I am an ex-primary head teacher and English, Maths and History specialist. I've mostly worked in KS2, often in Year 6. Although for the last two years, I've been working in Year 1, which has been delightful!
All the resources have been used successfully with children in a range of schools all over the country.
I am constantly reviewing and updating my resources. Please follow me to ensure that you have the most up to date versions of the resources you buy.
I am an ex-primary head teacher and English, Maths and History specialist. I've mostly worked in KS2, often in Year 6. Although for the last two years, I've been working in Year 1, which has been delightful!
All the resources have been used successfully with children in a range of schools all over the country.
I am constantly reviewing and updating my resources. Please follow me to ensure that you have the most up to date versions of the resources you buy.
A differentiated starter, introduction for both ActivInspire and Smartboard, and differentiated activity with an extension activity for use in Continuous Provision and AFL / Next Steps plenary class activity.
Learning Objective: To represent numbers beyond 20
This lesson consists of:
A differentiated starter – Exchange Up. A counting game for groups of children to take in turns counting up to a target number of 20 (LA), 30 (MA) 40 (HA) using base 10 equipment and a dice. A second starter finding the value of numbers represented by tens and ones.
An Interactive Whiteboard teaching introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire flipchart building on the skill of one to one correspondence before extending this to teach grouping into tens and ones using Base 10 equipment and linked to recognising the number of tens and ones that are used to represent a number.
A youtube video link for distance learning introducing the starter, main part of the lesson and the AFL / Next Steps plenary.
A differentiated series of tasks requiring the use of grouping and Base 10 equipment to identify the value of objects in a number grid to help link sets of tens and ones to numbers.
A final AFL / Next Steps task, where children apply their knowledge of tens and ones by showing the value of given numbers represented by Base ten equipment.
A differentiated starter, introduction for both ActivInspire and Smartboard, and differentiated activity with an extension activity for use in Continuous Provision and AFL / Next Steps plenary class activity supported by a youtube video for Distance learning.
Learning Objective: To identify ten more and ten less of a number:
This lesson consists of:
A differentiated starter – Exchange Up. A counting game for groups of children to take in turns counting up to a target number of 20 (LA), 30 (MA) 40 (HA) using base 10 equipment and a dice. A second starter finding the value of numbers represented by tens and ones and finding one more and one less of this number.
An Interactive Whiteboard teaching introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire flipchart building on the children’s knowledge of Base ten representations of numbers to find ten more and ten less than a number.
A youtube video link for distance learning introducing the starter, main part of the lesson and the AFL / Next Steps plenary.
A differentiated series of tasks requiring the use of Base 10 equipment to find ten more and ten less than a number.
A final AFL / Next Steps task, where children apply their knowledge of tens and ones by showing the value of given numbers represented by Base ten equipment.
A plan, set of teaching resources, Interactive Whiteboard presentations for both Promethean and Smartboards.
This resource uses the questions on 2016 Key Stage 2 SATs papers 1, 2 and 3 to revise your class' understanding of quick arithmetic methods and revise a specific aspect of the reasoning papers finishing with an AfL style plenary using exemplar questions from the 2016 SATs paper.
This is the second lesson in a revision programme designed to prepare Year 6 children for the Maths SATs papers 1, 2 and 3.
Learning Objectives covered:
To subtract whole numbers, decimals or fractions quickly (arithmetic starter)
To understand and apply the vocabulary describing the property of numbers i.e. factors, multiples, square numbers, prime numbers, odd and even, common factor, prime factor, common multiples.
A plan, set of teaching resources, Interactive Whiteboard presentations for both Promethean and Smartboards.
This resource uses the questions on 2016 Key Stage 2 SATs papers 1, 2 and 3 to revise your class' understanding of quick arithmetic methods and revise a specific aspect of the reasoning papers finishing with an AfL style plenary using exemplar questions from the 2016 SATs paper.
This is the fourth lesson in a revision programme designed to prepare Year 6 children for the Maths SATs papers 1, 2 and 3.
