Contained in this resource is a maths ‘Whodunnit’ activity. This resource involves pupils in finding out which one of the other eight reindeers stole Rudolph’s Red Nose, by working out maths clues and eliminating the suspects. This activity will be guaranteed to give your children a great maths lesson and is suitable for children from Year 2 to year 7. All answer sheets are provided! This resource was popular last year and has been improved and updated for 2018. This activity could be collaborative or individual and is guaranteed good fun! This has been differentiated two ways and contains some much more challenging 3D shape, BODMAS type questions in the Higher Ability version. If you liked this resource there are another two available for download…'Who stole Christmas? ‘whodunnit’ and ‘Who kidnapped the elves?’ maths ‘whodunnit.’ If you’ve downloaded this resource please rate it and provide feedback - all views welcomed. Thanks

This resource contains 8 attractive 'pre-populated' success ladders incorporating all the key elements of each of these styles of writing. Included are success criteria for what makes a good; biography, non-chronological report, diary entry, explanation text, formal letter, informal letter, newspaper report and persuasive text. This resource also includes a blank success ladder should you wish to edit and create your own.

Contained in this resource are 4 more pages of number sequences. These worksheets have been differentiated 4 ways and all the answers have been calculated for you. These are 'ready-to-go' resources and simply need downloading, printing out and distributing! Some of these sequences are extremely challenging and many include decimals and negative numbers. This is the second of two sets of worksheets on number sequences. Check out my other maths resources including a large number of pre-prepared maths loop games and angle worksheets, fraction, percentage and ratio and proportion word problems, and year 6 new style 'SAT type' arithmetic papers.

Contained in this resource are 4 pages of number sequences. These worksheets have been differentiated 4 ways and all the answers have been calculated for you. These are 'ready-to-go' resources and simply need downloading, printing out and distributing! These sequences include decimals and negative numbers. Check out my other maths resources including a large number of pre-prepared maths loop games and angle worksheets, fraction, percentage and ratio and proportion word problems, and year 6 new style 'SAT type' arithmetic papers.

Contained in this resource are two attractive maths loop games. These games are 'tried and tested' and are ideal as a superstar starter or perfect plenary. Game 1 – 1 more and 1 less. Game 2 – Pairs of numbers to 10, 20 & 100. Each game contains 32 separate number cards. You can use these games to assess your children on whether they know the following statements from the Year 1 & 2 Mathematics Programmes of Study; • Given a number, identify 1 more or 1 less. • Recall and use addition and subtraction facts to 20 fluently, and derive and use related facts to 100. These resources are 'ready-to-go' simply download, print off, cut up and laminate and let the fun begin. In my experience classes love the challenge of beating their best time on these games.

Contained in this resource are two attractive maths loop games. These games are 'tried and tested' and are ideal as a fun maths starter or plenary. Game 1 – Finding percentages of amounts. Game 2 – Using negative numbers. You can use these games to assess your children on whether they know the following statements from the Year 6 Mathematics Programme of Study; • Solve problems involving calculating the percentages of amounts • use negative numbers in context, and calculate intervals across 0 These resources are 'ready-to-go' simply download, print off, cut up and laminate and let the fun begin. In my experience classes love the challenge of beating their best time on these games.

Contained in this resource are two attractive maths loop games. These games are 'tried and tested' and are ideal as a fun maths starter or plenary. Game 1 – Roman Numerals. Game 2 – Pairs of numbers that total to 100. You can use these games to assess your children on whether they know the following statements from the Year 3 and 4 Mathematics Programme of Study; • read Roman numerals to 100 (I to C) and know that over time, the numeral system changed to include the concept of 0 and place value • Solve problems including missing number problems These resources are 'ready-to-go' simply download, print off, cut up and laminate and let the fun begin. In my experience classes love the challenge of beating their best time on these games.

Contained in this resource are two attractive maths loop games. These games are 'tried and tested' and are ideal as a fun maths starter or plenary where you can assess your children on whether they know the following statements from the Year 5 and 6 Mathematics Programme of Study; + Recognise and use square numbers (and square roots) + Solve problems involving decimal numbers Game 1 involves the children recognising the square numbers and square roots of numbers and is challenging! Game 2 involves children finding pairs of numbers which total 100 including decimals. These resources are 'ready-to-go' simply download, print off, cut up and laminate and let the fun begin. In my experience classes love the challenge of beating their best time on these games.

Contained in this resource are two attractive maths loop games. These games are 'tried and tested' and are ideal as a fun maths starter or plenary where you can assess your children on whether they know the following statements from the Year 3 and 4 Mathematics Programme of Study; + find 10 or 100 more or less than a given number, + find 1000 more or less than a given number, + count backwards through 0 to include negative numbers These resources are 'ready-to-go' simply download, print off, cut up and laminate and let the fun begin. In my experience classes love the challenge of beating their best time on these games.

