Reading age chart for the Young Reading Test, and equivalent scores for the Burt, Schonell and Vernon graded word reading tests.

A powerpoint designed to be used in assembly or in class for PSHE/PSED. Discussion point on what stealing is, to consider the consequences of stealing, and think of others’ feelings.

I was given this by our Early Years Support Team training on ICT as an activity. I have used with my team to focus in on levels of ICT development. From birth to 60+months. To look at the stages of ICT development and match to the appropriate age. Good for identifying whether a child is on track or not.

Powerpoint presentation for parents on the teaching of Numbers and Patterns in the Early Years and Year 1. Covering counting, ordering, adding, subtracting, patterns, recognition and partitioning

Who were knights, weaponry, armour, coats of arms battles, famous knights and St George

Behaviour reflections form based on form seen on lauracandler.com, but just updated in UK English spellings. May be useful to record a meeting with parents before a behaviour IEP is put into place.

Information and images on Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday and Easter Sunday. Information on Easter Monday has not been included, as these events are secular nowadays. Text courtesy of projectbritain.com.

An overview of the festivities of May Day, goddess Flora, May Queen and garlands, Maypole and dancing and Morris dancing.

A selection of real and 'alien' pseudo words containing either the /ee/ /ea/ or /e-e/ grapheme. Alien words have an image of alien to assist preparation for the Phonics Screening. Children can write on their sound buttons to help read the word. Also a powerpoint containing all the words to read as a whole class

Powerpoint presentation on how to Observe children in the Early Years. Designed mainly for classroom assistants, but could be tweaked to present to parents and other staff at school. Additional word document case study. Suggest staff go through the training, then look at any observations they have already completed, as well as complete a joint/paired observation, and then discuss what is exactly required.

Timetable cards for Show & Tell, Italian, Spanish, School Council, Guided Writing and Skipping Club.

A few extra to complement other people’s cards. Barnaby Bear, Carpet time, Outdoor play, Bikes n trikes, Television, Ring games

A PowerPoint to get children thinking about how they prefer to learn. Links to Howard Gardner's theory of Multiple Intelligences. Activity for children to sort different activities by learning style (VAK)

A simple PowerPoint introducing St Patrick and how the 17th March is celebrated.

Designed to sum up exactly which development band each child in a class falls into for each AoL. I specify in plain black if the child is working at their development band (lowest possible one if they overlap). 1 development band below written in bold red. 2+ development bands below written in bold blue. If working a development band above, then I change the font colour to bold green. A good quick at a glance assessment sheet for team meetings/discussions with EYFSCo/HT/Manager/OFSTED. I have also added percentage columns on the right hand side (formulas will need amending!)

Parinirvana Day or Nirvana Day is the annual Buddhist festival that remembers the death of the Buddha when he reached Nirvana (enlightenment).

Profile guidance showing all profile points for PSED. Includes links to connected profile points in different area scales. Useful for co-ordinators when moderating profile scores.

Designed as a staff training session to become more familiar with the characteristics of effective learning. Different characteristics to be printed out on to card and laminated. Then individually/in groups to match the characteristics to the 3 main areas (Playing & Learning, Active Learning, Creating é thinking Critically). To then find an observation and discuss the characteristics that child has displayed.

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.