I am a teaching Deputy Head in a primary school in Hampshire and TES recommended author. I've been teaching in primary since 2007 with experience in most year groups, although my heart lies in Year 1! I enjoy making helpful, time-saving and engaging educational resources for teachers and pupils - I hope you find them useful!
I am a teaching Deputy Head in a primary school in Hampshire and TES recommended author. I've been teaching in primary since 2007 with experience in most year groups, although my heart lies in Year 1! I enjoy making helpful, time-saving and engaging educational resources for teachers and pupils - I hope you find them useful!
Explore the changing emotions of the Easter story through art with this complete lesson plan and resources. This is a great lesson for children in KS1.
I have taught this a few times and it is a very memorable lesson that both the children and I enjoy immensely. The artwork is often thoughtful, moving and special, sparking great discussions and deep thinking. Try giving the children drawing the scene of Jesus on the cross some grey/black paper and red, black and white oil pastels (in contrast to the other groups who have all colours available to them) - it produces quite a startling effect.
I hope you enjoy teaching this one too!
For further Easter resources see:
Counting in 2s, 5s and 10s Easter puzzles
The Easter Story - powerpoint
Write your own Easter story booklet
Easter assembly
All of these resources are available as a bundle, saving you 25%.
Planning, PowerPoint and activities for an engaging poetry unit based around a Fire of London topic. My Year 2s produced some excellent quality poetry that they were very proud of. I have included two examples of the children's poems (before and after editing) that you could share with your class. Each planned lesson is accompanied by the resources required to deliver it. The unit touches on many objectives from the 2013 English National Curriculum (Key Stage 1) and the main ones are listed at the beginning of the planning document. There was a spelling and grammar focus of adding -ing to verbs and using expanded noun phrases. I hope your class enjoy it as much as we did!
This unit contains:
- Planning document containing 5 sessions
- An original fire poem with recurring literary language
- Adding -ing activity cards
- Vocabulary gathering mind map
- Differentiated poem writing frames
- Examples of children's poems before and after editing
- High quality vocabulary cards and word mat
Get all 4 SMSC assemblies for a bargain price!
These assemblies were written to deliver an introduction to the words and concepts of Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural. The assemblies have been informed by both the Ofsted School Inspection Handbook and the government’s ‘Promoting fundamental British values as part of SMSC in schools’ advice document.
The assemblies all begin with an engaging hook that allows children to understand the focus word for that assembly. The children are then supported to apply the word to themselves in a personal context before expanding the idea at a broader level. All of the assemblies finish with a reflection.
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Primary school SMSC assembly plan and presentation based on the word ‘Spiritual’ and informed by the government’s advice document on promoting fundamental British values as part of Spiritual Moral Social and Cultural development in schools.
The assembly helps children to understand the meaning of the words ‘spiritual’ and ‘spirituality’ and that this can be, but is not exclusively, linked to religion and faith. They apply the concept to themselves first and then extend it to the wider world, in this case through a social story based on an incident that happened to a child in one of my classes a few years ago. There is a reflection at the end of the assembly for children to consider the importance of spirituality in their own lives and of respecting the beliefs of others.
Lots of practise reading and writing the split digraphs a-e, e-e, i-e, o-e and u-e! This resource includes:
- poster cards for each split digraph
- alien words using all 5 digraphs
- real words using all 5 digraphs
-split digraph writing frames (for all 5 digraphs)
- empty split digraph writing frames
You might like to use my free split digraphs presentations as well:
Presentations for teaching split digraphs
Take a closer look at the symbolism of eggs at Easter and the significance of Easter for Christians with this assembly plan and presentation.
Included in this resource are:
An assembly plan which helps to make the concept of new life relevant for students at a personal level before moving onto the broader picture of new life in the context of the Easter story.
An assembly presentation in PowerPoint to accompany the planning.
Looking for more Easter resources? Try these:
Easter story through art - lesson plan
Write your own Easter story booklet
The Easter Story - presentation
Counting in multiples - Easter puzzles
Or you may be interested in all of these resources, including the assembly plan and presentation, in one bundle - saving you 25% off the total price!
