A bit grisly, admittedly, but my pupils relished the task of inventing methods for their dragons to catch prey! Text exemplar with worksheets, a presentation and lesson ideas. This original and exciting text encourages pupils to talk, innovate and then write. The 4 resources can be used for Big Writing. The exemplar text is ideal for when pupils are imitating, innovating or inventing. What a good one looks like (WAGOLL). Download includes: - the text of an explanation with a pupil worksheet containing an analysis of the language features - a PowerPoint presentation of the text - 8 ideas for how to use the text in lessons that will easily last a week This example text can be used by pupils to: - observe the features of explanation writing - rewrite the explanation using their own language or by borrowing phrases - write an explanation in the style of the author This text will be enjoyed by fans of 'How To Train Your Dragon', 'Eragon', 'The Hobbit' and 'Dragon Rider'. Ideal for use in upper KS2 or lower KS3. I've used this resource successfully in Year 6.

My pupils loved innovating with this text and altering the instructions for how how to care for dragon eggs. Text exemplar with worksheets, a presentation and lesson ideas. This original and exciting text encourages pupils to talk, innovate and then write. The 4 resources can be used for Big Writing. The exemplar text is ideal for when pupils are imitating, innovating or inventing. What a good one looks like (WAGOLL). Download includes: - the text of a set of instructions with a pupil worksheet containing an analysis of the language features - a PowerPoint presentation of the text - 8 ideas for how to use the text in lessons that will easily last a week This example text can be used by pupils to: - observe the features of instruction writing - rewrite the instructions using their own language or by borrowing phrases - write a set of instructions in the style of the author This text will be enjoyed by fans of ‘How To Train Your Dragon’, ‘Eragon’, ‘The Hobbit’ and ‘Dragon Rider’.

These word problems will help your pupils master position and direction and the use of coordinates through reasoning and problem solving. Suitable for Y6 and above. Answers supplied.

A week’s worth of planning, presentations and worksheets to teach your Year 6 pupils how to master Position and Direction from Block 4 - Week 11. Pupils will learn how to plot and read coordinates in all four quadrants; they will translate shapes on the coordinate grid; they will reflect shapes in the x and y axis; they will solve reasoning and mastery problems based on all these skills with a plentiful supply of SATs type questions for a varying range of abilities. The resources are differentiated. They include plenty of fluency practice as well as reasoning and mastery. Answers are provided. All lessons will fit in with White Rose planning. Feedback is welcomed and appreciated. Many more maths resources coming soon!

A week’s worth of planning and worksheets to teach your Year 6 pupils how to master factors, multiples, primes, prime factors, square numbers and cube numbers from Block 2 - Week 5. Pupils will learn how to find factors and the highest common factor; they will find multiples and the lowest common multiple; they will identify prime numbers and composite numbers; they will express a number in terms of its prime factors; they will identify square numbers and cube numbers; they will solve reasoning and mastery problems based on all these skills for a varying range of abilities. The resources are differentiated. They include plenty of fluency practice as well as reasoning and problem solving. Answers are provided. All lessons will fit in with White Rose planning. Feedback is welcomed and appreciated. Many more maths resources coming soon!

A week’s worth of planning and worksheets to teach your Year 6 pupils how to master measurement and converting units. They will learn how to convert between standard units, converting units for length, mass, volume, time and temperature, using decimal notation. They will solve problems involving units of measurement and use approximate conversions for imperial units of measurement including miles. The resources are differentiated. They include plenty of fluency practice as well as reasoning and mastery. Answers are provided. Editable versions of each PDF are included, created in Microsoft Word 2010. All lessons will fit in with White Rose planning. Feedback is welcomed and appreciated. Many more maths resources coming soon!

A week’s worth of planning, presentations and worksheets to teach your Year 6 pupils how to master Number - short and long division from Block 2 - Week 4. Pupils will learn how to divide with up to 4 digits - including short and long division with and without remainders; they will solve reasoning and mastery problems based on all these skills for a varying range of abilities. The resources are differentiated. They include plenty of fluency practice as well as reasoning and problem solving. Answers are provided. All lessons will fit in with White Rose planning. Feedback is welcomed and appreciated. Many more maths resources coming soon!

A week’s worth of planning, presentations and worksheets to teach your Year 6 pupils how to master the multiplication and division of fractions. The resources are differentiated. They include plenty of fluency practice as well as reasoning and mastery. Answers are provided. Editable versions of each PDF are included, created in Microsoft Word 2010. All lessons will fit in with White Rose planning. Feedback is welcomed and appreciated. Many more maths resources coming soon!

A week’s worth of planning and worksheets to teach your Year 6 pupils how to master perimeter and area. They will learn how to find the area of rectilinear shapes and composite shapes; they will find the perimeter of a range of regular and irregular shapes; they will solve area and perimeter problems; they will learn to find the area of triangles. The resources are differentiated. They include plenty of fluency practice as well as reasoning and mastery. Answers are provided. Editable versions of each PDF are included, created in Microsoft Word 2010. All lessons will fit in with White Rose planning. Feedback is welcomed and appreciated. Many more maths resources coming soon!

