The perfect place for all your EYFS, KS1 and KS2 resources, Explore Education aims to provide you with amazing, outstanding lessons that help you to shine. Each lesson often has detailed planning, PowerPoints and differentiated resources. So whether you are looking for a maths lesson to get you through your next interview, an English lesson that will help you impress OFSTED or a history, science, RE, PSHE or PE unit to wow your class, this is the shop for you!
The perfect place for all your EYFS, KS1 and KS2 resources, Explore Education aims to provide you with amazing, outstanding lessons that help you to shine. Each lesson often has detailed planning, PowerPoints and differentiated resources. So whether you are looking for a maths lesson to get you through your next interview, an English lesson that will help you impress OFSTED or a history, science, RE, PSHE or PE unit to wow your class, this is the shop for you!
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This Christianity and the Bible RE unit is perfect to use across a half term and is a great way to delve into the stories of Christianity and understand the Bible.
Children will learn all about the Bible through looking at four different stories and how they have influenced Christians today.
These five lessons are perfect to be used during a half term, with some flexibility for additional lessons or other school activities. They are fully resourced and planned, with detailed lesson plans provided.
Created by an experienced Religious Education subject lead, these lessons have been used in a real classroom with real students across KS2.
Included is:
5 PowerPoints
5 lesson plans
The Bible Fact File Information Sheet
Mary Jones - a Synopsis
The Story of Mary Jones Storyboard
The Wedding at Cana Story
The Sower and the Seed Story
The Sower Worksheet
The Miracles of Jesus Storyboard
The Miracles of Jesus Storyboard Help Sheet
Lessons:
What do we know about the Bible?
What is the Mary Jones story?
The Wedding at Cana
The Sower and the Seed
Jesus the Healer
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A 27-page workbook based around The Selfish Giant by Oscar Wilde - including an extract. There is a week’s worth of lessons with handwriting, grammar, vocabulary and comprehension questions to complete. There is also an answer booklet.
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Do you want to make grammar lessons more fun and engaging for your students? Do you want to help them master the different types of words and how to use them in their writing? If so, you will love these colourful and creative word type posters!
These posters are designed to help children learn and remember the nine main word types: noun, common noun, proper noun, pronoun, conjunction, prefix, suffix, verb, and adjective. Each poster features a clear and catchy definition of the word type, as well as an example sentence that shows how the word type works in context.
These posters also have eye-catching graphics and illustrations that match the word type and the example sentence. These visuals help children to associate the word type with its meaning and function, and make the posters more attractive and memorable.
These word type posters are perfect for displaying in your classroom, as they will brighten up your walls and reinforce your grammar teaching. You can also use them as a reference tool, a teaching aid, or a revision resource. Your students will love looking at these posters and learning from them!
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A 13 page booklet with a range of activities to do at the end of the summer term. Suitable for KS1 or KS2
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Jumpstart your students’ imaginations and enhance their writing abilities with this versatile collection of story starters! This 11-page PowerPoint features a variety of prompts and activities designed to inspire creative narratives and develop essential writing techniques. It is ideal for time fillers and supply teachers to create lessons with no prep.
What’s Included:
Diverse Story Starters: Explore different approaches to storytelling, including characterization through dialogue and description, action-packed scenes, vivid descriptions, and thought-provoking one-sentence prompts.
Character Development: Encourage students to create well-rounded characters with distinct personalities and motivations.
Setting the Scene: Help students craft immersive settings that transport readers into the heart of the story.
Action and Suspense: Inspire thrilling narratives with action-packed prompts that keep readers on the edge of their seats.
Descriptive Language: Encourage the use of vivid vocabulary and sensory details to paint a picture with words.
Flexible Use: Perfect for English lessons, morning work, writing centers, or early finisher activities.
Benefits:
Boosts Creativity: Sparks imagination and encourages students to explore different writing styles.
Develops Key Skills: Enhances writing fluency, vocabulary, sentence structure, and descriptive language.
Suitable for All Abilities: Differentiated prompts cater to a range of writing levels.
Ready-to-Use: No prep needed - simply project the PowerPoint and let the writing begin!
Teacher-Approved: Created by experienced educators to support effective writing instruction.
Spark a love of writing and watch your students’ stories come to life!
