4 Literacy lessons for Early Years on the text 'The Enormous Turnip.'

Topic web on holes. Super topic for getting the boys engaged, Ideas such as digging holes, drilling holes, food with holes and animals that live in holes.

Some ideas for maths and literacy activities for early years using the text 'mad about minibeasts.'

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

A literacy/phonics lesson for Reception children which I used in autumn term on the story Room on the Broom. I used this for a lesson observation which was graded outstanding.

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.

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.

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

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

I used this plan for a lesson observation in Spring term with Reception children. It involves teaching subtraction from 10 using Numicon.

Observed lesson plan where the children used Numicon to investigate ways to make 10.

Literacy and Numeracy ideas which I used with Nursery. Also some topic plan ideas and plans for the other areas of the classroom.

Activites and planning ideas I used with the text Aliens Love Underpants. Includes making aliens out of 2D shape and colouring pants and socks in repeating patterns

Planning ideas for the other areas of the classroom linked to the topic space for early years.

A block of maths planning for Reception children.

A block of maths lessons for Early Years or Year1

Detailed lesson plan on phase2 phonics which I used for an observed lesson

Literacy Planning for the text Whatever Next for Early Years

Topic web for Early years on under the sea.

Lesson plan which was used with Reception children on describing the setting of a forest. Included collecting things from the outdoor area to describe.