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!
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
Fun 5 lesson science unit of work for Year 2 animals including humans curriculum with a pirate theme. The pupils are the captain of their own ship and they have a very unhealthy crew that they must whip into shape!
The unit begins with the basic needs of animals for survival and moves onto healthy lifestyles, including exercise, healthy eating and hygiene. I had lots of fun with my class teaching this unit and some good discussions which threw up misconceptions.
Included in this resource are a detailed planning document with ideas for differentiation and extension plus all the digital resources required to deliver the lessons.
You will get:
- Planning document for the unit of work
- Starter activity for session 1
- Presentation to support session 3
- Activity cards
Revision, identification and troubleshooting of common stumbling blocks for children in the phonics screening check.
90% of my class passed the screening check last year using these resources to boost my phonics provision. Working with parents was so important and sending home the consonant blends and clusters was a great way for them to help at home.
This resource contains the diagnostic tool, flash cards, games, real words, alien words, phoneme frames and word builder resources to support children as they prepare for the phonics screening check.
Included in the bundle:
- phonics screening check diagnostic tool
- consonant blends (initial and final) activities and flash cards
- consonant cluster activities and flash cards (also available for free)
- split digraph posters, flash cards and phoneme frames
- powerpoints for teaching split digraphs (also available for free)
- phase 3 decodable words practise
- phase 5 decodable words practise
Frooby the Maths Dragon throws a tea party but will the fussy blue witch spoil his carefully prepared tea party?
Revise or introduce symmetry in a vertical line with your class using the Return of Frooby story powerpoint.
Follow-up the story with some Frooby-themed images for sorting, drawing or describing lines of symmetry.
Key stage 1 mathematics programme of study --> Year 2 --> Geometry - properties of shape
- identify and describe the properties of 2-D shapes, including the number of sides and line symmetry in a vertical line
A behaviour consultant once recommended I use social stories to tackle persistent behaviours in class. However, I found these hard to find relevant to my particular needs so I wrote some myself. The stories explain very specifically the behaviours being exhibited and the effects and feelings that these behaviours create. I wrote these stories for real children so please excuse the lack of ethnic diversity and gender bias, this happened to be my demographic at the time of writing! Contact me if you would like an updated version to suit your pupils.
I read the 'calling out' story to a bright boy who persistently called out in class and it was like a revelation to him. He hadn't considered how it affected other children. He said, "This boy is a bit like me, isn't he?" His calling out improved dramatically and when it inevitably slipped, we simply got the story out again and re-read it. Much better than repeated tellings off and squashing his spirit! I used the other two stories similarly and enjoyed the discussions I had with the children involved.
Three pages of differentiated, pirate-themed addition and subtraction word problems (one step only). When I use these, I cut them up or get the children to cut them up and stick them in individually, which allows space to show their working and avoids pages full of worksheets glued in.
Each page makes specific reference to the 2013 National Curriculum Key Stage 1 Mathematics programme of study (Year 2 expectations):
Pupils should be taught to add and subtract numbers using concrete objects, pictorial representations, and mentally, including:
- a two-digit number and ones
- a two-digit number and tens
- two two-digit numbers
Based on the 2016 interim assessment framework for KS1 mathematics, this form provides additional evidencing of the Working Towards criteria for maths. Useful for children who struggle to record their knowledge.
Year 1 writing frames/scaffolds for our first topic - 'Wish you were here...'
We will be using the 'Holidays - joining with and - writing scaffolds' to practise orally rehearsing sentences including words joined with 'and' before writing them. Moving on from using the scaffold we will be writing sentences about our holiday with more independence.
We'll be using the postcard templates as role-play writing materials but they could be used in a variety of ways including phonics application, early morning work or incorporated into a whole lesson. The postcards include three levels of differentiation.
Bookmark targets cards in a variety of colours and with a range of headings, including a blank space for you to write on your own if preferred. The target cards include a 'Personal Best' box for children/teacher to record their achievement and attempt to improve upon it. E.g. I can use full stops correctly. PB - 5 (full stops used correctly). I've found 'PB's to be very motivating in the past! They also give children a sense of ownership and involvement with their targets.
Three differentiated 'Seaside Snack Shack' menus for addition and subtraction work as well as one-step problem solving involving addition and subtraction, including missing number problems.
The three menus cover objectives as follows:
Menu 1 -
- use number bonds within 10.
Menu 2 -
- use number bonds within 20
- add and subtract one-digit and two-digit numbers to 20, including 0.
Menu 3 -
- solve one-step problems that involve addition and subtraction, using concrete objects and pictorial representations, and missing number problems such as 7 = ? - 9.
Great for Key Stage 1 SATs revision! Help your pupils to practise and become confident with the types of questions that arise on the end of KS1 SATs reading comprehension papers.
