A selection of Pirate themed worksheets for Early Years. Includes counting treasure, ordering treasure coins, sorting shaped jewels and repeating pattern necklaces.

Pictures to retell the story 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' to match worksheets in 2 weeks planning.

Planning for Year 1 linked to the text Little Red Riding Hood.

A selection of worksheets to use in Early years or KS1 linked to the topic minibeasts. Included are counting worksheets, doubling, missing numbers, repeating patterns, phonics, matching to habitats, minibeast hunt, sorting minibeasts, symmetrical butterflies, what am I cards and a research map.

Literacy planning for Year 1 linked to the story 'The Very Greedy Bee.' Includes story writing, labelling, letters and invitations. Also an outdoor lesson.

Literacy planning linked to the story 'We're Going on a Bear Hunt' for Reception.

Literacy planning for 4 days for Reception linked to the story 'Rumble in the Jungle.'

4 days of Literacy planning linked to the story 'The Rainbow Fish' for Reception.

4 days of literacy planning linked to the story 'The Pet Shop' for Reception.

I used this assembly with Year 1 children and we shared the story 'The Little Mermaid.' We also shared facts we had found out and the children acted out their own story and sang seaside themed songs and poems.

This is an assembly I used with Year 1 children. We share information we have found out about different minibeasts then act out the story 'The very greedy bee.' Songs are from cbeebies or out of the ark -minibeasts CD

This is a class assembly I used with year 1 children. It has information about castles and then the children act out their own fairy tales.

I used these plans with Year 1 children. They involved an outdoor lesson where the children created their own story boxes and then photographed different scenes to make a powerpoint. Included is a detail observed lesson plan and some of our finished stories.

A topic web to use in early years or KS1

Some worksheets I used with Early Years when doing the story Elmer.

Some worksheets I used when doing Elmer and Jungle animals

This includes 11 weeks planning for the topic animals. There is Literacy/Numeracy planning - 2 lessons per week, skills planning for the other areas of the classroom and several worksheets. The stories included are I wish I was a..., Funnybones the pet shop, walking through the jungle, we're going on a bear hunt, monkey puzzle, jen the hen, rumble in the jungle, farmyard hullabaloo, the great pet sale, the rainbow fish and Elmer

A weeks plan linked to dragons, Children find signs of a dragon in the outdoor area, They then discover an egg and write about what it could be. A witness also spots the dragon so children write interview questions and then a report about what the witness saw.

This includes 3 weeks Literacy planning. Involves making posters, writing a letter, writing a new story, retelling story, acting out a story and writing a script.

This is 4 weeks Literacy planning for Year 1/Reception linked to the topic Superheroes. Includes the texts Superhero ABC, If I was a Superhero poem, Super Daisy and Max.