A writing prompt with planning template and example story (WAGOLL - What a good one looks like)

Suitable for Year 2+ The activity is one sheet per child and has their own grid and their partner’s. They must fill out their own grid first with a few battleships. Then take turns with a partner to guess each other’s coordinates. When guessing their partner’s, they can put a circle in the coordinate that is a miss and a cross in the coordinate that is a hit.

This PowerPoint has been used for home learning and in schools for year 5 and 6 to support their understanding of the Black Lives Matter movement which has recently seen an increase in activity due to the death of George Floyd, a black man murdered by white police in Minneapolis, USA. In the notes section of the powerpoint, there are plenty of links to articles and videos suitable for children to help them understand systemic racism and how they can help by learning and growing to become allies to people of colour.

6 lessons of invasion game activities including warm up games and ideas for plenary discussions (tactics, team work etc). It could work for Year 2 / 3 groups. These games are great to start with simple rules. Let them play a round or two first because discussing ways to be more successful at catching or not being caught etc. Then introduce the idea of working in teams for planning tactics and communicating.

Dinosaur themed homework grid for additional home learning ideas. A mix of creative activities, writing, researching and designing. Ideal for a Year 2 or Year 3 class interested in dinosaurs or doing a dinosaur class topic.

Free sight word game for ks1 (grade 1, 2 and 3) that can be played in a group or whole class. 32 cards in total. Great sight word practice for reading groups and a game to entertain the whole class if there is a spare moment!

Acrostic and Cinquain Templates for Earth Day