I combine my time between writing ( children's author ) and teaching. In my shop you will find a range of worksheets that I have successfully used in the classroom with Key Stage 2 pupils. My passions are writing and history and you will find plenty of resources for these subjects in my shop.
I combine my time between writing ( children's author ) and teaching. In my shop you will find a range of worksheets that I have successfully used in the classroom with Key Stage 2 pupils. My passions are writing and history and you will find plenty of resources for these subjects in my shop.
A planning sheet to help pupils quickly plan their own D-Day adventure story. Pupils simply circle their own characters, settings and actions from the illustrated planning frame, to help them create their own D-Day story. A really efficient and pupil-friendly planning sheet to allow for a quick start into writing. Ideal for Year 5 and Year 6.
A rip-roaring, fun-filled Easter Play that will have your audience in stitches.
When a small village discovers that Henry VIII is to visit them for the Easter celebrations, chaos ensues. Can the mayor galvanise his people and ensure that they put on a show 'fit for a king' or will he lose his head altogether?
Written by a published children's author and teacher, this play will inform your pupils and audience as to the origins of our Easter traditions in a fun and friendly manner.
Do your pupils often forget how genres differ from each other? Do they slip into instructional writing when they write explanations? Do they need help to remember how each form of writing differs in style and format?
This activity can be used in many ways. An ideal use of the activity is for the pupils to match the features with each genre before they begin looking at a new form of writing. The features can be cut out and placed onto the blank sheet.
The worksheet can also be a very helpful aide-memoire for pupils and teachers!
A Tudor Family tree with coloured images for each member. Begins with the roses of Lancaster and Yorkshire.
A great resource to help pupils understand the Tudor family and the relationships between them.
Pupils need to add in connective/connective phrase into the text - 'Was Henry VIII' a good king?
Text can also be used as an exemplar of Discursive writing.
Ideal for Year 6+
Do your pupils often confuse instructions and explanations? So do mine!
These resources will help the children understand the difference between the two genres.
The children can work on the worksheet in pairs, cutting out the text and deciding whether the writing is from an explanation or instruction text.
Ideal for Year 5-6.
A brilliant resource to help improve reading levels.
The booklet contains questions which cover the range of Assessment Foci. The questions also imitate the style and format used in QCA and SAT tests.
Ideal for Guided Reading and Whole class activities. Also great as a revision aid and for individual tutoring.
Ideal for pupils at Level 4-5
This Guided Reading prompt is great to use when listening to a group reading.
All the questions have been given an AF number enabling teachers to assess the progress of their readers.
Teachers do not need to worry about asking questions on the spot, with this useful teaching aide.
Ideal for reading levels 3-4.
A simple table that the pupils use to record their results when testing the solubility of various solids.
The children first predict the solubility of the solids and explain their predictions, then test and record their results. Finally, they can rank the solubility of each solid.
Suitable for Years 4-6.
This resource is a teaching and learning pack, to be used in its entirety for a Book Week, based around the best-selling children’s book Agent Two Face. The pack, written by the author who is an English and History specialist, includes a whole week of activities based around the book, as well as a comprehension pack, which has questions in the style of SATS. Answers are also included. The resources are ideal for Year 5 to Year 8. An ideal resource for 2018, to commemorate the centenary of the end of WW1.
A set of comprehension questions, written by the author himself, ideal for Years 5-6. The questions imitate the style and standard of SATS/QCA’s papers, and will serve as ideal preparation for children taking their Year 6 SATs papers. A set of answers is also provided. The Book, Agent Two Face, is a best-selling novel, aimed at ages 10+, charting the dramatic adventures of a German Teenager, through the Years 1914-1918. The story follows Bertie’s adventures from Berlin in 1914, to war-torn London, to the Western Front, and back to London. An ideal book to study to commemorate the centenary of the end of the ‘Great War’.
A selection of fun puzzles aimed at Year 4+ that accompany the popular Viking Book ‘BEOWUFF’.
Puzzles include: a maze, cryptograms, a criss cross and word search. Ideal for children studying or with an interest in the Vikings.
Ideal for Years 3-4, a selection of fun puzzles, including cross words, word searches and cryptograms, inspired by the popular book ‘Son of Spartapuss’ . A perfect accompaniment for Roman studies in Key Stage 2.
A selection of fun and challenging puzzles, including a cross word, word search, and maze, to accompany the ever popular book ‘BOUDIACT’. Ideal for Upper Key Stage 2 and children studying Roman Britain.
