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I am an ex-primary head teacher and English, Maths and History specialist. I've mostly worked in KS2, often in Year 6. Although for the last two years, I've been working in Year 1, which has been delightful! All the resources have been used successfully with children in a range of schools all over the country. I am constantly reviewing and updating my resources. Please follow me to ensure that you have the most up to date versions of the resources you buy.

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I am an ex-primary head teacher and English, Maths and History specialist. I've mostly worked in KS2, often in Year 6. Although for the last two years, I've been working in Year 1, which has been delightful! All the resources have been used successfully with children in a range of schools all over the country. I am constantly reviewing and updating my resources. Please follow me to ensure that you have the most up to date versions of the resources you buy.
UKS2 (Year 5 and Year 6) Multiplying and dividing whole numbers and decimals by 10, 100 and 1000
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UKS2 (Year 5 and Year 6) Multiplying and dividing whole numbers and decimals by 10, 100 and 1000

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Learning Objectives Starter: - To order multistep calculations. - To multiply and divide whole numbers by 10, 100 and 1,000. Main Lesson: - To multiply and divide whole numbers and those involving decimals by 10, 100 and 1,000 (Year 5) - To multiply and divide numbers by 10, 100 and 1,000 giving answers up to 3 decimal places (Year 6) - To understand and use place value for decimals (KS3) This lesson consists of: A Starter consisting of a series of progressively harder, multi-step calculations and revision of properties of numbers. A connect activity getting children to remember how they multiply and divide integers (whole numbers) by 10, 100, 1000. An Interactive Whiteboard teaching introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire flipchart, to teach how to multiply and divide whole numbers and decimals by 10, 100 and 1000. A 4-way differentiated series of tasks requiring children to multiply and divide increasingly more challenging integers and decimals by 10, 100 and 1000. A Place Value grid is provided as additional support for those struggling. Answer sheet provided to support marking. A final AFL / Next Steps task, asking children to apply their knowledge of multiplying and dividing numbers by 10, 100, and 1000 to find as many possible ways to make a specific number based on old SATs paper.
Charles Dickens - A Christmas Carol - six sessions of Guided Reading / Whole class activities
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Charles Dickens - A Christmas Carol - six sessions of Guided Reading / Whole class activities

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This set also includes a PDF of A Christmas Carol A series of questions, answers and reading journal activities based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests or written comprehensions. LOs To use cover, contents and preface to make predictions. To read and understand a classic text. To understand how memories can help change a person. To understand how an author can have a character changed by what he experiences first hand. To understand how knowledge of the future can help change a person. To understand the many different ways an author can show a character has changed.
Rudyard Kipling - Just So Stories - 5 sessions of Guided Reading / Whole class activities
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Rudyard Kipling - Just So Stories - 5 sessions of Guided Reading / Whole class activities

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A series of questions, answers and reading journal activity based around all areas of reading. NB this resource includes each story in Word Format. Great alternative to SATs tests or written comprehensions LOs To be able to explain the moral of a story. To understand how a writer teaches that actions have consequences To decode, by context, archaic and nonsense language. To discuss creation myths To use context and verbal clues to decode a text.
Ian Serraillier - The Silver Sword - 7 sessions of Guided Reading / Whole class activities
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Ian Serraillier - The Silver Sword - 7 sessions of Guided Reading / Whole class activities

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A series of questions, answers and reading journal activity based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests or written comprehensions. LOs To use skimming and scanning to answer questions about the opening section of a story. To emphasise with the children in the story. To use skimming and scanning to make sense of a text. To understand how an author can use a letter to summarise a story. To make predictions based on what you have read to date. To be able to empathise with the main characters as they reach the end of their journey. To reflect upon a completed novel / to produce a piece of biographical writing.
Roald Dahl The Witches complete half term's Guided Reading
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Roald Dahl The Witches complete half term's Guided Reading

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A series of questions, answers and reading journal activity based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests. LOs: To make deductions and predictions based on the first chapter of a novel. To be able explain how layout contributes to the information being provided in a text. To be able to understand how dialogue can be used to describe something or someone To understand how an author can reveal his personal opinions and experiences through the way he portrays his characters. To consider how the author can make us understand that Witches are not like real people.
Roald Dahl - George's Marvellous Medicine - complete half term's guided reading.
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Roald Dahl - George's Marvellous Medicine - complete half term's guided reading.

