As a trained Reading Recovery Teacher and experienced Reading Leader with over 15 years of leading Phonics and reading across schools, I bring a wealth of expertise to my teaching resources. With over 20 years of teaching experience across all primary age groups, I ensure every resource is rigorously tested in my own classroom before being added to TES. My goal is to create engaging, purposeful materials that enrich children’s learning and foster a love for reading.
As a trained Reading Recovery Teacher and experienced Reading Leader with over 15 years of leading Phonics and reading across schools, I bring a wealth of expertise to my teaching resources. With over 20 years of teaching experience across all primary age groups, I ensure every resource is rigorously tested in my own classroom before being added to TES. My goal is to create engaging, purposeful materials that enrich children’s learning and foster a love for reading.
The Bronze Package
Designed for Year 4 students, these no-prep activities explore the origins of a familiar everyday beverage—tea—and trace its journey from India to cups around the world. Through an engaging text, students will discover how tea is grown, harvested, traded, and enjoyed, gaining both cultural insight and key reading comprehension skills.
What’s Inside the Bronze Pack?
A Carefully Curated Text (“Where Does My Tea Come From?”): An informative passage explaining how tea is cultivated in India, the steps it goes through before being shipped, and how it reaches people globally.
Comprehension Activity (2-Page): Thoughtfully structured questions encourage close reading, critical thinking, and a deeper understanding of the global connections that bring tea from Indian plantations to kitchen tables everywhere.
Extension Activity: For fast finishers, an additional challenge invites students to think more broadly—perhaps researching different types of tea grown in various regions of India or comparing the journey of tea to other goods we use daily.
Answer Sheet: Ideal for self-assessment, peer marking, or quick teacher feedback.
Use These Resources For:
In-class reading and discussions
Quiet reading corners for independent exploration
Homework assignments that blend literacy and cultural studies
Guided reading sessions with focused support
Assessment practice to gauge students’ understanding
Intervention sessions for targeted skill-building
Emergency sub plans that require no additional preparation
Simply present the materials, and students will delve into how tea is grown and transported, enhancing their global awareness while sharpening their reading comprehension skills. With the included answer sheet, providing feedback is straightforward and efficient.
Empower your learners to understand where everyday products come from and how cultures connect through trade—no extra planning required!
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The Bronze Package
Designed for Year 4 students, these no-prep activities explore the idea of global connections—how people, traditions, and goods link us to places like India. Through the engaging text, students will discover how cultural exchange, trade, and shared experiences unite different parts of the world.
What’s Inside the Bronze Pack?
A Carefully Curated Text (“What Connects Us?”): An informative passage highlighting how cultural traditions, stories, products, and technology create a sense of connection between India and other countries.
Comprehension Activity (2-Page): Thoughtfully structured questions encouraging students to identify key details, make inferences, and understand how global connections form and evolve.
Extension Activity: For fast finishers, an additional challenge prompts deeper thinking, such as researching a cultural tradition from India that has spread globally or imagining ways people stay connected across continents.
Answer Sheet: Ideal for self-assessment, peer marking, or quick teacher feedback.
Use These Resources For:
In-class reading and discussions
Quiet reading corners to foster independent learning
Homework assignments
Guided reading groups with focused support
Assessment practice to gauge understanding
Intervention sessions for targeted skill-building
Emergency sub plans requiring no extra prep
Simply present these materials, and students will delve into how the world is interconnected—through trade, cultural exchanges, and shared technologies—using India as a focal point. With the included answer sheet, feedback and assessment become streamlined.
Empower your learners to see the bigger picture of our global community while enhancing their reading comprehension skills—no additional planning needed!
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The Bronze Package
Designed for Year 4 students, these no-prep activities immerse learners in the journey of tea as it travels from its origins in India to cups around the world. Through this engaging text, students will gain cultural insight and improve their reading comprehension skills.
What’s Inside the Bronze Pack?
A Carefully Curated Text (“How Does Tea Move From India?”): An informative passage explaining how tea is grown, harvested, processed, and shipped globally.
Comprehension Activity (2-Page): Thoughtful, structured questions that encourage close reading, inference, and understanding of key vocabulary and concepts.
Extension Activity: For those who finish quickly, an additional challenge prompts deeper thinking, such as researching different varieties of tea or creating a flowchart of the tea supply chain.
Answer Sheet: Perfect for self-assessment, peer marking, or teacher feedback.
