Here are 30 questions that promote critical thinking. They are based upon the mastery approach . They are great for showing if a child has understood the process/concept of place value, adding 100/1000, ordering numbers and more. Lots of puzzles and problems with pictorial representations. Feel free to edit and differentiate to meet your classes needs. Many thanks, I hope they are useful.

Here is an Interactive Whiteboard resource full of phonic games. My class topic is Pirates so I've gone Pirate mad! There are 11 slides and 4 games/activities differentiated. Feel free to edit to suit your classes needs. Many thanks

Hi, thanks for viewing. These worksheets are designed to stretch all abilities and allow the pupil to use a range of skills such as rounding, estimating and adding to complete mastery style questions. These can be used as a main, starter or plenary activity or alternatively cut them up and give them as extra challenges. Please feel free to edit to suit the needs of your class. I hope they help.

This worksheet contains 15 questions that allow the pupils to use their knowledge and skills in different scenarios. Feel free to adapt this worksheet to suit your children's needs. Thanks, I hope they help.

Hi all, This worksheet has 10 + questions designed to stretch your pupil's reasoning skills. They combine addition and rounding skills and can be used as starters, main or plenary activities. Alternatively, I've been using them as extension activities. Feel free to edit the tasks to suit your class. I hope they help.

Attached are 6 differentiated strips of sometimes, always and never multiplication and division questions. There are 3 division and 3 multiplication. Each one is editable. I have used them to show reasoning skills and show greater depth. I hope your class enjoy using them as much as mine have. Many thanks

Hi, This resource is great for whole lessons. You can model writing a sustained piece and structure how to add depth and creativity to a paragraph/short/long piece of writing. I’ve played around with how I use this presentation, here are some suggestions, and if you find better ways then please share your good practice. 1. Print slides and allow children to use as prompts for writing about a stimulus. 2. Show children stimulus and then do some talk for writing, than ask them to write sentence/paragraph 1 and then share with class. Repeat process for all 6 sentence types. 3. Print the slides and cut the strips up. Allow children to mix and match to create different structures. I really hope that this resource is useful. Many thanks

This resource includes an IWB presentation and a word document with Christmas themed multiplication problems and puzzles. Add an element of festive fun to your Maths lessons whilst still engaging the children and ensuring that your class have opportunities to tackle mastery style questions. There are 20 qs in total. Feel free to change the problems to suit the needs of your class. I hope these are useful. Many thanks.

The children love to be active during Phonic sessions. This activity can be adapted to any occasion/activity. For example you could use it as a dart/arrow board or roll an object and see what word it lands on. I have used it in trays or baskets and with many items that the children roll , e.g pebbles, die, small cubes, spinning tops to name a few. This resource includes 5 pdfs which contain 4 boards each (20 in total). They cover the split digraphs a_e e_e i_e o_e u_e and include real and nonsense words ( pseudonyms ). This resource is editable. I hope you and your class enjoy this activity as much as my class do. Many thanks

Hi, This Interactive white board activity allows your children to spot the odd sounding word out and play ‘Into the black hole’…a game that sees the child dragging the pseudonym (alien word) into the black hole and into oblivion. The real words stay in front of the black hole and the alien disappear behind the center of the hole. The game is accompanied by a worksheet that can be used in conjunction with the IWB or without. The resource is editable so feel free to tinker to suit the sound and needs of your class. In most slides you can edit the words. I hope that this resource helps you and your children continue to love reading and enjoy their Phonics teaching.

This game is loved by my mixed R/1 class. This download includes 5 PDF documents with 4 pages (20 boards in all) and a smartboard version of all hard copies for interactive whiteboard. Each split digraph a_e , e_e, i_e , o_e and u_e have been split into three levels of difficulty and the middle ability has a copy with the sounds highlighted to further differentiate. The pupils simply roll die and then move car and say word they land on. These sounds are ideal to cover if you are working on phase 5 or set 3 RWI phoncis schemes. This can be used as a whole class activity / starter or with 1:1/group interventions. The interactive Smartboard game uses a die that only goes up to 3. This makes it a snappy but not too long a game. Children could play best out of three or you could use the game boards to set out a mini competition/tournament around the classroom. It’s also great wen doing transport as a theme and to check and stretch learning. I’ve included the word documents so that you can edit and create your own words. Great revision activity for the upcoming phonics screening. No real preparation needed. Simply print and use. You only need toy cars or a playing piece and a die. I really hope you and your class enjoy this as much as my class do. Please leave feedback if possible :) Thanks

This resource includes 7 game boards and an Interactive Smart board version. The alien words (pseudonyms) cover all the split digraphs and there is one board that covers just the sounds. To further extend the game you could hold your own world cup with group rounds and then knockout rounds. You could use two boards or a die up to 3. I hope that your class enjoys playing these games. Many thanks for viewing.