A week’s planning and resources for writing a non-chronological report about chocolate. Written for a year 1 class. Includes; weekly plan, smart notebook. learning objectives, a simple text about chocolate and sentence starters.

Script for a dinosaur assembly. Includes facts about dinosaurs and a drama retelling the story of Tyrannosaurus Drip. This was used with a year 1 class.

Worksheet for children to spell words containing the ‘ay’ sound. I use these as an independent activity in guided reading.

Most suited to practise before year 2 SATs, however, would be good for finding out about chocolate for any year group.

Planning and resources for Oliver’s Vegetables. Including one week plan, comprehension questions, powerpoint of the book and sentence stems.

A comprehension text with questions about the Stockton to Darlington railway. Suitable for KS2. Good for learning about the history of transport, George Stephenson and the industrial revolution.

Planning and resources for phase 5 week 1. Includes the sounds ay, ie, ea, ou.

A week’s planning and smart notebook for the ‘u-e’ ‘e-e’ and ‘o-e’ split digraph.

A two week plan based on the book The Jolly Pocket Postman by Janet and Alan Ahlberg. Most suited to KS1.

Differentiated worksheet focusing on adding the ‘ed’ suffix.

Two week plan and resources for Little Red Riding Hood. Includes; two week plan, powerpoint and activities.

Worksheet based around identifying verbs based around the Three Little Pigs. Differentiated into phase 3 and phase 5 words,

18 Phase 5 worksheets to match each sound. Children to spell the words to match the images for phase 5 digraphs and split digraphs.

A Powerpoint and postcard template with a story of Kenny Koala’s trip to Peru. Used as end of term unit for year 1 class to learn about South America.

1 Week’s lesson planning and resources based on the book Elmer and the Rainbow. Most suited for a year 1 class. Includes grammar, presentation and comprehension.

Smart notebook with activities and words to help children read and spell words containing dge.

Powerpoint and writing scaffold for making and writing instructions for a Rainmaker. Good for D.T. and English.

Powerpoint and Postcard activity comparing two bear’s holidays to the Amazon Rainforest and the glaciers in Iceland. A very good stimuli for writing and learning about different weathers around the world.

And Tango Makes Three is a lovely story for discussing different family types. Here is a weekly plan and resources most suited for a KS1 class.

2 weeks plan and resources for using the book ‘Changes’ by Anthony Browne. Most suited for a KS1 class.