Reading SATs practice for KS2 will ensure your class is well-prepared for the English reading papers in their key stage 2 reading SATs at the end of primary school. This pack of SATs papers aims to practice reading comprehension skills through a range of fiction and non-fiction texts and poems and 10 practice papers differentiated at three levels. Based on past papers and perfect for SATs revision, the reading assessments can be used as practice tests in class or for home learning. This pack of SATs practice papers is the perfect revision tool for the KS2 reading tests. What’s inside? Introduction (page 4) 10 text extracts and 10 English SATs practice question papers (page 5) Each practice paper contains: English National Curriculum aligned content domain coverage Text extract SATs questions (differentiated as sets A, B and C) Marking scheme and answers (sets A, B and C) Featured texts: The Explorer – Katherine Rundell Wonder – R J Palacio Matilda – Roald Dahl Artemis Fowl – Eoin Colfer Goodnight stories for Rebel Girls – Elena Favilli & Francesca Cavallo Who Was Marie Curie? – Megan Stine Who Was Anne Frank? – Ann Abramson The Short and Bloody History of Highway Men – John Farman Throwing a Tree – Thomas Hardy The Sailor’s Consolation – William Pitt

Diversify your KS3 English curriculum with 12 lessons on 6 brilliant short stories, from wonderful writers including Alex Wheatle, Langston Hughes, Dorothy Koomson, Bali Rai, Jeffrey Boakye and Kit de Waal. Our KS3 short stories teaching pack celebrates the work of Black and Asian writers and the short story as a unique form of literature. Introduce your students to a range of exciting literary voices they may not have encountered before with an engaging and inclusive scheme of learning, plus lesson plans and classroom resources. Engaging and accessible for year 7, 8 and 9 readers, these powerful short stories have been specifically chosen to encourage more reading for pleasure and to be more representative and inclusive. About the selected stories and authors All the selected stories are written by Black British and British Asian authors, with the exception of the celebrated Black American short story writer, Langston Hughes, whose unforgettable 20th-century story, ‘Thank you, Ma’am’, also features in this anthology. The other five stories are contemporary, 21st-century stories and include new writers such as Jeffrey Boakye. The settings range from New York in the 1950s to a science-fiction future world. Some of the stories have more familiar family or teenage contexts, but all share a focus on relationships and explore themes of race, identity and belonging, love and loss, and redemption. The collection is divided into three groups for thematic teaching, allowing teachers to dip into the teaching pack to complement an existing scheme of learning, or to teach the stories as a complete short story anthology. What’s included in the teaching pack? Written by two experienced English teachers, the teaching pack includes a detailed scheme of learning with lesson plans, teaching notes, differentiation suggestions and homework activities, as well as printable classroom resources. The 109-page photocopiable teaching pack is student-facing for use in the classroom, and is accompanied by 12 PPT lessons for classroom delivery, and 6 complete short stories for reading in class. Each lesson includes: Do now activity Starter activity 3-4 main lesson activities Plenary Extension or homework tasks Many of the activities are carefully scaffolded, with differentiated, ladder up support and sentence starters for writing tasks, as well as a range of stretch and challenge suggestions for early finishers and higher-attaining students. The pack includes a lovely range of fun and creative tasks, as well as a focus on developing learners’ reading comprehension and analytical writing skills. It also includes drama activities and engaging speaking and listening tasks to encourage lots of animated, on-topic classroom talk. There’s also a list of diverse reading recommendations so teacher can encourage more reading for pleasure, and a word bank to help with disciplinary literacy and vocabulary development.

