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

A great pack of fun activities to help your children learn about Chinese New Year. Includes mini reading books for group reading to learn more about the celebrations, games and interactivie activities. Fun crafts to practice cutting skills and pencil control. Lots of actitives that can be used to create a classoom display to show off their work.

A bumper pack of resources to learn about and celebrate Chinese New Year. Includes- literacy and maths activities, crafts, information cards and Powerpoint, display materials, games, writing activities plus more!

Chinese New Year Games, activities and crafts The Year of the Rabbit -2023 A set of new activities for celebrating Chinese New Year The pack includes: Mini information book- A5 sized colouring and information books for the children to learn about Chinese New Year Classroom activity- Hide the word cards around the classroom or outside are and the children can find the matching pictures and write the word on their sheet- plus blank cards so the children can search for HFW words or letters/ numbers Comparisons sheet- write or draw about their own new year celebrations and the celebrations for Chinese New Year First reader book- An easy to read book for the children to colour and make Make the sentences- Three sheets to cut and reassamble the sentences about Chinese New Year Make fans- Various templates to make a fan and write about Chinese New Year Bingo- A picture bingo game to make and play Colouring- Colouring pictures Colouring posters- Chinese New Year posters to colour Activity worksheets- various worksheets to label the pictures, write about celebrations, write facts about Chinese New Year and cut and stick the beginning and end of sentences Make a hat- 2 different 3D hats to make and colour Board game- Collect the coins for your lucky money envelope as you move around the board Make a lantern- practice cutting skills with this cut and stick Chinese lantern Matching pairs- A colourful matching pairs game to make and play Count and match- Count the pictures up to 10 and match to the numbered piece of jigsaw Number activity sheets- Dot to dots and colour by number sheets Map sheet- Find and colour China on a map of the world and colour the flag of China Acrostic poems- 2 acrostic poems of lantern templates- CHINA and NEW YEAR

A bumper resource full of display materials, games, worksheets and information all about Chinese New Year plus activities for the Year of the Rabbit 2023

Ourselves and All about me including our bodies, babies, emotions and senses A huge pack of resources for use with children aged 2-5 This pack includes over 200 pages of planning, activities, games, crafts and worksheets to print out and use again and again. Although the activities are planned for children up to the age of 5, there are many which could be used with older children. The CD also includes 7 pages of activity ideas organised into the EYFS areas of learning to help you plan for, and cover all areas, a handy A4 activity guide, a blank weekly planning grid plus themed reward charts and certificates. Activities include: A colourful multicultural children alphaet line A collection of worksheets to make into a booklet all about themselves including their bodies, their families, their likes and dislikes etc Cutting and sticking activities such as making a face and house A sound walk activity A senses bingo game to make and play Emotions activities A large skeleton to make and display on a door Babies activities Plus much, much more

Divali bumper resource pack- includes 2 Power points which would be great for whole school assemblies or class work. The pack includes: Rama and Sita Powerpoint- A Powerpoint story of Rama and Sita for you to share with the children on your interactive whiteboard or on class computers-the pages can also be printed off to enable you to create a class book of the story for the children to read Divali Powerpoint- A Powerpoint about Divali- also great to print out and make into a book Acrostic poem- A decorated acrostic poem worksheet Word searches- Two different decorated wordsearch sheets about Divali Recipe- A recipe for making sweets for Divali- this is on one A4 sheet and also step by step in a book Colour pictures- A4 colour pictures of the characters from the story of Rama and Sita with the character names Photos- A set of 5 coloured photos about Divali Worksheet- A worksheet to put the Divali lamps in size order Worksheets- Two worksheets to order the numbered diva lamps- one is numbers 1-5 and the other is numbers 1-10 Writing pages- Various decorated writing pages- great for displaying work quickly and also using for writing activities Characters- A4 black and white pictures of the characters from the story Rama and Sita for the children to colour Sequencing pictures- Small pictures from the story of Rama and Sita which the children can sequence or use to make a book of the story Face masks- Face masks of the characters from the story of Rama and Sita to enable the children to role play the story-these are in colour and black and white for the children to decorate Display lettering- Large letters spelling 'Happy Divali' which are decorated with stars Display banner- Two long banners for displays with 'Divali' and 'Happy Divali' Divali cards- Black and white templates for creating Divali greetings cards Display border- A colourful display border with Rangoli patterns- this can be printed as many times as you need to use on a display border of any size Number line- A number line up to 20 on colourful diva lamps Missing numbers- Diva lamp number cards with missing numbers- 10 of these cards have the numbers up to 10, and the other ten are numbers up to 20 Fact cards- Information about the festival of Divali Word cards- Topic word cards with words about the festival of Divali and words from the story of Rama and Sita Game- A colourful Rangoli jigsaw game Game- A colourful Rangoli matching pairs game Rangoli patterns- Worksheets for children to trace and colour Rhymes- 3 Divali rhymes with decorative borders-great for displays

