Activity to ignite children’s writing. Ideal for KS2 and LS KS3 children who find it hard to write interesting sentences. Start with a boring sentence and “trade” words for more interesting ones. Once all four words have been “traded”, the child is left with many more interesting words to use to write amazing sentences, which can be compared directly with the original. Could be used as a starter or booster activity.

Straightforward English activity involving direct speech. Read the sentences and match the direct speech to the fairy tale character. Speaking and listening opportunities - Could involve lots of discussion around the characters or the speech itself. Most children will be familiar with all of these stories or they could be read out in class, linked to a Fairy Tale Topic. Suitable for KS1, LKS2, SEN, booster or homework.

Straightforward activity to work out the months of the year from the clues and add them to the ladder. Once they have been listed, write them out in the correct order (January to December). KS1, LKS2, SEN or EAL activity.

Straightforward KS1 or KS2 worksheet to sort adjectives into labelled “bags”. Starter, homework or booster activity. Suitable also for SEN or EAL pupils.

Straightforward worksheet to practice adding the suffixes “-able” or “-ible” to complete sentences. Suitable for UKS2, KS3, EAL students. Could be used for starter, revision, booster or homework tasks. 16 varied sentences and a general rule. Answers included.

Straightforward task for class to practice doubling and halving decimal numbers. Ideal for starter, revision, booster or homework. In two sections - 1st section is more friendly than the 2nd section, which might challenge some! All answers provided.

16 UKS2 maths sheets - A5 size. 15 higher ability questions per sheet, all answers provided. Various questions based on Y5/6 UK curriculum. Ideal for starter, revision, fast finishers, booster activities. Could easily be laminated for a maths corner for students to write their answers on.

16 UKS2 maths sheets - A5 size. 15 middle ability questions per sheet, all answers provided. Various questions based on Y5/6 UK curriculum. Ideal for starter, revision, fast finishers, booster activities. Could easily be laminated for a maths corner for students to write their answers on.

16 UKS2 maths sheets - A5 size. 15 lower ability questions per sheet, all answers provided. Various questions based on Y5/6 UK curriculum. Ideal for starter, revision, fast finishers, booster activities. Could easily be laminated for a maths corner for students to write their answers on.

UKS2 or KS3 riddles to find the greatest common factor (GCF) of two/three numbers with challenge. Answer sheet including list of factors and the GCF for each riddle. Ideal as morning, starter, fast finisher, revision, booster or homework activity

Simple worksheet for KS2 children to match numbers written in words to numbers written in digits. Numbers from single digit to thousands. Practice also at reading the numbers in words and writing the digits. Useful as a starter or revision.

Short UK money worksheet with “real” money images to enable children to identify coins. Ideal starter or booster activity. Used with HA Year 2 pupils and Y3/4. Add up ll the money Mr. Badger finds while digging his tunnels each day. On which day does he earn the most money? Challenge pupils to sort the money from smallest amount to largest amount.

Starter, booster or revision activity for children to work out whether a range of numbers are prime or composite and then write the factors of each number. Follow on question to work out whether the “rule”, that all prime numbers are odd and all composite numbers are even, is correct/incorrect, and why.

Laminate the sheets and cut the cards out. Ask children to read the riddles and match them to the animals images. Quick and easy activity for KS1, lower ability KS2, EAL or SEND children. Opens up lots of discussion or further work learning about the different animals, where they come from, where they live, children’s likes/dislikes, naming the animals, etc.

A fun maths activity to answer various maths questions, find the letter that each answer represents and decode the mystery message. Suitable as a starter activity or filler for fast finishers in UKS2 or KS3. Answer sheet included.

A range of short and longer writing ideas for pupils linked to Saint Patrick’s Day, Mother’s Day and general Spring. Grab their imagination and inspire them to write!

15 addition and subtraction questions in algebraic equation format. Ideal for pupils just starting to learn and understand basic algebra. Also ideal for practicing inverse operations. Answer sheet included.

A simple sheet for pupils to find a synonym and an antonym for given words.

KS2 Literacy activity for group work or starter to encourage pupils to write complete sentences. Pupils play in pairs to construct sentences using nouns, verbs, conjunctions, adverbs, prepositions and adjectives. Instructions and dice nets to print out and assemble. Possible challenges included and cross-curricular link to maths. Can be linked to longer writing, topic writing or writing in a specific style.