Classroom Secrets is a growing educational resource company based in Halifax. We pride ourselves in offering a wide range of exciting, engaging and high-quality resources for all early-years and primary year-groups. All of our resources are carefully created by qualified teachers, so you have more time to enjoy a #LIFEworkbalance.
We offer both great value annual and month-by-month subscriptions, or you can download our resources individually on our TES shop.
Classroom Secrets is a growing educational resource company based in Halifax. We pride ourselves in offering a wide range of exciting, engaging and high-quality resources for all early-years and primary year-groups. All of our resources are carefully created by qualified teachers, so you have more time to enjoy a #LIFEworkbalance.
We offer both great value annual and month-by-month subscriptions, or you can download our resources individually on our TES shop.
This Reading Skills resource contains a range of questions about chapter 3 from ‘Private Peaceful’ by Michael Morpurgo. The questions are organised into content domains to allow a focus on one or more specific skills, and this resource also includes questions for more in-depth written answer practice.
This Ks1 and KS2 Remembrance Day Facts has six differentiated activities linked to historical facts and information about Remembrance Day. It has been designed to be an independent task but can be completed as a class or with a group.
Year 2 Funny Bones Whole Class Guided Reading Comprehension
This whole class guided reading pack for Funny Bones by Janet and Allan Ahlberg is differentiated for Year 2 and linked to the new National Curriculum objectives. It includes comprehension questions and a challenge activity linked to the book.
This Classroom Secrets Reading Skills resource contains a range of questions about chapter 6 from ‘Rooftoppers’ by Katherine Rundell. The questions are organised into content domains to allow a focus on one or more specific skills, and this resource also includes questions for more in-depth written answer practice.
This Reading Skills resource contains a range of questions about chapter 5 from ‘Rooftoppers’ by Katherine Rundell. The questions are organised into content domains to allow a focus on one or more specific skills, and this resource also includes questions for more in-depth written answer practice.
Year 3 Baseline Maths Assessment
This Classroom Secrets resource (zip) includes an assessment with questions linked to each of the previous year group objectives and a tracking spreadsheet to help identify gaps in knowledge.
This pack includes:
Maths Assessments for Year 3.
Tracking spreadsheet to help identify gaps in knowledge.
Answers included.
Year 4 Converting Time Tarsia Game Tri-Jigsaw Puzzle
Year 4 Converting Time Tarsia Puzzle game in five differentiated levels. Children can cut out their own tiles and place them on the grid if needed.
This resource is aimed at the Year 4 Mathematics objective: Read, write and convert time between analogue and digital 12- and 24-hour clocks.
This pack includes:
Year 4 Converting Time Tri-Jigsaw in five differentiated levels with a scaffolding grid and answers for teachers
The 3, 6 and 9 Times Tables Activities
The 3, 6 and 9 Times Tables - Discussion Problem
This worksheet includes one discussion problem that can be used in pairs or in small groups to enable pupils to further their understanding of the concepts linked to using the 3, 6 and 9 times tables.
The 3, 6 and 9 Times Tables - Extension
This worksheet includes a range of varied fluency and reasoning and problem solving questions for pupils to further extend and practise the main skill of using the 3, 6 and 9 times tables
The 3, 6 and 9 Times Tables - Reasoning and Problem Solving
This worksheet includes a range of reasoning and problem solving questions for pupils to practise the main skill of using the 3, 6 and 9 Times Tables.
The 3, 6 and 9 Times Tables - Varied Fluency
This worksheet includes a range of varied fluency questions for pupils to practise the main skill of using the 3, 6 and 9 Times Tables.
Included in the pack:
The 3, 6 and 9 Times Tables - Discussion Problem
The 3, 6 and 9 Times Tables - Extension
The 3, 6 and 9 Times Tables - Reasoning and Problem Solving
The 3, 6 and 9 Times Tables - Varied Fluency
Differentiated Synonyms Tarsia Jigsaw Puzzle
KS1 and KS2 Synonyms Vocabulary Challenge Tarsia Game in six differentiated levels. Children can cut out the tiles themselves and match pairs of synonyms.
This pack includes:
KS1 and KS2 Synonyms Vocabulary Challenge (Set 1) Tarsia Game Tri-Jigsaw with tiles mixed up for children to cut out themselves. Placemat for children to use as a scaffold. Answers for teachers included.
This Multiplication and Division Year 5 Display Pack includes a range of printable resources linked to multiplication and division that can be used on displays or working walls to support teaching and learning as a point of reference, or as supporting materials for use on tables within lessons or activities. This pack is suitable for an upper key stage two classroom and enables you to select what is needed for your class.
What’s included in the pack?
Multiplication square
Zero as a placeholder poster
Factors and multiples poster
Cubed numbers posters
Square numbers posters
Prime numbers poster
Multiplying a decimal number by 10, 100 and 1,000 posters
Place value chart showing tenths and hundredths
This Classroom Secrets Autumn Year 4 GPS Assessment Resource Pack has been created to match our GPS Scheme of Work. It is designed to assess pupil knowledge of all the blocks and small steps covered so far in the Autumn term. The assessment is similar to a SATs test, with 21 questions linked to all of the small steps in Autumn. The pack includes:
The Year 4 assessment with 21 questions
The mark scheme with content domain coverage, small step coverage and suggested levels
A teacher assessment spreadsheet for gap analysis and suggested levels (Emerging, Developing, Expected and Greater Depth)
This Reading Skills resource contains a range of questions about ‘Counting on Katherine’ by Helaine Becker. The questions are organised into content domains to allow a focus on one or more specific skills, and this resource also includes questions for more in-depth written answer practice.
Year 1 Baseline Maths Assessment
This Classroom Secrets resource (zip) corresponds with the Early Learning Goals (ELGs) from the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) profile, and has been designed to be used as an aide in assessing pupils’ baseline mathematical knowledge at the start of Year 1.
This pack includes:
Baseline Maths Assessments for Year 1.
Tracking spreadsheet to help identify gaps in knowledge.
Answers included.
Year 2 Baseline Maths Assessment
This Classroom Secrets resource (zip) is to support teachers with back to school assessments by assessing against the objectives from the previous year (Year 1). It also includes a tracker sheet to identify gaps in prior knowledge.
This pack includes:
Baseline Maths Assessments for Year 2.
Tracking spreadsheet to help identify gaps in knowledge.
Answers included.
This guided reading pack for purple book band readers includes an original poem, comprehension questions; grammar, spelling, punctuation and vocabulary work linked to the text; and answer sheets for the teacher. The poem is about a sprout’s Christmas adventure with Santa.
This whole class guided reading pack is for Year 5 and Year 6 based on Goodnight Mister Tom chapter nine by Michelle Magorian. The pack includes a teacher guide for the chapter, differentiated comprehension questions and follow-up work to practise further reading and GPS skills.
This whole class guided reading pack is based on Chapter 6 from Goodnight Mister Tom by Michelle Magorian, aimed at Year 5 and Year 6. It includes a teacher guide, 4 levels of differentiated comprehension questions and 4 levels of differentiated follow-up work to practise reading skills in a different way.
This Year 5 and Year 6 differentiated whole class reading pack for Chapter Six of War Horse by Michael Morpurgo includes a teacher guide, comprehension questions and a challenge activity focusing on summarising skills.
This War Horse Chapter Two Whole Class Reading Comprehension resource includes differentiated questions for Year 5/Year 6 and a follow-up activity, linked to the 2014 National Curriculum Reading objectives to compliment the War Horse Chapter 1 Book by Michael Morpurgo.