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Let me help you improve your work-life balance by sharing my high-quality primary teaching resources.
The inspiration for Fairy does it! resources comes from the children that I have worked with over my many years of primary teaching. They have been my greatest mentors in teaching me how to develop successful, engaging materials.
I love to include lots of fun backgrounds and characters in my work, all of which are designed by myself.
Contact me at fairydoesit@btinternet.com
Word mats to help children retell the story of Easter. Great to use as an aid to writing to help with key vocabulary and spellings. Two versions included - simple and more detailed. Suitable for Early Years, Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2.
Use alongside the Easter Story PowerPoint
The Easter Story PowerPoint - simple version
The Easter Story PowerPoint - more detailed version
Other <strong><i>Fairydoesit!</i></strong> Easter resources available.
The Easter Story Colouring Sheets
Tell Me a Story - Story Maps for the Easter Story
The Easter Story Writing Sheets
The Easter Story Writing Booklets
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Three sheets to get children to think about and describe the changes that occur across the four seasons. Includes:
What clothing do you wear in the different seasons?
How does day length change across the seasons?
How do plants change across the seasons?
Use as individual lessons on the different changes that occur or as planning sheets for an end of unit written task/assessment.
Other resources available
Stay Safe in the Sun Lesson Materials
Observing the Weather Interactive PowerPoint lesson starter
Weather Word Mat
Weather Observation Recording Sheets - record over 5 days
Weather Observation Recording Sheets - record over 7 days
Weather Observation Recording PACK - record over 5 days
Weather Observation Recording PACK - record over 7 days
The Four Seasons Planning and Writing Templates
Changes across the Four Seasons Writing PACK
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11 colourful slides retelling the Nativity/Christmas Story. Suitable for Key Stage 1 and lower Key Stage 2.
PowerPoint Show and PDF versions included in download.
Simpler version of the Christmas Story is also available
The Christmas Story PowerPoint - simple version
Use alongside other Fairydoesit! Christmas resources.
Tell Me a Story - Story Maps for The Christmas Story
The Christmas Story Writing Sheets
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Story maps for retelling the story of the nativity. Excellent for assisting children with communication and language skills and for use as a prompt for writing. A great resource for Talk for Writing lessons. Suitable for Early Years and Key Stage 1.
2 versions included - one featuring the main parts of the Christmas Story and one including more detail. Story maps are available in both colour and black and white.
Use alongside the Christmas Story PowerPoint Presentations.
The Christmas Story PowerPoint
Other Fairydoesit! Christmas resources also available.
The Christmas Story - Retell the Story Picture Cards
The Christmas Story Colouring Sheets
The Christmas Story Writing Sheets
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Resources for writing the story of Easter. Use the detailed PowerPoint to introduce the Easter Story and then choose from the variety of booklets and writing sheets to retell it. Great for Talk 4 Writing activities. Suitable for Early Years, Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2.
Pack includes:
More detailed PowerPoint with 9 colourful slides.
Writing sheets - 2 x one page versions and 2 x two page versions.
Writing booklets - 5 different versions depending on what parts of the story you want to children to focus on.
2 word mats - simple and more detailed.
Resources available to buy separately
The Easter Story PowerPoint - more detailed version
The Easter Story Writing Sheets
The Easter Story Writing Booklets
The Easter Story Word Mats
Other Easter resources also available
The Easter Story PowerPoint - simple version
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Easter Story resources to introduce the story, retell it and write it. Use the PowerPoint to introduce the Easter Story and then use the variety of visual prompts as aids for retelling verbally and written. Great for Talk 4 Writing activities. Suitable for Early Years and Key Stage 1.
Pack includes:
Simple PowerPoint with 9 colourful slides.
2 story maps in colour and black and white
Writing sheets - 2 x one page versions and 2 x two page versions.
2 word mats - simple and more detailed.
Resources available to buy separately
The Easter Story PowerPoint - simple version
Tell Me a Story - Story Maps for the Easter Story
The Easter Story Writing Sheets
The Easter Story Word Mats
Other Easter resources available
The Easter Story PowerPoint - more detailed version
The Easter Story Colouring Sheets
The Easter Story - Retell the Story Picture Cards
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Easter Story resources to introduce the story and then retell it. Use the PowerPoint to introduce the Easter Story and then use the variety of visual prompts as aids for retelling. Great for Talk 4 Writing activities. Suitable for Early Years and Key Stage 1.
Pack includes:
Simple PowerPoint with 9 colourful slides.
11 colouring sheets in landscape and portrait.
2 story maps in colour and black and white
10 picture cards provided as 2 per page, 4 per page or 8 per page.
2 word mats - simple and more detailed.
