An easy, engaging way to allow KS1 children to talk, listen and develop their oracy skills. Our ‘Discussion Dice Resource’ has 36 fun discussion ideas designed specifically for Year 1 and Year 2. How to play: Roll the dice. Choose a square from the grid. Discuss the idea with a partner or group. Listen carefully and respond to others. Build on ideas and explain your thinkin.g Perfect for whole-class discussions, partner talk, early finishers, morning activities, continuous provision or end-of-day games. Oracy skills developed: • Speaking clearly and confidently • Listening attentively • Taking turns • Responding to others • Asking and answering questions • Expressing opinions • Giving reasons and explanations • Building on another person’s ideas • Agreeing and disagreeing respectfully • Developing vocabulary • Justifying ideas • Collaborative discussion What’s included? 3 printable activity sheets 36 discussion prompts Designed for Year 1 & Year 2 Simple, low-prep classroom resource A fun way to build purposeful talk into your day Because sometimes the best learning starts with a really good conversation! Perfect for teachers looking for simple ways to develop oracy across the KS1 classroom.

Our Discussion Starters are perfect for developing oracy skills in your classroom! What’s included? 3 ready-to-use discussion activity grids A variety of engaging, child-friendly questions Perfect for Year 1 & Year 2 Use for partner talk, group discussions, early finishers, morning activities or as a quick daily oracy activity How to use: Choose a question, pair the children up and let the discussion begin! Encourage children to listen carefully, respond to their partner and explain their ideas. Oracy skills developed: Speaking clearly Listening attentively Taking turns Expressing opinions Giving reasons and explanations Asking and answering questions Building on others’ ideas Agreeing and disagreeing respectfully Developing vocabulary Confidence in speaking Responding appropriately Developing conversational skills A simple resource with lots of opportunities for meaningful talk! Perfect for building a classroom where every child has a voice.

First Chapter Day Every great adventure begins with a first chapter. Open a book, start reading, and let your imagination take you somewhere wonderful! First Chapter Day is a way of introducing your students to a range of texts and literature that they may not normally choose. You are actually expanding their reading repertoire! On First Chapter Day the teacher reads a chapter or a couple of pages of a text. Each student has a activity sheet to complete after they have listened to the first chapter/first few pages. In this set there is an introduction page and 6 activities. You can print these as masters and use repeatedly! Readers are dreamers, thinkers, and explorers.

There are twelve English refresher activity sheets in PDF format, ready to display on your white board or print and use in class. Each sheet includes 8 engaging sections: • List the nouns • Word creator and anagram activities • All jumbled up and word-building activities • List the adjectives • Punctuation checker • Create a sentence • Synonyms • Spelling checker A perfect resource for quick finishers, morning work, lesson starters, warm-ups and revisiting key English skills. Presented in a simple, clear grid format, these activities are perfect for little learners and easy to use with minimal preparation.

Bring history to life in the classroom! This Year 2 reading comprehension pack is perfect for teachers, home-schooling parents, or tutors. It includes two engaging extracts about The Great Fire of London—one fiction and one non-fiction—plus age-appropriate questions to test comprehension and critical thinking. What’s Included: . Fiction extract: a short story following Thomas during the Great Fire . Non-fiction extract: key facts and historical details about the event . Comprehension questions for both extracts

ear 1 Phase 5 Phonics & Spelling Morning Starter Pack (16 activities!) Boost spelling confidence and retention with daily phonics-based morning starters designed to revisit, review & secure Year 1 spelling patterns — perfect for building fluency and supporting writing across the curriculum. What’s included in the pack? 16 no-prep activity sheets OR interactive whiteboard slides covering key Year 1 Phase 5 phonic & spelling rules: New graphemes for known sounds . ay (day) . ou (out) . ie (pie) . ea (tea) . oy (boy) . ir (bird) . ue (blue) . aw (paw) . wh (when) . ph (photo) . u_e (June) . a_e (cake) e_e (these) . i_e (time) . o_e (home) Alternative spellings for sounds children already know /ai/ → ai, ay, a_e /ee/ → ee, ea, e_e, y, ie /igh/ → igh, ie, i_e, y /oa/ → oa, ow, o_e /oo/ → oo, ue, u_e, ew /ow/ → ow, ou /or/ → or, aw, au /ur/ → ur, ir, er /sh/ → sh, ch, ti, ci /f/ → f, ff, ph /s/ → s, ss, c, ce, ci /j/ → j, g, ge, dge /w/ → w, wh# . Retrieval & overlearning tasks . Perfect for soft starts — children come in calmly and straight to learning. . Instant retrieval practice keeps spelling patterns fresh all year. . Less time teacher planning!

