An English Lead who has been teaching for over 10 years, sharing high quality, time saving resources so you can focus on your pupils and achieve a healthy work-life balance.
You will find bright and engaging resources that are designed to be picked up and easily taught by anyone.
Each resource is focused on progress, inspired by the Outstanding Teachers Course.
An English Lead who has been teaching for over 10 years, sharing high quality, time saving resources so you can focus on your pupils and achieve a healthy work-life balance.
You will find bright and engaging resources that are designed to be picked up and easily taught by anyone.
Each resource is focused on progress, inspired by the Outstanding Teachers Course.
Over 300 English report comments statements so you can quickly complete your primary English report comments. Select from this extensive bank to create individual differentiated paragraphs. Simply choose the right comment to suit each child, one from each of the 11 sections. There are enough comments to create personalised paragraphs of comments for a whole class of 30. Created with a large variety of phrases, openings and language so you can describe each pupil in a precise, eloquent and efficient way.
High Quality
English report comments written for KS2 and easily adaptable for KS1. They are perfect for years 3, 4, 5 and 6 as they cover:
listening
speaking
reading
reading targets
word work
story writing
different genres
grammar and punctuation
spelling and handwriting
editing
writing targets
Differentiated
There are four different ability groups included with at least 80 comments in each, so a minimum of 320 different statements for your reports.
Easy to Use
They are all available in girl and boy version saving you having to change any pronouns. All names are shown with 3 stars so you just have to find and replace to insert names. All year groups are shown with 3 dots so you can replace them quickly as well.
Save Time
Teaching is busy enough without report writing as well, save time whilst doing a good job. Easily copy and paste these thoughtful comments to create personalised and admired reports.
Also…
Check out these other handy end of year resources:
General Report Comments
Maths Report Comments
Geography Report Comments
This is a complete set of medium term plan templates for every subject for each primary year group. All ready-to-go complete with questions, vocabulary and objectives, designed for any teacher to build on.
Each section contains the important headings and some content that you will need, including a large set of key questions, key vocabulary and the relevant learning objectives for each year group and subject.
Download these to save yourself time setting up medium term plans.
All reviews welcome.
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For ready-to-go finished medium term plans follow the links below:
- KS2 Science Forces Unit
- KS2 Scandinavia Geography Unit
- KS2 Scandinavia Art Unit
A complete bank of discussion text sentence openers. Includes a variety of words grouped into useful types. All that you need for expanding vocabulary and heightening progress during a discussion text unit.
Types of openers included:
Openers for additional points of view
Openers for opposing points of view
Openers for discussing opinions
Generalisation openers
Openers referring to time
A variety of extra openers
They are bright and colourful so would be perfect for a display, toolkit or word bank.
Print as either PowerPoint slides or aA4 format.
Check out my popular lesson packs on discussion texts:
Week 1 Explore and Learn About Discussion Texts
Week 2 Write Your Own Discussion Text
Relevant auditing questions to ask children when monitoring English as a subject leader. Written for primary school children, easily adaptable for secondary.
Review your subject so that if Ofsted arrive you can be confident in your knowledge of where the children are at, what they understand, what they can do and are likely to say in a discussion.
Choose from over 60 deep and meaningful questions to ignite interesting discussions with your pupils.
Covers key areas which are currently prominent in education, such as:
- key texts,
- independent learning skills,
- self and peer assessment,
- computing skills,
- teacher support,
- learning dialogue,
- drafting,
- editing and publishing skills,
- challenge,
- higher level thinking,
- marking styles,
- peer evaluation,
- targets,
- dictionaries,
- thesaurus,
- teacher feedback,
- evidence of improving ability
All of these topics are addressed within these main areas:
- General Lessons,
- Assessment,
- Reading,
- Exercise Books,
- SPAG,
- Wellbeing.
These questions could be adapted to other subjects easily.
All reviews welcome.
