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.

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.

Children explore what the BFG can hear from chapter 7 (The Marvelous Ears) and come up with ideas of their own. They turn their ideas into a poem and publish it. Please click on my name above to see other BFG resources.

This is a PowerPoint aimed at writing an obituary for the character Macbeth. It includes an example, success criteria and some extra information about the character. Includes a comic strip summary of the story and a video link to an age appropriate cartoon version.

A set of three SATS style question Games based on Arithmetic, Roman numerals and problem solving questions found in the SATs papers - INCLUDES ANSWERS. Can be done as a independent revision activity or used in boosters. Created by a year six teacher (97% maths at and above expected pass rate last year), maths coordinator and deputy head. Used on the afternoon before the 2018 maths SATS tests and updated in 2019. The games allow the teacher to check the mathematics concept with a SATS style questions. This is designed specifically for revision purposes as I have found my class sometimes fail to retain certain mathematical methods or struggle to use what they know to figure out what they don’t. Requires dice and counters. Please click on my name above for loads of maths, reading and writing resources that are aimed at getting the best out of your year 6 class.

This is a PowerPoint (that can be converted to a flip chart) that takes pupils through what is required to write a short story at the expected level and is a step by step guide. It is aimed at the criteria and framework and has produced some wonderful writing from my year 6 class. It shows the children where to include the punctuation, grammar and structure throughout a short story. There are 29 slides in total, each with a different focus which enables the children to include all of the skills they have learnt throughout the year. It is based on Eye of the Storm from the Literacy Shed (link included in the PPT). This is the opening of the story, written by a lower ability child (typed out with no corrections): As he stared into the sky, not worrying about his destruction from the mesmerising, raging storm, he gazed at the green lightening. His white, dragon like scarf waved in the sky. The black, silver lined coat shone in the sun’s omega light. The empty shell of a man thought that he could survive the storm. He kept his face hidden because he didn’t want to remember who he was. He turned his head slightly; he knew what he had to do. The ship he was travelling on had a unique energy that was pure electricity. It looked like a war ship, ready for battle. A war to save a dragon, a war to save the world, a war to save everyone. Terrifying memories of murder in his head. He had never found Martha…

This unit of 3 - 4 lessons teaches children to stay safe online and informs them that they leave a digital footprint and the consequences of this. Lessons teach children: To explore how much time I spend online To understand how to stay safe online To understand that once information is shared online it is very difficult to remove

an assembly to encourage kids to think about how we use words and explore how what we say can be helpful or negative. Includes script and PowerPoint.

An easy to print booklet made up of past SATs questions for revision. Aimed at year 6 SATs revision. Keep their brains acitve!

An ActivInspire (Promethean) flip chart, plan and resources to create a non-chronological report based on animals and their habitats. Good science cross-curricular links.

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. Please check out my other resources by clicking on my name above and going to my shop.

A weeks worth of revision sheets. Created by a year 6 teacher who got 93% maths pass rate in last years SATs and progress that was in the top 10% in the country. This helps revise a range of skills in a fun way and covers: Money conversion Journey time tables Money word problems All 4 operations If you like this, please click my name at the top to visit my shop. It has everything from reading comprehension games to stand alone cover lessons.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

Created by a year six teacher and maths lead with 93% pass rate in SATs maths last year. This is a flip chart, plan and resources that covers all areas of maths for the reasoning papers and arithmetic paper. Aimed at a 3 week run in to SATS week. See the end of the description for full list of areas covered. Get your class ready and save hours! This complete set includes worksheets, links to all the materials you will need and a fun flip chart that has a wide range of activities. Activities start at the register short brain warm up, move on to a starter, include a main lesson focus then has a plenary. All you need to keep the lessons fast paced, fun and exciting. THE FLIP CHART IS FOR ACTIVINSPIRE. It covers: Recite Tables/Prime numbers Halving Factors Percentages Recite Tables/Prime numbers Area/Perimeter Capacity/Volume Inverse operations Square/Cube numbers Recite Tables/Prime numbers Fractions Ordering numbers Closest to 10, 100, 1000 Simple algebra Fractions Rotation Reflection Translation Symmetry Rotational Symmetry Tables Charts (pie/bar/line) Diagrams (Carroll/Venn) Temperature Recite Tables/Prime numbers Factors Multiples Greater than/less than/equal to Mean/Median/Mode/Range Angles Ratio/proportion Time Distance Fractions/Decimals/Percentages Word problems 4 operations (including inverse, decimals, brackets) Protractor use

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 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.