This is a writing frame that children can use to inspire them to write about anything. Here the focus is on the months of the year - there is a blank frame that children can use to fill out the months of the year. They can add in how many days are in each month. The second sheet already has the months filled in for differentiation. Children can write in the shapes, add relevant words or pictures to denote each month. They could also add in celebrations such as Easter and Birthdays. There is also a worked example where pictures have been filled in for each month. Discuss this with the children before they start to give them some ideas. These posters make a lovely months of the year display when completed.

Resources linked to your topics on Transport or sorting. Suitable for EYFS / KS1 and SEND pupils. Page 1 is a colouring sheet showing 18 different vehicles. Page 2 is a set of colour flashcards of the 18 vehicles. Cut, duplicate and laminate these for matching games and sorting games e.g. Land/Sea/Air transport. Page 3 is a grid for children to complete by reading the transport words and drawing or pasting pictures into. There are 7 activity suggestion ideas on page 3. Boarmaker licenced.

A little book for children to make and fold with a Royal theme. Print out double sided, children can complete the activities and then fold in 3 to make their own special book to commemorate Coronation Day. Activities include, labelling, matching words, writing, drawing, colouring and a mini quiz. Boardmaker licenced.

A set of worksheets / activities based on the theme of the Community and People who help us. Learning objectives are included. Sheet 1 LO - To recognise, name and label people who help us. There are 12 characters in colour here each having a different role to play in helping us. Children can talk about the jobs that they do. Does any one person have a more important job to do than the others? Why or why not? Sheet 2 LO - To use text as a stimulus for writing thank you letters to people who help us. There are 2 examples here of letters written by children to a school cook and a postman. Sheets 3 - 4 LO -To show appreciation for our community workers by writing a letter of thank you. There are 4 colour frames that children can choose from to write their thank you letters or to help them with ideas for making their own. Sheet 5 - Shows some key words that children may want to include in their letters and space to make a draft letter.

This is a fun activity for young children. Cut out and laminate the 30 circular cards showing Christmas pictures and hide inside the classroom or in nature’s den / outside areas or in a sand tray. Children can hunt for the pictures and then tick off on the master board when they find them! Children will enjoy working in pairs or small groups.

Link your class Christmas card making to shape with this original Christmas card. Page 1 shows the finished product. Page 2 gives you all the templates your children will need. Print onto card, cut and paste. Alternatively cut out the diamonds from coloured felt for a lovely collage card.

A differentiated resource for your work on Weather or Seasons. There are 2 pages of statements for children to read and sort on the 4 seasons e.g. It is Icy in the mornings - Winter I like to eat ice cream - Summer Cut and laminate these for reuse. There is a lined writing frame showing the 4 seasons - children can select up to 8 statements and write them into the frame. Another way of writing about the 4 seasons is the sheet with the 4 seasons pictures and a box for each for children to write the Season words or a phrase or sentence. The final worksheet shows 4 colour flashcards of the seasons with matching words for children to cut and match.

*PCS Licenced - Boardmaker symbols. A set of cards showing big and small picture symbols in both colour and black and white. Children can cut and match or sort into 2 sets: Big and Small. Biggest and smallest words are introduced.

One to save for Bonfire Night or any Celebrations such as New Year or the 4th of July. Page 1 - share the poem ‘Bang, Crash, Boom’. Link to work on onomatopoeia or sounds. Children can listen out or look for rhyming words and underline them. Page 2 - shows a list of the rhyming words used in the poem. Children can use these or their own words and write pairs of rhyming words in the shapes. Sheet 3 - this is a template for children to write their own poem in. Sheet 4 - a doodle firework colouring sheet.

This resource is designed to inspire a love of books in Key Stage 1 pupils while developing their understanding of literary classifications. Young learners distinguish between fiction and non-fiction and then delve deeper into genres and topics. Included is a planning sheet that outlines three lesson plans, complete with objectives, a list of necessary materials, activities, and follow-up suggestions to reinforce learning. There are two ready-made labels for fiction and non-fiction to facilitate a hands-on card sorting activity. Accompanying these are 10 pages, each featuring six diverse book covers in black and white, which can be cut out for an interactive classification game and a range of activities. Examples of book covers are ‘Learn to Play the Piano’, ‘I have a New Daddy’ and ‘My Book of Fairy Tales for 7 year olds’. Tailored for Key Stage 1 children, the book covers lend themselves to lots of speaking and listening and predicting. Follow up with sorting of real books and / or children can design their own book covers using the cards for inspiration. The resource is a useful addition to library skills and any celebrations around Books.

