A bumper activity resource pack to help the children celebrate and learn about the forthcoming Football World Cup held in Russia. There are lots of resources to create bulletin boards for your classroom or the whole school and activities for all ages and abilities. Included in the pack: A coloured A4 word card Two acrostic poem worksheets- ‘World Cup’ and ‘Football’ Five simple colouring pictures and four World Cup colouring posters Country worksheet- choose a country participating in the World Cup and find out more about it Design a football kit- two different worksheets Design a World Cup mascot- three worksheets Design a football stadium worksheets Design a World Cup trophy worksheet Dice game- roll a die and colour the football top with the corresponding number plus a game for more able/ older students to add the numbers on two dice and colour the football top with the corresponding number A football themed display border- print the pieces as many times as you need for you display board Flag worksheets- three different worksheets to colour, match and draw flags of different countries participating in the World Cup An alphabet line on Footballs- these could also be printed to make into display titles Football player worksheet- find out some facts about your favourite footballer Group stage result posters in colour and black and white- fill in the results from the first stages of the World Cup Newspapers- five different worksheets to write news reports- some blank and some with headlines to use as a starter Russia facts- a set of coloured fact cards about Russia, the hosts of the 2018 World Cup Russia flag to colour Photographs of some famous landmarks in Russia and Russian money Tracing worksheets- great for younger students to trace over the dotted lines A trophy number line Word cards- a set of football and World Cup themed word cards great to add to a display Word searches- two word searches, one country themed and the other football themed A workbook cover Crossword- themed for the 2018 World Cup World Cup fact cards World map activity worksheet- match the flags to countries on the map and locate other countries with teams participating in the World Cup Writing pages- four worksheets with football themed borders which can be used for displaying work or for writing activities Writing worksheets- Four writing worksheets to write match commentaries and thoughts of a footballer

The Life Cycle of a Butterfly A great range of resources including Science, Literacy and Numeracy. The pack includes: Display materials including colour pictures and arrows and a title page A long colourful display banner Two Power points- one with more detail for older children and a simpler version for younger or less able learners A life cycle wheel to make Various life cycle sequencing worksheets such as a cut and stick sheet, a drawing worksheet and different writing worksheets Templates for craft work Writing pages which can be made into a book with a cover Butterfly and caterpillar fact worksheets A started worksheet to see what the children know and what they want to find out Vocabulary flash cards and also cards with words and meanings A themed word search A colourful picture bingo game A butterfly life cycle headband to make Labelling worksheets Symmetry worksheets Photos of different butterflies and caterpillars Photos of the different stages of the life cycle of a butterfly Various other worksheets including describing a butterfly/ caterpillar, missing words, sentence scramble, sequencing sentences etc

A bumper pack with lots of forms, signs and pictures to set up a role play area of a Fire Station. The pack is great for use in the EYFS and also within KS1 and KS2 enabling you to print out the resources again and again. The resources would also be great for parents or child-minders to create their own role play area at home and for nurseries and playgroups. The pack includes: Large letters to display in your role play area of 'Fire Station' (these are not shown in the photo) A large banner saying 'Fire Station' Word and picture cards with words relating to fire stations such as helmet, fire engine, ladder etc Large A4 size pictures of objects relating to the fire service-great for display in your role play area or when learning about 'People who help us' Lots of different forms to encourage writing in the role play area such as incident forms, equipment forms, forms for taking emergency phone call messages etc Signs to display in your 'fire station' such as reception, fire exit, signs showing where to replace equipment etc. Fire fighters' badges in different sizes to make Fire fighters' identity cards to make Posters to display in your role play area and also great for discussion such as 'don't play with matches', the number to call in an emergency etc An A4 sign to laminate where the children or adult can write the names of the 'fire fighters' that day A large fire engine to print out (this prints on 2 A4 pieces of paper and needs to be joined together) The posters, signs and pictures will create a motivating and colourful role play area either inside your classroom or in your outside area which will encourage the children to further their vocabulary and language and encourage writing for different purposes

The pack contains: 1- A long colourful display banner 2- Word picture cards with different people who help us, vehicles they use and equipment they use 3- Topic words on display cards 4- A display border with pictures of different people who help us- this can be printed as many times as you need for a display board of any size 5- An A4 word mat with words and pictures 6- A number line 7- A picture bingo game 8- Writing sheets to write about the different people and how they help us 9- Writing sheets 10- A Power Point about different people who help us and how they help 11- A set of cards with equipment used by different people to match to the people 12- A set of hat matching cards to match to the different people 13- Worksheets to draw and write about different people who help us and how they help us 14- Photographs of people who help us and the equipment and vehicles they use 15- Maths counting mats from 1-10 16- Stick puppets to make 17- Colour masks to make 18- An alphabet line on people 19- A set of themed play dough mats 20- Description matching cards to match to the correct person 21- Question cards 22- Two wordsearches 23- A set of speech bubble worksheets to write what each person is saying about how they help us 24- 'Our Visitor' worksheet to fill in after a class visit from somebody who helps us such a police officer etc 25- Colouring pictures 26- A board game where children have to say how the person helps us or who uses the equipment or vehicle- a great game for discussion The Emergency Services A Power Point about the emergency services and how the different people help us A number rhyme set with rhyme card and props and masks 'Five Little Firemen' A themed writing card An alphabet line on emergency vehicles Worksheets about the different services and the equipment and vehicles used Themed wordsearches Label the uniform worksheets Writing worksheets Dot to dot maths sheets A number line on hats and helmets People who help us at school A Power Point about the different people at school who help us and what they do A writing mat Topic word cards about the different people and what they do Writing worksheets Themed wordsearches Various worksheets to write and draw about the different people and the equipment they might use People who help us to keep healthy A Power Point about people who help us to keep healthy such as nurses, doctors and dentists Cut and stick activity to sort the equipment used by a doctor A writing mat Themed wordsearches A number line on teeth Various writing worksheets Sorting pictures to sort the food and drink which are good and bad for your teeth

