Body language activities based on the story ‘Harrison Spader, Personal Space Invader’ by Christianne Jones (online readaloud linked). I used this story and resource with a child who was giving over-exhuberant hugs to his peers and teachers, without reading the body language of others. This story and the illustrations made sense to him and he enjoyed discussing the body language shown.

A set of 30 matching pairs emotions cards as a PPT and PDF download (3 A4 pages in total). I used this resource as a ‘Kim’s Game’, each pupil choosing 2 cards and deciding whether they are a matching pair. The pairs are together horizontally as they are printed, but there may be more than one suitable pair arising from discussion with children. Great for emotional literacy sessions.

13 picture cards for children to sort into ‘positive’ and ‘negative’ body language. This brought up lots of discussion from my pupils about facial expression, subtle leans away from an unwanted hug and rigid postures.

PSHE pastoral activity for anger Children sort a selection of ideas on speech bubbles, according to whether they are positive or negative coping skills for strong emotions e.g. hitting a wall, having a drink, getting some air, swearing etc.

Great Fire of London Key Stage 1 Science What’s included? A PDF and editable PPT recording format for a waterproof or non-waterproof materials investigation, differentiated to include one version with a table for recording results and one with simply squared paper. My Year 2 children created their own tables on this section or a Venn dagram with wood in the overlapping section, following observations and discussions. A PDF and editable PPT recording sheet for describing the properties of materials relating to Great Fire artefacts (metal water squirter and leather fire bucket).

Key Stage 1 Maths investigation Work in an ordered, methodical way to find every possible combination of Willy Wonka’s new sweet invention flavours! Suitable for Year 1, Year 2 or Year 3 as there is a 24 solution extension problem. Comprises easier and more challenging problem as PPT and PDF.

Perfect for a Rainforest topic! Cute baby animals to engage younger learners. Comprises: 2 x wordbanks with pictures and animals names 2 x recording sheets with pictures and lined speech bubbles Both included as PPT and PDF.

Practise place value to 100 by rolling a dice and building the number you land on, using base ten equipment. Included: PPT of baord game for editing numbers PDF for easy printing

Christmas Activity: Elf Guess Who Headbanz game. Great for social communication - listening, responding and posing questions. Comprises: Elf board to print 4 times Elf cards for Headband Elf based jokes for winners to read All available as PPT and PDF.

Solve the addition and subtraction calculations and then use the key to know what colour to use for each bauble.

Christmas Tree 3D shape identification. Comprises 2 sheets: match and colour the 3D shape images match and colour the 3D shape names

Use the key to colour-code the 2D shapes hanging on the Christmas tree. Available as a PDF document.

Crack the code to solve the addition and subtraction calculations. Set comprises: 2 pages of addition problems 2 pages of mixed addition and subtraction

Gratitude mug template: one page of mug and 3 marshmallows one page of 9 marshmallows for extras PPT and PDF versions included

Template (in Word and PDF) to create a days of the week wheel. All you will need is: a split pin This file printed onto white card Crayons One rectangle of card per child as the ‘handle’ - mine is blue in the image.

Cut and stick Christmas pattern activity for EYFS and Year 1 Continuous Provision

Winter images to create maths patterns. Perfect for EYFS and Year 1 continuous provision.

Phonics activity which involves reading a choice of 4 different suitcase tags to know what to pack (cut and stick). Designed for Year 1 continuous provision.