You can find many more reliable and useful English Leader resources and tools at my shop: Teachallenjoy
To keep up to date with the new English curriculum 2017 use these handy tools for the whole school below:
- Writing Assessment Guidance
- Speaking and Listening Self, Peer and Teacher Assessments
- Guided Reading and Comprehension Question Openers
- SMART Writing Targets
264 differentiated science comments for boys and girls, covering 13 key areas for your primary KS2 reports. Create your report comments quickly this year by simply choosing a collection of comments to suit each child, one from each section. There are enough comments to create different personalised paragraphs of comments for a whole class of 30 children.
Written for the whole of KS2 focusing on learning aptitudes and the general areas covered so perfect for years 3, 4, 5 and 6. A summary of content is also provided to remind you of the topics covered in science by your year group to further personalise the reports.
Save Time
Teaching is busy enough without report writing as well, save time whilst doing a good job. Easily copy and paste these original comments to create personalised and thoughtful reports.
Differentiated
264 comments overall, divided into 3 ability groups: high, middle and low ability. Each group contains 13 sections with 6 comments in each. There are also 30 next steps included, differentiated into 3 ability groups.
High Quality
Use these high quality science report comments, covering:
Attitude
General Knowledge
Speaking and Listening
Learning New Concepts
Group Work
Equipment
Observations and Experiments
Predictions
Fair Tests
Measuring, Data and Recording Findings
Conclusions
Written Work
Asking Questions
Easy to Use
They all come in a girl and a boy version saving you having to change any pronouns. All names are shown with 3 stars so you just have to find and replace, to insert names.
Also…
Check out my other handy end of year resources:
General Report Comments
320+ English Report Comments
280+ Maths Report Comments
Report Comments MEGA BUNDLE
300 general report comment statements covering all aspects of school life. Easily make 30 different personalised paragraphs for your class. Use the boy or girl versions to save even more time. Suitable for KS1 and KS2.
Choose from the 300 comments, enough to create a whole class of different reports, 10 different statements to choose from for every child. Quickly create your general report comment paragraphs by selecting the right comment to suit each child, one from each of the 10 sections. Describe your pupils in a precise, eloquent and efficient way.
Written for all primary year groups, relevant for years 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6
High Quality
Use these high quality comments, 18 pages covering:
Overall Introduction
Working and Learning Style
Attitude
Working & Playing With Others
Behaviour
Learning Outcomes & Presentation
Strengths
Next Steps
Responsibilities, Homework & Spellings
Summary and Looking Forward
Easy to Use
All the comments come in a girl and a boy version saving you having to change any pronouns. All names are replaced with 3 stars so you just have to find and replace to insert names.
Save Time
Teaching is busy enough without report writing as well, save time whilst doing a good job. Easily copy and paste these thoughtful comments to create personalised and admired reports.
Also…
Check out these other handy end of year resources:
English Report Comments
Maths Report Comments
Geography Report Comments
Create your primary maths reports quickly using these 280 differentiated maths report comments for KS2. The subject of maths is broken down into 7 skill sections, relevant for all year groups, with 4 ability groups provided. Use the girl and boy versions to save time, just quickly choose the right comments to suit each child. There are enough comments to create different personalised paragraphs of comments for at least a whole class of 30 children.
High Quality
Written for the whole of KS2 focusing on learning aptitudes and the general areas of maths. Some spaces are left for you to add some relevant objectives for your year group.
These are perfect for years 3, 4, 5 and 6 as they cover:
Attitude
Mathematical concepts
Lesson content
Operations and calculations
Mental strategies
Reasoning
Problem Solving
Understanding, explaining and checking solutions
Strengths and Assessments
Presentation
Targets
Differentiated
Maths report comment banks for four different ability groups are provided with at least 70 comments in each, so a minimum of 280 different statements for your reports.
Easy to Use
They all come in a girl and a boy version saving you having to change any pronouns. All names are shown with 3 stars so you just have to find and replace, to insert names.
Save Time
Teaching is busy enough without report writing as well, save time whilst doing a good job. Easily copy and paste these thoughtful comments to create personalised and admired reports.
