Educator passionate about giving every child the best start. Through Algar Pathways, I support schools with practical CPD to improve learning.

Algar Pathways Official: TikTok, Instagram | Linktree

Your own Christmas helper:
Combining the Classic, Low Effort, Winter Magic, and Extra Cheeky Editions this perfect, festive bundle is packed FULL with varying levels of mischief and mess!

With over 60 Elf ideas for Decembers – year after year!

Christmas Elf: Festive Bundle Edition

Christmas Elf - Festive Bundle Edition

Your own Christmas helper:
This pack is filled with mischievous ideas, perfect for the classroom.

24 classroom-friendly Elf ideas for a stress-free December, perfect for teachers and busy festive heroes.

Christmas Elf: Classroom Edition

Your own Christmas helper:
This pack is filled with shockingly cheeky ideas, are you sure you want THIS elf?

24 fun, foolproof Elf ideas to make the season easy and unforgettable (and a little messy). 

Christmas Elf: Extra Cheeky Edition

Your own Christmas helper:
This perfect pack is filled with winter magic and North Pole-themed ideas and activities!

24 wintery Elf ideas to fill your December with magic, mischief, and joy.

Christmas Elf: Winter Magic Edition

Your own Christmas helper:
This perfect pack is filled with ultra-low-effort ideas to keep the magic alive.

24 magical Elf moments, ready to go – even on your busiest days. 

Christmas Elf: Low Effort Edition

Your own Christmas helper:
This perfect pack is filled with mischievous ideas and activities!

24 Elf ideas so you’ll never scramble at 10pm again. 

Christmas Elf: Classic Edition

Elf Yourself a Merry Christmas

This is your blueprint for lifelong learning and unstoppable growth. The only eBook made to read in one sitting; still packed with tips and resources to make learning achievable. Upgrade your mindset and unlock your skills, because the only limit is how you choose to learn.

Teach Yourself Anything – Bundle

This pack includes two weeks’ worth of planning for ‘Tell Me a Dragon’. This planning can be used for Reception, Year 1 and/or Year 2 (and has previously been used in a mixed Reception/Year 1/Year 2 class – yes, all three cohorts at once!).

This includes:
•	Day-by-Day Planning Document for Two Weeks (this includes/outlines all Lesson Objectives; Hook & Retrieval activities; Main Input & corresponding Activities for Reception, Year 1 and 2; Plenary activities). 
•	A ‘Front Cover’ outlining the unit aims, for use on your Literacy display/in the children’s books to indicate the new unit.
•	Six PowerPoints to support teaching (including subordinating and coordinating conjunctions, nouns, expanded noun phrases, and adverbials). 
•	3 resources to support scaffolding and learning (inc. an editable ‘Gazette’ story, a passport writing structure/frame, a narrative ‘planning’ structure/frame).

Tell Me a Dragon (2 Week Unit)

This pack includes four weeks’ worth of planning for ‘Stella and the Seagull’. This planning can be used for Reception, Year 1 and/or Year 2 (and has previously been used in a mixed Reception/Year 1/Year 2 class – yes, all three cohorts at once!).

This includes:
•	Day-by-Day Planning Document for Four Weeks (this includes/outlines all Lesson Objectives; Hook & Retrieval activities; Main Input & corresponding Activities for Reception, Year 1 and 2; Plenary activities). 
•	Baseline Assessment activity, and assessment sheets for both Year 1 and 2.
•	End of Unit Assessment sheets for both Year 1 and 2.
•	A ‘Front Cover’ outlining the unit aims, for use on your Literacy display/in the children’s books to indicate the new unit.
•	Seven PowerPoints to support teaching. 
•	12 resources to support scaffolding and learning (inc. text structures, writing templates, sentence stems, and more). 

Stella and the Seagull (4 Week Unit)

This pack includes 3 weeks’ worth of planning for ‘Ellsworth’s Extraordinary Electric Ears’. This planning can be used for Reception, Year 1 and/or Year 2 (and has previously been used in a mixed Reception/Year 1/Year 2 class – yes, all three cohorts at once!).

It includes:
•	Day-by-Day Planning Docs for 3 Weeks (this includes/outlines all Lesson Objectives; Hook & Retrieval activities; Main Input & corresponding Activities for Reception, Year 1 and 2; Plenary activities). 
•	Baseline Assessment activity (+ writing template), and assessment sheets for Year 1 & 2.
•	End of Unit Assessment sheets for Year 1 & 2.
•	A ‘Front Cover’ outlining the unit aims, for use on your Literacy display/in the children’s books to indicate the new unit.
•	Tiered vocabulary explanation and examples. 
•	5 PowerPoints to support teaching. 
•	8 templates to support scaffolding and learning (inc. text structures, and a writing template for the final write).
•	Alphabet cards (resource to support Lesson 4). 

Ellsworth’s Extraordinary Electric Ears (3 Wks) 

Ellsworth’s Extraordinary Electric Ears (3 Week Unit)

This pack includes four weeks’ worth of planning for ‘Dear Mother Goose’. This planning can be used for Year 1 and/or Year 2 (and has previously been used in a mixed Year 1/Year 2 class).

This includes:
•	Day-by-Day Planning Document for Four Weeks (this includes/outlines all Lesson Objectives; Hook & Retrieval activities; Main Input & corresponding Activities for Year 1 and 2; and Plenary activities). 
•	Baseline Assessment activity and assessment sheets for both Year 1 and 2.
•	End of Unit Assessment sheets for both Year 1 and 2.
•	A ‘Front Cover’ outlining the unit aims, for use on your Literacy display/in the children’s books to indicate the new unit.
•	Tiered vocabulary explanation and examples. 
•	Three PowerPoints (total of 6 slides) to support teaching. 
•	Nine templates to support scaffolding and learning (inc. text structures, sentence starters, proofreading templates/examples, book review template, and a writing template for the final write).

