I completed my PGCE at The Institute of Education in 2011, staying in London to start my career at a primary school in Hackney. I taught across KS2 in four years, while also co-ordinating Spanish and Science and receiving brilliant CPD training across a range of specialisms. In 2016 I moved to Lancashire, where I have been supply teacher for a range of local schools. I love creating engaging & purposeful resources to bring education to life and to give teachers their weekends back!
I completed my PGCE at The Institute of Education in 2011, staying in London to start my career at a primary school in Hackney. I taught across KS2 in four years, while also co-ordinating Spanish and Science and receiving brilliant CPD training across a range of specialisms. In 2016 I moved to Lancashire, where I have been supply teacher for a range of local schools. I love creating engaging & purposeful resources to bring education to life and to give teachers their weekends back!
This lesson models to children how to read the time on an analogue clock using the following Success Criteria:
* I know how many minutes are in an hour
* I know the minutes that each number on a clock face represents
* I know when the time is at quarter past / half past / quarter to the hour
* I can identify what hour the time is currently in
Challenge: I can say times according to the approaching hour (e.g. ten mins to six = 5:50)
It is contains a balanced mixture of partner talk questions, teacher modelling and independent activities, along with helpful links to resources to support the objective. It even has a challenge plenary at the end, asking pupils what is wrong with the given analogue time (answer: the small hand is too close to the next hour when the minute hand is only on quarter past).
I cannot include worksheets for this lesson as I would be copyrighting other people's resources, but I have included links on one page to analogue clock resources. Or you could just Google it - plenty of free ones come up! Enjoy!
This worksheet allows children to practice converting between cm and m units of measurement by using a real life stimulus; the lengths of various reptiles.
Included on the worksheet is an LO, reminder of the 1m = 100cm conversion, and a table giving the name of each reptile, a photo, and one of the measurements, with a blank space next to it to complete the conversion. Some measurements are given in cm and others in m.
This lesson models to children how to convert times between the 12 and 24 hour clocks using the following Success Criteria:
* I know that there are 24 hours in a day
* I know morning = am / afternoon = pm
* I label an analogue clock using 24 hour times
* I can use my clock to tell the time across 24 hours
Challenge: I can tell the time to the nearest minute
It is contains a balanced mixture of partner talk questions, teacher modelling and independent activities, along with helpful links to resources to support the objective. It even has a challenge plenary at the end, asking pupils to write 24 hour times on a blank analogue clock.
I've included a short lesson activity for this lesson, but I cannot include worksheets for this lesson as I would be copyrighting other people's resources, but I have included links on one page to analogue clock resources. Enjoy!
This resource is taken from my Zoom online courses during COVID. The pack consists of 1 x Powerpoint presentations/lessons and linking worksheet teaching all about BODMAS; introducing the topic and then moving through to challenge. Suitable for Y5-6 with extra challenges included to push higher learners. As it’s from my courses my logo is included on the presentations and worksheets but you can obviously remove these to make them your own!
Click on my profile to find FREE lessons from my Zoom courses (see most recent uploads), so you can see their layout/content/flow before choosing to purchase this one.
This resource helps children to consider the progression of time chronologically and the duration of different events. The lesson objective is to be able to create a daily routine using time facts
Success Criteria:
* I can order events chronologically
* I can use vocabulary linked to the time of day
* I can identify what time activities start and end
* I represent times on an analogue clock
Challenge: I can state how long activities last
The lesson starts with a discussion about what key events would be included in a daily routine, with children thinking of their own personal examples. It then moves on to a teacher model of how time would be considered in a daily routine, from the start and end times to knowing the approximate duration of activities (i.e. they would know that brushing your teeth takes 5 minutes rather than 50 minutes).
Children then independently create their own daily routine plan on the worksheet provided, which has been differentiated to challenge different learners.
This lesson would suit KS1 and LKS2 classes and is easily adaptable. Enjoy!
