A simple diamond ranking template which can be used in a variety of ways.

All about Mr Grinling. Question prompts to support writing a character description about Mr Grinling. Aimed at Year 1/2. Suffix activity linked to the seagulls. Font may need altering to Comic Sans.

A very simple first look at the front cover and title of this text-power point

Our scheme of work is currently The Write Stuff, we are using the street beneath my feet as a non-fiction focus. Here are the ppts for day 3 and 4. Hopefully it will save someone else time

Very useful for a follow up task for the story Mr Large in Charge by Jill Murphy. I used this for a Year 1 class. Word mat with pictures from Google and sentence starters.

5 different resources to go alongside the book ‘Five Minutes Peace’ by Jill Murphy. There is a word mat with pictures to support, adjectives to describe the main character, images for writing about how much Mum does and why she might need five minutes peace. Finally there are key questions aimed at Year 2 for an oracy task but can support writing.

Could use this as a cut and stick activity to observe cutting skills or you could create a Venn diagram so the children can sort the animals into 2 groups. For example, pattern/no pattern or UK/Africa. I used this for Reception

After searching for a quick set of instruction style challenges for a literacy lesson in Year 5, i decided to create my own. They are differentiated but can be adapted for a mixed ability or mixed year class.

Aimed at upper key stage 2, first task uses an image as a stimulus to ask questions and develop a character. Task 2 then models the ingredients of a character description.

Used for remote learning, instructions given for a task to persuade a tourist to visit Hampton Court Palace, linked to our Tudor topic. Checklist which can be adapted to suit learners needs. Picture from Google images of Hampton Court.

Useful resources to help children answer Ble rwyt ti’n byw? photos and vocab on each slide

I used this power point to develop matching tasks to help children understand about deciding whether a text is reliable or not. There is a focus on making judgements, reading statements and proof before making decisions.

Photos are from my visit to Australia in 2011 when I worked in South Australia. You will need to check the updated price for a fleece as this fluctuates each year with the British Wool Board. Used for a topic themed day- all about wool.

I created my own informative power point for Remembrance Day, I used it for a KS2 Assembly. Useful as a starting point or could also be used as an English lesson introduction.

Questions generated from chapter 5 of Farmer Boy. There are 2 different tasks one aimed at children who require group discussion or a buddy and then a set of general comp questions.

I used this after a group task of creating different potions in a Year 4/5 class-can be adapted and is only a starting point for writing up after an experiment

Intended for upper KS2 a power point with different tasks to support comprehension and reading skills for Farmer Boy.

A set of 5 short tasks that could be used for a History or English lesson for KS2. Based on Bonfire Night but could be adapted for any age group.

I have created my own sequencing writing frame for pancake making for Reception or Year 1. There are 3 different ability levels included.

This is a very basic fact file about a mole- the image is from Google-the fact file includes a title, picture and basic facts about a mole aimed at Year 1.