Here’s a free Year 1 Narrative Writing WALT and success criteria poster to use with your students! If you’re after more, check out this editable resource with differentiated success criteria and multiple formats for students to stick into their books. Happy teaching & learning! Be purposeful teachers Who are in control Feel inspired And know they’ve done enough. ☆ If you found this product helpful, please leave a review below! @attheminute.teaching

Studying famous figures or incredible people in the community? Get your students writing biographies full of facts and anecdotes! Want to get to know your students that much better? Get them to craft autobiographies all about them! NEW RELATED RESOURCE: Biography Booklets for Years 1-8! This pack includes: Child-speak success criteria for biography and autobiography writing Differentiated sets of success criteria with three levels of challenge Display posters with WALTs and success criteria Mini success criteria for students to stick into books Editable text fields so you can customise to suit your learners When you purchase this resource, you will be able to download a pdf which has a link to give you access to a Google Drive folder with: A 26-page Google Slides presentation with editable success criteria (+ pdf version) A 2-page Google Doc with full list of differentiated success criteria (+ pdf version) This resource can be used to assist with planning as it outlines text features of biography and autobiography writing to be covered in lessons and provides progression options for learners of different abilities. It does not provide additional materials e.g. explanatory slides, exemplars or lesson plans. Students would benefit from whole class/small group modelling of how to use success criteria before attempting to use the success criteria independently. There are 3 levels of differentiation for some resources. The easiest level is suitable for Year 2 students (age 6), the mid level is suitable for Year 3-4 (aged 7-8), and the high level is suitable for Year 5-6 (ages 8-10+). Ready to start teaching biography writing? Here’s a helpful planning template for your students to record their information on: Biography Template Looking for other writing resources? Check out these sets: Success Criteria for Recount Writing Success Criteria for Narrative Writing Success Criteria for Letter Writing Success Criteria for Persuasive Writing Success Criteria for Instruction Writing Success Criteria for Explanation Writing Success Criteria for Descriptive Writing Happy teaching & learning! Be purposeful teachers Who are in control Feel inspired And know they’ve done enough. ☆ If you found this product helpful, please leave a review below! @attheminute.teaching

Step 1: Check out this handy instruction writing resource. Step 2: Download and nail your next lesson! Whether you’re writing recipes for budding Master chefs, going through rules for a sport, or even just the steps for washing your hands correctly (yes, that is mightily important!), this is the resource for you! This pack includes: Child-speak success criteria for instruction writing Differentiated sets of success criteria with three levels of challenge Display posters with WALTs and success criteria Mini success criteria for students to stick into books Editable text fields so you can customise to suit your learners Link to a Google Doc with full editable success criteria When you purchase this resource, you will be able to download a pdf which has a link to give you access to a Google Drive folder with: A 15-page Google Slides presentation with editable success criteria (+ pdf version) A 1-page Google Doc with full list of differentiated success criteria (+ pdf version)** This resource can be used to assist with planning as it outlines text features of instruction writing to be covered in lessons and provides progression options for learners of different abilities. It does not provide additional materials e.g. explanatory slides, exemplars or lesson plans for instruction writing. Students would benefit from whole class/small group modelling of how to use success criteria before attempting to use the success criteria independently. There are 3 levels of differentiation for some resources. The easiest level is suitable for Year 1 students (age 5), the mid level is suitable for Year 2/3 (ages 6-7), and the high level is suitable for Year 3/4/5 (ages 7-9). Looking for other writing resources? Check out these sets: Success Criteria for Recount Writing Success Criteria for Narrative Writing Success Criteria for Letter Writing Success Criteria for Persuasive Writing Success Criteria for Explanation Writing Success Criteria for Descriptive Writing Success Criteria for Biography Writing Happy teaching & learning! Be purposeful teachers Who are in control Feel inspired And know they’ve done enough. ☆ If you found this product helpful, please leave a review below! @attheminute.teaching

Simply overloading a sentence with adjectives doesn’t make it a quality piece of descriptive writing, right? Help your students to craft amazing descriptions in your next Writing lesson with these child-speak success criteria! This pack includes: Child-speak success criteria for setting, character and object descriptions Differentiated sets of success criteria with three levels of challenge Display posters with WALT and success criteria Mini success criteria for students to stick into books Editable text fields so you can customise to suit your learners Link to a Google Doc with full editable success criteria When you purchase this resource, you will be able to download a pdf which has a link to give you access to a Google Drive folder with: A 40-page Google Slides presentation with editable success criteria (+ pdf version) A 3-page Google Doc with full list of differentiated success criteria (+ pdf version) This resource can be used to assist with planning as it outlines text features of descriptive writing to be covered in lessons and provides progression options for learners of different abilities. It does not provide additional materials e.g. explanatory slides, exemplars or lesson plans for descriptive writing. Students would benefit from whole class/small group modelling of how to use success criteria before attempting to use the success criteria independently. There are 3 levels of differentiation for some resources. The easiest level is suitable for Year 1/2 students (aged 5-6), the mid level is suitable for Year 2/3 (aged 6-7), and the high level is suitable for Year 3/4/5 (ages 7-9+). Looking for other writing resources? Check out these sets: Success Criteria for Recount Writing Success Criteria for Narrative Writing Success Criteria for Letter Writing Success Criteria for Persuasive Writing Success Criteria for Instruction Writing Success Criteria for Explanation Writing Success Criteria for Biography Writing Happy teaching & learning! Be purposeful teachers Who are in control Feel inspired And know they’ve done enough. ☆ If you found this product helpful, please leave a review below! @attheminute.teaching

