Christmas poetry lesson for Year 1 or Year 2. The outcome of the lesson is to create a senses poem using the structure, “I can see…”. The slides focus on parts of a sentence, highlighting the position of adjectives and prepositions. There are spaces on the slides for teachers to add in Christmas pictures/photos to engage the students. The slides also come with a simple writing template with a space for the teacher to include a photo.

The slides show Christmas pictures and the children are encouraged to describe what they can see. The slides show examples of nouns and adjectives. The children are then encouraged to verbally create simple sentences about the pictures and then to write some sentences. This resource is suitable for Reception and Year 1. This resource is also suitable for low ability children in Year 2. There is a writing template to accompany the slides.

Looking for an end of term spelling assessment for Year 5 and Year 6? Then look no further. This is an easy and quick spelling assessment to administer at the end of a term with minimum preparation. The assessment also comes with a marking scheme. This resource is perfect for Literacy Leaders or Year 5/6 teachers. Stay tuned for more spelling assessment resources and a spelling scope and sequence for the year. Look out for our bundle packages!

Make your phonics session fun in the lead up to Christmas. Kick off your phonics sessions with these five starter activities based on phase 5 sounds or Set 2 & 3 RWI. The slides finish with an exemplar of a letter to Santa.

Christmas Big Write for Year 1 and Year 2. The slides have the learning objectives, key words, warm up activity, explanation of the story structure and a photo prompt. Comes with a self reflection writing frame.

This is an end of term spelling assessment for Year 3 and Year 4. It aligns with the UK national curriculum.