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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.
Year 1 Term 1 Week 2 Day 1 one more, one less
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Year 1 Term 1 Week 2 Day 1 one more, one less

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A differentiated starter, introduction for both ActivInspire and Smartboard, and 3 way differentiated activity with an extension activity for use in Continuous Provision and AFL / Next Steps plenary class activity. Also included is a youtube video and resources for distance learning. Learning Objective: To identify one more One more / One less This lesson consists of: A differentiated starter – Counting Triangles. A counting game for groups of children to take in turns counting different shapes by taking straws equal to each of 5 rolls of the dice. An Interactive Whiteboard teaching introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire flipchart teaching how a number track can be used to identify one more and one less of a given number. A youtube video link for distance learning introducing the starter, main part of the lesson and the AFL / Next Steps plenary. A 3-way differentiated series of tasks utilising a number track to help compare sets of numbers to find the smallest and largest, less and more. A Next steps / AFL plenary to allow you to access learning through the lesson.
Year 1 Term 1 Week 4 Day 3 visual addition problems.
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Year 1 Term 1 Week 4 Day 3 visual addition problems.

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A differentiated starter, introduction for both ActivInspire and Smartboard, and 3 way differentiated activity and AFL / Next Steps plenary class activity. Also included is a youtube video and resources for distance learning. Learning Objective: To be able to count in tens (starter), To solve simple one-step problems that involve addition and subtraction, using concrete objects and pictorial representations, and missing number problems, such as 7 = □ – 9. (main lesson). This lesson consists of: A starter revising counting on in tens, using a youtube counting song. An Interactive Whiteboard teaching introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire flipchart teaching how to use a number track to solve written and pictorial addition problems using concrete equipment, number tracks and informal recording methods. A youtube video link for distance learning introducing the starter, main part of the lesson and the AFL / Next Steps plenary. A 3-way differentiated set of independent tasks where children solve written and pictorial addition problems using concrete equipment, number tracks and informal recording methods. A Next steps / AFL Challenge plenary to allow you to assess learning through the lesson by challenging children apply their knowledge to a simple word problem.
Year 1 Term 1-2 Week 1 Day 1 Sequencing
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Year 1 Term 1-2 Week 1 Day 1 Sequencing

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A differentiated starter, introduction for both ActivInspire and Smartboard, and 3 way differentiated activity and AFL / Next Steps plenary class activity. Also included is a youtube video and resources for distance learning. Learning Objectives:: To use Part, Part Whole to add numbers. (starter), LO: To identifying the part of the pattern that repeats (main) This lesson consists of: A starter revising the use of Part / Part / Whole diagrams. An Interactive Whiteboard introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire flipchart teaching how to recognise different repeating patterns. A youtube video link for distance learning introducing the starter, main part of the lesson and the AFL / Next Steps plenary. A 3-way differentiated set of independent tasks where children recognise different repeating patterns. A Next steps / AFL Challenge plenary where children spot the errors in repeating patterns.
Year 1 Term 1-2 Week 04 Day 4 matching sets of coins to their values.
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Year 1 Term 1-2 Week 04 Day 4 matching sets of coins to their values.

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A differentiated starter, introduction for both ActivInspire and Smartboard and an activity where children can apply their new knowledge and AFL / Next Steps plenary class activity. Also included is a youtube video and resources for distance learning. Learning Objectives:: To recognise value of Tens and ones (starter), LO1: To recognise the value of each coin. LO2: To solve simple one-step problems that involve addition. (main) This lesson consists of: A starter introducing how ten bars and one cubes can be linked to coin values. An 2 way differentiated activity where children match ten bars and one cubes to either sets of 10ps and 1ps, or mixed currency giving the same value. An Interactive Whiteboard introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire flipchart revising the value of each individual coin using partially covered coins which can be slowly uncovered. An introduction to a game where children match values of groups of coins with pictorial representation of these coins. A youtube video link for distance learning introducing the starter, main part of the lesson and the AFL / Next Steps plenary. An independent task where children match values of groups of coins with pictorial representation of these coins with an extension where this can be played as a memory game. A Next steps / AFL Challenge plenary where identify the value of coins and groups of coins to assess their learning.
Year 1 Term 1-2 Week 5 Day 4 times of the day
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Year 1 Term 1-2 Week 5 Day 4 times of the day

