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Letters and Sounds

Letters and Sounds
Whether you are a parent or teacher, you can use these free resources to help support the DfES Letters and Sounds phonics programme. If you're new to Letters and Sounds and want to find out what it's all about, visit What is Letters and Sounds to find out more. I aim to provide lots of free resources for parents and teachers who are following the Letters and Sounds programme. I've made a special effort to create themes which will engage all children. Looking around I have found resources on other sites which have lots of appeal for girls (flowers, butterflies etc.), but not so much aimed at boys' interests. Because of this I have chosen as my first theme colourful trucks, which I hope will appeal to boys and girls.

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Editable PowerPoint Newspapers PowerPoint Template Views 925,852 Filed under Educational , Editor's pick, english, newspaper, resource, school We have just updated our popular editable PowerPoint newspapers. With these you can create your own news headlines, articles and insert your own pictures. Following a couple of requests, we have updated these so that you can now add in your own newspaper name. A few different types of newspapers are included in the template. Random picker wheel - Spin the wheel and let it decide What is this tool? This is a picker wheel that spins and picks a random word based on your input. Fun and useful!

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