These writing help mats have been made for Year 6 in mind but can easily be used with other children. Simply print out the two pages and laminate them back to back to give children a work mat to help their writing and ensure they are addressing a number of the statements required for end of Key Stage writing assessments. Included are: The spelling word list for Year 5/6 Help for when to use paragraphs Prepositions Coordinating and subordinating conjunctions Modal and passive verbs Cohesive devices Punctuating Speech Some areas of punctuation

An activity made for the start of the new school year. This activity acts as an ice breaker, giving children the chance to talk to one another and get to know each other more. Included are 25 statements that children have to find someone else to match to. Some statements are more common events e.g. made a snowman whilst some are more specific e.g. been to France. At the end, it can then be used as a class discussion to see who has done what and also pick out more details for certain events.

This is a helpful presentation looking at how to use the Singapore Bar Model. Singapore Bar is growing in popularity in this country due to the success of Singapore in the PISA tables for Maths, with the methods shown helping children break down problems in a much simpler way. This presentation goes through different models of the bar and how to apply it to a range of problems with step by step details for each problem. It can be used to help individuals become more confident with the methods and applying them or could also be used to help begin to lead staff training on the method.

A simple set of letters that can be used as a peer marking code for children to use when assessing others writing. These are basic but are effective for getting children to consider the key elements of the writing and being able to mark it quickly and effectively. They could also be used for staff to mark writing with children then responding to these to improve their own, whilst saving time writing lengthy comments.

A PowerPoint that gives a brief introduction to the issue of littering. This is useful for an assembly or discussion in class as it focuses on what littering is and some of the significant issues that come about from littering. To finish, there is a link to a video that looks at removing rubbish from canals because of how plastic is making it to the oceans.

A template that is fully-hyperlinked and ready to use as a tool for assessing children's knowledge about any topic you are doing in a fun way. Simply insert the questions and answers where you wish, with it being highlighted which answer hyperlinks to the correct place.

A powerpoint that looks at how the new SATs will work, comparing this to previous levels and looking at scaled scores. It also includes all the key dates, some of the changes and example questions from each paper taken from the sample papers.

Three extracts from Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince with three sets of differentiated questions attached with each extract. These activities will help children work on a range of comprehension skills using a story many are already aware of and engaged with. Questions range from simple retrieval to commenting on why particular language has been used. ***The extracts used are copyright of the author J.K Rowling.

Fully planned, differentiated and resourced unit of work looking at newspapers. Included are all the slides, planning and resources needed to run each lesson, with 15-17 lessons that focus on key features of newspapers and work on different skills before completing their own independent writing. Written for Year 5 but easily adaptable between Year 3 and Year 7. Skills include: Using alliteration, punctuating speech accurately, converting direct speech to reported speech and work on pronouns. ***The extracts used are copyright of the author J.K Rowling, Roald Dahl, Trinity Media Group and News UK respectively .

A multiple choice quiz that children can do in teams as a fun end of term activity looking at various events over the school year from January 2016 - November 2016. Round One- Sporting events Round Two- Film questions Round Three- Picture Round Round Four- Song Round - Name the artist and name of the song with a point for each (Freedom in this round of selecting a number of songs yourself from 2016 to quiz children on) Round Five- Music Round Round Six- Television Round Round Seven- News and events

A 24 day Advent Calendar that looks at 24 different countries and whether they celebrate Christmas/ how they celebrate Christmas. The PowerPoint is hyperlinked up so that you can jump to the correct day from the main page with a bauble that then takes you back to the home page.

Complete set of planning, slides and worksheets to provide 10 lessons on area, perimeter and volume. This has been written with Year 6 in mind but the resources are easily adaptable for other year groups. The worksheets have written with mastery in mind and so follow the following structure: Worksheet One - Works on practise and fluency (LA) Worksheet Two - Practise, fluency and reasoning (MA) Worksheet Three - Practise, fluency, reasoning and problem solving (HA) Worksheet Four - Practise, fluency, reasoning and problem solving (This is a spare worksheet should children finish problem solving on worksheet three) All worksheets include answers except for the variables lesson as answers vary too much. Differentiation is achieved through self-assessment of own abilities to choose which worksheet they do. Lesson 1 and 2 - Perimeter Lesson 3 and 4 - Area of quadrilaterals Lesson 5 and 6 - Area of triangles Lesson 7 and 8 - Same area, different perimeter and vice versa Lesson 9 and 10 - Volume These have had great success in previous lessons and challenge and stretch children of all abilities. Also included is a mixed perimeter and area worksheet.

A powerpoint that looks at both metaphors and similes. This identifies what they are and how they can be used in different ways. These are backed up with examples of metaphors and similes in use and also include activities to do with children finishing sentences are writing their own sentences that involve similes or metaphors, as well as identifying whether sentences are a simile or metaphor.

A powerpoint that can be used for teaching about commas. It focuses on commas for lists and commas for different clauses, showing examples of how they can be used as well as having tasks that children can complete to check their understanding.

112 page Powerpoint that introduces the continent of Europe to children. Within the powerpoint, Europe is split into six different zones, introducing every country in Europe. Included are the flags for every country, the capital city and currency for each country as well as two to three facts for every country in Europe. Useful for introducing Europe or countries within Europe as well as being able to create a factfile using the slides.

56 different questions for Chapter Two of Billionaire Boy. These can be used for guided reading sessions or to give children as activities. To support guided reading sessions, all questions have the relevant page numbers (paperback) and answers at the end. N.B. You will need to provide the text itself.