Happy teaching!
Katharine7
A EYFS/KS1-friendly version of the Easter Story, perfect for assemblies and lessons about Easter.
The powerpoint tells the Christian story of Easter very simply and at the end there are some reflection questions for the children to discuss.
These print and go Christmas maths worksheets are packed full of Year 1 National Curriculum objectives! Your pupils will love the Christmas theme while continuing to learn - plus giving you valuable evidence and assessment for learning for your planning. Primarily aimed at Year 1, many of the worksheets will also be suitable for more able Year R children or children in Year 2 as revision or for those who are working towards age related expectations.
In this resource you will receive worksheets for the following curricular objectives:
Count, read and write numbers to 100 in numerals
Count to and across 100
Add and subtract one and two-digit numbers to 20, including 0
Compare, describe and solve practical problems for mass/weight, capacity and volume
Recognise and know the denominations of coins
Sequence events in chronological order using language
Recognise and name common 2D shapes
An answer key is also included for ease of marking or to allow children to mark their own/others’ work.
Looking for other Christmas resources? Take a look here:
Winter/Christmas subitising maths game
Christmas multiplication and division - reasoning challenge cards
Christmas addition and subtraction - reasoning challenge cards
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Happy teaching!
Katharine7
A primary assembly on Diwali that involves and engages the children. When you download this resource you will get a powerpoint on Diwali with accompanying notes and ideas for presenting the assembly.
Looking for other assemblies? Try these:
SMSC assembly and plan - Social
SMSC assembly and plan - Moral
SMSC assembly and plan - Spiritual
SMSC assembly and plan - Cultural
Assembly plan and presentation - Hope
I hope your children enjoy the assembly. Remember to leave feedback so that I can improve what I do - and make more of what you love!
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Happy teaching!
Katharine7
Explore the meaning of Advent with your pupils, its significance for Christians and some Advent traditions in this assembly presentation and plan.
Included in this resource are:
An assembly PowerPoint with notes on the slides where appropriate
An assembly plan to accompany the assembly presentation
Looking for more assemblies? Try these:
SMSC Assembly - Social
SMSC Assembly - Moral
SMSC Assembly - Spiritual
SMSC Assembly - Cultural
Buy all four SMSC assemblies as a bundle and save 30%!
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Happy teaching!
Katharine7
Planning and resources for the Year 3 and 4 English national curriculum based around Satoshi Kitamura’s story, Stone Age Boy. Eight literacy sessions are planned for children to plan, draft and write, evaluate and edit their own adventure story using the structure, vocabulary and grammar of the Stone Age Boy story as a ‘master’ example.
The planning covers the following objectives from the English national curriculum:
to identify themes in stories
to participate in discussions about books, taking turns and listening to what others say
to discuss and record ideas
to organise paragraphs around a theme
to use simple organisational devices
to use vocabulary and grammar from a story when writing
to assess the effectiveness of my own and others writing and suggest improvements.
This resource is also available as part of a Stone Age bundle which also contains a DT textiles unit of work for the same topic, saving you 20% of the total cost.
Holiday and half term homework sheets targeted at Year 1 and linked to the 2014 National Curriculum. Children choose from a range of cross-curricular activities that suit their learning styles, interests and family time together. There are holiday sheets for all three half terms and the winter and spring holidays.
There are two copies of the homework sheets. The first copy is a ready-to-use pdf file for you to simply print & go. The second copy is an editable powerpoint file as you may wish to change some of the tasks to suit your curriculum. You will need to add your own clip art to the editable file due to copyright terms and conditions.
One week’s worth of Year R mastery maths planning informed by the NCETM’s key areas of early mathematics learning and White Rose mastery principles. Printed and digital resources are included to facilitate delivery of the planning although you will also need some practical resources, e.g. duplo, beads, tens frames, Numicon.
