A set of Maths activity task cards for making 5. The set includes 6 number bond activities for making 5 including using a bar model, part whole models, addition and word problems. These cards can be used as part of a number bond Maths lesson or could be used during choosing time for children to practise making 5. The activity cards also give children the opportunity to practise recording number sentences. These cards can be laminated so that they can be used again. Aimed at Early Years and Year 1 children. For my Making 5 Activity Worksheets please see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/making-5-activity-worksheets-12185922 For my Making 5 - Number Bond PowerPoint please see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/number-bonds-making-5-12149331

A complete English lesson covering words that can be used instead of nice. The PowerPoint gives children examples of alternative words that they can use for nice and builds a list of alternative words - this final list could then be printed out for the children to use when they are writing. Children are then given a sentence with the word nice in and they have to replace the word nice in the sentence - children could rewrite the sentence on their whiteboards and replace the word nice or could simply write an alternative word for nice. The lesson includes three differentiated worksheets and a plenary where children have to find the odd word out eg amazing, helpful, caring and explain why it is the odd word out. Aimed at Early Years and Key Stage 1 children.

An English story writing activity to support children when writing a story. Children plan their story using a story plan. This activity then demonstrates to the children how to write each part of their story using the story plan. I use this activity over several days to support children to write their story and will often cover several parts in one lesson with mini plenaries in between reminding children what their writing needs. Children like the little girl who pops up to ask questions to improve the story. The activity could be used in Early Years for orally retelling a story or in Key Stage 1 for writing a story. For my planning activity Powerpoint please see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/planning-a-story-12172616 For my Story Planning and Story Writing Bundle please see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/story-planning-and-writing-bundle-12173585

A set of 8 different Maths activity worksheets to practise making 5 covering bar models, part whole models, adding using objects and word problems. These sheets focus solely on making 5. They also give children the opportunity to practise recording number sentences. I have used these as worksheets during Maths lessons plus have also laminated the different sheets for children to use during choosing time or early work. Aimed at Early Years and Year 1 children. For my Making 5 - Number Bonds to 5 PowerPoint please see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/number-bonds-making-5-12149331

A set of 8 different Maths activity worksheets to practise making 10. Activities included are drawing or using objects to represent number bonds, writing number sentences to match number bonds, completing part whole models for number bonds to 10, solving word problems, using bar models. These sheets focus solely on number bonds to 10. They give children the opportunity to practise number bonds to 10, use manipulatives or pictorial representation to solve problems and also give children the opportunity to practise recording number sentences. I have used these as worksheets during Maths lessons focusing on number bonds to 10 plus have also laminated the different sheets for children to use during choosing time or early work. Aimed at Early Years and Year 1 children however could also be used as part of an intervention for Year 2 children. For my Making 5 Activity Worksheets see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/making-5-activity-worksheets-12185922

A set of Maths activity task cards for making 10. The set includes 6 number bond activities for making 10 including using objects to make numbers 0 - 10, adding objects to a number to make 10, writing number bond number sentences, using a bar model, completing part whole models and number bond word problems. These cards can be used as part of a number bond Maths lesson or could be used during choosing time for children to practise number bonds to 10. The activity cards also give children the opportunity to practise using manipulatives and pictorial representations and to practise recording number sentences. These cards can be laminated so that they can be used again. Aimed at Early Years and Year 1 children however could also be used as part of a booster session for Year 2 children. For my Making 5 Activity Cards see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/making-5-activity-cards-12185958

An English activity to help children to plan a story in a step by step manner. This activity breaks down story planning into small chunks and enables children to plan each stage of the story. The activity encourages lots of talk and children enjoy sharing their ideas about the story. The activity encourages children to think about and describe their character, the setting and the time of their story. Children then plan the problem, what happens first, then and next and then the solution and the ending. The activity gives children different ideas and demonstrates to children that not all stories need to be the same as we all have different ideas and suggestions. I often take several days to work through this activity and to build story plans with the children and find that rereading our story plans regularly helps children when they reach the writing stage. This activity could be used in Early Years to introduce story planning and oral retelling of a story to the children or in Key Stage 1 to support children with story planning and story writing. For my Story Planning and Story Writing Bundle please see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/story-planning-and-writing-bundle-12173585

A number bonds word problems activity for making 20. This Maths activity can support children to learn and practise number bonds to make 20. The activity shows children all of the different number bonds for making twenty. Each number bond has a word problem eg I have twenty cats, 12 of the cats are playing in the garden. How many cats are in the house? Children can solve these problems using objects and pictorial representations and record their number sentence on their whiteboards. The word problems in this activity all start with the teen number so children can gain confidence solving the problems for making 20. Activity could be used as a whole class activity or in small groups. Aimed at Early Years and Year 1 children however could be used as a recap or as part of a booster session for Year 2 children. For my Making 5 Activity please see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/number-bonds-making-5-12149331 For my Making 10 Activity please see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/number-bonds-making-ten-12128345 For my Making 5, 10 and 20 Activity Bundle please see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/number-bonds-making-5-10-and-20-12171233

A complete Maths lesson for counting in 5s. The lesson shows children how to count in fives using a number square and explains that when we count in 5s from 0 we will always have 5 or 0 ones at the end of our number. Children then practise counting in fives using a number square and then without a number square. Children then order the numbers counting in 5s and then identify missing numbers counting in 5s. There is then an activity for counting sets of objects in 5s, first with the numbers recorded along the bottom of the slide to support children and then without. The lesson includes differentiated worksheets and a plenary. Aimed at Early Years and Year 1 children however could also be used as a recap lesson in Year 2. For Counting in 2s, 5s and 10s Bundle see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/counting-in-2s-5s-and-10s-12171003

A complete English lesson for introducing adjectives. The Powerpoint explains when to use adjectives. Children are then given the opportunity to think of adjectives to describe objects. Children must then identify adjectives in sentences. The lesson includes three differentiated worksheets and a plenary where children have to identify which word is not an adjective. Aimed at Key Stage 1 children.

