I am a primary school teacher (mostly KS1) and love creating new resources. Making resources to fit your lessons is time consuming so hopefully you can find something in my shop to create a bit of extra down time.
I am a primary school teacher (mostly KS1) and love creating new resources. Making resources to fit your lessons is time consuming so hopefully you can find something in my shop to create a bit of extra down time.
February comprehension mats for use with guided reading (teacher led), whole class activity or individual work for greater depth pupils.
4 February themed sheets for pupils to complete.
How can I use this resourse?
Pupils should read each passage 2-3 times to build fluency and then answer the questions or follow the instructions. Pupils should be encouraged to highlight or underline key words as they go. You could do this as a whole class activity with the sheet displayed on the white board, or in small groups. Some pupils will be able to do this independently should you choose to use the sheets as a fast finisher activity for greater depth pupils, or as a reading extension.
You could also use the sheets as a grammar lesson, highlighting nouns, adjectives, verbs etc as you read the passage together.
What’s included?
The February pack includes 4 mats covering:
Valentines Day
Polar Bear Story
Dentist
Random Acts of Kindness Day
Who can use this resource?
Mostly suitable for Year 1 as a guided reading activity and Y2 as an independent activity. Year 1 greater depth pupils could be given these as a fast finisher activity or a stretching worksheet.
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A set of Chinese New Year images with the numbers 1-10. Can be used as part of a Chinese New Year display, or in a tuff tray for a range of different fine motor activities.
Why not use chop sticks or tweezers to encourage pupils to pick up pom poms or other items to place on the cards - eg 5 pom poms for the number 5. Or use in your role play area to encourage corresponding food items with the number. You could also print and laminate the numbers to use as cards, and have pupils order numbers 1-10.
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Star Emoji Zones of Regulation Poster suitable for EYFS and KS1 classrooms.
Simple emojis with faces that younger children will recognise - designed with EYFS and Year 1 children in mind.
Display in your classroom. There are 4 sheets, but you do not have to use them all. You could just use the two emoji A4 posters, or create a larger display with the additional header and ‘How do you feel today?’ poster.
Alternatively, you could use the ‘How do you feel today?’ sheet as part of a learning activity sheet, or as an early morning activity.
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Chinese New Year themed Colour by word. 5 differentiated sheets with the year 1 Common Exception Words. Great sight reading practice whilst sitting alongside teaching of the Chinese New Year.
A great end of task / fast finisher activity to keep your pupils engaged whilst learning their spellings.
You could also use as a side activity in a guided reading lesson as the sheets can be completed independently with little adult guidance.
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Get the new term off to a running start with this bundle of new year and winter themed writing resources.
This bundle includes:
New Year Resolution Writing Frame
New Year Bunting - writing and colouring for your classroom display
New Year / January reading comprehensions - great for guided reading, or small group work.
Minimal planning and worksheets at your fingertips - make the beginning of the new term easy for yourself!
Each of the items in this bundle are available to purchase individually. However, purchasing the items as a bundle does result in considerable saving.
The terms of use for each item is included in the download.
Winter / New Year comprehension mats for use with guided reading (teacher led), whole class activity or individual work for greater depth pupils.
4 winter themed sheets for pupils to complete. Pupils should read each passage 2-3 times to build fluency and then answer the questions or follow the instructions. Pupils should be encouraged to highlight or underline key words as they go. You could do this as a whole class activity with the sheet displayed on the white board, or in small groups. Some pupils will be able to do this independently should you choose to use the sheets as a fast finisher activity for greater depth pupils, or as a reading extension.
You could also use the sheets as a grammar lesson, highlighting nouns, adjectives, verbs etc as you read the passage together.
The January pack includes:
New Year
Winter
Chinese New Year
How to make a Hot Chocolate.
Mostly suitable for KS1
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A great activity to start the new year with this bunting writing activity. Pupils can write their resolutions and goals and then colour their bunting. In addition there is a New Year acrostic poem to add to your classroom display.
There are 4 different designs for different levels of ability.
Includes:
My New Year’s Resolution writing banner
Favouring memories / goals banner
NEW YEAR acrostic poem banner
Happy New Year colouring banner
Simply print the sheets on A4 paper. You can either trim them or get the children to cut them out and then have the children complete the questions and decorate their banner. Minimal planning time and a super way to engage the children on their return to school.
Suitable for years 1 and 2.
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New Year 2025 resolution and goals writing frame. A writing activity for younger children to bring in the new year and new term. Pupils can list resolutions, draw a picture of their dreams and write a list of what they would like to get better at in 2025. They can then draw a selfie in the phone frame.
