before writing them. Moving on from using the scaffold we will be writing sentences about our holiday with more independence.
We'll be using the postcard templates as role-play writing materials but they could be used in a variety of ways including phonics application, early morning work or incorporated into a whole lesson. The postcards include three levels of differentiation.
Bookmark targets cards in a variety of colours and with a range of headings, including a blank space for you to write on your own if preferred. The target cards include a 'Personal Best' box for children/teacher to record their achievement and attempt to improve upon it. E.g. I can use full stops correctly. PB - 5 (full stops used correctly). I've found 'PB's to be very motivating in the past! They also give children a sense of ownership and involvement with their targets.
Three differentiated classic logic puzzles. I can remember doing these as a child and loving them! There are lists of clues and children can either draw pictures or use the grids provided to logically reason who lives in which house. The answers are provided with this resource.
36 pages of Year 1 activities for teaching, practising and applying counting in multiples of 2, 5 and 10.
The ‘learn’ pages take you through a concrete, pictorial and abstract learning journey for children learning to count in multiples of 2 5 and 10. The ‘practise’ pages give plenty of opportunities to practice counting in 2s, 5s and 10s in different contexts to help embed their learning. Finally, the ‘apply’ pages give children the opportunity to apply their knowledge, use reasoning and practise problem solving to reach full mastery of the curriculum objective over the course of the year.
For more place value mastery resources for Year 1 take a look at:
Counting forwards and backwards to 100
Finding one more and one less
Looking for some fun Valentine’s Day literacy activities for your early readers and writers? Try these independent activities for early phonics skills and Valentine’s Day cards and postcards for writing practise.
Included with this resource are:
Initial sound clip cards
CVC clip cards
Valentine’s day postcards
Valentine’s day foldable cards
Rhyming hearts matching activity
Valentine’s Race dice game board
All of these activities are provided in colour and black & white.
Looking for more Valentine’s Day themed activities? Check out these Valentine’s maths activity mats:
Varied number representations - Valentine’s Day
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Happy teaching!
Katharine7
This compare and contrast Titanic lesson is perfect for an end of unit lesson that promotes retrieval of taught information, addresses common misconceptions and teaches children to apply their understanding in a new context. Children are presented with opportunities to think historically, choronologically order events and discuss ideas.
The lesson plan is written around the new Ofsted draft framework requirements with an Intent, Implementation and Impact planning format. The lesson plan takes into account the following Quality of Education judgments:
an ambitious curriculum
provision of knowledge capital
promote discussion
identify misconceptions and provide clear, direct feedback
avoid unnecessarily elaborate or differentiated activities
help learners to remember taught content in the longer term
help learners integrate new knowledge into larger concepts
use assessment well
resources and materials that do not create unnecessary workload
This was a fun lesson to teach (I taught it for a lesson observation for a new job - I got the job!) and the children enjoyed showcasing the knowledge that they had acquired and taking it further. You can see some of the children’s responses from the lesson included within the resource. I hope you enjoy teaching it too - happy teaching!
Katharine7
If you’re looking for more history resources you might like to take a look at these resources:
Fire of London poetry - English unit of work
Fire of London - writing commands - English unit of work
Stone Age planning bundle
Roman Empire code cracker
Ancient Egypt code cracker
These castle themed digital phonics worksheets are perfect for practising early spelling using a tablet or PC with young writers! No printing is required - all you’ll need is a device that has PowerPoint, or access to Google Slides via the internet, a piece of paper and a pencil or pen.
The digital worksheets begin with simple CVC (consonant sound, vowel sound, consonant sound) words such as pig, hat, etc. with the middle sound provided. Children sound out (segment) the word, using the image and given letter for support and then write the word on their piece of paper. Answers are provided on the penultimate slide so they can even mark their own work.
Once they have mastered level 1, they can “unlock” the next level and so on, building up their segmenting for spelling skills progressively and systematically.
What’s included?
A zipped file which contains all of the PowerPoints as follows:
CVC single grapheme words (scaffolded)
CVC single grapheme words
CVC digraph words
CCVC single grapheme words
CVCC single grapheme words
CCVC words with digraphs
CVCC words with digraphs
The first worksheets use Phase 2 sounds from Letters and Sounds / Set 1 sounds from Read Write Inc. They progress to Phase 3 / Set 2 as digraphs are introduced and the final two PowerPoints contain some Phase 5 / Set 3 digraphs.
I’ve used these digital worksheets with children 4 years old and upwards. Most children are able to use them independently once they’ve been shown what to do and the slide show is presented. In my experience, children occasionally come out of the slide show by accident but if you show them how to press the slide show/present button, they can often handle that by themselves too - great for their computing skills!
If you’ve enjoyed this resource, you can find a similar resource here:
Digital phonics worksheets
A perfect introduction to 2D shapes in Early Years and/or Year 1! Children are introduced in detail to:
circles
triangles
rectangles
squares
Then briefly to:
pentagons
hexagons
semicircles
Mathematical language is used to describe them, i.e. sides, corners, straight and curved.
Pupils are shown varied images of these 2D shapes in both abstract and real world examples, promoting discussion and addressing misconceptions, e.g. that all triangles are equilateral triangles, with the bottom side oriented horizontally.
The slides are animated to engage children and make learning points clear. They can be clicked through at your own pace and there are 10 teaching slides in total.
Happy teaching!
Katharine7
These print and go Christmas maths worksheets are packed full of Year 1 National Curriculum objectives! Your pupils will love the Christmas theme while continuing to learn - plus giving you valuable evidence and assessment for learning for your planning. Primarily aimed at Year 1, many of the worksheets will also be suitable for more able Year R children or children in Year 2 as revision or for those who are working towards age related expectations.
In this resource you will receive worksheets for the following curricular objectives:
Count, read and write numbers to 100 in numerals
Count to and across 100
Add and subtract one and two-digit numbers to 20, including 0
Compare, describe and solve practical problems for mass/weight, capacity and volume
Recognise and know the denominations of coins
Sequence events in chronological order using language
Recognise and name common 2D shapes
An answer key is also included for ease of marking or to allow children to mark their own/others’ work.
Looking for other Christmas resources? Take a look here:
Winter/Christmas subitising maths game
Christmas multiplication and division - reasoning challenge cards
Christmas addition and subtraction - reasoning challenge cards
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Happy teaching!
Katharine7
A merry bundle of Christmas maths resources for you! Included in this bundle are:
Addition and subtraction reasoning challenge cards
Multiplication and division reasoning challenge cards
Present wrapping maths investigation
You may also be interested in these other seasonal resources:
Easter planning and activities
National Storytelling Week dynamic story generator powerpoint.
Some number stories which ask students to identify the problem is addition or subtraction? Students need to be able to answer this type of question if they are going to understand and work through mathematical word problems.
I use this spreadsheet for my tracking. It includes groups that my school is focussing on and allows you to filter by these groups e.g., Free School Meals, EAL, summer/spring/autumn birthdays, etc.. It will be easy to change the column headings to include groups that your school is focussing on.\n\nThere is a tab for each of maths, reading, literacy and science.