All about Mr Grinling. Question prompts to support writing a character description about Mr Grinling. Aimed at Year 1/2. Suffix activity linked to the seagulls. Font may need altering to Comic Sans.

I used this power point to develop matching tasks to help children understand about deciding whether a text is reliable or not. There is a focus on making judgements, reading statements and proof before making decisions.

I used this after a group task of creating different potions in a Year 4/5 class-can be adapted and is only a starting point for writing up after an experiment

I created this resource to help a Reception class compare their home to a child in Africa. There are images from Google on the power point but it can be used as a whole class discussion to talk about an example of an African home

I created this missing words from the lion hunt after searching for ages for something similar. I used it for my HA reception groups and LA year 1s. There is a wordbank but it can be removed if needed.

A simple diamond ranking template which can be used in a variety of ways.

Here are lots of facts, images and general information about the famous Tudor House in Wales Llancaiach Fawr. I created this for a Rich Task with Year 5 and 6 to help them created fact files.

Useful resources to help children answer Ble rwyt ti’n byw? photos and vocab on each slide

A very simple first look at the front cover and title of this text-power point

Photos are from my visit to Australia in 2011 when I worked in South Australia. You will need to check the updated price for a fleece as this fluctuates each year with the British Wool Board. Used for a topic themed day- all about wool.

I created my own informative power point for Remembrance Day, I used it for a KS2 Assembly. Useful as a starting point or could also be used as an English lesson introduction.

Questions generated from chapter 5 of Farmer Boy. There are 2 different tasks one aimed at children who require group discussion or a buddy and then a set of general comp questions.

Intended for upper KS2 a power point with different tasks to support comprehension and reading skills for Farmer Boy.

A set of 5 short tasks that could be used for a History or English lesson for KS2. Based on Bonfire Night but could be adapted for any age group.

Our scheme of work is currently The Write Stuff, we are using the street beneath my feet as a non-fiction focus. Here are the ppts for day 3 and 4. Hopefully it will save someone else time

I have created my own sequencing writing frame for pancake making for Reception or Year 1. There are 3 different ability levels included.

This is a very basic fact file about a mole- the image is from Google-the fact file includes a title, picture and basic facts about a mole aimed at Year 1.

After searching for doubling stories at Year 1 level I decided to make my own. This is a word document so it can be edited and adapted, there are dot patterns on one side with a short sentence underneath ‘I have __ spots my friend has___’ This visual aid helps understanding doubling by having to complete a double domino.

I used this for Year 1 after reading the Tale of Peter Rabbit as a whole class they used the word bank to complete the cloze. You could remove the word bank to extend challenge.

After reading The Tale of Peter Rabbit I used the topic mat to support writing a narrative independently and the phonic activity to support linking images to words that match the story. I used this for Reception.