4 rooms in the home that children can talk about and write sentences about. Living room, Kitchen, Office and Bedroom.

Here is an example of an acrostic Christmas poem to give your class the idea. I use a wordbank of Christmas words or pictures to inspire my children. There are 4 examples of writing frames so children can choose their favourites.

A phonics resource for children learning about ‘ck’ at the end of words. There are 2 worksheets where children use the words provided to label the pictures. There is a sheet with 16 sentences where children add the missing words that end in ck. (S may be added for plurals). They can write these out in their workbooks or just add the missing words onto the sheet. There is a wordsearch and wordsearch answer sheet provided.

A poster showing 30 things beginning with the letter A. Children can write out the words on a list. There are also word cards that can be cut out and pasted to make the list. Play a game where children can time each other to see who can find all the pictures first. Another idea is to choose 5 pictures to write a sentence about or to make into a story.

A poster showing 30 things beginning with the letter S. Children can write out the words on a list. There are also word cards that can be cut out and pasted to make the list. Play a game where children can time each other to see who can find all the pictures first. Another idea is to choose 5 pictures to write a sentence about or to make into a story.

3 sets of CVC worksheets. Each set is made up of: 12 CVC word cards Word cards with pictures Picture cards with space to write CVC words Children can learn to read, spell, sound out and match. Pictures are black and white so children can colour these too. Links to Letters and Sounds, Phonics and Spelling.

This is a nice little writing activity linked to class jobs. The first page gives a worked example of a jobs boards including jobs and names. Page 2 is a template where children can fill in the class jobs in one column and names of children in the other. They can then match up jobs with children and fill in the class jobs board. Children could work together to create a working jobs board to enlarge and display in the classroom.

32 colour cards the children can use to play a mime game. A child / pair or group can choose a card and mime for the rest of the class to guess. Points or stars can be allocated for correct answers. Play against the clock for more fun. Encourages speaking and listening, drama, using imagination and working in groups.

Spring into Spring with this little colouring and writing activity. There is a colour and black and white version of each sheet. Sheet 1 is a poster showing insects with an insect border. Children can use this to stimulate their list / story writing and colouring. Sheet 2 is a writing frame showing insects around the border and lined. Children could use the template for listing the insects they know or to write a short story or poem about Spring / insects.

4 different designs of drawing or writing frames with Valentine Heart themed borders. The frames come in colour and in black and white. Page 1 - half blank for drawing and half lined for writing. Page 2 - all blank for drawing or writing. Page 3 - 6 thick lines for writing words, phrases or short sentences. Page 4 - 11 thin lines for writing stories, text, poetry.

Writing frames to stimulate and support young children’s recount writing. Sheet 1 is based on a trip to a farm. Children can write in the animal noises they might hear in the speech bubbles and then fill in the shapes with writing and drawing to illustrate the trip. Sheet 2 is based on a trip to the zoo. Again, children can fill in the speech bubbles and the shapes with writing and drawings. Sheet 3 is a blank template for children to use for their own work adding drawings, pictures and writing.

An assessment sheet designed to find out how your pupils feel about reading. There are boxes to fill in such as my favourite book and words /phrases to tick off such as: Reading is amazing / a chore / interesting /cool. The second template has only the title and pupils can fill in the rest for themselves. Link to any celebrations around books or special reading days/weeks.

4 worksheets to support children with their handwriting and letter recognition and formation. Sheet 1 encourages children to look at the shapes of the letters with rounded parts, sound them and then write them, tracing over the dotted letters. Sheet 2 shows the letters with straight parts for children to overwrite. Sheets 3 and 4 asks the children to name the objects / pictures, sounding the initial letter and then forming the letters by overwriting. Letters are in capital form.

Introducing List Poetry which need not rhyme or have the same metre. The picture borders will help children when deciding what to include in their list poems. Encourage the children to come up with a starter sentence to improve their lists such as - I love sports, any sport will do… Celebrate World Poetry Day and have fun with these List Poetry ideas. There are 5 templates each with a different theme: Transport Shoes Hats Fruit Sports Children can make notes either in the borders or on the lined grid. Similarly, they could make their list poem in the border or on the lined grid.

A KS1 resource for children where they can make their own decorations for Christmas and New Year using the ideas here for inspiration and the template included. There is a poster showing colour examples of baubles with New Year images such as the year of the rabbit and 2023. There is a black and white poster showing written examples of how children can write their own greetings. Alternatively, children can cut out the baubles and add them to cards or the Christmas display / tree.

12 different designs of bookmarks for children to cut out and make. Print or stick on thin card. Double side. Children can colour in the pictures and write the greetings. The bookmarks can then be laminated. Add Christmas ribbon or yarn.

4 activities in one resource of infants / EYFS. Sheet 1 and 2 shows 12 Christmas pictures in black and white with words for children to write. Sheet 3 shows all the pictures in black and white with no words. Sheet 4 shows the pictures in colour. Links to reading, writing, handwriting, matching and speaking and listening.

*PCS Licenced - Boardmaker symbols. 5 CVC Worksheets with supporting symbols. Each sheet has a different middle sound - a,e,i,o and u. Children use the 3 letters in each circle to build a word. They then write the word underneath. The symbols around the pages will support children with their word building and sounding out.

15 Christmas character cards which can be duplicated, cut out and used for matching games. There are 5 worksheets each showing 3 of the colour characters. Children can read and write the sentences. They can copy the sentences or write another sentence of their own to describe the characters. The characters can also be cut out and used for decorating or making Christmas cards.

6 worksheets for developing fine motor control. Activities include outlining shapes, lines and fruits.