Understanding equations at year 7 is the partner pack to Understanding algebra at year 7, and is designed to introduce your students to equation-solving and inequalities. Featuring starters, main activities and plenaries alongside home learning opportunities and assessments, the pack contains question tasks, PowerPoints for class demonstration and discussion, worksheets and student activities. These activities include: basic practice, error correction, jigsaw, application to 2D shapes and problem-solving, and explore the balance method, bar model, flow diagrams, inequalities and key vocabulary. What’s included? Starters, main activities, plenaries, homework sheets, assessments 27 resources Answers What’s inside? Introduction (pages 3-4) Section one: Short tasks (pages 5-12) Teaching notes Activities 1.1 Opposites 1.2 Trios 1.3 Which method? 1.4 Symbols 1.5 Bigger or smaller? 1.6 Where on the number line? Answers Section two: Developing concepts (pages 13-18) Teaching notes Activities 2.1-2.6 and answers in PowerPoint Section three: Developing fluency (pages 19-48) Teaching notes Activities 3.1 Solving equations with flow diagrams 3.2 Solving equations 3.3 Be the teacher 3.4 Equations jigsaw 3.5 Forming and solving equations 3.6 Problem solving 3.7 The Rhind mathematical papyrus 3.8 Considering inequalities 3.9 Inequalities and the number line 3.10 Inequalities staircase Answers Section four: Homework tasks (pages 49-55) Teaching notes Activities 4.1 Completing equations 4.2 Equations investigation 4.3 Inequalities and types of number Answers Section five: Assessment (pages 56-63) Equations assessment Inequalities assessment Equations assessment mark scheme Inequalities assessment mark scheme

Case study knowledge is designed to support your teaching of the case studies and named examples required for the physical and human geography papers at GCSE. Comprising knowledge organisers, summary revision activities and exam-style questions with mark schemes and indicative responses, the pack covers all core and optional case studies required for GCSE. Although designed for the AQA specification, Case study knowledge is also relevant for all major exam boards. What’s included? Knowledge organisers for all core and optional case studies and named examples on the AQA specification Summary activities to help with revision Exam-style questions with mark schemes and indicative responses. What’s inside? Human geography case studies and examples A case study of a major city in an LIC or NEE - Mumbai, India An example of how urban planning is improving the life for the urban poor - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil A case study of a major city in the UK Newcastle upon - Tyne, UK An example of an urban regeneration project, reasons it was needed and its features - Salford Quays, Manchester, UK An example of how tourism in an LIC/NEE helps reduce the development gap - Jamaica A case study of one LIC/NEE experiencing rapid economic development - Nigeria An example of how modern industrial development can be more environmentally sustainable - Park Royal, west London An example of a large scale agricultural development, its advantages and disadvantages - The Indus Basin, Asia An example of a local scheme in a LIC or NEE to increase supplies of food - Cape Town, South Africa An example of a large scale water transfer scheme, its advantages and disadvantages - South-North water transfer project, China An example of a local scheme in an LIC or NEE to increase sustainable supplies of water - Bhatha Dhua, Pakistan Physical geography case studies and examples The effects and responses to tectonic hazards in countries of contrasting levels of wealth - Nepal and Chile earthquakes A named example of a tropical storm, its effects and responses to it - Typhoon Haiyan, Philippines An example of an extreme weather event in the UK, its causes, impacts and management - The Beast from the East, UK An example of a small scale UK ecosystem - Avington Park lake, Winchester, UK A case study of a tropical rainforest, causes and impacts of deforestation - Amazon, Brazil A case study of a hot desert, its development opportunities and challenges - Sahara Desert, Africa A case study of a cold environment, its development opportunities and challenges - Svalbard An example of a section of coastline in the UK, its major landforms of erosion and deposition - Borth to Aberwstwyth, West Wales An example of a coastal management scheme in the UK - Mappleton, England An example of a river valley in the UK, its landforms of erosion and deposition - Afon Rheidol, West Wales An example of a flood management scheme in the UK - Banbury, UK

What’s included? KS3/4 Mastering spelling punctuation and grammar is a comprehensive SPaG pack containing resources, worksheets and activities designed to help students master the essentials of SPaG and get them GCSE-ready. Mastering spelling, punctuation and grammar contains: curriculum mapping and guidance for teachers along with further reading and/or useful links and references over 150 pages of worksheets, resources and activities spelling strategies, punctuation rules and grammar games to make the learning stick graphic organisers and A4 posters – perfect for consolidation and/or student revision formative assessments (including self and peer assessments) summative assessments (and suggested answers) to help teachers/students identify future learning targets. As your ‘go-to’ SPaG pack, this will support you and your students from the start of KS3 up to GCSE. Mastering spelling, punctuation and grammar covers the following: Spelling spelling strategies and games the golden rules of spelling a spelling toolkit of approaches visualising spellings and connecting meaning approaches to recalling spellings spelling lists – KS3 and KS4 Punctuation punctuation recall (including A4 punctuation mark posters) an exploration of what punctuation is (and its future) full stops commas colons and semicolons punctuating clauses Grammar using and controlling simple, compound and complex sentences statements, questions and imperatives the active and passive voice pronouns words that multi-task: verbs, nouns and adjectives prepositions and conjunctions adjectives and adverbs nouns and determiners

