Experienced Primary School teacher of 30 years. Worked across KS1/2.
- child friendly worksheets and resources to cover all areas of the curriculum
- specialise in language and writing
- established child author
- Gold TES Author
- Shortlisted for the Bev Evans Award 2017
Experienced Primary School teacher of 30 years. Worked across KS1/2.
- child friendly worksheets and resources to cover all areas of the curriculum
- specialise in language and writing
- established child author
- Gold TES Author
- Shortlisted for the Bev Evans Award 2017
A 20 page workbook
A selection of book reviews useful for differentation. They can be printed out individually or as a whole unit.
Suitable for Key Stage 1 and 2.
Looking at titles, authors, settings, characters, recommendations etc.
A great resource for a mixed ability class.
I have also included a powerpoint presentation for classwork
A 16 page workbook for KS1/2.
Writing lists
Design a label for your desk
Acrostic Poem:- School
Healthy packed lunchbox:- List the items
Quiz:- What am I?
What I see in school :-drawing activity
I'm a Star because....
My Senses
Question and Answer Tasks, when,how, what,tell me, name
I have also included a powerpoint presentation for classroom use
A great resource to use with guided reading and any of David Walliam's books.
Information on his life, his writing, his career, his family and his achievements.
3 slides of literacy tasks differentiated for different abilities.
I have also included a powerpoint presentation for classroom use.
A great resource for guided reading for KS1/2 and lower KS3. Can be printed out as individual worksheets and as display sheets. Also included is powerpoint presentation.
Fact sheets on J.K.Rowlings life can be printed out and put up on reading board.
Timeline regarding publication of books.
Suggested follow on activities.
A great resource for guided reading and anyone studying Harry Potter.
Edited and corrected.
A super resource for Roald Dahl Day in September
54 pages for KS1and KS2
Fascinating facts to print out and display on your literacy working wall of Roald Dahl's life.
A time line showing the years various books were published.
Suggestions of writing and drawing follow up activities.
I have also included a powerpoint presentation for use in the classroom.
So there is display, presentation and activities, reference, facts etc will save all teachers a lot of preparation.
A 14 page workbook for Years 5/6. can be printed out a whole workbook or individual sheets.
A powerpoint presentation for classroom use
Task word lists taken from the Statutory requirements Appendix 1 Spelling
Sentence construction
Words and Meanings
Dictionary work
Matching word to meanings
'ous' or 'ious'
alphabetical order
'ough' words
Suffixes 'al' 'ous' 'able'
This will be a great resource for weekly spellings and linked activities.
A 20 page resource and a powerpoint display based on SPaG statutory requirements introducing question marks, full stops and commas.
Theme Autumn
Display sheets for classroom SPag Noticeboard definitions and useful words to use.
11 question sheets for children to answer, these could be used individually or as a homework workbook.
A 14 page workbook which can be printed as one workbook or individual worksheets. Target Words taken from specifications for year 5/6 Appendix 1
'sion' words 'ive' words
'able' words 'ible' words
root verbs
verbs to nouns
Dictionary work
Sentence construction
Alphabetical order
Three resources to cover Place Value from tens to millions. With classroom display cards, task cards, practical activities and worksheets. A great resource for differentation during numeracy time or to check what individual children know regarding Place Value.
A 32 page unit of work and a powerpoint presentation on numbers up to millions. Suitable for KS2 or low ability KS3.
Includes Display Cards for classroom with words and numbers to aid spelling and number recognition. Task cards and worksheetswith activities including splitting numbers, numbers into words, addition of big numbers, multiplication by 10 and 100 and a practical activity involving reading newspapers to find big numbers, cutting and sticking and putting numbers in order from smallest to largest.
30 page booklet of Task cards can be laminated for children who have completed classwork, stored or displayed on noticeboards. Also a Powerpoint Presentation included for classroom use. Cross curricular, Numeracy, Literacy , Science and PSHE activities.
Numeracy:- square numbers, factors, ways to make 100, ways to make 1000
Literacy:- Write a Book Review, write a Book Blurb, words and meanings dictionary work, Acrostic Poem, Limerick Poem, Newspaper Report, Persuasive Writing, how many words can you make from Alphabet, Writing Instructions, Letter Writing, Descriptive Writing, Composing questions, words ending in 'ness'
Science:- Materials, Life Cycle of Frog and Butterfly
PSHE:- Respecting others
Slow writers? The children will love this resource. I have included a PDF file and Powerpoint Presentation for classroom discussion. There is a printable workbook with pictures and ideas for imaginative and descriptive writing. Stimulating creative writing for KS1 and poorer KS2.
Topics include:
imagine you are on a train, a plane and a ship what can you see?:- writing lists
imagine you are a superhero what are your powers?:- thinking skills
imagine you are a leaf falling from a tree tell me what happens next?:-inanimate objects
imagine you are a spaceman what food and drink will you have?:- writing lists
imagine you are a fairy on top of a Christmas tree what can you see,?:- imaginative writing
who lives in a house like this and what is it made from?:- thinking skills and materials for science
imagine you are a caterpillar, tell me your life story.:- Science life cycles
Great for differentation and for the less able pupils.
imagine living in a house like this, imagine being a monster andlots more.
A printable resource in colour and in black and white with various story starts linked to Hallowe'en, Haunted Houses, Ghouls and Ghosts . Some are more difficult than others so this will be a good resource for differentation.
I have also included a powerpoint presentation for classroom use.
This resource will be useful for Upper KS1 and KS2 on Transition Days or the start of the year.
It is recommended that the children work with a partner as there are a series of discussion Taskcards.
Included in this 20 page resource:-
Taskcards for talking and listening on noise, behaviour, bullying, happiness, why rules are needed.
Creative writing in pairs make up list of rules for a) Classroom b) Playground
4 word walls for laminating and display
Design two posters a) Classroom Rules b) Playground Rules
A 14 page workbook with relevance to the Statutory requirements for Literacy KS1/2 in regards to spelling
Contains Wordlists referred to as Target Words
Prefixes: con, ex, in, im, re, pre
Comparison of adjectives
Dictionary work
Sentence construction
i before e
Words and Meanings
A PDF printable resource in colour and in black and white. Various Story starters linked to Autumn, Hallowe'en, Hibernation, Humans and Weather. Some more difficult than others therefore could be used for differentiation.
I have also included a powerpoint presentation for classroom use. These are all original and created by me a published author.
Three workbooks for KS2 A Cross Curricular Resource
The Animal Kingdom this could be linked to The Rainforest Topic
History of Olympics
Mathematical activities Measure
Mathematical activities Time
Mapwork
Creative Writing
Internet Research
The Rainforest
Fact sheets