Use These Resources For:
In-class reading and discussion
Quiet reading corner activities
Independent work to reinforce comprehension skills
Homework assignments
Guided reading sessions with focused support
Assessment practice to gauge students’ understanding
Intervention programs for targeted skill-building
Emergency sub plans that require zero prep
Simply present the materials, and students can dive into the journey of tea—how it is grown, processed, and transported—while refining their reading and comprehension abilities. With the included answer sheet, monitoring progress and providing feedback is quick and straightforward.
Empower your learners to explore global trade and cultural exchange as they strengthen their reading comprehension skills—no extra planning required!
For other great resources visit:
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Looking for an exciting and engaging activity to boost your students’ reading comprehension and critical thinking skills?
This interactive mystery game is perfect for your students and features an intriguing story with multiple clues, inference, retrieval, and vocabulary questions—plus, it includes alternate endings based on the player’s choices!
Problem Types Include:
Inference questions: Making logical conclusions based on the clues
Retrieval questions: Gathering key information from the text
Vocabulary questions: Understanding important words in the context of the story
Why Students & Teachers LOVE this Resource
Self-Checking: Students will receive immediate feedback as they progress through the game. Correct answers lead them down the right path to solving the mystery, while wrong answers send them off track!
Engaging: With a thrilling “whodunit” plot and interactive elements, students will be hooked from start to finish.
No Prep: Simply print or display the game and go! All the clues and questions are ready to be solved.
Critical Thinking: Students practice skills like inference, deduction, and vocabulary comprehension as they unravel the mystery.
Flexible: Can be used in a classroom setting or assigned as an independent activity. Suitable for a variety of age groups with easy-to-understand clues.
Included in this Product:
Full Mystery Story with Clues and Questions
2 Alternate Endings (one for success and one for failure)
Printable Clue Cards
Answer Keys
Student Tracking Sheets
Looking for an exciting and engaging activity to boost your students’ reading comprehension and critical thinking skills?
This interactive mystery game is perfect for your students and features an intriguing story with multiple clues, inference, retrieval, and vocabulary questions—plus, it includes alternate endings based on the player’s choices!
Problem Types Include:
Inference questions: Making logical conclusions based on the clues
Retrieval questions: Gathering key information from the text
Vocabulary questions: Understanding important words in the context of the story
Why Students & Teachers LOVE this Resource
Self-Checking: Students will receive immediate feedback as they progress through the game. Correct answers lead them down the right path to solving the mystery, while wrong answers send them off track!
Engaging: With a thrilling “whodunit” plot and interactive elements, students will be hooked from start to finish.
No Prep: Simply print or display the game and go! All the clues and questions are ready to be solved.
Critical Thinking: Students practice skills like inference, deduction, and vocabulary comprehension as they unravel the mystery.
Flexible: Can be used in a classroom setting or assigned as an independent activity. Suitable for a variety of age groups with easy-to-understand clues.
Included in this Product:
Full Mystery Story with Clues and Questions
2 Alternate Endings (one for success and one for failure)
Printable Clue Cards
Answer Keys
Student Tracking Sheets
For other great resources visit:
Bitesize Education
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Looking for an exciting and engaging activity to boost your students’ reading comprehension and critical thinking skills?
This interactive mystery game is perfect for your students and features an intriguing story with multiple clues, inference, retrieval, and vocabulary questions—plus, it includes alternate endings based on the player’s choices!
Problem Types Include:
Inference questions: Making logical conclusions based on the clues
Retrieval questions: Gathering key information from the text
Vocabulary questions: Understanding important words in the context of the story
Why Students & Teachers LOVE this Resource
Self-Checking: Students will receive immediate feedback as they progress through the game. Correct answers lead them down the right path to solving the mystery, while wrong answers send them off track!
Engaging: With a thrilling “whodunit” plot and interactive elements, students will be hooked from start to finish.
No Prep: Simply print or display the game and go! All the clues and questions are ready to be solved.
Critical Thinking: Students practice skills like inference, deduction, and vocabulary comprehension as they unravel the mystery.
Flexible: Can be used in a classroom setting or assigned as an independent activity. Suitable for a variety of age groups with easy-to-understand clues.
Included in this Product:
Full Mystery Story with Clues and Questions
2 Alternate Endings (one for success and one for failure)
Printable Clue Cards
Answer Keys
Student Tracking Sheets
For other great resources visit:
Bitesize Education
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Looking for an exciting and engaging activity to boost your students’ reading comprehension and critical thinking skills?
This interactive mystery game is perfect for your students and features an intriguing story with multiple clues, inference, retrieval, and vocabulary questions—plus, it includes alternate endings based on the player’s choices!
