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We are a team of two sisters who specialise in primary education. We are determined to create resources of the highest standard that can be used without further preparation. Our lessons and assemblies have been designed to challenge children of all levels within a creative, engaging and inspiring context. Explore our shop to find lesson packs for languages, art and religious education, plans for assemblies and numerous high-quality resources to help you teach phonics, mathematics and literacy

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We are a team of two sisters who specialise in primary education. We are determined to create resources of the highest standard that can be used without further preparation. Our lessons and assemblies have been designed to challenge children of all levels within a creative, engaging and inspiring context. Explore our shop to find lesson packs for languages, art and religious education, plans for assemblies and numerous high-quality resources to help you teach phonics, mathematics and literacy
Phonics Phase 5 Alternative Pronunciation - s (as in sugar)
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Phonics Phase 5 Alternative Pronunciation - s (as in sugar)

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This resource is an interactive lesson aimed at whole class or group phonics. It is a 39 slide Powerpoint presentation that allows children to revise phonemes and learn or revisit the alternative ‘s’ sound. It covers the alternative 's’ sound as in ‘sugar’ and takes 15-20 minutes. The PowerPoint is split into different sections: Revision of phase 5 phonemes in a random order Introduction to the ‘s’ sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound Spotting the odd one out (the picture with a different ‘s’ sound) Segmenting and blending sounds in ‘s’ words Phoneme counting Phoneme spotting in sentences Writing words with the ‘s’ sound Writing a sentence with the ‘s’ sound (The PowerPoint is not editable. Click the ‘Read Only’ button to open it.) I’ve used this PowerPoint with classes for phonics lessons. I’ve included a page of instructions to accompany it.
Phonics Phase 5 Alternative Pronunciation - i (as in find)
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Phonics Phase 5 Alternative Pronunciation - i (as in find)

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This resource is an interactive lesson aimed at whole class or group phonics. It is a 39 slide Powerpoint presentation that allows children to revise phonemes and learn or revisit the alternative ‘i’ sound. It covers the alternative ‘i’ sound as in ‘find’ and takes 15-20 minutes. The PowerPoint is split into different sections: Revision of phase 5 phonemes in a random order Introduction to the ‘i’ sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound Spotting the odd one out (the picture with a different ‘i’ sound) Segmenting and blending sounds in ‘i’ words Phoneme counting Phoneme spotting in sentences Writing words with the ‘i’ sound Writing a sentence with the ‘i’ sound (The PowerPoint is not editable. Click the ‘Read Only’ button to open it.) Read less
Phonics Phase 5 Alternative Pronunciation - a (as in path)
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Phonics Phase 5 Alternative Pronunciation - a (as in path)

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This resource is an interactive lesson aimed at whole class or group phonics. It is a 44 slide Powerpoint presentation that allows children to revise phonemes and learn or revisit one of the alternative ‘a’ sounds. It covers the ‘a’ sound as in ‘path’ and takes 15-20 minutes. This non-editable PowerPoint is split into different sections: Revision of phase 5 phonemes in a random order Introduction to the ‘a’ sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound Spotting the odd one out (the picture with a different ‘a’ sound) Segmenting and blending sounds in ‘a’ words Phoneme counting Grapheme spotting in sentences Writing words with the ‘a’ sound Writing a sentence with the ‘a’ sound Revision of tricky words (Click ‘Read Only’ to open the PowerPoint.)
Phonics Phase 5 Alternative Pronunciation - g (as in giant)
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Phonics Phase 5 Alternative Pronunciation - g (as in giant)

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This resource is an interactive lesson aimed at whole class or group phonics. It is a 43 slide Powerpoint presentation that allows children to revise phonemes and learn or revisit the alternative ‘g’ sound. It covers the alternative ‘g’ sound as in ‘giant’ and takes 15-20 minutes. This non-editable PowerPoint is split into different sections: Revision of phase 5 phonemes in a random order Introduction to the ‘g’ sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound Segmenting and blending sounds in ‘g’ words Phoneme counting Grapheme spotting in sentences Writing words with the ‘g’ sound Writing a sentence with the ‘g’ sound (Click ‘Read Only’ to open the PowerPoint.)
Phonics Phase 5 Alternative Pronunciation - ow (as in grow)
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Phonics Phase 5 Alternative Pronunciation - ow (as in grow)