This eleven page PowerPoint has lots of different focuses, including:
Characterisation through direct speech (x2)
Characterisation through description (x2)
10 character pictures
Action (x2)
Description (x2)
x6 one sentence starters
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This 10 lesson guided reading unit is all about informal letters. The three included texts are based on the casual, everyday life, including informal vocabulary and structure.
Great to study across a week or half term, these sessions are based around reading the text together as a whole class (or group) and predicting, clarifying vocabulary and exploring the text.
Children will build up a knowledge of the features and language used in informal letters.
Learning objectives:
To analyse and compare the features and structure of a letter.
To infer and explain the writer’s feelings and opinions from a letter.
To understand and summarise the main points of a letter.
To summarise the main points of a letter and to write a question based on the text.
To identify and describe the features and content of an informal letter.
To identify and describe the features and content of an informal letter.
To analyse and compare the tone and purpose of an informal letter.
To understand and summarise the main points of the introduction of an informal letter.
To infer and explain the writer’s feelings and opinions from the body and the conclusion of an informal letter.
To evaluate and improve the organisation and structure of an informal letter.
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This 5 session guided reading unit is all about setting descriptions. The included text is based on the setting of a fairground, including descriptive vocabulary.
Great to study across a week or half term, these sessions are based around reading the text together as a whole class (or group) and predicting, clarifying vocabulary and exploring the text.
Children will build up a knowledge of the features and language used in a setting description.
Learning objectives:
To identify and explain the features of a setting description.
To analyse and evaluate the language and structure of a setting description.
To identify and explain the features of a setting description.
To understand how the author uses language to create a vivid description of the fairground.
To understand and respond to a descriptive text about a fairground.
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This comprehensive 40-session term unit is designed for mixed Year 3 and Year 4 classes, providing a complete framework for developing reading comprehension skills. Covering key strategies such as clarifying, prediction, questioning, and summarising, this unit offers detailed planning, text extracts, and a wide range of additional resources, including toolkits and worksheets.
The unit features diverse reading tasks:
Character descriptions
Diary entries
Setting descriptions
Balanced arguments
Letters (2-week focus)
Persuasive texts
Newspaper reports
Ideal for LKS2 (Lower Key Stage 2), this resource supports outstanding literacy teaching, helping students engage with various text types and improve their comprehension skills. Perfect for use in classrooms aiming for Ofsted excellence.
Keywords: Year 3, Year 4, reciprocal reading, LKS2, literacy, outstanding Ofsted, character description, diary entry, persuasive writing, newspaper report, planning, worksheets, text toolkit.
This newly redesigned unit has all that you need to teach your class reading skills through the ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas’ poem by Clement Clarke Moore! Great for KS2, this unit contains planning, PowerPoints and resources to make your Autumn 2 term run smoothly.
This unit contains:
★ 6 Lesson plans (with LO, success criteria, input, activity, plenary, key questions and resource list)
★ Accompanying PowerPoint
★ Thought bubble
★ Poem
★ Modern version of the poem
Children will learn about vocabulary, inference, prediction, explanation, retrieval and summarising skills.
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A set of 6 learning ladders / success criteria for Y5/6 English. Includes MUST COULD SHOULD criteria and Non-Negotiables. Diary, narrative, newspaper report, persuasive writing and recount. Also includes an assessment for all the Y5/6 objectives for English, which I have used in the front of books.
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This ActivInspire Flipchart contains 92 interactive games for all phonics phases.
It is a fantastic way to fill your phonics lessons with fun games that all children will love. Check out the file previews for some examples.