Problem Types Include:
Inference questions: Making logical conclusions based on the clues
Retrieval questions: Gathering key information from the text
Vocabulary questions: Understanding important words in the context of the story
Why Students & Teachers LOVE this Resource
Self-Checking: Students will receive immediate feedback as they progress through the game. Correct answers lead them down the right path to solving the mystery, while wrong answers send them off track!
Engaging: With a thrilling “whodunit” plot and interactive elements, students will be hooked from start to finish.
No Prep: Simply print or display the game and go! All the clues and questions are ready to be solved.
Critical Thinking: Students practice skills like inference, deduction, and vocabulary comprehension as they unravel the mystery.
Flexible: Can be used in a classroom setting or assigned as an independent activity. Suitable for a variety of age groups with easy-to-understand clues.
Included in this Product:
Full Mystery Story with Clues and Questions
2 Alternate Endings (one for success and one for failure)
Printable Clue Cards
Answer Keys
Student Tracking Sheets
For other great resources visit:
Bitesize Education
Join the Bitesize Education Community to receive news, special offers and freebies!
Looking for an exciting and engaging activity to boost your students’ reading comprehension and critical thinking skills?
This interactive mystery game is perfect for your students and features an intriguing story with multiple clues, inference, retrieval, and vocabulary questions—plus, it includes alternate endings based on the player’s choices!
Problem Types Include:
Inference questions: Making logical conclusions based on the clues
Retrieval questions: Gathering key information from the text
Vocabulary questions: Understanding important words in the context of the story
Why Students & Teachers LOVE this Resource
Self-Checking: Students will receive immediate feedback as they progress through the game. Correct answers lead them down the right path to solving the mystery, while wrong answers send them off track!
Engaging: With a thrilling “whodunit” plot and interactive elements, students will be hooked from start to finish.
No Prep: Simply print or display the game and go! All the clues and questions are ready to be solved.
Critical Thinking: Students practice skills like inference, deduction, and vocabulary comprehension as they unravel the mystery.
Flexible: Can be used in a classroom setting or assigned as an independent activity. Suitable for a variety of age groups with easy-to-understand clues.
Included in this Product:
Full Mystery Story with Clues and Questions
2 Alternate Endings (one for success and one for failure)
Printable Clue Cards
Answer Keys
Student Tracking Sheets
For other great resources visit:
Bitesize Education
Join the Bitesize Education Community to receive news, special offers and freebies!
Looking for an exciting and engaging activity to boost your students’ reading comprehension and critical thinking skills?
This interactive mystery game is perfect for your students and features an intriguing story with multiple clues, inference, retrieval, and vocabulary questions—plus, it includes alternate endings based on the player’s choices!
Problem Types Include:
Inference questions: Making logical conclusions based on the clues
Retrieval questions: Gathering key information from the text
Vocabulary questions: Understanding important words in the context of the story
Why Students & Teachers LOVE this Resource
Self-Checking: Students will receive immediate feedback as they progress through the game. Correct answers lead them down the right path to solving the mystery, while wrong answers send them off track!
Engaging: With a thrilling “whodunit” plot and interactive elements, students will be hooked from start to finish.
No Prep: Simply print or display the game and go! All the clues and questions are ready to be solved.
Critical Thinking: Students practice skills like inference, deduction, and vocabulary comprehension as they unravel the mystery.
Flexible: Can be used in a classroom setting or assigned as an independent activity. Suitable for a variety of age groups with easy-to-understand clues.
Included in this Product:
Full Mystery Story with Clues and Questions
2 Alternate Endings (one for success and one for failure)
Printable Clue Cards
Answer Keys
Student Tracking Sheets
For other great resources visit:
Bitesize Education
Join the Bitesize Education Community to receive news, special offers and freebies!
Looking for an exciting and engaging activity to boost your students’ reading comprehension and critical thinking skills?
This interactive mystery game is perfect for your students and features an intriguing story with multiple clues, inference, retrieval, and vocabulary questions—plus, it includes alternate endings based on the player’s choices!
In this mystery, the much-anticipated movie “Starlight” is about to premiere, but the final movie script has gone missing just hours before the show begins! The director, lead actor, and screenwriter all had access to the script. Students must follow the clues and solve questions to figure out who took the script. Will they choose the correct path and catch the culprit?