Designed to support struggling readers aged 11-14 whose reading attainment has fallen behind their expected level, Fix it reading is a KS3 literacy intervention programme based on practical, evidence-based reading comprehension strategies. Fix it reading supports struggling readers, by building their confidence and enjoyment in reading. The Fix it reading teacher handbook, for experienced English teachers, non-subject specialists, literacy coordinators and TAs, will take you step-by-step through the 12-week programme, with detailed lesson plans and practical CPD guidance on how and why these reading comprehension strategies work for literacy intervention. The Fix it reading student workbook provides everything students need to catch up, including engaging texts to read, classroom activities and worksheets. It’s been designed to support Pupil Premium students, as well as students whose progress in reading has been negatively affected by Covid-19 school closures. It also supports learners whose reading age doesn’t correspond to their chronological age, and younger learners who have transitioned from primary school but are not at the expected level for their reading. The lessons are devised for 1:1, small group and whole group intervention sessions or as a complementary resource in English classes. Key features of this reading intervention programme: The 60-page teacher’s handbook includes 12 detailed lesson plans, starter and plenary ideas, homework tasks and evidence-based teaching notes and CPD guidance. The accompanying 69-page student workbook builds learners’ reading and literacy skills and includes carefully selected texts to engage struggling readers. It also includes worksheets and activities to develop their independent reading skills and reading fluency, and word reading and decoding strategies to develop their vocabulary skills. Includes fiction and non-fiction texts on a range of engaging themes, with extracts from accessible young adult novels chosen to appeal to key stage 3 learners like City of Ghosts, Home Ground, and The Hound of the Baskervilles. It also includes graphic novels, news articles, websites, and fact sheets to anticipate some of the text forms and genres of writing English students will encounter at GCSE. Complements our popular KS3 writing intervention programme, Fix it writing, which develops students’ writing skills and provides targeted learning support for students.

Structured intervention support to improve students’ writing Fix it writing has been designed to support English teachers, non-specialist teachers and teaching assistants in identifying and ‘fixing’ problems in students’ writing. It’s ideal for targeted support and intervention sessions at KS2 and KS3. The photocopiable, downloadable teacher handbook provides a structured sequence of 26 teaching sessions and resources, with detailed guidance on how to deliver these sessions to develop students’ core skills. It includes chapters on: writing and punctuating sentences; planning, organising and linking ideas and paragraphs and choosing effective words. The photocopiable student workbook includes all the classroom activities and resources to accompany the teacher handbook, enabling students to improve and build on their core writing skills. You may also be interested in Fix it reading, Teachit’s reading intervention programme for KS3 students. What’s inside the teacher handbook? Introduction (pages 4-25) Progression in writing: a framework Summary of the Fix it writing skill focuses Making sense of students’ writing Setting targets and planning sessions Fix it session structure Getting the most out of Fix it Chapter 1: Writing and punctuating sentences (pages 26-36) Session 1: Capital letters and full stops Session 2: Ending sentences Ways to improve Chapter 2: Using conjunctions (pages 37-49) Session 1: Varying conjunctions Session 2: To suit purpose Ways to improve Chapter 3: Using commas (pages 50-66) Session 1: Lists and clarity Session 2: Clarity and effect Ways to improve Chapter 4: Varying sentences (pages 67-82) Session 1: Sentence starts and word order Session 2: Varying for effect Ways to improve Chapter 5: Expanding sentences (pages 83-97) Session 1: Adding detail Session 2: Relative clauses Ways to improve Chapter 6: Using verbs (pages 98-108) Session 1: Identifying verbs Session 2: The past Ways to improve Chapter 7: Generating and sorting ideas (pages 109-120) Session 1: Non-fiction Session 2: Fiction Ways to improve Chapter 8: Sequencing and organising texts (pages 121-132) Session 1: Non-fiction Session 2: Fiction Ways to improve Chapter 9: Organising paragraphs (pages 133-144) Session 1: Topic sentences Session 2: Writing paragraphs Ways to improve Chapter 10: Cohesive devices (pages 145-157) Session 1: To suit purpose Session 2: Comparing and contrasting Ways to improve Chapter 11: Linking paragraphs (pages 158-171) Session 1: Adverbs and determiners Session 2: Making comparisons Ways to improve Chapter 12: Writing formally (pages 172-180) Session 1: Choosing the right words Session 2: Choosing the right tone Ways to improve Chapter 13: Choosing effective words (pages 181-190) Session 1: Setting and atmosphere Session 2: Creating atmosphere/characters Ways to improve

