Resources for a formal complaint letter. Model formal complaint letters with a Y5/6 formal writing knowledge organiser to be used as a prompt or checklist. Boxing up grid.

3 day poetry - perfect for the start of a term. Focuses on language and vocabulary. Children gather vocabulary, look at example poems and then create their own poem.

3-digit by 2-digit multiplication with estimation. Children estimate and then complete actual calculation. Used with yr 6.

Multiplication word problems. 3-digit by 1-digit with squared paper grid underneath to carry out long multiplication.

A whole weeks worth of planning for the innovation phase of a suspense story. Used with yr 6. Based on the Talk for Writing scheme, the lessons have grammar games and short burst writes. The lessons practise the toolkit techniques and leads up to the children planning their own suspense stories. Comes with the box up plan used for the children to innovate on. The other text stories that you look at in lesson 1 can just be found online. They are not mine so cannot be uploaded with this.

Sentence openers for a suspense story/paragraph. Good resource to set your children off on their writing without them ‘not knowing how to start’.

Yr 5/6 suspense story based on Talk for Writing’s Clockwork modelled text.

This worksheet allows children to round to the nearest 10 using the help of a numberline.

This worksheet allows children to find the difference by counting on using a number line. This sheet works best when children use physical blocks to practise first before moving on to the pictorial representation and finally the written method.

These differentiated sheets with additional challenges are perfect for introducing column addition. It allows children to see a pictorial representation to secure their understanding before moving on to the formal written method.

This worksheet is really effective in moving children’s understanding from pictorial representations into the formal written method. It helps them to understand the process of borrowing.

This worksheet is great for moving children away from pictorial representations to the formal written method. It allows children to physically cross out blocks and move them into the next column to understand the process of carrying.