Learning Objectives covered:
To divide whole numbers, decimals or fractions quickly (arithmetic starter)
To solve addition and subtraction multi-step problems deciding which operations and methods to use.
To apply addition and subtraction strategies to multi-step problems including negative numbers (and decimals.)
A plan, set of teaching resources, Interactive Whiteboard presentations for both Promethean and Smartboards.
This resource uses the questions on 2016 Key Stage 2 SATs papers 1, 2 and 3 to revise your class' understanding of quick arithmetic methods and revise a specific aspect of the reasoning papers finishing with an AfL style plenary using exemplar questions from the 2016 SATs paper.
This is the fifth lesson in a revision programme designed to prepare Year 6 children for the Maths SATs papers 1, 2 and 3.
Learning Objectives covered:
To divide whole numbers, decimals or fractions quickly (arithmetic starter)
To solve problems involving multiplication
A plan, set of teaching resources, Interactive Whiteboard presentations for both Promethean and Smartboards.
This resource uses the questions on 2016 Key Stage 2 SATs papers 1, 2 and 3 to revise your class' understanding of quick arithmetic methods and revise a specific aspect of the reasoning papers finishing with an AfL style plenary using exemplar questions from the 2016 SATs paper.
This is the sixth lesson in a revision programme designed to prepare Year 6 children for the Maths SATs papers 1, 2 and 3.
Learning Objectives covered:
To subtract whole numbers, decimals or fractions quickly (arithmetic starter)
To solve problems involving division
Topics covered are:
Arithmetic (Paper 1) - addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of 2 digit - 6 digit numbers, decimals and fractions.
Maths reasoning (Paper 2 and Paper 3) - Place Value, Properties of Number and problem solving involving addition and subtraction problems.
Each session ends with AfL work drawn from the 2016 SATs papers.
Each session is supported by presentations for Smartboard and for Promethean, worked examples in the form of You Tube clips for your own use or with your class and 4 way differentiated independent activities.
New for 2018 Year 6 Revision stand alone lesson - addition and subtraction
A plan, set of teaching resources, Interactive Whiteboard presentations for both Promethean and Smartboards.
This resource uses the questions on 2016 Key Stage 2 SATs papers 1, 2 and 3 to revise your class' understanding of quick arithmetic methods and revise a specific aspect of the reasoning papers finishing with an AfL style plenary using exemplar questions from the 2016 SATs paper.
This is the eighth lesson in a revision programme designed to prepare Year 6 children for the Maths SATs papers 1, 2 and 3.
Learning Objectives covered:
To division whole numbers, decimals or fractions quickly (arithmetic starter)
To solve problems involving fractions and decimals
A plan, set of teaching resources, Interactive Whiteboard presentations for both Promethean and Smartboards.
This resource uses the questions on 2016 Key Stage 2 SATs papers 1, 2 and 3 to revise your class' understanding of quick arithmetic methods and revise a specific aspect of the reasoning papers finishing with an AfL style plenary using exemplar questions from the 2016 SATs paper..
This is the tenth lesson in a revision programme designed to prepare Year 6 children for the Maths SATs papers 1, 2 and 3.
Learning Objectives covered:
To solve arithmetic addition problems involving large numbers, decimals and fractions .
To make use of BODMAS to solve multistep arithmetic problems
To solve problems involving algebra
Learning Outcomes:
All will find pairs of numbers that satisfy an equation with 2 unknowns
Most will be able generate and describe linear number sequences
Some will be able to express missing number problems algebraically
A plan, set of teaching resources, Interactive Whiteboard presentations for both Promethean and Smartboards.
This resource uses the questions on 2016 Key Stage 2 SATs papers 1, 2 and 3 to revise your class' understanding of quick arithmetic methods and revise a specific aspect of the reasoning papers finishing with an AfL style plenary using exemplar questions from the 2016 SATs paper.
This is the eleventh lesson in a revision programme designed to prepare Year 6 children for the Maths SATs papers 1, 2 and 3.