This lesson models to children how to solve problems involving time using the following Success Criteria:
* I can identify the key words in a problem
* I can identify the calculation needed to solve a problem
* I can add time by counting on the number of minutes
* I can count across the hour
* I can find the difference between times using subtraction
It is contains a balanced mixture of partner talk questions, teacher modelling and independent activities, along with helpful links to resources to support the objective. It even has a challenge plenary at the end.
I cannot include worksheets for this lesson as I would be copyrighting other people's resources, but they are easily available via Primary Resources or a quick Google!
A handy worksheet to help children to understand the concept of 'past' and 'to' when telling the time. It includes a blank analogue clock and times to cut out and place on the correct place on the clock.
The instructions on the sheet are as follows:
Step 1: Neatly cut out your clock
Step 2: Stick it under your learning intention
Step 3: Neatly cut out the times in the boxes
Step 4: Can you match the times in the boxes to the numbers around the clock? Check with an adult before you stick them in!
This resource consists of various word problems themed around money which require knowledge of various mathematical skills, from calculating percentages to division. Additionally, it helps to introduce economic topics to primary pupils, such as mortgages. Suitable for UKS2 / Year 6 learners.
Through my career I found it easier for children to understand the difference between area and perimeter by linking perimeter with addition practice and area with multiplication practice.
Therefore this resource consists of four lessons:
Day 1 - Revising multiplication (my lesson focuses on the array method with HA being challenged to try grid method)
Day 2 - Understanding 'area' by learning that it is the space inside a 2D shape, it is a form of measure, that area can be found by counting cm squares with appropriate unit of measure in the answer.
Day 3 - Linking day 2's learning by introducing the concept of length x width to calculate area, but still using cm square paper to make the transition easily differentiable
Day 4 - Calculating area using length x width by being able to identify the length and width of a quadrilateral, showing their calculations linking back to Day 1 and including appropriate unit of measurement in their answer. HA can be challenged with compound shapes.
I used this lesson with a mixed ability Year 3 class, but it can be easily adaptable for higher KS1 or KS2. I cannot include downloadable worksheets in the resource pack due to copyright, but I have included small screenshots of the resources I used for different abilities on each task page so you get an idea of appropriate resources for each day. Most are easily findable using a simple search on Google images or good education websites.
When it came to teaching Roman Numerals in Year 5, it was daunting. I didn't know them up to 1000 when the curriculum change came in, never mind having the subject knowledge to teach them to children! And although there are good worksheets and powerpoint presentations out there, I wanted my class to KNOW each of the key symbols so they could apply it to any 4 digit values
So I spent a long time making these lessons - especially day one - where I thought of a (slightly cheesy) way of how the children could remember them. BUT IT WORKED! And even I know all the Roman Numerals up to 10,000. So I hope these 3 days worth of lesson presentations help you too!
This activity would be a good cross-curricular focus for developing Maths and Science skills as it covers a range of success criteria meeting both curriculum skills:
* I know what thermometers are used for
* I know the unit of measurement for temperature is Celsius
* I understand what is meant by ‘room temperature’
* I understand what is meant by ‘boiling temperature’
* I can explain why temperatures might vary within a room
* I can read the scales of thermometers to identify temperature
It involves placing 4 containers of (boiling water in different parts of a classroom, for children to predict what will happen to each of them, considering possible factors in the room. This helps children to understand room temperature and how it can vary.
The objective for this lesson is to understand the measurement of time and comes in two parts. The first gauges children's prior understanding of the following success criteria:
* I know how many seconds are in 1 minute
* I know how many minutes are in 1 hour
* I know how many hours are in 1 day
* I know how many days are in a week and year
Included is a worksheet for children to complete, with extra challenges on the notebook board for your higher abilities to be extended.
In the second part of the lesson I wanted to challenge and extend children's knowledge of time, so I linked in a TED animation about how time is linked to both Maths and Science. It explains the concept of time measurement using flip book animation, which children can relate to. From this, I challenged children to make a short flip book of their own, using one of the two examples modelled in the video. My kids absolutely loved this lesson, and even made longer and more detailed flip books at home afterwards using different time criteria!
