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Gemma's Shop

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I am an EYFS teacher who also works within KS1. I am passionate about all things early years, phonics and learning through play. I like to make simple open ended resources that can have many uses where possible. I also run an Etsy shop selling bespoke hand painted greetings cards and nursery decor.

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I am an EYFS teacher who also works within KS1. I am passionate about all things early years, phonics and learning through play. I like to make simple open ended resources that can have many uses where possible. I also run an Etsy shop selling bespoke hand painted greetings cards and nursery decor.
national strategy objectives for working walls
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national strategy objectives for working walls

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Speaking and Listening, Reading and Writing objectives from the national strategies to print and laminate. S&L objectives are on speech bubbles, Reading ones are on thought bubbles and Writing ones are on scrolls, so if you pin them on your working walls next to your learning steps, children will easily be able to identify what type of Literacy they will be doing and what learning objective their activities link to.
introduction to electricity
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introduction to electricity

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notebook presentation containing: staying safe with electricity what is electricity where does electricity come from what appliances use electricity what does a circuit need to light up a bulb which circuits will and wont work and why lo's and success criteria also includes links to web activities
simple word problems
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simple word problems

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word problems about monsters, children have to draw the monsters and write the maths story (mms) or sum underneath.
comparing clothes from 1912 and now
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comparing clothes from 1912 and now

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Linked to a topic on the sinking of the Titanic, children are asked to compare and contrast clothes from 1912 and now. Lots of photos of different social groups and activities that require specific clothing to look at. Links well with an activity making paper clothes for paper dolls (looking at how many layers people used to wear).
Fair Trade assembly
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Fair Trade assembly

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Script and Powerpoint for an assembly on the journey of cocoa beans to become chocolate bars, and how choosing fair trade products can help people less fortunate than us.
Easter poems templates
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Easter poems templates

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Following a series of work on different types of poems (acrostic, rhyming and shape) children get to choose their favourite and write a really good poem in that style about Easter.
Abstract Art / Keith Garrow
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Abstract Art / Keith Garrow

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A simple powerpoint exploring abstract art and in particular the expressionistic work of Keith Garrow. Aiming to inspire children to be bold with shape and texture. Leads into collage, paint and printing work well.
Georges Seurat
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Georges Seurat

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A simple powerpoint with basic facts about pointillism and seurat, to be a starting point for children's own work.
perseverance
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perseverance

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simple assembly ppt to form a visual support when reading the story of the Little Red Hen to a large group. Opportunities to recap main events in the story, and discuss the ideas of perseverance and how teamwork makes things easier.
Celebrating creation through our senses
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Celebrating creation through our senses

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A simple assembly ppt to work through. You will need a cd with the hymns on (Thank you Lord for this new day) and (He made me) and a way to play seaside, forest and thunderstorm sounds: I am using a free white noise app on my Iphone with a docking station. Also a selection of sensory natural items for childen to explore (sand, waterm leaves etc).