Dyslexia toolkit aims to help subject teachers, form tutors and teaching assistants to support dyslexic students in the mainstream classroom at key stage 3 and key stage 4. Whatever your role in supporting students with dyslexia, this toolkit will give you understanding, tangible ideas and practical strategies to enable young people to realise their full potential. What’s included? This 56-page toolkit includes: information about neurodiversity, the strengths of neurodivergent people and some of the challenges they face information about dyslexia and how to identify it in the classroom a CPD PowerPoint for staff training, parents’ evenings and senior leadership meetings advice on avoiding sensory overload games to develop learners’ short-term and working memory templates for sentence starters, task maps and writing planners to reduce the load on learners’ working memory guidance on chunking tasks into manageable steps to help students to process information dyslexia strategies for reading writing strategies for students with dyslexia information about the link between a weak working memory and spelling difficulties, plus dyslexia spelling strategies strategies for supporting students with dyslexia in the maths classroom top tips on harnessing dyslexic strengths such as empathy and problem solving How does it support dyslexic students? Dyslexia toolkit offers dyslexia-friendly strategies that can be used with the whole class so that neurodivergent learners are not put on the spot. There are also approaches that can be carried out in small groups, and suggestions for how dyslexic students can support their classmates, fostering a supportive learning environment and helping young people to feel empowered. Information and activities are provided to raise awareness of what it feels like to have dyslexia, and ways are suggested of playing to dyslexic learners’ strengths. The toolkit includes tick lists for learners to articulate their own areas of challenge and learning preferences, and it provides printable resources to help students to plan written tasks. There is also a step-by-step guide for students to reading for comprehension and an overview of pros and cons of assistive technology such as electronic readers. About the writer Dyslexia toolkit was written by Dr Helen Ross, a leading voice on dyslexia within UK education. She is an experienced public speaker, international consultant and researcher, and contributor to a wide range of publications; Helen is also dyslexic. She supports families, teachers and organisations to better understand the implications of dyslexia, neurodiversity and special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). In this toolkit, Helen draws on her experiences as a classroom teacher, SENDCo and dyslexia expert to help you to understand what dyslexia is, which aspects of learning can be affected by dyslexia and what you can do to support dyslexic learners.

