Counting in 25s - Year 4 In ‘Counting in 25s - Year 4’ pupils practise counting in multiples of 25. This teaching resource covers the year 4 curriculum objective in the maths programme of study and supports the White Rose small steps guidance for year 4 - Autumn - Block 1 - Place Value. Content includes: Activities to support the teaching of this small step with 2 accompanying worksheets 3 further differentiated worksheets with answer 'Counting in 25s - Year 4’ is editable allowing teachers to adapt the resource to meet the needs of each class they teach.

Follower by Seamus Heaney This two-lesson mini-unit of work explores Seamus Heaney’s ‘Follower’ in detail. Designed to teach pupils studying the AQA GCSE English Literature Love and Relationships Anthology, this resource analyses the poem in depth and explains how to write a comparative essay in the exam. The resource is made up of a 72-slide editable PowerPoint presentation and 10 worksheets. The two lessons contain the following: Lesson One Making predictions – From the title alone, what do you think the poem is about? Context – Learning the importance of context. How knowledge of context helps us understand the poem in detail. Here we explore Heaney and the disappearing world of traditional Irish rural life First Contact – An initial reading of the poem with a glossary included and comprehension questions with answers to assess understanding. Exploring Meaning – Analysing the poem in detail. Exploring key quotes and discussing them with comprehensive questions that delve deeper. Model answers are provided. Essay Writing – An essay question task to assess initial understanding. Includes a model answer and peer assessment opportunities. Lesson Two Themes – Analysing the poem’s themes: parent/child relationships, youth, age and time, agricultural traditions and identity. Language – Exploring Heaney’s use of language and poetic techniques. A line-by-line annotation of the poem and questions with detailed answers. Structure and Form – How Heaney uses the lyric form, perspective, punctuation, rhyme, rhythm, and enjambment and how he organises the stanzas and uses a cyclical structure. The GCSE Exam – How to write a comparison essay with model responses. Comparing ‘Follower’ with ‘Climbing My Grandfather’, ‘Mother, Any Distance’ and ‘Eden Rock’.

Free Verse Poetry – Year 5/6 English - Poetry This UKS2 English resource introduces free verse poetry to Year 5/6 children. First, it provides an example poem and explains how to identify a free verse poem before presenting a structure to enable the whole class to write a free verse poem as a group. The three differentiated worksheets (Gold, Silver and Bronze) give all learners an opportunity to write their own free verse poem independently with an appropriate level of support.

‘Sonnet 29 - I Think of Thee’ contains a comprehensive 28-slide PowerPoint-based GCSE teaching resource with 8 accompanying worksheets. This two-lesson mini unit, aimed at middle-ability GCSE learners, enables students to explore ‘Sonnet 29’ by Elizabeth Barrett Browning in detail. The first lesson introduces students to the sonnet form and explores key terms that they will need in order to analyse ‘Sonnet 29’. After a differentiated ‘Do Now’ activity, students undertake tasks that cover the concept of syllables, feet and metre, and the difference between the Petrarchan and English sonnet form. The lesson concludes with a brief ‘true or false’ activity as a learning review. In the second lesson, students apply what they have learnt to an analysis of Browning’s sonnet. After a similarly differentiated ‘Do Now task’, they work in pairs to explore ‘Sonnet 29’, considering how both language and structural methods shape meaning in the poem. At the end of the lesson, students fill in an ‘exit ticket’ that will help teachers to gauge how confident their students feel in their understanding of ‘Sonnet 29’. Suggested answers are provided for all tasks.

Introducing Negative Numbers - Year 4 In ‘Introducing Negative Numbers - Year 4’ pupils practise counting through zero to include negative numbers. This teaching resource covers the year 4 curriculum objective in the maths programme of study and supports the White Rose small steps guidance for year 4 - Autumn - Block 1 - Place Value. Content includes: A negative numbers explanation Activities to support the teaching of this small step with 2 accompanying worksheets 3 further differentiated worksheets with answers ‘Introducing Negative Numbers - Year 4’ is editable allowing teachers to adapt the resource to meet the needs of each class they teach.