Here’s a free KS2 Narrative Writing WALT and success criteria poster to use with your students! If you’re after more, check out this editable resource with differentiated success criteria and multiple formats for students to stick into their books. Happy teaching & learning! Be purposeful teachers Who are in control Feel inspired And know they’ve done enough. ☆ If you found this product helpful, please leave a review below! @attheminute.teaching

So you’ve laid the groundwork by introducing multiplication with materials, your students have done lots of practice and get the concept - now, you just need a worksheet to consolidate what that mysterious ‘x’ symbol means…ta da! This download includes two worksheets with the Learning Intention WALT use skip counting to solve multiplication equations. The first worksheet includes visuals showing groups of two to help students make connections between their use of materials and the written multiplication equation. The second worksheet provides a numberline to support students with skip counting in 2’s and checks students’ understanding of the multiplication symbol with word problems and challenge questions. Happy teaching & learning! Be purposeful teachers Who are in control Feel inspired And know they’ve done enough. ☆ If you found this product helpful, please leave a review below! @attheminute.teaching

Convince me why. Give me a reason. Learning to write persuasively is an important skill for our students to acquire. How else are they going to convince their parents to let them get a pet or their school to host a non-uniform day? Get equipped for your next Writing lesson with these sets of child-speak persuasive writing success criteria! This pack includes: Child-speak success criteria for persuasive text and persuasive letter writing Differentiated sets of success criteria with three levels of challenge Display posters with WALTs and success criteria Mini success criteria for students to stick into books Editable text fields so you can customise to suit your learners Link to a Google Doc with full editable success criteria When you purchase this resource, you will be able to download a pdf which has a link to give you access to a Google Drive folder with: A 31-page Google Slides presentation with editable success criteria (+ pdf version) A 2-page Google Doc with full list of differentiated success criteria (+ pdf version) This resource is appropriate for students who are just learning to write about their opinions through to those who are working towards utilising rhetorical questions and emotive language for effect. The easiest level is suitable for Year 1/2 students (aged 5-6), the mid level is suitable for Year 2/3 (aged 6-7), and the high level is suitable for Year 3/4/5 (ages 7-9). After more persuasive writing resources? Here are some other products you might like: Persuasive Writing Planner Persuasive Writing For & Against Chart Looking for other writing resources? Check out these sets: Success Criteria for Recount Writing Success Criteria for Narrative Writing Success Criteria for Letter Writing Success Criteria for Instruction Writing Success Criteria for Explanation Writing Success Criteria for Descriptive Writing Success Criteria for Biography Writing Happy teaching & learning! Be purposeful teachers Who are in control Feel inspired And know they’ve done enough. ☆ If you found this product helpful, please leave a review below! @attheminute.teaching

Get your students conducting their own statistical investigations - come up with a question to investigate and get surveying! Students need to form simple conclusions from their data at the end of the activity. Optional challenge included. Happy teaching & learning! Be purposeful teachers Who are in control Feel inspired And know they’ve done enough. ☆ If you found this product helpful, please leave a review below! @attheminute.teaching

This task requires students to draw and list the properties of the following quadrilaterals: square, rectangle, rhombus, parallelogram, kite, arrowhead and trapezium. Use this worksheet as a Geometry pre-test to check that your students know a square has 4 sides or, after you’ve taught them a thing or two, get them marking equal angles and identifying rotational symmetry like a pro! Happy teaching & learning! Be purposeful teachers Who are in control Feel inspired And know they’ve done enough. ☆ If you found this product helpful, please leave a review below! @attheminute.teaching

Don’t you just hate it when you do all this work with materials and then don’t have a follow-up worksheet which matches what you did? In this finding quarters worksheet, students can reinforce materials learning by sharing out counters and then show their understanding with a couple of word problems. Worksheet includes WALT, Success Criteria and Key Words. Happy teaching & learning! Be purposeful teachers Who are in control Feel inspired And know they’ve done enough. ☆ If you found this product helpful, please leave a review below! @attheminute.teaching

Have your students mastered finding quarters using materials? Test their mental maths skills with the handy trick of finding half and half again! This worksheet steps students through calculating 1/4’s of numbers using their knowledge of halves. Includes WALT, Success Criteria and Key Words. Happy teaching & learning! Be purposeful teachers Who are in control Feel inspired And know they’ve done enough. ☆ If you found this product helpful, please leave a review below! @attheminute.teaching

