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.

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

Based on ABC Does' blog posts this week on Dough Gym, but in PowerPoint form for staff training and parent workshops. Includes gross motor and fine motor development, ideas on how to create a dough gym, additional &'funky fingers&'; ideas for child initiated activities to improve fine motor control, and malleable material recipes/ideas.

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.

A PowerPoint lesson plan that could be used for Geography or RE teaching. Covers the story of bread from wheat seed to bread on the table. Has a Christian element looking at what harvest festival is and thanking god for the food we receive. Sequence the pictures from Grain Chain.

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 assembly/tutorial PowerPoint on author Toni Morrison and poet Derek Walcott. These literary geniuses have been chosen this year as they have both received the Nobel Prize for Literature.

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

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

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

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!)

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)

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

An Excel spreadsheet set up to record ages and stages of development within the EYFS. Mainly designed for Nursery children, although can also be used initially to track progress of Reception children also. Quick easy to see children on track, working above and below (1 or 2+ development bands) for staff CPD as well as focus children. Please also see my Tracker moderation to split ages and stages into beginning, Developing and Secure - useful for tracking progress across terms and the year, especially for Reception F2.

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

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

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

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.