Labels designed to be used for pegs, trays, books, folders etc. All with a superhero theme. Spiderman, Superman, Batman, Aquaman, Robin, Catwoman, Green Lantern, Captain America, Wonder Woman, Hulk, Thor, Iron Man.\nShapes courtesy of Surfing to Success.

Sharing is caring quotation and rainbow fish image. Could be used to introduce discussion to the story and any related sharing activities.

PowerPoint lesson plan based on National Schools Partnership lesson 1 Fantastic You! for KS1.\nLinks with the SEAL Good to be me. Unit plan based around Fantastic Mr Fox by Roald Dahl. Video links used.

A PowerPoint based around characters within fairy-tales.\nLooking into how characters fit into the story mountain, and adjective use to add interest into the story.

A powerpoint and worksheet designed to help children read real and pseudo 'alien' words from the /or/ /au/ /aw/ phoneme family. Designed to help children prepare for the Y1 Phonics screening test.

A phonics screening practice sheet with real and 'alien' pseudo words from the /ow/ and /ou sound family, along with a powerpoint to practice reading together as a class. Great for Y1 phonics screening practice

A b/w image of a bottle with a b/w treasure map inside. Role-play, literacy writing inspiration... I am planning to roll and tie up with string so children can discover!

A Y1 phonics screening practice activity to draw the sound buttons and then read real and 'alien' pseudo words for the /igh/ family plus a powerpoint to read the words as a whole class

Designed to be used with magnetic letters, drywipe pens or letters on bottle tops to segment the /oi/ words: coin, soil, coil, oil, point, boil, oink, noise

Independent/adult-assisted research activity (I used as a week's homework) to use a non-fiction text or internet to research a dinosaur. Using a non-fiction text to locate and use contents page, page numbers and information.

Display captions to go with a display of the owls in a tree.

F2 Reception medium term plan on Special Books. Linked to Leicester City SACRE RE unit, but encompasses RE, PSED, CL, UW

A homework idea, life cycle of the Phoenix, and a Phoenix myth dictionary. All to support the Hamilton Y1 Literacy plan on Narrative. Please also see my Ppt file on the legend of the Phoenix story to help introduce the concept.

A wordmat split into the 4 sections of VCOP. The vocabulary section is split into Settings, Pebble adjectives and Villain adjectives.

A simple diary template for children to record what they did over the Easter weekend/holidays. Space for photos/drawings and writing.

A lesson starter/intro to the story of The Three Little Pigs &/or Homes topic. Loosely based on Through the Keyhole. Use the spotlight tool in ActivPrimary on the image pages to give the children thinking time.

3 differentiated writing frames for a simple non-fiction book.\n1. front cover, 2 pages (half text, half picture) and back cover for blurb;\n2. front cover, contents page, 2 pages (half text, half picture), index and back cover;\n3. front cover, contents page, 3 pages (half text, half picture/diagram), glossary, index and back cover.\nAll in Word format, so editable as necessary.

F2 Reception medium term plan on Beginnings, PPt presentation. Linked to Leicester City SACRE RE unit, but encompasses RE, PSED, CL, UW.\nContent covers New Year, religious birth customs, Chinese New Year and the Judeo-Christian creation story.

Based on the picture book by Sarah Hayes. The rhyming book text, rhyming wordbank and differentiated cloze worksheets.\nWould work well alongside a teddy bear/bear theme, as well as a stand-alone poetry unit.

Information on the life of Margarete Steiff and how the first teddy bears came about. Why Steiff bears have a button in their ear.