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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.
UKS2 (Year 5 and Year 6) to use formal written methods of long division including decimal numbers
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UKS2 (Year 5 and Year 6) to use formal written methods of long division including decimal numbers

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Learning Objectives: Starter: - To use short division. - To identify different long division methods. Main Lesson: - To divide numbers up to 4 digits by a two-digit whole number using the formal written method of long division (Year 6) -To use division including formal written methods, applying it to integers and decimals, (KS3) This lesson consists of: A starter focusing on using applying long division and a connect starter reviewing prior learning with regard to long division methods An Interactive Whiteboard teaching introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire, to teach three different long division methods and to assess the children’s ability to solve long division problems when applied to decimal numbers. A 4 way differentiated series of calculations where children are expected to solve a series long division of decimal numbers (including a Challenge Activity where children divided by decimal numbers), and two Word Problem per ability group. Answers are supplied to ease marking. An AFL / Next Steps task based on a previous SATs question, which requires children to decode a long division word problem using mastery techniques.
UKS2 (Year 5 and Year 6) to use formal written methods of  long division
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UKS2 (Year 5 and Year 6) to use formal written methods of long division

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Learning Objectives: Starter: - To use short division. - To identify different long division methods. Main Lesson: - To divide numbers up to 4 digits by a two-digit whole number using the formal written method of long division (Year 6) - To use division including formal written methods, applying it to integers and decimals, (KS3) This lesson consists of: A starter focusing on using applying short division to decimals and a connect starter reviewing prior learning with regard to long division methods An Interactive Whiteboard teaching introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire, to teach three different long division methods and to assess the children’s ability to solve long division problems. A 4 way differentiated series of calculations (including a Challenge Activity) where children are expected to solve a series long division problems, and two Word Problem per ability group. Answers are supplied to ease marking. An AFL / Next Steps task based on previous SATs questions, which requires children to apply their knowledge of long division.
UKS2 (Y5 and Y6) Term 1 Week 04  Formal Written Division- 5 day lesson set
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UKS2 (Y5 and Y6) Term 1 Week 04 Formal Written Division- 5 day lesson set

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A collection of 5 lessons' worksheets for Year 5 and Year 6, differentiated for 4 different ability groups. 4 sets of worksheets include a Word Problem, while the other 1 sets are Word problems relating to formal written division. LO's covered include: To use short or long division To solve Word problems requiring formal written division (Year 5 and Year 6) To develop their mathematical knowledge, in part through solving problems and evaluating the outcomes, including multi-step problems (KS3)
UKS2 (Y5 and Y6) & KS3 - Formal Written Division- 5 day lesson set
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UKS2 (Y5 and Y6) & KS3 - Formal Written Division- 5 day lesson set

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collection of 5 lessons' worksheets for Year 5 and Year 6, differentiated for 4 different ability groups. 4 sets of worksheets include a Word Problem, while the other 1 sets are Word problems relating to formal written division. LO's covered include: To use short or long division To solve Word problems requiring formal written division (Year 5 and Year 6) To develop their mathematical knowledge, in part through solving problems and evaluating the outcomes, including multi-step problems (KS3)
Upper Key Stage 2 (Year 5 & Year 6) Place Value - Rounding whole numbers and decimals accurately
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Upper Key Stage 2 (Year 5 & Year 6) Place Value - Rounding whole numbers and decimals accurately

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LOs: Starter: To read and write numbers up to 1,000,000 (Y5) To read and write numbers up to 10,000,000 (Y6) Main Lesson: round any number up to 1,000,000 to the nearest 10, 100, 1,000, 10,000 and 100,000 (Year 5) round any whole number to a required degree of accuracy (Year 6) understand and use place value for decimals (KS3) This lesson consists of: - A connect / starter PowerPoint where children write numbers up to 1,000,000 / 10,000,000 as digits in words. - An Interactive Whiteboard teaching introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire teaching the conventions of rounding up to 10,000 (differentiated 3 ways for ability - A 4 way differentiated series of independent tasks where children round numbers up to 100,000 to the nearest 10, 100, 100, 1000, 10000 and decimals to nearest 1, 0.1, 0.01 - An AFL / Next Steps task where children apply their knowledge to real life population problems. NB Updated 27/6/17 - UKS2 Term 1 - Week 1 -Day 2 Starter - 3 pasting errors on answer page, - Upper Key Stage 2 Week 1 Day 2 - Rounding whole numbers accurately - independent task – 1 rounding error – Developing c1
UKS2 (Year 5 and Year 6) Division  - 5 lessons x 4-way differentiated worksheets with answers
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UKS2 (Year 5 and Year 6) Division - 5 lessons x 4-way differentiated worksheets with answers

