Get ready for Halloween with “Halloween Fun Awaits,” designed for EYFS and KS1 children. The resource features nine activities that link to literacy, numeracy, sensory exploration, and art. It blends learning with Halloween fun. Poem: Halloween Fun Awaits Share and enjoy a Halloween poem to introduce the theme. Comprehension Questions Answer seven questions to check understanding and encourage critical thinking about the poem. Halloween Collage Create a festive Halloween collage using craft supplies to boost creativity. Word Search Find Halloween-themed words to enhance letter recognition and spelling. Count How Many Legs Count the legs of Halloween creatures up to 8 to practice numeracy skills. Initial Sounds Activity Complete Halloween-themed words with initial sounds and match pictures to the words. Match the Halloween Pictures Pair Halloween pictures to build visual discrimination. Create a Halloween Sensory Bin Make a sensory bin with Halloween-themed items for sensory exploration and imaginative play. Read and Write Read and trace over nine Halloween words to improve reading and fine motor skills. Final Page: Answer Sheet for comprehension questions and word search.

Overview: This resource is designed to support KS1 teachers and those working with SEND students by providing a range of worksheets and planning materials focused on jobs, occupations, and people who help us. The resource includes symbols and images to make learning accessible and engaging for learners. Worksheets: 10 Worksheets: These worksheets are divided into 5 sets, each with two parts. Sheet 1: Contains both words and pictures of various jobs and occupations. Sheet 2: Features only pictures of jobs and occupations. Children are tasked with adding the missing words to match the images. Each page shows 15 different jobs or occupations. Planning Sheet: 6 Lesson Ideas: This planning sheet offers a structured approach to teaching the content. Each lesson plan includes: Activity: Detailed description of the planned activity. Aims: Clear learning objectives for the lesson. Resources Needed: A list of materials and resources required for each lesson. Black and White: The worksheets are provided in black and white, which can be beneficial for children who find colour distracting or who require visual simplicity. Citizenship and People Who Help Us: The content is linked to broader themes such as citizenship and understanding the roles of people who help us in our community. Boardmaker licenced.

This resource, “10 Quick Fire Quizzes for Children,” is perfect for Key Stage 1 and lower Key Stage 2 children. It’s an engaging activity for wet play, end of year fun, or any time of the day. Each of the 10 quizzes includes 12 colourful cards and 12 corresponding questions, making it great for a mixed-ability group. Children can work alone, in pairs, or in groups to match the pictures with the right answers. The quizzes cover a variety of topics such as landmarks, shapes, types of vehicles, animals, musical instruments, famous buildings, and famous people. These quizzes are designed to be both educational and entertaining, encouraging children to learn while having fun. The colourful cards help to capture the children’s attention. Whether they are identifying different animals, recognizing famous buildings, or matching musical instruments to their names, children will be engaged. Cut off the questions and answers and laminate the picture quizzes for durability. Boardmaker licenced

This resource is a collection of 10 quizzes designed for (EYFS), (KS1), and (SEND) children. This versatile resource can be used to support end-of-year or start-of-year celebrations, providing a fun and inclusive activity that encourages teamwork and reinforces and celebrates learning in a playful environment. Each quiz comprises 12 questions, supported by 12 colourful symbols /pictures, making it accessible and enjoyable for all children. The questions cover a range of simple, engaging topics, such as identifying fruits (e.g., “What is this fruit?”), recognizing places (e.g., “Where is this place?”), naming types of transport (e.g., “What kind of transport is this?”), and describing weather conditions (e.g., “What kind of weather is this?”). The design ensures that every child can participate and succeed, whether by calling out answers, working in pairs or small groups or, for more able children, writing their responses. Boardmaker licenced.

The phonics literacy resource for SEND and KS1 children is a tool that covers key phonics components, including individual letter sounds and blends. There is a set of 9 worksheets, each one has a focus on 6 letter sounds / blends. There are colour and black and white versions of each of worksheets, catering to different learning preferences and sensory needs. The inclusion of interactive activities such as drawing, writing, and picture sorting helps engage children, while an assessment sheet allows teachers to evaluate progress. A step by step planning sheet is included showing activity ideas, objectives, instructions and resources needed. A blank template sheet with grids, offers versatility, enabling customised instruction to meet diverse children’s needs. The inclusion of symbols, interactive tasks, and adaptability makes this resource a useful choice for developing early literacy skills in young learners, particularly those with SEND. The resource can be used as a unit of work or dipped into as required. Boardmaker licenced.

This resource, linked to “Ourselves, Me, Feelings,” offers a collection of 11 pages of colour flashcards, each containing six pictures of child characters. Designed for EYFS and KS1, these flashcards can be utilised individually as worksheets, allowing children to cut out the characters and pair them based on matching emotions. The characters included have varying skin tones, clothing, accessories, and expressions, providing a rich basis for exploring feelings and personal identities. For extended use, you can cut and laminate the individual characters from all 11 pages, enabling children to sort them in multiple ways e.g. by hairstyle, hair colour, skin tones, expressions, and feelings such as happy, sad, or annoyed. This flexibility enhances emotional recognition and understanding but also fosters discussions on diversity in the classroom. The final page shows 6 outlines of characters for children to add their own features and emotions to.

