I provide a wide range of resources for use in the classroom and around school. My resources build on children's learning and consider the smaller steps children need to take to achieve the learning. My resources have a focus on 'mastery' style questions where possible, to develop children's critical thinking and reasoning skills. As a practicing primary teacher myself, I know how essential it is to have well organised lesson resources with engaging activities that focus on the learning.
I provide a wide range of resources for use in the classroom and around school. My resources build on children's learning and consider the smaller steps children need to take to achieve the learning. My resources have a focus on 'mastery' style questions where possible, to develop children's critical thinking and reasoning skills. As a practicing primary teacher myself, I know how essential it is to have well organised lesson resources with engaging activities that focus on the learning.
39 speaking parts, approximtely 15 non-speaking parts plus dance troupe and choir - these can be edited to suit your school.
Lasts approximately 45 minutes.
Ideal for KS2.
Option for inserting your own song choices - I began with some well loved Chistmas carols and then used more traditions Christmas hymns/carols throughout the play script.
This really warmed the hearts of our audiences and even brought a tear to some eyes!
Quite a traditional play script as written for a C of E primary, but without being too dry.
Opportunity to personalise some parts to your school too.
Very easy to follow. Everyone can get involved and have a great time!
54 spelling lists for Y1
40 spelling lists for Y2
30 spelling lists for Y3
30 spelling lists for Y4
22 spelling lists for Y5
14 spelling lists for Y6
Well organised. Each spelling list covers a specific rule from the year group curriculum, including common exception words.
For ease of coverage, I have split the year 3/4 and 5/6 spelling rules and common exception words into separate year groups.
The bulk of the Y5/6 spellings are covered in the year 5 set, in order to give year 6 time to recap spellings from other year groups before SATs week.
Easy to use in class and can be used easily alongside lessons/ other resources for learning spellings. Also useful to help you identify spelling rules to teach.
Sheets can be sent home to help children with learning their spellings.
22 spelling lists for year 5 and 14 spelling lists for year 6.
Well organised. Each spelling list covers a specific rule from the year 5/6 curriculum. For ease of coverage, I have split the year 5/6 spelling rules and common exception words into two separate year groups. The bulk of the spellings are covered in the year 5 set, in order to give year 6 time to recap spellings from other year groups before SATs week.
Easy to use in class and can be used easily alongside lessons/ other resources for learning spellings. Also useful to help you identify spelling rules to teach.
Sheets can be sent home to help children with learning their spellings.
You may also like to use the year 3/4 sets for recap work.
14 spelling lists for year 6 (enough to cover the whole year, with room for recapping spellings from years 3/4/5 as necessary, in time for sitting those all important SATs)
Well organised. Each spelling list covers a specific rule from the year 6 curriculum, or common exception words. Note, as the spelling curriculum for year 6 is merged with that of year 5, I have separated the spellings into two separate year groups. The bulk of the spellings are in the year 5 spelling lists, to allow ample time for recapping in time for year 6 SATs.
Each spelling has space for children to find out what the word means and then use the word in a sentence, so as they learn more about the word than just the spelling.
Easy to use in class and can be used easily alongside spelling lessons/other resources for learning spellings. Also useful to help you identify spelling rules to teach.
Sheets can be sent home to help children with learning their spellings.
Children may need to recap the spelling work from KS1, or years 3/4/5 (also available).
30 spelling lists for year 3 and 30 spelling lists for year 4.
Well organised. Each spelling list covers a specific rule from the year 3/4 curriculum. For ease of coverage, I have split the year 3/4 spelling rules and common exception words into two separate year groups.
Easy to use in class and can be used easily alongside lessons/ other resources for learning spellings. Also useful to help you identify spelling rules to teach.
Sheets can be sent home to help children with learning their spellings.
These have also been used for recap work in upper key stage 2.
22 spelling lists for year 5 (enough to cover the whole year, with room for recapping lower key stage 2, or progressing onto year 6 spellings)
Well organised. Each spelling list covers a specific rule from the year 5 curriculum, or common exception words. Note, as the spelling curriculum for year 5 is merged with that of year 6, I have separated the spellings into two separate year groups.
