A pack of posters, vocabulary, headings, lettering and display borders: Ourselves headings and titles: Five Senses title: Prints onto 4 A4 sheets - can be used as a banner, or the letters can be cut out. Ourselves lettering x2: 2 different versions of A-Z letters, both with pictures of children's faces. Ourselves banner: Prints onto 2 A4 sheets, with a border of children's faces. Ourselves border: With children's faces, to frame your display Ourselves title: 2 A4 versions. Ourselves Posters: Body Parts: 17 A4 sheets, with title and vocabulary with pictures - eye, nose, ear, mouth, head, neck, shoulder, back, chest, arm, elbow, hand, leg, knee, ankle and foot. Also includes a title. (One version shows a skeleton outline, with arrows pointing to the location of each body part, the other shows the outline of a body.) Growing up posters: 15 pages of humans of different ages, for display, or sequencing activities. Matching baby animals: Can be used for display or matching games. Animals include dog / puppy, horse / foal, cat / kitten, chick / chicken, lamb / sheep, kid / goat, duckling / duck, caterpillar / butterfly, baby / adult, and tadpole / frog. Movement posters: Pictures and labels of different types of movements that humans and other animals make - jump, run, skip, crawl, hop, climb, cycle, walk, dive, swim, fly, slither, scuttle, gallop, flutter and wriggle. Also includes title. Ourselves vocabulary: 17 pages of useful vocabulary for the children to refer to. Includes words for parts of the body, words relating to living things, words for making comparistons (eg tall, taller, tallest), and words relating to the senses. 12 pages contain 2 sets of vocabulary and pictures; 3 pages contain 3 sets of comparison vocabulary, and 2 pages contain 5 sets of vocabulary labels. The Five Senses posters: Includes a title, pictures and descriptions of the 5 senses. Ourselves word / help mat: Contains useful vocabulary with pictures for the children to use when writing.

A set of IWB lessons, worksheets, activities, planning and display resources to teach about light, shadows, reflection and refraction following the objectives in the new science curriculum. The pack includes: POWERPOINTS: SEEING LIGHT: Recaps on previous learning, that the sun is the main source of light, and looks at other sources of light. It explains how light travels in straight lines and demonstrates how we can see objects when light reflects off them. SHADOWS: Discusses how shadows are formed, and how they are changed when the source of the light moves. REFLECTION, REFRACTION & LIGHT PHENOMENA: Explains how periscopes work, how objects seem to change when they are under water, how rainbows form, how soap bubbles reflect light, how coloured filters work, what night vision is, and briefly looks at other types of light that the children might have heard of. WORKSHEETS AND ACTIVITIES: Topic cover x 2 Concept worksheet Worksheet to explain about light Investigation cards to inspire different investigations DISPLAY: A4 Title A-Z lettering Vocabulary INVESTIGATION: A folder of blank investigation and recording sheets, plus bar charts Plus a medium term plan with activities and web links

These resources introduce the concept of a sentence and show how to write a sentence. POWERPOINTS: Introduction to sentences: Explains what sentences and punctuation are. It reinforces the importance of capital letters, full stops, question marks or exclamation marks, and spaces in-between words. How to compose a sentence: Introduces the concept of sentence writing, and how the children should think about and then say the sentence before they write it down, remembering to read through and check their work when finished. “I can” sentences: simple sentences for the children to read. The vocabulary gets progressively harder, from simple CVC words to using long vowel graphemes and blends. Jake’s Full Stop: A story demonstrating how important it is to put full stops in the right places. Picture sentences: Find the correct sentence out of four to match the picture. Joining sentences with ‘and’: Demonstrates how text can become more interesting when ‘and’ is used to join sentences. Ends with sentences for the children to join with the word and. Words that fit: Find the words that can be substituted in the sentence. Sentence building: Jumbled up words that need arranging into sentences. Suitable for a class writing activity. WORKSHEETS (PDF) - to accompany the PowerPoints Worksheets: 15 different worksheets to accompany the lessons, including - A checklist when writing sentences Finish the ‘I can’ sentences Write the words that fit Write sentences about a picture Punctuation story Match the sentences Cut and make a sentence The worksheets are in both colour and black and white. Some of the PowerPoints include a linked video to watch. This is a link shared through SafeShare T.V., a program that filters adverts and unwanted commercials from the clip. You may need to check if you can access this in school. The links were checked before uploading, but if any don’t work, feel free to contact me.

