Classroom Secrets is a growing educational resource company based in Halifax. We pride ourselves in offering a wide range of exciting, engaging and high-quality resources for all early-years and primary year-groups. All of our resources are carefully created by qualified teachers, so you have more time to enjoy a #LIFEworkbalance.
We offer both great value annual and month-by-month subscriptions, or you can download our resources individually on our TES shop.
Classroom Secrets is a growing educational resource company based in Halifax. We pride ourselves in offering a wide range of exciting, engaging and high-quality resources for all early-years and primary year-groups. All of our resources are carefully created by qualified teachers, so you have more time to enjoy a #LIFEworkbalance.
We offer both great value annual and month-by-month subscriptions, or you can download our resources individually on our TES shop.
This Classroom Secrets Reading Skills resource contains a range of questions about chapter 12 from ‘Holes’ by Louis Sachar. The questions are organised into content domains to allow a focus on one or more specific skills, and this resource also includes questions for more in-depth written answer practice.
KS1 SATs Practice True or False Reading Statements
This Classroom Secrets resource (pdf) is differentiated in three levels and includes three or four different text types (narrative, diary extract, instructions and a non-chronological report) with a range of true or false statements in the style of the KS1 Reading SATs Test. The texts are differentiated for Year 1 Secure, Year 2 Developing and Year 2 Secure and are all based on getting a new puppy. Includes answers.
KS2 SATs Practice True or False Reading Statements
This Classroom Secrets resource (pdf) is differentiated in four levels and includes three or four different text types (narrative, diary extract, instructions and a non-chronological report) with a range of true or false statements in the style of the KS2 Reading SATs Test. The texts are differentiated for Year 5 Developing, Year 5 Secure, Year 6 Developing and Year 6 Secure. Includes answers.
Start of Year 5 GPS (SPAG) Baseline Assessment
This Classroom Secrets resource is a baseline assessment (zip) for the start of Year 5 to assess prior knowledge using the Year 4 objectives. Teachers can use this assessment and results spreadsheet to analyse and address gaps in children’s understanding.
This pack includes:
Baseline SPaG (GPS) Assessments for Year 5
Tracking spreadsheet to help identify gaps in knowledge
Answers included
Summer Year 3 GPS Assessment
This Classroom Secrets Summer Year 3 GPS Assessment Resource Pack (zip) has been created to match our GPS Scheme of work. It is designed to assess pupil knowledge of all the blocks and small steps covered so far in the Summer term. The assessment is similar to a SATs test, with 15 questions linked to all of the small steps in Summer.
The pack includes:
The Year 3 assessment with 15 questions
The mark scheme with content domain coverage, small step coverage and suggested levels
A teacher assessment spreadsheet for gap analysis and suggested levels (Emerging, Developing, Expected and Greater Depth)
Year 3 Baseline Maths Assessment
This Classroom Secrets resource (zip) includes an assessment with questions linked to each of the previous year group objectives and a tracking spreadsheet to help identify gaps in knowledge.
This pack includes:
Maths Assessments for Year 3.
Tracking spreadsheet to help identify gaps in knowledge.
Answers included.
End of Year 3 GPS Assessment
This resource (zip) is to support teachers with end of year progress assessments by assessing against the Year 3 Vocabulary, Grammar and Punctuation objectives from the National Curriculum and English appendix 2. It also includes answers and a tracker sheet to help identify gaps in knowledge.
Reading Skills - Rooftoppers - Chapters 7 & 8
This Reading Skills resource contains a range of questions about Chapters 7 & 8 from ‘Rooftoppers’ by Katherine Rundell. (pdf)
What’s included in the pack?
This pack includes:
Reading Skills - Rooftoppers - Chapters 7 & 8
Reading comprehension questions organised by skill
Written answer practice questions
Year 2 Writing & Whole Class Guided Reading using Rabbit’s Bad Habits Extract
This resource includes a differentiated whole class guided reading comprehension and a separate writing activity for Year 2 based on Rabbit’s Bad Habits by Julian Gough. The reading activity includes differentiated questions for the teacher to ask at the end of each page, same questions in comprehension style activity and an activity to practise retrieval skills. The writing activity includes four differentiated prompt sheets to describe their favourite character from the extract.
