Spellings of 16 common exception words in alphabetical order. Easy to edit and add more.

Very simple pictorial bingo game based around characters from traditional tales. The teacher can make the clues as challenging or simple as necessary. Also useful for plenaries, mental starters or as a self-chosen activity when teaching traditional tales.

Highly useful visual numicon representation of number bonds to 10. I haven't included the written number sentences but these can easily be added.

This grid is a quick and easy way for children to jot down comparisons between different traditional tales. It can be used as a starting point/plan for longer pieces of writing. It has been designed for KS1 pupils.

Range of questions to support children's understanding of ordinal numbers and counting on.

5 examples of super funky VCOP lettering I designed. You can easily adapt the size of the lettering, or even right click and select 'edit text&' if you want to change it to say something else. Hope you all like it.

Laminate these then velcro them up to form a useful phoneme chart of the following GPCS: sh ch th ng igh ee oa ur ir or aw a-e e-e i-e o-e u-e

Differentiated addition problems suitable for Key Stage 1.

Weeky plan for simple descriptive writing based around Chicken Licken. This would probably be better suited to earlier on in the year as the model text and outcomes are very simple. In my plan I have tried to put a a big emphasis on orally composing and practising basic sentences in line with the new curriculum. By the way, apologies for the fact that it is written in a black box! I can't seem to fix that.

Laminate, cut out and then stick together to create a simple but effective alphabet chart. Lower case + upper case letters are included.

Simple home-made book I made for Year 1 during their first full week back at school to get them used to sounding out + blending words. The pictures are all the same to stop the children from guessing or using picture clues and get them to rely on phonemic strategies. The children will draw their own pictures as an extension activity. I intend to make some more of these books over the forthcoming weeks.

This is a good activity to have out all the time in Key stage 1, whether on a spare bit of wall, on the back of a door etc. Laminate the pictures. Make multiple copies of the yellow circle as these will be asteroids. On the asteroids, write real and nonsense words which the children have to blu-tac to the alien or astronaut accordingly. It's a good idea to have a couple of these games out as a useful extension activity for guided reading/literacy if a group finishes early.

Children investigate the features of a range of traditional stories and record their findings on this grid. Works well when children work in small group. Grid can then be photocopied and stuck in their writing books.

Simple bunting with multiples of 2.

Attractive bunting to represent counting in twos. You can edit this to show any numbers you like.

Bright and attractive counting in tens themed bunting based on handprints and rockets.

This game has been designed as a starting point to generate discussion about the characteristics abd similarities of/differences between traditional tales characters. It's been designed with three levels of challenge, with one pictorial version and two text versions. Ideal for an interactive and engaging starter activity in literacy lessons, or as part of continous provision.

Very funky, quirky and bold days of the weeks labels that can be edited to suit any purpose.

Very bold, bright and quirky literacy and numeracy lettering, plus quirky editable labels. Easy to edit the signage to suit your needs.

2 weeks lesson planning based around Traditional Tales designed for Key Stage 1. The emphasis is on speaking, listening, retelling and innovating with numerous activities that will enhance children's verbal and written storytelling skills.