Another 5 mock test answer sheets and 5 corresponding sets of flash cards/booklet pages replicating the 2015 KS1 phonics screening test. This part also includes 5 PPTs with all the words from the individual tests for whole class and small group sessions. Covering a range of real and pseudo words (marked with a monster on flash cards) from phases 2-5. A perfect resource for revision, testing your pupils' knowledge and identifying areas for development prior to the 2016 Phonics Screening.

This is a two week unit of work on biographies. It has cross curricular links with the Earth, Sun and Moon topic in Science as it uses the biography of Neil Armstrong in the first week of planning.

A follow-up resource to our planning and resources on The Day the Crayons Quit. A lesson plan with 15 lessons and associated resources, including the main teaching Power Point. There are also 10+ ideas for additional lessons to extend the topic or to use at other times in the sequence of lessons provided. There are also several suggestions given for extra SPAG opportunties linked to the text. Objectives covered are: Prediction and inference about a character Drama-hotseating Vocabulary - using words in context/finding meaning Using a thesaurus and dictionary Locating and summarising information Research on a topic to produce a leaflet Writing - a postcard Writing - an interview Writing- book review Punctuating speech Using ISPACED Persuasive writing Reading comprehension: retrieval, inference, true/false, word meaning and APE PLUS LOTS MORE IDEAS!