This Greek myth, retelling the tale of the Minotaur and how it was defeated by the Greek hero Theseus, can be used to test reading comprehension skills in KS2. It also provides a model text and prompts for writing activities. The text is accompanied by 17 reading comprehension questions. These questions target key comprehension skills such as retrieving information, making inferences and understanding unfamiliar vocabulary.

Help children learn how to spell the words from the Year 3 and Year 4 word lists with these crosswords. Not only are these a fun way to test and improve children’s spelling skills, the clues help to clarify word meanings, developing vocabulary and enabling children to use these words more confidently in their writing. The pack contains six crosswords and answer sheets are included.

This writing review worksheet is an excellent way to develop children’s descriptive writing skills when it comes to creating tone. There are a number of activities that help children understand the effect their writing has on the reader, which can be taught in a single lesson or spread over a number of sessions. There are images to give children ideas for their writing, and sections of model text that demonstrate how an author’s choices can change the tone of the text. It’s a great way to revise previous learning, and to experiment with new ideas.

The activities in this pack help KS2 children understand the subtle differences between adjective synonyms so that they can use them accurately in their own writing.

Tier 2 words are ones which children might encounter in text but are less likely to use in everyday conversation. As these words are often unfamiliar to children, they can sometimes act as a barrier to reading. We have chosen 48 Tier 2 words for this Year 5 pack. The Tier 2 words in this pack can be used by children to add more adventurous or formal vocabulary to their writing. The worksheets can also be used as a reading comprehension activity.

This pack contains all you need to teach a Year 1 lesson on adding suffixes (using -ed as the example), or to revise the topic with pupils.

In year 1, pupils need to be able to recognise capital letters and form these correctly. Children can use the alphabet cards to match capital and lowercase letters and then apply their knowledge using the worksheet in the pack.

This bright, appealing grammar worksheet is an excellent way to practise and revise using parenthesis in Year 5. It is divided into five sections: understand, challenge, test, explain and apply. Activities include SATs style questions and opportunities for creative writing responses, with eye-catching images as prompts.

Key Stage 2 English worksheets This bright, appealing grammar worksheet is an excellent way to practise and revise using synonyms in Year 6. This primary resource is divided into five sections: Understand Match words with their synonyms, and find two synonyms for the words given Challenge Rewrite the example sentences, replacing each of the words in bold with a synonym Test Circle the correct synonym for the words given. Then circle two words which are synonyms in each of the sentences below Explain In your own words, describe what a synonym is using at least two examples Apply Write a short email to parents about an upcoming school trip, telling them what is needed, including as many synonyms of the words given as you can Activities include SATs-style questions and opportunities for creative writing responses, with eye-catching images as prompts. What is a synonym? A synonym is a word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word or phrase. Synonym examples Nice and kind Big and large Tiny and minute Quick and fast Smelly and stinky Thrilling and exciting National Curriculum English programme of study links Students will learn how words are related by meaning as synonyms and antonyms [for example, big, large, little].

The activities in this pack help KS2 children understand the subtle differences between adjective synonyms so that they can use them accurately in their own writing. They include cards for sorting, and cloze procedure worksheets. This primary resource pack includes: Description synonyms worksheet Each page contains synonyms for a different word, such as ‘big’, ‘young’ and ‘loud’, and children need to fill in the blanks in sentences using the synonyms where they fit best Description synonyms answer sheet Description synonyms word cards Printable PDFs to cut out and use Teacher notes What is a synonym? A synonym is a word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word or phrase. Synonym examples Nice and kind Big and large Tiny and minute Quick and fast Smelly and stinky Thrilling and exciting National Curriculum English programme of study links Students will learn how words are related by meaning as synonyms and antonyms [for example, big, large, little].

This pack contains all you need to teach a Year 1 lesson on using capital letters for proper nouns, or to revise the topic with pupils. It includes: colourful posters for teaching a word sort activity worksheets for children to practise and apply their new grammar knowledge

This Year 6 science resource enables teachers to review learning following the teaching of a topic of living things and their habitats in Upper Key Stage 2. It covers areas on the science curriculum including life cycles, reproduction, and parts of a plant. The worksheets are split into sections that check children’s scientific vocabulary, understanding, and their ability to explain, predict and deduce what is happening in difference scientific scenarios.

Estimate and read time with increasing accuracy to the nearest minute; record and compare time in terms of seconds, minutes and hours; use vocabulary such as o’clock, a.m./p.m., morning, afternoon, noon and midnight. These time review worksheets provide extra challenge for Year 3 children. A variety of time measurement problems are spread across three sections, enabling you to use the whole sheet during a lesson or to select specific problems for different teaching sessions. A separate answer sheet for all sections is included.

*Count up and down in hundredths; recognise that hundredths arise when dividing an object by one hundred and dividing tenths by ten. * These hundredths fraction worksheets provide extra challenge for Year 4 children. A variety of hundredths problems are spread across three sections, enabling you to use the whole sheet during a lesson or to select specific problems for different teaching sessions. A separate answer sheet for all sections is included.

Recognise mixed numbers and improper fractions and convert from one form to the other and write mathematical statements > 1 as a mixed number (for example, ⅖ + ⅘ = 6/5 = 1 1/5). These mixed number and improper fraction worksheets provide extra challenge for Year 5 children. A variety of fraction problems are spread across three sections, enabling you to use the whole sheet during a lesson or to select specific problems for different teaching sessions. A separate answer sheet for all sections is included.

Calculate and compare the area of rectangles (including squares), and including using standard units, square centimetres (cm2) and square metres (m2) and estimate the area of irregular shapes. These area worksheets provide extra challenge for Year 5 children. A variety of area problems are spread across three sections, enabling you to use the whole sheet during a lesson or to select specific problems for different teaching sessions. A separate answer sheet for all sections is included. NOTE: THESE SHEETS MUST BE PRINTED AT 100% IN ORDER FOR THE MEASUREMENTS TO BE ACCURATE.

Convert between different units of metric measure (for example, kilometre and metre; centimetre and metre; centimetre and millimetre; gram and kilogram; litre and millilitre) Understand and use approximate equivalences between metric units and common imperial units such as inches, pounds and pints. These measurement conversion worksheets provide extra challenge for Year 5 children. A variety of measurement problems are spread across three sections, enabling you to use the whole sheet during a lesson or to select specific problems for different teaching sessions. A separate answer sheet for all sections is included.

Count up and down in tenths; recognise that tenths arise from dividing an object into 10 equal parts and in dividing one-digit numbers or quantities by 10. These worksheets on tenths provide extra challenge for Year 3 children. A variety of tenths problems are spread across three sections, enabling you to use the whole sheet during a lesson or to select specific problems for different teaching sessions. A separate answer sheet for all sections is also included.

This Times Tables Challenge Pack provides children with a term’s worth of practice on recalling multiplication facts for their 2, 5 and 10 times tables. The pack contains 13 sheets of 60 problems. The children can complete as many of these as possible as a timed challenge. Also included in this pack is a scorecard so that children can see how recall is improving across the term.

Round decimals with one decimal place to the nearest whole number. These rounding decimals worksheets provide extra challenge for Year 4 children. A variety of rounding problems are spread across three sections, enabling you to use the whole sheet during a lesson or to select specific problems for different teaching sessions. A separate answer sheet for all sections is included.