Ideas across digital literacy, IT and computer science for years 1 - 6 to do in each term.

Use these stars to laminate and glue to lolly sticks. The children are to chose a green star to think about a question before they read the book, a yellow for during, and a red for after they have finished the book. The aim of these to guide the children to what they should be thinking about when they read on their own.

Looking for a time filler for children that have finished their work? or a nice lesson to finish the week? print out these task cards and find some poems that your children will love to explore and present their own ideas and thoughts. This document includes 3 ideas. Make sure to laminate them to use again! My year 4's loved this lesson.

This resource includes 4 different types of poems, their definitions and an example. In groups, give the children a set time and pack of cut out poem pack and ask the table to read out their answers. Does everyone agree? does anyone have anything different? why? This activity covers misconceptions and a good competition element for the children to get into poetry.

<p>A visual way to display phases 3-5.</p>

<p>A powerpoint that enables children to pull apart figuartive lanaguge within poems. This powerpoint comes with tasks but not the additional poems.</p>

<p>An excellent way to engage children in their learning. By call and response, mirroring and recapping new information.</p>

A presentation to give you ideas on how to use a 2 character book to develop children's confidence in speaking and listening activities, as a class, one to one and in small groups. A guide on how to scaffold the children's learning.