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A differentiated starter, introduction for both ActivInspire and Smartboard and an activity where children can apply their new knowledge and AFL / Next Steps plenary class activity. Also included is a youtube video and resources for distance learning. Learning Objectives:: LO: To recognise ten more and ten less of currency.(starter) LO: LO: To sequence events in chronological order using language such as: morning, afternoon and evening. This lesson consists of: A starter revising the value of different British coins, followed by a 2-way differentiated activity to find ten more and ten less of given set of coins. An Interactive Whiteboard introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire flipchart revising the language of time and introducing the idea of how the day can be divided into morning, afternoon and evening. A youtube video link for distance learning introducing the starter, main part of the lesson and the AFL / Next Steps plenary. An independent task where children to sort a range of activities into three categories: morning, afternoon and evening. A Next steps / AFL Challenge plenary where children review their answers and consider which activities might fit into more than one category.
Year 1 Term 1-2 Week 04 Day 3 making money up to the value of 20p
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Year 1 Term 1-2 Week 04 Day 3 making money up to the value of 20p

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A differentiated starter, introduction for both ActivInspire and Smartboard and an activity where children can apply their new knowledge and AFL / Next Steps plenary class activity. Also included is a youtube video and resources for distance learning. Learning Objectives:: To recognise value of Tens and ones (starter), LO: To recognise the value of each coin.(main) This lesson consists of: A starter revising the value of various ten bars and one cubes as numbers, followed by an introduction to using lines and dots to draw numbers represented by ten bars and one cubes. An activity where children draw lines and dots to match ten bars and one cubes and identify the value. An Interactive Whiteboard introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire flipchart revising the value of each individual coin using partially covered coins which can be slowly uncovered. An introduction to how to use coins to make money up to the value of 20p. A youtube video link for distance learning introducing the starter, main part of the lesson and the AFL / Next Steps plenary. An independent task where children use coins to make money up to the value of 20p. A Next steps / AFL Challenge plenary where the children again consider why Britain has a range of different coins.
Year 1 Term 1-2 Week 5 Day 3 minute challenge
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Year 1 Term 1-2 Week 5 Day 3 minute challenge

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A differentiated starter, introduction for both ActivInspire and Smartboard and an activity where children can apply their new knowledge and AFL / Next Steps plenary class activity. Also included is a youtube video and resources for distance learning. Learning Objectives:: LO: To recognise one more and one less of currency.(starter) LO: To measure and begin to record time(main) This lesson consists of: A starter revising the value of different British coins, followed by a 2-way differentiated activity to find one more and one less of given set of coins. An Interactive Whiteboard introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire flipchart revising the language of time and introducing the core activity where children estimate and record how many of each activity they can complete in a minute. A youtube video link for distance learning introducing the starter, main part of the lesson and the AFL / Next Steps plenary. An independent task where children work in pairs to estimate and record how many of each activity they can complete in a minute . A Next steps / AFL Challenge plenary where children consider whether the activities they found easier they could perform more often.
Year 1 Term 2-1 Week 1 Day 3 Represent numbers beyond 20 using Tens and One grids.
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Year 1 Term 2-1 Week 1 Day 3 Represent numbers beyond 20 using Tens and One grids.

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A differentiated starter, introduction for both ActivInspire and Smartboard, and differentiated activity with an extension activity for use in Continuous Provision and AFL / Next Steps plenary class activity. Learning Objective: To represent numbers beyond 20 This lesson consists of: A differentiated starter – Exchange Up. A counting game for groups of children to take in turns counting up to a target number of 20 (LA), 30 (MA) 40 (HA) using base 10 equipment and a dice. A second starter finding the value of numbers represented by tens and ones. An Interactive Whiteboard teaching introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire flipchart building on the skill of one to one correspondence before extending this to teach grouping into tens and ones using Base 10 equipment and linked to recognising the number of tens and ones that are used to represent a number. A youtube video link for distance learning introducing the starter, main part of the lesson and the AFL / Next Steps plenary. A differentiated series of tasks requiring the use of grouping and Base 10 equipment to identify the value of objects in a number grid to help link sets of tens and ones to numbers. A final AFL / Next Steps task, where children apply their knowledge of tens and ones by showing the value of given numbers represented by Base ten equipment.
Year 1 Term 2-1 Week 1 Day 5 Ten more and ten less of a number
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Year 1 Term 2-1 Week 1 Day 5 Ten more and ten less of a number

