by admin | Oct 27, 2016 | Book Reviews
I have recently finished the historical novel, Kings of the Boyne, by Nicola Pierce. The book was mainly about the famous battle, Battle of the Boyne. The chapters switched between four groups of people: – Gerald O’ Connor and his French friend, Jacques,...
by admin | Oct 27, 2016 | Hallowe'en, Infants
This seasonal activity features twelve different Hallowe’en-themed images, four per A4 page. It is aimed at the development of visual perception. Pupils have to match the silhouette to the Hallowe’en-themed image. Laminate all pages in the resource. Place...
by admin | Oct 23, 2016 | Technology
I’ve been so preoccupied with my own work at school, that I’d quite forgotten about organising the fifth Signs of Autumn Twitter Project this term. Given that Autumn is already well on the road and winter is gradually approaching, I thought that we might...
by admin | Oct 18, 2016 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, AEN, Reading
This literacy resource is aimed at pupils in middle classes or SEN pupils. It is made up of cloze sentences with one word missing in the middle. The missing words are all verbs. The pack contains a base board, the missing words and twelve sentence strips. The pupil...
by admin | Oct 16, 2016 | AEN, Hallowe'en, Infants
Getting younger pupils used to handling a scissors and cutting lines or patterns is a useful activity for fine motor skills. Pupils with special educational needs may also need some extra practice with this activity. This seasonal resource requires pupils to cut out...
by admin | Oct 16, 2016 | AEN, Hallowe'en, Infants
Getting younger pupils used to handling a scissors and cutting lines or patterns is a useful activity for fine motor skills. Pupils with special educational needs may also need some extra practice with this activity. This seasonal resource requires pupils to cut out...
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by admin | Oct 16, 2016 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Number
This new maths resource is released to coincide with Maths Week. It consists of five maths mats, each containing eight numbers from 0-20. The purpose of the mats is to focus on the development of mental maths and the consolidation of maths facts. Supply all of the...
by admin | Oct 16, 2016 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, Oral Work, Science, Technology
We’re doing some work on animal homes at the moment as part of a theme on Houses and Homes. We did lots of work on identifying the names of a variety of animals and the names of the special homes that they live in. As part of a follow-up to those lessons, I...
by admin | Oct 5, 2016 | AEN, Infants, Number
These mats are suitable for infant classrooms, especially during group work, where a group may be working on playdoh and number. There are six mats in the set focusing on the numbers 0-5. Having young pupils do this sort of work with playdoh helps to consolidate the...
by admin | Oct 3, 2016 | 1st/2nd, AEN, Infants, Oral Work
Getting younger pupils used to handling a scissors and cutting lines or patterns is a useful activity for fine motor skills. Pupils with special educational needs may also need some extra practice with this activity. This seasonal resource requires pupils to cut out...
by admin | Oct 3, 2016 | 1st/2nd, AEN, Infants, Oral Work
Getting younger pupils used to handling a scissors and cutting lines or patterns is a useful activity for fine motor skills. Pupils with special educational needs may also need some extra practice with this activity. This seasonal resource requires pupils to cut out...
by admin | Oct 3, 2016 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, AEN, Number
This resource is aimed at pupils in junior/middle classes or SEN pupils. It assumes an understanding of the representation of Hundreds, Tens and Units on an abacus. Its aim is to assess whether pupils can match the number with the associated abacus. Laminate all of...
by admin | Oct 2, 2016 | AEN, Misc
This resource consists of a schedule for doing mouth exercises with a class or a group of children. Just like we exercise the body, it is also important to exercise the mouth and mouth muscles in order to help our speech and sounds. Laminate all of the pages of the...
by admin | Oct 2, 2016 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, History, History, Infants
The purpose of this resource is to visually help pupils understand change and progression over time. There are four headers in this resource: First, Next, Then and Now. There are also bars to connect the four headers. All of the pages of the resource should be...
by admin | Oct 2, 2016 | Book Reviews
“The Moon Spun Round – W. B. Yeats For Children” is a new illustrated book from the O’Brien Press. It features poems, folk tales, childhood writing and some information on W. B. Yeats and his family. Having been born and raised in the...
