Have fun practising subitising with your class with this festive maths mastery game for the interactive whiteboard! Subitising is the ability to instantly count a small quantity without needing to count each individual item and plays an important part in early ‘number sense’, building solid foundations for later addition and subtraction. This PowerPoint resource contains 5 variations of the subitising game, including less Christmassy versions (snow foxes, gingerbread men and brussel sprouts). In the game, between 1 and 6 objects are displayed briefly on the screen and the children have to subitise (count instantaneously) how many objects they have seen. The images and the corresponding number are shown when you are ready by clicking the slide. I get my class to write their answer on an individual whiteboard before we check it on the big screen. The first 3 versions contain regular patterns of the numbers 1 - 6 (as you would see on a dice) for perceptual subitising and the final 2 versions contain irregular arrangements to support the development of conceptual subitising. My Year R class love these animated slides and I hope your children enjoy them too! Happy teaching! Katharine7

Children choose the course of the story in this dynamic story-telling PowerPoint. I originally wrote this for an assembly in National Storytelling Week and had huge fun with the whole school choosing which characters, setting and plot developments to follow. The children showed me via hands on heads or crossed arms which options they wanted to pick. The children were incredibly excited and engaged; I really enjoyed the assembly. If you miss off the first two slides about National Storytelling Week, this resource could also be used in an English lesson to look at story structure, character, setting and/or the use of descriptive language, e.g. adjectives and similes. Or simply use it in class as an enjoyable story to revisit and retell, allowing the children to make different choices to build a different story. I’ve tested the PowerPoint thoroughly (including in assembly and at home with my own daughter!) as there are a lot of action buttons to click on that lead you to the next slide in the chosen story. However, if I’ve missed anything, please do contact me via TES conversations and I will straighten it out asap. PS The fonts don’t look very good on the preview pane on the TES website, but should be fine when downloaded. I created the resource using PowerPoint 2016.

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

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.

Posters to promote growth mindsets in the classroom environment and a questionnaire to diagnose areas for development. There are different colour schemes for the posters so hopefully one will suit your classroom. You may also be interested in these resources: Personal best target bookmarks Social stories for tackling behaviour issues Remember to leave feedback so that I can improve what I do - or make more of what you love! Follow me on TES to be notified when new resources are uploaded. Happy teaching! Katharine7

Comprehensive KS2 unit of work on recounts based around a school trip or school event but could easily be adapted for other recount subject matter. The planning uses Red Nose Day as a model and was originally written for Year 3, also suitable for Year 4. The unit of 6 lessons follows the composition progression laid out in the National Curriculum - plan, draft and write, evaluate and edit, including proof-reading. Planning includes ideas for cutaway and pullback groups and EAL/SEN activities. All resources required to deliver the unit of work are included in this download. There are starter activities as pdfs, but if you would like to change any of these, or edit the success criteria to suit your class, there are also editable powerpoint slides for you to adapt. All editable resources are indicated below; if they do not include ‘editable’ they will be a pdf file. There’s so much in here! Included in this unit: - Recount unit of work planning document (editable) - Session 1 presentation - Session 1 presentation (editable version) - Recount example (editable) - Time connective word cards - Recount writing prompt cards - More able recount lesson planning activity template (editable) - Photos of my recount skeleton framework and recount plan displayed in my classroom - Recount planning writing frame (editable) - Session 2 presentation (editable) - Four starter activity slides as a pdf - Session 3 presentation (editable) -Sentence builder activity for SEN/EAL (editable) - More able evaluation checklist (editable).

Stories include: Little Red Riding Hood, The Gingerbread Man, The Frog Prince, The Three Little Pigs and Jack and the Beanstalk. Opportunities for pictorial or written responses - perfect for Year R and Year 1! This resource contains two files: 1. Making connections - children are encouraged to relate their own experiences to five different traditional tales. 2. Retelling - children are given a framework and some simple story vocabulary for retelling five different traditional tales. There is also a character and a speech bubble from each story where children can write recurring character phrases. Year 1 National Curriculum reading comprehension objectives: Pupils should be taught to: - develop pleasure in reading, motivation to read, vocabulary and understanding by: - being encouraged to link what they read or hear read to their own experiences. - becoming very familiar with key stories, fairy stories and traditional tales, retelling them and considering their particular characteristics. - recognising and joining in with predictable phrases.

29 pages of Year 1 activities for teaching, practising and applying knowledge of counting forwards and backwards to 100. The learning journey allows for plenty of practice and consolidation to build fluency and understanding, beginning with numbers to 10 then 20 and finally 100. The activities provide opportunities for straightforward skills practise as well as reasoning and problem-solving. For more place value mastery resources for Year 1 take a look at: Finding one more and one less Counting in multiples of 2, 5 and 10

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.

Use these slides to introduce some of the Year 2 suffixes, including spelling rules, and then practise some examples before children apply what they are learning in their own writing. Suffixes included: -y -ful -less -ness -ment

Display these synonym posters for over-used, everyday words to support your students in enriching their vocabulary. There are 12 separate posters for your display board and/or a table top page containing all 12 posters on one page for use on tables.

