This resource presents a colourful array of 15 carefully chosen photographs depicting objects beginning with ‘R’. Key Stage 1 will enjoy these ‘real world’ phonics activities. Cut and laminated, the photographs will enhance your displays on the letter R and encourage lots of speaking and listening. The pack includes: A poster showcasing all 15 ‘R’ images along with their corresponding words. This poster can serve as a visual aid to stimulate vocabulary and enhance word-picture association. A word search activity, where children can put their detective hats on and hunt for all 15 ‘R’ words is included. An answer sheet is added, enabling learners to check their own answers. A worksheet that will allow children to demonstrate their understanding by filling in the missing gaps with 'R’ words to complete the sentences. Make sure you mix up the missing words first.

This resource presents a colourful array of 15 carefully chosen photographs depicting objects beginning with ‘S’. Key Stage 1 will enjoy these ‘real world’ phonics activities. Cut and laminated, the photographs will enhance your displays on the letter S and encourage lots of speaking and listening. The pack includes: A poster showcasing all 15 ‘S’ images along with their corresponding words. This poster can serve as a visual aid to stimulate vocabulary and enhance word-picture association. A word search activity, where children can put their detective hats on and hunt for all 15 ‘S’ words is included. An answer sheet is added, enabling learners to check their own answers. A worksheet that will allow children to demonstrate their understanding by filling in the missing gaps with 'S’ words to complete the sentences. Make sure you mix up the missing words first.

This resource presents a colourful array of 15 carefully chosen photographs depicting objects beginning with ‘T’. Key Stage 1 will enjoy these ‘real world’ phonics activities. Cut and laminated, the photographs will enhance your displays on the letter T and encourage lots of speaking and listening. The pack includes: A poster showcasing all 15 ‘T’ images along with their corresponding words. This poster can serve as a visual aid to stimulate vocabulary and enhance word-picture association. A word search activity, where children can put their detective hats on and hunt for all 15 ‘T’ words is included. An answer sheet is added, enabling learners to check their own answers. A worksheet that will allow children to demonstrate their understanding by filling in the missing gaps with 'T’ words to complete the sentences. Make sure you mix up the missing words first.

A fun speaking and listening game, for back to school, or any time, to get children into the swing of learning and concentrating again. A bumper pack of 120 flash cards showing catch phrases or sayings. Some children will be familiar with and others they may need to research or try to work out. There are 2 colour flashcards to a page. There is an answer grid that covers all the pictures and a blank grid for children to write in. There are also a set of worksheets where the cards are split up into sets of A to J, with 12 pictures per page and space underneath for them to write the answers in. A great speaking and listening activity where children can discuss with their partners or small groups and come up with likely answers. There may be more than one answer that is appropriate. May be useful, too for those learning English.

A Catch Phrase game for KS1 and 2. A fun activity at Christmas. 40 pictorial popular catch phrases or sayings with a Christmas theme. The game encourages thinking skills and speaking and listening skills. There are 4 catch phrases on each page. Either show on the white board or cut out and show as individual cards or sets of 4. It is fun to work against the clock! Children can work in pairs or teams to try to work out the answers. An answer sheet is provided for them to mark off with suggested answers but there may be more than one acceptable answer. Cut out the cards and laminate for a game you can keep and re use. As an extra activity children can research and write the meanings or origins of the phrases. Examples of phrases are The first Noel, A Christmas Carol and Santa’s little helper. Children will enjoy making up their own Christmas phrases or sayings. Cards may also be cut out and used for matching games or making cards or tags for Christmas.

This resource presents a colourful array of 15 carefully chosen photographs depicting objects beginning with ‘C’. Key Stage 1 will enjoy these ‘real world’ phonics activities. Cut and laminated, the photographs will enhance your displays on the letter C and encourage lots of discussion. The pack includes: A poster showcasing all 15 ‘C’ images along with their corresponding words. This poster can serve as a visual aid to stimulate vocabulary and enhance word-picture association. A word search activity, where children can put their detective hats on and hunt for all 15 ‘C’ words. An answer sheet is included, enabling learners to check their answers. A worksheet that will allow children to demonstrate their understanding by filling in the missing gaps with ‘C’ words to complete the sentences. Make sure you mix up the missing words first.

This resource presents a colourful array of 15 carefully chosen photographs depicting objects beginning with ‘F’. Key Stage 1 will enjoy these ‘real world’ phonics activities. Cut and laminated, the photographs will enhance your displays on the letter F and encourage lots of speaking and listening. The pack includes: A poster showcasing all 15 ‘F’ images along with their corresponding words. This poster can serve as a visual aid to stimulate vocabulary and enhance word-picture association. A word search activity, where children can put their detective hats on and hunt for all 15 ‘F’ words is included. An answer sheet is added, enabling learners to check their own answers. A worksheet that will allow children to demonstrate their understanding by filling in the missing gaps with ‘F’ words to complete the sentences. Make sure you mix up the missing words first.

This resource presents a colourful array of 15 carefully chosen photographs depicting objects beginning with ‘D’. Key Stage 1 will enjoy these ‘real world’ phonics activities. Cut and laminated, the photographs will enhance your displays on the letter D and encourage lots of discussion. The pack includes: A poster showcasing all 15 ‘D’ images along with their corresponding words. This poster can serve as a visual aid to stimulate vocabulary and enhance word-picture association. A word search activity, where children can put their detective hats on and hunt for all 15 ‘D’ words. An answer sheet is included, enabling learners to check their answers. A worksheet that will allow children to demonstrate their understanding by filling in the missing gaps with ‘D’ words to complete the sentences. Make sure you mix up the missing words first.