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A collection of 5 lessons' worksheets for Year 5 and Year 6, differentiated for 4 different ability groups. 4 sets of worksheets include a Word Problem and one set are Word problems relating to formal written methods of short and long division . LO's covered include: To use short or long division. To solve Word problems requiring formal written division methods(Year 5 and Year 6) To develop their mathematical knowledge, in part through solving problems and evaluating the outcomes, including multi-step problems (KS3)
UKS2 (Year 5 and Year 6) - short division with decimals
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UKS2 (Year 5 and Year 6) - short division with decimals

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Learning Objectives: Starter: - To use short division Main Lesson: -To apply short division to decimals (Year 5 & Year 6) -To use division including formal written methods, applying it to integers and decimals, (KS3) This lesson consists of: A starter focusing on revising short multiplication to solve division problems and a connect starter linking place value to division of decimals. An Interactive Whiteboard teaching introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire, to teach how to lay-out short division of decimals and to assess the children’s ability to solve short division problems involving decimals.. A 4 way differentiated series of calculations (including a Challenge Activity) where children are expected to solve a series short division problems which give decimals as answers, and one Word Problem per ability group. Answers are supplied to ease marking. An AFL / Next Steps task based on previous SATs questions, which requires children to solve a series of multistep problems requiring division as well as at least one other operation. Division, multiplication, chunking, Short division, Short division, Short division, decimals, decimals, decimals, 4-digit, 5-digit, 1dp, 2dp, Word Problem, AfL
UKS2 (Year 5 and Year 6) to use formal written division methods to solve multistep Word problems
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UKS2 (Year 5 and Year 6) to use formal written division methods to solve multistep Word problems

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Learning Objectives: Starter: - To use long division with decimals. Main Lesson: - To solve Word problems requiring formal written division methods (Year 5 and Year 6) - To develop their mathematical knowledge, in part through solving problems and evaluating the outcomes, including multi-step problems (KS3) This lesson consists of: A Starter series of short of progressively harder division problems and their answers. A connect activity getting children to identify as many different words that can used for division. An Interactive Whiteboard teaching introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire, to teach how to lay-out short and long division when answering word problems and to test the children’s ability to solve short and long division Word problems. A 4 way differentiated series of calculations (including a Challenge Activity) where children are expected to solve a series of short and long division Word problems. More Able children will have to complete multistep problems. Answers are supplied to ease marking. An AFL / Next Steps task based on previous a SATs question, to allow to assess children’s learning with regard to long division methods.
UKS2 (Year 5 and Year 6) Addition and Subtraction multi-step Word Problems
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UKS2 (Year 5 and Year 6) Addition and Subtraction multi-step Word Problems

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LOs: Starter: To add and subtract large numbers Main Lesson: To solve addition and subtraction multi-step problems in contexts (Year 5 and Year 6) To develop their mathematical knowledge, in part through solving problems and evaluating the outcomes, including multi-step problems (KS3) This lesson consists of: A starter recapping on subtraction and addition of large numbers and 2 connect activities recapping on the different ways that addition and subtraction can be written, plus a set of differentiated word problems to allow children to work in pairs to decode, allowing you to establish children’s understanding of Word problems. An Interactive Whiteboard teaching introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire, to establish an effective way to lay-out calculations and to test the children’s ability to apply column subtraction and addition to work problems. A 4 way differentiated series of Word problems (including a Challenge Activity) where children are expected to solve a series of multi-step (developing single step) addition and subtraction problems. An AFL / Next Steps task based on a 2014 SATs question, which requires simple division in addition to subtraction.
UKS2 (Year 5 and Year 6) Ordering calculations using BODMAS
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UKS2 (Year 5 and Year 6) Ordering calculations using BODMAS

