Success Steps - Writing Checklists - Y4- Lower KS2 This resource enables teachers to mark children’s writing with regards to their level (working towards, working at expected and working at greater depth) and expectation for their age group. There is a self-assessment and teacher assessment checklist. This resource includes 3 writing checklists: working towards, working at expected and working at greater depth. The resources are ready to print.

Reading Resource - Senses Star - KS1/KS2 This reading resource is fully editable and in the word document format. This activity encourages children to use their senses (eyes-sight, nose-smell, ears- sound, hands-touch, mouth- taste and heart to represent personality) map out a character’s emotions and actions - whether this is a character from a book, film or their own creation on an outline of a body. This reading resource comes in a horizontal and vertical form. It also comes with a key words document to help with sense specific words. The activity can be extended by asking the pupils to write down their own descriptive words (adjectives) related to the character of study. Children can use a dictionary to explore more vocabulary. This reading activity can be used as partner, group, and individual work. The Senses Star template can be printed in A4 and A3 formats.

Success Steps - Writing Checklists - Y6- Upper KS2 This resource enables teachers to mark children’s writing with regards to their level (working towards, working at expected and working at greater depth) and expectation for their age group. There is a self-assessment and teacher assessment checklist. This resource includes 3 writing checklists: working towards, working at expected and working at greater depth. The resources are ready to print.

Guided Reading - True or False, Prove it! - KS2 - Yoko Ono - Japan - Non- Fiction This reading activity is in an editable word document. A PowerPoint Presentation is also included for structure purposes (An optional hot seat plenary slide is also included at the end). The PPT also includes the parts of the article. The pack Includes three documents, a poster, a short article about Yoko Ono and a True or False, Prove it! activity. These statements are based on the article provided. These statements can be true or false. The purpose is to get children to ‘prove it’ by using the text to retrieve and record key information and then identifying whether the the statement is true or false.

Maths - Measurement - Time - Hours, Minutes and Seconds - KS1- Lower KS2 This lesson focuses on the time measurements seconds, minutes and hours. Time awareness, how long each time measurement of a second, minute and an hour. The lesson looks at time facts such as 60 seconds in one minute and 60 minutes in one hour. Simple and straight forward. This lesson is in PowerPoint format and can be taught as it is or changed to suit individual classes. Detailed PowerPoint Lesson with 13 slides. This lesson comes with a suggested activity or task that is also attached. A song is also included. The task for this lesson is to complete a daily morning routine and a stopwatch activity. Learning objectives To understand the importance of time To measure and record time

Maths - Measurement - Time - O’ Clock - Lesson 3 - KS1-Lower KS2 This lesson focuses on time telling and reading o’clock timings. Very simple and easy to understand. This lesson is in PowerPoint format and can be taught as it is or changed to suit individual classes. Detailed PowerPoint Lesson with 18 slides. This lesson comes with a suggested activity or task that is also attached. The task for this lesson is to complete a worksheet and a plenary task if time permits. Learning objectives To learn to identify and read the time To use term O’clock

Maths - Measurement - Time - Half Past - Lesson 4 - KS1-Lower KS2 This lesson focuses on time telling and reading half past timings. Very simple and easy to understand. This lesson is in PowerPoint format and can be taught as it is or changed to suit individual classes. Detailed PowerPoint Lesson with 19 slides. This lesson comes with a suggested activity or task that is also attached. The task for this lesson is to complete a worksheet and a plenary task if time permits. Learning objectives To learn to identify and read the time To use the terms half past and O’clock

Maths Resources - Ten Frame (10) - Blank Template - KS1/KS2 The ten frame is a pictorial representation. That helps children develop the skill of subitizing. Subitizing is when a child can instantly recognise ‘how many’ something is without having to count. Ten frames are two-by-five rectangular frames that form a base for which objects like counters, cubes and objects can be placed to represent a particular number. The ten frame helps create a solid foundation of understanding numbers. Both KS1 and KS2 children with a good foundation will begin to really explore numbers and number bonds to 10. This template comes in both vertical and horizontal formats. It also comes in a A4 page but can be enlarged and be printed on A3.

This resource includes 22 different visual images to represent different subjects and times. These images include, Assembly Art Break Computing Cooking D.T Geography Golden Time Home Time Literacy Lunch Maths Morning Task Music P.E Quiet Time R.E Science Snack Time SPaG Suprise Activity Wet Play If you would like to request any other subjects you could leave them in the reviews after purchase,