Jungle Explorers role play pack This role play works particularly well in the outside are but can be used indoors too to create a colourful and stimulating role play area. Resources include: Coloured pictures of jungle animals for the children to find Black and white pictures of the animals so the children can colour or collage them Badge for the jungle explorers to wear Identity badges for the explorers Word and picture cards showing some of the kit the explorers will need Check lists and forms to fill in to check the kit Check lists, forms, sketch books etc for the explorers to fill in when they have found some jungle animals Animal footprints- print out and leave trails for the children to find and follow A large A-Z alphabet with each letter decorated with animal patterns Number up to 50 on leaves- great to use if you are creating the role play area indoors Colour photographs of some jungle animals

I love reading The Kissing Hand to my students on the first day of school. Its a lovely comforting story for young children. This pack contains: 8 colored pictures to sequence when retelling the story A face mask to make in color and black and white A finger puppet to make My first day portrait worksheet A story map A cut and paste sequence worksheet My favorite part of the story worksheet Graphic organizers

Father Christmas Needs a Wee A funny festive counting book- at every house Father Christmas eats and drinks the tasty treats that have been left for him but he realises he has forgotten to do something really important and then he really really needs a wee! These resources support the fun book by Nicholas Allan. The pack includes: Display banner- A long banner for a display with pictures Father Christmas- A large picture of Father Christmas for your displays Display lettering- Large letters to spell out ‘Father Christmas’ decorated in red and whte stripes Number line- A number line to 50 on Christmas doors Alphabet line- An alphabet line on Elves Story words- Word cards with words relating to the story- great to include in your writing area Counting cards- Cards from 1-10 with different numbers of drinks to count Speech bubble worksheets- Various worksheets to fill in the speech bubbles Word mat- An A4 word mat with pictures to help when writing about the story Face masks- Colour and black and white face masks of Father Christmas and Elves to use for story telling and role play Father Christmas model- Make a model of Father Christmas using split pins Playdough mats- Various colourful mats to use with play dough for counting and Christmas Matching pairs- A colourful matching pairs game to make and play Colour Elves- Different coloured elves with the colour name Worksheet- Design a new drink for Father Christmas Christmas tree game- Spin the spinner and collect different decorations for your tree Banner- A long ‘Happy Christmas’ banner for your classroom decorated with holly leaves Worksheets- Various worksheets to draw different parts of the story, to draw your food and drink for Father Christmas and to design a sleigh for Father Christmas Game- Deliver all the presents in your sleigh first to win the game Maths worksheets- Various worksheets with counting, addition, subtraction and symmettry Design a decoration- Design a new decoration for your Christmas tree Decorations- Various Christmas decorations to cut out and colour Game- Roll a die and cover the numbered star in the night sky- plus a version to use two dice and add the numbers together and cover the number Please note: The art work used in these resources has been produced by ourselves. It is not associated with, or endorsed by the author or publisher of the story or any related stories or products.

A great pack for teaching the topic of Minibeasts and Insects and The Hungry Caterpillar or for use when going on nature walks The pack includes: 18 flash cards of different coloured insects and minibeasts with their names A lovely photo pack of 16 colour photos of different insects and minibeasts Three large colourful display banners with pictures of insects and minibeast- ‘Minibeasts and Insects’, ‘Minibeasts’ and ‘Insects’ A coloured and a black and white insect and minibeast spotting card- great for taking on your nature walks or for sending home with the children to search for minibeasts at home ‘What am I?’ clue cards to guess the minibeast or insect Question cards to add to your displays Rhymes about minibeasts and insects 18 A4 sized black and white pictures for colouring or craft work Topic word cards to help when describing the habitats of the creatures Individual fans to make with different minibeasts/insects on and a list of questions for use by the teacher-a clue can be read and the children have to show you the correct creature A5 fact cards for each minibeast and insect A display border to print out showing the different creatures featured in the pack-this can be printed out as many times as you need for whatever size display board you have An A4 bordered page to display the children’s work A large title of ‘Minibeasts and Insects’ -each letter is decorated with small minibeast pictures Also included are some resources for the story ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’- for more resources see my separate Hungry Caterpillar pack: A large Hungry Caterpillar display banner A colour photo pack of caterpillars and butterflies Days of the week cards with pictures of the food the Hungry Caterpillar ate each day Picture and word cards A colourful themed bingo game

