A poster on the key features of a play script and a short example of how to set out play scripts based on the Three Billy Goats Gruff. Editable resource. Ideal for KS1 or lower KS2

Differentiated worksheets to compare and contrast different fairy tales - which features are the same and which are different?- Picking out new language to magpie. A good guided reading activity and feeds into the unit of work on fairy tales. Editable resources. Ideal for KS1 or lower KS2.

A modelled informal letter written by the troll to his cousin warning him of the Three Billy Goats Gruff. A modelled character description on The Big Bad Wolf from fairy tales. Editable resources. Ideas for KS1 or lower KS2.

A planning sheet for a poem with a poster on key features of poetry and a writing template for ‘My Own Poem’. All editable resources. Ideal for KS1 or lower KS2.

Three differentiated worksheets for planning your own fairy tale. A poster with the key features of a fairy tale. A writing template for own fairy tale. All editable resources. Ideal for KS1 or lower KS2.

A complete unit of work for up to 4 weeks. Ideal for KS1 but also applicable to lower KS2. Covers a range of objectives including guided reading and SPaG skills. Focuses on the theme of fairy tales. Editable resources. A plan with 24 lesson ideas covering speaking and listening, reading skills and grammar and punctuation and writing objectives. An original poem focusing on the long vowel phoneme ‘e’ called ‘A Troll down the Street Called Pete.’ A differentiated expanded noun phrases work sheet with 3 activities. Differentiated worksheets on the long vowel phoneme ‘e’ detectives. Sequence the story differentiated worksheets on the fairy tale version of the poem and The Three Little Pigs. A factual description of trolls and where they originate from with new language. Three comprehensions with a variety of question types covering the key skills retrieval, inference, language and comparison. Answer sheets included. A role on the wall worksheet for a troll. A similes worksheet with three differentiated activities linking to the poem. A letter writing template for Pete the Troll. A worksheet on drawing and labelling the setting. A worksheet on bringing the characters to life with speech and thought bubbles. A differentiated character description template.

A template for a wanted poster with room for a picture and text underneath.

A worksheet with four different activities on identifying common homophones. Activity one - to find pairs of homophones. Activity two - to circle the correct spelling option in sentences. Activity three - to work out the missing homophones by solving the sentence clues. Activity four - to think of your own sentence clues for some common homophones. The sheets are editable. A suitable resource for Year 2, 3 and 4.

A worksheet with three differentiated activities on adding missing punctuation. Activity one is to to add capital letters and full stops. Activity two is to add commas in lists, capital letters and full stops and activity three is to add capital letters and the correct punctuation to demarcate the sentence type - exclamation marks, full stops or question marks. All the sentences are linked to a fairy tale theme. Written on a word document that can be edited. Suitable for KS1 or lower KS2.

A class assembly full of facts and information about life as a miner in Staffordshire around the 1900’s including the impact on miners, the families and references to real life pit explosions. Offers opportunities to include letters and news reports from the children writing as a character from history. Written as a play script to be performed. The script is written in Word and can be altered.

A ten/ fifteen minute class assembly liked to holidays around the world looking at 4 destinations - Caribbean, Alaska, South Africa and Scarborough in England. The play discusses weather and climate/ suitable clothing/ transport across the world and activities in the 4 different holiday destinations. Ideal for reception classes linking to lessons taught in these area including science - making cars. Some song suggestions.

A text about Windrush day with ten comprehension questions covering retrieval, inference and language plus eleven cross- curricula activity ideas to choose from. Ideal for KS2 and KS3.

A complete guided reading lesson with a PowerPoint presentation focusing on teaching language skills - exploring unfamiliar words and working out the meaning using known root (base) words and vocabulary in context. Shared activities to complete as you work through the PowerPoint. An original poem on pirates with historical accuracy to link to topic work suitable for KS1 or lower KS2. A differentiated comprehension on the poetry text with a range of question types covering many assessment focuses- retrieval , structure, language, inference and opinion. Answer sheets provided.

A poem about the body and what it can do with a comprehension sheet. Ten questions largely focused on retrieval and language with a range of formats e.g. true or false, circling the correct options or ticking boxes etc… This resource links to the human body in science and ‘All About Me’ topic. Answer sheet provided. Ideal for KS1 or lower KS2 children.

A news report on The Battle of Hastings to show the features of a news report and the use of appropriate vocabulary, style and tone. Useful for a history or English lesson with facts and opinions and accurate historical content. Suitable for KS2 children.

Two poetry lessons linked to the theme of witches and flying away -( cross curricula links to books such as The Worst Witch or Room on the Broom). The first lesson focuses on identifying word classes with an extension to write their own witches brew and the second lesson is a journey on the broom. This lesson focuses on using expanded noun phrases and identifying features of a poem. Proformas provided with a PowerPoint presentation and differentiated activity sheets. Ideal for year 2 to 4.

A set of 8 planned sessions exploring what anxiety is, how it affects us and what we can do to manage it. Three fun creative activities per session encouraging discussion and cooperation. The creative use of art, drama, team games, writing and music to understand anxiety with optional challenges to complete at home. Clear rules and expectations to follow. Nineteen worksheets included to aid the delivery of each activity. Ideal for groups of between 4 and 10. Most activities can be used for whole classes to explore anxiety and how it affects people generally . Suitable for KS3 and above, though some elements can be applied to year 6 children.

Twenty five drama activities to explore with groups or classes. Ideal for KS2 or KS1 children.

Seven differentiated grammar activity worksheets all linked to identifying and converting sentence types - exclamations, questions, commands and statements. SATS style questions alongside super challenges. Ideal for KS2 children. Ready to simply print off and use. Tried and tested.

This large time saving resource is ideal for lower key stage 2 children. It contains a very comprehensive PowerPoint presentation that takes the teacher through the lesson in place of a guided reading plan. There are twenty five sessions around 40 minutes each with starters, whole class tasks and independent differentiated activities for children to complete. The questions are linked to all the reading skills - inference, retrieval, prediction, comparison, langage in context and summary etc… There are five comprehension tasks throughout the book that reflect test style questions such as multiply choice. All the lessons have been tried and tested and work well. The tasks are ready to print off and use, you just need copies of the text The Worst Witch by Jill Murphy.