3 scaffolded story mountains for the legend of Beowulf. These focus on the story retold by Michael Morpurgo and summarise the first two parts (Grendel and the Sea-Hag). There is a blank story mountain, a prefilled story mountain and a partly scaffolded story mountain (this allows children to plan their own conclusion to the story. Look out for additional resources on my site which will support you if you choose to do this.

The legend of Beowulf is set in a landscape very different to what most students know now so it can be hard for children to write about. This resource **provides students with artistic interpretations of Beowulf in Heorot, the soldiers marching across the moors and the Sea-Hag’s cave. **The settings come with a list of nouns related to the image which suggest what could be described. There are also relatable adjectives, expanded noun phrases, similes and metaphors. Suitable for** Upper Key Stage 2 **and beyond. *Look out for more Beowulf related activities to support you with writing for this topic. *

This character description aid will help anyone writing a description about the characters April or Tör from the book, The Last Bear by Hannah Gold. Containing adjectives specific to Tör and April about their personalities and appearance. There are example noun phrases and a short modelled piece of writing for each character to show how writing skills can be brought together.

If you want to encourage children in Year 5 to be more independent by including a wider range of skills in their writing or practise a specific target then these will help. There are 8 sheets, each with writing targets and a given example. Cut these Year 5 National Curriculum writing skills up into strips and place them somewhere in your classroom. Then encourage children to take a particular skill. (By colour-coding them, you may find that telling children to go to the red target is easier.) Children will learn to independently challenge themselves in any subject lesson by choosing these slips as an additional way they have looked to improve their work by including a wider range of skills.

12 Mr Bean-inspired diary entries which are based around some of the events which you may have seen in his television series. The diary entries are from the point of view of Mr Bean and touch on some of the events. This is ideal as a model for children in KS2 and Upper Key Stage 2 (Years 5 & 6) who could use this as a basis and then look to edit and improve the diary entries too. Some of the entries may be based around the same event but it provides an example of how you could write differently about the same event.

Perfect for any teacher who is getting their pupils to write a report on the life of Dame Jane Goodall. An A4 page of facts about Jane Goodall provides a fairly detailed snapshot of her scientific importance, family, personal achievements and some random facts too. There is a basic and advanced planning structure sheet for children to use to support writing a non-chronological (biographical) report about one of the world’s most recognised wildlife expert life. 1 x fact sheet 1 x basic structured sheet 1 x advanced structured sheet - (Scaffold)

This is a great worksheet for those KS2 teachers looking to put children’s understanding of adding ‘-ed clauses’ into their writing. It is a great writing tool and one that children can struggle with ideas for in Upper Key Stage 2 so this scaffolds their knowledge to get progressively harder. The word bank at the bottom is useful for the lesson and as a future reminder the children can turn back to for models and ideas.

This resource provides diary entry examples suitable for KS2. There are 6 texts and each one has a different topic, speaker and style of writing. The examples are written so they engage pupils with the topic while allowing them to explore the features, which you’d expect to find in a diary entry.

Writing planning sheet which helps to break down the features of narrative writing in Upper Key Stage 2 (Years 5 and 6). This is broken down into blank templates with skills the children can populate with their own ideas to more structured planning with good examples to help children with their grammar and application of the skills.

Mr Bean has got himself into some trouble and needs some maths problems solving. There are a range of addition based reasoning questions which require children to apply their understanding of column addition to. The resource is aimed at Year 5 but could be used in any Upper Key Stage class. Answers included.

This activity is aimed at Upper KS2 children and gets them to show their understanding of place value by ordering numbers using the greater than, less than and equals sign. Presented on a Powerpoint presentation, this resource provides 3 ability level tasks, aimed at children in Upper KS2, **which are displayed on the board simultaneously which means no/ minimal printing is needed. ** There are slides which explain how to do the tasks and the option of a printable spinner (needed for the middle ability task). Then they move on to a spinner activity where they create their own numbers to order and finally the children needing to show how they could represent the numbers they make using place value counters.

A worksheet aimed at supporting children to partition in order to add 2 digit numbers (no bigger than 100). This is at a Year 2 level. There are 3 levels and comes with answers. Level 1 has 5 questions in a box structure with colour coded tens and ones and partial answers. Followed by 3 unstructured questions and 2 worded problems. Level 2 has 5 5 questions in a box structure Followed by 3 unstructured questions and 2 worded problems. Level 3 has 10 questions in a box structure Followed by 3 unstructured questions and 2 worded problems.

