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 3 way differentiated activity and AFL / Next Steps plenary class activity. Also included is a youtube video and resources for distance learning.
Learning Objectives: : To recognise one more or one less of an object. (starter), To read, write and interpret subtraction (-) and equals (=) symbols (main lesson).
This lesson consists of:
A starter revising how to find one more and one less of a set of objects or a number.
An Interactive Whiteboard teaching introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire flipchart teaching how to use crossing off objects in order to solve visual subtraction problems and then represent the answer using a Part / Part / Whole diagram.
A youtube video link for distance learning introducing the starter, main part of the lesson and the AFL / Next Steps plenary.
A 3-way differentiated set of independent tasks where children use crossing off objects in order to solve visual subtraction problems and then represent their answers using a Part / Part / Whole diagrams.
A Next steps / AFL Challenge plenary to allow you to assess learning through the lesson by challenging children to create their own subtraction sentences based on concrete materials.
A differentiated starter, introduction for both ActivInspire and Smartboard, and 3 way differentiated activity and AFL / Next Steps plenary class activity. Also included is a youtube video and resources for distance learning.
Learning Objective: To consolidate numbers bonds to 10. (starter), To solve simple one-step problems that involve addition and subtraction, (main lesson).
This lesson consists of:
A starter where children work in pairs to create part / part / whole diagrams as possible when the Whole is ten using a ten array and two-sided counters.
An Interactive Whiteboard teaching introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire flipchart teaching how to decode and solve addition problems using visual representations and counters / cubes.
A youtube video link for distance learning introducing the starter, main part of the lesson and the AFL / Next Steps plenary.
A 3-way differentiated set of independent tasks where children decode and solve addition problems using visual representations, concrete equipment, number tracks and informal recording methods.
A Next steps / AFL Mixed Fluency activity to assess learning across the last week.
A differentiated starter, introduction for both ActivInspire and Smartboard and an activity where children can apply their new knowledge and AFL / Next Steps plenary class activity. Also included is a youtube video and resources for distance learning.
Learning Objectives:: To recognise odd and even numbers (starter), LO To compare and describe capacity/volume (main)
This lesson consists of:
A starter revising the use of ten arrays and pairing to identify odd and even numbers
An Interactive Whiteboard introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire flipchart teaching how different volumes / capacities are described and teaching how to use small containers to first estimate and then measure capacity.
A youtube video link for distance learning introducing the starter, main part of the lesson and the AFL / Next Steps plenary.
A set of independent tasks where children use small containers to first estimate and then measure capacity.
A Next steps / AFL Challenge plenary to allow you to assess the children’s understanding and correct misconceptions.
A complete week’s worth of lessons each including a daily plan, a starter, introduction, differentiated tasks and plenaries, as well as a link to a youtube video which can be used to provide distance learning as and when required.
The lessons cover the following learning objectives:
Starters:
• To recognise one more or one less of an object.
• To be able to count in tens.
• To consolidate numbers bonds to 10
Main Teaching
• To read, write and interpret addition (+) and equals (=) symbols.
• To solve simple one-step problems that involve addition and subtraction, using concrete objects and pictorial representations, and missing number problems, such as 7 = □ – 9.
• To solve simple one-step problems that involve addition and subtraction
A differentiated starter, introduction for both ActivInspire and Smartboard and an activity where children can apply their new knowledge and AFL / Next Steps plenary class activity. Also included is a youtube video and resources for distance learning.
Learning Objectives:: To add and subtract numbers to 20 and beyond (starter), LO To measure and begin to record capacity and volume using non-standard and then standard units (main)
This lesson consists of:
A starter revising the use of number lines and number squares to solve subtraction calculations.
An Interactive Whiteboard introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire flipchart teaching how to make your own measuring cylinder.
A youtube video link for distance learning introducing the starter, main part of the lesson and the AFL / Next Steps plenary.
A set of independent tasks where children make their own measuring cylinder and use it to measure different volumes (extension)
A Next steps / AFL Challenge plenary to allow you to assess the children’s understanding and correct misconceptions.
Learning Objectives:: To recognise value of Tens and ones (starter), LO: To recognise the value of each coin.(main)
This lesson consists of:
A starter revising the value of various ten bars and one cubes as numbers, followed by an introduction to using lines and dots to draw numbers represented by ten bars and one cubes. An activity linking lines and dots to ten bars and one cubes.
An Interactive Whiteboard introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire flipchart introducing the class to the value of each individual coin.
A youtube video link for distance learning introducing the starter, main part of the lesson and the AFL / Next Steps plenary.
An independent task where children work in pairs to identify the value of each coins used in Britain.
A Next steps / AFL Challenge plenary where children guess the denomination of partially covered coins which can be slowly uncovered.
