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.
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
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
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
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
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
A complete New Year’s assembly, it includes a 23 slide PowerPoint, video links, activity, information, writing extension tasks and a song link to finish.
Use this KS2 assembly to embrace the New Year with your school. Learn about cultures from around the world and try one of their new year traditions. Encourage the children to think of a range of new year resolutions and discuss the examples given.
Highlights:
All ready to go
Interactive
Differentiated extensions
Inclusive
Inspiring
Start the new year with an engaging assembly to kickstart discussion, aspirations and focus.
All reviews welcome.
Check out my other popular assemblies for special days:
Mental Health Awareness Assembly
World Poetry Day Assembly
British Science Week Assembly
A complete assembly on storytelling, including a 24 slide PowerPoint, video links, interactive questions, extension tasks, reflection time and song to finish.
Use as an inspiring start to National Storytelling Week, 29th January - 4th February 2024.
Cover:
What is a story?
What types of story are there?
How is storytelling different to reading a story?
Where do stories come from?
Storytelling - The Frog Prince
What do all stories have?
Plot
Characters
Setting
Can you copy stories?
Reflection
Song
Video links provided for children to go back into class and become familiar with a classic fairy tale or story and retell it, before adapting it to make it their own.
Highlights:
Ready-to-go
Perfect for KS2 primary age
Colourful, engaging, animated
Inclusive
Perfect for all learning styles
After the reflection time where children can connect to themselves and discover what stories mean to them, there is a story song (The Lion Inside) for children to watch and listen to as they quietly leave the assembly.
All reviews welcome.
Check out my other assemblies on special occasions, linked to English:
Book Day
World Poetry Day
National Speech and Debate Day
Use this resource to write Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Time bound year 4 writing targets.
Useful for teachers when assessing so you can narrow down the statements from the National Curriculum into small next steps which the children can understand.
Broken down into targets for punctuation, handwriting, grammar and composition.
You could print out one for each child and use as an assessment tool.
Or just use when marking to save time so you can quickly choose a high quality target personalised for each child.
All reviews welcome.
You might also be interested in these high quality resources for the New Curriculum:
Whole School SMART Targets
Whole School Writing Assessment Sheets
Whole School English Writing Assessment Guidance
Whole School Guided Reading Questions
An engaging assembly or lesson for raising awareness and understanding of mental health. Includes a 32 slide PowerPoint, interactive activities, reflection time, starter and plenary, higher level questioning, AFL and real life scenarios.
Designed for Mental Health Awareness Weeks in primary schools. Could also be a useful PSHE lesson on discussing and coping with feelings.
Takes the children through these key question:
What is mental health?
A child friendly definition.
Why is mental health important?
Explains how many children in an average class have mental health problems and more interesting facts.
What do people think about mental health now?
Explains the stigma associated with mental health and the importance of seeing a doctor for body and mind illnesses.
What should we do when things get tough?
Strategies for coping with intense feelings, inspirational quotes from well known fairy tales and reasons for keeping active.
How do I keep my mind healthy?
3 easy everyday activities that can keep your mind healthy.
What about other people?
Supporting others with mental illness, medication and public perceptions.
Who has mental health problems?
4 inspirational stories of famous people sharing their experiences.
What have we learnt today?
It is so important to talk about our emotions, ask for help when we need support and to look after our minds and bodies.
Who can we ask for help?
4 sources of support supplied.
Lots of opportunities for discussion and higher level thinking. All concepts explained clearly.
All child friendly terms used.
Relevant for KS2 and KS3.
Check out my other updated resources for mental health awareness week:
Emotion Cards
Year 3-4 Week of Circle Time on Mental Health
Year 5-6 week of Circle Time on Mental Health
Mental Health Awareness Posters
Self Esteem PSHE Lesson
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.
Over 260 differentiated geography comments for boys and girls, covering 10 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.
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 high, middle and low ability groups. Each group contains 10 sections with enough comments to make 30 personalised reports. 65 low ability, 76 middle ability and 85 high ability statements altogether. There are also 30 next steps included, 10 for each ability group.
High Quality
Use these high quality geography report comments, covering:
Summary
Continents
World Biomes
Physical features
Human features
Major countries
Major cities
UK
Technical terms
Geographical fieldwork
Easy to Use
They all come in a girl and a boy version saving you having to change any pronouns. Collect statements for each child to make a paragraph then simply add in their name a few times to polish off your work.
Just highlight the comments you have used to make sure all your 30 geography reports are quickly made and completely different.
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
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
This is an engaging 36 slide PowerPoint ideal for a KS1 teddy bear assembly for raising awareness and understanding of mental health. 5 key teaching points included, explaining complex issues in a way appropriate for KS1.
Explained with teddy bears it enables young children to comfortably discuss this important topic.
Useful for Mental Health Awareness Week in primary schools. Could also be a useful KS1 PSHE lesson on discussing and coping with feelings to be used at any point throughout the year.
Takes the children through these key question:
What is mental health?
A child friendly definition.
What should we do when things get tough?
Strategies for coping with intense feelings, inspirational quotes from well known fairy tales and reasons for keeping active.
How do I keep my mind healthy?
Easy everyday activities that can keep your mind healthy.
Who has mental health problems?
4 famous people share their experiences.
What have we learned today?
It is important to talk about our emotions, ask for help when we need support and to look after our minds and bodies.
Who can we ask for help?
4 sources of support supplied.
Lots of opportunities for discussion and higher level thinking. All concepts explained clearly.
All child friendly terms used.
Relevant for KS1.
You can find more high quality KS2 resources at my shop.
You might also be interested in my other new resources for mental health awareness week:
Emotion Cards
Mental Health Awareness Posters
KS1 Mental Health Bundle
A complete assembly on Martin Luther King Junior Day, including a 23 slide PowerPoint leading you through his life story and achievements. Bright, colourful and engaging, ideal for KS2, easily adaptable for KS1 and kS3.
Includes:
What is this day?
Who was Martin Luther King?
Family
Inequality
School Life
Later Life
Career
Civil Rights Movement
‘I have a dream’ speech
Changes
Achievements
Assassination
Video links
How is this day celebrated in America?
Time given at the end of the assembly for reflection, children can think of their own dreams for the future.
All reviews welcome.
Check out my other popular assemblies on important days:
World Kindness Day
International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
National Speech and Debate Day
All the new curriculum writing objectives on one handy sheet for every year group. Separated clearly into transcription, composition and grammar so you can quickly see a child’s strengths and areas for development.
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 the New Curriculum:
Whole School SMART Targets
Whole School English Writing Assessment Guidance
Whole School Guided Reading Questions
All you need to run an easy, engaging and exciting science week for KS2. Includes a KS2 assembly, homework tasks for every year group, posters and packs of experiments.
Every resource is ready to go, bright, colourful and clear.
All editable, detailed and relevant to the national curriculum objectives for KS2. Every activity is specifically written for year groups, and caters for every learning style.
KS2 British Science Week Resource Pack Includes:
KS2 Engaging Assembly
28 slide Assembly and written tasks with templates.
Inspiring Homework Activities
4 Homework Task Cards for each year group, all different activities to choose from.
Bright A4 Poster Pack
A pack of 14 inspirational quote posters of famous British scientists.
10 Quick and Easy WOW Investigations
A mini wow experiment for every day of the week for year 3, and different ones for year 4.
10 Amazing Eye Popping Investigations
A mini wow investigation for every day of the week for year 5, and different ones for year 6.
Check out my KS1 Bundle:
British Science Week KS1 Bundle
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
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.
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
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.