Contained in this resource are two attractive maths loop games. These games are 'tried and tested' and are ideal as a stunning starter or a perfect plenary where you can assess your children on whether they know the following statements from the Year 3 and 4 Mathematics Programme of Study; • multiply two-digit and three-digit numbers by a one-digit number using formal written layout • Recall multiplication and division facts for multiplication tables up to 12 x 12 These resources are 'ready-to-go' resources, simply download, print off, cut out and laminate and let the fun begin! In my experience classes love the challenge of beating their best time on these games.

Contained in this resource are 4 sheets of Christmas Maths Word Problems involving the four rules. These are suitable for children in Years 3 - 6. These are differentiated 4 ways and include all the answers on separate sheets. This is a completely 'ready-to-go' resource, as it just simply needs you to download print and distribute!

This is a unique resource which contains the complete Year 5 and 6 spelling list programme. In 2014 the Year 5 & 6 spelling list was introduced. This contained 100 words that all Year 5 & 6 pupils should be able to spell correctly. This imaginative way of learning and testing these spellings is contained in 8 weekly parts, each including a humorous story setting the 12 words for the week in context. This booklet also contains an additional story assessing the 24 homophones, which many Year 5 and 6 pupils still struggle to use correctly in their writing. Story titles are imaginative and include; 'Vanessa and the Robot Dog,' 'The Story of the Richest Girl in the World, 'Marvo, Crusty and the Incredible Barrel Bet,' and 'Brave Sir John and the Smell of Fear.' to name but a few. This 60 page book is an essential resource for Year 5 and 6 teachers preparing for SATs and also useful for teachers in years 7 and 8 completing catch up programmes. I hope you will enjoy using this resource.

This is a set of 18 fraction word problems suitable for children in years 4, 5 operating at greater depth & children in year 6 operating between age related expectations and greater depth in the national curriculum. I've used it with my year 6 class and even the very brightest children were challenged by some of the questions. These questions are good ways to test if a child is operating at greater depth. As a free resource this had over 83,000 downloads. It has been updated with the answers included and is a 'ready-to-go' resource.

Since the dawn of the new National Curriculum Testing structure in 2016, there are only 4 ‘real’ Year 6 SAT mathematics arithmetic papers out there to test your children on. I’ve written this one and based it on the 2016- 2019 papers. This arithmetic paper is as authentic as it gets, and I’ve made sure the layout is very similar to the ‘real’ papers. This is a ‘ready-to-go’ resource and I’ve included the answers. So all the work is done for you! If you like this one - there’s another one on this site

Since the dawn of the new National Curriculum Testing structure in 2016, there are only 4 ‘real’ Year 6 SAT mathematics arithmetic papers out there to test your children on. I’ve written this one and based it on the 2016 & 2019 papers. This arithmetic paper is as authentic as it gets, and I’ve made sure the layout is very similar to the ‘real’ papers. This is a ‘ready-to-go’ resource and I’ve included the answers. So all the work is done for you! If you like this one - there’s another one on this site.

Here's the second in the series of worksheets where children are asked to calculate the missing angles of a triangle. These worksheets are differentiated 4 ways and all contain the answers. The first set of 4 worksheets I produced a few years ago went on to have over 110,000 downloads as a free resource. This one is a little more challenging and suitable for children in years 4, 5, 6 and 7. This is a 'ready-to-go' resource and has everything you need - the hard work has been done for you...just download and print!

Contained in this resource are ratio and proportion word problems. These problems have been differentaited three ways and have the aswers handily worked out for you. This is a 'ready-to-go' resource and simply needs printing off and photcopying.

This brilliant activity involves a class taking the roles of the 10 people (or groups of people) who could in some part be blamed for the sinking of the Titanic and the subsequent loss of over 1500 lives. The materials included here give you all the facts and everything you’ll need to conduct a killer debate. I did this with my Year 6 class, but it could be used with children from years 4 - 8. This is a tried and trusted resource which had over 7000 downloads as a free resource. It has been updated and is now even easier to use - all you’ll need is a printer, a pair of scissors, 11 envelopes and a willing class! Also check out my new debate resource…who was to blame for the outbreak of the First World War? Thanks

This 'ready-to-go' resource includes everything you need to get going on a really exciting maths investigation linked to probability. The basic idea is that children 'bet' a fictitious £1 to guess which colour counter will be pulled from a bag.

This resource simply contains eight great story starters. They are short story starts to get the creative juices flowing and contain a box for the author’s illustration, should they so wish. These starters are entitled ‘The Iceberg’, ‘The Storm’, ‘The Ring,’ ‘The Bombing,’ ‘The Cave,’ ‘Take The Wheel!,’ ‘Survivor,’ and ‘The Hole.’ I have used these to create great class books of all the stories and the children love reading them to each other and to younger children in the school. They can stimuate writing on many themes; adventure stories, mysteries, horror stories, historical tales etc…This resource is a ‘ready-to-go’ resource and simply download and print these 8 A4 sheets.