Guided Reading: Year 4 - Beowulf (6 Weeks of SMART Notebook Slides and Activities) This guided reading teaching resource uses three differentiated texts of Beowulf to teach in an easy to follow way. Students are guided through reading comprehension that uses questions from different strands of reading comprehension. Group A is the higher ability children leading through to group E. Mondays lessons requires group E to follow the Scholastic reading comprehension Year 4 (ISBN-10: 1407100521 / ISBN-13: 978-1407100524) programme of work to help develop individual skills. This is easy to change if you chose not to follow this programme Books you will need are: Higher Ability - Michael Morpurgo - Beowulf (ISBN-10: 1406348872 / ISBN-13: 978-1406348873) Middle Ability - Oxford Reading Tree TreeTops Myths and Legends: Level 15: Beowulf, Grendel And The Dragon (ISBN-10: 0198446349 / ISBN-13: 9780198446347) Lower Ability - Beowulf (Young Reading (Series 3) (ISBN-10: 0746096860 / ISBN-13: 978-0746096864) If you use this unit of work, please remember to rate and leave a comment. Thank you.

This 6-week unit of work enables your learners to design, develop, test and programme computer-controlled electronic systems for a superhero vehicle alarm. While these lessons in this complete series are designed for you to use with your school’s Crumble and free Crumble programming software (google - ‘Crumble programming’ it is very similar to Scratch), all activities can be adapted to work with whatever physical computing resources you have. The following national curriculum objectives are covered over the 6 weeks: Design use research and develop design criteria to inform the design of innovative, functional, appealing products that are fit for purpose, aimed at particular individuals or groups generate, develop, model and communicate their ideas through discussion, annotated sketches, cross-sectional and exploded diagrams, prototypes, pattern pieces and computer-aided design Make select from and use a wider range of tools and equipment to perform practical tasks [for example, cutting, shaping, joining and finishing], accurately select from and use a wider range of materials and components, including construction materials, according to their functional properties and aesthetic qualities Evaluate investigate and analyse a range of existing products evaluate their ideas and products against their own design criteria and consider the views of others to improve their work Technical knowledge understand and use electrical systems in their products [for example, series circuits incorporating switches, bulbs, buzzers] apply their understanding of computing to program, monitor and control their products. All resources are listed here and are referenced in the lesson plans. A great unit that is easy to understand and teach to your class. This unit has been intentionally planned to mainly cover the last national curriculum objective apply their understanding of computing to program, monitor and control their products as I struggled to find a unit of work that could help teach teachers before they then delivered this to children. Crumble micro-controllers have been used due to their affordability and ease of use with the teaching and learning of this unit of work. They are avalible at: https://redfernelectronics.co.uk/shop/ (You only need the starter kit for this planning)

Guided Reading: Year 4 - Oliver Twist (6 Week SMART Notebook Slides and Activities) This guided reading teaching resource uses three differentiated texts of Charles Dickens classic tale of Oliver Twist in an easy to follow way. Students are guided through reading comprehension that uses questions from different strands of reading comprehension. Group A is the higher ability children leading through to group E. Monday lessons requires group E to follow the Scholastic reading comprehension Year 4 (ISBN-10: 1407100521 / ISBN-13: 978-1407100524) programme of work to help develop individual skills. This is easy to change if you chose not to follow this programme Books you will need are: Higher Ability - Oxford Reading Tree: Level 16B: TreeTops Classics: Oliver Twist (ISBN-10: 0199184887 / ISBN-13: 978-0199184880) Middle Ability - Oliver Twist (Real Reads) (ISBN-10: 1607541521 / ISBN-13: 978-1607541523) Lower Ability - Oliver Twist (Usborne Young Reading) (ISBN-10: 0746077076 / ISBN-13: 978-0746077078) If you use this unit of work, please remember to rate and leave a comment. Thank you.

DT Teaching Resources: Year 6 Fairground Rides (SMART Notebook slides and worksheets) This unit of work explores the national curriculum UKS2 objective ‘understand and use electrical systems in their products’ in an easy to follow way. Students are taught a range of design skills from investigating, designing, making and evaluating. It contains a total of 38 SMART Notebook slides spread across 6 lessons all presented in child-friendly work booklet If you like this unit of work, please remember to leave a comment. Thank you.

