A unit of work based on the book The Journey Home by Fran Preston-Gannon. The unit of work is planned with a mixed year 1 and 2 class in mind. A journey narrative Fact file writing A persuasive letter to the head teacher. Please note, there are references to the Twinkl spelling scheme and resources from their website. There is no Twinkl uploads.

My class developed a love of Winnie the Witch and so I created these plans to fuel their learning. They loved every moment of this topic and we were able to include the use of imperative verbs into our learning. The children loved the idea of creating their own spells and potions. Year 1 class written for but can be used in reception or year 2. Great ideas can be linked to forest school experiences too!

A powerpoint explaining the history of Chester Zoo and the founder, linking in to exploring local history in the Cheshire, North West area. Included is a timeline of some of the animals for the children to cut out and stick into the correct order. Two ability levels.

Resources to support subtraction crossing 10 for year 1, spring block 1. To help support the plans produced by white rose maths. Resources are in pdf and word.

Phonics games based on sounds children will learn. There is a combination of real and alien words for each game. Starting with the vowel digraphs. There are two versions, one is a dyslexia friendly font and the other is a cursive font. Games are in PDF for ease of use. ay, ee, igh, ow, oo, oo ar, or, air, ir, ou, oy then ea, oi, a_e, i_e, o_e, u_e, aw, are, ur, er, ow, ai, oa, ew, ire, ear, ure.

These resources support the small steps unit on time to counting backwards, based on the planning provided by White Rose Maths. The worksheets include varied fluency, reasoning and problem solving.(The problem solving and reasoning also include those for counting forwards) The documents are in word and pdf for ease of use.

Resources to support the small steps unit on how many ways? Supplements the planning from White Rose Maths, Spring Block 1, year 3. The worksheets are in word and pdf for ease of use. Files include - varied fluency, reasoning and problem solving.

Resources to support the small steps unit on measuring length in cm, that supports the planning provided by White Rose Maths. The worksheets include varied fluency, reasoning and problem solving. Documents are in word and PDF for ease of use.

Year 1 and 2 unit on poetry based on the popular book, Commotion in the Ocean. My class have loved this poetry unit and it linked into their topic work of Under the Sea.

Resources to support the small steps unit converting pounds to pence, spring block 2, year 3. Documents include varied fluency, reasoning and problem solving and a simple money poster. Documents are in both word and PDF for ease of use.

To help a child with additional needs, I created some flashcards for them to use instead of the ones provided. There are two versions one using a dyslexia friendly font and one using a pre-cursive font. Includes digraphs, trigraphs and split-digraphs. Initial sounds Initial digraphs Set 2 Sounds Set 3 Sounds Set 4 Sounds (additional sounds)

I was finding that my children were struggling with the concept of the phonics booklets for the year 1 test. I therefore created a set of 8 booklets for the children to use as practice for the real thing! They have loved the booklets and enjoyed challenging themselves as there are some tricky words in there. I have also included in some of them year 1 common exception words.

A unit of lessons based on the traditional tale Jack and the Beanstalk and then follow up lessons based on Jim and the Beanstalk. Total of 14/16 lessons as some lessons take longer than others. Such as the story writing parts.

My class loved this book and we achieved 6 fantastic weeks of learning! They loved the fact that we didn't read the whole book and it took 4 weeks to do this! It opened up a fantastic amount of learning and the book allowed for lots of SPaG work.

These resources support the small steps unit on describing turns based on the planning provided by White Rose Maths. The worksheets include varied fluency, reasoning and problem solving. The documents are in word and pdf for ease of use.

These resources support the small steps unit on Equivalent fractions 2, Summer Block 1, year 3. The resources support the planning provided by White Rose Maths. Included are questions on varied fluency, reasoning and problem solving. Documents come in word and PDF for ease of use.

One more and one less resources to support the small steps unit as part of Spring Block 2 unit based on Place Value. In this unit there are 5 varied fluency activities, reasoning and problem solving. The worksheets are in word and PDF for ease of use.

My children struggled with the structure of the phonics books and so I have compiled a selection of books that follow the principle of the phonic screening checks. My class love them and they are much more familiar with the phonic check then previously.