Dear Mother Goose (4 Week Unit)

This pack includes two weeks’ worth of planning for ‘Whatever Next’. This planning can be used for Year 1 and/or Year 2 (and has previously been used in a mixed Year 1/Year 2 class).

This includes:
•	Day-by-Day Planning Document for Four Weeks (this includes/outlines all Lesson Objectives; Hook & Retrieval activities; Main Input & corresponding Activities for Reception, Year 1 and 2; and Plenary activities). 
•	A PowerPoint to support teaching. 

Whatever Next (2 Week Unit)

This pack includes three weeks’ worth of planning for ‘Boa’s Bad Birthday’. This planning can be used for Reception, Year 1 and/or Year 2 (and has previously been used in a mixed Reception/Year 1/Year 2 class – yes, that’s right, all three cohorts at once!).

This includes:
•	Day-by-Day Planning Document for Three Weeks (this includes/outlines all Lesson Objectives and small steps of learning; Hook & Retrieval activities; Main Input & corresponding Activities for Reception, Year 1 and 2; and Plenary activities). 
•	Baseline Assessment activity and assessment sheets for both Year 1 and 2.
•	End of Unit Assessment sheets for both Year 1 and 2.
•	A ‘Front Cover’ outlining the unit aims, for use on your Literacy display/in the children’s books to indicate the new unit.
•	Two text structures to support scaffolding/teaching. 
•	Two templates for story maps and one template for a storyboard.

Boa’s Bad Birthday (3 Week Unit)

This pack includes two weeks’ worth of planning for ‘Little People, Big Dreams: Amelia Earhart’. This planning can be used for Year 1 and/or Year 2 (and has previously been used in a mixed Year 1/Year 2 class).

This includes:
•	Day-by-Day Planning Document for Two Weeks (this includes/outlines all Lesson Objectives; Hook & Retrieval activities; Main Input & corresponding Activities; and Plenary activities). 
•	A ‘Front Cover’ outlining the unit aims, for use on your Literacy display/in the children’s books to indicate the new unit.
•	A powerpoint (21 slides) to assist teaching. 
•	Two templates for story maps and one template for a storyboard.

Amelia Earhart (2 Week Unit)

This pack includes three weeks’ worth of planning for ‘A First Poetry Book – Pie Corbett’. This planning can be used for Reception, Year 1 and/or Year 2 (and has previously been used in a mixed Reception/Year 1/Year 2 class – yes, that’s right, all three cohorts at once!).

This includes:
•	Day-by-Day Planning Document for Three Weeks (this includes/outlines all Lesson Objectives and small steps of learning; Hook & Retrieval activities; Main Input & corresponding Activities for Reception, Year 1 and 2; and Plenary activities). 
•	Baseline Assessment activity and assessment sheets for both Year 1 and 2.
•	End of Unit Assessment sheets for both Year 1 and 2.
•	A ‘Front Cover’ outlining the unit aims, for use on your Literacy display/in the children’s books to indicate the new unit.

A First Poetry Book – Pie Corbett (3 Week Unit) 

Three documents (Nursery, Preschool & Reception) outlining the seven key areas, making planning and assessment easier. 

These documents are colour-coded, making them easy to follow and cohesive. They carefully break down Development matters into three helpful stages within the EYFS (Nursery, Preschool & Reception).

Development Matters Documents 

This pack includes two week's worth of planning for 'We're Going on an Egg Hunt'. 

This includes a Continuous Provision Plan, two Enhanced Provision Plans, and two Weekly Overviews for the setting (to help with delegating tasks and setting up the space).

We're Going on an Egg Hunt (2 Week Unit)

This pack includes two week's worth of planning for 'The Enormous Turnip'. 

This includes a Continuous Provision Plan, two Enhanced Provision Plans, and two Weekly Overviews for the setting (to help with delegating tasks and setting up the space).

The Enormous Turnip (2 Week Unit)

This pack includes two week's worth of planning for 'Jasper's Beanstalk'. 

This includes a Continuous Provision Plan, two Enhanced Provision Plans, and two Weekly Overviews for the setting (to help with delegating tasks and setting up the space).

Jasper's Beanstalk (2 Week Unit)

The ultimate resources to accompany your lifelong learning and unstoppable growth. Upgrade your mindset and unlock your skills, because the only limit is how you choose to learn.

These resources were carefully designed and tailored to accompany and support you as a learner, both alongside 'Teach Yourself Anything' (eBook) and beyond.  

Teach Yourself Anything - Resources

Teach Yourself Anything – Resources

Teach Yourself Anything

This is your blueprint for lifelong learning and unstoppable growth. The only eBook made to read in one sitting; still packed with tips to make learning achievable. Upgrade your mindset and unlock your skills, because the only limit is how you choose to learn.

Teach Yourself Anything – eBook

This pack includes one week's worth of planning for 'The Gruffalo'.

This includes a Continuous Provision Plan, an Enhanced Provision Plan, and a Weekly Overview for the setting (to help with delegating tasks and setting up the space).

The Gruffalo (1 Week Unit)

This pack includes one week's worth of planning for 'We're Going on a Bear Hunt'. 

This includes a Continuous Provision Plan, an Enhanced Provision Plan, and a Weekly Overview for the setting (to help with delegating tasks and setting up the space). 

Algar Pathways

Educator passionate about giving every child the best start. Through Algar Pathways, I support schools with practical CPD to improve learning.

Elf Yourself a Merry Christmas

Teach Yourself Anything

Planning - EYFS (Nurs & Presch)

Planning - KS1 (Literacy/English)

Social Media

More from Linktree