Our flexible and engaging classroom templates are designed specifically for KS3-5 students, and cover a range of oracy skills. With a renewed focus on oracy from Ofsted and the DfE in 2023, spoken language is one of the cornerstones of teaching and learning in the National Curriculum, and key to school improvement. Using our oracy templates, you’ll be able to provide your KS3, GCSE and A-level students with a solid foundation in communication skills that will benefit them throughout their academic and professional lives: teach students how to structure their ideas and arguments effectively and coherently encourage students to listen actively and respond positively to different points of view help students to develop their critical thinking skills build confidence in public speaking. Our templates come with clear teaching instructions and examples, making it easy for you to incorporate them into your lesson plans. Suitable for small group or whole-class activities, these oracy activities help to develop students’ language skills and their overall confidence in speaking in class. The oracy templates are customisable, so you can adapt them to suit the needs of your learners, the topics you are teaching, and your teaching context. Our templates cover a range of skills, from active listening to persuasive speaking, and can be easily adapted to suit different subjects and learning levels. Whatever your subject area or year group, you’ll find ideas for modelling effective group discussion, using different types of questions, including Socratic questions, and helping students to recognise different tones of voice through role-play activities. Whether you’re a new or experienced teacher, our downloadable whole-school oracy templates will enhance your teaching and benefit your students. These oracy skills are based on an established oracy framework and oracy-based pedagogy from Voice21 and Oracy Cambridge which focuses on four foundational oracy skills for young people: physical, linguistic, cognitive, and social and emotional. What’s included? There are 15 printable templates included in this 40-page downloadable pack, ranging from oracy starters and icebreakers to classroom activities and complete lesson ideas to develop students’ speaking skills. Introduction for teachers Oracy skills template Now you’re talking template Recognising tone templates ABCD template Taboo template ‘Speak like an expert’ template Word dice template Fortune teller templates Socratic questioning template Hexagon templates Summarising templates Think, pair, share template Debating skills templates Pick and mix oracy Oracy tracker templates About the writer Sarah Davies is a former Head of English and lead examiner, now an assistant headteacher in a MAT and an ECT (Early Career Teacher) Mentor. She’s also the author of Talking about Oracy (John Catt, 2020).

What’s included? KS3 Comprehension contains 6 self-contained text extracts with reading comprehension worksheet questions, accompanied by model answers. This pack is versatile enough to be used in class, or as a sequence of homework tasks, end-of-term/year assessments and cover lessons. KS3 Comprehension helps students complete the transition from primary to secondary level and provides an effective introduction to 19th century and early 20th century literature. The extracts are suitable for year 7 and year 8 reading comprehension lessons and can be used to supplement existing schemes of work. NB – this pack is an adapted version of Teachit Primary’s ‘Comprehension’ pack, containing newly commissioned KS3 curriculum questions, replacement texts and a selection of supporting resources. What’s inside? Introduction (pages 3-4) Extract 1 – Five Children and It by E. Nesbitt (Pages 5-10) Extract 2 – The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Frank L. Baum (pages 11-17) Extract 3 – Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (pages 18-23) Extract 4 – Odin’s Reward by Mary H. Foster and Mabel H. Cummings (pages 24-30) Extract 5 – The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde (pages 31-38) Extract 6 – Great Expectations by Charles Dickens (pages 39-45) Additional resources to support reading comprehension (page 46)

Our Year 6 maths assessments pack is designed to prepare children for their end-of-year maths tests and to help year 6 teachers assess children’s understanding of national curriculum objectives. All the questions are presented in the style of KS2 maths SATs papers and a mark scheme is included. The pack includes 10 test papers in total, eight of which are based upon a specific mathematical strand and two of which are KS2 SATs practice tests. Test papers included in the assessment pack: Paper 1: Number and place value Paper 2: Number and calculation (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division) Paper 3: Fractions, decimals and percentages Paper 4: Ratio and proportion Paper 5: Algebra Paper 6: Measurement Paper 7: Geometry (properties of shapes and position and direction) Paper 8: Statistics (charts and data) Paper 9: KS2 SATs practice test (arithmetic) Paper 10: KS2 SATS practice test (reasoning) These printable diagnostic maths tests can be used in the classroom or for home learning. Tracking sheets are included to enable teachers to quickly identify gaps in children’s understanding of the maths curriculum. Perfect for ensuring children are well-prepared for their final maths assessments at primary school.

