Set of 6 editable Dictionary Definition Cards designed to expand children’s vocabulary. Use as a starter, of finishing, task where children work independently, or in pairs, to find the definitions of the words in a dictionary.

Four Describe Me sheets with images for children to describe and space for them to write sentences about the images. Designed to encourage children to think of adjectives and be able to use them in a sentence.

Two editable Dictionary Detectives sheets with a range of activities designed to teach children how to use a dictionary effectively.

A set of 16 reading cards to support children’s understanding of what they have read. Cards are designed to be printed, cut up and used for children to choose a task. Includes additional resources to support some of the activities.

A set of 12 high quality reading task cards to be used to support the development of reading skills. There are additional resources to support some of the tasks. The cards are designed to be printed out, cut up and used to give pupils choice of reading task.

A set of four editable worksheets with mixed up sentences for children to correct. There are misspelled common words, capital letters missing and in the wrong place and punctuaction missing. The sheets get progressively harder.

Basic Character and Setting sheets for primary school classes. Easy to use to support your children develop their character and setting ideas before writing a story. Can be turned into an inspirational class book.

A challenging book review template that makes a great recommended book display, or folder in class. It makes children really think about what they have read and why they enjoyed it, or not.

A set of 16 Anagram Challenge cards that can be used as starter, or finishing, tasks in primary school classrooms.

Set of 20 challenging maths problems for upper primary pupils. Covers a wide range of concepts and strategies. Includes worked solutions for all the problems.

Series of sheets for 1st Level/KS1 key concept revision. Covers Addition Time Sequences Subtraction Symmetry 3D shape 2D shape

A maths quiz that tests multiple areas of the maths curriculum: Mental Maths Calculations involving decimals Money Shape Area and Perimeter BODMAS Measurements & Units Percentages Duration Speed Data Handling Circles

Maths challenge cards covering a wide range of mathematical problems designed to improve problem solving strategies as well as numeracy and mathematical ability. Designed to be printed, laminated and reused. Disclaimer: These are free because the problems are from a wide variety of sources, most of which I have forgotten. I am a maths problem magpie and collect maths problems wherever I find them. All I have done is bundled these ones up to make it convienent. If you find a problem that is yours and you don’t want it used please comment and I’ll remove it - cheers.

Maths problem solving booklets covering a wide range of mathematical problems designed to improve problem solving strategies as well as numeracy and mathematical ability. Designed to be printed as A5 booklets. Disclaimer: These are free because the problems are from a wide variety of sources, most of which I have forgotten. I am a maths problem magpie and collect maths problems wherever I find them. All I have done is bundled these ones up to make it convienent. If you find a problem that is yours and you don’t want it used please comment and I’ll remove it - cheers.

Worksheet to develop pupils confidence multiplying and dividing by 10, 100 and 1000. Can be used in class or as homework. Can be used to teach the concept or for consolidation/revision.

Two sets of weekly Mental Maths Homework Sheets providing daily Mental Maths practice on a range of strategies and concepts.

Two lessons to teach pupils about meteorites, asteroids and comets and the differences between them. It includes information about the Solar System as well as information about specific meteorites. These lessons were put together when we borrowed a set of meteorites from STFC as part of the Tim Peake Project in 2016 - most of the resource is adaptable for teaching the concept without the set of meteorites. Introduction to meteorites, asteroids and comets Meteorite Craters + activity Meteorite crater recording sheet

This lesson was done for a school open day and comprised 6 linked activities which were done by groups of pupils in rotation. Everything you need is here: Introduction PPT Pupils Activity Booklet Instructions for 6 activities Resources & extension tasks Video clips (these are from YouTube and are not my original materiel) Climate Change Critical Literacy PPT & worksheet If you don't have access to First News then any newspaper or magazine articles can be used - or you could use articles from the internet.

This resource pack focuses of the force of buoyancy and includes a series of 4 lessons and all the resources needed to teach them. There are also additional activities that can be incorporated into the programme of study. Lesson 1 - a recap of forces, testing pupils prior knowledge and filling in any gaps with practical demonstrations and video clips Lesson 2 -introduction to buoyancy with 2 practical investigations for pupils Lesson 3 - an investigation into the buoyancy of drinks cans Lesson 4 - designing and testing a boat Some of the presentations contain links to videos on YouTube (they are not my property so I couldn't upload them here). If you can't get YouTube in your school consider ripping the videos onto your hard-drive to use, there are several pieces of software, or websites, where this can be done free of charge. Please feel free to adapt the resources as you see fit, they have all being uploaded in editable formats. If you find the resources useful please comment on TES and share them with other teachers. Thanks

A set of 18 problem solving sheets (4 problems on a sheet). Mixture of concepts - I've used with Primary 6 & 7 pupils who need to be pushed and challenged. Also a set of 5 easier sheets. The problems are mostly NOT mine - I've collected them from 100's of different sources of the last 9 years - often I adapt them from Third Level (KS3) or GCSE questions so they are suitable for older primary pupils