A fun quiz that could be used to celebrate a book day. This quiz consists of 5 handout rounds including: Who am I? Guess who? Where? Terrific Titles and Amazing Authors. There is a Powerpoint to accompany the quiz, answer sheet and certificates.

This resource can be used to support writing fairytale news. This pack includes 2 PowerPoints which explore headlines and fairytale crimes to discuss and use as a stimulus for children’s own writing along with blank newspaper templates and crime scene images. There are five sample copies of news reports which can be used as WAGOLLs (linked to Little Red Riding Hood, The Gingerbread Man, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Jack and the Beanstalk and The Three Little Pigs) & used to identify the features of news reports (I used post-it notes with my class for them to label the parts) and a planning template for children’s own reports. A useful wanted poster template is also included which could be used as an extension activity to help capture the fairytale villains whilst promoting the use of expanded noun phrases. N.b. Publisher & PDF copies included.

This fun and humorous class assembly, used with a Year 2 class (but very simple so could easily be used with Y1), is based on an episode of Gogglebox and stars lots of well known characters from fairy tales! It covers all areas of the curriculum via the different popular programmes included. Little Red Riding Hood & her Granny and Goldilocks and her bestie Baby Bear enjoy watching ‘The Great British Bake Off’ with Hansel & Gretel’s showstopping Gingerbread house, Jack (& his beanstalk) on ‘Gardener’s World’, the 3 Little Pigs looking for a new home on ‘Location, Location, Location’ & the fairytale baddies dancing to ‘Bad’ on Strictly! A PowerPoint is also included to use as a backdrop if an IWB is available.

This fun and humorous class assembly, used with a Year 2 class, is linked to popular TV shows and the Great Fire of London. There are appearances from Thomas Farriner on The Great British Bakeoff, Samuel Pepys and King Charles II are interviewed on BBC News and The Strictly Come Dancing professionals perform a fire dance. The script also includes parts for the children to take on the role of their teachers with a Beat the Teacher quiz at the end! A PowerPoint is included to use as a backdrop if an IWB is available.

Are you looking for a fun outdoor activity? This is a very popular activity at my school - all you need to do is print out the 12 stations and laminate (optional!) then position them around your outdoor area. You can provide the children with a map so it is more of an orienteering task or just set it up as a trail. The children then work in groups/pairs to visit each station, read and answer the questions (which are a mix of English, maths, science and geography) recording their answers on the sheet provided along with the blue symbol. At the end of the course the children will have collected 11 letters and station 12 gives them a final hint to work out the secret message. This resource is easily edited to suit your needs and there are certificates included for all children who complete the course!

PowerPoint with a collection of self portraits by famous artists and activity ideas for children's own self portraits. An additional PowerPoint with the work of Sandra Silberzweig a great stimulus for the children's own unique self portraits. More resources @ https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Whitley01

A fun activity that can be carried out indoors or outdoors depending on the weather! All you need to do is print out the clues all linked to well-known story books (laminate) and lay out the trail. Children can work in pairs/teams to answer the questions and decipher the secret message! Answer sheets and certificates included. This activity is editable and would be a great introduction to a reading challenge or a ‘My favourite book day.’

A PowerPoint used during an English lesson on writing instructions using George’s Marvellous Medicine as a stimulus. This resource includes ‘boxing up’ templates, a reading task and a ‘bottle’ template for the children to illustrate their own ‘marvellous medicine’ concoctions (works well enlarged to A3).

A PowerPoint used during a creative writing lesson to stimulate narrative writing with an example story and planning templates for children.

A PowerPoint comparing firefighters in the past/ present and three activity sheets. More resources @ https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Whitley01

Activity ideas for What the Ladybird Heard by Julia Donaldson to use to enhance learning across all areas of learning. More resources @ https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Whitley01

This is a collection of 12 resources to use when teaching sentence types. This pack includes a great range of fun, interactive games and activities which I have used with a Year2 class. Play 'Guess the sentence type' the children can then make their own sentence type comic strips by drawing or using their own digital images or how about 'Spin a sentence.' Sentence Scoot and Four Corners are fab lesson starters and all resources are included in pack e.g. 32 sentence cards, sentence type signs and record sheets or perhaps you might want to go on a sentence hunt. Several of these resources would also be suitable as homework tasks. Buy this resource as a bumper package here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/spag-pack-for-year-2-11633421

A Powerpoint of maths questions using images and varied representations to elicit children's understanding of mathematical concepts including: place value, addition and subtraction, money, multiplication and division, fractions and shape. These questions work well to support a mastery approach to mathematics.

Do you know about the great fire of Newcastle/Gateshead? An information PowerPoint and activities linked to the fire and the regeneration of the banks of The River Tyne.

This resource includes a PowerPoint all about the life of St Bede, pictures to sort into a timeline, a PowerPoint with examples of illuminated letters, templates for children to design their own illuminated letters and a blank stained glass window template.

A guess who Dear Zoo Powerpoint with animal noises, an enhanced provision planner for all areas of learning and a sample activity plan for Phase 1 Letters and Sounds. For more practical resources visit: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Whitley01 Please leave a review.

Two PowerPoint presentations one all about Margarete Steiff and the other detailing the history of the Teddy bear. Also teddy bear timeline activity.

Guess the fairy tale from the clues - a great topic starter.

PowerPoint of images and ideas to stimulate children's own shoebox habitat designs. More resources including a habitats unit of work @ https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Whitley01