Our EAL toolkit is designed for teachers and teaching assistants who don’t have a background in teaching English as an additional language to support EAL students in mainstream classrooms at key stage 3 and key stage 4. What’s included? The 74-page toolkit includes: general classroom strategies to support EAL learners an outline of the challenges faced by international new arrivals fun and engaging EAL teaching ideas EAL activities for new arrivals who are total beginners printable EAL support resources and EAL displays for classrooms a CPD PowerPoint for staff training and meetings a glossary of English language teaching terminology a list of EAL websites for teachers with links to EAL assessment materials. This EAL toolkit will be invaluable for subject teachers, form tutors, heads of year and SENCos who wish to develop their understanding of the learning approaches you can use to support EAL pupils. How does it support EAL learners? The toolkit recommends general classroom strategies to support EAL learners, such as setting up a buddy system with a student who speaks the same home language. It also includes fun and engaging EAL teaching ideas, such as games, songs and role-plays, helping EAL students to feel less anxious about taking part in whole-class activities. It suggests EAL activities for new arrivals who are total beginners, such as labelling images and diagrams, and for those who have a more advanced level, such as adding complexity to sentences. It includes printable EAL classroom resources, such as an alphabet letters mat, phonics mats, word mats, flashcards, sentence builders and writing frames that can also be used as templates for you to make your own, along with printable EAL support resources that could also be used as EAL displays for classrooms, such as an irregular verbs list, a tenses table, a list of easily confused words or homophones, a list of prefixes and suffixes and a list of common verbs used in academic writing. It demonstrates how to adapt worksheets for EAL learners in order to support them with both language development and subject knowledge. It offers advice on how to pre-teach vocabulary before a reading or listening activity and how to help students who are learning English as an additional language identify key words and learn new vocabulary from a reading or listening text. About the writer Our EAL toolkit was written by Anna Czebiolko, currently a secondary head of EAL. Since starting to work with EAL learners in 2009, she has worked with children in every year group from nursery to sixth form. She also has experience of coordinating EAL provision in a large secondary academy.

Designed to support students preparing for the AQA GCSE, our revision workbook Conflict and Tension 1918-1939 revision workbook features revision tasks to cover the complete course. The workbook includes content summaries, recap tasks and exam-practice questions in a variety of styles, ensuring students can revise independently and build confidence for their exam. What’s included? content summaries in a variety of formats recap activities keyword and timeline tasks exam-style questions. What’s inside? Introduction to this workbook (pages 4-5) Topic 1: Peacemaking (pages 6-17) The aims of the ‘Big Three’ Clashes between the ‘Big Three’ The Treaty of Versailles: Did the peacemakers achieve their aims? Who was satisfied with the Treaty of Versailles? Was the Treaty of Versailles fair? How did Germany react to the Treaty of Versailles? What happened at the rest of the peace conferences? Topic 2: The League of Nations and international peace (pages 18-30) The aims of the League What did America’s absence mean for the League? How did the structure of the League undermine it? Was the League doomed to fail? What was the role of the League’s agencies? How successful was the League in the early 1920s? What was the effect of the Great Depression on world peace? What was the impact of the Manchurian Crisis on the League? What did the Abyssinian Crisis show about the League? How did the Disarmament Conference of 1932−34 go so wrong? Topic 3: The origins and outbreak of the Second World War (pages 31-41) What were Hitler’s aims as Chancellor of Germany? Hitler’s foreign policy Why did Britain and France follow a policy of Appeasement? How was Appeasement a cause of WWII? Who was to blame for the Second World War? Exam practice (pages 42-48) Question type 1 – Source A is critical/supportive of X. How do you know? Question type 2 – How useful are these sources for a historian studying X? Question type 3 – Write an account of… Question type 4 – X was the main reason for Y. How far do you agree with this statement? Appendix: Further notes and ideas on sources in this pack

Designed to support your teaching of the GCSE applications paper, Geographical applications and skills is a comprehensive teaching pack to be used throughout your GCSE programme of study. The pack includes teaching notes, PowerPoint presentations, activities and student workbooks to develop your students’ knowledge, understanding and application of geographical skills. Geographical applications and skills covers all the skills and fieldwork required for GCSE. What’s included? teacher notes and PowerPoints to walk you through all the different skills and fieldwork techniques required activity sheets and workbooks for students to practise key skills divided into different geographical skills and fieldwork themes, so finding what you need is easy. What’s inside? Teacher notes Geographical applications and skills personal learning checklist Graph types Data map types Geographical skills match-up activity Teacher answers for student workbook Teacher answers for PowerPoints Student work Mean, median, mode and interquartile range Calculating area Atlas skills – describing patterns OS map symbols Four- and six-figure grid references Compass directions Scale and measuring distance Latitude and longitude Synoptic charts Cross sections Ground, satellite and aerial photographs Drawing sketches from photographs Labelling and annotating photographs Using maps and photographs together Labelling and annotating diagrams Data key terms – sampling and data types Bar charts and histograms Divided/compound bar charts Line graphs Calculating percentages and creating a pie chart Pie charts Scatter graphs Dispersion graphs Pictograms Proportional circles Triangular graphs Star and radial diagrams Kite diagrams Desire lines Flow lines Choropleth maps Population pyramids Interpreting graphs Fieldwork enquiry questions Fieldwork data collection Sampling Methodology Evaluating methods Dictionary/glossary

