A set of resources available to use to help children's writing that will continue to be developed. They are made with Year 6 in mind but can easily be used for other year groups to aid their writing. Included so far are: A general writing help mat Examples of time adverbials Examples of imperative verbs Examples of pronouns A checklist for some of the different writing genres Year 6 Moderation grids for working towards, at and greater depth Prepositional phrases Punctuating speech A wordmat/ display poster for each of the openers for ISPACE with lots of different openers within each section and then examples of how they can be used in sentences. A range of sheets with helpful descriptions for children when writing stories including: describing different features of characters, settings and creating atmosphere through the weather and seasons. Aspostrophes for contraction with examples A copy of the short story for working towards (1) and short story for working at expected standard (2) - Get children to assess each piece for strengths and weaknesses (annotated versions also included so children can see why they are what they are) Year 5/6 Spellings Word Mat Adjectives Word Mat Adverbs Word Mat Definition activity sheets for 5/6 spellings - Get children to use dictionaries to define the 5/6 words so that they have a better understanding of what the word means before they use it in their writing Differentiated activities based around apostrophes for contractions Sentence structure activities that work on children identifying different parts of sentences and playing around with clause structures including Christmas ones Comma activity based around Christmas Adjective activities based around Christmas Speech activities Handwriting activities that show children joins and also where they can make the selective choice not to join A copy of the letter writing for working at greater depth (1), working at expected standard (2) and working towards expected standard (3) - Get children to assess each piece for strengths and weaknesses (annotated versions also included so children can see why they are what they are) A help mat with examples of cohesive devices for children to use A word mat with synonyms for said to aid writing that includes dialogue Writing prompt cards - Cut these out and use either as instant marking tools or reminders for lessons - 28 cards that work towards the Year 6 writing statements Sets of 20 pictures with scenery or scenes from films that create great independent writing Help sheets to improve scientific writing - Show writing progression across subjects

A reading comprehension resource that focuses on the continent of Africa as well as activities linked to this to check understanding. The fact file includes information about the continent alongside maps that support the information in understanding where Africa is in terms of continents and countries within the continent. The resource includes: A fact file about the continent of Africa mentioned above (both in colour and black and white for ink saving purposes) 3 different comprehension activities of differing challenge - answers are included for these A vocabulary activity that requires definitions to be found for each word provided.

A fact file about Nelson Mandela that is also a reading comprehension. This includes three differentiated worksheets with 16 questions each and answers included to test children's comprehension knowledge as well as learning about Nelson Mandela at the same time.

An information text about Wollaton Hall that also includes comprehension activities with a summarising task and a sheet of comprehension questions that also includes answers. Can be used for learning about Wollaton Hall or simply as part of reading lessons to support the ability to summarise or retrieve information from a text.

A comprehensive pack that includes planning for 10/11 lessons working on the Maya. Planning includes cross-curricular links with writing, art and researching using I.C.T about Maya. In addition to differentiated planning, attached are the resources required for this topic as well as all the IWB slides required for the topic. This should save any teacher planning to teach this topic a huge amount of time, whilst providing the opportunity to make slight adjustments where required/ add any extra information you may wish to.

Two worksheets with a variety of sentences that all include some form of adverbial, whether as a one word adverbial, fronted adverbial or adverbial phrase/ clause. Children need to work through the worksheet to identify the adverbial/s in each sentence. Answers are also provided for both worksheets, with both worksheets also provided in UK English and US English spellings.

Two worksheets that focus on being able to identify which sentence is grammatically correct. Each worksheet includes 12 multiple choice questions. Each question includes 4 options where 1 sentence is grammatically correct and 3 are incorrect, with children needing to identify the correct option for each question. Answer sheets are also provided for both worksheets.

A lesson that focuses on active and passive. Included is the PowerPoint with some key recap elements before working on active and passive. This will include identifying the difference, identifying subject, object and verb and changing sentences into active or passive. Also included are green challenge bubbles for children who finish the tasks whilst others are working on them. There is then an activity for children to work through and an exit question taken from a KS2 GPS test.

Three differentiated worksheets that focus on being able to use semi-colons, particularly between two independent clauses. These then move on to checking children's understanding through questions before the HA activity gets children to write their own sentences with semi-colons. Written with Year 5/6 children in mind but can be easily used in other year groups.

A fact file and three differentiated reading comprehension activities related to it that focus on Christmas around the world, looking at different traditions whilst testing children's comprehension skills.