This resource presents a colourful array of 15 carefully chosen photographs depicting objects beginning with ‘B’. Key Stage 1 will enjoy these ‘real world’ phonics activities. Cut and laminated, the photographs will enhance your displays on the letter B and encourage lots of discussion. The pack includes: A poster showcasing all 15 ‘B’ images along with their corresponding words. This poster can serve as a visual aid to stimulate vocabulary and enhance word-picture association. A word search activity, where children can put their detective hats on and hunt for all 15 ‘B’ words. An answer sheet is included, enabling learners to check their answers. A worksheet that will allow children to demonstrate their understanding by filling in the missing gaps with ‘B’ words to complete the sentences. Make sure you mix up the missing words first.

This resource presents a colourful array of 15 carefully chosen photographs depicting objects beginning with ‘E’. Key Stage 1 will enjoy these ‘real world’ phonics activities. Cut and laminated, the photographs will enhance your displays on the letter E and encourage lots of speaking and listening. The pack includes: A poster showcasing all 15 ‘E’ images along with their corresponding words. This poster can serve as a visual aid to stimulate vocabulary and enhance word-picture association. A word search activity, where children can put their detective hats on and hunt for all 15 ‘E’ words is included. An answer sheet is added, enabling learners to check their answers. A worksheet that will allow children to demonstrate their understanding by filling in the missing gaps with ‘E’ words to complete the sentences. Make sure you mix up the missing words first.

This resource presents a colourful array of 15 carefully chosen photographs depicting objects beginning with ‘G’. Key Stage 1 will enjoy these ‘real world’ phonics activities. Cut and laminated, the photographs will enhance your displays on the letter G and encourage lots of speaking and listening. The pack includes: A poster showcasing all 15 ‘G’ images along with their corresponding words. This poster can serve as a visual aid to stimulate vocabulary and enhance word-picture association. A word search activity, where children can put their detective hats on and hunt for all 15 ‘G’ words is included. An answer sheet is added, enabling learners to check their own answers. A worksheet that will allow children to demonstrate their understanding by filling in the missing gaps with ‘G’ words to complete the sentences. Make sure you mix up the missing words first.

The scheme of work is designed to encourage KS1 children to engage with poetry and explore themes of Ourselves. It includes studying 5 family oriented poems, creating a table to display the poems and their key features / information, and finally, asks children to write their own poems. Each week or session, you could focus on a different poem and children can begin to fill in the table together or individually. Page 1 gives an example of the table already filled in for your reference. There are posters showing each of the 5 poems and a template for children to write their own poems at the end. As an extension to the work you could organize a class poetry reading where children get the chance to present their own poems. End the scheme by reflecting on the poems studied and written. Discuss what children have learned about the theme ‘Ourselves’ through this poetic journey.

A set of resources for your topic on Time Detectives linked to History and Literacy. The resource includes a planning sheet with learning objectives and 3 activity ideas. There are flashcards in colour and black and white showing 12 artefacts. These can be hidden indoors or outdoors for a treasure hunt. You may want to laminate if using outdoors or reusing resources for displays or for future classes. There are 2 worksheets each showing 6 artefacts. These are in colour and black and white. Use the worksheets on their own for children to label the objects or as a recording tool. Children mark off the objects they find on the treasure hunt and then label them. Activities: Treasure Hunt Research in groups and presentation Chronological timelines

A bumper 28 page pack of resources on a Superhero theme. Everything you will need to excite your children and stimulate their writing, drawing and imagination. Included are: 12 colour A4 posters of superheroes characters Mask templates Graffiti words Superhero symbols A template for comic strips Black / white and colour pictures for writing in speech and thought bubbles Wanted photo frames and blank frames Superhero certificates for boys and girls Superhero drawing frames 6 baddy cards 12 small Superhero picture cards Have fun!

Homophones are words with the same pronunciation but with different meanings and spellings. Children will enjoy learning about these using this resource. There are 24 sets of words for children to discuss, compose and say / write sentences about. Works well for whole class and group / pairs work. There are 24 cards included at the end that can be cut out and used in many ways, including display and speaking and listening games. Also great for those students learning English Language.

This is a fun game to play supporting your work on phonics and initial sounds. Lots of speaking and listening and thinking involved where the answers may not be so obvious as with the X slide where the pictures are things containing an x. There is a slide for each letter of the alphabet and 10 pictures on each slide. Children name the pictures and can say a phrase or sentence for each one. Differentiate by asking the children to name specific pictures dependent on their ability or levels. Press and the answers will fly in on command. You could extend this activity by asking the children to write a list for each of the letters of the alphabet and the answers can then be checked. Children could work in pairs or small groups or on their own. The picture cards can also be printed and cut out and then sorted or matched to the original slides.

A complete Alphabet set from A to Z. An activity for teaching and learning initial sounds and for reading and matching words and pictures. This can be shown on the Smart Board to encourage observation, speaking and listening and sounding letters. Slides can also be used as posters or worksheets. Cut out for displays or flashcards too. There are word cards for each slide. Fits in with Letters and Sounds / Phonics work.

A different workbook to teach the alphabet that children will enjoy. 2 differentiated activity sheets for each letter of the alphabet. Sheet 1 shows Capital and Lower case outlines with 4 pictures beginning with each letter. Sheet 2 has words added to the pictures. The letters can be traced, painted or coloured in.

A unique Alphabet Powerpoint using the letters of the keyboard. Animate yourself or make any changes you want using this format. Great also to use as posters for your alphabet frieze.