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

A PowerPoint lesson plan designed to be used to introduce children to The story of my name activity/homework. Includes information on how and why names are given. Please see my other resources 'The story of my name' - homework activity and parent letter.

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

Chinese New Year themed proverb to be used as an inspirational quotation.

A display heading for an Autumn themed display

Images of Harold, Kiki and Derek, along with their names. A simple vowel digraph prompt with pictures to assist children in spelling key words.

A PowerPoint and sheet to help children identify /er/ /ir/ and /ur/ graphemes in real and alien (pseudo) words. Useful preparation for the Phonics screening test.

A powerpoint and worksheet designed to help children read real and pseudo 'alien' words from the /air/ /ear/ /are/ phoneme family. Designed to help children prepare for the Y1 Phonics screening test.

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!)

Pictorial representation of words starting with the ‘ch’ digraph. To be used on an IWB with the searchlight/spotlight facility for children to think of words starting with the sound.

One page SMART notebook display with a screen cover to hide and show rules one by one. To be used to inform children of how to keep safe before they go trick or treating on Hallowe'en. NB: I always explain that not all parents wish their child to go trick or treating, and to respect their parent&'s wishes.

Bread recipe taken from the Breville Compact breadmaker baker's oven. 750g loaf.

Worksheet with long-winded instructions on how to play a board game. Children to re-write the short and clear instruction underneath, ensuring it begins with a bossy (imperative) verb. Can be easily differentiated for your children's needs.

PM Library Story Red Level A Guided Reading focus sheet for children reading at Reading Recovery Level 5 Key phoneme, tricky words (including pictures courtesy of Taming Tricky Words) and Context Words Cloze activity to go with text from the story.

A few pictures and vowel digraphs to assist with spelling of key words when writing the story/recount of the story.

Designed to be used with drywipe pens, as a worksheet or printed 2 to a page and laminated for use with magnetic letters, graphemes on bottle tops... Words are: letter, ladder, longer, dinner, farmer, hammer, summer, fern

Topic planner mindmap to outline mini topic content. Some ideas are adult-led and some child initiated, although this is not indicated here. Hope my plans are of use to others. Happy New Year xx

Objectives taken straight from the EYFS Development Matters, split into 30-50 months, 40-60+ months and Early Learning Goals

Topic planner mindmap for Christmas activities, plus Bears. Activities planned across the 6 areas of learning

'Dear Mummy, thank you for.... Love from' Letter writing to follow up on discussions about all the jobs mums do for us. Nice idea to include inside the Mother's Day card as a surprise. Children to decorate the border afterwards. Differentiated based on writing ability.