Welcome to my shop! As a dedicated teacher with over a 10 years of experience, I strive to provide fellow educators with a wide range of resources, mostly free of charge. Your support is greatly appreciated and motivates me to create even more materials. Please feel free to share your suggestions in the comments—I’d love to know what resources you’re looking for! Together, we can make teaching even more rewarding.
Welcome to my shop! As a dedicated teacher with over a 10 years of experience, I strive to provide fellow educators with a wide range of resources, mostly free of charge. Your support is greatly appreciated and motivates me to create even more materials. Please feel free to share your suggestions in the comments—I’d love to know what resources you’re looking for! Together, we can make teaching even more rewarding.
Unlock the wonders of nature with our 3-Week Planning Bundle for “The Hodgheg” by Dick King-Smith, now on sale at TES! This thoughtfully designed resource is perfect for educators looking to engage young learners with this heartwarming story about a hedgehog’s adventure. Over three weeks, students will explore themes of friendship, bravery, and the importance of caring for the environment through a variety of interactive lessons, creative projects, and critical thinking activities. Each week is packed with resources that cater to different learning styles, making it easy to inspire curiosity and a love for reading in your classroom. Don’t miss this chance to enrich your teaching toolkit—get your planning bundle today!
I’ve put Magic Bed week 1 resources for free, Just putting week 2 resources along with some Math resources for a £1 just to encourage me to upload more resources to help out teachers during this energy bills crisis.
Unleash your child’s inner storyteller with this captivating PowerPoint! Bursting with vibrant visuals and engaging activities, it guides young writers through every step of crafting their own narrative. From brainstorming ideas and developing characters to building exciting plots and writing vivid descriptions, this presentation equips children with the tools and confidence to create captivating stories that will ignite their imaginations!
This comprehensive Phonics Phase 2 Teacher Training Pack is designed to equip educators with everything they need to deliver effective, engaging, and systematic phonics lessons for young learners. Perfect for schools, individual teachers, and tutors, this resource aligns with the Letters and Sounds framework and is tailored to support early reading success.
This free resource will supplement this resource:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/little-wandle-parent-powerpoint-13157835
What’s Included:
Detailed Guidance for Teachers
A step-by-step overview of Phase 2 phonics, including the progression of letter-sound correspondences, blending and segmenting strategies, and key milestones to track pupil progress.
Interactive Training Presentation
A professionally designed, editable Keynote/PowerPoint presentation to deliver engaging CPD sessions. Includes visuals, sound clips, and practical activity ideas.
Printable Resources
Flashcards, sound mats, letter formation sheets and blending/segmenting activities ready to print and use in lessons.
Assessment and Tracking Templates
Tools to evaluate pupils’ phonics progress and pinpoint areas for additional support.
Why Choose This Pack?
Time-Saving: Ready-to-use materials reduce planning time.
Evidence-Based: Developed using proven methods to boost phonics attainment.
Versatile: Ideal for new teachers, experienced educators, or those looking to refresh their approach.
Professional Touch: Perfect for CPD sessions or inset days.
Empower your team to confidently teach Phonics Phase 2 and set your pupils on the path to reading success! Download your pack today and inspire confident, capable readers.
Discover the magic of storytelling with our 4-Week Teaching Bundle: “Goldilocks and the Three Bears” by Lauren Child, now available on TES! This must-have resource offers engaging activities, creative projects, and critical thinking exercises designed to immerse students in this beloved classic. With a focus on character analysis, theme exploration, and hands-on learning, this bundle provides everything you need to inspire your students and foster a love for literature. Don’t miss out on this fantastic opportunity to enhance your classroom experience-grab your bundle today while it’s on sale!
Includes lesson plans, differentiated worksheet.
This resource provides engaging activities and discussion points for Weeks 2 and 3 of The Journey Home by Frann Preston-Gannon. This beautifully illustrated book follows the journey of a polar bear who meets other endangered animals along the way, creating opportunities for students to explore themes of environmental conservation and empathy. These weekly guides include comprehension questions, creative projects, and activities designed to deepen understanding of the story and its message, while encouraging reflection on our impact on the natural world.
Week 1(Free) : https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13145680
This PowerPoint presentation is dedicated to the National Handwriting Assembly, highlighting the significance of handwriting in today’s world. It covers key insights into the benefits of handwriting, the goals of the assembly and the ways it fosters appreciation for this valuable skill.
Included within the presentation are certificates to recognize the efforts and achievements of those committed to preserving the art and utility of handwriting. This assembly is not just about celebrating handwriting but also about inspiring a new generation to value the written word.
Handwriting Practice Sheet:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/handwriting-practice-free-11323287
In this exciting Iron Man writing unit, students explore prediction skills, practice using similes and create an engaging wanted poster based on the text. This week’s resources include both Active Inspire Flipcharts (previously used) and new PowerPoint slides with updated content for more recent lessons.
