I created a knowledge organiser to use with my Year 5 and 6s on out new topic of Ernest Shackleton We are using the amazing book- Shackleton’s Journey by William Grill

I made this sheet for my class for this week. It revises the grammar terms such as article, noun, adjective etc giving clear examples The children then put their own words in to a grid to build up Christmas themed sentences about what they’ve learned. They then can put these in a Christmassy story. Merry Christmas.

I think this in the most useful resource I've made so far to help year 5 and 6 children with their writing. It has helped me get my books in order for writing moderation too! This word mat is to be photocopied double sided and laminated. It includes: All the year 5/6 curriculum spelling words Hyphenated Words Subordinating conjunctions Co-ordinating Conjunctions Modal Verbs Contractions (including spoken contractions) It is colourful, well set out and easy to use. I hope others find it as useful as our school does. It does help them when they are writing. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/richbreeds

I created these checklist cards as English Coordinator to help embed grammar throughout the school. The children can use them to assess when they have done a piece of writing. I used both the national curriculum and Pie Corbett's progression in writing to put these together. They are very visual and give examples.

As English Lead I delivered a staff meeting on the importance of starter activities/anchor tasks at the beginning of an English session Here is the notebook file I used- I got all the staff to take part in these games/activities as if they were the class Then I asked them to share ideas for starter games they have found successful Any Questions please ask