This “Who’s Who in the Classroom” resource is a colourful poster for KS1 children returning to school. It features 18 children, each ready for their new class and year, making it a fun way to explore new friendships and learn about one another. The resource includes five activities where children can read and answer questions about the characters, identify them from descriptions, and practice phonics by matching names. They’ll also get to write names in alphabetical order, describe the characters to a friend, and write their own short descriptions. This resource supports learning about feelings, Ourselves, School and phonics. To make the learning experience more personal and engaging, you can create a class resource using the children’s own photos or drawings. Start by asking each child to either bring in a photo of themselves or draw a picture of how they see themselves. Then, create a large poster or a digital display featuring all the children’s images. Alongside each photo or drawing, add a space for the child’s name, a fun fact about them, and their favourite things. You can also include activities similar to the ones in the “Who’s Who in the Classroom” resource, such as matching names, ordering them alphabetically, or describing a classmate’s picture. This personalized resource reinforces the skills practiced in the original poster and also helps children feel more connected to their classmates and comfortable in their new environment.

A fun activity for the introduction of Autumn for KS1. Children have the opportunity to create creatures from leaves and then invent adventure stories for them. The resources include a lesson plan: Creating leaf Creatures for Autumn, which lays out objectives, materials and step by step instructions. There are 2 stories with ready made examples of leaf creatures: Flappy the Flying Frog and Squiggle the Squirrel. Each story shows the character and has a comprehension sheet with 6 questions for children to answer. The resource links to reading, guided reading, writing, comprehension, animals and Autumn.

The activity introduces the rhyme: And the Band keeps marching on… Share the rhyme and children can begin to learn the chorus whilst interacting using musical instruments and body parts to create sounds. This worksheet encourages creativity and helps children learn about different instruments in a fun and interactive way. The structure guides them through adding their own verses while reinforcing the repeated chorus, making it a fun literacy and music activity. The rhyme sheet is in colour and duplicated in black and white. Children can colour in the band and write underneath the text.

A set of colour and black and white flashcards showing 6 animals. These can be used as flashcards, display or visual aids. Children can use the worksheets to write or dictate sentences about animals. A wordbank is included. There are colour and black and white versions of the worksheets.

2 pages of colour animal pictures with words that have missing letters for children to fill in.

15 pages of animals to colour in and write their names using the jumbled letters. Children can trace around the letters and then put them in the correct order to make the animal names.

24 Animals and their Young Photos including lions, tigers, bears, elephants, dogs, cats, penguins and humans. There is a template included with suggested questions for children to write about such as habitat, diet, features and names of young and parents.

This is a resource where children match the 4 letter words to the animals in two ways using the word cards and the posters. There is a poster for each animal word where the children are holding up each letter. A lovely phonics, reading and spelling activity which also makes a good classroom display. If you have letter tiles or cards, children can match these to the posters. Laminate the posters and they can be used for play-doh mats. Note there is one extra animal - a tiger - see if children can spot this.

This activity is about teaching or consolidating the collective nouns for animals. There are 20 pictures of animals on 2 worksheets with the collective nouns to identify and match. Sheets 3 and 4 are grids. Sheet 3 shows the collective nouns for all 20 animals. Children can write the animal names underneath or draw them. Sheet 4 shows the animals names. Children can write the collective nouns underneath or draw the groups of animals. Extend with children saying a sentence for each animal or writing sentences e.g. I heard a gaggle of geese. Links with literacy and animal topic work.

8 worksheets in black and white with an animal theme and phonics link. Children name the animals, say the sounds and write the letters and sentences. Included animals: panda, tiger, elephant, dog, whale, fox, hippo and kangaroo.

3 sets of cards to cut, colour and match with an animal/phonics theme. Upper and lower case letters Set 1 alphabet letters with pictures Set 2 alphabet letters Set 3 Animal pictures

An Animals Phonics Resource for Key Stage 1 children. This set comprises of four engaging worksheets that encourage children to say, write, and recognize initial sounds of various animals. They can enhance their learning experience by colouring the illustrations.

A nice little resource for spelling the word Halloween or for children to make their own banners, as well as for handwriting practice. Page 1 shows the letters in colour for children to cut and order. Pages 2 - 6 each show the word Halloween in 3 different fonts. Children can trace in these, colour or paint them to make their own word banners. The banners can be used to make a Halloween card too. Page 7 shows the word Halloween in dotted lines for tracing.

Delight your class in time for Halloween with these 10 Story Starters on writing frames. Each idea will spark their imagination and encourage story writing.

A set of alphabet colour cards for young children. The cards can be cut out, laminated and used for matching, sequencing and spelling activities. There is a template for children to make their own letter cards e.g.they could use the letters of their own name.

This 2 page resource is designed to support teaching key social-emotional topics such as friendship, feelings, and honesty for young learners. Using the short story of ‘Robby and Looty’, children can begin to understand the importance of making good choices, being honest, and considering how their actions affect others. Key Focus Areas: Friendship: Children learn how Robby and Looty are friends but must make better choices together. Discussions can centre around what makes a good friend and how friends help each other make the right decisions. Feelings: The story explores how Robby and Looty feel before and after taking the apples, helping children recognise feelings like guilt, regret, and relief. Teachers can use this to prompt discussions about how actions impact emotions. Honesty: By returning the stolen apples, Robby and Looty show the importance of being honest and making things right. This opens up conversations on why honesty matters and what children can do if they make a mistake. Worksheet: A simple worksheet with key questions is provided which helps children reflect on and write about the story. Role-Playing: Children can act out situations where honesty is important, learning how to apologise and make amends.

A collection of slides to talk about on the Smart Board or print out for display or maths activities. Each slide shows related vocabulary for the following themes: Numbers Time Money Addition Subtraction Division Multiplication Measures Colours Pattern Sorting shape

Game one in this series. 40 pictorial popular catch phrases or sayings to encourage thinking skills and speaking and listening skills. There are 4 catch phrases on each page. It is fun to work against the clock! Children can work in pairs or teams to try to work out the answers. An answer sheet is provided for them to mark off. Cut out the cards and laminate for a game you can keep and re use. As an extra activity children can research and write the meanings of the phrases.

This game is along the theme of maths or number sayings or phrases. 40 pictorial popular catch phrases or sayings to encourage thinking skills and speaking and listening skills. There are 4 catch phrases on each page. It is fun to work against the clock! Children can work in pairs or teams to try to work out the answers. An answer sheet is provided for them to mark off. Cut out the cards and laminate for a game you can keep and reuse. As an extra activity children can research and write the meanings of the phrases.

Game number 4 in this series. 40 pictorial popular catch phrases or sayings to encourage thinking skills and speaking and listening skills. There are 4 catch phrases on each page. It is fun to work against the clock! Children can work in pairs or teams to try to work out the answers. An answer sheet is provided for them to mark off. Cut out the cards and laminate for a game you can keep and reuse. As an extra activity children can research and write the meanings of the phrases.