Roll up, gather round, the Pancake Parade's in town! This introduction to Shrove Tuesday and performance poem has just the right mix for a Pancake Day themed assembly.
This performance poem can also be used for a Pancake Day themed English lesson with a focus on verbs.
These original poems and accompanying activities will bring Spring time into your English lesson. Use ‘adjective twigs’ to build a nest and write a Spring acrostic poem.
This ‘tidy up song’ can be sung with your class to encourage everyone to have ‘helping hands’ at tidy up time. It is sung to the well known nursery ryhme, ‘Wind the Bobbin Up’.
Many teachers, I mean children, love a snow day. Share this original poem with your class as they anticipate the first snowfall of the year. This may spark a discussion about the conditions that are needed for snowfall and looking at weather forecasts.
This PowerPoint clearly shows each of the tricky words from phases 2 to 5.
This resource has a springtime theme and is introduced and concluded with a simple song to the tune of ‘Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary’.
This resource will brighten up your phonics lesson on a spring day.
This PowerPoint clearly shows each of the tricky words from phases 2 to 5.
This resource has a winter theme and is introduced and concluded with a simple song to the tune of ‘Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush’.
This resource will wake up your phonics class on a cold and frosty morning.
Bring the four seasons into your English lessons throughout the year!
This collection of original poems includes English activities inspired by them.
This resource is suitable for ks1 and ks2
Bring winter into your classroom with this original poem about being 'warm and cosy' inside and having fun outside on a winter's day. An activity sheet is included to decorate a hat, scarf and mittens with warm colours and winter patterns.
Your class can explore the winter acrostic poem and write acrostic poems of their own using the winter word bank and writing frame.
Three original poems to bring a Viking history topic into your English lessons. This resource includes a template and word bank to inspire your class to write their own Viking acrostic poems.
Bring festive fun into your classroom with these 3 original Christmas poems.
Activities include: writing a Christmas acrostic poem, drawing a magical Christmas Eve scene through a window and decorating a crown and a placemat for the Christmas party.
This resource contains 26 original poems covering the seasonal themes of Back to School, Harvest, Autumn, Bonfire Night, Winter, Christmas, New Year, Valentine’s Day, Pancake Day, Easter, Spring and Summer.
Many of the poems have activity sheets to accompany them.
Encourage your class to reflect on their hopes and dreams for the new year with these two original poems. An activity sheet accompanies each poem so that children can set themselves goals which they hope to achieve during the year.