Information from on St Valentine as a Roman priest and how the custom of sending valentine's cards and gifts came about. To view this properly, download the first powerpoint which contains a small animation. The font used is Valentine in Love by weknow. Second powerpoint is just png images of the first, so easily viewed, but with no animation. Thanks to CBBC Newsround for content.

All resources based on Whatever Next! by Jill Murphy 1. 6 pictures in sequential order. 4 differentiated versions for writing a word/caption/sentence. To extend by including a causal connective. 2. To write a list of adjectives to describe a night sky/space setting. 3. Plenary success criteria checklist. 4&5. Differentiated writing frames. 6. VCOP wordmat split up into vocab. connectives, openers and punctuation. Includes picture cues and VCOP superheroes images courtesy of ButterBeer and ilovemarmite.

A PowerPoint lesson plan featuring: 1. Identifying hot and cold items in the home 2. Fire detection equipment 3. Fire safety notices and fire drill 4. Making a 999 emergency services call

Pictorial instructions to make a jam sandwich - ideal for Foundation Stage/KS1.

A PowerPoint on early castles, looking into motte and baileys and then onto stone castles

A PowerPoint written for Reception to cover the Mesozoic era - triassic, jurassic and cretaceous periods. Looking at basic evolution of animals and the changes in the landscape.

Covering the Khanda, the Sikh symbol. The Ik Onkar, the Nishan Sahib and the 5 Ks of the Khalsa. Quick overview of what Sikhs need to do to become part of the Khalsa, as well as the significance of the 5 Ks in Sikh daily life. Designed as a lesson from the Leicester City SACRE RE syllabus - KS1 unit Beginning to learn about the Sikhs (symbols, stories and sharing) See separate ppt on the Sikh Gurus

A writing frame/book for researching and writing about a country. Includes space for illustrations/sticking in pictures and space to write basic information on the country (currency, continent, capital city, language spoken)

An updated version of the vowel digraphs/trigraphs learnt in Phonics sessions. I have now made these into books to be used at home by parents and pupils. Each set of same sounding phonemes are grouped together in the same colour, to aid verbalisation. I hope these are of use!

Pet cards and skin texture boards. Children to sort the cards onto the correct board, depending on which skin type they have. Can provoke discussion around why animals have certain skins (temperature regulation, protection, sensory needs). Could also introduce camouflage.

Poem by Christina Rossetti. I used as part of a Minibeasts display, drawing out the human values of different minibeasts, and how we should look after them

A PowerPoint designed to teach/recap the /igh/ phoneme. Differentiated to fit in with Phase 3 and 4 teaching. 1. Blending for reading 2. Oral segmentation 3. Segmentation for spelling 4. Reading sentences incl tricky words

A set of motivational quotations on PowerPoint thanks to Pinterest. Useful for PSHE/SEAL lessons as well as Philosophy and class inspiration.

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.

Letter from Spiderman written as an intro to 3D shapes and structures. Children encouraged to use the construction toys to build a new lair for him.

Introduction to writing sentences. Pictures at top as prompts - children to locate the missing word/picture and insert into sentence correctly.

SSEHV lesson plan on telling the truth 1. Quotation on truth 2. Guided visualisation meditation 3. Story and disussion - Tiddler by Julia Donaldson 4. Song - never tell a lie (SSEHV song) 5. Activity/game - pictionary/consequences

Step-by-step instructions to create a winter landscape. Images and text thanks to http://terristeachingtreasures.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/winter-wonderland-art.html

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.

Spaced themed mindmap for EYFS staff. All areas of learning have been covered, although some in more depth than others. Covering space, astronauts/spacemen, solar system, aliens, rockets etc. Thanks to everyone who have contributed their ideas into this.