Story mountain planning guide. Great for printing out double sided in a3. Features story mountain template with lines for planning and each section of story mountain explained in colour code on the back. This includes reminders of literary techniques appropriate for different parts of a story.

Cut out and laminate these classroom job cards and give to students to give them a sense of responsibility. Includes Board Monitor, Table Captain, Equipment monitor and Book Monitor.

Letter to santa writing frames in two formats. One is in traditional letter format and other has lines to write on Santa's beard. Both feature festive designs including Father Christmas!

pdf Presentation of various Critical thinking exercises great for lesson warm up or start/end of day routine. Suitable for year 3 +

Newspaper writing frame template including blank copy and guidance copy for each section - editable

Word Searches for all occasions including Halloween, Christmas, Easter and each season.

A collection of worksheets and guidance sheets to compliment the Rising Stars Switched On Computing unit for year 2/3 'We are Astronauts'. These can be used with or without the scheme and are based on use of Scratch. Objectives cover the basics of algorithms and computational thinking as well as general use of Scratch and a review sheet.

Termly overviews of spellings to teach including a list of 12 to test each week. Spellings to test each week consist of 6 from the taught words, 2 unseen following the week’s rule, 2 from a previous week and 2 from the statutory/common exception list. A basic PowerPoint for each week giving a quick explanation of the rule, any useful links and the list of words for children to copy. All three terms included with gaps for SATs week and internal assessments.

Venn diagram activity - perfect for a literacy starter. Students can sort the different genres into the Venn diagram to classify fiction or non-fiction.

Booklet created to guide teachers through the inquiry cycle model. This includes guidance notes, example learning engagement sheets that can be copied directly for classes or used as inspiration. Digital tools to enhance each stage of inquiry also recommended throughout. Initially created for Primary aged students but can certainly be used through Secondary and beyond. Got a super curious and inquisitive class but need ideas on how to make their wonderings have lasting impact? This resource is for you!