Roman Numerals to 100 - Year 4 In ‘Roman Numerals to 100 - Year 4’ pupils practise reading Roman numerals to 100 and compare it to the number system we use today. This teaching resource covers the year 4 curriculum objective in the maths programme of study and supports the White Rose small steps guidance for year 4 - Autumn - Block 1 - Place Value. Content includes: Roman numerals explanation Roman numerals rules Activities to support the teaching of this small step with 2 accompanying worksheets Link to a Roman numerals song 3 further differentiated worksheets with answers Printable Roman numerals flash cardsrs ‘Roman Numerals to 100 - Year 4’ is editable allowing teachers to adapt the resource to meet the needs of each class they teach.

Tanka Poetry - Year 7 Designed for low ability Year 7, this tanka teaching resource is a fun and engaging way of studying and writing poetry. The lesson begins with an example tanka and an explanation of the ‘rules’ of tanka poetry. Learners are then provided with scaffolding to help them construct a group tanka. The differentiated worksheets (higher, medium and lower) then provide learners with an opportunity to write an individual tanka with appropriate support.

Cinquain Poetry - Year 7 Designed for low ability Year 7, this cinquain teaching resource is a fun and engaging way of studying and writing poetry. The lesson begins with an example cinquain and an explanation of the ‘rules’ of cinquain poetry. Learners are then provided with scaffolding to help them construct a group poem. The differentiated worksheets (higher, medium and lower) then provide learners with an opportunity to write individual cinquains with appropriate support.

Rounding to the Nearest 1,000 - Year 4 In ‘Rounding to the Nearest 1,000 - Year 4’ pupils build on their knowledge of rounding numbers to include rounding numbers to the nearest 1,000. This teaching resource covers the year 4 curriculum objective in the maths programme of study and supports the White Rose small steps guidance for year 4 - Autumn - Block 1 - Place Value. Content includes: Multiples of 1,000 recap with activity and accompanying worksheet A rounding numbers to the nearest 10 and 100 recap A rounding numbers to the nearest 1,000 explanation Activities to practise rounding numbers to the nearest 1,000 with 3 accompanying worksheets 3 differentiated worksheets with answers ‘Rounding to the Nearest 1,000 - Year 4’ is editable allowing teachers to adapt the resource to meet the needs of each class they teach.

Before You Were Mine by Carol Ann Duffy This engaging GCSE teaching resource explores Carol Ann Duffy’s ‘Before You Were Mine’ (AQA GCSE English Literature Love and Relationships Anthology) in detail. The resource is made up of a 22-slide editable PowerPoint presentation and 4 worksheets. Contents include: Do Now Task – Life in the 1950s and parent / child relationships. Making Predictions – Using the title ‘Before You Were Mine’, what do you think the poem is about? Context – Learning about Carol and Duffy, the 1950s and Marilyn Monroe. Exploring Meaning – Analysing the poem, exploring and discussing key quotes in detail. Themes – Considering the themes of love, parenting, responsibility, youth and the role of women in society. Language – Exploring Duffy’s word choices and use of imagery. Structure and Form – How Duffy arranges the poem on the page, the use of enjambment and how the past and the present are presented. Essay Writing – An extended answer question (How does Duffy present motherhood in ‘Before You Were Mine’?) to assess understanding. Includes example answers. Peer assessment opportunities.

Ordering 4-Digit Numbers - Year 4 In ‘Ordering 4-Digit Numbers - Year 4’ pupils practise comparing 4-digit numbers to order them into ascending and descending order. This teaching resource covers the year 4 curriculum objective in the maths programme of study and supports the White Rose small steps guidance for year 4 - Autumn - Block 1 - Place Value. Content includes: Activities to support the teaching of this small step with 2 accompanying worksheets 3 further differentiated worksheets with answers ‘Ordering 4-Digit Numbers - Year 4’ is editable allowing teachers to adapt the resource to meet the needs of each class they teach.

Narrative Poetry - Year 3/4 This lower KS2 teaching resource introduces narrative poetry in a fun and engaging way. It begins with an example and explains how to identify a narrative poem before providing scaffolding to help children construct one as a class. The second half of the lesson helps children write an individual narrative poem. Learners are given a supported approach through the differentiated ‘Gold’, ‘Silver’ and ‘Bronze’ worksheets.