This pack is designed to be used with the story ‘Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see?’ which is a lovely story about colours and is great for use in the Early Years. Display banner Story word cards- great to add to a display or use in the writing area Display border- A themed display border to print out as many times as you need for a display board of any size Title poster- An A4 sized poster Picture flashcards- Flashcards with words and pictures Colour labels- labels of the different colours in the correct coloured text Colour face masks Colour puppets- make your own stick puppets of the animals Large mural- a long colourful mural to print out onto which the animals and children can be added An A4 word card with pictures- great to use when writing about the story Speech bubbles worksheets- worksheets with each animal and a speech bubble- great to encourage early writing Alphabet line- an alphabet line on children Writing sheets- various sheets with borders to use for writing activities or in the writing area Initial sound worksheets- write the initial sound of the animals below the pictures, match the initial sound to the correct picture and cut and match the animal to the animal name My favourite animal worksheet- children can draw and write a sentence about their favourite animal from the book What do you see, hear worksheet- a worksheet for children to think about the senses and draw or write about what they can see, hear, feel, touch and taste Matching worksheet- match the animal to the correct colour name A number line- a number line on animals Counting cards up to 10 Number worksheets Sorting pictures- sort the pictures according to the number of legs Dot to dot worksheets-with numbers to 10, 20 and 30 My number book- make a number book by drawing the correct number of animals on each page Stick puppets- make your own character stick puppets for retelling the story Colouring worksheet- read the colour names on the bears and colour them in Face masks to colour Colour worksheet- different worksheets for each colour Tracing pictures- trace over the dotty lines and colour Cut and make the animals- four puzzles for the children to cut out the animal parts and reassemble to make the animal Colouring pictures- pictures of the animals to colour Colour hunt- find and draw some things of different colours Make a colour wheel Colour collecting game- collect the pictures of the same colour as your game board Animal bingo- a colourful game to collect the animals from the story Please note: The art work used in these resources has been produced by ourselves. It is not associated with, or endorsed by the authors or publishers of the story, or any related stories or products.

A great pack to print out and have a spooky time! The pack includes: Display banners- Two different colourful banners for your Halloween display Display borders- Various borders which can be printed as many times as you need for display boards of any size Pictures- Large colour and black and white pictures of things such as a spider, a pumpkin, a ghost etc- these look great on displays and the black and white version could be used for art work Matching pairs game- A Halloween themed game Bingo- A colourful Halloween themed bingo game A4 display borders- Work borders in colour and black and white for displaying work quickly or to use as writing pages Worksheets- Various worksheets with a Halloween theme- maths, writing, drawing Tracing- Various tracing worksheets to trace over the dotted lines of the pictures Counting cards- Cards up to ten each with a spider web and the corresponding number of spiders Alphabet- A colourful alphabet line on pumpkins Colour photos- Great for displays or discussion Face masks- Halloween face masks in colour and black and white of a witch, a pumpkin, a black cat and a skeleton Numbers- A number line to 100 on spiders Word cards- Topic word cards about Halloween-each decorated with Halloween pictures A4 word card- A colourful card with words and pictures which can be used when writing about Halloween Word searches- Two different wordsearches with words and pictures relating to Halloween Colouring- Various colouring sheets for Halloween Number rhyme- The rhyme 'Five Little Pumpkins'- a lovely Halloween number rhyme with rhyme cards, props and face masks