Use these editable question templates to create limitless questions - based on your choice of text - and practise the content domains that the children will encounter in the KS1 reading SATs papers.
These question templates create smarter comprehension questions for whole class and guided/focused reading groups. Example templates include:
- 'Tick one' and 'tick two' style questions
- True or false tables
- Sequencing events by number
- Matching boxes
- 2 mark extended answer questions
...and many more.
Also included in this download are two samples to model how to copy, paste and edit the template questions to create SATs style comprehensions either in PowerPoint or Word.
Additionally, a 'question of the day' style model is included, generated from the editable question templates, that gives children practise at one particular style of question.
Make sure your children are prepared and being tested on their reading ability, not their exam technique.
All the best,
Katharine7
15 lessons of story writing planning for primary school children! The planning is based around Year 1 curricular objectives but could easily be adapted for other year groups as it is written around the universal themes of
- beginning, middle and end
- story problems and resolutions
- use of adjectives to describe
This download includes 15 lessons on writing short narratives including ideas for linking your guided reading to the writing, key questions and differentiation. There is also a story planning frame included.
Practise counting in 2s, 5s and 10s with these fun Easter puzzles!
Perfect for Year 1 and revision in Year 2. The pictures help children to access the activity independently. I encouraged my pupils to work systematically, looking for the lowest multiple and working up because those that didn’t were more prone to making errors. I thought they would walk this activity but there was enough challenge in there to keep them interested and engaged. Spotting errors was a good way to check their understanding.
There are six puzzles in total with the following multiples:
2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20
5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50
10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100
22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40
30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 110, 120
35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80
Solve the code to reveal the shape names and match them to the correct shape. Perfect for Key Stage 1/lower Key Stage 2 revision of common 2D and 3D shape recognition and naming. There is an answer key included so that children can mark their own work if desired.
I recently printed pages 2 and 3 of the file double-sided and used it as an end of term activity with my Year 1s - it kept them very quiet! It could also be used as a back to school baseline activity or to provide AfL information when you are about to teach a unit on shape.
Shapes included on the worksheet are:
2D - circle, square, rectangle, pentagon, triangle, hexagon
3D - cube, sphere, pyramid, cuboid, cylinder, cone
Children write the Easter story in their own keepsake booklet. There are 10 pages for writing on in total, including a reflection page at the end. Each page has simple illustrations for the children to colour and space to write about the Easter story. The booklet matches up with the images used in my Easter Story powerpoint: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-easter-story-powerpoint-11552562
Print the pdf as is, double-sided, and make sure you tick the ‘flip on the short edge’ option. The booklet will print out in the correct order and you simply need to fold the pages in half.
Enjoy!
8 session Year 2 English creative writing unit of work that can be easily adapted for other year groups. There is a focus on correctly sequencing a story and the use of adjectives and expanded noun phrases to describe and specify. The planning is based around ‘The Snail and the Whale’ by Julia Donaldson but can be tweaked to apply to an adventure story of your choice. Cutaways are suggested within the planning for a variety of groups of children.
This resource includes:
- 8 sessions of planning
- sentence opener and suffix scaffold cards for children requiring additional support
- ‘think about it’ prompt cards for more able writers
- lesson starter activities
- suffixes presentation (also available separately)
- emotions graph template
- planning frame and vocabulary gathering extension sheet
Primary school SMSC assembly plan and presentation based on the word ‘Social’ and informed by the government’s advice document on promoting fundamental British values as part of SMSC in schools.
The assembly helps children to understand the meaning of the word ‘social’, apply it to themselves and their own lives and then extend it to the wider world. There is a reflection at the end for children to celebrate how lucky they are to lead social lives and consider how they can make a difference to someone in their social groups.
Files included:
SMSC assembly plan
SMSC assembly presentation
Looking for other assemblies? Try these:
SMSC assembly and plan - Moral
SMSC assembly and plan - Spiritual
SMSC assembly and plan - Cultural
Or get all four SMSC resources in a bundle and save 40%!
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 like!
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Happy teaching!
Katharine7
Includes: - Greater than/less than - Ordering positive numbers to 100 - Ordering negative and positive numbers - Difference between two numbers. Aligned with Common Core State Standards: 2.NBT.4, Number and Operations in Base Ten.
Looking at the legacy of the Montreal Olympic Stadium, nicknamed 'The Big Mistake&' because of the amount of money poured into it.\n\nAlso asks the children to think about the impact on the environment and society.\n\nIncludes an activity at the end of creating a legacy for the London 2012 stadium and how to use it creatively and sustainably.\n\nMy kids got so involved in this, it really surprised me how motivated and inventive they were - they even carried on in their own spare time!
Outdoors phonics activity, useful for Phase 4 revision of sounds.\nPrint off the sound cards and hide around the playground. Children find the sound and the number then return to the supervising adult(s) who uses the checklist to ensure children have the sound correct and to record which sounds they have found.