A differentiated starter, introduction for both ActivInspire and Smartboard and an activity where children can apply their new knowledge and AFL / Next Steps plenary class activity. Also included is a youtube video and resources for distance learning.
Learning Objectives:: To add and subtract numbers to 20 and beyond (starter), LO To measure and begin to record capacity and volume using non-standard and then standard units (main)
This lesson consists of:
A weekly arithmetic test as a starter focusing on addition and subtraction skills.
An Interactive Whiteboard introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire flipchart recapping this week’s learning and explaining how they can apply their practical knowledge to written problems.
A youtube video link for distance learning introducing the starter, main part of the lesson and the AFL / Next Steps plenary.
A set of independent tasks where children recap this week’s learning and apply their practical knowledge to written problems.
A Next steps / AFL Challenge plenary to allow you to assess the children’s understanding and correct misconceptions.
A differentiated starter, introduction for both ActivInspire and Smartboard, and an activity where children can apply their new knowledge and AFL / Next Steps plenary class activity. Also included is a youtube video and resources for distance learning.
Learning Objectives:: To add and subtract numbers to 20 and beyond. (starter), LO: To find fractions of quantities (main)
This lesson consists of:
A weekly arithmetic test as a starter focusing on addition and subtraction skills.
An Interactive Whiteboard introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire flipchart teaching how to find halves of quantities using concrete equipment like counters or cubes and a halving grid.
A youtube video link for distance learning introducing the starter, main part of the lesson and the AFL / Next Steps plenary.
A set of independent tasks where children find halves of quantities using concrete equipment like counters or cubes and a halving grid.
A Next steps / AFL Challenge plenary to allow you to assess the children’s understanding and correct misconceptions.
Three days’ worth of lessons each including a daily plan, a starter, introduction, differentiated tasks and plenaries, as well as a link to a youtube video which can be used to provide distance learning as and when required.
The lessons cover the following learning objectives
Main Teaching
• To identify 3d shapes
• To identify 2d shapes
• To sort 2d shapes by simple properties
A complete week’s worth of lessons each including a daily plan, a starter, introduction, differentiated tasks and plenaries, as well as a link to a youtube video which can be used to provide distance learning as and when required.
The lessons cover the following learning objectives
Starters:
• To use Part, Part Whole to add numbers.
• To recognise one more or one less of an object
• To be able to count forward in tens and ones from any number.
• To add and subtract numbers to 20 and beyond.
Main Teaching
• To recognise, find and name a half as one of two equal parts of an object, /shape
• To Identifying whether a shape has been split into 2 equal parts.
• To recognise, find and name a quarter as one of four equal parts of an object, /shape
• To Identifying whether a shape has been split into 4 equal parts.
• To find fractions of quantities
A differentiated starter, introduction for both ActivInspire and Smartboard and an activity where children can apply their new knowledge and AFL / Next Steps plenary class activity. Also included is a youtube video and resources for distance learning.
Learning Objectives:: To recognise value of Tens and ones (starter), LO1: To recognise the value of each coin. LO2: To solve simple one-step problems that involve addition. (main)
This lesson consists of:
A weekly arithmetic test as a starter with answers.
An Interactive Whiteboard introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire flipchart revising the value of each individual coin using partially covered coins which can be slowly uncovered. An introduction to an activity where children find one less and one more of the value of a set of coins.
A youtube video link for distance learning introducing the starter, main part of the lesson and the AFL / Next Steps plenary.
An independent task where children find one less and one more of the value of a set of coins.
A Next steps / AFL Challenge plenary where children reflect on their learning about money this week.
A complete week’s worth of lessons each including a daily plan, a starter, introduction, differentiated tasks and plenaries, as well as a link to a youtube video which can be used to provide distance learning as and when required.
The lessons cover the following learning objectives
Starters:
• To recognise value of Tens and ones
• To recognise value of Tens and ones and to relate them to coins.
• To add and subtract numbers to 20 and beyond.
Main Teaching
• To recognise the value of each coin.
• To solve simple one-step problems that involve addition
• To find one more or one less of a given set of coins.
A differentiated starter, introduction for both ActivInspire and Smartboard and an activity where children can apply their new knowledge and AFL / Next Steps plenary class activity. Also included is a youtube video and resources for distance learning.
Learning Objectives:: LO: To add and subtract numbers to 20 and beyond (starter). LO: To recognise and use language relating to dates, including days of the week, weeks, months and years (main).
This lesson consists of:
A weekly arithmetic test where children solve addition and subtraction calculations including those with missing numbers as today’s starter.
An Interactive Whiteboard introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire flipchart revising the language of time and teaches the names and order of the months of the year. This is then extended to allow the children to recognise which months form part of which seasons.
