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

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

A selection of real and 'alien' pseudo words containing either the /ee/ /ea/ or /e-e/ grapheme. Alien words have an image of alien to assist preparation for the Phonics Screening. Children can write on their sound buttons to help read the word. Also a powerpoint containing all the words to read as a whole class

To be used as a guided reading comprehension activity alongside Collins Big Cat book The Sun and the Moon. Focus phonemes, tricky word and speed words. Cloze activity questions. Child to draw a picture of the sun or moon and write facts in sentences/captions.

Visual of balancing scales showing 4+2 = 5+1 Could be used alongside Maths Makes Sense ditty "same value, different appearance" Good as an extension task for more able children

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 wordmat designed to mirror the VCOP display board in KS1. Includes VCOP superhero images courtesy of butterbeer and ilovemarmite. Double-sided wordmat - 1 side with VCOP sections, flipside with half-completed pirate similes, and well-known pirate sayings. Useful for writing about pirates or creation of a pirate adventure story.

A set of reading comprehension sheets to go alongside the Lime level books. New vocabulary - write the definition (promoting dictionary skills), answering what, where, why, how questions, writing facts in a list, reviewing the book

A pdf set (so can easily be resized as necessary) containing: 1. A display title 2. Differentiated cloud-shaped writing frames 3. Cloud-shaped captions

Designed to be used with drywipe pens, as a worksheet or printed 2 to a page and laminated for use with magnetic letters, graphemes on bottle tops... Words are: letter, ladder, longer, dinner, farmer, hammer, summer, fern

All resources based on Whatever Next! by Jill Murphy 1. 6 pictures in sequential order. 4 differentiated versions for writing a word/caption/sentence. To extend by including a causal connective. 2. To write a list of adjectives to describe a night sky/space setting. 3. Plenary success criteria checklist. 4&5. Differentiated writing frames. 6. VCOP wordmat split up into vocab. connectives, openers and punctuation. Includes picture cues and VCOP superheroes images courtesy of ButterBeer and ilovemarmite.

5 sentences containing pictures to sequence to create a recount about the Moon landing.

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

A word mat to write instructions on how to make a straw rocket launcher. Set out into V, C, O & P sections. Also contains butterbeer & Ilovemarmite's VCOP superheroes.

A set of 3 differentiated pages of part-part-whole frames to learn number bonds to 10. Designed for kids to cut and stick, fill as a worksheet, or laminate for independent activity in Maths area.

RWInc style flashcards for grapheme /e-e/ including a caption/ditty: Freeze these peas! Double-sided - first side has the grapheme in large text, the opposite side has a picture and caption.

RWInc style flashcards for graphemes /wh/ and /ph/ including a caption/ditty. wh: Where is Dr Who? ph: Phil and Lil like Phonics! Double-sided - first side has the grapheme in large text, the opposite side has a picture and caption.

RWInc style flashcards for graphemes /au/ and /oe/ including a caption/ditty. oe: potatoes and tomatoes au: Launch the astronaut Double-sided - first side has the grapheme in large text, the opposite side has a picture and caption.

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

2 different word mats: 1. Religious: The Easter story 2. Non-religious: Easter signs and symbols