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.
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. A second connect activity where children identify which word problems require long and which short 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 and long multiplication Word problems.
A 4 way differentiated series of calculations (including a Challenge Activity) where children are expected to solve a series short and long 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 the link between division and multiplication.
LOs:
Starter:
To use short or long multiplication.
Main Lesson:
To solve Word problems requiring short or long 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)
A series of questions, answers and reading journal activity based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests or written comprehensions.
LOs
To evaluate the opening of a story.
To understand how an author develops the relationship between his main characters
To understand how an author reflects on larger events beyond the story through the eyes of his characters
To draw comparisons between the behaviour of two main characters in a story
To make predictions based on what you know of the characters in the story.
To reflect on a completed text.
LO: To understand historical concepts such as continuity and change, cause and consequence, similarity, difference and significance, and use them to make connections and draw contrasts (KS2)
LO: To apply the above to the study of an aspect or theme in British history that consolidates and extends pupils’ chronological knowledge from before 1066 (KS3)
A complete activity to help children understand the similarities and differences between the Anglo Saxon and Viking invaders and settlers in Britain between the fall of the Roman Empire and the Norman conquest of 1066.
The activity consists of:
Teaching Input:
1. A powerpoint identifying the key similarities and differences between the Anglo Saxons and Vikings including information about their:
- Origins
- settlements
- everyday lives
- lives of women and children
- laws and punishments
- beliefs
- stories and legends
- legacy.
This can either be run as an introduction, or shared with children in groups or pairs.
Independent Task:
2. A sorting activity consisting of a series of statements which apply to Vikings, Anglo Saxons, both, or neither. (This includes a fact sheet for teacher use, providing the correct answers and a series of websites which provide additional source information)
3. A set of different templates to allow you to choose how this information is then represented.
Challenge / Extension / AG&T
Using websites listed, children could try to find additional information about both peoples.
Plenary
Mark with the children, getting them to identify which description applies to which people.
Pose and discuss the statement The Anglo Saxons and Vikings had more in common than they were different.
This lesson consists of:
A connect / starter reviewing prior learning with regard to long multiplication
An Interactive Whiteboard teaching introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire, to teach how to lay-out long multiplication and to test the children’s ability to solve long multiplication problems focussing on 4 and 5 digit x 2 digit and 3 digit x 3 digit
A 4 way differentiated series of calculations (including a Challenge Activity) where children are expected to solve a series long multiplication problems, and one Word Problem per ability group.
An AFL / Next Steps task based on a previous multi-step KS3 SATs question, which requires children apply master strategies to use their knowledge of long multiplication and inverse operations to find the solution.
LOs:
Starter:
To use long multiplication.
Main Lesson:
- To multiply numbers up to 4 digits by a two-digits numbers (Year 5)
- To multiply multi-digit numbers up to 5 digits by a 2-digit whole numbers and 3 digit by 3 digit whole numbers. using the formal written method of long multiplication (Year 6)
- To use multiplication, including formal written methods, applying it to integers and decimals, (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 multiply numbers up to 3 digits by a two-digit number using a formal written method (Year 5)
To multiply numbers up to 4 and 5 digits by a two-digit number using a formal written method (Year 6)
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 long multiplication methods
An Interactive Whiteboard teaching introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire, to teach how to lay-out long multiplication and to test the children’s ability to solve long multiplication problems.
A 4 way differentiated series of calculations (including a Challenge Activity) where children are expected to solve a series long multiplication problems, and one Word Problem per ability group. (LA can choose between formal long multiplication and the grid method). Answers are supplied to ease marking.
An AFL / Next Steps task based on previous SATs questions, which requires children to apply their knowledge of long 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.
A series of questions, answers and reading journal activity based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests or written comprehensions.
LOs
To develop a feeling of empathy with the main character of a book.
To use recall, skimming and scanning to find out information about the story.
To use your own experiences to comment on what’s happening in a story.
To use inference and deduction to understand the behaviour of the main characters of a Chapter.
To use recall and references to answer questions on the text.
To recognise how an author starts to bring a story to its conclusion.
To reflect upon a completed text.
This lesson consists of:
A starter focusing on using multiplication knowledge to solve division problems and a connect starter reviewing prior learning with regard to division methods
An Interactive Whiteboard teaching introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire, to teach how to lay-out short division and to assess the children’s ability to solve short division problems.
A 4 way differentiated series of calculations (including a Challenge Activity) where children are expected to solve a series short division 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 division.
Learning Objectives:
Starter:
- To show a range of division methods.
Main Lesson:
- To apply short division to integers and decimals (Year 5 & Year 6)
- To use division including formal written methods, applying it to integers and decimals, (KS3)
A series of questions, answers and reading journal activity based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests or written comprehensions.
LOs
To make predictions based on information provided in the cover, blurb and introduction.
To use inference and deduction to explain the main character’s current circumstances.
To emphasise with the main character.
To understand what life was like in Victorian London.
To empathise with the main character at the lowest point of the novel.
To make predictions based on inference and deduction.
To reflect on a completed story.
A series of questions, answers and reading journal activity based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests or written comprehensions.
LOs
To use recall and retrieval to answer factual questions about the Giraffe, Pelly and Me
To use inference and deduction to understand how characters act and feel.
