Posters to encourage children to use a variety of conjunctions (and spell them correctly!) in their writing. 2016 interim assessment framework: using co-ordination (or / and / but) and some subordination (when / if / that / because). I got a bit carried away playing around with colours, hopefully you'll find one to suit you! If there's a colour you'd prefer, drop me a message and I'll see if I can do it for you. 2013 National Curriculum Key Stage 1 English programme of study (Year 2): Pupils should be taught to learn how to use subordination (using when, if, that, or because) and co-ordination (using or, and, or but).

Get your parent/carer volunteers organised and briefed with one easy kit. We found at our school that we weren't 'getting the most' out of our volunteers in school when it came to 1:1 reading so I put together a briefing presentation/handout for volunteers. Feedback from our volunteers was very positive as they felt more confident and that they were being more useful. The presentation also covers health and safety and confidentiality to set expectations from the outset. The kit includes: - initial letter to parents/carers - invitation to a volunteer briefing - the briefing presentation including health and safety, confidentiality, tips for supporting early readers and next steps for readers - a volunteer 1:1 reading record (one copy per pupil)

We've been teaching number bonds for a few weeks now. It makes me nervous to spend so long on a single objective but I am noticing fringe benefits. Obviously, the children are all doing well with their number bonds but they are also using and embedding their understanding of + and = symbols which they now all use without thinking. Also, somewhat subconsciously, they know what addition is. Many children are starting to notice the commutativity of addition and share what they've realised in plenaries. As they have noticed it for themselves, they really get it, which is great. I'll be using the same resources to teach related subtraction facts shortly and I'm hoping all the solid work we've done on number bonds to date will give us a good springboard for subtraction and its relationship to addition. This resource contains: - a range of number bond printables for 3 strategies - grid, bar and cherry picking. - a range of mastery printables to extend more able children and embed learning. - a few photos of the children's work. Year 1 national curriculum objective: Pupils should be taught to represent and use number bonds and related subtraction facts within 20.

Words containing Phase 3 graphemes for reading practise. I made this resource this term for my Year 1 class and they love it! The red herrings are a bit random, but the children love looking out for them (they are words in the powerpoint that don’t contain the featured grapheme). When they arrive the children put their hands together, make a fishy movement and call out ‘red herring!’ They generally fall about laughing too. I don’t know why it’s so funny but I’m happy to go with it because they are engaged, they’re paying attention to the graphemes and best of all they’re having fun! I also use the slides to teach silent blending and how to break down longer words for reading. Handy for preparing for the Year 1 phonics screening check and I’ve really noticed their reading coming along. It’s not entirely down to the red herring powerpoints, they’re only one aspect of what we do, but I think they’re a solid part of it. I don’t use them every day because I don’t want the concept to get boring but I always get a ‘yessss!’ when I do. I’ve included the graphemes are, ore and ear (as in pear) in the trigraphs powerpoint as they’re in the Year 1 curriculum (although not in letters and sounds). I thought they would fit most conveniently in the trigraphs powerpoint. I also took out ‘ure’ as it doesn’t appear in the curriculum until Year 2 but you can easily add it back in by editing the powerpoint if you would like to use it. Many of the graphemes are also appropriate for Year R. I hope your class enjoy using this as much as mine do!

Another set of red herring slides for my Year 1 class! Handy for the Year 1 phonics screening check, Year 2 revision and even end of Year R. The red herrings are a bit random, but the children love looking out for them. The ‘red herrings’ are slides within the powerpoint that don’t contain the featured grapheme, e.g. in a set of words for ‘ea’, a slide will pop up saying ‘shirt’ - a red herring. When they arrive the children put their hands together, make a fishy movement and call out ‘red herring!’ For some reason, they think it’s hysterical and I’m happy to go with it because they are engaged, they’re paying attention to the graphemes and best of all they’re having fun - I love hearing their cheeky giggles! I also use the slides to teach silent blending, how to break down longer words for reading and spelling patterns we’ve practised, e.g. words ending in ‘ed’ or ‘y’. I’ve really noticed their reading coming along and although it’s not entirely down to the red herring powerpoints as we do lots of stuff, I think they’re a solid part of it. I don’t use them every day because I don’t want the concept to get boring but I always get a ‘yessss!’ when I do. I’ve checked Letters and Sounds carefully against the National Curriculum and believe that all of the digraphs and trigraphs listed are included (between this set of powerpoints and the Phase 3 set) but if you spot any discrepancies, please get in touch and I’ll update the slides. I hope your class enjoy using this as much as mine do!