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A series of questions, answers and reading journal activity based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests or written comprehensions. To understand how Roald Dahl creates truly loathsome characters To see how an author builds suspense. To understand how an author can use poetry features to make his book more enjoyable. To empathise with the main characters of a novel. To make predictions based on the text. To understand how an author brings a story to a close.
Michael Morpurgo - The Wreck of the Zanzibar - 6 sessions of Guided Reading / Whole class activities
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Michael Morpurgo - The Wreck of the Zanzibar - 6 sessions of Guided Reading / Whole class activities

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A series of questions, answers and reading journal activity based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests or written comprehensions. LOs To understand how an author can introduce a story / to comment on the specific effects of words and phrases. To be able to empathise with a family faced with bad news. To understand how an author creates a low point in a story. To understand how one event changes the relationship between characters. To use contextual clues to understand archaic language. To understand how a story within a story is linked back to the first story.
Anne Fine - The chicken gave it to me - 5 weeks guided reading
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Anne Fine - The chicken gave it to me - 5 weeks guided reading

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A series of questions, answers and reading journal activity based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests or written comprehensions. LOs To understand how Anne Fine introduces the characters in the story. To identify how an author can write a story within a story. To understand how different layouts can convey different meaning To understand why Anne Fine wrote this book.
JK Rowling - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - complete half term's Guided Reading
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JK Rowling - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - complete half term's Guided Reading

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A series of questions, answers and reading journal activity based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests or written comprehensions. LOs: To look at the way that letters differ by author and purpose. To understand how an author drops hints into early chapters to reveal what will happen in the book. To understand how an author makes a dilemma truly difficult to overcome. To understand how an author develops character relationships. To understand how an author brings a story to a climax.
Rosemary Sutcliff - The Eagle of the Ninth -  7 sessions Guided Reading/Whole class activities
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Rosemary Sutcliff - The Eagle of the Ninth - 7 sessions Guided Reading/Whole class activities

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A series of questions, answers and reading journal activity based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests or written comprehensions. LOs To make predictions based on what can be learned from a book before reading it. To reflect on how a historical novel begins. To reflect upon a key turning point the novel. To understand how an author drops hints about the importance of certain characters. To understand how one event changes that whole focus of a narrative. To understand how an author uses book conventions to bring tension to a narrative. To reflect on a completed novel.
Roald Dahl - the Twits - half term's guided reading
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Roald Dahl - the Twits - half term's guided reading

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A series of questions, answers and reading journal activity based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests or written comprehensions. LOs To read a book for simple information, events and ideas To understand how an author uses different fonts and styles to help readers To understand how the author implies things by his use of language. To understand the moral of Roald’s story. To decide whether or not Roald Dahl’s punishment fits the crime.
Jacqueline Wilson - Buried Alive - 7 sessions of Guided Reading / Whole class activities
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Jacqueline Wilson - Buried Alive - 7 sessions of Guided Reading / Whole class activities

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A series of questions, answers and reading journal activity based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests or written comprehensions. LOs To understand how an author reintroduces characters. To use recall to find facts and make deductions about the main characters. To form opinions about characters and justify them using quotes from the text. To understand how additional main characters can be reintroduced in a sequel To empathise with the main character when he is placed in a difficult situation. To use inference and deduction to understand character motives. To reflect on a completed text.
Nina Bawden - Carrie's War - 7 sessions of Guided Reading / Whole class activities
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Nina Bawden - Carrie's War - 7 sessions of Guided Reading / Whole class activities

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A series of questions, answers and reading journal activity based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests or written comprehensions. LOs To form opinions about a text based on its opening chapter. To understand how an author shifts her narrative in time. To understand how an author builds a sense of tension. To understand how the author uses background information to further develop characters. To empathise with the main character. To use inference and deduction to understand how the main characters feel upon receiving unexpected news. To reflect upon a completed story.
Roald Dahl - Esio Trot - 4 sessions of Guided Reading / Whole class activities
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Roald Dahl - Esio Trot - 4 sessions of Guided Reading / Whole class activities

