Created by a year six teacher (100% maths, 100% reading and 93% English at and above expected pass rate last SATs year), maths coordinator and deputy head. I am also a published author under the name Andrew Thomas. I have had my resources recommended by TES 3 times.
I've been teaching for years and love my job. My school is in Lewisham (London). My kids are engaged when the resources are good.
Created by a year six teacher (100% maths, 100% reading and 93% English at and above expected pass rate last SATs year), maths coordinator and deputy head. I am also a published author under the name Andrew Thomas. I have had my resources recommended by TES 3 times.
I've been teaching for years and love my job. My school is in Lewisham (London). My kids are engaged when the resources are good.
These games are designed to make reading comprehension exciting and enjoyable.
2 more board games that make reading comprehension fun! The text is in the middle of the game board and the questions test a range of areas that will appear on the upcoming SATS. My year 6 class had a blast.
All you need is a die and some counters!
Year 6 teacher? Please check out my other tried and tested resources.
This flipchart can be used as a whole class activity, printed out for small groups or used as a range of worksheets.
It helps children’s understanding of what algebra is and directly links the main concepts of letters as numbers and how to develop an understanding of formulae.
Created by a tear 6 teacher with 100% pass rate (in an inner city school) in SATs maths last year and 55% greater depth.
Please click on my name above to see my other resources. Everything from Guided Reading games to step by step writing at the expected level flipcharts.
These are a pack of worksheets that cover areas of the ship and are designed to keep pupils busy during a self-directed visit.
They are designed to be simple so you do not need a great deal of teacher input. It contains a treasure hunt to be completed as you explore the ship and specific worksheets for the following areas:
Sick Bay
NAAFI Canteen
Arctic Messdecks
The Main Mast
A-Turret
Operations Room
Ship’s Company Galley
It also suggest a couple of photo ideas and pages for notes and sketches.
Again, they are simple sheets to focus the children and get them looking instead of running through the ship and are designed to be child friendly.
A daily arithmetic workout to improve and consolidate all the skills needed for the SATs maths test 1.
Used and tested by a year 6 teacher with a 100% pass rate at the expected level in the 2019 SATs and 55% GD
Designed to be visually appealing.
Covers:
All four operations
Fractions
Percentages
Square and cubed numbers
Decimals
Known facts
Can be used as a starter, plenary, for those 10 minute gaps between lessons or at the end of the day.
This is a flipchart aimed at the SPaG tests with a focus on the different types of adjectives.
Descriptive
Quantitative
Demonstrative
Possessive
Interrogative
Distributive
Articles
Each page gives explanations and examples and then asks the children to do the same in their SPaG books.
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This is a 2 week unit aimed at KS2. Created by a year six teacher (96% maths, 93% reading and 93% English at and above expected pass rate last year), maths coordinator and Deputy Head. I am also a published author under the name Andrew Thomas. I have had my resources featured on TES for their quality and innovative nature; please check out my shop by clicking on my name above.
It links to RE and the aim is to tell the story of Moses.
It uses various writing techniques such as sentence imitation, detailed character descriptions and using dialogue to move a story forward.
Last minute (just before the test) reminder of the basics and possible pit falls and traps.
ActiInspire software flipchart and a PDF file.
Written by a maths teacher with a 97% pass rate in 2018.
Please check out my other resources by clicking my name above. I also have a last minute reasoning activity.
This ActivInspire flip chart is a fresh approach to teaching both percentages of amounts and finding the whole amount from a percentage.
Easy to understand and instant AFL.
Created by a maths lead and year 6 teacher whose class scored 100% in maths with 55% greater depth.
A great writing activitiy that teaches children to write in the first person as an animal. Originally made to work with the book War Horse, it can be adapted to be a stand alone set of lessons or to work with other books.
This is a booklet aimed at keeping the children academically active over the holidays. Created by a year six teacher (100% maths, 100% reading and 100% SPaG at and above expected pass rate last year), maths coordinator and Deputy Head. I am also a published author under the name Andrew Thomas. I have had my resources featured on TES for their quality and innovative nature; please check out my shop by clicking on my name above.
It includes five days worth of activities (and extension activities added in April 2019) that cover:
Maths
Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar
Reading Comprehension
It is designed with SATs in mind and give the children 30 minutes of learning to do each day.
Each day has a range of activities which are linked to the new curriculum.
This booklet took many hours to put together and has been proof read.
Make a bookmark RE activity
Have you ever seen a mustard seed? The mustard seed was, at the time, believed to be the smallest of all seeds. It is so small that if you were holding one in your hand and you dropped it you would have a very hard time finding it because it is so hard to see.
Even though the mustard seed is so small when it is planted in the ground, it grows into a tree large enough for birds to stand on its branches and to make their nests in it.
When you look at this little mustard seed before
planting it in the ground, you might think it would
be impossible for a seed so tiny to grow into a tree.
But God turns that tiny seed into a wonderful place
for birds to come and rest and sing.
When Jesus told this parable He compared it to loving God. When children, like you, or adults begin to love Jesus, their love is like a tiny mustard seed before it is planted in the ground. It starts out very small at first. Then when you keep on listening to what Jesus says and obeying Him, then the love grows bigger and bigger. Soon it will grow like the big mustard tree.
You can also find this parable in Mark 4:30-32; and Luke 13:18-19.
25 questions on a colourful PowerPoint to test the general knowledge of your class. It includes questions on art, literacy, maths, history, science geography and more. The download includes an easy to mark answer sheet and answers at the end end of the PowerPoint. Enjoy.
A lesson based around air pollution and most polluted cities by particulate matter concentration. The lesson needs access to the internet and an atlas.
The aim is to research which cities are the most polluted, find them using the atlas index and then transfer that information to a map.
Created by an experienced year 6 teacher and applicable to KS2.
Please click on my name above for other resources and a wide range of SATs revision resources.
This uses an ActivInspire (Promethean) flip chart.
Covers a range of SATs topics and can be done on the sheet so no need for the books.
Covers:
Multiples
Factors
Word Problems
Number sequences
Multiplying and Dividing Decimals
A two week poetry plan and flip charts (plus resources) based on the book Love That Dog. The children will plan, create and complete a range of poems and create images to support their writing.
Follow Jack on his journey into poetry and write alongside him as you progress through his story.
Includes a range of poetry and lots of ideas to inspire and foster a love of poems old and new.
KS2 appropriate.
Some fun tasks based on the Dr Seuss book Oh the Places You’ll Go. A good time filler for the last week of term. Also included, a PPT for writing your own kids book based on The Day the Crayons Quit.