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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.

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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.
Jacqueline Wilson - Double Act - complete half term's guided reading.
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Jacqueline Wilson - Double Act - complete half term's guided reading.

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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 understand how an author introduces principle characters To understand how change affects people in different ways. To understand relationships in a new family unit To try to emphasize with how change affects individuals To understand how different children react in different situations. To reflect on a whole story
UKS2 (Year 5 and Year 6) solving Word Problems by applying all four operations to fractions
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UKS2 (Year 5 and Year 6) solving Word Problems by applying all four operations to fractions

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Learning Objectives Starter: To use the 4 operations with proper and improper fractions Main Lesson: To add and subtract fractions with the same denominator, and denominators that are multiples of the same number (Year 5) To use their knowledge of the order of operations to carry out calculations involving the 4 operations (Year 6) To use the 4 operations with proper and improper fractions, and mixed numbers(KS3) This lesson consists of: A Starter consisting of a series of progressively harder problems where the children perform an addition, subtraction, multiplication (x2) and division calculation involving fractions. A connect activity focussing on the ordering of calculations using BODMAS – enabling you to assess prior learning. An Interactive Whiteboard teaching introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire flipchart, to teach children how to lay out multi operation Word problems involving fractions and how to allowing you to group children according to ability. A 4-way differentiated series of tasks requiring children to solve multi-step word problems relating to fractions of quantities and fractions of fractions. Answer sheet provided to support marking. A final AFL / Next Steps task, introducing the children to the relationship between decimals, fractions and percentages.
Phonics Phase 5 Week 4 alternative graphemes for /ee/
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Phonics Phase 5 Week 4 alternative graphemes for /ee/

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A set of resources designed to support learning in the classroom with resources available for distance learning in event of school or class closure. The week’s lessons cover: Revisit / Review Read and write alternative spellings / ai/ ey, ea, eigh and aigh (Week 04 ai sound.pptx) Teach reading, writing and spelling words with /ee/, ea, split digraph e-e Teach / Practice spelling the phase 4 tricky words any, many, please, people Practice recognition and recall of graphemes and different pronunciations of graphemes as they are learned Practice reading and spelling words with adjacent consonants and words with newly learned graphemes Apply reading sentences p142 (Letters and Sounds) Apply writing sentences p149 (Letters and Sounds)
Phonics Phase 5 Weeks 1 -6 -  school  and distance learning pack
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Phonics Phase 5 Weeks 1 -6 - school and distance learning pack

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A complete half term’s resources (Y1 Autumn 1 or Autumn 2) allowing you to deliver the phonics lessons to children in school or at home in the event of a class, school or local closure. The resource consists of: a youtube version of each class based lesson for use when your pupils are learning at home. planning, resources, interactive whiteboard lessons both for Promethean and Smartboard, a PowerPoint starter and all additional resources required to deliver the same lesson yourself.
Year 1 Term 1-2 Week 4 Day 2 money – finding the value of two or more coins.
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Year 1 Term 1-2 Week 4 Day 2 money – finding the value of two or more coins.

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A differentiated starter, introduction for both ActivInspire and Smartboard and an activity where children can apply their new knowledge and AFL / Next Steps plenary class activity. Also included is a youtube video and resources for distance learning. Learning Objectives:: To recognise value of Tens and ones (starter), LO: To recognise the value of each coin.(main) This lesson consists of: A starter revising the value of various ten bars and one cubes as numbers, followed by an introduction to using lines and dots to draw numbers represented by ten bars and one cubes. An activity where children draw lines and dots to match ten bars and one cubes and identify the value. An Interactive Whiteboard introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire flipchart revising the value of each individual coin using partially covered coins which can be slowly uncovered. An introduction to how match the correct number of 1p coins to two or more different coins. A youtube video link for distance learning introducing the starter, main part of the lesson and the AFL / Next Steps plenary. An independent task where children match the correct number of 1p coins to two or more different coins. A Next steps / AFL Challenge plenary where children consider why Britain has a range of different coins, rather than just 1p coins.
Phonics Phase 5 Week 13 alternative /or/ au, aw
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Phonics Phase 5 Week 13 alternative /or/ au, aw

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A set of resources designed to support learning in the classroom with resources available for distance learning in event of school or class closure. The week’s lessons cover: Revisit / Review alternative spellings for/oo/ (short – u) Teach reading, writing and spelling alternative GPCs for /or/ au, aw Teach / Practice spelling the tricky words thought, some, because, when Practice recognition and recall of graphemes and different pronunciations of graphemes as they are learned p134 Practice reading and spelling words with adjacent consonants and words with newly learned graphemes Apply reading sentences p142 Apply writing sentences p149
Terry Deary - the Rotten Romans - 4 weeks guided reading programme
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Terry Deary - the Rotten Romans - 4 weeks guided reading programme