A significant contribution to society through football and in World War One makes Walter Tull an inspirational person to study as part of Black History Month. This resource provides facts and scaffolded notes/planning sheets to teach others about his achievements and his enduring legacy. Aimed at children in KS2 (Years 3, 4, 5, 6), this resource provides - 2 pages of facts which are broken into sections 1 basic planning format 1 advanced planning format

Perfect for any teacher who is trying to inspire their pupils to write a non-chronological report on the life of a significant person. Michael Owen has been a role model for thousands and achieved at the highest level of professional football. His life is an interesting tapestry of interesting facts and he continues to succeed in many different activities and ventures. Two A4 pages of facts about Michael Owen provide a fairly detailed snapshot of his family members, his sporting achievements, interests and some random facts too. There is a basic and an advanced planning structure sheet for children to use to support writing a non-chronological (biographical) report about one of the world’s most prolific strikers. There is also a skills-based writing mat which can be used to encourage children to include Upper Key Stage 2 writing skill objectives. 2 x fact sheets 1 x basic structured sheet 1 x advanced structured sheet - (Scaffold) 1 x writing mat with skill examples - (Scaffold) 1 x blank writing skills mat for children to record their own examples within their plans.

Perfect for any teacher who is trying to inspire their pupils to write a non-chronological report on the life of a significant person. Harry Kane has been a role model for thousands and achieved at the highest level of professional football. Two A4 pages of facts about Harry Kane provide a fairly detailed snapshot of his family members, his sporting achievements, interests and some random facts too. There is a basic and an advanced planning structure sheet for children to use to support writing a non-chronological (biographical) report about one of the world’s most prolific strikers. There is also a skills-based writing mat which can be used to encourage children to include Upper Key Stage 2 writing skill objectives. 2 x fact sheets 1 x basic structured sheet 1 x advanced structured sheet - (Scaffold) 1 x writing mat with skill examples - (Scaffold) 1 x blank writing skills mat for children to record their own examples within their plans.

A resource for children to explore the addition and subtraction relationship (fact families). Starting with bar models and whole part models to show partitioning. Fact families - moving the position of the added number and the total to show in different ways and to show as subtraction is the inverse of this. This maths resource is primarily aimed at Year 2 children but could be used in other years if suitable. 4 pages and answers included.

Perfect for any teacher trying to inspire their pupils to write a non-chronological report on the life of a significant person. Mary Seacole was overlooked in her lifetime, due to her skin colour, but now is one of the most remembered healthcare workers of her time. This is great for Black History Month. Two A4 pages of facts about Mary Seacole provide a fairly detailed snapshot of her family members, her achievements, her legacy and some random facts too. There is a basic and advanced planning structure sheet for children to use to support writing a non-chronological (biographical) report about one of the world’s most prolific black women. 2 x fact sheets 1 x basic structured sheet 1 x advanced structured sheet - (Scaffold)

This is the perfect product for anyone looking to quickly recap learning related to adding fractions. It also comes with an answer sheet. Perfect for teachers in Upper Key Stage 2 (Years 5 and 6) who are looking to fill knowledge gaps, remind students of different steps or push children on to the next stage of fractions by building their confidence up. The sentence stems help to reinforce the knowledge they need and great for teachers using the White Rose scheme for maths. This sheet has a partial structure to aid students with learning to add fractions. Starting with only numerators being added and then looking at making equivalent fractions so they can add them. This also includes showing this knowledge using a bar model. The last part of the sheet includes mixed numbers (a.k.a mixed fractions), showing how to compare them and then answering a few reasoning-based questions related to the knowledge too.

This resource supports children with writing up a science investigation. They often need support with what the structure is, how to start each paragraph and what a good write up should contain and this supports each step. It is aimed at children in KS2 but could be adapted for specific parts of upper or lower KS2.

Trying to teach your children about the different countries, capitals and cities in the United Kingdom, in an engaging way? This resource can do all of these things. There are different levels of scaffolded sheets to choose from. By using the 2024/25 Championship football league clubs, children will be excited to find the places they have heard of or follow as their team. Football is a great motivator for learning for those interested in the sport. Answers are included and you will still need maps or an internet connection to be able to search for the places.