A powerpoint and worksheet designed to help children read real and pseudo 'alien' words from the /ai/ /ay/ /a-e/ phoneme family. Designed to help children prepare for the Y1 Phonics screening test.

An assessment tool to be used on all new arrivals to the school, to all initial concerns/low achievers and also across all SEN pupils. The SLCN screen helps to focus on the needs of the individual (if any). To be used in conjunction with the Leicester City Meeting Individual Needs SLCN manual.

PowerPoint to learn the or phoneme - differentiated to cater for a mixed Phase 3/4 group. 1. Blending for reading words incl pseudo words. 2. Oral segmentation. Segmentation for spelling. 4. Reading sentences.

A sheet to be used in group guided reading or Literacy to find and list all words beginning with different consonant blends scr, spl, spr, str, pl, cr, cl, pr, tw, thr Songbirds book The Scrap Rocket - Stage 3, reading recovery level 6

Phase 5 powerpoint - designed to teach: 1. GPC recognition 2. Blending for reading words containing the phoneme (real and pseudo words) 3. Where in the word does the phoneme come? 4. Segment for spelling - model for class, then individual quickwrites 5. Sentence reading

Designed to be used as homework or classwork. A large image of the solar system which could be stuck in the centre of an A3 piece of paper. Second page contains a table where children could type or write facts about the different elements of the solar system. Easily amendable to your needs!

RWInc style flashcards for graphemes /ie/ and /ue/ including a caption/ditty. ie: A fried pie ue: oo! it's blue glue! Double-sided - first side has the grapheme in large text, the opposite side has a picture and caption. ue flashcard also includes some other ue words.

A table showing usual language development of a person's first language from birth to KS4. Breaks down the typical development into Understanding, Expression, Speech and Social. If using with EAL children, establish the typical development in their home language; if normal pattern, English should be obtained fairly easily. If home language delayed, there will be a delay in learning English. Very useful also for EYFS.

Termly assessment of phonemes and graphemes known. Using a different colour each assessment, I draw a semi-circle above for phoneme known and underneath for grapheme known. Listed in order of teaching from Phases 2 and 3 of Letters and Sounds phonic teaching materials.

A word mat designed to support writing about The Bad Tempered Ladybird by Eric Carle. Sectioned in to Vocabulary, Connectives, Openers and Punctuation. Also contains the VCOP superheroes (thanks to Butterbeer and ilovemarmite) and on the reverse has images and clock times for the different animals the bad tempered ladybird encountered in the story.

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.

A step-by-step instructional PowerPoint inspired by Eric Carle's tissue paper collage artwork and http://artolazzi.blogspot.co.uk/2010/05/grouchy-lady-bug.html . You will need white card, coloured tissue paper (or white tissue paper and paint), scissors, PVA glue and paintbrushes/ spreaders, black tissue paper and black card to mount.

2 different word mats: 1. Religious: The Easter story 2. Non-religious: Easter signs and symbols

Differentiated powerpoint for Phase 3/4 group teaching. 1. Blending for reading words including pseudo words. 2. Oral segmentation. 3. Segmentation for spelling. 4. Reading sentences.

Small pictures designed to be used to support recount writing of the story.

A very simple chess game board to be used for a variety of games and activities.

Countdown game using CVC words for blending. Now updated with the pdf version, as font not be recognised on some computers.

Children to each research a country playing in the Euro 2016 tournament. To complete the sheet with the name of the country they are following, the capital city and any languages spoken. Also to draw and colour the national flag, colour in where the country is on the map and colour in the country's Euro 2016 football strip.

Graphemes and pictures related to items seen at Thornton Reservoir in Leicestershire. Grapheme prompts to assist children in the use of digraphs and trigraphs when writing. Also an editable Word version, easily adaptable for your own local country parks and reservoirs.

A 2 page flipchart showing the ground, grass and sky behind the one-armed robot letters, then a page of handwriting paper to model how to write them. A separate sheet of handwriting paper for kids to practice on.