A few activities we are using in EY's for a spooky week. Links to Funnybones and Room on the Broom stories.

Ideas for literacy and numeracy which I used with Reception children. It was an excellent book which especially engaged the boys. The planning ideas are in word format but the resources are all created using active inspire so you will need this to open them. Hope you enjoy.

Activities to match the planning for What the Ladybird Heard for Early Years.

Literacy and Numeracy planning which was used with Nursery children. Literacy includes using the initiative 'Talk for Writing.' Also included is area plans for the classroom, topic plans and several worksheets for both Literacy and Numeracy.

Stick man activities to match Stick Man Planning for Early Years

A weeks planning for early years with a spooky theme. We used it in the run up to Halloween. Includes lit/num planning, UTW, PD and EAD planning and planning for other areas of the classroom. Also a couple of worksheets.

Pictures to retell the story 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' to match worksheets in 2 weeks planning.

This is an outdoor lesson plan I recently used with Nursery children and was graded as outstanding. It involves retelling the story, counting and building animal homes using natural materials. Also included is some photographs for ideas for the animal homes and some photos of the homes we made.

I use these sheets to send home each week after we have been learning a new sound. The sheets include a matching exercise for each letter then an opportunity to practise tracing over the letters for handwriting practise.

I used this assembly with Year 1 children and we shared the story 'The Little Mermaid.' We also shared facts we had found out and the children acted out their own story and sang seaside themed songs and poems.

This includes 11 weeks planning for the topic animals. There is Literacy/Numeracy planning - 2 lessons per week, skills planning for the other areas of the classroom and several worksheets. The stories included are I wish I was a..., Funnybones the pet shop, walking through the jungle, we're going on a bear hunt, monkey puzzle, jen the hen, rumble in the jungle, farmyard hullabaloo, the great pet sale, the rainbow fish and Elmer

This 5 week planning includes a topic web, weekly literacy and numeracy planning, skills planning for other areas of the classroom and weekly PSED,PD,EAD and UTW. Also a couple of worksheets

I used these plans with Year 1 children. They involved an outdoor lesson where the children created their own story boxes and then photographed different scenes to make a powerpoint. Included is a detail observed lesson plan and some of our finished stories.

This is 4 weeks Literacy planning for Year 1/Reception linked to the topic Superheroes. Includes the texts Superhero ABC, If I was a Superhero poem, Super Daisy and Max.

4 days of literacy planning linked to the story 'The Pet Shop' for Reception.

These pictures are to match worksheets in Space topic planning. They are for Whatever next and Aliens love underpants.

2 outdoor lesson plans for year 1. one is a minibeast hunt and the other involves making a raft which is linked to the story the 'very greedy bee.'

This sheet matches the worksheets in my 2 weeks Gruffalo planning

A topic web to use in early years or KS1

These worksheets are for Elmer, Walking through the jungle, we're going on a bear hunt, monkey puzzle and the rainbow fish,