Year 2 Phonics & Spelling Morning Starter Pack 24 activities Boost spelling confidence and retention with daily phonics-based morning starters designed to revisit, review & secure Year 2 spelling patterns. Perfect for building fluency and supporting writing across the curriculum. What’s included in the pack? 24 no-prep activity sheets OR interactive whiteboard slides covering key Year 2 spelling rules: Spelling patterns & rules . kn / gn (silent letters) . wr / mb . ge / dge endings . y → i rule . adding -ed / -ing / -er / -est . adding -ful / -less / -ly / -ness / -ment . soft c (ce, ci, cy) . a after w . or after w . tion words . homophones practice (there/their/they’re, two/too/to…) . common exception words review . Retrieval & overlearning tasks . Perfect for soft starts — children come in calmly and straight to learning. . Instant retrieval practice keeps spelling patterns fresh all year. . Less time teacher planning!

Bring learning to life in the classroom! This Year 2 reading comprehension pack is perfect for teachers, home-schooling parents, or tutors. It includes two engaging extracts about animals —one fiction and one non-fiction—plus age-appropriate questions to test comprehension and critical thinking. What’s Included: . Fiction extract: a short story about Benny the Beetle . Non-fiction extract: key information about foxes. . Comprehension questions for both extracts . Perfect for Year 2 reading levels

Make reading fun while learning about animals! This Year 2 reading comprehension pack includes two engaging texts with questions: Fiction: The Little Lost Hedgehog – Follow a brave little hedgehog on his adventure. Perfect for exploring character, feelings, and story events. Non-Fiction: Animals That Adapt – Learn fascinating facts about how animals live. Discover all about animal adaptations while practicing reading for information. What’s Included: . Two texts: 1 fiction, 1 non-fiction . Comprehension questions for each text . Vocabulary, inference, and fact-finding questions . Ideal for Year 2 reading levels

CLASSROOM SPELLING A bright and fun classroom vocabulary poster to use in your classroom to support the spelling of the Y1 and Y2 words. Use in spelling games or as a quick checklist. Perfect to add to your class display or print in A5 and use as help guides on tables. Simply save the JPEG and you can print out the poster as big or as little as you like. Perfect to create a A3 poster and for individual jotted books in A5 size.

Year 1 Phase 3 & 4 Phonics & Spelling Morning Starter Pack 8 activities! Boost spelling confidence and retention with daily phonics-based morning starters designed to revisit, review & secure Year 1 phonics — perfect for building fluency and supporting reading & writing across the curriculum. What’s included in the pack? 16 no-prep activity sheets OR interactive whiteboard slides covering key Year 1 Phase 3 & 4 phonic & spelling rules: Consonant digraphs: ch, sh, th, ng, qu Vowel digraphs & trigraphs: ai, ee, igh, oa, oo, ar, or, ur, ow, oi, ear, air, ure, er Phase 4 (Year 1 Revist – blending & segmenting with clusters) bl, cr, sn, st, tr, gr, fr, dr, tw, sm, sp, sk etc. Retrieval & overlearning tasks . Perfect for soft starts — children come in calmly and straight to learning. . Instant retrieval practice keeps spelling patterns fresh all year. . Less time teacher planning!

A spelling pack to support the spelling of Year 1 CEW words. You will receive: . A Year 1 CEW spelling grid . x5 spelling activities Use the grid to complete the spelling activities. You can use the activities again and again. The grids are also useful as a helpsheet to support spelling in all lessons.

nglish Punctuation Humour – Printables (x6) !?• Add some fun to your english lessons with these punctuation humour joke prints – perfect for classroom displays, english walls or a giggle during learning time! . Set of 6 punctuation jokes . Bright, child-friendly and classroom ready . Instant PDF download . Print at home or school . Ideal for EYFS, KS1 & lower KS2 Make english memorable, engaging and fun — because learning should come with laughter!

ACTIVITIES A spelling pack to support the spelling of Year 2 CEW words. You will receive: . A Year 2 CEW spelling grid . x5 spelling activities Use the grid to complete the spelling activities. You can use these for different spellings again and again. The grids are also useful as a helpsheet to support spelling in all lessons.