Maths Teaching Resources: Year 6 - Perimeter, Area and Volume Unit of Work. (5 Days of SMART Notebook slides and worksheets) This teaching resource revisits perimeter and area applying the formula of finding each with rectangles, parallelograms and triangles in an easy to follow way. Students are also taught how to find the volume of cubes and cuboids to meet the curriculum objectives of year 6. It contains a 36 slide SMART Notebook slide presentation, differentiated worksheets and investigation on the Friday. If you like this unit of work, please remember to review the resources. Thank you.

Maths Teaching Resources: Year 6 - Statistics Unit of Work. (4 Days of SMART Notebook slides and worksheets) This teaching resource revisits statistics (Pie and Line graphs) in an easy to follow way. Students are taught to interpret data from both pie and line graphs. It contains a 22 slide SMART Notebook slide presentation and a differentiated worksheet. If you like this unit of work, please remember to review the resources. Thank you.

Literacy Unit of Work: Balanced Argument - Should the Vikings have invaded England? (3 complete weeks and Activities) This unit of work uses the text genre balanced arguments to discuss whether or not the Vikings should have invaded England in easy to follow way. Students are taught to learn actions for conjunctions, know the difference of open and closed questions, take part in a hot-seating activity and identify features of a balanced argument. There are also SPaG starter activities mainly aimed at year 6 objectives. The second week focuses on slight tweaks to the first week and the children are guided through writing a balanced argument on should monasteries keep the country's wealth? Finally, the children write a balanced argument independently about does money buy happiness? This unit of work includes all 3 stages of Pie Corbett's teaching sequence of work (imitation, innovation and invention). It contains 3 week overviews with a 72 slide SMART Notebook presentation, SPaG activities and differentiated independent activities. If you use this unit of work, please remember to rate and leave a comment. Thank you.

Guided Reading: Year 6 - Touching the Void (6 Week SMART Notebook Slides and Activities) This guided reading teaching resource uses the text Touching the Void written by Joe Simpson in an easy to follow way. Students are guided through reading comprehension that uses the complete questions from a modified 2017 Reading SAT paper through the different strands of reading comprehension. We also use the website SPAG.com to supplement the year 6 SPAG curriculum. This could easily be changed or use paper resources with SPAG activities. Group A is the higher ability children leading through to group E. Monday lessons requires group E to follow the Scholastic reading comprehension Year 6 (ISBN-10: 1407100548 / ISBN-13: 978-1407100548) programme of work to help develop individual skills. This is easy to change if you chose not to follow this programme The book you will need is: Touching the Void written by Joe Simpson (ISBN-10: 0099771012 / ISBN-13: 978-0099771012) If you use this unit of work, please remember to rate and leave a comment. Thank you.

Guided Reading: Year 6 - The Story of Money (7 Week SMART Notebook Slides and Activities) This guided reading teaching resource uses the simple text The Story of Money written by Martin Jenkins in an easy to follow way. Students are guided through reading comprehension that uses the complete questions from a modified 2017 Reading SAT paper through the different strands of reading comprehension. Group A is the higher ability children leading through to group E. Monday lessons requires group E to follow the Scholastic reading comprehension Year 6 (ISBN-10: 1407100548 / ISBN-13: 978-1407100548) programme of work to help develop individual skills. This is easy to change if you chose not to follow this programme The book you will need is: The Story of Money written by Martin Jenkins (ISBN-10: 1406360872 / ISBN-13: 978-1406360875) If you use this unit of work, please remember to rate and leave a comment. Thank you.

Maths Teaching Resources: Year 6 Ratio and Proportion Unit of Work. (4 Days of SMART Notebook slides and worksheets) This unit of work revisits ratio and proportion in an easy to follow way. Students are taught to recognize and find ratios. They then continue to find percentages of amounts linked to ratio and proportion. It contains a 35 slide SMART Notebook slide presentation and differentiated worksheets. If you like this unit of work, please remember to leave a comment. Thank you.