A sentence writing booster/intervention that can be printed off to create a booklet of activity worksheets for Early Years and Key Stage 1 children who need support to improve their writing. The PowerPoint covers five weeks and introduces children to 34 of the 100 high frequency words/hfw. Each week covers reading the focus high frequency words, writing the focus words, using words to finish a sentence, joining sentences and then writing a sentence including a conjunction. There are 7 or 8 activity sheets for the children to complete each week. I have used this activity to encourage children to improve their sentences using conjunctions. The intervention helps children to gain confidence when they are writing sentences.

A set of 25 Visualisation Activity Sheets. These activity sheets are designed to encourage children to read or listen to sentences and then to visualise what the sentences are trying to convey. The activity sheets encourage children to look or listen for and respond to clues within the text. Visualisation is an important skill for children to develop and will support them in their future reading especially as they move on to longer texts with less pictures. This set of Visualisation Activity Sheets starts with five simple visualisation activities for example I am thinking of a black cat, children then need to visualise and draw a black cat. The activities then move on to visualising where, who and when. The last five activity sheets then require the children to visualise why something is happening. The Visualisation Activity Sheets can be used during guided reading sessions and the children really enjoy creating their own pictures. The sheets also open up opportunities for discussion. These activity sheets are aimed at Year 1 children.

A set of 35 time activity cards focusing on o’clock and half past. The activity cards cover telling the time, drawing the time, working out an hour or half an hour more or less, finding the odd time out and problem solving activities. These cards can be laminated for use during Maths lessons or independent activities or can be printed on a smaller scale to be completed and stuck in Maths books. Aimed at KS1 children.

A PowerPoint presentation focusing on apologising and saying sorry. The presentation covers why we need to apologise and how it makes others and ourselves feel if we do something wrong. The presentation could be used as an assembly or as an introduction during a PSHE lesson. This presentation is suitable for Early Years and Key Stage 1 children. For my Apologising/Saying Sorry PowerPoint and worksheets please see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/apologising-saying-sorry-powerpoint-worksheets-12331028

English Worksheets Set 1 A set of 15 English Worksheets covering different areas and skills from the Year 1 English curriculum. These worksheets are suitable for practising and revising the different areas of the curriculum. This set of worksheets covers – capital letters lower case letters alphabet work adjectives punctuation common exception words sentence writing rhyming words conjunctions. The sheets include useful hints and explanations to support the children in completing the sheets. The English worksheets would be suitable for use in class throughout Year 1 or in Year 2 to assess understanding of each skill and for children to practise skills or could be used as a home learning activity for children to practise these skills. The worksheets require no additional teaching resources. They are bright and colourful and have an alien theme to capture children’s interest and imagination. The sheets are aimed at Year 1 children. For worksheets covering further areas of the Year 1 English curriculum please see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/english-worksheets-year-1-12311305 For my bundle of worksheets please see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/english-worksheets-year-1-12311312

A PowerPoint presentation focusing on apologising and saying sorry. The presentation covers why we need to apologise and how it makes others and ourselves feel if we do something wrong. The presentation could be used as an assembly or as an introduction during a PSHE lesson. There are also 3 worksheets for children to complete as a follow up to an assembly or during a PSHE lesson. The worksheets cover thinking about a time when the children needed to apologise, writing an apology letter and thinking about when people need to apologise. This presentation is suitable for Early Years and Key Stage 1 children. For the PowerPoint only, please see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/apologising-saying-sorry-assembly-powerpoint-12255272

A Powerpoint all about summer. The Powerpoint shares seasonal facts about summer and includes questions for children to answer. There are also five worksheets about summer for children to complete. The worksheets cover filling in the missing words in sentences about summer, designing a flower, answering questions about the season summer, summer months and drawing a summer scene. Aimed at Key Stage 1 children however the Powerpoint and some of the worksheets could be used with Reception children.

A PowerPoint presentation focusing on manners and how we use them in different situations every single day. The presentation starts with some manners for sale and ends with the conclusion that manners cannot be sold, they are free and we can all use good manners everyday. The presentation includes examples and pictures of good manners. The presentation could be used as an assembly or as an introduction to manners for a PSHE lesson. There are also 3 worksheets for children to complete as a follow up to an assembly or during a PSHE lesson. The worksheets cover thinking about a time when the children used their manners, writing a Thank You letter and thinking about when people need to use their manners. The presentation and worksheets are suitable for Early Years and Key Stage 1 children.

A set of ten pictures each with a retrieval activity and an imagination activity. For the retrieval activity, children need to look at the picture and then answer retrieval questions about the picture. For the imagination activity, children look at the picture and answer questions involving their imagination. This gives the children the opportunity to explain their thinking. Aimed at KS1 children.

A set of 14 colour coded multiplication tests to test for quick recall of multiplications to x12. Each test has thirteen questions to complete and there are two tests for each colour of the rainbow. Each child also has a blank rainbow to colour, they can colour each band once they are secure on that set of multiplications eg red multiplications are x2 and x10 therefore once children are secure at x2 and x10 they would colour the red band of the rainbow. The aim is for children to colour the whole rainbow. These tests cover multiplications from x0 to x12 starting with x2 and x10 and ending with a test of all multiplications. The tests can be used with a timer to check how secure children are with multiplication recall. Children enjoy working their way through the colours of the rainbow and if not secure can repeat tests again and try to beat their previous score. Suitable for Key Stage 1 children and Lower Key Stage 2 children.