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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 understand how non fiction books differ from fiction books, to be able to scan non fiction books for information. To understand the way that non fiction books follow certain conventions.
J R R Tolkien -  The Hobbit - complete half term's Guided Reading programme
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J R R Tolkien - The Hobbit - complete half term's Guided Reading programme

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A series of questions, answers and reading journal activities based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests or written comprehensions. LOs To be able to use inference and deduction to make predictions about the plot of a shorter story. To understand the different techniques an author uses to tell a traditional tale. To consider the way that new chapters relate back to previous chapters and traditional ideas. To understand the way that an author can use book conventions to convey added meaning to a text. To be able to reflect on a completed text.
Dick King Smith - All about Jackson - 3 weeks Guided reading
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Dick King Smith - All about Jackson - 3 weeks Guided reading

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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 talk about the different ways that a book can communicate information To understand more challenging vocabulary To be able to explain the differences in settings
Jill Murphy - The Worst Witch - a full half term's guided reading
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Jill Murphy - The Worst Witch - a full half term's guided reading

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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 be able to compare your own experience with those of a character in a book. To understand how setting and characters are developed. To understand how dilemmas are introduced into short novels. To understand how heroes triumph against the odds.
Roald Dahl - the BFG - a complete half term's guided reading
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Roald Dahl - the BFG - a complete half term's guided reading

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A series of questions, answers and reading journal activity based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests or written comprehensions. To look at how an author can drop hints about a story at the very beginning of a book. To understand how an author decides how to make up nonsense words. To understand how dialogue can be used to develop characters. To understand how an author develops a particular aspect of a fantasy world. To understand how dialogue can be used to move a plot forward. To reflect on the whole book and the way it ends
Francesca Simon - Horrid Henry - 4 sessions of Guided Reading / Whole class activities
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Francesca Simon - Horrid Henry - 4 sessions of Guided Reading / Whole class activities

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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 understand how an author introduces a character To understand how an author chooses names to help develop characters. To make predictions about a story. To be able to make predictions based on knowledge of the stories an author tells.
Greek Myths - 4 comprehensions.
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Greek Myths - 4 comprehensions.

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Four weeks of comprehension, dictionary and grammar homework based on the Greek Myths of: The birth of Zeus Theseus and the Minotaur Jason and the Golden Fleece Perseus and the Gorgon
The Tudors  Monarchs - 5 x 2 comprehensions
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The Tudors Monarchs - 5 x 2 comprehensions

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A five comprehension pack designed to support work on the Tudors. There are two comprehensions per monarch, one for Higher and Middle Ability children, a second for those of lower ability. The comprehensions can be used as stand-alone lessons or set as homework. Each comprehension consists of glossary work on words in text, comprehension questions tied to each text, and a sequencing activity based on key dates during the monarch's reign. Comprehensions cover, in chronological order: Henry VII Henry VIII Edward VI Mary Elizabeth I
Rivers - Comprehension homework
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Rivers - Comprehension homework

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A three comprehension pack designed to support work on Rivers Each comprehension consists of - a clozed procedure summarising text comprehension questions tied to each text - LA - a clozed procedure summarising text , more challenging comprehension questions tied to each text and glossary work linked to geographical and technical vocabulary. Comprehensions cover: The Source of the River The Upper Course The Middle Course
Life in Tudor times - 5 x 2 comprehension sets.
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Life in Tudor times - 5 x 2 comprehension sets.

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A five comprehension pack designed to support work on the Tudors. There are two comprehensions per topic, one for Higher and Middle Ability children, a second for those of lower ability. The comprehensions can be used as stand-alone lessons or set as homework. Each comprehension consists of glossary work on words in text, comprehension questions tied to each text, and either an imaginative piece of writing (HA/MA) or a summary and matching activity (LA). Comprehensions cover: Life in Tudor Times Law and Order The Break with Rome The Spanish Armada Tudor Childhood.
SATs style comprehensions - The Anglo Saxons
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SATs style comprehensions - The Anglo Saxons

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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.
Rudyard Kipling - Just So Stories - 5 sessions of Guided Reading / Whole class activities
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Rudyard Kipling - Just So Stories - 5 sessions of Guided Reading / Whole class activities

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A series of questions, answers and reading journal activity based around all areas of reading. NB this resource includes each story in Word Format. Great alternative to SATs tests or written comprehensions LOs To be able to explain the moral of a story. To understand how a writer teaches that actions have consequences To decode, by context, archaic and nonsense language. To discuss creation myths To use context and verbal clues to decode a text.