A week’s worth of planning, presentations and worksheets to teach your Year 6 pupils how to master decimals. They will learn how to write decimals with three decimal places; they will learn how to multiply and divide decimals by 10, 100 and 1000; they will learn how to multiply decimals by integers. The resources are differentiated. They include plenty of fluency practice as well as reasoning and mastery. Answers are provided. Editable versions of each PDF are included, created in Microsoft Word 2010. All lessons will fit in with White Rose planning. Feedback is welcomed and appreciated. Many more maths resources coming soon!

A week’s worth of planning and worksheets to teach your Year 6 pupils how to master area and volume. These plans follow on directly from Block 5 Week 8 - also available in my shop. Pupils will learn how to reason and solve problems with the area of triangles; they will find the area of parallelograms; they will find the volume of solids and solve problems involving the volume of solids. The resources are differentiated. They include plenty of fluency practice as well as reasoning and mastery. Answers are provided. Editable versions of each PDF are included, created in Microsoft Word 2010. All lessons will fit in with White Rose planning. Feedback is welcomed and appreciated. Many more maths resources coming soon!

A week’s worth of planning and worksheets to teach your Year 6 pupils how to master algebra. They will learn how to solve and create one and two-step function machines; they will learn to use algebraic expressions and substitution; they will learn how to use formulae. The resources are differentiated. They include plenty of fluency practice as well as reasoning and mastery. Answers are provided. Editable versions of each PDF are included, created in Microsoft Word 2010. All lessons will fit in with White Rose planning. Feedback is welcomed and appreciated. Many more maths resources coming soon!

A week’s worth of planning and worksheets to teach your Year 6 pupils how to master algebra. They will learn how to use and solve one and two-step equations; they will learn how to enumerate possibilities of combinations of two variables. The resources are differentiated. They include plenty of fluency practice as well as reasoning and mastery. Answers are provided. Editable versions of each PDF are included, created in Microsoft Word 2010. All lessons will fit in with White Rose planning. Feedback is welcomed and appreciated. Many more maths resources coming soon!

A week’s worth of planning, presentations and worksheets to teach your Year 6 pupils how to master comparing fractions by using a common denominator or a common numerator, as well as a lesson on finding fractions of quantities. The resources are differentiated. They include plenty of practice as well as reasoning and mastery. Answers are provided. All lessons are compatible with White Rose planning. Feedback is welcomed and appreciated. Many more maths resources coming soon…

A week’s worth of planning, presentations and worksheets to teach your Year 6 pupils how to master addition and subtraction of fractions. The resources are differentiated. They include plenty of practice as well as reasoning and mastery. Answers are provided. All lessons are compatible with White Rose planning. Feedback is welcomed and appreciated. Many more maths resources coming soon…

A weeks’ worth of planning and worksheets to teach your Year 6 pupils how to master ratio and proportion. They will learn how to recognise and use the language of ratio; they will learn how to calculate with ratio; they will learn how to use scale factors; they will learn how to solve problems involving ratio and proportion. Additional lessons are also included which focus on reasoning with ratio, simplifying ratios and solving recipe problems. The resources are differentiated. They include plenty of fluency practice as well as reasoning and mastery. Answers are provided. Editable versions of each PDF are included, created in Microsoft Word 2010. All lessons will fit in with White Rose planning. Feedback is welcomed and appreciated. Many more maths resources coming soon!

A week’s worth of planning and worksheets to teach your Year 6 pupils how to master the order of operations and how to reason from known facts from Block 2 - Week 6. Pupils will learn how to use the order of operations with brackets; they will use known division and multiplication facts to solve related problems; they will solve reasoning and mastery problems based on all these skills for a varying range of abilities. The resources are differentiated. They include plenty of fluency practice as well as reasoning and problem solving. Answers are provided. All lessons will fit in with White Rose planning. Feedback is welcomed and appreciated. Many more maths resources coming soon!

Instructions, letters and non-chronological reports: what a good one looks like (WAGOLL). Text exemplars with worksheets, presentations and lesson ideas. These 4 original and exciting texts encourage pupils to talk, innovate and then write. They can be used for Big Writing. The exemplar texts are ideal for when pupils are imitating, innovating or inventing.

Over 40 pages containing more than 300 reasoning and problem solving activities for Year 6 with answers - enough to last an entire year. The activities can be downloaded as PDFs or as editable Word documents. Free samples of three of these resources are available from my shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/decimals-reasoning-and-problem-solving-12201156 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/solving-length-problems-year-6-12201157 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/comparing-fractions-reasoning-and-problem-solving-12201154 These resources have been tried and tested with Year 6 pupils. Problems often mirror SATs style questionning or else require pupils to explain their reasoning. These resources can be used in conjunction with White Rose schemes. Topics covered: Long multiplication Short division Long division Factors and multiples Order of operations Reason from known facts Equivalent fractions and simplification Improper fractions and mixed numbers Comparing fractions using a common denominator Addition and subtraction of fractions Addition and subtraction of fractions Multiplication of fractions Division of fractions Position and direction Decimals with 3 decimal places Multiplication and division of decimals by integers Converting between fractions and decimals Equivalence of fractions, decimals and percentages Finding percentages of amounts Algebraic expressions and substitutions Solving algebraic word problems Solving equations Enumerating possibilities Reasoning and problem solving with measures Solving length problems Solving measurement problems Problem solving with area and perimeter Reasoning with area and perimeter Area of triangles Volume The language of ratio Recipe problems Scale factors Proportion problems Angles