A great way to get to know your new class during their first couple of days. Children can draw and label the people who live in their house. This can also be used as a baseline assessment tool to assess children's writing abilities.

Encourage the children in your class to set themselves a target for the new school year, a great activity for the getting to know your class days in September and can be displayed in your classroom. Differentiated sheets for different writing abilities (different sized lines)

Winter words worksheet, ideal activity to assess children's knowledge of the winter topic. Children can write down all the winter words that they know. Can be done individually or blown up to use as a group.

An ideal resource for the beginning of the new school year, transition day or Elmer theme. Links well to Literacy and PSHCE. This resource can be used in EYFS or KS1, children can think about and write why they think they are special.