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 plan could be used in Rec or Year 1. It involves making 2D shapes using straws and playdough.

These pictures are to match worksheets in Space topic planning. They are for Whatever next and Aliens love underpants.

I use these sheets to send home each week after we have been learning a new sound. The sheets include a matching exercise for each letter then an opportunity to practise tracing over the letters for handwriting practise.

A weeks planning for early years with a spooky theme. We used it in the run up to Halloween. Includes lit/num planning, UTW, PD and EAD planning and planning for other areas of the classroom. Also a couple of worksheets.

3 weeks literacy planning linked to the story 'What the Ladybird Heard.' for year 1.

2 outdoor lesson plans for year 1. one is a minibeast hunt and the other involves making a raft which is linked to the story the 'very greedy bee.'

This sheet matches the worksheets in my 2 weeks Gruffalo planning

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.

This 5 week planning includes a topic web, weekly literacy and numeracy planning, skills planning for other areas of the classroom and weekly PSED,PD,EAD and UTW. Also a couple of worksheets