These are gorgeous writing activities based on a Christmas theme. Ten things in an elf’s pocket focuses on things that can be found with senses. The eight things found in Santa’s sleigh can be just a list of common or unusual items. Examples are given and both activities include planning sheets and writing templates.

This is a lovely powerpoint which gives information about the KS1 SATs. Includes examples of SATs papers and clear explanations to make the meeting with parents that little bit easier.

To celebrate Roald Dahl day, we want to give something to teachers and educators, who are preparing activities to mark the great achievements from the story telling genius. We have designed 16 fantastic activities, based around familiar stories. Some activities are suitable for EYFS/SEN and KS1 children, others are suitable for children in KS2. There are a range of exciting science experiments for a selection of characters from familiar stories, there is a crossword, a wordsearch and some revolting rhyme ideas. We have even included matching cards which can be played where two of the same need to be matched for younger learners, but then we have designed a higher level matching cards game, which takes a little more thinking about, matching 2 objects that relate to particular stories written by Roald Dahl. Some of these activities have been created to really test your knowledge of Roald Dahl stories. We hope you enjoy a little gift from us to you. Happy Roald Dahl Day :-)

This engaging Powerpoint presentation provides a great visual to help children in their learning and understanding of what a homophone is and how a word which sounds the same can have other spellings and meanings. Colourful and stimulating for literacy teaching which encourages child interaction throughout. Other resources are available to download separately to complement the presentation.| Homophones Please try all our FREE resources, so you can sample the fantastic colourful and user friendly media available. https://applefortheteacher.co.uk/downloads/free-resources/ If you like what you see and would like to be part of our growing Apple community please choose one of our 3 annual subscriptions https://applefortheteacher.co.uk/subscriptions/ (Microsoft Powerpoint or similar software will be required to open this PPT. file once it has been downloaded). Apple for the teacher resources have been designed by experienced teachers for assisting home educators, parents, SEN and primary teachers including NQT’s with assessment and lesson resources. Please join our growing community of Apple for the Teacher members at one of our social media groups, so others can enjoy the experience you have had. facebook Twitter Linkedin Instagram Youtube Apple for the teacher Ltd Educational resources – putting children at the core of their learning

Year 1 Free Resources are SATPIN handwriting sheets that are great for allowing young learners to begin forming letters. Cute, memorable rhymes are a great resource to encourage correct formations for each letter sound, includes uppercase and lowercase letters to trace and write. Please try all our FREE resources including 2 ready to go powerpoint presentations, so you can sample the fantastic colourful and user friendly media available. https://applefortheteacher.co.uk/downloads/free-resources/ If you like what you see and would like to be part of our growing Apple community please choose one of our 3 annual subscriptions https://applefortheteacher.co.uk/subscriptions/ Apple for the teacher resources have been designed by experienced teachers for assisting home educators, parents, SEN and primary teachers including NQT’s with assessment and lesson resources. Please join our growing community of Apple for the Teacher members at one of our social media groups, so others can enjoy the experience you have had. facebook Twitter Linkedin Instagram Youtube

We have included a selection of Christmas activities to support children in KS1 in this pack, covering a range of subjects. Other Christmas packs are available to download here and on the website applefortheteacher.co.uk for FREE.

A great set of handwriting sheets with encouraging quotes to support children in their development of handwriting. Suitable for all primary learners.

This is a lovely poster to support educational professionals and parents in building up strength in hand and arm muscles to allow children to write. There is much more to writing than just putting pen to paper in the early stages. This poster will give ideas of strategies which can be used to support development in writing in the Early Years, or when writing is difficult.

This is a great activity to do with learners on their return from the summer holidays, when starting in a new class. It is also a great speaking and listening activity. Print out on card or laminate them, cut them out and let the children ask away in their groups or pairs. All the questions are the types that children can relate to, allowing them to find out about each other.

These posters enhance a KS2 literacy display, giving learners a visual prompt of words to use for co-ordinating conjunctions, which should be added to join words, phrases and clauses. Also included is a FANBOYS word mat, which can be used for individuals or groups to provide an independent reminder.

These are visually stimulating Comprehension Posters to explain in a child friendly way the comprehension terms and what they mean. Giving clear examples to aid understanding for KS2 learners in English (7 posters in total ready to download).

These are great sheets which I have used with a range of learners, including learners with Special Educational Needs who were not able to write. They signed/verbalised their caption for an adult to write down word for word. A great assessment tool for all learners to show their level of understanding. Can also be used for children to write their own captions for EYFS, KS1 and KS2. A fabulous resource to inspire creative writing and thoughts.

These are great sheets which I have used with a range of learners, including learners with Special Educational Needs who were not able to write. They signed/verbalised their caption for an adult to write down word for word. A great assessment tool for all learners to show their level of understanding. Can also be used for children to write their own captions for EYFS, KS1 and KS2. A fabulous resource to inspire creative writing and thoughts.

These are great sheets which I have used with a range of learners, including learners with Special Educational Needs who were not able to write. They signed/verbalised their caption for an adult to write down word for word. A great assessment tool for all learners and their level of understanding. Can also be used for children to write their own captions for EYFS, KS1 and KS2. A fabulous resource to inspire creative writing and thoughts.

Those tricky word spellings take some remembering, here we have designed a range of posters to make this just a little easier. Using different strategies for 13 common spelling mistakes, these posters are a great way to not only provide a great visual but to plant little rhymes and ideas into the minds of children, allowing them to refer back to them automatically when doing their writing. Thirteen posters are included in this set all ready for you to download…

These are great activities which can be laminated to support children in writing and spelling of high frequency words. Encourages sounding out of words and word recognition (Read it), encourages making the word using plastic letters or playdough (make it), then encourages writing using a whiteboard pen to copy the word (write it). Over 40 high frequency words included to download in this set…

Check out a challenge choose between three levels, using skills from science, literacy and maths. Great activities to support the key skills being learned which can be completed when the activity in class has been completed. Keeping that creativity flowing and those minds working…

These are lovely activities to reinforce the tricky concept of hard C and Soft C. This can be a very confusing skill to grasp for young learners. We have created a display poster to support and prompt learners and 2 activities which are cut and stick activities, one with pictures and one with words, for sorting them out, allowing children to really get a solid understanding of the sound the ‘c’ makes. Great for Year 1 and Year 2 children.

These are great educational resources aimed at upper KS2 learners. Fake news is an area of literacy that is now becoming more and more an issue. Stories are being shared on social media and people are unsure of what is true and what is fake. Here you will find a poster giving strategies to help children to remember to think before trusting what they are reading. There is also a checklist which they can use to help them to decide if a story is from a trusted source. Finally there is a really good game which children will really enjoy, reading headlines as they move along the game board deciding which are real and which are fake. A brilliant set of resources to build important skills in a fun way, whilst putting the love in learning…

These are great to support children in their story writing. This is a whole story planner with ideas and prompts, to make story writing less daunting and to give children who struggle to come up with ideas, things they can use to kick start their imaginations. Includes planning sheets for each area of a story with examples and tips. From character, to setting, to opener, to dilemma, to resolution, to key vocabulary even to the title and illustration. A great resource for several story writing lessons. Putting the love back into learning. Giving children the tools to thrive!