Here are 7 animal faces / worksheets for children to begin to find out about symmetry. All they need are scissors, pencils and a mirror. The animal faces are differentiated as they do get more complex by sheets 6 and 7. Page 8 allows your children to begin to experiment with mirrors and lines of symmetry and gives them the idea of butterfly painting.

This sorting game links in with animals and the food they eat. There is a poster showing carnivores, herbivores and omnivores. Next there are 2 worksheets showing pictures of the animals. Children can write under each animal C, H or O to indicate which group of animals each one belongs to. Alternatively, children can cut out the 8 animals on each page and sort under the 3 headings. There are also black and white copies of the worksheets for children to colour in.

Have fun with your children this Easter with this Easter Egg Trail game. The idea is to place your colour egg posters around the outside area / playground or school for children to locate. They then mark off what they have found on the Easter Egg Trail recording sheets. There is a colour and a black and white version of the recording sheets. There are 16 colour posters included showing the different designs of Easter eggs. There are also 16 sheets where there is a colour and black and white picture of each of the eggs. Children can colour in the black and white pictures to make them the same as the colour ones or choose their own colours. They could also cut the eggs out to add to a class frieze or Easter display. Children could use the eggs to make their own Easter cards too. Links to maths, matching, recording as well as pattern.

This Planning Resource pack encourages Speaking and Listening through discussion, rhyme, story, non - ficiton, and a range of activities. It is suitable for EYFS and KS1. Children can offer explanations for why things might (or do) happen, making use of recently introduced vocabulary from stories, non-fiction, and rhymes. The first page is a comprehensive planning overview with 7 lessons, objectives, activities, resources included and assessment ideas. Activities include non – fiction – farm animals; Story sequencing, Rhymes, Celebrating Christmas and Understanding change. The materials include worksheets and word lists and relevant suggestions for books such as ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ (Eric Carle) for sequencing and ‘If you give a mouse a cookie’ (Laura Numeroff) for introducing cause and effect. There are 11 worksheets to accompany your planning. Some symbols are included. Boardmaker Licenced.

3 sets of cards showing objects made from wood, metal and plastic. Children can talk about them and sort them into 3 sets. There is a worksheet where children can sort words into sets or write words. Add a practical activity to make this a great lesson for little ones.

Differentiated sticker / reward charts with a football theme. A great alternative to a star chart for those interested in football. There is a female goal keeper on chart 1 with room for 5 football stickers and on chart 2 with room for 10 stickers. There is a male goal keeper on chart 3 with room for 5 and then 10 football stickers on chart 4. There are footballs that can be cut out and stuck on with glue.

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.

3 worksheets in colour and 3 in black and white linked to Music and musical instruments. There are 8 instruments on each page. Children name, label and write the words. Cut and laminate picture cards to add to your displays or to make matching games. Boardmaker Licenced

“Spelling Bee Phonics Activity Set,” is an interactive resource designed to enhance phonics learning in the classroom. Useful for Key Stage 1 teachers who are looking for engaging ways to assess, practice, and consolidate children’s understanding of phonics and CVC words. Each set includes five ‘honeycomb’ cards, each centered around a different vowel - ‘a’, ‘e’, ‘i’, ‘o’, or ‘u’. The activity encourages children to use their phonics skills to form and write up to 6 CVC words. Examples of words for the ‘a’ card could be ‘pet’, ‘pen’, ‘ten’, ‘met’, ‘peg’, and ‘meg’. The cards can be cut out and used in a multitude of ways: as stand-alone worksheets, additions to a writing corner, or even as flashcards. Also included are handy templates, allowing teachers to create more customized cards, extending the use of the resource. The templates can be used to set homework tasks, or children can create their own cards to test their friends or use for self-practice. Spelling Bee Phonics Activity Set makes phonics learning enjoyable.

A lovely little matching card game for young children where they name and match drawings and photos of a Spring theme such as a chick, blossom and insects. Cut and laminate the cards for durability and reuse. Children could colour in the drawings to make them more personal. Useful too, for displays, drawer labels and speaking and listening work. There are 10 pages with 2 sets of cards on each one.