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
Updated resource for KS2 or good ability KS1. Includes information sheets, writing tasks including letter writing, designing a healthy menu, writing an newspaper report and an acrostic poem also spelling activity. A pdf file which can be printed and used as individual workbooks.
The first in my series of Explorers and Navigators resources for KS1/2. I have written the story of Christopher Columbus in a child friendly vocabulary, outlining his life, his travel to Spain and then west across the Atlantic Ocean. I have included a PDF filewhich can be printed as individual workbooks and a powerpoint presentation for discussion about the topic.There are comprehension questions, writing activities, some grammar, a ship's log entry and a story planning sheet. I have also included some word maps which could be printed out for teacher display boards. A super original resource for Columbus Day or discoverers
Looking for a resource to keep your little ones busy towards the end of the year or to occupy your slower learners and improve their reading and writing techniques? This is the one. Seaside PDF file with lots of fun activities, writing and drawing activities included, research worksheets, vocabulary worksheets, writing poetry, stories, a little bit of science and senses, sailing to a desert island, descriptive writing and links to a cross curricular topic. Curriculum areas include Literacy, Science/Materials, Art and The Animal Kingdom. This file can be printed out as individual workbooks for each child.
A 15 page PDF file to be used by KS2. Charles Dickens’ life story is written in child friendly vocabulary. There are worksheets included which cover comprehension, spag, sequencing events, internet research, life in Victorian times, vocabulary and composing questions. This will be useful if the children are studying a novel by Dickens or are looking at life in Victorian times.The booklet can be printed out as a complete booklet for each pupil or as individual pages for display purposes.
A bundle of 3 resources, PDF files and powerpoint presentations about three famous explorers, Columbus, Captain Cook and Vasco Da Gama. This would be great to use as a class project with three groups. Each booklet has the children completing the same style of tasks and would be great for History , Geography and Cross-curricular work .There are reading and comprehension questions, diary entries, ship's log entries, imaginative and creative writing tasks and internet research questions.Save 50% when you purchase all three together.
This 22 page PDF file is ideal for follow up work after reading Who Let The Gods Out by Maz Evans.There are a selection of writing, drawing and research tasks all in black and white. These tasks can be printed out individually for differentation or as a complete workbook for each child. They have a similar format to my Roald Dahl resources.
Activities include:
Descriptive and creative writing, creating poetry, writing news broadcast scripts, diary entries, book reviews, favourite characters and research skills working with a partner to create factfiles. A fact sheet all about Zeus is included with vocabulary tasks attached. There are also a couple of drawing activities for the less able child.I have also included a powerpoint.
Three separate workbooks on the theme Victorians with fun activities for the children.
1. A Victorian Poem to read and follow up of Comprehension questions.
2. The Story Of Charles Dickens written in a child friendly vocabulary with comprehension and writing activities.
3. Three famous Victorian women. Three separate stories to read, comprehension and written activities as follow up work.
This reading comprehension pack includes one story about Marley the Monkey. The story is an original story written by me. There are follow up questions and other writing and drawing activities within the pack.
Ideal for KS1 and Lower KS2.
2 Summer Poems with worksheets and activities to match.
The first poem is titled 'Sand' and the second, 'Summer's Sun'.
Covers different areas of learning such as 'alliteration' and 'nouns, adjectives and verbs'.
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This Pdf file consists of 10 poems written by me. It also includes tasks relating to poetry terminology, types of poetry and analysis of poem
This is an entire unit of poetry for one term and is suitable for KS2.
Revision of various Literacy and Numeracy topics based on a trip to the seaside. Includes worksheets on money, averages, measures, addition and subtraction. Also includes acrostic poems, apostrophes, homonyms and creative writing.
An 18 page Unit of Work
includes:-
a) Fact sheets on Ancient and Modern Olympic Games with Comprehension Worksheets
b) Fact Sheet on Zeus with word analysis and creative writing activities
c) Alphabetical Order
d) Past Tense
e) Brainstorming
f) Designing a logo
g) Creative writing, story, poem and newspaper article
Could be used alongside a class project on the Rio Olympics
15 page workbook to be used as an end of term revision task, or for early finishers and could also be used as individual worksheets to be displayed. All based on the seaside theme.
Rhyming, missing letters, colouring sheet, odd one out, opposites, Underwater world writing and drawing, Magic e, what's in the picnic basket,
creating sentences about the beach
The third in a series of Literacy workbooks for Upper key stage 1 and Key Stage 2 on Adjectives
Could be useful for revision
Definition of adjectives
Comparison of adjectives
Formation of Adjectives
Brainstorming Adjectives
Creative Writing: a description of child's favourite toy
Matching Adjectives with Nouns
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
16 differentiated worksheets for planning stories. Characters, setting, title, what happened, new words to be introduced into the story, new descriptive words and genre.
These can be useful in a mixed ability class or in a composite class. They can be adapted as I have also included a powerpoint presentation.
15 page powerpoint presentation which can be used in the classroom. A PDF file which can be printed out as separate sheets and used to suit each child's ability. Every page involves writing about a picture and the children have to use their imaginations. The powerpoint could be used to model writing by the teacher.