Week 3:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/iron-man-by-ted-hughes-year-3-4-writing-unit-week-3-13151758
A variety of mental starters as well as Mathematical vocabulary that children can repeat before a topic in Maths. Works brilliantly with my class. This is a Promethean flip-chart that uses Active inspire.
Update: I’ve included Powerpoint now.
Editable - KS1 Writing Cover Page
This simple yet effective KS1 Writing Cover Page is designed to help young learners structure their work neatly and consistently. It clearly indicates:
Where to write the date: Ensuring uniformity across all work.
Space for the Learning Objective (LO): Perfect for sticking or writing the lesson focus.
Clean, child-friendly design: Easy for students to follow independently.
An ideal addition to your classroom resources to encourage good presentation habits in early writers!
KS2 Writing Cover Page:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-13159781
This fantastic resource is packed with nouns, adjectives, and phrases, plus excellent sample sentences to help students write vivid descriptions of settings. I’ve used it successfully with my Year 4 and 5 classes, and they loved it!
Update: I’ve added extra resources to do with setting and a detailed powerpoint about setting and character description.
This unit provides a comprehensive guide on crafting compelling diary entries. Students will learn the key elements of personal writing, including expressing emotions, reflecting on experiences, and using vivid language. Through interactive exercises and examples, they will develop the skills to create authentic and engaging diary entries that capture their thoughts and feelings. This unit fosters self-expression, improves writing fluency, and encourages deeper introspection.
Unlock essential phonics resources with our Phonics Bundle—now on sale! Perfect for your students, this bundle includes engaging, structured materials to support early reading and phonics skills. Designed to make learning fun and effective, these resources are ideal for teachers and parents alike. Grab this special offer and give young learners a strong foundation in phonics!
Explore our collection of assembly PowerPoint presentations, available at a discounted price when purchased as a bundle. Covering topics such as Holocaust Memorial Day, Remembrance Day, and other key historical and cultural events, each presentation is thoughtfully designed to engage, educate, and inspire students. With ready-to-use slides that include images, reflective prompts, and key talking points, these assemblies make it easy to deliver meaningful messages. Perfect for schools looking for a versatile and cost-effective way to honor important occasions throughout the year.
This collection of phonics resources offers a wealth of materials perfect for checking comprehension in reading activities. Each resource is designed to support educators in assessing students’ understanding of phonics concepts, vocabulary, and text. With engaging exercises, worksheets, and interactive activities, these resources provide a comprehensive approach to reinforcing phonics skills while ensuring students grasp the content of the book. Ideal for use in classrooms or at home, this collection encourages active learning and boosts confidence in reading abilities.
Resource Overview: Literacy Unit Plan for The Wolves in the Wall
This comprehensive resource is designed to support literacy instruction centered around The Wolves in the Wall across three weeks of engaging lessons. The resource includes:
PowerPoints: To give you a brief overview of the book with soem ideas.
Learning Objectives (LOs): Clear, structured objectives guiding each lesson, such as using sensory details, understanding narrative perspectives, and crafting persuasive writing.
Weekly Plans: Detailed lesson plans that include differentiated activities and success criteria, making it easy to adapt the lessons for a range of abilities and ensure all students meet their learning targets.
This resource provides everything needed to foster thoughtful discussions, creative writing, and deep comprehension, making The Wolves in the Wall an engaging and valuable literacy study.
Empower Year 2 students with resources to plan and create their own leaflets or fact files! These user-friendly materials include templates, brainstorming sheets, and guiding questions to help young writers organize their ideas effectively. Perfect for any topic, these resources encourage creativity and critical thinking as students explore how to present information clearly and engagingly. With a focus on structure and content, this toolkit makes leaflet writing and fact file creation a fun and educational experience
Retreival , Vocabularly and Inference questions based on the book band colour following the READ WRITE INC scheme. These resources have been created by me to use for guided reading in Year 2, can also be used for Year 1 and Year 3 or anyone using those colour banded books.
Worksheet for Books:
Polar
At the Monster Games
Animal Superpower
Meet your Inside
Meet a Genius
This is the first of a 4 week resource on Edward Tulane. The first week includes a differentiated lesson plan, easy to understand and follow. As well as resources and flip-charts (Active Inspire) which go with it. I have taught this to Year 4 class and it was the best ever book they read. Everyone remembers Edward Tulane only because of these lesson plans and resources and the way the book was read.
You can find the rest here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/edward-tulane-week-2-4-lesson-plan-active-inspire-flip-chart-and-resources-13146148
Early Morning work that is sure to get children thinking.
Here are some examples from the PowerPoint:
1. Think of at least 5 WOW words to describe a sandwich. (remember to use your senses)
2. Write as many adverbs as possible to describe this verb eg. walked - quickly, slowly, noisily, shyly, quietly.
3. Pick 5 WOW words off the board and write five sentences using them.
Outstandingly, Tenderly, Biologically, Formidable, Outspoken, Stern, Comical, Pathetic, Yearning, Dwell,