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This resource is an interactive lesson aimed at whole class or group phonics. It is a 42 slide Powerpoint presentation that allows children to revise phonemes and learn or revisit the alternative ‘ow’ sound. It covers the alternative ‘ow’ sound as in ‘grow’ and takes 15-20 minutes. This non-editable PowerPoint is split into different sections: Revision of phase 5 phonemes in a random order Introduction to the ‘ow’ sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound Spotting the odd one out (the picture with a different ‘ow’ sound) Segmenting and blending sounds in ‘ow’ words Phoneme counting Phoneme spotting in sentences Writing words with the ‘ow’ sound Writing a sentence with the ‘ow’ sound (Click ‘Read Only’ to open the PowerPoint.)
Phonics Phase 5 Alternative Pronunciation - ea (as in bread)
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Phonics Phase 5 Alternative Pronunciation - ea (as in bread)

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This resource is an interactive lesson aimed at whole class or group phonics. It is a 40 slide Powerpoint presentation that allows children to revise phonemes and learn or revisit the alternative ‘ea’ sound. It covers the ‘ea’ sound pronounced ‘e’ and takes 15-20 minutes. This non-editable PowerPoint is split into different sections: Revision of phase 5 phonemes in a random order Introduction to the ‘ea’ sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound Spotting the odd one out (the picture with a different ‘ea’ sound) Segmenting and blending sounds in ‘ea’ words Phoneme counting Phoneme spotting in sentences Writing words with the ‘ea’ sound Writing a sentence with the ‘ea’ sound (Click ‘Read Only’ to open the PowerPoint.)
Phonics Phase 5 Alternative Pronunciation - ch (as in chef)
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Phonics Phase 5 Alternative Pronunciation - ch (as in chef)

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This resource is an interactive lesson aimed at whole class or group phonics. It is a 45 slide Powerpoint presentation that allows children to revise phonemes and learn or revisit the alternative ‘ch’ sound. It covers the ‘ch’ sound pronounced ‘sh’ and takes 15-20 minutes. This non-editable PowerPoint is split into different sections: Revision of phase 5 phonemes in a random order Introduction to the ‘ch’ sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound Spotting the odd one out (the picture with a different ‘ch’ sound) Segmenting and blending sounds in ‘ch’ words Phoneme counting Phoneme spotting in sentences Writing words with the ‘ch’ sound Writing a sentence with the ‘ch’ sound Revision of tricky words (Click ‘Read Only’ to open the PowerPoint.)
Phonics Phase 5 Alternative Pronunciation c (as in cell)
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Phonics Phase 5 Alternative Pronunciation c (as in cell)

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This resource is an interactive lesson aimed at whole class or group phonics. It is a 42 slide Powerpoint presentation that allows children to revise phonemes and learn or revisit the alternative ‘c’ sound. It is the ‘c’ sound pronounced ‘s.’ It takes 15-20 minutes. This non-editable PowerPoint is split into different sections: Revision of phase 5 phonemes in a random order Introduction to ‘c’ sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound Segmenting and blending sounds in ‘c’ words Phoneme counting Phoneme spotting in sentences Writing words with ‘c’ sound Writing a sentence with ‘c’ sound (Click ‘Read Only’ to open the PowerPoint.)
Year 1 Reading Comprehension - Royal Babies
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Year 1 Reading Comprehension - Royal Babies