Problem Types Include:
Inference questions: Making logical conclusions based on the clues
Retrieval questions: Gathering key information from the text
Vocabulary questions: Understanding important words in the context of the story
Why Students & Teachers LOVE this Resource
Self-Checking: Students will receive immediate feedback as they progress through the game. Correct answers lead them down the right path to solving the mystery, while wrong answers send them off track!
Engaging: With a thrilling “whodunit” plot and interactive elements, students will be hooked from start to finish.
No Prep: Simply print or display the game and go! All the clues and questions are ready to be solved.
Critical Thinking: Students practice skills like inference, deduction, and vocabulary comprehension as they unravel the mystery.
Flexible: Can be used in a classroom setting or assigned as an independent activity. Suitable for a variety of age groups with easy-to-understand clues.
Included in this Product:
Full Mystery Story with Clues and Questions
2 Alternate Endings (one for success and one for failure)
Printable Clue Cards
Answer Keys
Student Tracking Sheets
For other great resources visit:
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Claim your FREE Christmas Gifts. LIMITED TIME DEAL!
** Get 3 FREE Reading Bundle work £12**
The Robin’s Christmas Gift
The Raven Who Saved Christmas
The Lost Star Of Everlight
Each Pack includes an interesting story, and 2 pages of questions which focus on Vocabulary, Retrieval and Inference. The answers are also included.
As an extra treat you can also get the Adventure Game Book “Escape From The Mountain Of Shadows” for FREE for a Limited time.
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Looking for an exciting and engaging activity to boost your students’ reading comprehension and critical thinking skills? This interactive mystery game is perfect for your students and features an intriguing story with multiple clues, inference, retrieval, and vocabulary questions—plus, it includes alternate endings based on the player’s choices!
In this mystery, Lady Eleanor’s prized family heirloom, a diamond necklace, has gone missing just before her big event. Students must follow the clues and solve questions to figure out who took the necklace. Will they choose the correct path and catch the thief?
Problem Types Include:
Inference questions: Making logical conclusions based on the clues
Retrieval questions: Gathering key information from the text
Vocabulary questions: Understanding important words in the context of the story
Why Students & Teachers LOVE this Resource
Self-Checking: Students will receive immediate feedback as they progress through the game. Correct answers lead them down the right path to solving the mystery, while wrong answers send them off track!
Engaging: With a thrilling “whodunit” plot and interactive elements, students will be hooked from start to finish.
No Prep: Simply print or display the game and go! All the clues and questions are ready to be solved.
Critical Thinking: Students practice skills like inference, deduction, and vocabulary comprehension as they unravel the mystery.
Flexible: Can be used in a classroom setting or assigned as an independent activity. Suitable for a variety of age groups with easy-to-understand clues.
Included in this Product:
Full Mystery Story with Clues and Questions
2 Alternate Endings (one for success and one for failure)
Printable Clue Cards
Answer Keys
Student Tracking Sheets
For other great resources visit:
Bitesize Education
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Bring the magic of Christmas into your phonics lessons with this festive resource pack! Perfectly aligned with the Little Wandle Phonics programme, these “print-and-go” texts promote independent reading, phonics recall, and comprehension. Each engaging story is designed to spark curiosity while reinforcing essential Year 1 reading skills.
Key Features
Include Lesson Plan
Christmas-themed texts with comprehension questions.
Aligned to Little Wandle phonics phases for maximum curriculum fit.
Includes tricky words and phonics patterns for targeted practice.
Develops reading fluency, comprehension, and confidence.
Easy “print-and-go” format for stress-free preparation.
Fun for whole-class, small-group, or independent work!
Also see:
Christmas Pack 1
Christmas Pack 2
Christmas Pack 3
Christmas Pack 4
Christmas Pack 5
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This Christmas-themed lesson plan is packed with fun and engaging activities to support independent reading, phonics recall, and comprehension skills. Aligned with the Little Wandle Phonics programme, it uses 10 festive texts to reinforce key phonics patterns and tricky words while celebrating Christmas traditions. Perfect for whole-class, group, or independent learning, it’s easy to implement with minimal preparation.
What’s included:
Focus on phonics patterns and tricky words from Phases 3–5.
Comprehension questions for all 10 texts.
Creative ideas for oral storytelling and writing practice.
Easy-to-use “print-and-go” format for stress-free teaching.
Also see:
Christmas Pack 1
Christmas Pack 2
Christmas Pack 3
Christmas Pack 4
Christmas Pack 5
Get a discount and buy the Christmas Bundle!