Spelling resources to teach the statutory requirements in Appendix 2 of the English curriculum: Punctuation: Separation of words with spaces; Introduction to capital letters, full stops, question marks and exclamation marks to demarcate sentences; Capital letters for names and for the personal pronoun I. PowerPoint files: Introduction to exclamation marks: Short presentation explaining when to use exclamation marks Introduction to full stops: Short presentation explaining when to use full stops Introduction to question marks: Short presentation explaining when to use question marks Capital letters - when to use them: Looks at occasions where capital letters should be used, with an activity to test the children’s understanding at the end. Capitals and punctuation quiz: Interactive activity where the children have to decide what is wrong with each sentence. Jake’s full stop: A story that shows what happens when full stops are left out of sentences. Sentences and punctuation: Recap on sentences and punctuation, with an activity at the end.

A set of resources looking at words beginning with wr. POWERPOINT: Explains the spelling and gives examples for the children to read. Then there is a spelling activity, using a look, hide and check format BINGO: Wr words CARDS: Matching cards with words and pictures CROSSWORD: wr words PRACTICE SHEET: Writing words beginning with wr spelling sheet WORDSEARCH: wr words WORD DOCUMENTS: Lists of words and a planning document.

Resources to teach the spelling rule: The /l/ or /əl/ sound spelt le, el, al and il at the end of words WORDS ENDING IN LE: POWERPOINT Le at the end of words: A short powerpoint with 18 common words to read ending in le. ACTIVITIES Cards containing words ending in le - 45 word cards to play games Wordsearch - le words WORDS ENDING IN EL: POWERPOINT El at the end of words: A short powerpoint explaining that this spelling is not as common as le, but is usually found after m, n, r, v, w, and s. It displays 12 common words to read ending in el. ACTIVITIES Cards containing words ending in le - 27 word cards to play games Wordsearch - el words WORDS ENDING IN AL: POWERPOINT Al at the end of words: A short powerpoint explaining that not many nouns end in al, but many adjectives do. It displays 16 common words to read ending in al. ACTIVITES Cards containing words ending in al - 27 word cards to play games Wordsearch - el words WORDS ENDING IN IL: POWERPOINT IL at the end of words: A short powerpoint explaining that not many words end in il. It displays 9common words to read ending in il. ACTIVITES Cards containing words ending in al - 27 word cards to play games Wordsearch - el words ALL SPELLINGS OF THE /L/ SOUND POWERPOINT Which 'l' sound to use - shows all four spellings, with 22 words for the children to find which spelling is correct. It points out that the most common spelling is le. ACTIVITIES Loop cards containing pictures and all 4 spellings of the /l/ sound. Although every effort has been made to check wordsearches for unintentional inappropriate words, it is recommended that teachers double check them before giving to children. TEACHER RESOURCES Word list Planning - An adaptable outline plan of the resources included and objectives

A set of resources to teach children that the /ɔ:/ sound (‘or’) is usually spelt as a before l and ll.

Four powerpoints looking at past and present verb tenses. POWERPOINTS Introduction to tenses: Explains what tense means, and past and present tense, giving examples including the progressive form of verbs.It ends with some examples and opportunities for children to change the tenses of sentences. Changing present into past tense: Sentences to change Thinking of verbs and past and present tense: Look at pictures and describe the actions in the present and the past tenses. Irregular past tense verbs: Explanation and lists of irregular past tense verbs.

A lesson explainint the difference between statements questions exclamations and commands, with 2 activities. DIFFERENT TYPES OF SENTENCES POWERPOINT Explains the difference between a statement, question, exclamation and a command, and how the grammatical patterns vary ACTIVITIES Different types of sentences - writing an advertisement x 2

An explanation of noun, noun phrase, statement, question, exclamation, command, compound word, adjective, verb, suffix, adverb, tense, apostrophe and comma.

Resources to teach how most prefixes can be added to words without any change to the spelling of the root word, except for the prefix in. POWERPOINTS: Each powerpoint introduces the prefix and gives a definition of its meaning and how it can change the meaning of words. Examples of words with and without each prefix are shown. The last powerpoint looks at the meaning of all the different prefixes. DIS MIS IN IL IM & IR SUB RE INTER SUPER ANTI AUTO Prefix recap PDF (PRINTABLE) RESOURCES: DIS Cards - words to add dis Change the paragraph to the opposite meaning Dis word definitions Jigsaw cards – dis Un and dis matching word and definition cards Dis- wordsearch Un- wordsearch MIS - wordsearch IN IL IM IR jigsaw cards MIS DIS RE and UN Word wheel INTER worksheet AUTO prefix worksheet Although every effort has been made to check wordsearches for unintentional inappropriate words, it is recommended that teachers double check them before giving to children. TEACHER RESOURCES Word list Adaptable outline plan

A lesson explaining the rules of how to add vowel suffixes to words of more than one syllable, plus activities and a word list.