This 6 week unit of work enables children to explore the reliability of information on the Internet. The following objectives are covered over the 6 weeks: Use a search engine to find information using given keywords Decide upon suitable keywords to use when conducting a search Use complex search criteria to locate specific information. Compare the types and advantages & disadvantages of different search engines Use Google docs to record ideas about information reliability Reflect critically on information and made improvements to searches by using boolean operators. Compare information from a wide range of sources. Take part in an informed discussion about the impact of unreliable/fraudulent web sites All resources are listed here and are referenced in the lesson plans. A great unit that enables the children to critically think about the information they are gathering from the Internet. PLEASE NOTE - I have uploaded the worksheets as part of a Google assignment within Google Classroom (see attached image) but you will also have the paper worksheets for children to work from if you do not have this facility

Guided Reading: Year 4 - Curriculum Visions - Anglo-Saxon Raiders and Settlers (6 Week SMART Notebook Slides and Activities) This guided reading teaching resource uses two differentiated texts of Non-fiction (Curriculum Visions) Anglo-Saxons to teach in an easy to follow way. Students are guided through reading comprehension that uses questions from different strands of reading comprehension. Group A is the higher ability children leading through to group E. Monday lessons requires group E to follow the Scholastic reading comprehension Year 4 (ISBN-10: 1407100521 / ISBN-13: 978-1407100524) programme of work to help develop individual skills. This is easy to change if you chose not to follow this programme Books you will need are: Higher and Middle Ability - Anglo-Saxon Raiders and Settlers (Curriculum Visions) (ISBN 10: 1862144338 / ISBN 13: 9781862144330) Lower Ability - Exploring Anglo-Saxon Times (Curriculum Visions) (Dr Brian Knapp) If you use this unit of work, please remember to rate and leave a comment. Thank you.

Science Teaching Resources: Year 6 Forces linked to the Ancient Greeks (SMART Notebook slides and worksheets) This unit of work explores working scientifically, gravity, mechanical advantage, gears, pulleys and air resistance in an easy to follow way. Students are taught a range of scientific skills while generating their own experiment. It contains a total of 88 SMART Notebook slides spread across 8 lessons and all activity worksheets. If you like this unit of work, please remember to leave a comment. Thank you.

Maths Teaching Resources: Year 6 - Fractions, Decimals and Percentages. (4 Days of SMART Notebook slides and worksheets) This teaching resource starts by teaching the pupils how to write a fraction as a decimal. Then continues to extend the links between fractions, decimals and percentages. Each day starts with a reasoning/discussion topic for children to complete. The sequence starts with fluency and teaching skills then moves on to application through word problems. It contains a 32 slide SMART Notebook slide presentation, starter questions, differentiated worksheets and plenary applications tasks. If you use this unit of work, please remember to review the resources. Thank you.

This pack of resources covers Year 6 Number: Place Value for week 2 of the White Rose Autumn term SOL. Week 2 includes worksheets and activities on: Rounding numbers to 10, 100, 1000 Application of rounding Identifying sequences, differences and ordering positive and negative numbers Applying negative numbers in context Times Table and Arithmetic test (you will need to source this to fit in with how your school’s approach to arithmetic and mental maths skills) Independent activities come from: Target Your Maths - Year 6 ISBN-10: 1906622302 / ISBN-13: 978-1906622305 CGP Year 6 Testbook ISBN-10: 178294799X / ISBN-13: 978-1782947998 I hope you find these three lessons useful and it saves you some time. Please let me know how you found these resources by commenting and rating - Thank you.

Literacy Teaching Unit of Work: Elephant on the Moon (Complete 3 week overview and workbooks) This teaching resource uses 'The Elephant on the Moon' story to teach creative writing linked to an Earth, Sun and Moon Topic in easy to follow way. Students are taught to learn the story using Pie Corbitt's imitation, innovation and invention sequence of work, . It contains a 3 week overview with all activities presented in a children's workbooks. If you like this unit of work, please remember to rate and leave a comment. Thank you.

Guided Reading: USK2 - Exploring World War Two (7 Week Flipchart Slides and Activities) This guided reading teaching resource uses the Curriculum Visions Text The Second World War written by Dr Brian Knapp in an easy to follow way. Students are guided through reading comprehension that uses the complete questions from a modified 2017 Reading SAT paper through the different strands of reading comprehension. We also use the CGP SPaG activity books to supplement the SPAG curriculum. This could easily be changed or use other paper resources with SPaG activities. Group A is the higher ability children leading through to group E. Monday lessons requires group E to follow the Scholastic reading comprehension Year 6 (ISBN-10: 1407100548 / ISBN-13: 978-1407100548) programme of work to help develop individual skills. This is easy to change if you chose not to follow this programme The book you will need is: The second world war / Children in the second world war written by Dr Brian Knapp (ISBN: 9781862145481) If you use this unit of work, please remember to rate and leave a comment. Thank you.