Each spelling has space for children to find out what the word means and then use the word in a sentence, so as they learn more about the word than just the spelling.
Easy to use in class and can be used easily alongside spelling lessons/other resources for learning spellings. Also useful to help you identify spelling rules to teach.
Sheets can be sent home to help children with learning their spellings.
These have also been used for recap work in year 6.
Children may need to recap the spelling work from years 3/4 (also available).
30 spelling lists for year 4.
Well organised. Each spelling list covers a specific rule from the year 4 curriculum. Note, as the spelling curriculum for year 3 is merged with year 4, I have separated the spellings into two separate year groups.
Each spelling has space for children to find out what the word means and then use the word in a sentence, so as they learn more about the word than just the spelling.
Easy to use in class and can be used easily alongside spelling lessons/other resources for learning spellings. Also useful to help you identify spelling rules to teach.
Sheets can be sent home to help children with learning their spellings.
These have also been used for recap work in years 5/6.
Children may need to recap the spelling work from year 3.
30 spelling lists for year 3.
Well organised. Each spelling list covers a specific rule from the year 3 curriculum. Note, as the spelling curriculum for year 3 is merged with year 4, I have separated the spellings into two separate year groups.
Each spelling has space for children to find out what it means and then use the word in a sentence, so as they learn more about the word than just the spelling.
Easy to use in class and can be used easily alongside other resources for learning spellings. Also useful to help you identify spelling rules to teach.
Sheets can be sent home to help children with learning their spellings.
These have also been used for recap work in years 4/5.
Children may need to recap the spelling work from year 2.
Two lessons to help children understand remembrance day.
One lesson focuses on remembrance day itself, the other on the significance of the poppy - and the different types of poppy available today.
Both lessons are detailed and end in a choice of learning tasks. The lessons are well researched and informative.
5 Lesson PowerPoints and resources for activities for teaching or re-covering fronted adverbials. End of unit test on fronted adverbials - answer paper and mark scheme.
Ancient Greece theme to all lessons/ resources so really good for supporting writing if you are doing a topic on Ancient Greece. The lessons could also add to children's exploration of Ancient Greek, including of: Gods, heroes, mythical beasts, temples and battles.
Lessons explore what a fronted adverbial is and encourage children to consider where in the sentence it goes; what the verb is that it describes; whether it describes when, where or how; and what punctuation is required.
Each lesson has a relevant task with it (task for lesson 4 is included within the lesson PowerPoint)
Some critical thinking is required from children as they have to reason why their fronted adverbial was appropriate.
There are opportunities for peer assessment.
Lessons continue to re-cap children's knowledge, whilst also building on it. Very visual with use of images.
Learning objectives include:
We are learning to...
identify a fronted adverbial;
re-order sentences to create a fronted adverbial;
create fronted adverbials;
write fronted adverbials.
SPaG test focusing explicitly on fronted adverbials. Mark scheme included.
Assesses:
What a fronted adverbial is.
What a fronted adverbial describes
Punctuation
Linking fronted adverbials to sentences
Writing fronted adverbials.
Y4 SPaG tests. Total of 6 tests and 6 answer sheets.
Tests are written for the 2014 curriculum for year 4 and get progressively harder throughout the year.
The tests assess children on:
Nouns/ pronouns/ proper nouns
Adverbs/verbs
Adjectives
Expanded noun phrases
Fronted adverbials and use of commas
Direct/indirect speech
Some Y4 spellings
Homophones
Past/present/future tense verbs
Correct use of tense in a sentence
Determiners (articles)
Use of Standard English
Correct use of there/their/they're/been/being/too/to/two
Co-ordinating conjunctions
Subordinating conjunctions/subordinate clauses
Plus more!
Two SPaG tests for year 4. Ideal for the summer term. Both include an answer paper.
