Here is a book talk mat with activities for the story “Little Red Riding Hood." It is perfect for using at home during distance learning or in class with learners to celebrate World Book Day or as part of a Traditional Tales topic. The activity mat has some lovely activities to explore and celebrate the story of Little Red Riding Hood with children. There are a range of literacy, art, STEM and research tasks included.

Here is a book talk mat with activities for the story “Hansel and Gretel." It is perfect for using at home during distance learning or in class with learners to celebrate World Book Day or as part of a Traditional Tales topic. The activity mat has some lovely activities to explore and celebrate the story of Hansel and Gretel with children. There are a range of literacy, art, STEM and research tasks included.

Here is a book talk mat with activities for the story “The Magic Paintbrush” by Julia Donaldson. It is perfect for using at home during distance learning or in class with learners. The activity mat has some lovely activities to explore this traditional Chinese story with children. There are a range of literacy and research tasks included.

Here is a book talk mat with activities for the story “The Three Little Pigs." It is perfect for using at home during distance learning or in class with learners to celebrate World Book Day or as part of a Traditional Tales topic. The activity mat has some lovely activities to explore and celebrate the story of The Three Little Pigs with children. There are a range of literacy, art, STEM and research tasks included.

A no prep spelling choice menu for student to use in the month of February! This spelling menu would be perfect to use with any word list! Just print and go! You could even share it online for students to use while they are working remotely. It is packed with fun seasonal ways to practice spelling.

This resource is perfect for soft starts and early morning starter activities. It includes a month of winter themed morning starter slides which have literacy, numeracy and fine motor skill tasks, as well as space for important information. **The tasks are aimed at First Level/KS1. ** All slides are FULLY EDITABLE and includes a set of blank weekly templates that you can edit to create your own starter slides. If you decide to share this resource on social media please credit my Instagram @Mrs_Dees_Classroom and tag me in it - I’d love to see it! :)

Here is a book talk mat with activities for the story “The Koala Who Could” by Rachel Bright. It is perfect for using during Children’s Mental Health Week, or when exploring the theme of trying something new.

Here is a book talk mat with activities for the story “The Dot” by Peter H. Reynolds. It is perfect for using during Children’s Mental Health Week, or when exploring the theme of Growth Mindset.

There are 32 spelling activities included in these grids to take spelling outdoors! Most of the activities require minimal equipment or resources and can be completed by children independently, in pairs or as a whole class to practise spelling rules and patterns outdoors.

Here is a book talk mat with activities for the story “The Great Race” by Christopher Corr. The book tells the story of the Chinese Zodiac and the beginnings of Lunar New Year, or Chinese New Year. It is perfect for using at home during distance learning or in class with learners. The activity mat has some lovely activities to explore origins of the story of Lunar New Year with children. The activities can easily be used with any version of the story of the Chinese Zodiac. There are a range of literacy, art and research tasks included.

Here is a book talk mat with activities for the story “Goldilocks and the Three Bears." It is perfect for using at home during distance learning or in class with learners to celebrate World Book Day or as part of a Traditional Tales topic. The activity mat has some lovely activities to explore and celebrate the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears with children. There are a range of literacy, art STEM and research tasks included.

Here is a book talk mat with activities for the story “The Gingerbread Man." It is perfect for using at home during distance learning or in class with learners to celebrate World Book Day or as part of a Traditional Tales topic. The activity mat has some lovely activities to explore and celebrate the story of The Gingerbread Man with children. There are a range of literacy, art, STEM and research tasks included.

Here is a book talk mat with activities for the story “Jack and the Beanstalk." It is perfect for using at home during distance learning or in class with learners to celebrate World Book Day or as part of a Traditional Tales topic. The activity mat has some lovely activities to explore and celebrate the story of Jack and the Beanstalk with children. There are a range of literacy, art, STEM and research tasks included.

This is a set of posters to display in a learning environment to help develop number sense! Each number poster has lots of different representations of that amount and include: the number, the number word, UK coins, dice , 10 frame, fingers, numicon, cubes/base 10, dominoes, ladybird spots and tally marks! Please note that this set has a straight 1, 4 and 9 digit.

This is a set of formative assessment strategies to use in class. I like to have a set of these printed out and on my desk or in my planner and I use it as a way to make sure I’m using lots of different strategies to formatively assess learning throughout the day! Hope they help!

This is a set of plenary sentence stems to use in class. I’ve added the matching questions for teachers to use (they are colour coded). I like to have a set of these printed out and on my desk or stuck to the back of my classroom door and I use it as a prompt for discussions during plenaries or when the children are completing learning logs. Hope they help!

I’ve created a fun resource to use to celebrate World Nursery Week! The rhymes for this year are: The big ship sails 1,2,3,4,5 5 Little speckled frogs B.I.N.G.O. Twinkle twinkle little star I’ve created 2 booklets for children to complete every day after learning/exploring the rhyme of the day - one with a picture to colour and space to write a simple word or sentence - and one with a black space for the children to write and/or illustrate the rhyme of the day. I’ve also included a QR Code sheet that I have sent home with children to practice the rhymes and songs being focused on this year with their families. The QR codes link to the official video with Piccolo and have makaton signing as well.

This writing pack contains resources for a week’s worth of writing all about the things we might find in The Queen’s pocket! This would be perfect for celebrating Queen Elizabeth II’s jubilee this year, and can easily be differentiated to suit all stages! There are sheets to collect ideas, write vocabulary and descriptive phrases and a variety of sheets to write or redraft their writing on to. My children love being creative and imagining fun and wonderful items that they might find in these character’s pockets - I hope your children do too!

This resource includes a word mat full of vocabulary to use relating to Queen Elizabeth II’s Jubilee - and it is perfect for using independently, in literacy centers or as part of a writing lesson to help students feel successful in their writing. This picture dictionaries are available in colour and black and white ink-friendly versions.

Here is a book talk mat with activities for the story “Mr Wolf’s Pancakes” by Jan Fearnly. The book tells the story of Mr Wolf, who wants to make some pancakes, and his fairy tale neighbours. It is perfect for using at home during distance learning or in class with learners to celebrate Pancake Tuesday! The activity mat has some lovely activities to explore and celebrate Pancake Tuesday with children. There are a range of literacy, art and research tasks included.