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 Don’t forget to leave feedback so I can improve what I do - or make more of what you like! Follow me to be notified when new products are uploaded. 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 Follow me on TES to be notified when new products are uploaded. Happy teaching! Katharine7

A place value worksheet where the children use given digits to create a 2-digit number that matches a target statement. There are two sheets, the second one provides more of a challenge.

Outdoors phonics activity, useful for Phase 4 revision of sounds.\nPrint off the sound cards and hide around the playground. Children find the sound and the number then return to the supervising adult(s) who uses the checklist to ensure children have the sound correct and to record which sounds they have found.

Looking at the legacy of the Montreal Olympic Stadium, nicknamed 'The Big Mistake&' because of the amount of money poured into it.\n\nAlso asks the children to think about the impact on the environment and society.\n\nIncludes an activity at the end of creating a legacy for the London 2012 stadium and how to use it creatively and sustainably.\n\nMy kids got so involved in this, it really surprised me how motivated and inventive they were - they even carried on in their own spare time!

Includes: - Greater than/less than - Ordering positive numbers to 100 - Ordering negative and positive numbers - Difference between two numbers. Aligned with Common Core State Standards: 2.NBT.4, Number and Operations in Base Ten.

I put together these revision slides for my less able Year 4s. When it came to maths papers, they persistently forgot 'easy' maths that they could do in class, so we revised them to death with these slides for some easy points on the papers!

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.

I put together this flyer for parents asking how they can help their children at home. It includes a brief overview of the Phase 5 phonics taught in this term, some ideas for phonics games and also some website address for online phonic games.

I put together a flyer with some Year 1 maths objectives that parents can help their children with at home. There are some maths game/activity ideas and also websites for some online maths games matched to the objectives given.

These pick and mix ideas for writing give meaningful contexts for children’s writing whilst learning at home. The ideas are open-ended enough that they will be suitable for most primary year groups.

I set this up as an independent colouring activity for the children which can be used for assessment. Children colour in and circle the light sources and then colour in 1-4 lightbulbs depending on how bright the light source is.

Introductory powerpoint on Martin Luther King Jr, in particular his 'I have a dream&' speech, leading up to a poetry activity on writing their own speech/poem of what they would like to see in an ideal world.\n\nContains two hyperlinks to youtube videos.

Using Talk for Write ideas, this sheet was created to encourage children to consider the character of Plop in Jill Tomlinson's story, The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark. \n\nPhysical attributes are written outside of the outline and thoughts & feelings are written inside the outline.

Save time, avoid mistakes and ensure a high-quality, consistent approach to organising your trip days. These templates can be re-used time and again, providing a quick and efficient system and supporting a happy, safe and educational school trip. This resource includes: group details sheets helper introductory letter and timetable for the trip class teacher summary sheet Customise the highlighted text in each document for your own class(es) and trip. Fill in the details, print off everything and then make 5 more copies of the introductory letter and timetable. Staple together the letter and a group details sheet for each supporting adult and the teacher summary is for you. Most of the hard work is done for you, just fill in the details, print, be safe and look good on trip day! NB this pack does not include a risk assessment which must be completed in line with your school/LA’s policies. Information on medical conditions must be planned for but should not be listed on documents shared with non-school staff due to the GDPR.