Activities that work on children being able to identify adjectives in a sentence. These have been created for LA or SEN children to help them build their understanding of adjectives.

All the resources required for children to independently create their own instructions for creating a Halloween potion of some sort. Included are examples of potions from Harry Potter, different lists of potential items and key linking adverbs and imperative verbs. Also included is a cauldron picture where children can draw or list ingredients that will go in. Aimed at 5/6 where they should be confident with instruction writing anyway so can be used as they are for a couple of lessons of independent writing.

An activity that requires children to identify missing commas within an extract. Included is an extract from Harry Potter with the commas removed and the extract with commas included.

A simple worksheet that gets children to work on modal verbs in various ways.

A simple whole class marking sheet that can be used for KS2 English. This can then be used to feedback, with this being used effectively for independent writing as it doesn't give specific advice to a specific individual but looks at what has worked well, where to improve and other areas of focus. The PDF version is a simple print and write on sheet while the PowerPoint offers the opportunity to type notes instead.

A simple worksheet that gets children to work on nouns in various ways.

Three different examples of written instructions that come from creating potions in Harry Potter.

Activities that work on children being able to identify nouns in a sentence. These have been created for LA or SEN children to help them build their understanding of nouns.

A simple worksheet that gets children to work on verbs in various ways.

A mini biography/ fact file that introduces Queen Victoria's life for KS2 children.

A lesson that gets children to work on being able to identify the key features of a diary. Included is the presentation and two different worksheets, with the HA worksheet then getting children to think about regional dialects and rhetorical questions.

A resource activity that tests children's ability to use search engines accurately with 25 questions across a range of topics. Quickly find out children's capabilities and the different ways in which they use Google before then being able to use this to inform a unit of work that looks at using search engines effectively.

A comprehensive set of resources for anyone to be able to teach a block on writing discussion texts. Planned for Year 5 but very easily adaptable to Year 4 or Year 6. Included are: Full lesson plans for 15/16 lessons, with differentiated activities for children. IWB slides for every lesson that go step by step through the lesson. (N.B. In the shared writing sessions, the example paragraphs just need playing around with to a new topic. Whilst I could have done these, it is more powerful to do them with the class at the time) Resource sheets required for lessons. Word banks for children to use. A self-assessment/ teacher assessment marking sheet that helps children assess as they write and can then be used for a simple marking sheet to pick out positives and targets for children.

A six lesson sequence focussing on the history of Nottingham, particularly with focus to the castle, that has been written for KS2 children with the planning, resources and presentation all included. During the six lessons, children also briefly cover key historical events such as the Third Crusade, the English Civil War and elements of the Industrial Revolution. As well as the lesson resources and planning, there is a Nottingham history knowledge organiser and a diamond 9 activity where children can decide what was most important and least important from events at the castle.

Learn all about 12 famous scientists using these fact files. Learn about their childhood, education and some of their key work in science. Perfect for displays or for reading to gain knowledge. Included are: Albert Einstein Alexander Fleming Charles Darwin Dian Fossey Galileo Isaac Newton Ivan Pavlov Louis Pasteur Nikola Tesla Robert Oppenheimer Sally Ride Stephen Hawking

A fact file about the history of electricity that was written as part of the Year 6 Science curriculum for electricity with two different sets of questions and answers included.

Different resources that look at Bonfire Night. This includes: A PowerPoint that focusses on the history of Bonfire Night and the failed plot to kill King James I A PowerPoint that looks at how to stay safe on Bonfire Night A poster challenge to create a safety poster for Bonfire Night, including key tips for creating an effective poster A Guy Fawkes fact file to learn more about him A reading comprehension about Guy Fawkes (differentiated three way with answers included) A definition activity related to words seen in the PowerPoint about Bonfire Night/ words that relate to the plot to get children to work on using dictionaries effectively

A range of sheets with helpful descriptions for children when writing stories. These include describing different features of characters, settings and creating atmosphere through the weather and seasons. In addition to having a range of adjectives to use, these sheets also include example sentences with a range of adjectives and verbs to help give children creative ideas.

A simple guided reading session that focuses on a book without reading the book. Included is: A simple activity to help develop children's understanding of reading comprehension, getting them to think about what different questions are looking for by matching the question up to what they would need to find. An activity that gets children to think about what questions they can ask just by looking at the front cover before trying to answer some of these based on the clues available. An activity with the blurb, deciding what extra information it offers and whether it has changed their thinking about what will happen in the story.

A worksheet that explains hyphens and includes examples before working through various activities to apply their understanding of hyphens. The answer sheet is also included separately.