These are original reading comprehensions aimed at years 5 and 6 and follow on from part 5 of my reading comprehension series. Questions are based on questions from the new style year 6 SATS papers. They are written by a specialist History teacher and examiner. Table of Contents 3 text types: 1. Chapter 6 of an original time-travel story set in the time of Robin Hood. 2. A non-fiction text about horses 3. A short story about honesty that could be used in a PSHE or RE focus. These sheets can be used a test, for guided reading or a stimulus for a history or PSHE lesson.

Three original texts and reading comprehension questions that can be used to revise for the year 6 SATS, or can also be used for guided reading groups or general comprehension skills. Texts are an original fiction story, a non-fiction text on forests and a fictional persuasive letter. The story is part 4 and can be used in conjunction with parts 1-3, but will also designed to be usable on its own. Comprehension questions test a range of skills (retrieval, inference etc) and are based around the 2016 year 6 SATS questions and sample government materials.

A series of worked examples and practice questions for the year 6 Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling SATS tests. Topics covered include expanded forms, modal verbs, colons and sentence types. These questions would be ideal to use for a teacher or TA led intervention or small group. All questions are based on the 2016 SATS paper and sample government materials. These questions are suited to pupils who are working at the expected level.

3 original texts and reading comprehension questions that can be used for revision for the SATS, for guided reading or general class work. Texts types are an original fiction story, a non-fiction text about Food Around the World and a cake recipe. The story is part 5 and can be used in conjunction with parts 1-4, but is also designed so it can be used on its own as well. Questions are based on the 2016 SATS reading paper and government sample materials. The recipe task is more straightforward than the others and may be useful for pupils working below the expected standard. (Please note that the story does touch briefly and sensitively on the topic of divorce and family breakdown.)

A series of worked examples and practice question for the SATS Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling paper. These are ideal for teacher or TA-led interventions or small groups, but also for independent work. Topics covered include clauses, modal verbs, hyphens and synonyms and antonyms. These questions are based on the 2016 SATS paper and sample government materials and are aimed particularly at pupils working above the expected standard.

A series of practice questions to revise for the Key Stage 1 Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling test paper 2. Topics covered include word class, sentence type, punctuation marks (,.?') and suffixes. Questions are based on the 2016 SPAG paper and sample government materials and are particularly suited to pupils working below the expected level. These are ideal for use in a teacher or TA led small group and intervention. Each question type is designed to be discussed.

A series of worked examples and practice questions for the year 6 SATS Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling tests. Topics covered include apostrophes, contractions, pronouns and standard English. These would be ideal for a teacher or TA led intervention or small group. These questions are based on the 2016 SATS test and sample government materials and are particularly suited to pupils who are working below the expected standard.

A series of practice questions to revise for the year 2 Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling Paper 2 SATS test. Concepts covered include: the past and present tenses, contracted forms, sentence type and punctuation usage. These can be used as independent or whole-class work or for teacher and TA led small groups. The questions are based on the 2016 Key Stage 1 SATS test and sample government materials and are particularly suited for pupils who are exceeding the expected standard.

Part of the same series as my Florence Nightingale worksheet. Reading comprehensions on Queen Victoria, The Workhouse, John Snow, Brunel and The Age of Railways. Useful as homework sheets or in class activities. Can be used as cross curricular with History, Science, Technology and other subjects.

Six weeks of spelling teaching on prefixes that can be added to verbs, as required by the National Curriculum. There are activities designed to be done one a day over a school week and also word searches. Spelling words are provided to be used for homework and/or spelling tests. Week 6 is a review week and includes spellings from the statutory word list for year 5 and 6.

This is the first three week’s of a year 2 English scheme of work, designed to work through the second half of the autumn term. The scheme includes an 80-slide Powerpoint, which can be used in conjunction with the 31-page workbook. The workbook can either be printed out and used in its entirety, or selected sheets can be used as an ink-saver. An answer book is included. Contents of the workbook are: Spellings: The ‘-dge’ word ending, the '-ge- word ending, words which used a ‘c’ for an ‘s’. Punctuation: Capital letters for proper nouns, question marks, exclamation marks. Grammar: The past and present tenses, nouns and adjectives, expanded noun phrases. Reading: Comprehensions on The Gunpowder Plot (Non-fiction recount of the story), Remembrance Day (A poem), Anti-Bulling Week (A story focused around bullying.) Writing: Writing a letter, describing a war memorial, writing a list of advice for someone who is being bullied. All reading comprehension questions are based on the format of the Key Stage 1 SATS tests, both paper 1 and paper 2. The work is divided into three weeks of learning, with an aspect of each element of English each week. The writing activities are linked with the subject of the reading comprehensions. This is a continuation from week 1 of this scheme, which is available for free download from my TES shop (although week 1 is also included in this download.) Weeks 4-6 will be available shortly.