Circle of Learning Cards is a literacy-focused resource that brings fun to the classroom. The activities enhance vocabulary, promote critical thinking and link to reading, writing and speaking and listening. There are 10 worksheets with 8 circular cards on each page. Each page is colour coded. There is a blank template for children to make their own cards. There is a planning sheet with 3 activity ideas for teachers including objectives, resources needed and instructions. Engaging Visual Learning: The cards are designed with colourful illustrations and text that engage learners and sparks imagination. Promotes Critical Thinking and Discussion: The cards encourage children to observe, describe, and infer meanings. For example, asking “What does it mean to be ‘all tied up’?” prompts children to explore figurative language and context clues. Enhances Vocabulary and Language Skills: Cards introduce new vocabulary and phrases in a fun, memorable way. Children can expand their language skills, learn new words, and practice using them in context. Supports Creative Expression: The resource includes activities where children create their own cards, encouraging them to express their ideas and creativity. By designing cards like “Sporty Turtle” or “Rainbow Fish,” children practice writing descriptive text and drawing illustrations, integrating art with literacy. Interactive and Fun: The cards include interactive activities such as the “Feely Bag Matching Game,” which combines tactile exploration with literacy skills. A fun end of term lesson too!

This literacy resource for EYFS and Key Stage 1 children features a colour storybook with ten pages, each dedicated to the adventures of a charming character named Lolly. Lolly enjoys a variety of activities, such as playing in the snow, playing football, horse riding, spending holidays at the seaside, and learning geography and maths at school. Each page showcases an illustration of Lolly paired with a simple sentence to read. After sharing the storybook, children can further their learning with corresponding worksheets designed to develop their handwriting skills. These worksheets allow children to trace words and sentences related to Lolly’s activities and draw accompanying pictures. Each worksheet aligns with the storybook pages, enabling children to either select individual sheets or complete the entire booklet over time. Extend by asking children to make a storybook / worksheet about themselves. This resource is perfect for linking themes of self-awareness, Ourselves, storytelling, reading, speaking and listening, writing, and handwriting development.

This literacy resource for EYFS and Key Stage 1 children features a colour storybook with ten pages, each dedicated to the adventures of a charming character named Bill. Bill enjoys a variety of activities, such as swimming, playing football, listening to the birds sing and learning about Space. Each page showcases an illustration of Bill paired with a simple sentence to read. After sharing the storybook, children can further their learning with corresponding worksheets designed to develop their handwriting skills. These worksheets allow children to trace words and sentences related to Bill’s activities and draw accompanying pictures. Each worksheet aligns with the storybook pages, enabling children to either select individual sheets or complete the entire booklet over time. Extend by asking children to make a storybook / worksheet about themselves. This resource is perfect for linking themes of self-awareness, Ourselves, storytelling, reading, speaking and listening, writing, and handwriting development.

This resource for EYFS and KS1 is centred around the theme “Ourselves / Me” and linked to clothing, matching and speaking and listening. The resource includes 10 pages with 6 colour cards on each. There are 5 children featured and each child has 12 cards showing different outfits / activities, allowing children to engage in observation and speaking and listening activities. By carefully observing the pictures, children can discuss the characters and their outfits, speculating about their interests, such as reading books, singing, or playing football. They can talk about their own similarities and differences. Teachers can duplicate, cut out, and laminate the cards for versatile use in matching games and activities. Examples include playing pairs, matching children with similar interests, or identifying outfits appropriate for different seasons or occasions. This interactive resource fosters observation, discussion, and social interaction among children.

Engage your EYFS and KS1 children with this “Ducks in Hats” flashcard collection. The set includes 10 sheets, each featuring 12 ducks, each adorned with a different hat. Additionally, there is a separate set of Hat Flashcards for children to match with the ducks. This set includes 6 pages of colourful flashcards, each featuring 24 different hats. Children can look carefully for the matching hats, looking out for any that are missing, similar, different or duplicated. The hats on their own offer opportunities lots of opportunities for matching and sorting. Also included are a sheet of colour ducks for children to add or draw hats on, and a black-and-white copy for children to colour in and draw hats. The flashcards can be duplicated, cut out, and laminated for durability, offering endless activities such as matching, sorting, counting and pattern recognition. The flashcards link to lessons on data handling, clothing, fashion, animals, colours, number and patterns.