This lesson models to children how to add and subtract time using the following Success Criteria:
* I know that there are 60 seconds in a minute
* I know that there are 60 minutes in an hour
* I can add and subtract minutes from a given time
Challenge: I can carry across the hour
It is contains a balanced mixture of partner talk questions, teacher modelling and independent activities, along with helpful links to resources to support the objective. It even has a challenge plenary at the end.
I cannot include worksheets for this lesson as I would be copyrighting other people's resources, but they are easily available via Primary Resources or a quick Google!
This lesson models to children how to write the time on an analogue clock using the following Success Criteria:
* I know the big hand represents minutes
* I know that the small hand represents the current hour
* I know the minutes that each number on a clock face represents
* I can move the hour hand according to the number of minutes past
Challenge: I can present the 24 hour clock in analogue form
It is contains a balanced mixture of partner talk questions, teacher modelling and independent activities, along with helpful links to resources to support the objective.
I cannot include worksheets for this lesson as I would be copyrighting other people's resources, but I have included links on one page to analogue clock resources. Or you could just Google it - plenty of free ones come up! Enjoy!
This resource consists of three sequential lessons focusing on the understanding of perimeter. Suitable for KS2 (previously used in Y3 & Y4 but easily adaptable to extend higher year groups), it consists of a lesson notebook for all three days, differentiated worksheets for the first objective and a further worksheet for the second objective.
The objectives and criteria for all three days are:
L.I.: To understand perimeter
Success Criteria
* I know perimeter is the distance around the outside of a shape
* I know perimeter is a measurement of length
* I know perimeter can be measured in mm, cm or m
* I know we need to use addition to calculate perimeter
L.I.: To be able to calculate perimeter
Success Criteria
* I know perimeter is the distance around the outside of a shape
* I know perimeter is a measurement of length
* I can count squares around a shape to calculate perimeter
Challenge: I can add the sides of a shape to calculate perimeter
L.I.: To be able to solve problems involving perimeter
Success Criteria
* I can read the question carefully and identify key words
* I know perimeter is the distance around the outside of a shape
* I can add the sides of a shape to calculate perimeter
* I can include the unit of measurement in my answer
This resource is taken from my Zoom online courses during COVID. The pack consists of 3 x Powerpoint presentations/lessons (each one having an annotated version as reference) and linking worksheets teaching all about Area, Perimeter & Volume (one lesson for each). Suitable for Y5-6 with extra challenges included to push higher learners. Great as a revision lesson as it moves from introductory right through to challenge. As it’s from my courses my logo is included on the presentations and worksheets but you can obviously remove these to make them your own!
Click on my profile to find FREE lessons from my Zoom courses (see most recent uploads), so you can see their layout/content/flow before choosing to purchase this one.
This resource is taken from my Zoom online courses during COVID. The pack consists of 2 x Powerpoint presentations/lessons and linking worksheets teaching all about Angles; from being able to name and identify them in lesson one, to understanding their sizes and calculating missing angles in lesson two. Suitable for Y5-6 with extra challenges included to push higher learners. As it’s from my courses my logo is included on the presentations and worksheets but you can obviously remove these to make them your own!
Click on my profile to find FREE lessons from my Zoom courses (see most recent uploads), so you can see their layout/content/flow before choosing to purchase this one.
This resource was made to challenge higher UKS2 learners (mainly in Year 6) across a range of Maths topics in the form of word problems themed around different computer games, from Minecraft to Fortnight. This was made to appeal to boys using word problems in Mathematics.
This resource is taken from my Zoom online courses during COVID. The pack consists of 2 x Powerpoint presentations teaching how to add & subtract fractions, starting with common denominators and then moving through to unlike denominators (both Powerpoints are the same; one is annotated to show answers/how I taught each method). Includes worksheets (one PDF & Pages version - the latter making it editable). Suitable for Y5-6 with extra challenges included to push higher learners. As it’s from my courses my logo is included on the presentations and worksheets but you can obviously remove these to make them your own!