Ensure your students are well prepared for AQA’s GCSE English Language Paper 2: Writers’ viewpoints and perspectives. Based on the themes of the sea, travel, money and the environment, AQA GCSE English Language Paper 2 exam skills pack will give your students all the exam practice they need. What’s inside Targeted activities help students understand how to improve their responses to the questions eight non-fiction and literary non-fiction text extracts reading and writing sections for each theme exam tips on assessment objectives for each question exam-style questions and suggested answers. It includes analysis of assessment objectives to help students understand exactly what they need to do to gain marks, and targeted activities to improve their responses to each exam question. What’s included Teacher introduction (pages 4-5) Reading: Student introduction (pages 6-34) Source 1A: ‘How to stay safe at the beach’ by Karl West (2017) with activities Source 1B: ‘The Pleasures of Life’ by John Lubbock (1890) with activities Practice exam questions Writing: Student introduction (pages 35-49) Activities Practice exam question Reading: Student introduction (pages 50-72) Source 2A: ‘The Guardian view on over-tourism: an unhealthy appetite for travel’ (2018) with activities Source 2B: Francis Kilvert’s diary from the 1870s with activities Practice exam questions Writing: Student introduction (pages 74-88) Activities Practice exam question Reading: Student introduction (pages 89-110) Source 3A: A Girl Called Jack by Jack Monroe (2014) with activities Source 3B: Letter from George Dunlop (1813) with activities Practice exam questions Writing: Student introduction (pages 111-123) Activities Practice exam question Reading: Student introduction (pages 124-143) Source 4A: ‘Squids and octopuses thrive as “weeds of the sea” warm to hotter oceans’ by Alan Yuhas (2016) with activities Source 4B: The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin (1839) with activities Practice exam questions Writing: Student introduction (pages 144-157) Activities Practice exam question

A set of 39 photocopiable home learning tasks mapped to NC objectives and differentiated where appropriate. Includes tasks for reading, writing composition and GPS. Answers included where relevant. All of your English year 6 homework all in one place!

Practice makes perfect! Including eight GPS practice papers and accompanying spelling assessments, PowerPoints featuring key terms and examples and a set of engaging quick-fire challenge cards, GPS SATs practice for KS2 has all you need to prepare your children for their KS2 GPS tests. What’s included? eight SATs-style practice papers, spelling assessments and answers PowerPoints featuring key terms and examples challenge cards marking guidance. What’s inside? Introduction (page 3) GPS question papers (pages 4-214) GPS spelling tasks and answers (pages 214-246) Challenge cards (pages 247-273) G1 Grammatical terms and word classes G2 Function of sentences G3 Combining words, phrases and clauses G4 Verb forms, tense and consistency G5 Punctuation G6 Vocabulary G7 Standard English and formality PowerPoint screenshots (page 274)