To use recall and retrieval to follow the plot of a story.
To see how an accomplished author brings a story to a close.
LOs:
Starter:
To add and subtract numbers
Main Lesson:
to add and subtract whole numbers with more than 4 digits (Year 5)
to solve problems involving addition and subtraction (Year 6)
This lesson consists of:
A connect PowerPoint to establish children’s understanding of addition and subtraction methods.
An Interactive Whiteboard teaching introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire, to model various methods that can be used to solve addition and subtraction and demonstrating why, for larger numbers, formal methods are best.
A 4 way differentiated series of independent tasks (including a Challenge Activity) where children are expected to solve a series of addition and subtraction problems including one Word Problem for each ability group. .
An AFL / Next Steps task challenging children to identify common calculation errors that are often made with addition and subtraction.
A series of questions, answers and reading journal activities based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests or written comprehensions.
LOs
To be able to use inference and deduction to make predictions about the plot of a shorter story.
To understand the different techniques an author uses to tell a traditional tale.
To consider the way that new chapters relate back to previous chapters and traditional ideas.
To understand the way that an author can use book conventions to convey added meaning to a text.
To be able to reflect on a completed text.
A series of questions, answers and reading journal activity based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests or written comprehensions.
LOs
To understand how an author sells his story to his reader.
To understand how an author introduces his main characters.
To understand how an author creates a story within a story.
To understand how different characters behave when faced with their own dilemmas.
To understand how a master story teller weaves different elements of a story together.
To understand how an ending of a story links back to its beginning.
A series of questions, answers and reading journal activity based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests or written comprehensions.
LOs
To reflect on the story start of a new novel.
To look at the way that the author use language to create a sense of tension.
To look at the way that the author uses language to develop characters
To understand how an author builds suspense by slowly revealing a plan.
To draw conclusions based on a completed text.
A series of questions, answers and reading journal activity based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests or written comprehensions.
LOs
To be able to recognise the key features of a book / to be able to make informed predictions about a story.
To evaluate the effectiveness of the opening chapter.
To understand how an author chooses words to create a specific impression of a character.
To understand how characters are developed.
To be able to understand what can motivate characters.
To understand how characters can be changed by one person’s positivity.
A series of questions, answers and reading journal activity based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests or written comprehensions.
LOs:
To be able to compare your own experience with those of a character in a book.
To understand how setting and characters are developed.
To understand how dilemmas are introduced into short novels.
To understand how heroes triumph against the odds.
LOs:
Starter:
To read and write numbers up to 1,000,000 (Y5)
To read and write numbers up to 10,000,000 (Y6)
Main Lesson:
round any number up to 1,000,000 to the nearest 10, 100, 1,000, 10,000 and 100,000 (Year 5)
round any whole number to a required degree of accuracy (Year 6)
understand and use place value for decimals (KS3)
This lesson consists of:
- A connect / starter PowerPoint where children write numbers up to 1,000,000 / 10,000,000 as digits in words.
- An Interactive Whiteboard teaching introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire teaching the conventions of rounding up to 10,000 (differentiated 3 ways for ability
- A 4 way differentiated series of independent tasks where children round numbers up to 100,000 to the nearest 10, 100, 100, 1000, 10000 and decimals to nearest 1, 0.1, 0.01
- An AFL / Next Steps task where children apply their knowledge to real life population problems.
NB Updated 27/6/17
- UKS2 Term 1 - Week 1 -Day 2 Starter - 3 pasting errors on answer page,
- Upper Key Stage 2 Week 1 Day 2 - Rounding whole numbers accurately - independent task – 1 rounding error – Developing c1
This lesson consists of:
A starter / connect PowerPoint where children sequence and order negative and positive numbers.
An Interactive Whiteboard teaching introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire, showing how empty number lines to find the difference between negative and positive numbers when applied to temperature. (differentiated 3 ways for ability).
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.
An AFL / Next Steps task taken from 2017 Maths SATs paper.
LOs:
Starter:
- to count forwards and backwards with positive and negative whole numbers (Year 5)
- to use negative numbers, and calculate intervals across 0 (Year 6)
- to order positive and negative integers (KS3)
Main Lesson:
- to interpret negative numbers in context, count forwards and backwards with positive and negative whole numbers, including through 0 (Year 5)
- use negative numbers in context, and calculate intervals across 0 (Year 6)
- apply this knowledge to bar and line graphs. (KS3)
LOs:
Starter:
To add and subtract large numbers
Main Lesson:
To solve addition and subtraction multi-step problems in contexts (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 recapping on subtraction and addition of large numbers and 2 connect activities recapping on the different ways that addition and subtraction can be written, plus a set of differentiated word problems to allow children to work in pairs to decode, allowing you to establish children’s understanding of Word problems.
An Interactive Whiteboard teaching introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire, to establish an effective way to lay-out calculations and to test the children’s ability to apply column subtraction and addition to work problems.
A 4 way differentiated series of Word problems (including a Challenge Activity) where children are expected to solve a series of multi-step (developing single step) addition and subtraction problems.
An AFL / Next Steps task based on a 2014 SATs question, which requires simple division in addition to subtraction.