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A series of questions, answers and reading journal activity based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests or written comprehensions. LOs To understand how an author provides background to his characters and plot. To make predictions based on what has happened so far in a text. To be able to draw conclusions about a character’s plan. To trace ideas throughout a whole story
SATs style comprehension - the Romans
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SATs style comprehension - the Romans

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Key Stage 2 comprehensions. Text includes a range of non fiction, fictionalised, historical texts and short poetry. Questions include whole range of SAT style questions such as: inference and deduction, prediction and factual recall. Ideal for Guided groups, homework or whole class activities.
E B White - Charlotte's Web - 7 sessions of Guided Reading / Whole class activities
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E B White - Charlotte's Web - 7 sessions of Guided Reading / Whole class activities

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A series of questions, answers and reading journal activity based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests or written comprehensions. LOs To make predictions based on the blurb and cover of a book To make predictions based on what has been read already. To understand how an author can convey impatience in a character. To understand how an author interweaves real life with fantasy To identify key turning points in a story. To understand how an author uses language to convey hidden meanings.
UKS2 (Year 5 and Year 6) solving multi-step Word problems requiring use of all four operations.
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UKS2 (Year 5 and Year 6) solving multi-step Word problems requiring use of all four operations.

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Learning Objectives Starter: - To order multistep calculations. - To identify four operations. Main Lesson: - To solve problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication and division and a combination of these (Year 5) - To solve problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication and division (Year 6) - To use the 4 operations, including formal written methods, applied to integers and decimals, (KS3) This lesson consists of: A Starter consisting of a series of progressively harder, multi-step calculations and revision of properties of numbers. A connect activity challenging children to identify which range of operations they require to solve a differentiated Word problem. An Interactive Whiteboard teaching introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire flipchart, to teach children how to lay out multi operation Word problems and how to allowing you to group children according to ability. A 4-way differentiated series of tasks requiring children to solve multi-step word problems relating to measures, time and multiplying and dividing by 10, 100 and 1000. A challenge activity where children have to apply this knowledge and draw conclusion in order to answer two Mastery style questions. Answer sheet provided to support marking. A final AFL / Next Steps task, asking children to apply their knowledge to a multistep SATs question, requiring the use of brackets to organise their calculation.
Anne Fine - Flour Babies - 7 sessions of Guided Reading / Whole class activities
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Anne Fine - Flour Babies - 7 sessions of Guided Reading / Whole class activities

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A series of questions, answers and reading journal activity based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests or written comprehensions. LOs To make predictions based on the blurb and cover of a book. To reflect on the opening of a story To emphasise with the main character. To understand how Simon’s character changes in the story. To consider the main purpose of the text To reflect on a completed text
UKS2 (Year 5 and Year 6) Checking calculations - estimation and rounding
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UKS2 (Year 5 and Year 6) Checking calculations - estimation and rounding

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Learning Objectives Starter: - To perform (mental) calculations, including with mixed operations and large numbers. Main Lesson: - To use rounding to check answers to calculations (Year 5 Year 6) - To use the 4 operations, including formal written methods, applied to integers and decimals, (KS3) This lesson consists of: A Starter consisting of a series of progressively harder addition, subtraction, multiplication and division calculations. A connect activity getting children to consider how they might check answers using estimation. An Interactive Whiteboard teaching introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire, to teach how to use estimation in order to check calculations. It also includes a Knowledge check to ensure that your class are familiar with rounding. A 4 way differentiated series of calculations where children first estimate, and then solve addition, subtraction, multiplication and division problems including decimals (for MA and HA). An AFL / Next Steps task reviewing when to use estimation and when to use inverse operations to accurately check calculations.
Roald Dahl - Fantastic Mr Fox - a complete half term's guided reading
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Roald Dahl - Fantastic Mr Fox - a complete half term's guided reading

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A series of questions, answers and reading journal activity based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests or written comprehensions. LOs To use recall and retrieve evidence to describe the main characters in a short novel. To be able to emphasis with the main characters of a story. To be use information within a text to predict what will happen in a story. To use inference and deduction to explain the different characters’ behaviour. To consider whether or not it is ever acceptable to steal To explore how the layout and language of a book contributes to its meaning.