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Learning Objectives Starter: - To perform (mental) calculations. - To revise factors, multiples and prime factors. Main Lesson: - To solve problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication and division and a combination of these, including understanding the meaning of the equals sign (Year 5) - To use their knowledge of the order of operations to carry out calculations involving the 4 operations (Year 6) - To use conventional notation for the priority of operations, including brackets, powers and roots (KS3) This lesson consists of: A Starter consisting of a series of progressively harder, multi-step calculations and revision of common factors, common multiples and prime factors. A connect activity getting children to begin to understand why it is necessary to have a specific order when undertaking multi-step calculations. An Interactive Whiteboard teaching introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire flipchart, to teach how to apply BODMAS to brackets and orders / powers. This includes a PowerPoint presentation showing defining, explaining and applying BODMAS to two different calculations. A 4-way differentiated series of tasks requiring children to use BODMAS to carry out multi step calculations with all four operations, with brackets, squared and cube numbers and how to balance equations. A stretch challenge including square roots. Answer sheet provided to support marking. A final AFL / Next Steps task, asking children to correct mistakes in 3 multi-step calculations.
Michael J Richards - Molly McBride - 3 sessions of Guided Reading / Whole class activities with text
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Michael J Richards - Molly McBride - 3 sessions of Guided Reading / Whole class activities with text

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Set in the Highlands of Scotland around the time of the Battle of Culloden, this short story has a definite twist in its tail. Ideal for any work on historical fiction, this text was written specifically for this purpose. 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 sets a story in the past. To use inference and deduction to understand the main characters’ feelings. To reflect on a completed text. Please note to print the text from Word, select two sided along short edge. This will print the book in A5 book format.
Simplified Dinosaur comprehensions
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Simplified Dinosaur comprehensions

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Two dinosaur texts to support less able children. Comprehensions include text to be read by adult / with children , word search associated with text, word matching to definition, clozed procedure adding vocabulary to create passage about dinosaurs. Can be used in class along side first two dinosaur comprehensions.
Phonics Phase 5 planning (complete 26 week programme)  & distance learning links
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Phonics Phase 5 planning (complete 26 week programme) & distance learning links

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A complete set of 26 weekly plans. Each day’s learning is supported by a* youtube video* ideal for either distance learning in the event of a local lockdown or for teachers new to phonics to familiarise themselves with the Phase 5 Graphemes and Phonemes, their pronunciation and the best order in which to teach them. The scheme of work can be used in conjunction with the Phonics Bug reading scheme, with each week linked to the appropriate set of books to allow support of the new GPCs through Guided Reading. Also available from this author are completely resourced weekly plans, bundles of six-week blocks of learning (suitable for each half term) and free PowerPoint starters for each week as described in these plans. Each week’s complete teaching resources cost £1 (click here for week 1), with six-week bundles costing £2.50 (click here for week 1 to 6).
Phonics Phase 5 Revisit Review PowerPoints
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Phonics Phase 5 Revisit Review PowerPoints

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A complete set of PowerPoints designed to provide an interactive Revisit / Review for each week’s Phonics lessons. Each PowerPoint typically provides 5 days of starters, including a mixture of Visual, Auditory and Kinaesthetic activities. These activities are designed to run in conjunction with a complete programme of work click here including daily distance learning youtube videos click here for these plans. They also form part of weekly premium plans and 6 weekly premium bundles. Each week’s complete teaching resources cost £1 (click here for week 1), with six-week bundles costing £2.50 (click here for week 1 to 6). Please note some of the phoneme spotters have been sourced from other TES authors and so are not included as anything other than PowerPoint slides. Others are part of the original Letters and Sounds government publication.
Y5 and Y6 2016 Spelling list word searches
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Y5 and Y6 2016 Spelling list word searches

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Word searches with clues linked to new 'needs to be used' spelling vocabulary. Clues and word answer sheet. Outcomes will familiarise children with meaning of words they MUST use in their independent writing. Wordsearches proven way of revising / teaching spelling vocabulary. Now include 3 wordsearches. First one revised to correct a injury to an injury (sorry)
How to find prime factors - a powerpoint
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How to find prime factors - a powerpoint

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A step by step PowerPoint Presentation modelling the process involved to allow children to find prime factors. The video clip is of the same PowerPoint allowing you to run the PowerPoint directly from youtube.
Clive King - Stig of the Dump - 5 sessions of Guided Reading / Whole class activities
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Clive King - Stig of the Dump - 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. 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.
SATs style comprehensions - the Vikings
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SATs style comprehensions - the Vikings

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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.