Eleven weeks of morning task activities, four activities per week. These morning activities are perfect for the start of the day, after break or lunch. We know how these times of the school day can be tricky and there’s a lot going on, each day’s activity focuses on one objective with a challenge for any students who need it. They are designed to review curriculum knowledge that students have already learnt about, so are a perfect way to warm up for the day. These activities are prepared for the second term of Year 4 but can be used whenever, keep an eye out for morning tasks for the rest of the year or buy our Autumn and Spring Bundle here. Objectives and activities include: Multiplication and division facts Multiplying and dividing by 10 and 100 Multiplying 2 and 3 digit numbers by 1 digit Perimeter Recognising fractions and their equivalents Writing decimals Sequences and patterns Adjectives, nouns, verbs and adverbs Spelling Following instructions to create an image Speech Writing stories and letters Reading comprehensions Try the first week of Autumn morning activities for free here.

Ideal for use in Year 3 when using ‘a’ or ‘an’ is introduced or consolidation in later years. PPT with the rules for adding ‘a’ and ‘an’ including the common exceptions to the rule and a quickfire **quiz**. Activity sheets with three levels of differentiation to allow children to identify when ‘a’ or ‘an’ needs to be used across a variety of words. National Curriculum Links Use of the forms a or an according to whether the next word begins with a consonant or a vowel Differentiation Using ‘a’ and ‘an’ before a range of words, no exceptions to the rule. Using ‘a’ and ‘an’ before a range of more increasingly difficult words, no exceptions to the rule. Applying their knowledge to sentences. Using ‘a’ and ‘an’ before a range of words including exceptions to the rule. Applying their knowledge to sentences and paragraphs.

Advent calendar with different, fun Christmas activities for each day of advent. These activities are perfect for morning starters or activities during the Christmas build up and can even be extended into full lessons. Aimed at the whole of KS2. Christmas themed activities including: Christmas Maths code crackers, addition and subtraction problems (3 and 4 digits) and times tables and related division facts. Christmas themed anagrams. Snowflake symmetry. Decoration making. Mindfulness colouring. Christmas around the world facts. Planning and budgeting a Christmas party. Letter to Santa spelling activity (differentiated to lower and upper KS2) Christmas recipe jumble and much more! Days that fall on a weekend have a fun true or false fact for students to discuss and the advent calendar ends with a quiz. Answers included. All questions and activities are displayed on the PPT with activity sheets provided for those activities that need them.

Aimed at Years 3 and 4, students need to solve a range of mental and written code breaker problems using the four operations. This resource includes: A PPT with a quick warm up, a practise code breaker and a ‘spot the mistake’ task. Code breaker activity where students read and solve clues to crack three padlock codes, before using formal written methods, times tables and related division facts to crack the final code. The activity sheets have three levels of differentiation: – Addition and subtraction with 1, 2 and 3 digit numbers. 2, 5 and 10 times tables problems. – Addition and subtraction up to 3 digit numbers. 2, 3, 4, 5, 8 and 10 times tables problems and their related division facts. – Addition and subtraction with up to 4 digit numbers, a mix of times tables problems and their related division facts, formal written methods for multiplication and division. Challenges with three levels of differentiation. Challenge 1 involves spotting the mistakes in addition and subtraction problems (3 digits), challenge 2 requires students to complete a Maths story, solving problems along the way. Finally, challenge 3 gives students the chance to solve a range of clues to fill in the mystery keypad. Answers included.

This fantastic lesson is aimed at Years 5 and 6, students need to solve a range of mental and written code breaker problems using the four operations. This code breaker resource includes: A PPT with a quick warm up, a practise code breaker and a ‘spot the mistake’ task. Code breaker activity where students read and solve clues to crack three padlock codes, before using formal written methods, multiplication and division problems to crack the final code. The activity sheets have three levels of differentiation. Challenges with three levels of differentiation. Challenge 1 involves spotting the mistakes in addition and subtraction problems (3 digits), challenge 2 requires students to solve Maths riddles. Finally, challenge 3 gives students the chance to solve a range of clues to fill in the mystery keypad. Answers included. The activities and answers are downloaded as PDF files

Eleven weeks of morning work tasks, four tasks per week. These activities are ideal for Year 5s in the Autumn term as it focusses on what is commonly taught in the first term of the year, they can also be used at any point of the year for recap and consolidation. Each week consists of two Maths based activities and two English based activities, covering the following: Four Operations. Times tables facts, including factors. Multiplication and division. Place value. Rounding. Fractions, decimals and percentages. Area and perimeter. Interpreting timetables and line graphs. Modal verbs. Relative clauses. Creative writing. Determiners. Understanding the meaning of words. Punctuation. Parenthesis. Mini reading comprehensions. Editing/continuing writing e.g.play scripts.