This resource contains resources for a Week’s English lessons in Year 1 or Year 2. It includes a flipchart, model text, writing lines, noun word mat, adjective word mat, sentence starters, plan worksheet, video link. By the end of the week the children should have described what they would do if they were a king or queen for the day. This links to the King’s coronation. If I were a Queen OR King My name would be I would live in I would wear I would eat I would ask my servants to I would make a rule that

What materials are these objects made out of? Are they translucent, transparent or opaque? Why do they need to be translucent, transparent, or opaque? Children need to answer these questions using the key vocabulary. Example of an answer: The sunglasses are translucent. They need to be translucent so only a bit of light from the sun comes through the glasses. Then the person can still see and the sun isn’t too bright. If it was opaque they wouldn’t see anything.

This resources contains the powerpoint and worksheets you could use for a whole school STEM Science investigation. It could also be used during Science Week to develop working scientifically skills and measuring in Maths. The story: Attendance Ted/ bear/ a beloved school object is taken by a member of staff, leaving a crime scene filled with clues. The children need to work as a whole school to collect clues and investigate who took the bear. EYFS: Observe the crime scene and draw clues that they can see. Measure footprints by matching shoes taken by the three suspects with the footprints at the crime scene. KS1: Observe the crime scene, measure footprints using cubes/ rulers to the nearest cm, analyze fingerprints. KS2: Observe the crime scene, measure footprints using cubes/ rulers to the nearest cm, analyze fingerprints and chromatography. You could also invite the local police in to help the children investigate fingerprints, measure footprints, test ink on the handwritten note using chromatography and use magnifying glasses to look for clues.

This resource is a word mat for seaside senses.

This resource contains one worksheet that compares Victorian seaside holidays and modern holidays.

This is a letter to send home to parents for a ‘Dress like a Scientist’ Day. This could be an activity for Science Week or to develop children’s knowledge of famous Scientists. There is a good range of Scientists with different genders, races and backgrounds, with visual prompts for outfit ideas.

This resource contains 3 worksheets. One investigation that involves children investigating animal poo to find out if it is from a carnivore, omnivore or herbivore. Children need to record their findings on this worksheet table. One investigation involving senses. Children need to use their senses and write down what they think the object is. Children will need blindfolds, mystery boxes, headphones e.g. A carnivore, omnivore, herbivore definition worksheet.

This resource contains 4 worksheets for the topic - Materials and their properties. 1 - Prediction worksheet. Which material would be best for Ted’s umbrella? 2- Table for children to complete throughout the investigation. 3- To describe and sort objects based on their properties worksheet. 4 - To describe a material’s properties worksheet. With visuals.

This resource contains 3 worksheets: 1 HA sheet for children to write sentences comparing bears from the past and bears made today. 1 LA sheet for children to label the similarities and differences. An LO and picture for the start of the topic for children to write what they know, and what they would like to know.

This resource contains a knowledge organiser, topic overview and medium term plan for the topic ‘We’re off on Holiday!’. I usually teach this in Year 1 Summer 1 Term. In History - the children will compare holidays from today and Victorian holidays. In Science - the children will investigate the best materials for a boat and sunglasses. In DT - the children will design and make ice lollies. In Art - the children will learn how to do seaside weaving.

This is a Powerpoint for a Phonics Screening Parents Meeting. It explains what the screening test is and what parents can do to further support their children.

This includes a knowledge organiser, topic overview and medium term for the half termly topic - down at the bottom of the garden. This is for a Year 1 class, usually taught in Spring 2. In Science the focus is plants - particularly wild and garden plants, parts of plants e.g. In Geography the focus is the four countries of the UK and their capitals.

This resource contains: A weekly flipchart filled with modelled examples, links to videos, and pictures. A scavenger hunt for signs of spring - all starting with the letters SPRING. Worksheets and LO’s. Word mats/ words to put on working walls with visual aids. A modelled example of an acrostics poem.

This resource includes a 14 day plan, with a talk for writing sequence of learning. The plan begins with a teddy bears picnic and children can write simple sentences with adjectives to describe their favourite toy. They then have one week of immersing themselves in the story ‘Dogger’ and one week innovating the text, by writing about a new toy.

Key vocabulary for each area in Mathematics, from EYFS to Y4.

This resource contains a topic overview for ‘What’s in the Toy Box?’ and a Medium Term plan for Spring 2023.

This resource contains a model Autumn senses poem, visual word mat, and two worksheets. Day 1: Go on an Autumn hunt and collect Autumn treasures. Day 2: Write adjectives for these Autumn treasures and put on display. Day 3: Write sentences with prepositions to describes things you can see in an Autumn woodland. Day 4: Compose a poem describing what you can see, feel, hear, smell, taste in Autumn, with adjectives and prepositons. Day 5: Edit and publish your poem on a leaf shape sheet.

This resource includes a topic overview for one half term and a knowledge organiser. In Science, the focus is on the season Autumn and Plants - trees. In Geography, the focus is on the weather changes in Autumn and the children make their own weather forecast after collecting weather data. In Art, the focus is on natural sculptures using Andy Galsworthy.

This resource includes an 8 day plan for the book Oi Frog. It plans how children will match rhyming words, write additional rhyming words, plan a poem, compose a poem, form plurals and publish a poem.

This resource includes a two week plan (8 days of lessons) including two opportunities for extended writing - apology letter and friendship potion. It also includes 4 worksheets that go with the weekly planning, including photos from the story to sequence, sentence starters, key words with visuals, potion shaped bottles to write on and more.

I have typed out the entire text for ‘Cave Baby’ to be used in English, Reading lessons.