Also…
Check out these other handy end of year resources:
General Report Comments
320 English Report Comments
Geography Report Comments
An engaging 33 slide KS2 assembly for British Science Week with 3 differentiated follow up writing tasks. Inspire your pupils to aim for a career in science. Includes many discussion opportunites and questions prompting higher level thinking. All concepts explained clearly. All writing templates provided, including differentiated printables. Relevant for KS2 and KS3.
Could also be a useful PSHE lesson on scientific careers and role models.
Covers these key teaching points:
What is science?
Definition explained in an easy to understand way.
How does science impact on our lives today?
4 key aspects explained in detail
Who would like to see Science in action?
An engaging, awe-inspiring and quick experiment to create excitement for this week of science.
What happened? Why?
A clear explanation of how the experiment worked, linking it to the children’s current understanding of the world.
What qualities and skills do you need to be a great scientist?
Key words covered and ideal characteristics.
Do you know any famous British scientists and what have they achieved?
5 impressive short biographies of famous British scientists.
What problems are modern scientists facing today?
A list with images of key issues that need resolving
Who are these busy modern scientists?
4 small biographies of 4 famous modern scientists and their achievements.
What degrees can start you on the path for a science career?
Look at a list of suitable degrees and possible career options from there.
How would you pursue a career in science?
Job options for a career in science and average yearly earnings.
Who is Stephen Hawking?
A short discussion about his achievements, challenges and why he is such an important role model and icon.
3 Tasks children could complete to extend and inspire:
Create a poster telling people about British science week.
Draw a flow chart of what you would like to investigate and how if you were a scientist.
Write a letter to a famous scientist, you must include at least 10 questions.
Check out my other updated resources for British Science Week:
British Science Week KS2 Posters
British Science Week KS2 Homework Tasks
LKS2 Mini WOW Investigations
UKS2 Mini WOW Investigations
All you need to write your English, Maths, Science and General comments for your primary reports. Over 1400 different high quality differentiated comments to save you time.
Save time and energy this year when writing your primary KS2 reports. Use these extensive report banks to quickly whip up a class full of personalised English, maths, science and general comment paragraphs.
Simply copy and paste a selection of thoughtful comments to suit each child, choosing from each large subject bank. Speedily create fluent paragraphs describing the whole child.
Each subject is divided into sections, in total there are enough sentences to create different paragraphs for every child in your class. All appropriate and relevant to your pupils.
Ideal for years 3,4,5 and 6, easily adaptable for KS1.
Impress your pupils, your parents and your head teacher with articulate and positive comments for these subjects. Show your pupils and their families you do know them well by choosing comments to suit each child. End the year knowing you’ve valued and helped each pupil in your class, whilst saving time for the wellbeing of yourself outside of school.
You can also find lots of other handy end of year resources at my shop.
Why not use my SMART targets to choose next steps for your pupils?
Or use my Assessment Guidance to speed up your end of year data decisions.
A large eye-catching display for a KS2 English unit on 'The Highwayman' by Alfred Noyes. Includes titles, questions, text extracts, interactive activities, vocabulary, images, text features and examples.
Designed to engage and interest your pupils, this display brings this glorious narrative to life. Emotive stills and haunting images, alongside challenging questions and engaging explanations.
Includes:
- 2 Titles
- The poem broken down into lines and images this could also be used for a sequencing or analysis activity.
- 12 higher level thinking questions
- 2 interactive reasoning questions to answer on the display
- 24 key words (including themes of the poem)
- 8 important features of the poem
- 8 example cards of each poetry feature
- 3 interactive activities (matching, sorting, ordering)
All reviews welcome.
You can find many more reliable and useful KS2 English resources at my shop: Teachallenjoy
You might also be interested in my:
Modal Verbs Display
Persuasive Writing Display
The Piano Display
Download this useful weekly plan template to help you remember everything you need. Each day contains spaces for learning objective, success criteria, sequence of activities, differentiation and much more.
Use the plan with suggestions, notes and ideas to save time when planning. Just choose the key vocabulary, questions, resources etc. that you need and delete the rest. Plan quickly using the teaching and AFL strategies provided.