A bumper pack of resources for Bonfire Night including a Powerpoint which could be used for an assembly. Resources in the pack include: Display banner- A large banner title of 'Bonfire Night' Display letters- Large letters to cut out and spell 'Bonfire Night' -great for a whole school display! Board game- An A3 sized board game to make- this is on the CD in colour and also in black and white for the children to decorate themselves- the game can be played using the cards supplied on the CD which are true and false questions about Guy Fawkes and Bonfire Night or can be simplified for younger children Powerpoint- A Powerpoint of the story of Guy Fawkes for the IWB or computer. Display pictures- Large A4 coloured pictures of things to do with bonfire night and the story of Guy Fawkes Colouring pictures- Large black and white pictures Display border- Each piece is decorated with pictures and can be printed as many times as you need for a display board of any size Songs and rhymes- Six decorated songs and rhyme cards related to Bonfire Night for the children to learn- 2 of these rhymes are number rhymes so would be great for your maths lessons A4 border- Individual A4 sized page with a border- great for adding work to ready for the display or for the children to use in the writing area Questions- Question cards each decorated with colour pictures Topic words- Words about Guy Fawkes and Bonfire Night each decorated with fireworks Fireworks- Colour photos of fireworks- great for discussion and displays Houses of Parliament- Colour photos of The Houses of Parliament Counting card- Rocket counting cards Dice game- Two different sheets with a black and white firework picture- roll the die and colour the correct part of the firework Literacy Worksheets- Various worksheets such as completing the sentences about fireworks, true and false worksheet about Guy Fawkes, describing fireworks, writing safety instructions Maths Worksheets- Make the rocket symmetrical, complete the addition and subtraction sums on the fireworks plus blank calculation sheets so you can differentiate the sums Ideas- An ideas sheet with lots of ideas to cover different areas of the curriculum when teaching about Bonfire Night and the Gunpowder Plot Cutting skills- Cut out the parts of the firework and assemble- there are two different sheets Safety Posters- Eight posters about firework safety for the children to colour Picture dominoes- A colour dominoes game Guy Fawkes pictures- Pictures from old documents about Guy Fawkes and the plot Draw the fireworks- A colour and a black and white worksheet Size worksheet- Cut out and order the rockets in size order- in colour and black and white Matching pairs game- Match the coloured Bonfire Night pictures Rhyme- ‘Remember, Remember the Fifth of November’- A decorated rhyme card

This great pack contains resources, rhyme cards, worksheets and games for 10 Christmas number rhymes for you to use each Christmas The pack includes : 1- Five Christmas Trees Rhyme card, rhyme props including a Christmas tree shop poster, face masks in colour and black and white, a matching pairs game and a counting worksheet. 2- Eight Little Reindeer Rhyme card, rhyme props, face masks of reindeer and Santa, a number line and a colour number domino game. 3- Five Little Snowmen Rhyme card, rhyme props, snowmen face masks, missing number activity cards, a board game with differentiated maths questions, a game to build a snowman and a snowman tracing sheet. 4- Five Christmas puddings Rhyme card, rhyme props including a colourful bakery poster, pudding face masks, a maths Christmas pudding game and a number line. 5- Ten Christmas stockings Rhyme card, rhyme props, a game to collect ten stockings, a colourful number line and worksheets to decorate and trace patterns on stockings. 6- Five Little Elves Rhyme card, rhyme props, elf face masks, a colour matching pairs game and a worksheet to trace the elf. 7- Six Little Penguins Rhyme card, rhyme props, penguin face masks, a game to collect the numbered penguins for your game board and a cute penguin number line. 8- Five Little Snowflakes Rhyme card, rhyme props, face masks, a number snowflake game and a number line. 9- Ten Warm Mittens Rhyme card, rhyme props, a matching pairs game, worksheets to trace the patterns on the mittens. 10-Ten Little Icicles Rhyme card, rhyme props, activity cards to write the missing numbers on the icicles and a size ordering worksheet.

This pack is designed to be used with the story ‘The Biggest Pumpkin Ever’ by Steven Kroll which is a lovely story to share in Autumn or for Halloween. The pack includes: Display banner- a long colourful banner for your display Display border- a colourful themed border to print out as many times as you need for a display board of any size Word cards- words on pumpkins relating to the story Character posters- colourful posters of the two main characters Clayton and Desmond A4 word card- an A4 word card with words and pictures for the children to use when writing about the story Pumpkin alphabet- a lovely alphabet line on pumpkins with lower and upper case letters Writing sheets- a set of writing sheets with borders for the children to write on and use in the writing area Speech bubble worksheets- fill in the speech bubbles to show what the characters are saying Word search- a word search with words from the story to find Worksheets- a collection of worksheets about the story such as drawing and writing about their favourite part, writing about the characters, writing about different parts in the story, drawing and writing what happens next, question worksheets, sequencing sentences about the story and sorting statements about the two characters Clayton and Desmond Missing number worksheets- fill in the missing numbers on the pumpkins plus a blank worksheet so you can differentiate Size ordering worksheets- order the pumpkins by size- in colour and also black and white Counting worksheets- count the numbers of pumpkins Rhyming pairs- match the rhyming pumpkins Dominoes- a number dominoes game to make and play Tracing sheets- trace over the dotted lines on the pictures Stick puppets- colour and make your own stick puppets Halloween Pumpkin design- design your own pumpkin for Halloween Face masks- colour and decorate the face masks of Clayton and Desmond Play dough mats- make the correct number of pumpkins and the different faces on the Halloween pumpkins Colouring- a collection of colouring worksheets Sequence pictures- a set of coloured pictures to use when retelling the story Please note: The art work used in these resources has been produced by ourselves. It is not associated with, or endorsed by the authors or publishers of the story, or any related stories or products.