When We Two Parted This two-lesson mini-unit of work explores Byron’s ‘When We Two Parted’ in detail. Designed to teach pupils studying the AQA GCSE English Literature Love and Relationships Anthology, this resource analyses the poem in depth and explains how to write a comparative essay in the exam. The resource is made up of a 71-slide editable PowerPoint presentation and eight worksheets. The two lessons contain the following: Lesson One Making predictions – From the title alone ‘When We Two Parted’, what do you think the poem is about? Context – Learning the importance of context. How knowledge of context helps us understand the poem in detail. Here we explore Lord Byron, the Byronic hero, the Romantic movement and the social and historical context – the age of revolution. First Contact – An initial reading of the poem with a glossary included. A 2022 retelling of the narrative in modern prose. Comprehension questions with answers to assess understanding. A general summary/synopsis of the poem. Exploring Meaning – Analysing the poem in more detail. Exploring key quotes and discussing them with comprehensive questions that delve deeper. Model answers are provided. Essay Writing – An essay question task to assess initial understanding. Includes model answers and peer assessment opportunities. Lesson Two Themes – Analysing the poem’s themes: love and the end of a love affair, secrecy, abandonment, disillusion, fidelity, separation and pain and suffering. Language – Exploring Byron’s use of archaic language, semantic fields and poetic techniques. A line by line annotation of the poem and comprehension questions with detailed answers. Structure and Form – How Byron uses the lyric form, perspective, punctuation, rhyme and enjambment and how he structures the stanzas and uses a cyclical narrative. The GCSE Exam – How to write a comparison essay with model responses. Comparing ‘When We Two Parted’ with ‘Porphyria’s Lover’ and ‘Neutral Tones’.

Comparing 4-Digit Numbers - Year 4 In ‘Comparing 4-Digit Numbers - Year 4’ pupils practise comparing 4-digit numbers using comparison language and symbols to find which is greater and which is smaller. This teaching resource covers the year 4 curriculum objective in the maths programme of study and supports the White Rose small steps guidance for year 4 - Autumn - Block 1 - Place Value. Content includes: Activities to support the teaching of this small step with 3 accompanying worksheets 3 further differentiated worksheets with answers ‘Comparing 4-Digit Numbers - Year 4’ is editable allowing teachers to adapt the resource to meet the needs of each class they teach.

1,000 More or Less - Year 4 In ‘1,000 More or Less - Year 4’ pupils build on previous learning of finding 10 and 100 more or less by beginning to find 1,000 more or less than a given number. This teaching resource covers the year 4 curriculum objective in the maths programme of study and supports the White Rose small steps guidance for year 4 - Autumn - Block 1 - Place Value. Content includes: Activities to support the teaching of this small step with 4 accompanying worksheets 3 further differentiated worksheets with answers ‘1,000 More or Less - Year 4’ is editable allowing teachers to adapt the resource to meet the needs of each class they teach.

Number Line to 10,000 - Year 4 In ‘Number Line to 10,000 - Year 4’ pupils practise estimating, labelling and drawing numbers on a number line up to 10,000. This teaching resource covers the year 4 curriculum objective in the maths programme of study and supports the White Rose small steps guidance for year 4 - Autumn - Block 1 - Place Value. Content includes: Activities to support the teaching of this small step with 3 accompanying worksheets 3 further differentiated worksheets with answers ‘Number Line to 10,000 - Year 4’ is editable allowing teachers to adapt the resource to meet the needs of each class they teach.

Cinquain Poetry - Year 3 / 4 This lower KS2 resource explores cinquain poetry in a fun and engaging way. It begins with an example and explains how to identify a cinquain before providing scaffolding to help children construct a class poem. The differentiated worksheets (higher, medium and lower) provide learners with an opportunity to write their own cinquains with an appropriate level of assistance.

Tanka Poetry – Year 3 / 4 This Year 3/4 resource introduces tanka poetry. First, it presents an example poem and explains how to identify a tanka before providing scaffolding to enable the whole class to write a collaborative poem. The three differentiated worksheets (Gold, Silver and Bronze) give all learners an opportunity to write their own tanka independently with the appropriate level of support for their needs.

Partitioning - Year 4 In ‘Partitioning - Year 4’ pupils practise partitioning four-digit numbers in more than one way. This teaching resource covers the year 4 curriculum objective in the maths programme of study and supports the White Rose small steps guidance for year 4 - Autumn - Block 1 - Place Value. Content includes: Activities to support the teaching of this small step with 4 accompanying worksheets 3 further differentiated worksheets with answers ‘Partitioning - Year 4’ is editable allowing teachers to adapt the resource to meet the needs of each class they teach.