Resources to teach the spelling guidelines for word endings which sound like /ʃən/, spelt tion, sion, ssion, cian POWERPOINT: Endings tion sion ssion and cian: Goes through each ending, giving examples, exceptions and an activity to add each ending to different words. PDF (PRINTABLE) RESOURCES Look Write Cover Check x 4: For spelling practice of words with each ending 4 x worksheets, for each ending Wordsearch, containing all word endings Cards, containing words with each ending. Although every effort has been made to check wordsearches for unintentional inappropriate words, it is recommended that teachers double check them before giving to children. TEACHER RESOURCES Word list Adaptable outline plan

The first powerpoint recaps the terminology noun and prefix then explains how prefixes are added to words and change their meaning. Gives some examples of words with the prefixes super, auto, anti and tele and asks how the meanings have changed. The second powerpoint looks at a range of prefixes the children should have covered in Y2 and introduces new ones alongside their meanings. PDF WORKSHEETS & ACTIVITIES: Word list – nouns using prefixes Fore/mid/sub jigsaw cards Super/auto/anti jigsaw cards Prefix anti worksheet Prefix auto worksheet Prefix super worksheet DISPLAY: Noun prefixes display Plus a Y3 VG&P plan

POWERPOINTS: Paragraphs:An introduction to paragraphs, explaining what they are and how to write them. Headings and sub-headings:An introduction to headings and sub-headings, explaining what they are and where and how they can be used. Present perfect:Explains what the present perfect tense is and how it is formed. It ends with sentences for the children to rewrite using the present perfect tense. PDF activity: Present perfect worksheet

A powerpoint explaining the terms adverb, preposition, conjunction, word family, prefix, clause, subordinate clause, direct speech, inverted commas, speech marks, vowels and consonants

POWERPOINTS: Fronted Adverbials: Explains what they are and how to use them (including the use of commas from the punctuation objectives) PRINTABLE PDF FILES: Adverbial spotter worksheet: To use with reading books or passages of text Adverbials of time display Adverbials of manner display Adverbials of time display Adverbials of time cards: For composition activities etc Adverbials of manner cards: For composition activities etc Adverbials of time cards: For composition activities etc 5 x Word documents with different passages to use with spotter sheet

The powerpoint looks at the different forms of punctuation to use when writing direct speech. Shows different ways of recording direct speech, eg, direct speech first then the narrative/ narrative first then the direct speech etc. It ends with images and speech bubbles for the children to record direct speech using the correct formats. The display posters give prompts to help the children remember how to write direct speech.

A pack of 4 powerpoint lessons and 10 printable activities to teach the guidelines for spelling these types of words. ENT ENCE ENCY ENDINGS POWERPOINTS 1 Explains that ent is used after soft c g and qu, giving examples of each of these type of words. It ends with an activity that shows a word, then it can be hidden so the children can write it, then shown so the children can check the spelling. 2 Explains how you can think of related words to gauge whether to use an e for these types of endings, for example confidential:confident. It ends with the same spelling activity. Includes words other than those preceded by soft c g or qu PDF WORKSHEETS Look Write Cover Check ent words (soft c g and qu): For spelling practice Look Write Cover Check ent words: For spelling practice Look Write Cover Check ence ency words: For spelling practice Word search Worksheet: Adding the endings ent ence and ency to different words then writing them in a sentence ANT ANCE ANCY ENDINGS POWERPOINTS 3 Explains how you can think of related words to gauge whether to use an a for these types of endings, for example consultation: consultant. It ends with a spelling activity. 4 Looks at words that need to be memorised to learn which spelling to use: Ends with a spelling activity. PDF WORKSHEETS Look Write Cover Check ant words (related ation words): For spelling practice Look Write Cover Check ance and ancy endings: For spelling practice Look Write Cover Check ant words: For spelling practice Word search Worksheet: Adding the endings ant ance and ancy to different words then writing them in a sentence Plus a word list for both spellings

Resources to teach the guidelines for spelling homophones and other words that are often confused. POWERPOINTS Each Powerpoint gives definitions/explanations of each homophone, then ends with an activity for the children to work out which homophone is appropriate in different sentences. Homophones - nouns and verbs: advice advise, device devise, licence license and practice practise. Homophones 1: aisle isle, aloud allowed, affect effect, altar alter, ascent assent, bridal, bridle, cereal serial, complement compliment Homophones 2: descent dissent, desert dessert, draft draught, farther father, guessed guest, heard herd, led, lead morning, mourning Homophones 3: past passed, precede proceed, principal principle, profit prophet, stationary stationery, steal steel, wary weary, who's whose PDF (PRINTABLE) RESOURCES: Look Write Cover Check x 7: For spelling practice, containing the words in the above PowerPoints Worksheets x 7: To write definitions of the homophones and think of ways to remember how to spell them. Definition and word cards x 3: Three sets of homophones and corresponding definitions for matching games etc.