A great resource pack for the Jewish festival of Hanukkah which will help you teach your children all about the festival. The pack includes: Powerpoint- A Powerpoint about the festival of Hanukkah -when it is, what is eaten, how it is celebrated -the pages could also be printed off to enable you to create a class book for the children to read Photographs- Colour photos of a Menorah, a Dreidel, Hanukkah Gelt and people lighting the Menorah candles- great to add to your displays or for discussion Word cards Fact cards- Fact cards about the festival of Hanukkah Display banners- 2 different large titles for displays 'Happy Hanukkah' and 'Hanukkah' each with Hanukkah themed pictures Display border- A colourful display border with Hanukkah themed pictures- this can be printed as many times as you need to use on a display border of any size Writing pages- A collection of decorated A4 border pages- great for the children’s work or to add to your writing area at Hanukkah Colour page border- A collection of colour A4 border pages- a great way to quickly display the children’s work Colour posters- A set of A4 information posters with pictures of Gelt money, Menorah, Dreidel and Potato Latkes Display lettering- Large letters spelling 'Hanukkah' which are decorated with pictures linked to Hanukkah-Great for a larger display Hanukkah story- The Hanukkah story for you to read aloud to the children Colouring posters- A collection of posters for the children to colour- these could also be printed smaller for the children to use on their Hanukkah cards Bookmarks- A collection of Hanukkah themed bookmarks for the children to cut out and colour Number line- A number line to 50 on colourful Dreidels Alphabet line- An alphabet line on candles- this could also be used for other festivals or a part of a birthday display Colour posters- A4 posters with pictures of images associated with Hanukkah Songs and rhymes- A collection of decorated song sheets with songs and rhymes about Hanukkah including two number rhymes Recipe- A photo recipe to make Latke cakes- a popular Hanukkah dish- the pages can be printed to make a book or used for displays Dreidel game- A Dreidel spinner to cut out and play the game of Dreidel Make a Dreidel- A 3D Dreidel spinner to make complete with instructions Hanukkah cards Acrostic poem Maths worksheet- Count the number of Dreidels Addition worksheet- Add the numbers on the Dreidels Menorah Counting- Worksheets to count the number of Menorah candles lit Cut and make a Menorah Number dominoes Word search Worksheets- Match the Hanukkah words to the pictures, draw the Hanukkah pictures and fill in the missing words Writing activities- Worksheets to write the Dreidel instructions and writing about Hanukkah

The pack includes: Display banner- A long banner for a display with pictures Colour characters- Colour pictures of the characters in the story- great for displays Stick puppets- Smaller characters to make into puppets for retelling the story Characters- Black and white characters to use for art work Rhyme cards- Nursery rhyme cards of the different rhymes mentioned or pictured in the book- great to make into a rhyme book for your classroom Number line- A number line to 50 on Christmas decorated envelopes Character name posters- A4 posters of each character in the story with the characters’ name Story words- Decorated word cards with words linked to the story Lettering- Large display lettering of ‘The Jolly Christmas Postman’ decorated with holly leaves Bingo game- A colour bingo game with the characters in the story Sleigh game- Collect the matching parcels for your Santa sleigh Face masks- Colour and black and white face masks of the characters in the story Maths worksheet- Cut out and order the numbered letters- a version with numbers 1-5 and a version with numbers 1-10 Display border- Various colourful borders to print out to edge your displays- some of these could also be used for other Christmas displays Story sack tag- A decorated tag to add to your story sack Design worksheet- Design some postage stamps for the different characters in the story Christmas cards- Various Christmas cards to colour and make Christmas lists- Various decorated sheets for the children to write their lists to Santa A4 word mat- A word mat with pictures and words relating to the story Matching worksheet- Match the character name to the correct picture- 2 versions Word searches- Two different word searches with words and pictures from the story Speech bubble worksheets- Three worksheets to fill in the speech bubbles Game outlines- Three different outlines for the children to design their own Christmas board game Jigsaw outline- An outline of a jigsaw for the children to draw their own picture and cut out the pieces Word wall- A Christmas word wall with the first 100 High Frequency Words on bricks and a Humpty Dumpty to sit on the wall Gingerbread Boy game- Match the Gingerbread Boy pairs Story worksheet- Draw and write about your favourite part of the story 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 topic pack for teaching about materials The pack includes: Display materials including posters, banner, photos etc A materials bingo game A Power point about different materials Sorting pictures Plus lots more!