Ancient Egyptians KS2 code breaker worksheet to introduce key topic vocabulary for a history unit on Ancient Egypt. This resource also contains a Fun Facts page. There are two levels of difficulty included as well as a ‘create your own’ code page. Each level of difficulty is either available as a topic themed page with images or a ‘mystery’ page without images that you could use as a hook for your topic. As the children discover the words, they discover their topic! Answer pages are also included. The code breakers could be used as a stimulus for research - what can your students find out about each topic word? Or use the fun facts page to choose an aspect of Ancient Egypt that catches their interest for further research.

Use these Christmas calculations to challenge your pupils’ understanding, ability to reason mathematically and algebraic thinking in a fun and engaging way! Using images to represent numbers, children use what they know to discover the value of the images. They need to understand the meaning of =, + and - signs and the relationship between addition and subtraction. The calculations include doubles and number bonds to 10 and 20. There are 4 sets of progressively more difficult calculations, as well as 4 sets with the numbers given in an answer key for children requiring more support. There are two open-ended calculations where children can find multiple possible answers to extend pupils’ thinking. Further extensions include children writing their own challenges or describing how they solved the problem. There is a multiplication and division version of this resource here. Happy teaching!

Happy Halloween! This product contains 20 Halloween-themed addition and subtraction word problem task cards within 20 and an answer key. These task cards are progressively differentiated as follows: addition and subtraction of single digit numbers within 10 with images for scaffolding single digit numbers within 20 1-digit and 2-digit numbers within 20 (without crossing the 10s boundary, e.g. 11 + 3 = 14) 1-digit and 2-digit numbers within 20 (crossing the 10s boundary, e.g. 14 - 6 = 8) open-ended questions to promote higher-order mathematical thinking (provide concrete resources for students requiring more support; encourage systematic working and challenge greater depth students to provide alternative solution pathways or explanations of all possible solutions). Task cards are provided in full colour and in black and white. Follow me on TES to be notified when new resources are added! Happy teaching! Katharine7

Looking for a fun and low-prep way to teach, reinforce or assess conceptual variation of number? This resource provides multiple representations of the numbers 1 - 10, supporting children to develop a deeper understanding of each number. These number representation matching activity mats are great as an independent activity for maths mastery, interventions, assessment or to create a collaborative display with the children. Activity mats from 1 - 10 are provided along with a variety of number representations including: ten frames numerals words subitising - dice irregular arrangements - sweet jars tallies The activity mats and representations are available in full color or black and white. You could use them as a cut and stick activity or laminate the mats and number representations for a reusable activity. You could use the activity mats by themselves as a coloring and drawing activity requiring a more secure understanding of number. You may also be interested in my Digital Phonics Centers for early spellers. Don’t forget to leave feedback so I can improve what I do - or make more of what you like! Follow me to be notified when new products are uploaded and please do contact me if you have any questions. Happy teaching! Katharine7

A friendly Key Stage 1 grammar powerpoint based on the UK 2014 curriculum containing activity/game areas linked to objectives. Aimed at Year 2 with some Year 1 content revision. To be used to introduce and play with grammar objectives contained in Appendix 2 of the National Curriculum English programme of study for Key Stage 1 or perhaps as a pre-assessment tool.

Unit of work including power points, activity cards and writing frame for teaching command sentences. Based on the Fire of London and the commands that King Charles II gave during and after the fire, pupils role play the part of King Charles and l. earn how to write commands using imperative verbs. Our Year 2s loved this unit, in particular the role play element. In hindsight, I would have split session 3 into two sessions as the children enjoyed the acting so much. The whole class, even the less able, were able to identify a command sentence with confidence following this unit - even many months afterwards. Most were able to write commands independently in a variety of contexts. This resource contains: - the planning document (4-5 lessons) - powerpoints to support teaching of the unit - activity cards to support less able and whole class improvement of speaking and listening - speaking and listening learning journeys to share with pupils - a writing template

Flexible planning document for Year 2 money objectives and problem solving. This resource includes: - A flexible money planning document including national curriculum end of year objectives for this domain, learning journey and initial lesson plan. To be used as a working document, use the learning journey to plan the next steps for your learners, responding each day to their progress and needs. - Three pirate menus for use with the lesson plan and containing differentiated prices. These menus are certainly reusable to hit other objectives in the learning journey. 2013 National Curriculum Key Stage 1 mathematics programme of study (Year 2): Pupils should be taught to: - recognise and use symbols for pounds (£) and pence (p); combine amounts to make a particular value  - find different combinations of coins that equal the same amounts of money  - solve simple problems in a practical context involving addition and subtraction of money of the same unit, including giving change

Three differentiated classic logic puzzles. I can remember doing these as a child and loving them! There are lists of clues and children can either draw pictures or use the grids provided to logically reason who lives in which house. The answers are provided with this resource.

