Colourful, simple slides explaining fronted adverbials, giving examples and opportunities for children to practise. Includes a challenge which could be used in a plenary. Please let me know how it goes...I haven't specifically taught this before!

Choose a backpack, make a list of things you will need, close your eyes, listen and imagine...... Please leave a comment if you have time!

Simple slides showing the characters in the story, asking children to imagine how Old Bear feels and encouraging them to think about how the toys work together as a team. Activity sheets now added.

Colourful slides introducing range of time connectives. Includes a 'Spot the time connective&' challenge which can be done as a class or printed for paired work. There is also a group challenge and idea for individual recording.

An interactive exploration with whole class problem solving followed by whole class fun activity involving halving and re-matching sentences. Please comment if you have time.

An introduction to prepositions with simple class activity and 'Preposition wall&' followed by differentiated tasks at 3 levels to print off. please comment if you have time.

Colourful slides to help discussion and creation of ideas. Includes paired work, simile focus and success criteria. Please comment.

Colourful picture slides to help you tell the story. Includes simple speech bubbles. Useful for very young children to familiarise them with the story, or as a reminder of the plot for yr1 and yr2 children. Useful for provoking role play and retelling. Followed by 'Where do crocodiles live?&' slides.

Interactive slides, simple explanation with opportunities to practise on whiteboards and follow-up independent activity.

List of words to read and practise one at a time. Clues to the words followed by the answer and cartoon. Suggested iboard game and Bingo follow-up.

Whole class game. Take turns to choose a word from the verb list and a word from the adverbs list. Put them together to create a mime. The other children guess the words.

A collection of colourful slides with illustrations, each asking a question which can be discussed in small groups. Useful for practising speaking, listening and taking turns. Encourages children to recognise that other people may have different views and opinions and to respect this.

Colourful pictures and simple information about the Queen. Growing up, where she lives, visits etc Includes questions to encourage children to think about what they would do if they were Queen or King for a day and worksheets for mind mapping. Please comment!

A rap about a Giant who has moved into town. Groups can fill in the missing words, (mostly adjectives), practise and perform. Add instruments for extra fun!

Differentiated worksheets for the children to create their own imaginative list poems. Can be used to follow up the poem by Ian McMillan

Colourful slides with ee words accompanied by pictures. Please comment.

Simple interactive slides useful for encouraging children to have a go at writing oo words from picture clues. Set of oo words to print off too.

Scripted fantasies are powerful tools that teachers can use to transport children’s minds into a wealth of scenarios, adventures and mysteries. By provoking the imagination, children become curious; they wonder, they generate new ideas and explore possibilities beyond what is expected. 'Beyond the Aegean Sea' can be used with upper KS2 children as part of their exploration of Ancient Greece. The class close their eyes and listen as you take them on a journey in which they themselves play a significant role. Benefits include: ~Build on children’s natural enjoyment of make-believe ~Present opportunities for children to be successful; there are no right or wrong answers ~Help children develop the ability to think creatively ~Stimulate a creative mood in the classroom ~Have fun with thinking and language ~Help develop children’s listening and speaking skills ~Enrich and consolidate learning on a topic ~Ignite and excite imaginative thought ~Introduce new, colourful, descriptive language In addition to the script itself, there are images to show the children beforehand, a slide of questions for follow-up discussion in small groups and a slide of suggested follow-up activities for the children to choose from including writing, role play and art work. Teachers who have used this resource noticed an excitement in the children, including those with learning difficulties. They were keen to share their adventures and there was a noticeable improvement in their confidence to write freely.

Scripted fantasies are powerful tools that teachers can use to transport children’s minds into a wealth of scenarios, adventures and mysteries. By provoking the imagination, children become curious; they wonder, they generate new ideas and explore possibilities beyond what is expected. This resource can be used with KS2 children as part of their Inventors and Inventions topic. The children close their eyes while you take them on an adventure in which they play a role. When they open their eyes, they will have lots to talk about! In addition to the script itself, there are notes for teachers explaining how to use it, images to show the children beforehand, a slide of questions to help children discuss their adventures and a slide of suggested follow-up activities. Some of the benefits are: ~Build on children’s natural enjoyment of make-believe ~Present opportunities for children to be successful; there are no right or wrong answers ~Help children develop the ability to think creatively ~Stimulate a creative mood in the classroom ~Have fun with thinking and language ~Help develop children’s listening and speaking skills ~Enrich and consolidate learning on a topic ~Ignite and excite imaginative thought ~Introduce new, colourful, descriptive language Teachers who have used this resource noticed an excitement in the children, including those with learning difficulties. They were keen to share their adventures and there was a noticeable improvement in their confidence to write freely.