Common exception words written into ActivInspire to use for early morning work, print out or extra practise.

Common exception words written into ActivInspire to use for early morning work, print out or extra practise.

Running through the alphabet to revise handwriting. Children can copy into their books from the board or print out and they can copy onto the page. Good for morning work, extra home learning or as practise of key letters.

Inspire innovation this Science week with this scaffolded ‘Design your own app’ activity. This booklet will take the children through five stages of design to allow them to design an app to solve a problem they have considered.

Differentiated word searches for all the class to access. Two word searches explore key Christmas words and two word searches introduce Christmas related adjectives. An excellent way to practise seasonal spellings or as a class treat. Also check out these Christmassy resources: Build a Christmas super sentence: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11449268 Explore facts about Christmas animals: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11449191 Christmas Reading Comprehension: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11449074

An Easter and spring word search differentiated to allow all the class to access. A fun way to introduce key language and practise spelling the words or as a finishing activity at the end of term. Check out these other Easter resources: Anagram Egg hunt https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11473017 Spring Chatterbox https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11473120 Spring Reading Comprehension https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11473213

An interactive PDF file exploring the different types of sentences. Perfect for using on ipads, kindles and laptops. A great set activity to add to a google classrooms lesson or as a homelearning/ homework activity. Please ensure you have an adobe reader to access the interactive elements of the activity.

Get the children decorating your class with these Christmas paper chains. They will be amazed at how long they can make one as whole class one it if they all work together. Alternatively they can make their own individual ones as a Christmas treat. A great opportunity to teach repeated patterns. Add numbers to the pictures and children can explain the number sequence on the inside. Enjoy! Also check out these seasonal resources: Build a super Christmas sentence https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11449268 Christmas Reading story: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11449074 Christmas Chatterboxes: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11449139

Explore the key vocabulary about Bonfire night with this differentiated wordsearch. Use this at the start of the lesson to see what children already know about these words or at the end to sum up the learning on this subject. Two wordsearches available; one about the story of Bonfire Night and one exploring adjectives to describe the celebration. Also check out these resources about Bonfire Night: Reading comprehension https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11747711 Bonfire Night Chatterbox https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11741990

A range of colourful writing paper to give children a themed page to write on. Great for editing and improving into ‘best’ and then adding to a class display.

A set of eggs to print off and hide around your classroom/school. In teams children find as many as they can. A reward can be offered to the team who finds the most amount. 6 eggs are ready to print in colour, 6 can be coloured in by the children prior to the hunt and a further 6 are empty for children to draw and colour. Enjoy your hunt! For an education hunt, check out these resources: Year 2 maths egg hunt: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11473052 Anagrams hunt: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11473017 Interesting words hunt: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11473044

A seasonal-themed resource aimed to improve children’s knowledge of sentence structure. This lesson will reinforce the language needed in the Year 2 curriculum (noun, verb, adverb, adjective and conjunction) and allow opportunities it to develop their own sentences. By focusing on one or two sentences, children can develop the language needed to talk about their word choice.

A seasonal-themed resource aimed to improve children’s knowledge of sentence structure. This lesson will reinforce the language needed to reinforce the construction of a sentence (noun, verb, adverb, adjective and conjunction). By focusing on one or two sentences, children can develop the language needed to talk about their word choice.

A lesson learning all about polar bears, reindeer and robins. A seasonal activity for a fun and educational Christmas week. Included is a powerpoint presentation with photos, facts and links to short video clips as well as 3 writing pages with word banks to assist with writing up a fact file. There is also a word mat to help with any further writing.

A fun way to get children practising some mental maths. A set of 20 Easter eggs to laminate and hide around the classroom. Each egg is linked with an arithmetic question. When children find the egg, they can work in pairs to solve the question and record it on the included recording sheet. Answer sheet also included.

A seasonal themed reading comprehension linked to the year 2 National Curriculum objectives. Questions direct children to practise inference, deduction, skimming and scanning skills as well as links to different word types. Can be completed individually or as a Christmas Quiz in partners. This resources has been differentiated three ways.

This pack contains plans and resources for 9 sequential lessons covering most of the new science national curriculum objectives for living things in KS1. The aim of this pack is to provide fun engaging activities while being easy to prepare for the teacher. Content includes lessons on: Living and non living things, what living things need, life cycles, food chains, classifying, habitats, nature in artwork (Monet). A colour in sheet and word search are also included.

A different take on spellings where repetition and teacher assessment is at the forefront. Each week, children are introduced to 4 new spellings and are given 4 spellings from the previous week. This allows children two weeks to practise each word so that they can build a solid memory of each word when using them in their writing. This pack contains spelling lists, test sheets and home learning with words that match up to the common exception list in the new national curriculum.

An engaging non fiction text about spring differentiated three ways. Text includes statements, questions and exclamations. A range of questions are asked that link to the year 2 National Curriculum. Topic include: Spring babies Spring flowers What is Easter? Weather Written in a simple form for young children to be able to access. Questions challenge children to retrieve information as well as consider their own opinions.

A seasonal themed investigation to model how to think logically to solve a problem. Children must work with groups of eggs to make up the target number. They are encouraged to work systematically to find the answer. This lesson includes a comprehensive flipchart and lesson plan with a photocopy sheet.