A short PowerPoint to introduce comic strips to children. Looking at the different features such as caption boxes, speech bubbles, thought bubbles, action words. Links well with the topic of Superheroes.

A wordmat designed to mirror the VCOP display board in KS1. Includes VCOP superhero images courtesy of butterbeer and ilovemarmite. Double-sided wordmat - 1 side with VCOP sections, flipside with half-completed pirate similes, and well-known pirate sayings. Useful for writing about pirates or creation of a pirate adventure story.

F2 Reception medium term plan on plants and animals. PPt presentation. Linked to Leicester City SACRE RE unit, but encompasses RE, PSED, CL, UW. Content covers planting seeds, why humans needs plants and animals, life cycles and Easter.

To be used as a guided reading comprehension activity alongside Collins Big Cat book The Sun and the Moon. Focus phonemes, tricky word and speed words. Cloze activity questions. Child to draw a picture of the sun or moon and write facts in sentences/captions.

A b/w image of a bottle with a b/w treasure map inside. Role-play, literacy writing inspiration... I am planning to roll and tie up with string so children can discover!

A lesson starter/intro to the story of The Three Little Pigs &/or Homes topic. Loosely based on Through the Keyhole. Use the spotlight tool in ActivPrimary on the image pages to give the children thinking time.

3 different categories: best in show, agility (obstacle course/tricks) and obedience. Certificates made for 1st, 2nd and 3rd, so can bring in ordinal numbers. I will also be uploading a generic participation certificate, so everyone gets something for joining in!

A shared writing or independent work idea, linking up both Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell and learning the sequence of the days of the week.

What is a mermaid? Information on Hans Christian Andersen and The Little Mermaid statue in Copenhagen, as well as the Disney animation.

Designed for use at circle time/carpet time. A set of 5 questions describing 5 different zoo animals. Each question is made up of 3 hints, each getting easier. Could differentiate for younger children by displaying images/toys of the animals while they are listening to the questions/hints. This resource was inspired by Sorting Sprinkles blog - zoo week for pre-schoolers 2.

A hanging banner inspired by sharingkindergarten.com blog (as seen on Pinterest). Designed to be printed 2 to a page (A5 size). Football-themed.

A new version of my 2013 safety rules in PowerPoint and pdf format

A word mat to write instructions on how to make a straw rocket launcher. Set out into V, C, O & P sections. Also contains butterbeer & Ilovemarmite's VCOP superheroes.

2 worksheets - 1 to design a board game and 1 to evaluate the game once made.

An adult assistance sheet to help lead and support a Weather studio/presenter role-play

Two different pictures of hearts to be cut up and put back together. Suggestions of simple random acts of kindness they could do. Also a blank heart template for children to create their own ideas.

Great for a class sweepstake or general interest! Not my document, but taken from http://predictoplanet.com/

2 pages designed to be folded into a bottom opening card. Plant pot image on the front, where the riddle is written, and a line for 'I am a ...' and a box for a picture of the minibeast (that could also be labelled as an extension task!)

Board game designed to celebrate the 2012 Olympic games. Start at the Wenlock mascot and travel around. When you land on a medal space, get that coloured Olympic ring. Can move between rings using the 2012 logo space. Winner is the person that has collected all five coloured rings and raced to the Mandeville mascot to end. Hope you enjoy playing. If so, please rate and leave feedback :)

Designed to go alongside the Leicester University Botanic Garden's Whole world cake lesson/activity. Images of ingredients that children find growing within the gardens. This is designed for children to draw/use a map of the gardens, stick and label where the ingredients were found growing. The images could also be stuck onto a world map to show where in the world they are naturally grown. Fits in with work on Fair Trade and harvest.