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A differentiated starter, introduction for both ActivInspire and Smartboard, and differentiated activity with an extension activity for use in Continuous Provision and AFL / Next Steps plenary class activity supported by a youtube video for Distance learning. Learning Objective: To identify ten more and ten less of a number: This lesson consists of: A differentiated starter – Exchange Up. A counting game for groups of children to take in turns counting up to a target number of 20 (LA), 30 (MA) 40 (HA) using base 10 equipment and a dice. A second starter finding the value of numbers represented by tens and ones and finding one more and one less of this number. An Interactive Whiteboard teaching introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire flipchart building on the children’s knowledge of Base ten representations of numbers to find ten more and ten less than a number. A youtube video link for distance learning introducing the starter, main part of the lesson and the AFL / Next Steps plenary. A differentiated series of tasks requiring the use of Base 10 equipment to find ten more and ten less than a number. A final AFL / Next Steps task, where children apply their knowledge of tens and ones by showing the value of given numbers represented by Base ten equipment.
JK Rowling Harry Potter and the Philospoher’s Stone - a half term’s whole class / guided reading
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JK Rowling Harry Potter and the Philospoher’s Stone - a half term’s whole class / 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. This resources covers 9 selected chapters. LOs: To understand how a book differs from a film, and how a famous book requires no introduction To emphasize with the main character and understand how an author tantalises with hints To understand how the author uses italics and capitals for different purposes in her writing. To understand how the author develops the relationship between key characters into a novel. To reflect on the whole story.
Anne Fine - A sudden puff of glittery smoke - three weeks of  guided reading activities
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Anne Fine - A sudden puff of glittery smoke - three weeks of guided reading 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 we can use clues like blurb, contents and covers to decide what a book is about To understand how an author can update a traditional theme or idea. understand how an author can communicate character’s feelings and opinions
A complete half term's  guided reading bundle for Y5 or Y6
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A complete half term's guided reading bundle for Y5 or Y6

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A collection of 5 differentiated books suitable for a typical Year 5 or Year 6 Class. Sherlock Holmes- Above Expectations (text included) Harry Potter - At Expectations - higher Double Act - At Expectations - middle The Witches - At Y5 expectations Cool! - Working towards expectations.
Anne Fine - Bill's new frock - 4 weeks guided reading
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Anne Fine - Bill's new frock - 4 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 emphasis with a central character placed in a strange situation. To understand how an author develops her characters through their interaction. To understand how a character reacts to a dilemma. To be able to predict the outcome of a short story.
Ted Hughes - The Iron Man - 3 weeks guided reading
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Ted Hughes - The Iron Man - 3 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 an introductory chapter often sets the scene, To understand how an author can use characters to show different viewpoints. To reflect on a complete text,
Grammar Hammer 4 - Display package
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Grammar Hammer 4 - Display package

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Resources linked to Assertive Mentoring Grammar Hammer 4 criteria. Display includes: - 33 connectives taught in GH4, -16 pairs of homophones, - 44 fronted adverbials sorted into 5 different types, and - Wordle style word clouds for eight commonly used synonyms.
Grammar Hammer 4 - Response work to Grammar Hammer weekly test - Promethean flipchart
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Grammar Hammer 4 - Response work to Grammar Hammer weekly test - Promethean flipchart

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A resource for all teachers using the Assertive Mentoring Grammar Hammer system A flipchart for use with Promethean whiteboard Simply carry out the first Grammar Hammer test mark it and put this up on Whiteboard. Children can then carry out corrections for any part of the test they got wrong. There are challenge activities for children getting everything correct. NB it is recommended that no child corrects more than 5 questions.
Terry Deary - The Terrible Tudors - four weeks Guided reading
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Terry Deary - The Terrible Tudors - four 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 make comparisons between similar experiences today and those in the past. To be able to understand the conventions of a non-fiction text. To be able to skim and scan for information in a whole text