A passage with questions aimed at developing inference and deduction skills in KS2 children. Answers provided. Ideal for home learning during school closures.

A short passsage focused on developing children’s ability to make inferences and deductions. There are 8 questions and answers are included. Suitable for KS2 children.

Free KS2 worksheet - A short passage with inference and comprehension questions. Answers provided. Aimed at supporting home learning during school closures.

Free phonics CVC word building activity followed by a task where children have to change the middle sound to form a new word. Ideal for Foundation stage children or children in need of phonics support.

Free Problem solving questions aimed at KS2 children - Free - Ideal for home learning during schol closures. Made up of Number and shape and space problems. Colourful resources with ANSWERS included!

The perfect activity for boosting self-esteem and wellbeing in children. This can be used as part of a PDMU lesson. Great as a whole class activity or perfect for intervention groups for children with anxiety.

A set of ‘brain break’ cards designed to allow children to use during lessons when they need a short break to refocus. Cards are to be cut out and laminated. Teacher should model how to use them and set boundaries and rules. The brain breaks include: Yoga stretches Short writing/drawing tasks Breathing techniques Colouring Mindfulness strategies Exercise

This includes: 1 Body scan 3 x Meditation scripts. Meditations are beneficial to children as it improves their ability to focus and regroup. They are great for helping children manage anxieties and practice mindfulness. I have used these meditations many times in whole class settings as well as small groups and children really enjoy them. They are also a great way to calm children down after lunchtime, after a P.E lesson or as a way to begin the day. Body scan Meditation 1 - Beach meditation Meditation 2 - Floating on a cloud Meditation 3 - Drifting down a river

Contains spelling and phonics activities for the digraphs: th ng qu ar Each digraph file contains: -6 spellings -2 tricky words -Read and highlight the sound -Fill in the missing words -A challenge task I use these activities for homework - they are ideal for teaching linguistic phonics.

Times tables bingo slides - ideal for home learning during school closures - Good activity for tutoring tables over zoom. Instructions: Simply ask a times table e.g. 4 x 5 and the child will cross out the answer if it is on the bingo card! Keep going until the child crosses out all answers! This resource has bingo cards for x2 through to x 9 and then mixed cards!

Smarties Investigation - Data Handling Used for an observation lesson Children are required to investigate the most common colour of smartie. They can work in pairs -You will need one mini tube of smarties per pair. Children must separate smarties by colour and count how many of each colour they have. They should use this data to create a tally chart. Then they should use their tally chart to draw a bar graph. Success criteria provided on the worksheet. Resources needed: Smarties Ruler Square paper

Persuasive writing template with word bank. Children required to choose a holiday destination they have been to or would love to go to and persuade the reader to go there. Ideal as a writing homework.

Writing a discussion text with your class? Use this success criteria and self assessment sheet to help kids write arguments for and against their chosen topic!

Blank template that can be used or adapted for leaflet writing! My class used it to write a factual leaflet about King Tutankhamun!

First 100 high frequency words - on PowerPoint to be used as flash cards Ideal for revision during home-learning!

Phonics revision flash cards. Ideal for revision of all sounds!

A selection of questions that can be applied to any fiction book. Can be used for KS1 or KS2 with differentiated outcomes. Ideal for parents to support children reading at home during school closures.

KS1 problem solving - Number and shape and space problems. A colourful resource that can be adapted. Ideal for home learning during school closures. Answers provided!

Phonics activities based on the digraphs ‘sh’ ‘th’ ‘ch’. Ideal for a follow up task or homework after introducing the focus sound. Aimed at Foundation stage or Lower KS1 in need of extra support. Each activity begins with a short text in which can be read as a class or with an adult - Children should colour or underline the words that have the focus sound. Next the children will sort some words - does the focus sound come at the beginning or end of the word? Then the children will complete a word building task, a wordsearch and a syllable counting task.

An art planner based on the topic ‘Ancient Egypt’ Exciting and fun activities ranging from Egyptian style portraits to making necklaces. All activities are relatively easy to prepare for. These plans tried and tested on Year 4/Primary 5.