A lovely matching pairs game with British trees. This pack contains two sets of coloured cards- one with tree names and one without. The cards can be used as a matching pairs game or as flash cards or displayed in the outdoor area for children to spot and name the trees in the surroundings.

A lovely matching pairs game with British flowers. This pack contains one set of coloured cards. The cards can be used as a matching pairs game or as flash cards or displayed in the outdoor area for children to spot and name the flowers in the surroundings.

The pack includes: Display banner: A large display banner with the title 'Growing plants' on a photo background of Daisies Additional banners: 'Growing' and 'Plants' on a photographic plant background Topic words: each card has a photographic border- great to add to your display or writing area Question cards: great to encourage the children to think about plants and growing Photographs: Lots of coloured photos of different plants and wild plants which the children may spot in the school grounds or on the way to school Colour weed photographs: Photos of wild plants with the plant names Plant spotting cards: A4 and A3 sized plant spotting cards- great for the children to use in the school grounds to mark off which plants they have found Plant fan to make: A fan to make with photos of different wild plants on- great to fold up and take on a nature walk Colours display: Photographs of different coloured flowers with the colour name- great for the growing plants topic but also lovely to include in the art area Make a plant game: A game to collect the different parts of your plant first Parts of a plant: Information cards about the different parts of a plant Fruit and Vegetable photographs: colour photographs showing some different plants- great for a discussion about what they can and can't eat on a plant and how to grow fruit and vegetables Worksheets: Two differentiated worksheets for labelling the different parts of a plant Labelling plant posters: A4 and A3 sized coloured posters with labels for the different parts of a plant Wordsearch: find the growing and plant related words My plant worksheet: A fun worksheet to fill in details about a plant they have found on a nature walk or in the school grounds Plant parts photographs: coloured photographs showing the detail of different parts of plants such as the leaf, stem, flower and roots Matching pairs: Photographs of different types of seeds to play a matching pairs game or for comparing and describing the different seeds Wilting plant photograph: a colour photograph of a wilting plant- great for discussion about what a plant needs to grow

The pack includes: 1. A long display banner with pictures of different pets 2. A Power point about different pets and separate Power points about some popular pets 3. Posters of different pet animals with their names 4. A colourful display border with pictures of different pets 5. Topic words on decorated cards to print out and add to a display 6. Writing pages with picture of different pets and lines below to write about the animal- these are in colour and black and white 7. An A4 word card to use when writing about different pets 8. Fact cards about different animals kept as pets 9. Colour photos to print and add to a display showing lots of different pet animals 10. Colouring pictures 11. Pictures to trace of different pets and the things pets need 12. Face masks of different pets- great for making up stories or role play 13. A colourful picture bingo game 14. ‘My Pet’ worksheet with spaces to fill in details of the childs’ pet or a pet they would like 15. A colourful number line 16. An alphabet line 17. Counting worksheets 18. Clue cards with some clues for the children to guess the different animals plus pictures to use with the cards 19. Dog and bone matching- match the addition sums to the dogs with the correct answer 20. Taking care of a pet worksheets 21. ‘My unusual pet’ worksheet- children can choose any animal and write about it as their pet 22. ‘I bought my pet to school one day…’ –a worksheet to write a story 23. Match the animal to the things it needs 24. A workbook cover 25. A mini book to make- complete the sentence on each page and draw a picture 26. Word searches about pets 27. A crossword 28. Fish counting cards 29. Acrostic poem worksheets 30. Various worksheets about pets such as sentence writing, unscrambling the words, describing pets etc 31. A bingo game to collect the different things needed for the different pets 32. Pet shop maths activity set- use the price cards or write your own according to the ability of your children and complete the task cards 33. Large colour pet accessory pictures- great for sorting and using on displays 34. Make a pet in a home- create an optical illusion of an animal in its home 35. Pet and home matching cards 36. Favourite pet survey worksheet 37. Play dough mats 38. Label the animals worksheets 39. Lost pet posters to fill in – 3 different worksheets for different abilities 40. Pet adjective cards- great to add to a display or use in literacy lessons