A pack of resources for children based around the topics of the Seaside / Beach / Tropics / Hot Countries and Weather. There are 3 activity types: Matching words and pictures: There are 10 worksheets both in colour and in black and white. Children cut and match the words and pictures. Symbols and pictures are used. Boarmaker licenced. Scavenger Hunt: There are 2 Scavenger Hunt sheets in black and white. You can use the colour or black and white cards from the worksheets, cut these out, enlarge (if desired) and place around the classroom, school or play ground. Children locate the cards and tick off what they have found. They can then colour the sheets. Matching Words and Descriptions: Sheet 1 shows a list of words related to the topic and descriptions. Children match the correct description to the right words. Sheet 2 is a list of words and children write a brief description for each word.

‘Unravelling the Unusual’ is a unit of work for Key Stage 1 children using a collection of black and white picture resources. There are 10 pages, with 12 pictures on each page. Each picture is unusual in some way and can be classed in different ways such as silly, useless or wrong. Examples include the bucket with holes, the train with square wheels, a fingerless glove and a child riding a donkey back to front. The activities included are engaging and are designed to develop speaking, listening, writing, and creative thinking skills. The Unit of Work provided is in a table format detailing 7 suggested activities, their objectives, the resources needed, and step-by-step instructions for implementation.

A fun activity linked to both Animals and Bible Stories. There are 20 pairs of animals to prepare for their journey on Noah’s Ark. One of each pair is in colour. The other is black and white. Children colour these in to make matching animal pairs. They can also trace over the dotted lines of the names of the animals. When all of the animals are coloured, children can cut them out and play matching games such as Snap and Pairs. Print on thin card for best results. There are also cards to colour in and cut out for Noah and Noah’s Ark.

A complete lesson or unit of work linked to Creative Writing for SEND, EYFS, and KS1 children. Children roll the Story Cube dice and use the resulting symbols as prompts for storytelling and writing. There is a step by step planning sheet with suggestions on how to make, introduce and use the Story Cubes in lessons. There are 7 colour Story Cube templates: Story element cube, What, Where, When, Who, Where, Date and Feelings cubes. These can be cut out and assembled into dice. An additional resource shows 3 creative stories to share with children which utilize story element symbols: The Prince and the Little Squirrel The Big Fluffy Monster and the Special Day Eli the Elf and the Shiny Dragon Story cubes can be an invaluable resource to engage children in narrative creation, regardless of their reading or writing ability. The cubes introduce a sensory element to learning, which can be particularly beneficial for SEND children, helping them to communicate ideas and emotions through storytelling in an accessible manner. Boardmaker Licenced

This resource is designed to offer Key Stage 1 children an introduction to global cultures through the lens of clothing and diversity. Children can talk about the colour pictures of people from around the world, explore the traditional dress and reflect on how relevant these may be today. Children can discuss continuity and change. There is a planning table with 4 lessons including objectives, resources needed and step by stop instructions. There are 18 colour pictures and matching black and white versions for children to colour in. Each lesson encourages children to participate actively through colouring, storytelling, crafting, and designing. By exploring traditional dress from various countries, children will learn about different styles and purposes of clothing but also develop an appreciation for cultural diversity. This approach fosters respect and curiosity about the world around them helping children to build a foundation of inclusivity and global awareness. Links include Art and Design, Geography and Literacy.

A unit of work, complete with resources, for Key Stage 1, focusing on the theme of the four seasons using a fun heart puzzle. This unit or work is designed to be interactive and engaging, encouraging children to learn about the seasons through a combination of artistic expression, discussion, reading, writing and hands-on activities. The progression from tracing outlines, colouring and cutting to more complex tasks like vocabulary matching and personal expression caters to a range of skills and learning styles. There are 6 activities with corresponding worksheets, together with a planning sheet showing objectives, resources needed and step by stop instructions. The resource includes picture and symbols. *Boardmaker licenced. Links to Weather, Seasons, Phonics, Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening and games.

A useful resource for SEND and KS1 for Literacy. There is a sheet for each letter of the alphabet. Each sheet shows 18 symbols in black and white. Letters such as X and Z have words containing these letters. Boardmaker licenced.

This unit of work is designed for Key Stage 1 and integrates literacy and phonics with maths concepts like sorting, pairing, and categorizing. Each lesson encourages children to recognize, sound out, and spell simple words, with a specific focus, mostly, on CVC words and children’s names -making the learning experience fun and engaging. Lessons include cutting and sorting colour character cards into alphabetical order by name; drawing, writing or pasting characters under their names; finding a name for each letter of the alphabet in the word search; sharing a short story and answering comprehension questions, as well as finding hidden names in lines of letters. There are 5 lessons and each of these are outlined in the Unit of work with clear objectives, step-by-step activities, resources needed and assessment opportunities.

A resource which provides children with 20 cards showing Yoga poses. Children can colour in the cards and learn the poses. They can indicate in the ‘sun’ how they feel about the pose using a colour code. There is a table outlining potential benefits of Yoga for children. There is also a cross curricular sheet giving a range of ideas such as: Writing a Daily Diary, Pose Modifications, Role Playing, Colour Codes, Class Displays and creating Nature Scenes. Once all the cards are coloured and cut out these can then be used to make a display board. Make it portable for using inside and outside class.