Ideal for children in year 1 or 2 - a powerpoint with information about major celebrations in the Catholic Church calendar, including Advent, Christmas, Lent, Easter and Pentecost, and a worksheet where children can draw and write in what they have learned about each one. Also link to Liturgical colour. Worked brilliantly with my Year 2 class.

Worksheet designed to get children to demonstrate their understanding of why we celebrate Shrove Tuesday and where the idea of ‘pancake day’ comes from. Includes a colouring and drawing activity, as well as an opportunity to be challenged and explain why we give things up for lent, as well as exploring some of the history of Shrove Tuesday. All pictures hand drawn by me!

Worksheet where children label the lungs and surrounding features on the body. They then fill in the blanks to describe breathing. Key words provided on sheet.

Three differentiated worksheets encouraging children to think about what thoughts are ‘growth mindset’ thoughts and which are not. The easy activity involves the children thinking of things they can already do and what they want to learn how to do, the middle activity involves cutting and sticking thoughts in the right bubbles, and the harder activity involves children writing down some ‘growth mindset’ thoughts and some negative thoughts. It was a great PSHE lesson that sparked lots of discussion! I do not own the rights to any of the images used.

A powerpoint presentation looking at the irregular past tense verbs in phase 6 phonics. Lots of whole class practice to get the children into the habit of using the spelling rules correctly.

Notebook, hide-the-verbs activity and worksheet included. My year one class loved this lesson - I hid the bossy verbs around the playground and the children had to find them all and do exactly as Little Miss Bossy instructs! We came back into the classroom and they thought of their own , recording on the worksheet, then came up with bossy verb sentences in talk partners. This led very nicely onto our work writing instructions about making Pumpkin Soup (eg. Cut up the pumpkin; boil the soup; blend the soup etc).

Presentation to spark children’s imagination with a starter activity of watching a youtube clip (linked) of fireworks then recording on post-it notes describing words. Also with practice slides for composing sentences to describe. Three differentiated worksheets to help children record adjectives also included, along with a visual aid for tables.

‘Fact Finding’ worksheet and a series of ‘cool facts’ about the story of the Annunciation to be posted around the classroom for children to collect/record. Worked really well with my Year 2 class, working in partners to read all the cool facts and write down their favourites.

Worksheet ideal for KS1 work on seasons and tree types. Children can colour/draw the leaves on deciduous trees through the seasons, and then draw/colour the leaves on an evergreen tree. They then have the opportunity to explain how evergreen trees are different to deciduous trees.

Two worksheets encouraging children to think about how the great fire of London spread (focusing on materials houses were made from in 1666). Children can find the ‘true’ statements about how the fire spread, and in the second worksheet they can design their own fire-proof house. Both hand drawn (by me!). Ideal for year 2 or for strong readers in year 1.

Three worksheets to help children imagine and describe what the Great Fire of London would have felt like. Encourages children to use their senses and imagination to think of adjectives to describe it. Differentiated with varying levels of scaffolding. Picture hand drawn by me.

Presentation to support Year 2 children in writing a recount about their Christmas Holidays - focusing on the inclusion of conjuctions, time connectives and expanded noun phrases. Includes a model. PDF and editable version included.

Worksheet storyboard for the story of Noah’s Ark with missing words and a word bank to choose from. Children can also draw in pictures of the story to match the captions underneath. Good evidence for demonstrating children’s understanding of the Bible story. Worked well with my early year 2 class.

A hand illustrated activity booklet for children at Christmas. Includes spot the difference, decorate a reindeer, write a letter to Santa, worsearch, code word puzzle, ‘I am thankful for…’ worksheet and lots of pages to decorate and colour!

Worksheet to explore the themes of ‘trusting in God’ in the story of Daniel and the Lion’s Den. Children are able to write ‘what happens next’ in the story whilst also thinking and recording why Daniel could trust God, and what they might have felt being in his shoes. All pictures drawn by me!

A hand-drawn (by me!) RE worksheet for EYFS KS1 - draw in Noah’s Ark animals on the picture, and record what you’ve drawn. Worksheet includes question prompts for discussion about the story, or for recording answers to in books (comprehension).

Children can work in pairs to plot the journey Mary and Joseph may have taken from Nazareth to Bethlehem and research how long it took to get there and how far it was in miles. Map gives children an idea of the scale of their journey! I do not own the rights to the picture used.

Three worksheets to support learning in year one on Christian symbols at Christmas. Most worksheets involve matching or filling in missing words, with higher sheet giving children opportunity to explain the significance of two of the symbols. Lesson worked well, we also had the symbols stuck on the walls around the room for children to spot and discuss in talk partners. They also matched them to the Christmas story as we read it through.

Home drawn icons on a bookmark to help children remember to: Use capital letters and full stops. Use finger spaces Write letters the right size Can be used at end of writing lesson as a self-checking plenary. Helped my year 2 class out a lot!

Used for an Autumn 1 practical lesson with my Year One class to get them practicing adding in pairs.