Reading Journal Activities – 10 Printable Literacy Pages Encourage students to think, reflect, and create with this 10-page Reading Journal Activities Bundle. Designed for KS1–KS2 (ages 5–9), these printables help children track their reading, practice comprehension, and develop critical thinking skills—all while having fun! What’s Included This complete reading journal pack includes: . Reading Tracker - Students record titles, author and give a star rating . Book Cover – design alternative book covers . Reading Review – Rate, review, and reflect on each book. . Reading Prediction – Make predictions before reading and compare them after. . Question Challenger – Create and answer questions using who, what, where, and why. . Vocabulary Collector – Track new words and their meanings. . Story Map – Sequence the story into beginning, middle, and end. . Book Report Comic Strip – Retell the story visually in 4 panels. . Alternative Ending – Write or draw a new ending for the story. . My Connection – Relate the story to personal experiences.

Maths Shape Humour – Printables (x6) Add some fun to your maths lessons with these shape humour joke prints – perfect for classroom displays, maths walls or a giggle during learning time! . Set of 6 maths shape jokes . Bright, child-friendly and classroom ready . Instant PDF download . Print at home or school . Ideal for EYFS, KS1 & lower KS2 Make maths memorable, engaging and fun — because learning should come with laughter!

Self-Regulation Prints Posters – 10 Calm-Down Tips for Kids Printable Classroom Resource | Well-Being & Self-Care Help children learn to manage big feelings with these Self-Regulation Prints featuring 10 simple, child-friendly calming strategies. Perfect for classrooms, calm corners, SEN support, counseling spaces, or home learning environments. Simply print, laminate, and display for an easy, reusable well-being resource that supports emotional regulation and self-care.

Colour Zone Activity Sheets – Emotional Regulation for Kids Draw the Feelings | Zones of Regulation | SEL Resource Support children’s emotional awareness with these Colour Zone Activity Sheets, designed to help pupils identify and express emotions by drawing facial expressions in each colour zone. Children draw on the faces to show how emotions look in the Blue, Green, Yellow, and Red Zones, making this resource perfect for discussion, reflection, and self-care activities.

Oracy Teaching in the Primary Classroom with talk checklists, activity ideas for EYFS, KS1, and KS2, sentence stems, and embedding tips. There are 16 pages of ideas and activities: . Talk Tokens . Sentence Stems . Talk checklists . Talk Roles . Talk Activities and ideas Oracy skills are essential because they: . Build confidence – Children learn to speak clearly and share their ideas with others. . Support learning – Talking helps pupils process, question, and understand new information. . Develop social skills – Good speaking and listening help with teamwork, empathy, and relationships. . Strengthen literacy – Strong speaking skills improve vocabulary, reading comprehension, and writing. . Prepare for the future – Oracy is vital for interviews, presentations, debates, and everyday communication. . Encourage critical thinking – Explaining and reasoning aloud helps children develop deeper understanding.

Students explore personality dynamics in group work by teaming up according to their zodiac elements (Fire, Earth, Air, Water). Intro (5–10 mins): Briefly explain the four zodiac elements and the traits often linked to each. Hand out a quick reference sheet (e.g., Aries, Leo, Sagittarius = Fire). Group Sorting (5 mins): Students form groups based on their zodiac element (or allow those who don’t know/aren’t into astrology to pick whichever element they feel fits them best). Team Task (15–20 mins): Each group is given a small collaborative task (examples: build a tower with straws, solve a puzzle, brainstorm a class mascot, design a poster). The point isn’t the product, but observing how each “element team” approaches the task. Reflection & Share (10–15 mins): Groups reflect: How did your team work together? What roles did people naturally take? Did the stereotypes about your element show up? Each team shares a quick summary. Extension (Optional): Mix the groups (one Fire, one Earth, one Air, one Water) and repeat the task to see how dynamics shift when elements are balanced.

32 Brain Break Activity Cards – Perfect for Your Classroom! Keep your students engaged, energized, and focused with these fun and easy-to-use brain break cards! Perfect for kids aged 5–7, each card features a quick activity to refresh little minds in just 1–3 minutes. What’s Included: 32 colorful and engaging activity cards Movement, mindfulness, creative, and silly challenges Ready-to-use for classroom or home learning Short, simple instructions – no prep required Why Teachers Love Them: Helps students refocus after lessons Encourages movement and creativity Supports mindfulness and calm moments Makes learning fun and interactive Examples of Activities: Freeze Dance Animal Walks Rainbow Breaths Superhero Poses Perfect for circle time, transitions, or anytime students need a quick boost! Ready to bring fun, movement, and focus into your classroom!