Enjoyable and imaginative key stage 2 poetry lesson based on the classic 17th century British poem - ‘I saw a peacock with a fiery tail’ (anonymous). The poem has a ‘trick’ structure which breaks up lines that make perfect sense and rearranges them to create beautiful and wondrous imagery. When I’ve taught this lesson, the children have enjoyed playing around with their own ideas and creating fun, lively and unlikely poems of their own. I hope you enjoy it as much as we did! This resource contains a lesson plan with matching presentation to support delivery and a colour-coded writing scaffold. The lesson plan also contains follow up ideas for this session.

Primary school SMSC assembly plan and presentation based on the word ‘Moral’ 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 word ‘moral’. They apply the concept to themselves first with a fun hook and then apply it with a set of scenarios for them to consider. They extend it to the wider world, learning about laws and what they are. There is a reflection at the end of the assembly for children to consider the importance of listening to their own moral compass, even in the face of peer pressure. 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! Follow me on TES to be notified when new products are posted. Happy teaching! Katharine7

38 pages of Year 1 place value activities informed by the White Rose mastery document. The pages progress through concrete, pictorial and abstract activities and a teach, practise, apply approach. There are opportunities to practise with smaller numbers (0-10) and also larger numbers up to 100. A set of loop cards is included which need to be printed double-sided and cut out, as well as cards for a paired activity and plenty of worksheets. Personally, I cut out strips or blocks of the sheet to stick in the child’s book so that their books aren’t full of worksheets and/or half finished work. For more place value mastery resources for Year 1 take a look at: Counting forwards and backwards to 100 Counting in multiples of 2, 5 and 10

11 session unit of work with a grammar focus of question marks and exclamation marks based on Julia Donaldson's 'Room on the Broom'. Children make their own character puppets and perform a play, generating lots of talk for writing. The planning was created for the Year 1 curriculum but is equally valid for Year 2 work on exclamations, questions and statements. This resource includes: - A comprehensive planning document including suggestions for cutaways, pullbacks, guided reading activities and differentiation. - Room on the Broom planning resources pdf containing writing frames, word mat, introductory activities and keep up activity ideas (all referenced in the planning document). - Sentence identification activities used in the planning as assessment for learning opportunities. My class loved making the puppets and doing the puppet show. We performed our shows to small groups of Year R and got feedback from the Year R kids which was lovely. I hope your class enjoy it too!

These print and go Halloween maths worksheets are jam-packed full of National Curriculum objectives! Your pupils will love the Halloween theme while continuing to learn - plus giving you valuable evidence and assessment for learning for your planning. There are 10 worksheets in total, primarily aimed at Year 3, although many of the worksheets will also be suitable for autumn term Year 4 children. In this resource you will receive worksheets for the following curricular objectives: Count from 0 in 4, 8, 50 and 100 Find 10 or 100 more or less than a given number Read and write numbers to 1000 in numerals and words Add and subtract numbers mentally, including: a three-digit number and ones Recall and use multiplication and division facts for the 3, 4 and 8 multiplication tables Solve problems, including missing number problems, involving multiplication and division Measure, compare, add and subtract lengths (mm, cm, m) Measure the perimeter of simple 2D shapes Read Roman numerals I to XII Add and subtract amounts of money, using both £ and p in practical contexts Interpret data using pictograms Solve one-step and two-step questions using information presented in pictograms An answer key is also included for ease of marking or to allow children to mark their own/others’ work. Looking for more resources for Lower KS2? Take a look here: Unit of work: recount of a school trip or event Stone Age Boy - literacy unit of work KS2 poetry lesson based on ‘I saw a peacock with a fiery tail’ Follow me on TES to be notified when new products are uploaded. Happy teaching! Katharine7

Children create their own A5-sized 2D shape fact file. They cut out the shape headings, matching shape image and description from the muddled up shapes document and stick it onto blank A4 paper, folded in half. Finally, put all the pages together with the cover pages to create the shape fact file and write a blurb for the back. I originally created this as an independent task for my more able Year 3’s but this would also suit Year 4 children and as revision for upper KS2. Included in this resource: - Fact file front and back cover pages - Muddled up 2D shapes document National curriculum references: - recognise angles as a property of shape - identify right angles, identify whether angles are greater than or less than a right angle - identify pairs of perpendicular lines - compare and classify geometric shapes, including quadrilaterals and triangles, based on their properties and sizes - identify acute and obtuse angles

A pictorial problem solving activity. Which combinations of animals will give you the number of feet required? How many different ways are there of making a given number? Picture cards provide visual support for the activity.

A number problem for Kindergarten children to solve involving triangular numbers. We had been looking at different methods the children could use to solve number problems, e.g. drawing diagrams, using apparatus, making playdough models, etc.. They worked in pairs or small groups to encourage them to talk about their approach. The problem is easily differentiated by changing the final number. More able children and those in higher year groups could look at the pattern and think about rules for solving the problem regardless of the number given.

A place value worksheet where the children use given digits to create a 2-digit number that matches a target statement. There are two sheets, the second one provides more of a challenge.