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Bring the magic of Christmas into your phonics lessons with this festive resource pack! Perfectly aligned with the Little Wandle Phonics programme, these “print-and-go” texts promote independent reading, phonics recall, and comprehension. Each engaging story is designed to spark curiosity while reinforcing essential Year 1 reading skills.
Key Features
Christmas-themed texts with comprehension questions.
Aligned to Little Wandle phonics phases for maximum curriculum fit.
Includes tricky words and phonics patterns for targeted practice.
Develops reading fluency, comprehension, and confidence.
Easy “print-and-go” format for stress-free preparation.
Fun for whole-class, small-group, or independent work!
Also see:
Christmas Pack 1
Christmas Pack 2
Christmas Pack 3
Christmas Pack 4
Christmas Pack 5
Get a discount and buy the Christmas Bundle!
Bring the magic of Christmas into your phonics lessons with this festive resource pack! Perfectly aligned with the Little Wandle Phonics programme, these “print-and-go” texts promote independent reading, phonics recall, and comprehension. Each engaging story is designed to spark curiosity while reinforcing essential Year 1 reading skills.
Key Features
Christmas-themed texts with comprehension questions.
Aligned to Little Wandle phonics phases for maximum curriculum fit.
Includes tricky words and phonics patterns for targeted practice.
Develops reading fluency, comprehension, and confidence.
Easy “print-and-go” format for stress-free preparation.
Fun for whole-class, small-group, or independent work!
Also see:
Christmas Pack 1
Christmas Pack 2
Christmas Pack 3
Christmas Pack 4
Christmas Pack 5
Get a discount and buy the Christmas Bundle!
Bring the magic of Christmas into your phonics lessons with this festive resource pack! Perfectly aligned with the Little Wandle Phonics programme, these “print-and-go” texts promote independent reading, phonics recall, and comprehension. Each engaging story is designed to spark curiosity while reinforcing essential Year 1 reading skills.
Key Features
Christmas-themed texts with comprehension questions.
Aligned to Little Wandle phonics phases for maximum curriculum fit.
Includes tricky words and phonics patterns for targeted practice.
Develops reading fluency, comprehension, and confidence.
Easy “print-and-go” format for stress-free preparation.
Fun for whole-class, small-group, or independent work!
Also see:
Christmas Pack 1
Christmas Pack 2
Christmas Pack 3
Christmas Pack 4
Christmas Pack 5
Get a discount and buy the Christmas Bundle!
Bring the magic of Christmas into your phonics lessons with this festive resource pack! Perfectly aligned with the Little Wandle Phonics programme, these “print-and-go” texts promote independent reading, phonics recall, and comprehension. Each engaging story is designed to spark curiosity while reinforcing essential Year 1 reading skills.
Key Features
Christmas-themed texts with comprehension questions.
Aligned to Little Wandle phonics phases for maximum curriculum fit.
Includes tricky words and phonics patterns for targeted practice.
Develops reading fluency, comprehension, and confidence.
Easy “print-and-go” format for stress-free preparation.
Fun for whole-class, small-group, or independent work!
Also see:
Christmas Pack 1
Christmas Pack 2
Christmas Pack 3
Christmas Pack 4
Christmas Pack 5
Get a discount and buy the Christmas Bundle!
Bring the magic of Christmas into your phonics lessons with this festive resource pack! Perfectly aligned with the Little Wandle Phonics programme, these “print-and-go” texts promote independent reading, phonics recall, and comprehension. Each engaging story is designed to spark curiosity while reinforcing essential Year 1 reading skills.
Key Features
Christmas-themed texts with comprehension questions.
Aligned to Little Wandle phonics phases for maximum curriculum fit.
Includes tricky words and phonics patterns for targeted practice.
Develops reading fluency, comprehension, and confidence.
Easy “print-and-go” format for stress-free preparation.
Fun for whole-class, small-group, or independent work!
Also see:
Christmas Pack 1
Christmas Pack 2
Christmas Pack 3
Christmas Pack 4
Christmas Pack 5
Get a discount and buy the Christmas Bundle!
These NO PREP activities are perfect for students in Year 4. The resources allow students to get in the festive mood for Christmas with whilst still developing their comprehension skills.
Included in the Bronze Pack:
• A Text
• A comprehension activity with 2 pages of questions
• An extension activity
• An answer sheet for self-assessment or teacher use or self marking
You might also want to try:
A Very Serious Letter To Santa
How To Make a Christmas Pudding
The Magic Of The Night: Santa’s Story
The Raven Who Saved Christmas
The Robin’s Christmas Gift
The Magic Of Christmas
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