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I am an EYFS teacher who also works within KS1. I am passionate about all things early years, phonics and learning through play. I like to make simple open ended resources that can have many uses where possible. I also run an Etsy shop selling bespoke hand painted greetings cards and nursery decor.

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I am an EYFS teacher who also works within KS1. I am passionate about all things early years, phonics and learning through play. I like to make simple open ended resources that can have many uses where possible. I also run an Etsy shop selling bespoke hand painted greetings cards and nursery decor.
editable wordsearch
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editable wordsearch

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Wordsearch currently containing HFWs to extend and support learning in spellings lessons. Children are given their new spellings, practice them in their best handwriting, then find them in the wordsearch. Finally they have to use each word in a sentence to show they understand the meaning.
physical or human features of a landscape
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physical or human features of a landscape

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worksheets and activities, with planning to link to Katie Morag topic, differentiateed activities for children to show their understanding of physical and human features of a landscape. Children choose which activity they would like to do - colour coding a drawing of Katie's Island, cutting and sticking different picutres of features into the correct column on a table, or using a sheet of useful words to write their own sentences to explain the difference between the two types of feature. Two other activity sheets are on here to use with this lesson as well, under physical / human
national strategy objectives for working walls
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national strategy objectives for working walls

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Speaking and Listening, Reading and Writing objectives from the national strategies to print and laminate. S&L objectives are on speech bubbles, Reading ones are on thought bubbles and Writing ones are on scrolls, so if you pin them on your working walls next to your learning steps, children will easily be able to identify what type of Literacy they will be doing and what learning objective their activities link to.
comparing seaside entertainment then and now
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comparing seaside entertainment then and now

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Simple now and then sentence writing activity for children to compare entertainment 100 years ago and now at the seaside. Second page has images for ideas, some may provoke discussion. Children can either choose two favourite / images to cut and stick on page 1 or copy them into the image boxes.
cinderella writing frame
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cinderella writing frame

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sime writing sheet with line drawings of key events to support writing. Learning objectives and self assessment success criteria at the end.
Book recommendation pro-forma
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Book recommendation pro-forma

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Sheet for children to fill in to explain why others should read a particular book. Questions to support more extended answers and teacher's comment box with AF2 and 7 reading links to support APP evidence gathering.
Fair Trade assembly
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Fair Trade assembly

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Script and Powerpoint for an assembly on the journey of cocoa beans to become chocolate bars, and how choosing fair trade products can help people less fortunate than us.
simple word problems
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simple word problems

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word problems about monsters, children have to draw the monsters and write the maths story (mms) or sum underneath.