Resources available to buy separately
The Easter Story PowerPoint - simple version
The Easter Story Colouring Sheets
Tell Me a Story - Story Maps for the Easter Story
The Easter Story - Retell the Story Picture Cards
The Easter Story Word Mats
Other Easter resources available
The Easter Story PowerPoint - more detailed version
The Easter Story Writing Sheets
The Easter Story Writing Booklets
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A basic version of the Christmas Story suitable for Early Years and Key Stage 1.
11 colourful slides containing simple text and fun pictures retelling the Nativity.
PowerPoint Show and PDF versions included in download.
More detailed version of the Christmas Story is also available
The Christmas Story - Retell the Story Picture Cards
The Christmas Story Colouring Sheets
Tell Me a Story - Story Maps for The Christmas Story
The Christmas Story Writing Sheets
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Pack includes:
The Four Seasons Planning and Writing Templates
Seasonal Changes Recording Sheets
Use together for a series of lessons to recap learning about the different seasons:
Lesson 1, 2, 3 - use the three different Seasonal Changes sheets to record the individual changes (a lesson per change);
Lesson 4 - use the Four Seasons planning sheets to plan all the differences. Choose the planning sheet appropriate for your pupils;
Lesson 5 - use planning sheet developed in previous lesson and the Four Seasons booklet to write a booklet about the Four Seasons. Choose the booklet template(s) appropriate for your pupils.
Works well as a build up for an end of term writing piece and to assess the whole year's Seasons topic in Science/Geography.
Also available separately
The Four Seasons Planning and Writing Templates
Planning and writing sheets for The Four Seasons. Use to write about the different changes that occur over the four seasons of the year. Available:
A4 writing sheet without lines;
A4 writing sheet with lines;
Booklet – with and without season headings;
Booklet with narrow lines;
All booklets available with and without LO (Learning Objective) and space for date.
When printing booklets, select booklet and 2 sided printing. Fold pages in half and slot together in the correct page order to form a booklet.
Seasonal Changes Recording Sheets
Three sheets to get children to think about and describe the changes that occur across the four seasons. Includes:
What clothing do you wear in the different seasons?
How does day length change across the seasons?
How do plants change across the seasons?
Use as individual lessons on the different changes that occur or as planning sheets for an end of unit written task/assessment.
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Booklet template for writing a pancake recipe with narrow lines. Clear photos for each step to act as visual aids. Includes photos of scales showing quantities for flour and milk (links to Mathematics Measuring).
When printing select booklet and 2 sided printing. Fold pages in half and slot together in the correct page order to form a booklet.
Suitable for Reception, Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2.
Also available as a booklet with bigger line spacings Pancake recipe writing booklet
Use alongside other Fairydoesit! Shrove Tuesday/Pancake making resources.
Writing a pancake recipe - easy version
Writing a pancake recipe - harder version with large lines
Writing a pancake recipe - harder version with narrow lines
Talk about pancake making - homework aid
Story map - making pancakes
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Booklet template for writing a pancake recipe. Clear photos for each step to act as visual aids. Includes photos of scales showing quantities for flour and milk (links to Mathematics Measuring).
When printing, select booklet and 2 sided printing. Fold pages in half and slot together in the correct page order to form a booklet.
Suitable for Reception, Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2.
Also available as a booklet with narrow lines Pancake recipe writing booklet - narrow lines
Use alongside other Fairydoesit! Shrove Tuesday/Pancake making resources.
Writing a pancake recipe - easy version
Writing a pancake recipe - harder version with large lines
Writing a pancake recipe - harder version with narrow lines
Talk about pancake making - homework aid
Story map - making pancakes
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Template for writing a pancake recipe. Clear photos for each step to act as visual aids. 11 steps over 2 pages. Narrower line spacing for smaller writing. Easier version also available for differentiation.
Suitable for Reception, Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2
Use alongside other Fairydoesit! Shrove Tuesday/Pancake making resources.
Writing a pancake recipe - easy version
Writing a pancake recipe - harder version with large lines
Pancake recipe writing booklet
Pancake recipe writing booklet - narrow lines
Talk about pancake making - homework aid
Story map - making pancakes
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Template for writing a pancake recipe. Clear photos for each step to act as visual aids. 11 steps over 2 pages. Larger line spacing for bigger writing.
Easier version also available for differentiation.
Suitable for Reception, Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2
Use alongside other Fairydoesit! Shrove Tuesday/Pancake making resources.
Writing a pancake recipe - easy version
Writing a pancake recipe - harder version with narrow lines
Pancake recipe writing booklet
Pancake recipe writing booklet - narrow lines
Talk about pancake making - homework aid
Story map - making pancakes
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Template for writing a pancake recipe. Clear photos for each step to act as visual aids. Main steps only (1 sheet) with larger line spacing for bigger writing.
