This document provides ideas on how to set up your own Mermaid’s Picnic Role play. An excellent add on to any Pirate theme you may already deliver. The document links the role play to the seven areas of learning within the latest Early Years Framework and Development Matters Document so that you know what to look out for in your observations as well as easily link the role play to your own planning format. The Mermaid’s Picnic idea provides opportunities for child, adult initiated learning as well as small group adult led. This is my first document made to share, please give me feedback as to anything else you would find useful.

Here are some Smart Notebook slides, showing sounds in the RWI order including additional sounds. Perfect for quickly running through in a spare moment when revising for the phonics screening test.

This is a simple powerpoint designed to run through sounds that the children will need to decode and segment words for reading and spelling. These sounds are in an order that corresponds with the Read Write Inc. scheme. Useful powerpoint for quick revision of sounds.