Test 1 includes:
Direct speech
Indirect speech
Proper nouns
Pronouns
Articles
Subordinate clauses
Homophones
Co-ordinating conjunctions
Subordinating conjunctions
Present tense verbs.
Test 2 includes:
Writing and punctuating fronted adverbials
Correct use of being/been
Converting indirect/reported speech into direct speech
Some year 4 spellings
verbs
Choosing appropriate co-ordinating conjunctions
Correcting tense
Correct use of were/where/we're
Determiners
Using subordinating conjuncitons and writing a subordinate clause.
27 mark SPaG test for the end of year 4. Answer paper and mark paper included.
The test covers:
Writing and punctuating fronted adverbials
Correct use of being/been
Converting indirect/reported speech into direct speech
Some year 4 spellings
verbs
Choosing appropriate co-ordinating conjunctions
Correcting tense
Correct use of were/where/we're
Determiners
Using subordinating conjuncitons and writing a subordinate clause.
4 SPaG tests for use across Y4. Each test has an answer paper and mark scheme.
Autumn Term 1 tests children's knowledge on:
Using 'a' or 'an'
Past/present/future tense verbs
Identifying adjectives
Identifying verbs
Pronouns
Paragraph punctuation
Punctuating speech
Possessive 's'
Plural 's'
Time conjunctions.
Autumn Term 2 tests children's knowledge on:
Adverbs
Common nouns
Fronted Adverbials
Nouns
Adjectives
Expanded/contracted word forms
Expanded noun phrases
Use of there/their/they're.
Spring Term 1 tests children on:
Correct use of to/too/two
Adverbs
Pronouns
Some Y4 curriculum spellings
Punctuating fronted adverbials
Creating expanded noun phrases
Determiners
Conjunctions
Spring term 2 tests children on:
Possessive pronouns
Use of Standard English
Paragraphs
Past tense verbs
Conjunctions
Fronted adverbials
Homophones
Inverted commas
Subordinate clauses
Brackets
Two Y4 SpaG tests, which are ideal for the summer term. Each has an answer paper and mark scheme.
Test one assesses children on:
Correct use of to/too/two
Adverbs
Pronouns
Some Y4 curriculum spellings
Punctuating fronted adverbials
Creating expanded noun phrases
Determiners
Conjunctions
Test 2 assesses children on:
Possessive pronouns
Use of Standard English
Paragraphs
Past tense verbs
Conjunctions
Fronted adverbials
Homophones
Inverted commas
Subordinate clauses
Brackets
27 mark SPaG test. Ideal for year 4 in the spring term. Answer paper and mark scheme.
Tests children's knowledge on:
Possessive pronouns
Use of Standard English
Paragraphs
Past tense verbs
Conjunctions
Fronted adverbials
Homophones
Inverted commas
Subordinate clauses
Brackets
35 mark SPaG test. Ideal for year 4 in the Spring term.
Tests children's knowledge on:
Correct use of to/too/two
Adverbs
Pronouns
Some Y4 curriculum spellings
Punctuating fronted adverbials
Creating expanded noun phrases
Determiners
Conjunctions
Two SPaG tests for year 4 in the autumn term.
Test one:
42 Mark test and answer sheet.
Tests children's knowledge on:
Using 'a' or 'an'
Past/present/future tense verbs
Identifying adjectives
Identifying verbs
Pronouns
Paragraph punctuation
Punctuating speech
Possessive 's'
Plural 's'
Time conjunctions.
Test two:
30 mark SPaG test.
Tests children's knowledge on:
Adverbs
Common nouns
Fronted Adverbials
Nouns
Adjectives
Expanded/contracted word forms
Expanded noun phrases
Use of there/their/they're.
42 Mark test and answer sheet.
Ideal for year 4 in the Autumn term. Could also be used for year 3.
Tests children's knowledge on:
Using 'a' or 'an'
Past/present/future tense verbs
Identifying adjectives
Identifying verbs
Pronouns
Paragraph punctuation
Punctuating speech
Possessive 's'
Plural 's'
Time conjunctions.