I am an ex-primary head teacher and English, Maths and History specialist. I've mostly worked in KS2, often in Year 6. Although for the last two years, I've been working in Year 1, which has been delightful!
All the resources have been used successfully with children in a range of schools all over the country.
I am constantly reviewing and updating my resources. Please follow me to ensure that you have the most up to date versions of the resources you buy.
I am an ex-primary head teacher and English, Maths and History specialist. I've mostly worked in KS2, often in Year 6. Although for the last two years, I've been working in Year 1, which has been delightful!
All the resources have been used successfully with children in a range of schools all over the country.
I am constantly reviewing and updating my resources. Please follow me to ensure that you have the most up to date versions of the resources you buy.
Key Stage 2 comprehensions. Text includes a range of non fiction, fictionalised, historical texts and short poetry. Questions include whole range of SAT style questions such as: inference and deduction, prediction and factual recall. Ideal for Guided groups, homework or whole class activities.
A set of 5 of Michael Morpurgo books where characters have strong links to the First or Second World War.
Ideal accompaniment to any topic work relating to 20th century, World War 1, World War 2, or historical novels.
A series of questions, answers and reading journal activity based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests or written comprehensions.
LOs
To make predictions about a text.
To empathise with a character
To use skimming and scanning to find evidence that a book was written in the past.
To understand how events are perceived differently by children and adults.
To reflect upon a completed text.
Key Stage 2 comprehensions. Text includes a range of non fiction, fictionalised, historical texts and short poetry. Questions include whole range of SAT style questions such as: inference and deduction, prediction and factual recall. Ideal for Guided groups, homework or whole class activity,
A set of five books to be used along any topic / history work on the Victorians.
A Christmas Carol - HA
Sherlock Holmes investigates - HA/MA
Tom’s Midnight Garden - MA
Street Child - LA / MA
Just So Stories / the Vile Victorians - LA
A series of questions, answers and reading journal activity based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests or written comprehensions.
LOs
To make predictions based on information provided in the cover, blurb and introduction.
To use inference and deduction to explain the main character’s current circumstances.
To emphasise with the main character.
To understand what life was like in Victorian London.
To empathise with the main character at the lowest point of the novel.
To make predictions based on inference and deduction.
To reflect on a completed story.
A set of books for KS2 children studying the historical fiction genre. Ideal for understanding the genre, magpie-ing ideas for their own writing as well as introducing some of the greatest children's authors of historical fiction.
Key Stage 2 comprehensions. Text includes a range of non fiction, fictionalised, historical texts and short poetry. Questions include whole range of SAT style questions such as: inference and deduction, prediction and factual recall. Ideal for Guided groups, homework or whole class activity,
A complete Programme of work for teaching the Victorians in either Key Stage 2 or Key Stage 3. The pack includes Summary Planning providing a suggested sequence of teaching which includes Time-line work and a series of Historical Investigation and debate activities based using quotes from people alive in the Victorian times and Victorian novels.
The pack also includes planning for five groups of Guided reading, drawing on a combination of Victorian and contemporary novelists.
Additionally, there are ten comprehensions included that could be used as additional whole class activities or as homework.
A complete Programme of work for teaching the Victorians in either Key Stage 2 or Key Stage 3. The pack includes Summary Planning providing a suggested sequence of teaching which includes Time-line work and a series of Historical Investigation and debate activities based using quotes from people alive in the Victorian times and Victorian novels.
Additionally, there are ten comprehensions included that could be used as additional whole class activities or as homework.
A collection of a series of SATs styled comprehensions to choose from in the final weeks before the 2017
Ideal for use with groups in guided work, or as a whole class activity.
Drawing on the new History Curriculum and focussing on Aims: Strands 4 and 5 this resource includes:
A collection of nine quotes from contemporary sources,
An explanation of five activities that can be carried out using these resources
Planning Templates to support arguments and a chart to help summarise arguments about the campaign for votes for women.
Learning Objectives:
• To understand historical concepts such as continuity and change, cause and consequence, similarity, difference and significance,
• To make connections, draw contrasts, analyse trends, frame historically-valid questions and create their own structured accounts, including written narratives and analyses
• To understand the methods of historical enquiry, including how evidence is used rigorously to make historical claims, and discern how and why contrasting arguments and interpretations of the past have been constructed.
Learning Outcomes:
Pupils will be able to:
• recognise and discern between arguments made for and against allowing women the vote.
• draw on primary resources to produce a reasoned debate on the pros and cons of allowing women the vote.
• produce their own persuasive argument in favour (or against) allowing women the vote.
• produce a balanced argument on the advantages and disadvantages of allowing women the vote.
• Produce their own written narrative about the campaign for women to be allowed to vote.
A complete set of guided reading for a half term.,
The Eagle of the Ninth - HA
War Horse / Why the Whales Came - MA
Yes, No, Maybe / Molly McBride - LA/MA
The Angel of Nitshill Road - LA.
A complete half term's Guided reading for Year 3 or Year 4
Why the Whales Came - HA
Billy the Kid / the BFG - MA
the Ruthless Romans / Esio Trot / the Magic Finger - LA
Key Stage 2 comprehensions. Ideal for homework or closed activity. Differentiated for main group and More able. Activity includes: Two texts factual and eye witness, a sequencing activity, two sets of comprehension questions, stimuli for short written task. MA also includes glossary dictionary work.
Key Stage 2 comprehensions. Text includes a range of non fiction, fictionalised, historical texts and short poetry. Questions include whole range of SAT style questions such as: inference and deduction, prediction and factual recall. Ideal for Guided groups, homework or whole class activity,
A series of questions, answers and reading journal activity based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests.
LOs:
To relate Roald Dahl’s childhood to their own,
To understand the nature of autobiographical writing.
This resource is designed to be used in conjunction with either of the following resource packs:
The Victorians - a complete Unit of Work
The Victorians - a complete Unit of Work - with guided reading.
This Unit is ideal for providing evidence of English across the curriculum.
Drawing on the new History Curriculum and focussing on Aims: Strands 4 and 5 this resource includes:
A collection of nine extended quotes (with summary information) from contemporary sources,
An explanation of five activities that can be carried out using these resources
Planning Templates to support arguments and a chart to help summarise arguments about Workhouses
Learning Objectives
• To understand historical concepts such as continuity and change, cause and consequence, similarity, difference and significance,
• To make connections, draw contrasts, analyse trends, frame historically-valid questions and create their own structured accounts, including written narratives and analyses
• To understand the methods of historical enquiry, including how evidence is used rigorously to make historical claims, and discern how and why contrasting arguments and interpretations of the past have been constructed.
Learning Outcomes:
Pupils will be able to:
• Recognise the difference between fact and opinion.
• recognise and discern between arguments made for and against education.
• draw on primary resources to produce a reasoned debate on the pros and cons of universal education.
• produce their own persuasive argument in favour (or against) the introduction of universal education.
• produce a balanced argument on the advantages and disadvantages of universal education.
• Produce their own written narrative of life in a school.
A series of questions, answers and reading journal activity based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests or written comprehensions - one week sample