A bundle of resources to support and teach three theme writing lessons based on pirates. Hook to lesson: Pirates kidnap class teddy. Lesson 1: To develop the skill of using descriptive language- making a wanted poster to describe the pirate. Lesson 2: To develop the skill of writing a letter- To write a letter to the pirates trying to persuade them to return the kidnapped teddy. Lesson 3: To develop the skill of writing a newspaper report- To write a newspaper report telling everybody that the teddy has been returned. In this pack you will find all of the planning and active inspire flip charts that you will need to teach these writing lessons.

This is a list of the common interview questions that I have come across and ideas of how you should answer them.

This includes planning and flipcharts for a one off lesson on capacity. It is fantastic to use for an interview or for an observation, this lesson encourages the children to investigate capacity independently and is a great problem solving activity. It is very good for showing the use of questioning in your lesson. I used this lesson for an interview and I got the job! The lesson is based on a magic potion made by Winnie the Witch.

Topic cover for children to colour in for the theme space.

Flowers with the sounds ch, sh, th, air and earin the centre of them and words on petals to match. I laminated them and cut them out and the children had to match the petal with the flower.

Mini beasts with high frequency words on them. I laminated them and cut them out and hung them from the ceiling in my reading area with green paper which looked like trees.

A booklet that contains three homework activities

A worksheet and ActivInspire flipchart for a lesson on labelling the parts of a plant.

A leaflet which explains how the phonics screening process works and gives parents advice on how they can support their children. Part of the leaflet is specific to Read Write Inc, however this section can be just changed to include information to fit with how you teach phonics at your school.

Overview of all of the foundation subjects and the curriculum objectives that should be covered. The subjects and objectives all fit within the themes; space, chocolate and explorers.

A worksheet for children to cut out the parts of the Nativity story and stick in the correct order.