For use in both EYFS and Key Stages 1 and 2, here are the transition day activities I showed on my Instagram. These activities are what I plan to use on my transition day next week and I wanted to share them with you all! In this download there are three activities: All About Me Poster Find Someone Who Letter Template Activities 1 and 2 can be used together which I am planning to do using a gallery walk for children to go and find someone who but you can always do them independantly. This download includes a PDF version of all three sheets for printing out but there will be an PPT (PowerPoint) version coming soon!

Hand Signals > Hands up! In my class, I taught the children to use hand signals to communicate various needs including needing the toilet to needing help. This has cut down on shouting out, interruptions and has even supported the children’s communication and independence! If you want to know more about how (and why) I use hand signals, feel free to read my blog post! Note: These hand signals were made using a paid resource from Lidia Barbossa’s clip art so I haven’t included all the available hand signals!

This is a phonics review game, that can be used to practice the phonetic sounds or even just for students to practice in a fun way. This resources has 42 circular tiles with a letter or CVC word on them as well as 6 KABOOM tiles. There are also blank tiles for you to create your own tiles depending on which stage you’re working on. The Sassoon font is embedded into the PowerPoint for you to use to create your tiles with a font that is key to letter recognition and formation .

Thank you for stopping by!! I made this product to set up my very first classroom and there was quite a bit of interest so I decided to upload it! Please note, it was made for MY classroom so I’ve only included the jobs that were suggested to me over on Instagram but if you’d like to edit the wording, I have embedded the fonts in the PowerPoint for you to edit! Features of this product: Cute icons to make it visible 12 Classroom Jobs included Print, Laminate and Cut assembly Low colour to save ink Please read the note included for more details and assembly tips.

In this download is a file containing 37 slides that can be duplicated and rearranged to create a teaching presentation! I often (I mean, ALWAYS) use these to keep myself organised and on track during the day. The slides include: 2 slides containing video timers and icons to use in the Powerpoint. A selection of 8 morning slides A selection of 5 lesson slides (in blue, green and purple) 7 content slide to add videos, text or images for whole class teaching 2 Transition slide for break/ lunch and end of day! This presentation was created in response to my Instagram and there’s a video showing how I made it on my Youtube Channel (@oshierusensei) if you need and tips and tricks! Hope this is useful!!

There’s a lot of debate around using PowerPoint in lessons, it’s a bit like marmite but for me, having slide provide a sense of routine and structure both for me and the children. I find that having the same thing on the board helps to set the day and start transition between lessons. Here are the Daily Slide I use every single day with my class! This PPT Set include: Morning Work Slides Morning Meeting Slides Break Time Slides Lunch Time Slides Hometime Slides Blank Slide for editing! The fonts used in these slide are KG Blank Space (available free on 1001Fonts) and LetterJoin (KG First time in Forever is a free alternative with a similar look)

For use in both EYFS and Key Stages 1 and 2, here’s my lesson planning template shown on my Instagram. This lesson plan template is what I used when planning my interview lessons or one off activities. The lesson planning templates is ideal for writing in detail about lessons where you are not familiar with the class allowing you to keep a detail record of the resources you will need. The template has the following sections: Lesson Information Resources Starter Main Input Main Activity (Continuous Provision for EYFS) Plenary TA Support Notes This download includes both a PDF version for writing on directly or an editable version for typing onto. Please note the fonts are embedded but titles are not yet editable.

The resource is Year 1 High Frequency Words written on wolves. I made the resource for my class to have a ‘wolf hunt’ as part of our Three Little Pigs Unit. The blank wolves are from Sparklebox

Here are my job application forms to match my classroom jobs! These application forms include the skills required, the salary in Dojo Points and space for children to write why they think they’re good for the job but are editable for you to add your own description of the job. Jobs included in this resource: Water Bottle News Reporter Register Monitor Lunch Counter Class Librarian Chair Stacker Morning Greeter Mail Person Eco Team Teaching Assistant Photographer Messenger Line Leader Tech Team Class Leader I am using these in my classroom to emphasise the importance of the jobs and their role in the classroom as well as get the children excited about the chance to be a part of the class! To use this resource, simply click in the black box and start typing! I recommend saving the finished document as a PDF file and then printing them all 2 to a page. Keep these as originals and then you can photocopy as many as you need. I’m also introducing the jobs to my class first and making these forms available for the children to fill in and hand in whenever they want!

