Use these KS2 comprehension worksheets to learn about the history of the Mary Celeste. This non-fiction text tells the story of the ship from its first voyage under the name of the ‘Amazon’ through to its ill fated end. A set of comprehension questions are included, which tackle key reading skills such as inference and retrieval. This pack is also a great prompt for writing scary stories.

This review mat for Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling is an excellent way to revise and practise using direct speech. The worksheets are divided into five different types of activity, including writing challenges and GPS sample test questions.

Round decimals with two decimal places to the nearest whole number and to one decimal place. These rounding decimal worksheets provide extra challenge for Year 5 children. A variety of rounding problems are spread across three sections, enabling you to use the whole sheet during a lesson or to select specific problems for different teaching sessions. A separate answer sheet for all sections is included.

These reading challenge mats provide a quick burst of comprehension practice, ideal for morning work, a short reading session or even sparking an interest in a classic text. Each mat contains a brief extract from a classic text with a range of reading challenge questions focusing on the key reading skills of inference, information retrieval and the use of language. The stories included are: Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens The Time Machine by HG Wells

This non-fiction information text covers Neil Armstrong and the Apollo 11 moon landing. Ideal for KS2, it can be used as part of a guided reading session or as homework. A worksheet with 12 comprehension questions is included, which covers the different reading skills of data retrieval, inference and the use of vocabulary.

These activity sheets have been created to match the small steps on the White Rose maths schemes of work. The questions include varied fluency with reasoning with problem solving. Children are given a variety of pictorial examples to work with and questions to provoke deeper thinking. National Curriculum Links Year 1 Number – Measurement Sequence events in chronological order using language (for example, before and after, next, first, today, yesterday, tomorrow, morning, afternoon and evening). Maths Focus Children engage in language associated with time by describing, sorting and ordering events. Maths Mastery Children can vary the language they use to describe the next event in a chronological order.

These activity sheets have been created to match the small steps on the White Rose maths schemes of work. The questions include varied fluency with reasoning with problem solving. Children are given a variety of pictorial examples to work with and questions to provoke deeper thinking. National Curriculum Links Year 1 Number – Measurement Recognise and know the value of different denominations of coins and notes. Maths Focus Children recognise different notes and their values. Children compare and exchange notes and coins. Maths Mastery Children use their knowledge of coin recognition and place value to see that one note can equal many coins.

Compare and order numbers up to 1000. These ordering number worksheets provide extra challenge for Year 3 children. A variety of problems are spread across three sections, enabling you to use the whole sheet during a lesson or to select specific problems for different teaching sessions. A separate answer sheet for all sections is included.

Inspire discussion and writing in your primary class with these six KS1 interactive display posters on pets. Each poster contains statistics and interesting facts about the animals. Additional bubbles are provided so that the children can add their own facts and expand the posters. The sheets include these animals: Dogs Cats Rabbits Fish Tortoises Hamsters

These review worksheets, which show that the ‘or’ sound can be spelt ‘a’ before ‘l’ or ‘ll’, provide an excellent way to revise and practise this Year 2 spelling pattern. The worksheets include 5 different activities in which children look at spelling patterns, identify misspelt words and apply their spellings in context. The worksheets are suitable for Year 2 pupils and older SEN or EAL pupils. They can be used within lessons, as an assessment or as a homework task.

This school assembly with an environmental theme shows children that they too can make a difference. It includes a story to illustrate this point, demonstrating how a schoolchild has made a difference to the discussion around climate change, and ends with a fun magic trick. The only additional resources need are straws, a coloured drink, a transparent cup, and a blindfold.

This Maths Bingo activity pack is a fun way to support KS1 and KS2 children in the recall of their 2, 3, 4, 5, 8 and 10 times tables during maths lessons. Included in this pack are: 30 bingo cards each containing 6 calculations 3 bingo caller ticklists

Use these primary school worksheets to practise and review Year 4 spelling patterns for words from the National Curriculum spelling list. Year 6 spelling words are covered across five challenge sheets, each containing three different types of spelling challenge. The spelling patterns covered are: use the prefixes in-, im-, il-, ir-, sub-, inter-, super-, anti-, auto- understand and use the suffix -ation add endings which sound like ‘shun’ spelt -tion, -sion, -ssion, -cian spell homophones and near homophones spell words with the ‘s’ sounds spelt ‘sc’ place the possessive apostrophe accurately in words with regular plurals and in words with irregular plurals understand and use the word ‘ous’

Retell the story of Christmas using this bright and colourful sequencing cards resource for the primary classroom. The pack contains eight images which retell Mary and Joseph’s journey to Bethlehem and the birth of Jesus. Children can cut out the eight images, place them in sequence and write a description of each image underneath. There are two ways in which to use the images: As a worksheet: once completed, all of the images can be glued onto an A4 worksheet. As a display: an A4 version of each image is available, with the option to add text. These images can then be arranged to make a class or hall display.

These reading challenges provide a quick burst of comprehension practice, ideal for morning work, a short reading session or even sparking an interest in a classic text. Each section contains a classic poem by Robert Louis Stevenson, with a range of reading challenge questions focusing on the key reading skills of inference, information retrieval and the use of language. The poems included are: From a Railway Carriage My Shadow The Land of Story-Books

This KS1 grammar and sequencing resource will teach KS1 children the story behind the Chinese Zodiac. They will have the opportunity to become familiar with traditional tales and retelling these, sequencing events in a story, and using adjectives to create noun phrases. The pack could be used over a series of lessons, or during a topic day linked to Chinese New Year. English objectives covered are: becoming familiar with a wide range of stories and retelling these; sequencing events in a story; using expanded noun phrases for description Resources included are: The Great Race story Puppets to cut out for retelling the story Story sequencing cards Adjectives worksheet linked to the story Teacher’s notes

This teaching resource is a great support for reading, analysing and writing Greek legends in KS2. It contains fact sheets on: The major Greek gods Mythical creatures Settings in Greek mythology Magical artefacts"

Teach children how to write amazing science fiction stories with this KS2 text types resource pack. There are sheets to help pupils plan against success criteria, instructions on the ingredients of science fiction tales, two detailed model texts and a story planner to help children structure their stories. The four sections to the resource are: A sci-fi text writing prompt mat Inspiring images to help children build a convincing sci-fi world A sci-fi text writing plan Two example sci-fi texts

42 different idioms (a piece of cake, open a can of worms) are presented with exciting and arresting images. The idioms and their meanings are also provided on separate cards, so children can be challenged to match each idiom to its definition, which makes for a great group work activity in KS2 English lessons. Also included are completed idiom cards that can be used for classroom display.

This writing review worksheet is an excellent way to develop children’s understanding and use of persuasive writing in KS2. There are a number of activities that demonstrate different types of persuasive writing, along with a model text, examples of adverts, and writing challenges. There are images to included to help inspire children’s writing, as well as sentences for the children to rewrite and improve upon. It’s a great way to revise previous learning, and to experiment with new ideas.