A fun and engaging way to start the new term.
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Christingle orange and candle colouring sheet. Perfect to sit alongside the teaching of Christingle in KS1.
This resource can be purchased as a stand alone document, or as part of my christmas activity Bundle.
Three different games. The first game starts with satpin and continues with single initial sounds. Each game moves through the sounds and digraphs.
Children create a Christmas scene by matching the correct word to the corresponding picture card. If they have completed all of the cards correctly, pupils will create a Christmas picture.
Also good for a picture matching / jigsaw activity.
You can also purchase this resource as part of my Christmas Bundle
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Grab yourself a bargain with this bundle of Christmas themed resources. Included in this bundle you will receive:
CEW Christmas Themed Colour by Word (4 Sheets)
Mixed ability Christmas Activity Pack (15 Sheets)
Christmas Maths Sheets (9 Sheets)
Winter Themed Cut and Stick (1 Sheet)
Christmas Phonics Matching Game.
Christingle Colouring Sheet (1 Sheet)
Enough sheets to keep your class busy and engaged over the festive period!
By purchasing the bundle of items together you will pay significantly less than the individual list prices.
The terms of use for this Bundle are attached to each download.
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10 number pictures with corresponding digits and words.
Simply print and go! Hand the document out to your pupils, have them collect glue and scissors and off they go!
Pupils can either just complete the digits, or add on the number as word as an extra challenge.
A great fast finisher activity as no real input is needed. Also great for SEND children to recap their number recognition.
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A mixed pack of fun and engaging activities for Christmas week. 15 mixed ability worksheets for KS1 Children.
Pack includes:
Colouring sheets
Colour by number
Dot to dots
Maze
Crossword
Wordsearch
Word scramble
Christmas phrases
Drawing
Counting the christmas objects
Christmas pencil control.
Be sure to keep your pupils busy and engaged with this fun learning pack.
A card game suitable for EYFS or KS1 children. Simply cut the cards to size and ask the children to match the pictures to each season.
A fun and engaging way to help children recognise the changing seasons and weather within the seasons.
There are 6 pictures for each season, including the three months of the year which correspond to the season. This card can be removed to differentiate for younger or SEN pupils.
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A great game to play with younger children for Anti-bullying week / Odd Sock Day
Simply trim the cards and hand out to children. You can either play a whole class game where children must find their matching sock partner, but beware someone will have an odd sock (unless you choose not to give out the odd sock).
OR, play a snap type game in smaller groups. You could turn over one card at a time or two cards. If the child spots a pair they get to keep them. The winner is the person with the most pairs of socks at the end of the game.
You could also use to aid counting in two’s.
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A fun and engaging card game based on 2D shapes (basic geometry skills). Perfect for a plenary, end of lesson filler, whole class activity or consolidation task.
Each shape is paired with a colour and the words of both the colour and the shape are written on each card to help children with their reading skills.
There are 32 cards - enough for a whole class activity. It can also be played in smaller groups and each pupil is given more than one card, or some can be taken out.
It is a great game for building confidence.
Shapes covered: rectangle, square, circle, triangle, oval, pentagon, hexagon, heart and star.
Your pupils will love this!
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4 Christmas / Holiday themed colouring sheets - colour by code. Great sight reading practise.
Aligned to the Year 1 common exception words / spelling words.
A great end of task / fast finisher activity over the Christmas period to keep your pupils engaged whilst learning their spellings.
There are 4 sheets in the pack, each containing different CEW.
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Everyday Materials Lesson starters and an end of unit of quiz consisting of 10 multiple choice question.
This presentation has been made with UK year 1 students in mind, but it would also fit other curriculum that teach Everyday Materials and their Properties.
I have made a series of worksheets on this science topic, They can be purchased individually or as a bundle.
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A full half term (7 weeks) of start of day activities for Year 1 pupils.
Slides follow the Year 1 National Curriculum (UK) for Phonics, English and Maths.
Peace of mind with a whole set of morning work. Pages reinforce phonic initial sounds, small steps in maths and EYFS/Year 1 CEW with some additional science (seasons and weather) slides. Fun Christmas activities for the last week of term.
The document is a Power Point presentation and I have left it editable so you can add or remove content. However, please note that reproduction or resale of the product is not permitted under my Terms of Use (attached to the power point)
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Addition and Subtraction Fast Finisher cards
A set of cards for quick finishers or as an end of unit assessment. Simply laminate the printed sheets (or print on card) and hand out to your speedy workers, or stick on walls for children to complete as part of a challenge.
Activities follow small steps for using a part-whole model and addition and subtraction, in the second half of the Autumn Term.
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