Investigate pumpkins with a variety of activities. Great for the Autumn/Fall season and Halloween. The activities include: Labelling a pumpkin activity sheets for the inside and outside of the pumpkin- two differentiated worksheets A life cycle emergent reader book Life cycle photos for bulletin boards and discussion- these are supplied with labels and without Life cycle worksheets- four differentiated sheets for writing and cut and paste A set of 10 discussion photos with questioning ideas for each photo My facts about pumpkins writing sheet Parts of a pumpkin poster set Pumpkin adjectives worksheets Instructional writing- how to carve a pumpkin Pumpkin fact cards for bulletin boards Pumpkin investigation worksheets- three versions KWL Pumpkin grid Life cycle of a pumpkin posters with pictures and descriptions of the stages Three pumpkin templates which can be used for writing, cutting, art activities etc A set of 13 pumpkin puzzles for children to match the drawing, photo, label and description of the parts of a pumpkin Pumpkins can, have, are grid Two pumpkin word challenges Pumpkin senses investigation worksheets- three versions Pumpkin true or false worksheets

Celebrate the Christmas holidays with this activity pack which accompanies the book ‘The Gingerbread Man Loose at Christmas’ by Laura Murray. The pack includes: Sequencing picture cards- these are in full color and also in blackline Sequencing worksheet cut and paste Story sequencing worksheet- beginning, middle and end Graphic organizers Character traits- what do the children say about their teacher My favorite part of the story writing and drawing activity Doing something special writing activity- three different sheets to choose from Asking question- Think of Who, What, When, Where and Why questions to ask the Gingerbread Man Retell the story writing worksheet, writing and drawing worksheet and drawing worksheet allowing you to differentiate Alphabetical order- order the professions in alphabetical order Text-to-self connections- Who did the Gingerbread Man thank and who would you like to thank- two different worksheets Three what happens next drawing and writing worksheets Who did the Gingerbread Man meet in the town- draw and write some of the people he met True or False sentences about the story- differentiated versions Beginning, middle and end of the story- a worksheet to draw or write about the different parts

This book companion is based on the book ‘The Lonely Scarecrow’ by Tim Preston and contains a variety of activities and colorful sequencing cards. The packet contains: A set of colorful sequencing cards Cause and effect worksheets- three versions The lonely scarecrows character traits My favorite part of the story- draw and write worksheet Graphic organizers- three versions Label the scarecrow- two versions to cut and paste or write the labels Writing activity- write a letter to the animals from the scarecrow- three versions Retell the story writing worksheet My scarecrow worksheets- three different versions for differentiation The Lonely Scarecrow grid- The Lonely Scarecrow has, lives, feels Writing activity- write three sentences about the lonely scarecrow Feelings worksheets- draw the faces on the scarecrow to show how he feels at the beginning and the end of the story or write how he feels at the beginning, middle and end of the story True or False- read the statements about the story and decide which are true or false plus an extra worksheet to write some of your own true and false statements A bonus scarecrow game

This book companion is based on the book ‘The Little Scarecrow Boy’ by Margaret Wise Brown. This is a fun book for Autumn/Fall about a scarecrow boy and growing up. The packet contains: Beginning, middle and end organizer Writing activity- I would scare the crows by… Text-to-self activity- The Little Scarecrow Boy needed to grow up before he could… I need to grow up before I can… Drawing and writing activity- my #6 face Emergent reader book- My Scarecrow- read and color the book Comparing characters- compare Old Man Scarecrow and The Little Scarecrow Boy plus color pictures of the characters to add words and phrases around Graphic organizers Scarecrows Can, Have, Are grid Draw the six faces that the Little Scarecrow Boy made to scare the crows Feelings writing activity- how he felt at the begging of the story and why and how he felt at the end and why he felt that way My Scarecrow writing activity- draw your own scarecrow and describe it If I were a Scarecrow activity sheet- what would you name be, what would you look like, how would you scare the crows, where would you live and what would by your favorite thing to do

Tacky the Penguin is a lovely fun story about accepting peoples differences. This book companion includes: Graphic organizers My favorite part of the story writing and drawing activity I would like to be friends with Tacky because… writing activity Venn diagrams- compare Tacky and his companions and also Tacky and real penguins ‘A new companion for Tacky’ writing activity Can, Have, Are grids for Tacky and Penguins Text-to-self connections- Things the Penguins are afraid of and things I am afraid of- two worksheets True or False worksheets about the story of Tacky the Penguin Tacky’s Tricks- draw and write Writing activity to write about why it is good to be different Writing activity- All About Tacky Beginning, middle and end of the story- a worksheet to draw or write about the different parts Cause and Effect- cards to match plus three differentiated worksheets Character traits Writing activity- ‘I am Unique’ Cut and paste the beginning and ends of the sentences