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 a 3 week plan related to the little mermaid for Rec/year 1 children. Includes making a lost poster, retelling story, describing characters, describing a setting, invitations, postcards and writing a new story.

Literacy Planning for the text Whatever Next for Early Years

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

Maths and Literacy ideas as well as ideas for the others areas of the classroom for child initiated play.

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

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.

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

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

This 2 weeks planning is linked to the Gruffalo. There is Lit/Num plans - 2 lessons for each week and skills planning for the other areas of the classroom. There is also a couple of worksheets.

Literacy and Numeracy planning linked to the text A Fish who could Wish for Early Years

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.

This is an outdoor lesson plan I recently used with Nursery children and was graded as outstanding. It involves retelling the story, counting and building animal homes using natural materials. Also included is some photographs for ideas for the animal homes and some photos of the homes we made.

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

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 early years on the topic space. Includes ideas for Whatever Next and Aliens Loves Underpants

A block of maths planning for Reception children

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.

Planning for Nursery children using the text The Little Red Hen. Includes literacy and numeracy activities, other area planning and ideas for child initiated play.

A block of maths planning for Reception Children