Phase 1:
Playing with Word Picture Cards
Rhyming Bingo
Rhyming Picture Cards
Phase 2:
Four in a Row
BGFOUL Picture Match
BGFOUL Sound Match
Caption and Picture Match
Caterpillar Game
CKMRDE Picture Match
CKMRDE Sound Match
Correct Words Treasure or Bin
CVC Initial Letter Match
CVC Loop Card Game
Initial Sound and CVC Counter Games
Initial Sound Loop Cards
Noughts and Crosses SATPINMD
New Four in a Row
Picture Jigsaw
Picture Phoneme
Rhyming Bingo
Rhyming Jigsaws
Rhyming Sheets
SATPIN Picture Match
SATPIN Sound Match
Snakes and Ladders SATPINMD
Sound Buttons
Sound Mats
Whacky Races
Words and Pictures
Phase 3:
Four in a Row
At the River Story
Ch Loop Card Game
Ch th sh ee ai Bingo
Ch th sh Matching Word and Pictures
CVCC Loop Card Game
Final Sound Loop Card Game
Igh oo oa Bingo
In a Wigwam Story
In the Town Story
In the Woods Story
Initial Sound Match
J qu v w x y z Picture Match
Matching Rhymes
Noughts and Crosses
On the Farm Story
Phoneme Frames
Picture and Caption Match
Picture Jigsaw
Picture Match
Pictures and Captions
Rhyming Bingo
Rhyming Jigsaws
Rhyming Loop Card Game
Rhyming Sheets
Sentence Substitute
Sorting Activity
Sorting Captions ‘the’
Sound Buttons
Sound Jigsaws
Sound Match
Sound Mats
Spelling ‘the’
Words and Pictures
Yes, No Game
Phase 4:
Board Picture Initial Blend Match
I Spy Game
Initial Cluster Loop Card Game
Matching Sentences
Pictures and Sentences
Sentence Substitute
Snake Counter Games
Sound Button Cards
Treasure Game
Words and Pictures
Yes, No Game
Phase 5:
3 Right Answers
Compound Words
HFW Loop Card Games
Looking Good Game
Magic e Bingo
Magic e Game
Magic e Matching Game
Picture and Phoneme Match
Picture Jigsaws
Picture Word Match
Sentence Substitute
Silly Sentences
Snake Game
Word Picture Match
Yes, No Game
Phase 6:
Four in a Row
Picture Jigsaw
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Enhance your students’ home learning experience with our Wonderful Woodland Homework Pack. This meticulously crafted resource comprises a versatile task grid with 51 engaging activities, ensuring a delightful exploration of the natural world right from the comfort of home. The pack includes a thoughtfully designed parent letter to foster a collaborative home-school environment, a convenient record sheet for tracking progress, and curated book recommendations encompassing both fiction and non-fiction titles to complement the woodland theme.
Resource Highlights:
★ Task Grid: A diverse array of 51 tasks catering to various learning styles and interests. In the themes of reading, writing, maths, science, history, geography, RE, PSHE, PE, art and music.
★ Parent Letter: Foster a strong home-school connection with our informative and supportive letter.
★ Record Sheet: Facilitate easy tracking and monitoring of students’ progress.
★ Book Recommendations: Handpicked fiction and non-fiction titles to complement the woodland theme, encouraging reading exploration.
Make homework a delightful journey into the wonders of the woodland. This pack is not just a set of tasks; it’s an invitation for students to explore, learn, and connect with nature.
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These 12 posters are great for displaying in each area to show how you use assessment and directing teaching assistants.
Each sheet includes:
Key Learning Opportunities
What Will I Use?
What Will It Look Like?
What Will I Do?
What Will the Adult Do?
Sheets for:
Book Corner / Listening Station, Computer Area, Construction, Creative D&M, Malleable, Maths, Our Office, Painting, Role Play, Sand, Small World, Water.
All of these documents are editable Word documents.
These are all fully editable in word. ks1 eyfs
Empower parents to become reading advocates at home with this comprehensive Reading Parents Evening PowerPoint. With 18 informative slides, this resource is a valuable tool for hosting engaging and effective parents’ evenings. Ideal for primary age children, the content is editable and adaptable to suit the unique needs of your school community.
Resource Highlights:
★ Phonics Insight: Equip parents with a solid understanding of phonics to support their child’s reading journey.
★ Word Strategies: Provide practical tips for parents on helping their children tackle challenging words with confidence.
★ Book Exchange Procedures: Explain how book swapping works at school, fostering a collaborative approach between home and school.
★ Reading Mornings: Promote the importance of reading mornings and how they contribute to a child’s literacy development.
★ Editable Content: Tailor the content to align with your school’s specific reading initiatives.
Ideal For:
★ Parents’ Evenings
★ New Starters
★ Reading Boost Initiatives
How to Use:
★ Share insights about phonics and word strategies to enhance parents’ ability to assist their children.
★ Discuss the mechanics of book exchanges and the positive impact of reading mornings.
★ Edit and customize slides to align with your school’s reading program.
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Tags: Reading, Parents Evening, PowerPoint, Phonics, Book Exchange, Reading Mornings, Primary Education.
