This is approx 3 weeks worth of planning based on the story of the gingerbread man. fits in nicely with geography/food topic Resources to compare the story of the gingerbread man with the runaway chapatti (available on amazon) planning sheets to retell the story set in a different country with native food and animals.

A selection of resources to support the teaching of the book ‘The Tin Forest’ Includes: Character description describe the setting Inference - The old man’s thoughts and feelings Diary writing picture prompt planning sheet Example model diary text Example dream text Diary success criteria - Assessment tick list. Suitable for year 1 or 2 PDF and word documents

4 examples of instruction texts aimed at lower key stage 2/year 2: How to make pancakes How to make fudgy brownies How to look after a dog How to plant a sunflower PGF format Coloured feature key for children to use to identify and highlight the key features. (word document to enabling editing) Marking grid/success criteria to use when writing instruction texts (word document to enable editing)

I created this very simple short story to use with a year 1 or 2 class as a basis for story or diary writing based around the topic of Titanic. It’s the simple tale of Whiskers the cat who sneaks on board the Titanic and alerts the passengers helping them to safety becoming a hero! Children can then write their own version changing the animal or create a diary based on Whisker’s adventures. Supporting resources included PDF /word format

I created this very simple short story to use with a year 1 or 2 class as a basis for story or diary writing based around the great fire of London. It’s the simple tale of Whiskers the cat who discovers a fire in the bakery on Pudding Lane and alerts the people of London becoming a local hero! Children can then write their own version changing the animal or a diary extract of Whiskers adventures Supporting resources also included. PDF and word format

Selection of resources to use with the text ‘The Day the Crayons Quit’ Includes Speech bubbles to record how each crayon felt A planning sheet - to plan what adventures each crayon got up to while they were on strike. (With a model example) A sheet to record Duncan’s responses in order to plan a letter in reply to the crayons Also included an editable document with images from the text for your own resources. Suitable for Key stage 1

A selection of resource sheets that can be used when teaching the book Traction Man is here. Includes: Front cover Prediction sheet Character descriptions What’s in the sink - Expanded noun phrases and adjectives Action man thought and speech bubbles 19 editable images from the text to use for your own resources.

3 high quality examples of persuasive leaflets aimed at lower key stage 2/year 2: Leaflet for London Zoo Leaflet for Alton Towers Leaflet for Florida PDF format Coloured feature key for children to use to identify and highlight the key features. (word document to enabling editing) Marking grid/success criteria to use when writing a persuasive leaflet/brochure. (word document to enable editing)

A set of sheets for children to use when researching farm animals to write a non chronological report. Space to make notes about habits/sleep, diet, appearance, habitat Suitable for KS1 Blank sheets included

A set of sheets for children to use when researching ocean animals to write a non chronological report. Space to make notes about, sleep, diet, appearance, habitat Suitable for KS1 and year 3 Blank sheets included to add own animals or categories

A set of sheets for children to use when researching rainforest animals to write a non chronological report. Space to make notes about, habits/sleep, diet, appearance, habitat Suitable for KS1 and year 3 Blank sheets included

A selection of 9 spelling practice and activity sheets which compliment the No Nonsense spelling scheme for year 3 block 4 - Spring term 2 Ideal for early work, homework or independent practice sessions Opportunities for rainbow writing, pyramid writing, sentence construction and illustrating spelling words. Includes: statutory spelling words for year 3/4 prefixes anti and inter suffixes cian, sion, tion and ssion blank sheet for own spellings

A selection of 10 spelling practice and activity sheets which compliment the No Nonsense spelling scheme for year 3 block 4 - Spring term 2 Ideal for early work, homework or independent practice sessions Opportunities for rainbow writing, pyramid writing, sentence construction and illustrating spelling words. Includes: Prefixes super and auto statutory spelling words for year 3/4 homophones k sound spelt ch blank sheet for own spellings

A selection of 13 spelling practice and activity sheets which compliment the No Nonsense spelling scheme for year 2 block 4 - Spring term. Ideal for early work, homework or independent practice sessions Opportunities for rainbow writing, CAPITALS, tracing, word match and sort Includes: o spelt a after w and qu z spelt s homophones adding es to words ending in y possessive apostrophe suffixes ly,ful and less tion words blank practice spelling sheet included

A selection of 22 spelling practice and activity sheets which compliment the no nonsense spelling scheme for year 2 block 5 - Summer term. Ideal for early work, homework or independent practice sessions Opportunities for rainbow writing, CAPITALS, tracing, word match and sort sentence generation. Includes: Common exception words, suffixes ing, ed, est, er, a making or sound, or making er sound, suffixes ment and ness, il, el and al, possessive apostrophes.

8 spelling practice sheets which compliment the no nonsense spelling scheme for year 5 blocks 5 and 6 Summer term. Ideal for early work, homework or independent practice sessions sections for rainbow writing, pyramid, writing in sentences and illustrating words. Includes: homophones, statutory spelling words and suffixes ful, ive and ous Blank sheet included for own spellings

9 spelling practice sheets which compliment the no nonsense spelling scheme for year 5 blocks 3 and 4 Spring term. Ideal for early work, homework or independent practice sessions sections for rainbow writing, pyramid, writing in sentences and illustrating words. Includes: Rare GPC’s homophones, ibly, ably, statutory spelling words, root words, ie and ei Blank sheet included for own spellings

7 spelling practice sheets which compliment the no nonsense spelling scheme for year 5 block 1 and 2 autumn term. Ideal for early work, homework or independent practice sessions sections for rainbow writing, pyramid, writing in sentences and illustrating words. Includes: ough. silent letters, able, ible , homophones, plurals and hyphenated words Blank sheet included for own spellings