Spaces provided for all essential information:
- Key Vocabulary
- Key Questions
- Resources
- Cross Curricular Links
- EAL, SEN, PP,
- Lesson Context
- Grouping Opportunities
- AFL Opportunities
Suitable for any year group in primary and adaptable for secondary.
All reviews welcome.
You can find many more reliable and useful KS2 resources at my shop: Teachallenjoy
Bestsellers:
1. For an extensive collection of word banks follow that link to expand the vocabulary of your class.
2. Modal Verb Display - A visual, bright and logical display enhancing the children's understanding of these words and encouraging them to use this word class confidently.
3. Whole School SMART Targets Fine tune and speed up your marking process. Have a vast number of precise and progress focused targets, which your pupils can understand and achieve, at your fingertips.
Bright inspirational posters designed to get the children excited and talking about science. A pack of inspirational posters quoting famous scientists from history, from Isaac Newton to Stephen Hawking. Each quote instigates high quality thought and discussion, perfect for KS2
Every scientist is British so a great resource for British Science Week.
Could be used both as posters or as starters or plenaries in a science lesson. Also handy for science displays throughout the year. Relevant to both KS2 and KS3.
You might also be interested in my other updated British Science Week Resources:
British Science Week KS2 Homework Tasks
British Science Week LKS2 Mini WOW Investigations
British Science Week UKS2 Mini WOW Investigations
A giant pack all ready for British Science Week. Exciting assemblies, bright eye-catching posters, engaging and inspiring homework tasks and easy to set up WOW experiments.
Every resource is ready to go, bright, colourful and clear.
All editable, detailed and relevant to KS1 and KS2. Every activity is specifically written for year groups, using objectives from the new national curriculum.
KS1 Resources:
KS1 29 slide Assembly and written tasks with templates.
4 Homework Task Cards for each year group, all different activities to choose from.
A pack of What is Science? posters.
A mini wow investigation for every day of the week for year 1.
A mini wow investigation for every day of the week for year 2.
KS2 Resources:
6. KS2 28 slide Assembly and written tasks with templates
7. 4 Homework Task Cards for each year group, all different activities to choose from.
8. A pack of 14 inspirational quote posters of famous British scientists.
9. A mini wow investigation for every day of the week for year 3, and different ones for year 4.
10. A mini wow investigation for every day of the week for year 5, and different ones for year 6.
A lesson plan with 33 sections for all that you will ever need for planning an observation of an outstanding lesson. Complete with useful tips, ideas and examples, plan with confidence, efficiency and success.
Helpful tips and higher level thinking questions are included to help structure the lesson and ensure that everyone makes progress.
Use the extra notes pages as a starting point and to ensure coverage, differentiation and progression for every child.
Suitable for any year group in primary and adaptable for secondary.
All reviews welcome.
You can find many more reliable and useful KS2 resources at my shop: Teachallenjoy
You might also be interested in enhancing your Behaviour Management Strategies Follow that link to find new and refreshing ideas.
To further engage your class why not try these fun and educational word searches, handy in English as a starter or plenary. Or they can be used in any other lesson to boost the children's understanding of KS2 grammar terminology: Word Search Bundle
Year 3 English objectives on one handy sheet. Separated into transcription, composition and grammar.
Useful for remembering what to cover, assessing work and for planning for progress.
You could have one sheet for each child or use as a resource on its own.
All reviews welcome.
You might also be interested in these resources for teaching English with the New Curriculum:
Year 3 SMART Writing Targets
Year 3 Writing Assessment Guidance
Year 3 Reading Assessment Questions
Year 5 writing objectives on one handy sheet. Separated into transcription, composition and grammar.
Useful for remembering what to cover, assessing work and for planning for progress.
You could have one sheet for each child or use as a resource on its own.
All reviews welcome.