Learning Objectives covered:
To solve arithmetic subtraction problems involving large numbers, decimals and fractions .
To make use of BODMAS to solve multistep arithmetic problems
To solve problems involving algebra
Learning Outcomes:
All will use simple formulae
Most will be able to find pairs of numbers that satisfy an equation with 2 unknowns
Some will be able to express missing number problems algebraically
Topics covered are:
Arithmetic (Paper 1) - addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of 2 digit - 6 digit numbers, decimals, fractions and BODMAS
Maths reasoning (Paper 2 and Paper 3) - problem solving involving multiplication and division; problems involving fractions and decimals (sequencing and converting and calculating fractions of quantities ) problems involving measures and conversion.
Each session ends with AfL work drawn from the 2016 SATs papers.
Each session is supported by presentations for Smartboard and for Promethean, worked examples in the form of You Tube clips for your own use or with your class and 4 way differentiated independent activities.
A plan, set of teaching resources, Interactive Whiteboard presentations for both Promethean and Smartboards.
This resource uses the questions on 2016 Key Stage 2 SATs papers 1, 2 and 3 to revise your class' understanding of quick arithmetic methods and revise a specific aspect of the reasoning papers finishing with an AfL style plenary using exemplar questions from the 2016 SATs paper.
This is the seventh lesson in a revision programme designed to prepare Year 6 children for the Maths SATs papers 1, 2 and 3.
Learning Objectives covered:
To multiply whole numbers, decimals or fractions quickly (arithmetic starter)
To solve problems involving multiplication and division
To use inverse operations
A plan, set of teaching resources, Interactive Whiteboard presentations for both Promethean and Smartboards.
This resource uses the questions on 2016 Key Stage 2 SATs papers 1, 2 and 3 to revise your class' understanding of quick arithmetic methods and revise a specific aspect of the reasoning papers finishing with an AfL style plenary using exemplar questions from the 2016 SATs paper.
This is the twelfth lesson in a revision programme designed to prepare Year 6 children for the Maths SATs papers 1, 2 and 3.
Learning Objectives covered:
To solve arithmetic multiplication problems involving large numbers, decimals and fractions .
To make use of BODMAS to solve multistep arithmetic problems
To solve problems involving geometry
Learning Outcomes:
Pupils can:
• draw 2-D shapes using given dimensions and angles.
• compare and classify geometric shapes based on their properties and sizes and find unknown angles in any triangles, quadrilaterals, and regular polygons.
• recognise angles where they meet at a point, are on a straight line, or are vertically opposite, and find missing angles.
4 pairs of IWB presentations linked to Place Value covering all aspects of Place Value to allow you to meet expectations of current (2014 onwards) National Curriculum for Mathematics.
The worksheets cover the following learning objectives:
Year 5
- read, write, order and compare numbers to at least 1,000,000 and determine the value of each digit
- round any number up to 1,000,000 to the nearest 10, 100, 1,000, 10,000 and 100,000
Year 6
- read, write, order and compare numbers up to 10,000,000 and determine the value of each digit
- round any whole number to a required degree of accuracy
KS3
- understand and use place value for decimals, measures and integers of any size
- round numbers and measures to an appropriate degree of accuracy [for example, to a number of decimal places or significant figures]
NB also available are the worksheets to go with these presentations, also for £2 and a complete 5 lesson teaching package (including both presentations, worksheets, starters and lesson plans) for £2.50.
3 lessons designed to introduce the use of negative numbers in Year 5 and Year 6.
Also would be useful for children who are struggling with the concept in Key Stage 3.
LOs:
Starter:
to interpret negative numbers in context, count forwards and backwards with positive and negative whole numbers, including through 0 (Year 5)
to use negative numbers, and calculate intervals across 0 (Year 6)
to order positive and negative integers (KS3)
Main Lesson:
solve problems involving negative numbers (Year 5 & Year 6)
select appropriate concepts, methods and techniques to apply to unfamiliar and non-routine problems (KS3)
This lesson consists of:
A starter / connect PowerPoint where children sequence and order negative and positive numbers and identify the properties of Magic Number Squares.