Harder version also available for differentiation/extension.
Suitable for Reception, Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2
Use alongside other Fairydoesit! Shrove Tuesday/Pancake making resources.
Writing a pancake recipe - harder version with large line spacing
Writing a pancake recipe - harder version with narrow lines
Pancake recipe writing booklet
Pancake recipe writing booklet - narrow lines
Talk about pancake making - homework aid
Story map - making pancakes
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A visual story map that allows children to retell their own experiences of making pancakes. The sheet can be used as a recipe to follow or for the children to communicate how they made pancakes in class/at home. Use it as a focus for a display. The visual aid could also be used to assist writing - Talk 4 Writing, recounts, recipe writing. Great resource for communication and language and writing/marking making.
Suitable for EYFS, KS1 and KS2.
Use alongside other Fairydoesit! Shrove Tuesday/Pancake making resources.
Talk about pancake making - homework aid
Writing a pancake recipe - easy version
Writing a pancake recipe - harder version with large line spacing
Writing a pancake recipe - harder version with narrow lines
Pancake recipe writing booklet
Pancake recipe writing booklet - narrow lines
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An aid to help families talk about making pancakes. A visual story map that allows children and parents/carers to retell their own experiences of making pancakes. The sheet can also be used as a recipe to follow. Great to encourage communication and language.
Suitable for EYFS and KS1
Use alongside other Fairydoesit! Shrove Tuesday/Pancake making resources.
Story map - making pancakes
Writing a pancake recipe - easy version
Writing a pancake recipe - harder version with large line spacing
Writing a pancake recipe - harder version with narrow lines
Pancake recipe writing booklet
Pancake recipe writing booklet - narrow lines
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Pack includes:
Observing the Weather Interactive PowerPoint
Weather Observation Recording Sheets – record over 7 days
Weather Word Mat
Also available to buy separately
Observing the Weather PowerPoint
An interactive PowerPoint to guide children on observing and predicting the weather. Slides included get children to think about what the weather was like yesterday, observe what the weather is like today and predict what they think the weather will be like tomorrow. Use the PowerPoint to model how to record the weather on the Weather Observation Recording Sheets.
Weather Observation Recording Sheets – record over 7 days
Observe and record the weather over the week (Saturday to Friday). 8 different charts to choose from of varying difficulties. Use the sheets to record the weather across the seasons and to increase the level of difficulty in recording as you progress through the year.
Weather Word Mat
Word mat for the different types of weather across the seasons. Use as an aid to remember the different types of weather and as a guide for vocabulary and spellings.
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Pack includes:
Observing the Weather Interactive PowerPoint
Weather observation recording sheets – record over 5 days
Weather Word Mat
Also available to buy separately
Observing the Weather Interactive PowerPoint
An interactive PowerPoint to guide children on observing and predicting the weather. Slides included get children to think about what the weather was like yesterday, observe what the weather is like today and predict what they think the weather will be like tomorrow. Use the PowerPoint to model how to record the weather on the Weather Observation Recording Sheets.
Weather observation recording sheets – record over 5 days
Observe and record the weather over the school week (Monday to Friday). 12 different charts to choose from of varying difficulties. Use the sheets to record the weather across the seasons and to increase the level of difficulty in recording as you progress through the year.
Weather Word Mat
Word mat for the different types of weather across the seasons. Use as an aid to remember the different types of weather and as a guide for vocabulary and spellings.
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A set of 11 colouring sheets which retell the story of the nativity. Each sheet has an appealing picture and text which describes what is happening for each part of the Christmas Story.
Suitable for Early Years and Key Stage 1.
2 versions available – simple and more detailed text versions.
Use alongside the Christmas Story PowerPoint Presentations.
The Christmas Story PowerPoint
Other Fairydoesit! Christmas resources also available.
The Christmas Story - Retell the Story Picture Cards
Tell Me a Story - Story Maps for The Christmas Story
The Christmas Story Writing Sheets
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An interactive PowerPoint to guide children on observing and predicting the weather. Slides included get children to think about what the weather was like yesterday, observe what the weather is like today and predict what they think the weather will be like tomorrow.
Use the PowerPoint to model how to record weather throughout the week. Compare the weather throughout the seasons of summer, autumn, winter and spring.
Use alongside Fairydoesit! Weather Word Mat and Weather Observation Recording Sheets - record over 5 days or Weather Observation Recording Sheets - record over 7 days
Also available to buy together in a choice of packs
Weather Observation Recording PACK - record over 5 days
Weather Observation Recording PACK - record over 7 days
Other resources available
Stay Safe in the Sun Lesson Materials
Seasonal Changes Recording Sheets
The Four Seasons Planning and Writing Templates
Changes across the Four Seasons Writing PACK
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