Just what you always needed - the mighty hundred square! This pack comes with: A4 Hundred Square (1-100) A5 Hundred Squares (2 per sheet to save paper!) A4 Blank Number Square (10x10 blank squares) A5 Blank Number Squares (2 per sheet to save paper!) Happy teaching & learning! Be purposeful teachers Who are in control Feel inspired And know they’ve done enough. ☆ If you found this product helpful, please leave a review below! @attheminute.teaching

Sick of the same old ‘All About Me’ worksheets that you do EVERY year? Well, here’s a fresh one! This worksheet has 23 questions for students to answer about themselves which will give you a great insight into what makes them tick (and what gets on their nerves)! These can be used as a wall display or tucked away for students to reflect on later in the year. *24 Takes for 2024 now added! Looking for other start of term activities? Check out this new Back to School Activity Booklet! Good luck for the new school year! Be purposeful teachers Who are in control Feel inspired And know they’ve done enough. ☆ If you found this product helpful, please leave a review below! @attheminute.teaching

Give your students the opportunity to get creative with these four design tasks! These worksheets are designed for students to complete independently and can be used as a start of term or fast-finisher activity. The tasks provide a great opportunity to promote discussion around personal preferences and the need to back up your views with reasons. Students will need a basic understanding of ‘bird’s-eye view’ and keys to complete the first two tasks. This pack includes: My Dream Classroom Design Are your students looking with envy at the class next door wondering why they didn’t get brand new modern learning furniture? You may not be able to change anything but what’s wrong with dreaming? Get those future designers err…designing! My Dream House Design Dream big or create a cosy hideaway - either goes! Get your students working on their bird’s-eye view drawing skills and throw in a key for those fast-finishers! My Dream Day at School Get an insight into what your students really rate at school - who knows, they may come up with some brilliant ideas! If not, well I’m sure they’ll enjoy the chance to be the master planners! Rethinking the Class Timetable Are your students always moaning about having Maths first on a Monday? Do they wish there was more time for PE? Let them be the master planners and come up with a new class timetable! Happy teaching & learning! Be purposeful teachers Who are in control Feel inspired And know they’ve done enough. ☆ If you found this product helpful, please leave a review below! @attheminute.teaching

Snag yourself some PE & Health activities! 16 Fitness Circuit Cards Need a ready-to-go fitness activity? Need to get your students out of class to let off some steam? Set up between 1-16 exercise stations in a circuit and hit start on your 1 minute timer. You WILL break a sweat (or at least your students will!). Bonus resources: Exercise Log Worried that your students are living increasingly sedentary lives? Encourage them to get moving - whether that’s through organised sport, dance, running, jumping or climbing! 60 minutes of physical activity is a must for children - let’s make it happen! Design a Game Template Can’t get outside for PE because the heavens opened up moments before your lesson was due to start? How about some cross-curricular work instead? Get your students to create their own game - complete with a comprehensive equipment list! Food Diary Let’s admit it, we probably need to use this as much as the kids. Get your students thinking about what they’re actually eating each week! Are they eating a balanced diet? Could they choose a new food or recipe to try next week? (Ask mum or dad first!). Happy teaching & learning! Be purposeful teachers Who are in control Feel inspired And know they’ve done enough. ☆ If you found this product helpful, please leave a review below! @attheminute.teaching

Blank Venn diagram perfect for illustrating similarities and differences between two things. Happy teaching & learning! Be purposeful teachers Who are in control Feel inspired And know they’ve done enough. ☆ If you found this product helpful, please leave a review below! @attheminute.teaching

You can never do enough proofreading practice; no matter how many times you remind your students to use a capital letter at the beginning of each sentence, they ALWAYS seem to forget! Practise practise practise! This worksheet has three passages with spelling and punctuation mistakes to correct. Includes WALT, Success Criteria and Key Words. Happy teaching & learning! Be purposeful teachers Who are in control Feel inspired And know they’ve done enough. ☆ If you found this product helpful, please leave a review below! @attheminute.teaching

Scaffold your students with this recipe writing frame! Already followed a recipe to make something in class - super! If not, let your students pick something to write a recipe for and hope it sounds at least somewhat appetizing… This worksheet contains the following sections: Description, Ingredients, Method, and Picture. Happy teaching & learning! Be purposeful teachers Who are in control Feel inspired And know they’ve done enough. ☆ If you found this product helpful, please leave a review below! @attheminute.teaching

WHOOSH! WHIZ! BANG! What’s more fun than creating your own superheroes to fight evil and save the world?! PDF includes 3 different templates - choose your preferred weapon! Bonus: Storyboard Templates! Once upon a time they lived happily ever after. Okay, well hopefully your students’ creations come out a bit more developed than that! Use these storyboard templates for retelling known stories, sequencing events and creating original narratives! Comes in 2 versions: Blank and with a space for captions. Happy teaching & learning! Be purposeful teachers Who are in control Feel inspired And know they’ve done enough. ☆ If you found this product helpful, please leave a review below! @attheminute.teaching