An Interactive Whiteboard teaching introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire, showing how to continue negative number sequences and to use strategies identified in Connect to find solutions to Magic numbers.
A 4 way differentiated series of independent tasks (including a Mastery Level Challenge Activity) where children to interpret a range of charts, bar and line graphs showing positive and negative temperatures. This is complete with an answer sheet to make marking easier.
An AFL / Next Steps task challenging children to apply knowledge to another type of Magic Square.
3 sets of 4 way differentiated worksheets covering all aspects of Negative Numbers to allow you to meet expectations of current (2014 onwards) National Curriculum for Mathematics.
The worksheets cover the following learning objectives:
to count forwards and backwards with positive and negative whole numbers (Year 5)
to interpret negative numbers in context, count forwards and backwards with positive and negative whole numbers, including through 0 (Year 5)
to use negative numbers, and calculate intervals across 0 (Year 6)
use negative numbers in context, and calculate intervals across 0 (Year 6)
to solve problems involving negative numbers (Year 5 & Year 6)
to order positive and negative integers (KS3)
to apply this knowledge to bar and line graphs. (KS3)
to select appropriate concepts, methods and techniques to apply to unfamiliar and non-routine problems (KS3)
3 sets of interactive presentations / teaching introductions covering all aspects of Negative Numbers to allow you to meet expectations of current (2014 onwards) National Curriculum for Mathematics.
The presentations are suitable for use with Smartboard Notebook software and Promethean ActivInspire flipchart software.
The presentations cover the following learning objectives:
to count forwards and backwards with positive and negative whole numbers (Year 5)
to interpret negative numbers in context, count forwards and backwards with positive and negative whole numbers, including through 0 (Year 5)
to use negative numbers, and calculate intervals across 0 (Year 6)
use negative numbers in context, and calculate intervals across 0 (Year 6)
to solve problems involving negative numbers (Year 5 & Year 6)
to order positive and negative integers (KS3)
to apply this knowledge to bar and line graphs. (KS3)
to select appropriate concepts, methods and techniques to apply to unfamiliar and non-routine problems (KS3)
LOs:
Starter:
-To show a range of multiplication methods.
Main Lesson:
- To multiply numbers up to 4 digits by a one-digit number using a formal written method (Year 5)
- To multiply numbers up to 4 digits by a one-digit number using a formal written method (Year 5)
- To use multiplication, including formal written methods, applying it to integers and decimals, (KS3)
This lesson consists of:
A connect starter reviewing prior learning with regard to multiplication methods
An Interactive Whiteboard teaching introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire, to teach how to lay-out short multiplication and to test the children’s ability to solve short multiplication problems.
A 4 way differentiated series of calculations (including a Challenge Activity) where children are expected to solve a series short multiplication problems, and one Word Problem per ability group. Answers are supplied to ease marking.
An AFL / Next Steps task based on previous SATs questions, which requires children to apply their knowledge of short multiplication to more challenging problems.
LOs:
Starter:
To use short multiplication.
Main Lesson:
To solve Word problems requiring short multiplication (Year 5 and Year 6)
To develop their mathematical knowledge, in part through solving problems and evaluating the outcomes, including multi-step problems (KS3)
This lesson consists of:
A Starter series of short of progressively harder multiplication problems and their answers. A connect activity getting children to identify as many different words that can used for multiplication.
An Interactive Whiteboard teaching introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire, to teach how to lay-out short multiplication when answering word problems and to test the children’s ability to solve short multiplication Word problems.
A 4 way differentiated series of calculations (including a Challenge Activity) where children are expected to solve a series short multiplication Word problems, More Able children will have to complete multistep problems. Answers are supplied to ease marking.
An AFL / Next Steps task based on previous a SATs questions, which introduces the idea of using long multiplication.