36 pages of Year 1 activities for teaching, practising and applying counting in multiples of 2, 5 and 10. The ‘learn’ pages take you through a concrete, pictorial and abstract learning journey for children learning to count in multiples of 2 5 and 10. The ‘practise’ pages give plenty of opportunities to practice counting in 2s, 5s and 10s in different contexts to help embed their learning. Finally, the ‘apply’ pages give children the opportunity to apply their knowledge, use reasoning and practise problem solving to reach full mastery of the curriculum objective over the course of the year. For more place value mastery resources for Year 1 take a look at: Counting forwards and backwards to 100 Finding one more and one less

Looking for some fun Valentine’s Day literacy activities for your early readers and writers? Try these independent activities for early phonics skills and Valentine’s Day cards and postcards for writing practise. Included with this resource are: Initial sound clip cards CVC clip cards Valentine’s day postcards Valentine’s day foldable cards Rhyming hearts matching activity Valentine’s Race dice game board All of these activities are provided in colour and black & white. Looking for more Valentine’s Day themed activities? Check out these Valentine’s maths activity mats: Varied number representations - Valentine’s Day Don’t forget to leave feedback so I can improve what I do - or make more of what you like! Follow me to be notified when new products are uploaded. Happy teaching! Katharine7

This compare and contrast Titanic lesson is perfect for an end of unit lesson that promotes retrieval of taught information, addresses common misconceptions and teaches children to apply their understanding in a new context. Children are presented with opportunities to think historically, choronologically order events and discuss ideas. The lesson plan is written around the new Ofsted draft framework requirements with an Intent, Implementation and Impact planning format. The lesson plan takes into account the following Quality of Education judgments: an ambitious curriculum provision of knowledge capital promote discussion identify misconceptions and provide clear, direct feedback avoid unnecessarily elaborate or differentiated activities help learners to remember taught content in the longer term help learners integrate new knowledge into larger concepts use assessment well resources and materials that do not create unnecessary workload This was a fun lesson to teach (I taught it for a lesson observation for a new job - I got the job!) and the children enjoyed showcasing the knowledge that they had acquired and taking it further. You can see some of the children’s responses from the lesson included within the resource. I hope you enjoy teaching it too - happy teaching! Katharine7 If you’re looking for more history resources you might like to take a look at these resources: Fire of London poetry - English unit of work Fire of London - writing commands - English unit of work Stone Age planning bundle Roman Empire code cracker Ancient Egypt code cracker

These castle themed digital phonics worksheets are perfect for practising early spelling using a tablet or PC with young writers! No printing is required - all you’ll need is a device that has PowerPoint, or access to Google Slides via the internet, a piece of paper and a pencil or pen. The digital worksheets begin with simple CVC (consonant sound, vowel sound, consonant sound) words such as pig, hat, etc. with the middle sound provided. Children sound out (segment) the word, using the image and given letter for support and then write the word on their piece of paper. Answers are provided on the penultimate slide so they can even mark their own work. Once they have mastered level 1, they can “unlock” the next level and so on, building up their segmenting for spelling skills progressively and systematically. What’s included? A zipped file which contains all of the PowerPoints as follows: CVC single grapheme words (scaffolded) CVC single grapheme words CVC digraph words CCVC single grapheme words CVCC single grapheme words CCVC words with digraphs CVCC words with digraphs The first worksheets use Phase 2 sounds from Letters and Sounds / Set 1 sounds from Read Write Inc. They progress to Phase 3 / Set 2 as digraphs are introduced and the final two PowerPoints contain some Phase 5 / Set 3 digraphs. I’ve used these digital worksheets with children 4 years old and upwards. Most children are able to use them independently once they’ve been shown what to do and the slide show is presented. In my experience, children occasionally come out of the slide show by accident but if you show them how to press the slide show/present button, they can often handle that by themselves too - great for their computing skills! If you’ve enjoyed this resource, you can find a similar resource here: Digital phonics worksheets

A perfect introduction to 2D shapes in Early Years and/or Year 1! Children are introduced in detail to: circles triangles rectangles squares Then briefly to: pentagons hexagons semicircles Mathematical language is used to describe them, i.e. sides, corners, straight and curved. Pupils are shown varied images of these 2D shapes in both abstract and real world examples, promoting discussion and addressing misconceptions, e.g. that all triangles are equilateral triangles, with the bottom side oriented horizontally. The slides are animated to engage children and make learning points clear. They can be clicked through at your own pace and there are 10 teaching slides in total. Happy teaching! Katharine7

Two differentiated Venn Diagrams for use with KS1 children or less able KS2 children. The first sheet sorts on a single criteria (whether the animal is nocturnal or not) and the second sheet sorts on two criteria, with overlap (animals that live on land/water). Also don't miss the opportunity for discussion around animals that go outside the circles on the second Venn Diagram!