A simple PowerPoint introduction to Diwali. Children watch a video, listen to the Ramayana story then find out ways in which Hindus celebrate.

Differentiated sheets based on initial recounts.

A PowerPoint lesson plan featuring: 1. Identifying hot and cold items in the home 2. Fire detection equipment 3. Fire safety notices and fire drill 4. Making a 999 emergency services call

Small pictures designed to be used to support recount writing of the story.

Powerpoint presentation for parents on the teaching of Numbers and Patterns in the Early Years and Year 1. Covering counting, ordering, adding, subtracting, patterns, recognition and partitioning

Thanks to ruthbentham for her fab powerpoint. I have amended and animated her original resource to show how to put the tiles together in number bonds to make 10.

A story planning sheet designed for creating a twist on the Three Little Pigs. Encouraging the children to concentrate on characters, setting, story content etc.

Reading age chart for the Young Reading Test, and equivalent scores for the Burt, Schonell and Vernon graded word reading tests.

Powerpoint presentation on how to Observe children in the Early Years. Designed mainly for classroom assistants, but could be tweaked to present to parents and other staff at school. Additional word document case study. Suggest staff go through the training, then look at any observations they have already completed, as well as complete a joint/paired observation, and then discuss what is exactly required.

A powerpoint and worksheet designed to help children read real and pseudo 'alien' words from the /air/ /ear/ /are/ phoneme family. Designed to help children prepare for the Y1 Phonics screening test.

A simple timeline frame and pictures for children to order. 2 sets of pictures - with or without captions for differentiation. Made to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II's 90th birthday celebrations. Works well with my other product, The Queen at 90 PowerPoint.

A social story on how to ask politely for something.

A social story to explain why biting is not socially acceptable and strategies/ actions to take when a child needs to bite.

To be used alongside a practical sound hunt, listening to sounds in the environment. Using sound vocabulary, such as quiet and loud, other words can easily be substituted. A short song/rhyme has been included at the end, to recap that sounds are heard by the ears, one of the 5 senses.

A powerpoint designed to be used in assembly or in class for PSHE/PSED. Discussion point on what stealing is, to consider the consequences of stealing, and think of others’ feelings.

A powerpoint and worksheet designed to help children read real and pseudo 'alien' words from the /ai/ /ay/ /a-e/ phoneme family. Designed to help children prepare for the Y1 Phonics screening test.

3 differentiated grids for writing down the co-ordinates of different modes of transport.

3 differentiated writing frames for a simple non-fiction book. 1. front cover, 2 pages (half text, half picture) and back cover for blurb; 2. front cover, contents page, 2 pages (half text, half picture), index and back cover; 3. front cover, contents page, 3 pages (half text, half picture/diagram), glossary, index and back cover. All in Word format, so editable as necessary.

A short phoneme spotter for Phase 5 teaching/consolidation of the /er/ /ir/ /ur/ GPCs.

Pictorial recipe, pictorial sequencing instructions and sequencing pictures. Planning included.