50 page Powerpoint that introduces the continent of North America to children. Within the Powerpoint, the 23 sovereign states of North America are included. Included are the flags for every country, the capital city and currency for each country as well as two to three facts for every country in North America. Useful for introducing North America or countries within North America as well as being able to create a fact file using the slides.

A comprehensive set of resources for anyone to be able to teach a block on writing discussion texts. Planned for Year 5 but very easily adaptable to Year 4 or Year 6. Included are: Full lesson plans for 15/16 lessons, with differentiated activities for children. IWB slides for every lesson that go step by step through the lesson. (N.B. In the shared writing sessions, the example paragraphs just need playing around with to a new topic. Whilst I could have done these, it is more powerful to do them with the class at the time) Resource sheets required for lessons. Word banks for children to use. A self-assessment/ teacher assessment marking sheet that helps children assess as they write and can then be used for a simple marking sheet to pick out positives and targets for children.

Included are 8 different examples of information texts (non-chronological reports) that can be used with children in English for a wide range of reasons. Texts include: The Vikings Emperor Penguins Lions Velociraptors Crocodiles and Aligators Dolphins Giant Panda Green Anaconda

A quiz that gets children to try and identify 30 different flags from around the world. A fun geography activity for the end of the year or as a general activity to check knowledge of different flags.

A PowerPoint that looks at how Remembrance Day began and why we 'celebrate' it. It also looks at Remembrance Sunday and why we have the poppy as our symbol.

Fully planned, differentiated and resourced unit of work looking at information texts. Included are all the slides, planning and resources needed to run each lesson, with 14-15 lessons that focus on key features of information texts and work on different skills before completing their own independent writing. Written for Year 5 but easily adaptable between Year 3 and Year 7. Skills include: researching and planning, reading comprehension, using generalisers, creating a glossary and structuring a text with sub-headings and a topic phrase.

Writing moderation grids that include all the statements for the three standards from the newly released writing assessment framework for the 2017-18 academic year for Key Stage Two.

Learn all about 12 famous scientists using these fact files. Learn about their childhood, education and some of their key work in science. Perfect for displays or for reading to gain knowledge. Included are: Albert Einstein Alexander Fleming Charles Darwin Dian Fossey Galileo Isaac Newton Ivan Pavlov Louis Pasteur Nikola Tesla Robert Oppenheimer Sally Ride Stephen Hawking

Teach children all about Evolution and Inheritance with this block of differentiated lesson plans and resources. These six lessons take children on a journey developing their understanding of Evolution and famous scientists work. N.B. These lessons are planned for 1 and a half - 2 hour lessons so if you teach Science for one hour a week then you will get more than six lessons from them. Lesson One - Offspring variation Lesson Two and Three - Climate adaptations Lesson Four - Fossils Lesson Five - Evolution/ adaptations Lesson Six - Famous Scientists Also included is a fun Who Wants to be a Millionaire style assessment.

A workbook suitable for children in Year 5 and 6. This 22 page booklet looks at a range of aspects, getting children to work through questions related to areas of grammar and in being able to use a dictionary accurately. It is perfect for 5-10 minute bursts during register time or can be used as an extended activity for a lesson if plans have fallen through/ changed, with children able to pick it up as and when.

Perfect for back to school - Use these as a fun activity to get to know the children in your class. Each question gets children thinking and can require them to justify their decision. Questions can include set criteria e.g. cleaning the toilet with your toothbrush and then having to use it. Some are simply silly, fun questions whilst some will offer deep insight into the nature of individuals. Simply print them out, and either laminate them or cut them out and stick them on card. 116 question cards included. Whilst they can be used at the start of the year as a fun way to get to know individuals, they can also be used throughout the year. Have a day a week where one is used, getting children to do a straw poll with hands up and then discussing or getting children to write on a whiteboard and a reason why. They could also record them in a notebook to show their thinking. These can also be taken further by getting children to think of their own, getting them to think about questioning and ensuring that the two topics are related to one another and have a similar level of reward/ punishment with these then becoming discussion points.

10 practise Arithmetic papers with 20 questions in each to use for practise in Year 6 ahead of the new Key Stage 2 Arithmetic assessment. These questions have been formed by using the exemplar material and other practise papers released. These have then been used to look at the type of questions that appear regularly, with these then being tested regularly throughout the various tests. It will provide children with test practise as well as regularly being able to review what children understand and what they still need to work on.

Three extracts from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows with three sets of differentiated questions attached with each extract. These activities will help children work on a range of comprehension skills using a story many are already aware of and engaged with. Questions range from simple retrieval to commenting on why particular language has been used. ***The extracts used are copyright of the author J.K Rowling.

Complete set of planning, slides and worksheets to provide 14 lessons on fractions. This has been written with Year 6 in mind but the resources are easily adaptable for other year groups. The worksheets have written with mastery in mind and so follow the following structure: Worksheet One - Works on practise and fluency Worksheet Two - Practise, fluency and reasoning Worksheet Three - Practise, fluency, reasoning and problem solving Worksheet Four - Practise, fluency, reasoning and problem solving (This is a spare worksheet should children finish problem solving on worksheet three) All worksheets include answers. Differentiation is achieved through self-assessment of own abilities to choose which worksheet they do. The worksheets will be clear in which is LA, MA and HA. Lesson 1 and 2 - Finding fractions Lesson 3 and 4 - Comparing fractions Lesson 5 and 6 - Converting fractions Lesson 7 and 8 - Adding and subtracting fractions Lesson 9 and 10 - Multiplying fractions together Lesson 11 and 12 - Multiplying fractions by whole numbers Lesson 13 and 14 - Dividing fractions by whole numbers Also included are extras including worksheets for simplifying fractions and representing them, resources to help model the techniques to give children more independence and a presentation focussing on how to use the Bar method with fractions. These have had great success in previous lessons and challenge and stretch children of all abilities.