A youtube video link for distance learning introducing the starter, main part of the lesson and the AFL / Next Steps plenary.
An independent task where children make a calendar to help them identify what happens in each of the four seasons.
A Next steps / AFL Challenge plenary where children play a run around activity to reinforce the link between months and seasons.
A differentiated starter, introduction for both ActivInspire and Smartboard and an activity where children can apply their new knowledge and AFL / Next Steps plenary class activity. Also included is a youtube video and resources for distance learning.
Learning Objectives:: LO: To recognise the value of each coin.(starter) LO: To compare, describe and solve practical problems for time (quicker, slower, earlier, later). (main)
This lesson consists of:
A starter revising the value of different British coins, followed by a 2-way differentiated activity to identify the value of groups of coins.
An Interactive Whiteboard introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire flipchart revising the language of time and deciding which activities can be completed quicker and slower than one another.
A youtube video link for distance learning introducing the starter, main part of the lesson and the AFL / Next Steps plenary.
An independent task where children work in pairs to carry out a series of challenges, time each other and then using the terms quicker and slower to compare the activities.
A Next steps / AFL Challenge plenary where children the terms Earlier and later to compare activities.
A complete week’s worth of lessons each including a daily plan, a starter, introduction, differentiated tasks and plenaries, as well as a link to a youtube video which can be used to provide distance learning as and when required.
The lessons cover the following learning objectives
Starters:
• To use Part, Part Whole to add numbers.
• To recognise odd and even numbers
• To add and subtract numbers to 20 and beyond.
Main Teaching:
• To be able to begin to identify fractions of a whole in relation to capacity and volume
• To compare and describe capacity/volume
• To measure and begin to record capacity and volume using non-standard and then standard units
• To describe a capacity or volume using the language of full, empty, half full, nearly full, nearly empty
A set of resources designed to support learning in the classroom with resources available for distance learning in event of school or class closure.
The week’s lessons cover:
Revisit / Review alternative spellings for /oo/ ue, u-e
Teach reading, writing and spelling alternative GPCs /oo/ ew and o
Teach / Practice spelling the tricky words there, were, have, said
Practice recognition and recall of graphemes and different pronunciations of graphemes as they are learned p134
Practice reading and spelling words with adjacent consonants and words with newly learned graphemes
Apply reading sentences p142
Apply writing sentences p149
A set of resources designed to support learning in the classroom with resources available for distance learning in event of school or class closure.
The week’s lessons cover:
Revisit / Review alternative spellings for/or/
Teach reading, writing and spelling alternative GPCs for /or/ al, our, augh
Teach / Practice spelling the tricky words like, when, through, there.
Practice recognition and recall of graphemes and different pronunciations of graphemes as they are learned p134
Practice reading and spelling words with adjacent consonants and words with newly learned graphemes
Apply reading sentences p142
Apply writing sentences p149
A set of resources designed to support learning in the classroom with resources available for distance learning in event of school or class closure.
The week’s lessons cover:
Revisit / Review alternative spellings for /oo/ ue, u-e
Teach reading, writing and spelling alternative GPCs / for /oo/ (short – u)
Teach / Practice spelling the tricky words could, would, should, couldn’t, shouldn’t wouldn’t
Practice recognition and recall of graphemes and different pronunciations of graphemes as they are learned p134
Practice reading and spelling words with adjacent consonants and words with newly learned graphemes
Apply reading sentences p142
Apply writing sentences p149
A complete week’s worth of lessons each including a daily plan, a starter, introduction, differentiated tasks and plenaries, as well as a link to a youtube video which can be used to provide distance learning as and when required.
The lessons cover the following learning objectives.
Starters:
• To recognise the value of each coin.
• To find one more or one less of a given set of coins.
• To find ten more or ten less of a given set of coins.
• To add and subtract numbers to 20 including missing number problems.
Main Teaching
• To sequence events in chronological order using language such as: morning, afternoon and evening
• To sequence events in chronological order using ordinal openers i.e. first, secondly, next, then, after, finally
• To compare, describe and solve practical problems for time (quicker, slower, earlier, later).
• To measure and begin to record time
• To recognise and use language relating to dates, including days of the week, weeks, months and years
A set of resources designed to support learning in the classroom with resources available for distance learning in event of school or class closure.
The week’s lessons cover:
Revisit / Review alternative spellings for /igh/ y, i
Teach reading, writing and spelling alternative graphemes for /oa/
Teach / Practice spelling the the tricky words what, when, little, one, there, where, were, used.
Practice recognition and recall of graphemes and different pronunciations of graphemes as they are learned p134
Practice reading and spelling words with adjacent consonants and words with newly learned graphemes
Apply reading sentences p142
Apply writing sentences p149