Giraffes Can’t Dance Reading Comprehension
This whole class guided reading pack for Giraffes Can’t Dance is differentiated for Year 1 and linked to the new National Curriculum objectives. It includes comprehension questions and a challenge activity linked to the book.
KS2 Reading Skills British Values
Six differentiated versions of a text about British values designed to enhance skimming and scanning reading skills needed for reading tests.
Dyslexia Intervention Programme Week 14
This Dyslexia Intervention Programme is aimed to support the development of the working memory, sequencing skills, fine motor skills and phonological awareness.
Each lesson starts with a recap on the lesson taught previously. Children can then work through each activity within each lesson to provide a daily practice of the relevant skills that can often be a barrier for those with Dyslexia.
Teachers can choose to deliver this using a Powerpoint, so that the lesson is on screen for the child, or there is a PDF provided which will guide you through a way to deliver this lesson practically.
Week 14:
Teaching Powerpoint with questions and answers included for sounds to be covered in the following order: i_e, o_e, u_e
Printable guide to deliver the intervention practically for sounds i_e, o_e, u_e
The 2, 4 and 8 Times Tables Activities
The 2, 4 and 8 Times Tables - Discussion Problem
This worksheet includes one discussion problem that can be used in pairs or in small groups to enable pupils to further their understanding of the concepts linked to using the 2, 4 and 8 times tables.
The 2, 4 and 8 Times Tables - Extension
This worksheet includes a range of varied fluency and reasoning and problem solving questions for pupils to further extend and practise the main skill of using the 2, 4 and 8 times tables
The 2, 4 and 8 Times Tables - Reasoning and Problem Solving
This worksheet includes a range of reasoning and problem solving questions for pupils to practise the main skill of using the 2, 4 and 8 Times Tables.
The 2, 4 and 8 Times Tables - Varied Fluency
This worksheet includes a range of varied fluency questions for pupils to practise the main skill of using the 2, 4 and 8 Times Tables.
Included in the pack:
The 2, 4 and 8 Times Tables - Discussion Problem
The 2, 4 and 8 Times Tables - Extension
The 2, 4 and 8 Times Tables - Reasoning and Problem Solving
The 2, 4 and 8 Times Tables - Varied Fluency
Year 4 Maths Negative Numbers Lesson
This Year 4 Negative Numbers lesson covers the prior learning of counting on a number line to 1,000, before moving onto the main skill of negative numbers and counting below zero.
The lesson starts with a prior learning worksheet to check pupils’ understanding. The interactive lesson slides recap the prior learning before moving on to the main skill. Children can then practise further by completing the activities and can extend their learning by completing an engaging extension task.
This pack includes:
Main Activity Worksheet
Discussion Problems
Homework Extension
PowerPoint Lesson Slides
Reasoning and Problem Solving
Varied Fluency
Practical Activities
Prior Learning
This whole class guided reading pack is for Year 5 and Year 6 based on Goodnight Mister Tom chapter seven by Michelle Margorian. The pack includes a teacher guide for the chapter, differentiated comprehension questions and follow-up work to practise further reading and GPS skills.
This whole class guided reading pack for Years 5 and 6 is based on Chapter 5 of Goodnight Mister Tom by Michelle Magorian. The pack includes a teacher guide, differentiated comprehension questions, a differentiated challenge activity and answers.
This Year 5 and Year 6 differentiated whole class reading pack for Chapter 9 of War Horse by Michael Morpurgo includes a teacher guide, comprehension questions and a challenge activity focusing on summarising skills.
This Year 5 and Year 6 differentiated whole class reading pack for Chapter 12 of War Horse by Michael Morpurgo includes a teacher guide, comprehension questions and a challenge activity focusing on summarising skills.
This whole class guided reading pack is for Year 5 and Year 6 based on Kaspar Prince of Cats chapter seven by Michael Morpurgo. The pack includes a teacher guide for the chapter, differentiated comprehension questions and follow-up work to practise further reading and GPS skills.
This whole class guided reading pack is for Year 5 and Year 6 based on Kaspar Prince of Cats chapter nine by Michael Morpurgo. The pack includes a teacher guide for the chapter, differentiated comprehension questions and follow-up work to practise further reading and GPS skills.