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I updated this on the 6th May 2019, following the birth of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s baby boy! This year 1 comprehension booklet teaches the children about lots of British royal baby facts, including bizarre traditions, royal baby names, royal baby christenings and royal baby clothes. This resource contains 3 differentiated booklets. Higher Ability The higher ability booklet contains a title page with helpful words, followed by five pages of pictures and short written extracts to read and 4-5 questions per page. Answers are included. Middle Ability The middle ability booklet contains a title page, followed by five pages of comprehension activities with answers. Each page contains a short piece of text (about 3-7 sentences). There are 3-4 trickier words on each page which have pictures to help children work out what they say. Each text is followed by 4-5 simple questions. Lower Ability The lower ability booklet contains a title page, followed by five pages of comprehension activities with answers. Each page contains a short simple piece of text (3-5 sentences). There are 4-5 trickier words on each page with pictures to help children work out what they say. Each text is followed by 4-5 simple questions. PowerPoint Presentation There is also a PowerPoint included in the pack containing a slide for each text from the middle ability booklet so that you can go through these comprehensions before the children complete them. Each slide also contains 3 words that are trickier to sound out, with sound buttons underneath them. I have included colour and black & white versions of each of the 3 booklets. The preview pages show the title page and one of the comprehension pages, from the middle ability booklets. They also show one slide from the PowerPoint. PDF file format. I hope your class enjoy learning some interesting facts about royal babies! You might also like our Year 2 Royal Babies comprehension: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/year-2-reading-comprehension-royal-family-royal-baby-3-levels-colour-and-black-and-white-11886762
Phonics phase 3 - 26 interactive lessons
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Phonics phase 3 - 26 interactive lessons

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FANTASTIC VALUE Save 68% This resource is a giant interactive PowerPoint with interactive lessons for ALL phase 3 phonemes- 26 sounds! Simply click on the sound and you will be taken to the appropriate lesson. Each lesson takes 15-20 minutes and is split into the following sections: Revision of phase 2 and 3 phonemes in a random order Introduction to new sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound Spotting the odd one out Reading words Phoneme counting Phoneme spotting in sentences Writing words with sound/filling in missing words Writing a sentence Revision of tricky words This resource contains over 1300 slides! It means you can be prepared for at least 5 weeks worth of phonics lessons. Simply open the PowerPoint each day and you are ready to teach!
Phonics phase 4 - The 'bl' sound - Consonant blends
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Phonics phase 4 - The 'bl' sound - Consonant blends

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This resource is an interactive lesson aimed at whole class or group phonics. It is a powerpoint presentation that allows children to revise previous phonemes and learn or revisit the sound ‘bl.’ It takes 15-20 minutes. This powerpoint is split into different sections: Revision of phase 3 and 4 phonemes in a random order Introduction to ‘bl’ sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound Spotting the odd one out (the picture without the ‘bl’ sound) Segmenting and blending sounds in ‘bl’ words Phoneme counting Phoneme spotting in sentences Writing words with ‘bl’ sound Writing a sentence with ‘bl’ sound Revision of phase 4 tricky words
Phonics phase 4 - The 'cl' sound - Consonant blends
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Phonics phase 4 - The 'cl' sound - Consonant blends

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This resource is an interactive lesson aimed at whole class or group phonics. It is a powerpoint presentation that allows children to revise previous phonemes and learn or revisit the sound ‘cl.’ It takes 15-20 minutes. This PowerPoint is split into different sections: Revision of phase 3 and 4 phonemes in a random order Introduction to ‘cl’ sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound Spotting the odd one out (the picture without the ‘cl’ sound) Segmenting and blending sounds in ‘cl’ words Phoneme counting Phoneme spotting in sentences Writing words with ‘cl’ sound Writing a sentence with ‘cl’ sound Revision of phase 4 tricky words
Year 2 Comprehensions - Autumn and Winter Celebrations - Bonfire Night, Remembrance Day, Christmas
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Year 2 Comprehensions - Autumn and Winter Celebrations - Bonfire Night, Remembrance Day, Christmas

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Fantastic Value These Year 2 SATs style comprehension booklets cover Bonfire Night, Remembrance Day and Christmas. There are 12 topics: The Gunpowder Plot How to build a bonfire Bonfire and Fireworks Safety Bonfire Night Food Remembrance Day Angel Gabriel visits Mary The birth of Jesus The shepherds visit Jesus The Wise Men Visit Jesus Christmas Pudding Recipe Mince Pie Recipe Trifle Recipe Each topic is split into 3 differentiated levels. There are a range of ‘what,’ ‘where,’ and ‘who’ questions, some multiple choice tick questions and some that require more detailed answers. Each booklet is based on the reading SATs paper, containing a similar style of questions and the same layout. No further preparation required.
Phonics Phases 2 to 5 High Frequency Words
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Phonics Phases 2 to 5 High Frequency Words