The planning is based around a Traditional Tales/Jolly Postman topic however it is written in MS Word so that you can tweak it to suit your curriculum and practical equipment. For example, if you don’t have gems, you could use penny coins; if you were doing Supertato, you could use evil peas in a match box, etc…
A focus group runs throughout the week, rotating through the whole class, and these groups should be mixed ability in line with mastery principles. Notes for supporting less able pupils and extending more able pupils are included in the planning document. The remaining maths activities run all week, with extensions to bring in as the week progresses and the children become more competent at the key idea. Personally, I box up all the resources I’ll need for the week during PPA which makes it easy to bring out and put away the numbertime activities throughout the week.
Included in this resource pack:
One week’s worth of planning (editable)
Foldable signs for each activity and extension (pdf)
Gingerbread men number frames with number sentences for the extensions (editable)
Hansel and Gretel treasure box recording frames (editable)
The Jolly Postman PowerPoint activity (editable)
Big number frame and recording scaffold (editable)
Number cards 0-5 (editable)
I hope you find it helpful - happy teaching!
Katharine7
Use this Romans KS2 code breaker puzzle to introduce key vocabulary for teaching the 'Roman Empire and its impact on Britain' from the KS2 history curriculum.
There are two levels of difficulty included as well as a 'create your own' code page. Each level of difficulty is either available as a topic themed page with images or a 'mystery' page without images that you could use as a hook for your topic. As they discover the words, they discover their topic! Answer pages are also included.
The code breaker puzzles could be used as a stimulus for research - what can students find out about each topic word?
Save time, avoid mistakes and ensure a high-quality, consistent approach to organising your trip days. These templates can be re-used time and again, providing a quick and efficient system and supporting a happy, safe and educational school trip.
This resource includes:
group details sheets
helper introductory letter and timetable for the trip
class teacher summary sheet
Customise the highlighted text in each document for your own class(es) and trip. Fill in the details, print off everything and then make 5 more copies of the introductory letter and timetable. Staple together the letter and a group details sheet for each supporting adult and the teacher summary is for you.
Most of the hard work is done for you, just fill in the details, print, be safe and look good on trip day!
NB this pack does not include a risk assessment which must be completed in line with your school/LA’s policies. Information on medical conditions must be planned for but should not be listed on documents shared with non-school staff due to the GDPR.
Perfect for your Year 2 SATs preparation and the upcoming coronation! This 3-page reading comprehension gives your children a general introduction to King Charles III and the coronation. It’s an opportunity to practise retrieval, vocabulary and inference questions using the format and wording of Key Stage I SATs papers.
Set up independent spelling practise of the Year 1 CEW with a selection of meaningful spelling activities to suit a range of learning styles. These could be used as morning jobs or small group work allowing you to work with a focus group whilst knowing that your independent groups are carrying out learning activities and not just ‘holding’ tasks.
The recording sheets contain the 45 common exception words contained in National Curriculum for Year 1. There are two designs with a few different headings to suit your classroom practise. I use one for recording which words they can read and then a second one for those they can spell. Children enjoy colouring in the sheet and working towards completing the whole sheet.
Included with this resource:
Spelling practise menus in colour or in black and white.
Notes on each activity for the teacher/TA.
Rainbow spelling worksheet (colour / black and white)
Spelling Hunt worksheet (colour / black and white)
Common Exception Words pupil recording sheet
How many different ways can Santa wrap the presents? An investigation for children to find all of the combinations of wrapping paper and ribbon.
Differentiated worksheets are included and I used real wrapping paper and ribbon for LA/SEN children.
Consonant clusters are a stumbling block for many children in the phonics screening check. Use these cards and games to support the children in recognising consonant blends and then blending them in words.
You may also have identified in practise that children sometimes reverse letters to create digraphs, e.g. mistakenly reading thrand as tharnd or strok as stork. This resource also practises this scenario through the word builder cards.
I hope they help!
If you like this resource, you may find these screening check practise files useful too:
Consonant blends - phonics screening check practise
Split digraphs - phonics screening check practise