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.

An engaging Halloween-themed story starter resource tailored for KS1 children. The resource links Literacy and Halloween and is aimed at fostering creativity, comprehension, and sequencing skills. Content: Worksheet 1: A colouring page featuring Bruno the bat and Gerry the ghost alongside a story starter sentence. Worksheet 2: Jumbled story words for sequencing. Planning: Introduction: Read the story starter and discuss the vocabulary. Colouring: Children colour the images and ponder story possibilities. Sentence Completion: Children write /conclude the story starter. Word Sequencing: Using Worksheet 2, children rearrange or number/colour the words. Discussion: Children share their endings and reflect on varied narratives. The resource can be a lesson in itself, or the activities can be carried out over a period of up to 4 lessons.

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.

A 10 slide Power Point for KS1 or EYFS to encourage use of maths vocabulary, thinking skills and speaking and listening. It covers measures and positional vocabulary. Each slide has 4 pictures on and each picture asks a question e.g. Which is the largest? What time is it? Where is the bottom / top? Which is the sharpest? This is a great class activity as well as a visual aid or display pictures. It also works well if you cut out and laminate the cards and use these in discussion groups or on a 1 to 1 basis.

Here are 5 pages of maths story cards for your cross curricular maths lessons. Each page has 6 picture cards with 6 corresponding question cards. Children read the questions and write the answers or say the answers. This tests comprehension as well as understanding and use of maths vocabulary. Numbers involved are up to 20 and there are some questions around measures too. Another activity that works well is to cut out all the cards and give them out in class so each child has one. Children put themselves into pairs if they have the correct picture card to go with the question card.

A cross curricular resource based on your topic of Homes, Houses, Where we live or Ourselves. The children have 8 houses and need to work out what the colours are of each. Children read the text and then colour in the appropriate parts of each house. Next, they cut out the houses and put them in number order. Houses are even numbered from 2 to 16. Sheet 2 shows the houses when coloured in so children can mark their own work. For younger children, the adult could read the text and the children can then colour in the houses. Children could do this activity as a guided reading activity or as homework.

Game number 3 in this series. 39 pictorial popular catch phrases or sayings to encourage thinking skills and speaking and listening skills. There are 4 catch phrases on each page and 3 on the final 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 2 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.

Game number 5 in this series. 39 pictorial popular catch phrases or sayings to encourage thinking skills and speaking and listening skills. There are 4 catch phrases on each page and 3 on the final 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 6 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.

This is a fun cross - curricular game to play with your pupils. Show the images or cut into cards. Pupils work out the idiom or saying for each image and mark these off on the answer sheets. Great for group or pairs/team work. Links to literacy. There are 2 pages of idioms with 15 pictures on each page. Alternatively cut out all the cards for pupils to match. Differentiate with a small number of cards to start and increasing once pupils get the idea. Pupils can research any idioms they are unfamiliar with. Lots of speaking and listening and thinking opportunities.

12 easy quiz sheets for your class. Great as a back to school resource! Each quiz invites children to read, discuss and write. Each quiz has 4 questions and a corresponding picture for the answers. Children can answer in different ways - writing the letter of the picture, naming the picture or writing a phrase or short sentence. Play the quiz in pairs, groups or as a whole class. Alternatively use as worksheets to compliment your topic work. You could also laminate the sheets and add to the writing corner for early finishers or use as homework. There are a range of themes: Christmas, Halloween, On the Farm, Space, Flying things, Plants, Winter Clothing, Tigers, Baby Animals, Weather, Animals and Transport.

Introduce these 10 writing templates to your young learners, each featuring a story starter with an Autumn theme; from prompts like, ‘Inside the barn, the tiny mouse peeped out,’ to ‘Instead of fresh apples in the basket, the farmer…’.

Use these bonfire resources to support children when writing about the bright and noisy fun of firework night as well as it’s history. There are 10 worksheets/writing templates with story starters.