Full major celebrations list for Academic Year 26/27.
Suitable for preschool and use in the Early Years.
Not an exhaustive list.
UK national holidays.
Including a year to view calendar with a list of each holiday, its origin, overview and some basic activity ideas for each celebration.
PDF Document.
This behaviour management system is cyclical.
All children will start on the pirate ship and each time they do something good, for example sharing, being kind to friends, good piece of work, tidying up, etc. They move up one.
If at the end of the day, they are on the swamp, they remain on the swamp and that is their starting point for the following day.
At the end of each day, we see who has made it onto the treasure chest and those who are can choose a prize from our real treasure chest. This could be a bag or a shoebox. I usually put in party bag prizes such as yoyos, stickers, bouncy balls, etc.
All the children who have landed on the treasure chest will then go back to the pirate ship for the next day.
The treasure map is displayed at the front of the classroom so that children can track where they are at any point in the day.
I use Velcro to stick the children’s names onto the display.
This presentation/ seminar is around 15-20 minutes long and can be used to support staff well being in the workplace.
Title: Protecting your own mental health and well being in the workplace
The presentation includes practical strategies for staff to be able to improve their own health and well being.
Suitable for staff from all education settings.
23 posters based around various mental health and well being topics to support staff in nurseries and schools.
Posters include:
Do you know the NHS 5 ways to well being?
Understanding your stress container
Nutrician and Mental Health
Basic Mental Health First Aid Strategy
Impact of drug use
Vaping and its effects on the body
Menopause and its effects
Intervention for children with English as and Additional Language (EAL Intervention).
10 minute daily intervention to teach key vocabulary suitable for small groups of children or one to one.
6 week programme suitable for early years and primary.
Intervention includes 6 sets of key vocabulary with 6 key words in each set:
Vehicles
Clothes
Furniture
Sports
Pencil case
Animals
Each set includes photo cards, bingo cards, weekly planning sheet and vocabulary overview.
Each set includes 6 key words.
Ramadan Activity Pack with practical ideas for Ramadan leanring and play.
Includes 18 pages of activities with learning objectives and descriptions.
Suitable for the early years.
Full major celebrations list for 2026.
Suitable for preschool and daycare nursery use.
Not an exhaustive list.
UK national holidays.
Including a year to view calendar with a list of each holiday, its origin, overview and some basic activity ideas for each celebration.
Suitable for devices compatible with Microsoft Office Word.
Easy preschool summer term 2026 medium term plan overview with calendar and week by week activity ideas.
Editable Microsoft Office Word Document
Suitable for preschool teachers and practitioners
Suitable for both preschools in a day care setting and schools
Includes cultural celebrations, weekly focus book suggestions, lesson/ activity/ learning/ provision ideas, phase 2 phonics weekly activity and a weekly maths focus activity.
Example of activities and focuses include:
Book focuses: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Supertato
Role play suggestions included
Transition to school activity ideas
6 weeks of summer dinosaur topic plan
Simple symbolised recipe cards suitable for use in the early years and for children with SEND (special educational needs). Basic ingredients list symbolised with full recipe for adult use in small print at the bottom of each page.
Recipe cards include:
Cake recipe card
Decorating biscuits recipe card
Pancakes recipe card
Chocolate Krispie cake recipe
Apple crumble recipe card
Banana recipe card
Easter chocolate nests recipe card
Jam sandwich recipe card
Pizza recipe card
Reindeer dust recipe card
Scone recipe card
Shortbread recipe card
Banana and strawberry smoothie recipe card
Easy preschool spring term 2026 medium term plan overview with calendar and week by week activity ideas.
Editable Microsoft Office Word Document
Suitable for preschool teachers and practitioners
Suitable for both preschools in a day care settings and schools
Includes cultural celebrations, weekly focus book suggestions, lesson/ activity/ learning/ provision ideas, phase 1 phonics weekly activity and a weekly maths focus activity.
Example of activities and focuses include:
Insectlore Caterpillar Garden, with suggested date of when to buy the caterpillars
Mother’s Day Activities
Pirates topic overview and activities
Saint Patrick’s party day plan
Ramadan books, activity ideas and Eid party day plan
A generic editable outings/ trip risk assessment for nursery and early years.
Inclusive of lost child process, public transport, crossing roads and a designated adult sheet.
Easily adapted for any trip.
A Christmas play/ performance for groups of 15+ children. Suitable for children 2-5 years old or SEND groups. Performance lasts around 15-20 minutes. No music device required.
Complete with 6 Christmas nursery rhymes and some narrator parts. Narrators can be the staff which is what I do.
Play overview:
It’s Christmas Eve at the north pole and everyone is excited, but the presents haven’t been wrapped, the sleigh isn’t ready to go and Santa doesn’t know his way to England! Each Scene helps Santa get ready for Christmas!
A Simple Nativity for the Early Years. Suitable for groups of 14+ children ages 2-5 years old and SEND groups. Around 15-20 minutes long. No music Device required.
The Nativity is complete with 7 nursery rhyme style songs.
8 week programme/ unit of work wheelchair dancing/ dance
Assessment strategy/ curriculum focus: 5 areas of engagement model
30 minute lesson plan.
Suitable for the early years and primary.
Suitable for children with profound and multiple learning difficulties (PMLD).
PE lesson for special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).
Resource includes lesson plan and supported symbols.
Additional resources required:
Music device
Under the sea themed blanket
Optional: green sensory scarves, bubbles and under the sea toys
Makeshift tunnel (possibly out of large cardboard boxes)
Optional: sensory light
A symbolised cake recipe card suitable for use in the early years and children with SEND.
Full recipe for adult reference is in the small print at the bottom of the page.