For the Jesus is special unit in the Year 1 curriculum, these slides explore gift giving, what it means to give a gift and how Jesus is a special gift from God. The slides come with assessment opportunities and links to videos to support children’s understanding.

Homophone and near homophone matching cards. Children are given a range of questions and definitions and the children must try to match the correct homophone. This can be completed as a game or class work.

Gingerbread man division activity. Encourages children to divide 55 by 5. This practical activity will get children talking and having fun without realizing they are doing division in Maths!

cm and m conversion questions based on (cross-curricular link) to the book ‘The Wonderful Wizard of Oz’ by L. Frank Baum. These mathematical questions challenge the children through fluency, reasoning and problem-solving questions of conversions (in line with National Curriculum aims). The resource is differentiated for all ability levels and clearly signposted on the sheets for this.

This resource explores people’s roles in and out of the workplace. Contains a PowerPoint and activity that looks at the roles the children might have, the teacher’s role, and the role of professionals such as police officer, doctor etc. This encourages the children to explore how we know what a professionals role is, such as their uniform and the impact this has on us, e.g. it makes them approachable, deters crime, we are aware they are there to protect us. The worksheet activity encourages the children to write some of these ideas down next to the professional.

This game of match is based on Year 5 homophones and near homophones. Children must match the picture to the definition of a range of homophones and near homophones. This will assess children’s understanding of the definitions of a range of homophones, such as steal and steel.

Physical and Human Features of China picture and name cards.

magnifying glass tricky words Use scrabble letters to find the letters on the magnifying glasses and see which tricky words you can build.

Guess the Material activity Can be done as a science lesson or through continuous provision.

One more and one less activity for year 1

Write numbers to 80 on a hundred square activity for Year 1

Number line addition facts

Dinosaur fossil tally chart

Number bonds for 6, 7 and 8 cards inspired by the story ‘The Three Billy Goat Gruffs.’

‘ear’ sound real vs alien shells sorting activity

‘er’ sound real vs alien shells sorting activity

‘or’ sound real vs alien shells sorting activity

‘oa’ sound real vs alien shells sorting activity

ai real vs alien shells sorting activity

Octopus colour repeating pattern