You asked? I answered! These Visual Timetable cards can be used in any classroom from EYFS to Year Six; all with a friendly font and image to match. Include in this download are lessons such as: Art Science Guided Reading Maths Geography STEM As well as Special Events such as Picture Days Trip Out Jigsaw Time Play Practice Celebration Assembly Currently, there are 32 Timetable Cards include in the download available as a PDF file. Just print on card and laminate and they’ll be ready to use in your class to display tour daily or weekly timetable for your class! Have some specific subjects? Look out in my store for my Editable Timetable Cards!!

I wanted to some certificates that did more than reward children for good work or good behaviour and the “of the week” certificates were born! These certificates rewards values such as teamwork and friendliness as well as other learning qualities such as creativity, mathematical thinking and exploration. Each certificate have a quote relating to the award at the bottom of the page Certificates included in this resource: Mathematician Friend Team Player Explorer Musician Inventor Artist Inventor Scientist Author Reader Star I am using these in my classroom alongside Wholehearted School Counselling’s “I am an … when” resource to let children know what it means to have these qualities and will be giving them out during our weekly Friday afternoons to take home. To use this resource, simply print either full size or 2 to a page (depending on your preference), add the child’s name and comment, sign underneath the ‘Keep up the good work’ caption and hand out! The fonts SHOULD be embedded but if they aren’t the headings are KG Blank Space and the main text is KG First Time in Forever both found on dafont!

Here’s a template in made to help me label and organise all my evidence for the teaching standards. A simple template to use for printing on Post It Notes that can then be attached to evidence and ready to file! This download includes 1 blank template for placing Post Its, 2 sheets with the Standards and lines for making notes and guidelines for using the templates.

Love Powerpoint? Same! In my class, I use a weekly PowerPoint to keep my day in order from Monday’s morning work to Friday’s Goodbye message! This helps me to structure my day and have an idea of the week ahead as well as allowing me to easily swap around lessons when inevitable interruptions occur! This resource includes … slides for use in your weekly presentation including: Morning Work Slide Lesson Slide Transition Slides Misc. Use Slides I’ve also included tutorial slides on my commonly used ‘techniques’ for creating and editting my powerpoints such as converting videos from Youtube and changing images. Please note: this resources include the EDITABLE TEMPLATE used to created my weekly powerpoints and so DOESN’T include any icons or fonts used. These can be found at Flaticon and 1001 fonts Happy PowerPointing!!

I’m rolling out all the hits today! My Timetable Cards… but editable!! I realised that my cards were a bit… limited considering that I made them for my classroom so here are an editable version so you can add all the little bits that are unique to your classroom. Include in this download are a range of icons including those used in my original timetable card download as well as some others that may be useful to you. Basically, if it looked vaguely like I could use it in a timetable, I included it. Another print on card, laminate and cut resource, this can be ready for your classroom in no time!

Anyone else as excited to get into their classroom as me!? Being an NQT, I’m terrified of forgetting something crucial or being unprepared in my NQT year so I’ve put together a Classroom set up checklist and once I started, I couldn’t stop there!! In this download, you get: one ‘general’ classroom set up checklist filled with all the things I’m doing, in the order I’m doing it three blank checklists for you to fill in (classroom set up, first week of school prep, weekly lesson plan prep) I hope these help you with classroom set up and help your NQT week to smoothly!!

A 1 page Job application form with embedded fonts for you to change the jobs! If you have my classroom jobs, this was made to go along side it! If not, just change the job titles!

Here are some game I made for a whole class phonics session. Since the children were all at different levels, we looked at the sound we all know in different ways such as alien words or speed reading No laminating needed! Either print one per group or pair or display on the board and let the children play with the interactive board pen :)

Over 140 ‘would you rather’ questions to discuss with your class during circle times or spare moments! Can be used to create a display (I have mine on the window for children and parents to debate while they waited but can also fold them up and have them in a basket!

Here’s my Back to School Freebie ’ My Exciting Summer’. This is a simple writing activity that can be used from EYFS up to Year Six for students to either write about their summer or engage in some creative writing and create their own exciting summer. It’s been differentiated on 4 levels Just a drawing space for EYFS or Y1 (LA) A drawing and blank writing space for EYFS or Y1 (LA) - pictured A drawing space and a small lined writing space for EYFS (MA) and Y1 (LA) A drawing space and a larger lined writing space for EYFS (MA) and Y1 A half page drawing space and a half space writing space for EYFS (HA) and Years 1 (MA) - pictured Of course, this is just a rough guideline and these templates can be used across the Primary Key Stages

Here’s a lovely display pack for teaching 2D Shapes in EYFS! Each sheet has an image of the shape, the name of the shape and characteristics on the shape in EYFS friendly language. This download includes 6 Shape Posters, one for each of the basic shapes; Square, Rectangle, Circle, Diamond, Semicircle and Triangle, and can be used as displays or to scaffold learning in the classroom.