Writing - Season Poetry - Winter Festivities Poem - Lesson 6 - KS1/KS2 With the National Curriculum in mind, I have created this season-based lesson. As reinforced by the National Curriculum, children should experience high-quality discussions on a wide range of poems and learn the poetry tools to create their own. The season focus for this lesson is winter. Many detailed pictures are attached of snow, snowball, snowman, snow angel, snow fights, snow covered park/mountains, fireplace, hot drinks (hot chocolate), snow in the city and snow in London. Also discussed in detail are the non-religious winter holidays and religious holidays that often occur in the winter months (Hanukkah, Christmas, and Diwali). Children will learn about these religious holidays and a special item often associated with each holiday (Christmas tree, Mince pies, Menorah, Latkes, Sufganiyot, Diya/Diva lamps and the many different foods eaten on Diwali). There 3 poems each associated with a particular religious festival. Also included in this powerpoint is a non-religious poem about the winter holidays. These slides can be edited to include or exclude certain elements to suit different classes. This lesson can be a stand alone lesson however I would recommend teaching the previous lessons (in my shop) to help children understand how to write a poem as the quality of their poetry will depend on the children’s ability. Included in this pack is a fully editable PowerPoint with a learning objectives and and task to write a poem associated with the winter holidays or winter festival There are 37 slides ( imagery and teaching slides) . Also included in this pack are 5 different writing outlines. Learning Objective: To write a poem about the winter holidays.

Writing - Season Poetry - Winter - Senses Star - Lesson 2 - KS1/KS2 With the National Curriculum in mind, I have created this season-based lesson. As reinforced by the National Curriculum, children should experience high-quality discussions on a wide range of poems and learn the poetry tools to create their own. The season focus for this lesson is winter. Many detailed pictures are attached of snow, snowball, snowman, snow angel, snow fights, snow covered park/mountains, fireplace, hot drinks (hot chocolate), snow in the city and snow in London. With mention of the religious holidays that often occur in the winter months (Hanukkah, Christmas, and Diwali) Included in this pack is a fully editable PowerPoint with a learning objectives and and task to create a senses star. The purpose of the senses star is to encourage children to use their senses to create a list of relevant words to expand enrich their work. There are 33 slides. Learning Objective: To create a senses star using imagery and audio.

Writing - The Great Fire of London - What happened after the fire? - Lesson 6 - With the National Curriculum in mind, I have created a high-quality history lesson with a task attached about the 1666 Great Fire of London. The National Curriculum puts forward that history education should help children gain a chronologically secure knowledge, understanding of the past of the wider world. It should also inspire children’s curiosity to know more about the past and empower them to be confident historians. This lesson focuses on learning about what happened after the Great Fire of London. The slides include the story of the Great Fire of London. Why the fire spread quick? Due to the flammable material used in construction. What happened after? The new rules that were implemented after the fire. A few examples of how construction changed. Building Changes that are discussed are London Bridge and Pudding Lane. Also discussed is King Charles II’s efforts to stop the fire. He appointed Sir Christopher Wren to lead the reconstruction of London. King Charles II’s proclamation. Sir Christopher Wren is also introduced. Included in this pack is a fully editable PowerPoint with a learning objectives and and task to design and make a reconstruction of London after the 1666 fire. There are 19 slides. Learning Objective: To learn about what happened after the Great Fire of London To design non-flammable housing structures

Guided Reading- Romans on the Rampage! - Jeremy Strong - Romans - Chapter 2 - Lesson 4 - KS2 This is lesson 4 is based on Pages 11 - 16 of Chapter 2. I recommend to follow the powerpoint first which has a game of Skim and Scan that encourages children to quickly search for a particular word on a particular page. The second part of the lesson is a match the definition game, children can use their white boards to match the definition. This lesson should last about 20-30 minutes as part of the series of guided reading lessons. Try aiming for at least 3 Guided reading lessons weekly to continue developing important reading skills like comprehension, vocabulary, and fluency. Guided reading is like a stepping stone to reading on your own, making children better readers step by step. Guided reading lays a strong foundation for learning across various subjects, contributing to the children’s confidence, development in comprehension, critical thinking, and vocabulary. Included in this pack is a fully editable PowerPoint with a learning objectives and and task to answer 5 reading questions based on the Romans on the Rampage by Jeremy Strong, pages 11 - 16 of Chapter 2. Also included is a marking sheet. There are 14 powerpoint slides. Learning Objective: To read a text and answer comprehension and inference questions

Guided Reading- Romans on the Rampage! - Jeremy Strong - Romans - Chapter 2 - Lesson 5 - KS2 This is lesson 5 is based on Pages 17 - 23 of Chapter 2. I recommend to follow the powerpoint first which has a game of Skim and Scan that encourages children to quickly search for a particular word on a particular page. The second part of the lesson is a match the definition game, children can use their white boards to match the definition. This lesson should last about 20-30 minutes as part of the series of guided reading lessons. Try aiming for at least 3 Guided reading lessons weekly to continue developing important reading skills like comprehension, vocabulary, and fluency. Guided reading is like a stepping stone to reading on your own, making children better readers step by step. Guided reading lays a strong foundation for learning across various subjects, contributing to the children’s confidence, development in comprehension, critical thinking, and vocabulary. Included in this pack is a fully editable PowerPoint with a learning objectives and and task to answer 5 reading questions based on the Romans on the Rampage by Jeremy Strong, pages Pages 17 - 23 of Chapter 2. Also included is a marking sheet. There are 14 powerpoint slides. Learning Objective: To read a text and answer comprehension and inference questions