An editable (Publisher) cheat sheet for A4. Created for a Brazillian child who was new to the country and had EAL. Could be edited for other languages.
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Introduce an engaging approach to spelling with the Word Spider worksheet. Ideal for morning activities, topic introductions, or as a classroom display, this template is a versatile tool for exploring the nuances of the English language.
Features:
★ Central Keyword Focus: Students write a chosen word in the center and explore its linguistic connections.
★ Educational Prompts: The surrounding boxes encourage students to analyse the word’s spelling, categorize its type, and consider its phonetics and etymology.
★ Interactive Learning: The worksheet prompts students to engage with the word through various exercises, enhancing their understanding and retention.
Benefits:
★ Reusable Format: Designed to be laminated for continuous use, promoting sustainability in classroom resources.
★ Adaptable for Different Ages: While created for Key Stage 2, the worksheet is suitable for a broad age range.
Advantages:
★ Spelling Reinforcement: Aids in memorizing essential spelling words, tailored to the curriculum requirements of each year group.
★ Language Exploration: Encourages a deeper understanding of word formation, usage, and history.
Product Details:
★ Available as a PDF for easy printing.
★ Key Stage 2 Oriented: Developed with the Key Stage 2 curriculum as a focus, yet flexible for other educational levels.
The Word Spider worksheet is a valuable addition to any English or literacy program, helping students to develop their spelling and etymology skills in an interactive manner.
Unlock your Year 6 students’ full potential in grammar, punctuation, and spelling (SPaG) with this comprehensive revision booklet! This essential resource covers all the key terms and concepts needed for success on the KS2 SATs grammar test.
What’s Inside:
☆ Concise Glossary: A clear and easy-to-understand glossary of all the essential SPaG terms, from nouns and verbs to clauses and punctuation.
☆ Examples and Explanations: Each term is accompanied by examples and explanations to reinforce understanding and application.
☆ Practice Activities: Engaging activities and exercises to help students practice and apply their knowledge.
☆ Test-Taking Tips: Helpful strategies for approaching the SPaG test with confidence and avoiding common mistakes.
Why Choose This Resource?
☆ Curriculum-Aligned: Covers all the key SPaG skills and knowledge required for the KS2 SATs.
☆ Student-Friendly: Clear explanations and examples make complex grammar concepts accessible to all learners.
☆ Comprehensive Revision: Provides a thorough review of all the essential SPaG topics.
☆ Confidence-Building: Empowers students to approach the test with confidence and achieve their best results.
Ideal for: Year 6 teachers, SATs preparation, grammar revision, KS2 English, homeschooling.
This handy one-page tracker is designed to simplify your Year 1 guided reading assessments, saving you valuable time while providing a clear snapshot of each child's progress.
Key Features:
★ Foundational and Conceptual Targets: Track both phonics skills (accuracy, fluency, and application) and comprehension abilities (with support, independently, and supporting others) to gain a holistic view of reading development.
★ Highlight Achieved Targets: Easily mark progress by highlighting or ticking off mastered skills, allowing for quick visual reference.
★ Comprehensive Information: Record book title, colour band, date, key questions for discussion, and detailed observations all in one place.
★ Streamlined Assessment: Quickly assess and evaluate students' reading abilities during guided reading sessions.
★ Individualised Learning: Identify areas of strength and areas for further development to tailor your instruction.
★ Free Download: Easily accessible and ready to print, making it a valuable addition to your Year 1 teaching toolkit.
Perfect for: Year 1 teachers, reading specialists, and teaching assistants looking for a user-friendly and effective way to track guided reading progress.
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A freebie Christmas crossword and Christmas Codeword puzzle sheet! Comes with answer sheet.
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A free taster of our Roman Legends - Escape to Pompeii Writing unit. This lesson helps children to recognise, and use, prepositions in a sentence.
Prepositions are important when constructing sentences. A preposition sits before a noun to show the noun’s relationship to another word in the sentence.
This lesson has detailed planning, PowerPoint and all resources provided. This lesson is also differentiated three ways. Great to use as a one off lesson or as part of the full unit that you can find here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12609998
L.O: Use prepositional phrases.
Success Criteria:
I have identified a range of prepositions.
I have used prepositions.
I have used prepositional openers.
Lower children will be supported with sentence scaffolds that they can place together to make a silly sentence.
Higher children will also be challenged to use prepositions to create sentence openers.