You might also be interested in these resources for teaching English with the New Curriculum:
Year 5 Writing Assessment Guidance
Year 5 SMART Writing Targets
Year 5 Reading Assessment Questions
You can find all of this and more at my shop:Teachallenjoy
A useful document for assessing children’s writing in Year 5, guidance for you to have a better understanding of assessing with the New Curriculum.
Make your assessments quick, clear and useful so that your planning hits the spot.
Ensure progress for every child as you confidently identify their next steps and find any small essential gaps to fill.
See all of the writing statements in an easy to understand grid, sorted into three simple steps:
- Beginning/Entering
- Within/ Developing
- Secure
You can use these for one child or for the whole class to track and enhance their progress throughout the year.
All reviews welcome.
Check out my other popular resources for teaching English with the New Curriculum:
Year 5 Writing Assessment Sheets
Year 5 SMART Writing Targets
Year 5 Reading Assessment Questions
You can find all of this and more at my shop:Teachallenjoy
A detailed PowerPoint ideal for an assembly or lesson on this important day of December 2nd. Includes a 42 slide engaging and animated PowerPoint, video link, writing templates and writing examples and links to other useful websites on this day. Teach your pupils about the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery.
Lots of opportunities for discussion and higher level thinking. All concepts explained clearly.
Discuss and answer these key questions:
Why is this day special?
When did it start?
What is the UN and its Charter?
Who are the General Assembly?
What is slavery?
Is there slavery today?
How does modern slavery happen?
What the symbol represents today? Why?
Do you agree with these famous quotes about slavery?
How do people celebrate today?
How can we bring a stop to slavery?
Print out these engaging tasks for the children to complete in a lesson:
Task 1 - Design a symbol to represent this day, use the ideas provided.
Task 2 - Write a poem to raise awareness of modern slavery.
Task 3 - Write a short story about starting your dream job and what you would do if you came across inequality or people being taken advantage of in the workplace.
Writing templates provided.
Relevant for KS2 and KS3.
Also useful for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition on August 23rd and for the start of a topic on the Slave Trade.
All reviews welcome.
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A bright and clear seating plan useful for teachers and your students. Five effective seating plans for different classrooms, lessons, children and times of year. Includes colour coded tables for differentiation. Professional plans to put up on your wall and save you time.
Two sets of colour coding:
1. Colour coded for ability
2. Colour coded for groups
Labelled for subjects. Lots of spare tables and chairs so can edit each plan.
Start the term with a focused, organised and refreshed classroom.
All reviews welcome.
You can find many more reliable and useful KS2 resources, lessons and plans at my shop: Teachallenjoy
You might also be interested in these inexpensive and free resources:
* Noisemeter
* Behaviour Management CPD Pack
* Observed Lesson Plan Template
An inspiring CPD pack for refreshing and updating your behaviour management toolkit. Extensive word document, bright and clear PowerPoint and survey included.
Understand how to manage a class in a low energy, effective and long term way. Make small changes to your teaching to have a big impact on the focus, concentration and progress of your pupils.
Download a clear, visual and easy to understand 10 page word document explaining fundamental aspects of teaching:
Laying the foundations of behaviour management
Explaining expectations and consequences
4 behaviour management essentials
10 top behaviour strategies
Teaching for engagement alongside behaviour management
Walking around school as role models
Table Plans for minimum disruption
Playground behaviour management
Practical subjects, rewards and tidying up a classroom
Evaluating and changing your practice
Enjoy a 29 slide PowerPoint for training others, covering key techniques and strategies to update teaching methods. Within this there are moments to discuss, reflect and evaluate your practice.
Also included is an optional anonymous survey you can give your class to find out what they think about your strengths and weaknesses - a daring but effective way to move your skills forward.
This would be helpful for any NQTs and other teachers looking to refresh and update their behaviour management.
Useful for individual personal CPD or to provide whole school CPD.
All reviews welcome.
You can find many more reliable and useful KS2 resources, lessons and plans at my shop: Teachallenjoy
You might also be interested in these inexpensive and free resources
Noisemeter
Seating Plan Pack
Dreams and Aspirations Lesson