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This is a set of 24 PowerPoint presentations covering all the high frequency words for phonics phases 2, 3, 4 and 5. For each phonics phase there are 6 PowerPoint presentations. Each PowerPoint includes all the high frequency words for that phase. There is one word on each slide and the words are in a different order on each PowerPoint. Each PowerPoint has images with a different theme that is unconnected to the words. There are 6 themes - birds, minibeasts, seasons, pirates, dinosaurs and transport. Get your class to call out together or choose targeted children to decode the words. Use throughout the year - fit in during gaps or use during a phonics lesson.
Phonics Phase 5 High Frequency Words
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Phonics Phase 5 High Frequency Words

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This is a set of 6 PowerPoint presentations. Each PowerPoint includes all the Phase 5 high frequency words. There is one word on each slide and the words are in a different order on each PowerPoint. Each PowerPoint has images with a different theme that is unconnected to the words. There are 6 themes - birds, minibeasts, seasons, pirates, dinosaurs and transport. Get your class to call out together or choose targeted children to decode the words. Use throughout the year - fit in during gaps or use during a phonics lesson.
Phonics Phase 4 High Frequency Words
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Phonics Phase 4 High Frequency Words

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This is a set of 6 PowerPoint presentations. Each PowerPoint includes all the Phase 4 high frequency words. There is one word on each slide and the words are in a different order on each PowerPoint. Each PowerPoint has images with a different theme that is unconnected to the words. There are 6 themes - birds, minibeasts, seasons, pirates, dinosaurs and transport. Get your class to call out together or choose targeted children to decode the words. Use throughout the year - fit in during gaps or use during a phonics lesson.
Phonics Phase 3 High Frequency Words
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Phonics Phase 3 High Frequency Words

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This is a set of 6 PowerPoint presentations. Each PowerPoint includes all the Phase 3 high frequency words. There is one word on each slide and the words are in a different order on each PowerPoint. Each PowerPoint has images with a different theme that is unconnected to the words. There are 6 themes - birds, minibeasts, seasons, pirates, dinosaurs and transport. Get your class to call out together or choose targeted children to decode the words. Use throughout the year - fit in during gaps or use during a phonics lesson.
Phonics Phase 2 High Frequency Words
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Phonics Phase 2 High Frequency Words

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This is a set of 6 PowerPoint presentations. Each PowerPoint includes all the Phase 2 high frequency words. There is one word on each slide and the words are in a different order on each PowerPoint. Each PowerPoint has images with a different theme that is unconnected to the words. There are 6 themes - birds, minibeasts, seasons, pirates, dinosaurs and transport. Get your class to call out together or choose targeted children to decode the words. Use throughout the year - fit in during gaps or use during a phonics lesson.
Year 1 Comprehensions : Remembrance Day
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Year 1 Comprehensions : Remembrance Day

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This resource contains a comprehension pack on ‘Remembrance Day.’ There are four different comprehensions: What is Remembrance Day? The First Remembrance Day Why do we wear poppies? The History of the Poppy It includes answers and is suitable for using with year 1. Each comprehension contains a short piece of text (about 5 sentences) with words that can be sounded out. There are three trickier words which have pictures to help children work out what they say. The text is followed by 5 simple questions. There is also a powerpoint included in the pack containing a slide for each text so that you can go through the comprehensions before the children complete them. Each slide also contains 3 words that are trickier to sound out, with sound buttons underneath them. You might be interested in: Year 2 Comprehensions - Remembrance Day
Daily Phoneme Revision - Phases 2 to 5
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Daily Phoneme Revision - Phases 2 to 5

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A set of 20 alien-themed PowerPoints to help your class revise the phonemes for each of phases 2 to 5. Each PowerPoint contains 1 sound and 1 picture per slide. Simply click to reveal each sound. There are 5 PowerPoints for each phase. All the sounds are in a random order on each PowerPoint, to ensure children don’t simply learn the order. A perfect daily filler or starter which can be used instead of flashcards to ensure every child can properly see the graphemes.