A great resource for guided reading for KS1/2 and lower KS3. Can be printed out as individual worksheets and as display sheets. Also included is powerpoint presentation. Fact sheets on J.K.Rowlings life can be printed out and put up on reading board. Timeline regarding publication of books. Suggested follow on activities. A great resource for guided reading and anyone studying Harry Potter. Edited and corrected.

A super resource for Roald Dahl Day in September 54 pages for KS1and KS2 Fascinating facts to print out and display on your literacy working wall of Roald Dahl's life. A time line showing the years various books were published. Suggestions of writing and drawing follow up activities. I have also included a powerpoint presentation for use in the classroom. So there is display, presentation and activities, reference, facts etc will save all teachers a lot of preparation.

Anyone studying Jaqueline Wilson this is a great resource. Looks at her life styles, her hobbies and her achievements. Also two worksheets with ideas for writing. Also included a powerpoint presentation for class use.

18 page workbook on The Amazon Rainforest. Can be printed out as individual sheets or as entire workbook. Upper KS1 and KS2 Cross curricular approach. Includes Fact sheets Comprehension Questions Creative writing, poetry writing, persuasive writing, writing notes for a presentation. Vocabulary words and match with the definition Internet and research skills What I have learned sheet.

A superb resource for KS1 and 2 with a selection of original and famous stories, poems and legends with a Christmas Theme. 26 page resource and powerpoint presentation. Poem: A Child's Christmas with comprehension questions and then pupils have to write an acrostic poem. Poem: The Candy Cane with comprehension questions followed by descriptive writing activity My Favourite Christmas decoration Story/Legend: Mrs Babushka with comprehension questions and imaginative writing activity Complete the story Poem: All in Red activity write a red poem Poem: All in Green activity write a green poem Poem extract: The Christmas Party activity write a list and draw Legend: How Robin got his Red Breast with comprehension questions and Internet research to find Legend of the Christmas Tree Poem: The Kitchen Table with comprehension questions Poem extract: Silver Bells activity write a Father Christmas Poem

13 Vocabulary Word Mats suitable for EYFS and KS1 on a variety of subjects. All mats contain related graphics as well as the words. These can be printed off as individual vocabulary mats to help the children with vocabulary for writing or for classroom display boards and working walls. Colourful and bright to light up any classroom. PDF file and presentation included. Topics included are:- Autumn Easter Seaside St. Patrick's Day My Family Animals Life Cycle of Butterfly Life Cycle of Frog Colours......dinosaur theme Solid shapes Flat Shapes Christmas

A great resource to use with the children to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. A pdf file for Key Stage 1 which may also be useful for lower ability Key stage 2 or SEN. The 20 worksheets can be printed out separately and used for differentiation or as an entire booklet to let the children take home. There are a variety of writing and drawing tasks for literacy. Acrostic poems, quizzes, alphabetical order, true or false, creative writing, finding words, similes and research from books or the internet. A great resource to celebrate Ireland's saint.

Suitable for KS1this workbook provides pupils with a number of problem solving activities. 10 slides on PDF and a powerpointpresentation. Activities involve addition, subtraction and multiplication problem solving activitities. This will be good for a one off lesson on St. Patrick's Day. It can be printed out as a complete workbook or as individual worksheets.

This is an original short story written by me personifying Titanic as a woman before its sinking. There are four pages for the children to read and then I have created Comprehension activities, vocabulary activities, creative writing activities, SPaG activities, and deduction activities. This is suitable for year 5 and 6 or a good reader further down the Key Stage. It is a pdf file which can be printed out as individuall workbooks. It would also be useful for group work reading. There's a twist to the story

The first in my series of Explorers and Navigators resources for KS1/2. I have written the story of Christopher Columbus in a child friendly vocabulary, outlining his life, his travel to Spain and then west across the Atlantic Ocean. I have included a PDF filewhich can be printed as individual workbooks and a powerpoint presentation for discussion about the topic.There are comprehension questions, writing activities, some grammar, a ship's log entry and a story planning sheet. I have also included some word maps which could be printed out for teacher display boards. A super original resource for Columbus Day or discoverers

A PDF file for KS1 and 2 relating to the landing at Galippoli during the 1st WW. These are original poems written by me for the children to discuss and then create their own acrostic poems, look at personification, similes, metaphors etc. I have also included a powerpoint presentation to be used as a class hook.

To celebrate Roald Dahl and this publication with new illustrations by Quentin Blake I have created this 27 page PDF file. It is a super resource and can be printed out as a complete workbook. It covers characters in the story, writing tasks and drawing activities making it a fun workbook for all the children at different levels of achievement. Tasks include: Internet Research, descriptive and imaginative writing, empathy with the characters, sound words, book reviews, speech writing, sentence construction, a newspaper report and a little bit of Science regarding animals and their sense of smell. Powerpoint also included for class discussion. I will be delighted to have feedback if you purchase this.

The third resource in my series of Explorers and Navigators, a PDF file and powerpoint presentation suitable for KS1 and KS2. This is a child friendly story written in simple language telling the facts about Vasco Da Gama's journey around Africa to the trading city of Calcutta in India. It can be printed out as a complete workbook or as individual pages for project work and display. It includes reading and writing activities, diary entries, a ship's log entry, newspaper reporters questions, descriptive and imaginative writing and a few comprehension questions.

This PDF file can be printed out for the children to read at whole school assembly. The powerpoint presentation can be used for school assembly or for discussion in class. It is suitable for KS1 and could be adapted for KS2. It is suitable for interdenominational schools. It includes readings, the word HARVEST broken up into separate letters representing various words associated with harvest, a poem and a short prayer. The main themes are:- Saying thank you to God, to farmers,to fishermenand to fruitpickers. Sharing with others Thinking about God as creator Taking care of God's world.

This 28 page resource has the Nativity story written in an original format and in child friendly vocabulary. It is suitable for KS1 and tells the story of the birth of Jesus, the visit of the shepherds, the journey of the wisemen and the role of King Herod. It consists of reading pages and follow up writing and drawing activities. The booklet can be printed out for each child or used for differentation. It is a similar format to my Easter story book recommended by Tes. I have also included a powerpoint presentation. Written activities include vocabulary exercises, comprehension questions, newspaper reports , sentence construction, retelling parts of the story and ordering.

This Christmas assembly is a unique resource consisting of a 23 page PDF file and Powerpoint presentation. It is Christmas taken from the viewpoint of animals, donkeys, robins, sheep. The animals introduce themselves and tell the children about their various roles on Christmas Eve. These little stories could be used for a Christmas class assembly. The follow up activities include writing and drawing activities, comprehension questions, a nativity wordmat,storywriting, poetry writing, newspaper reports and an internet activity. Great for KS1and lowere KS2.