English homework activities for year 7 is designed to ensure you have all your homework activities for year 7 English in one place. Including differentiated tasks for reading, writing and SPaG, there’s a task for every week of the school year. Whether you use it as a homework workbook or dip in and out, it’s perfect for teachers, home tutors and teaching assistants of year 7 students. The pack is identical to the Home Learning for year 6 – English pack on Teachit Primary: it has been specially adapted for year 7 students to consolidate KS2 prior learning. What’s included 39 photocopiable tasks, differentiated where appropriate mapped to the NC objectives for year 5/6 answers where relevant teacher’s tick list to keep track of work set. What’s inside Teaching notes (page 4) Section 1 – student section Reading resources (pages 5-36) Comprehension resources Book review resources Poetry performance resources Different genres resources Figurative language resources Writing resources (pages 37-67) Resource – proofreading Resource – assessing a piece of writing Resource – describing characters Resource – describing settings Resource – the plot Resource – the big write Resource – a newspaper report Resource – persuasive writing Resource – formal or informal? Resource – a précis Resource – advice for year 6 Resource – your school report Spelling, punctuation and grammar resources (pages 68-100) Resource – prefixes and suffixes Resource – homophones Resource – using a dictionary and thesaurus Resource – a conversation Resource – parenthesis Spelling resources Resource – passive verbs Resource – relative clauses Resource – lists Resource – modal verbs Resource – avoiding ambiguity Resource – the perfect tense Resource – expanded noun phrases and independent clauses Section 2 – teacher section Teacher’s tick list (pages 101-103) Answers Reading (pages 104-110) Comprehension resources Figurative language resources Writing (pages 11-112) Proofreading resources Spelling, punctuation and grammar (pages 113-129) Resource – prefixes and suffixes Resource – homophones Resource – using a dictionary and thesaurus Resource – parenthesis Spelling resources Resource – passive verbs Resource – relative clauses Resource – lists Resource – modal verbs Resource – avoiding ambiguity Resource – the perfect tense Resource – expanded noun phrases and independent clauses

Full of great ideas and resources, our Fractions at KS1 pack is practical and creative in equal parts. The pack will help your children to: understand the purpose of fractions; find fractions of shapes and amounts; use fractions to describe routes and angles and identify equivalent fractions. Too good by half! What’s included? 22 supporting resources includes introductory activities, main teaching points, plenaries, assessment opportunities, extension ideas and home learning tasks links to the curriculum What’s inside? Section 1: Fractions you already know (pages 1-4) Teaching ideas Fraction picture match cards – food Fraction phrase word cards Section 2: Why do we need fractions? (pages 5-14) Teaching ideas Putting back the pieces Fraction shopping Mythological halves Fair or unfair share Section 3: Finding fractions of shapes (pages 15-27) Teaching ideas Shape folding Fraction-ory Shaded fraction shapes Fraction tiles – writing fractions Shape fraction cards Section 4: Working out fractions of amounts (pages 28-36) Teaching ideas Fraction RUCSAC Mini-beast sorting cards Sweet fractions Section 5: Using fractions to describe routes and angles (pages 37-46) Teaching ideas The Right angle Robot controller Car maze Treasure maze hunt – fraction turns Fraction maze correction Section 6: Recognising equivalent fractions (pages 47-56) Teaching ideas Equivalent fractions snap Which is biggest? Fraction bookmarks

Aimed at addressing gaps in prior learning – particularly after the COVID-19 school closures – Basic maths skills – support to improve students’ numeracy is perfect for both the transition to year 7 and for intervention sessions throughout KS3 and KS4. The pack is divided into five units: number, algebra, ratio and proportion, geometry and measures and statistics. Each unit features ready-to-photocopy worksheets, teaching notes and answers. A tracking tick list is also included. Improve students’ numeracy skills and ensure they have all the knowledge they need to access the full secondary curriculum. What’s included? 39 worksheets to fill gaps in prior learning and form a solid base for progress Answers included Perfect for intervention at KS3-KS4 or to support Y7 transition What’s inside? Student’s section N1 number: number and place value (pages 5-9) Read, write, order and compare numbers up to 10 000 000 Use negative numbers in context Solve number problems N2 number: calculation (pages 10-21) Long multiplication Long division Short division Mental calculations Common factors, multiples and prime numbers BODMAS Addition and subtraction multi-step problems Four rules problems Use estimation to check answers N3 number: fractions, decimals and percentages (pages 22-30) Simplifying fractions Add and subtract fractions Multiply proper fractions Divide fractions by whole numbers Multiply numbers up to 2 decimal places Written division methods up to 2 decimal places Fraction, decimal and percentage equivalence RP ratio and proportion (pages 31-36) Relative sizes Percentage calculations Scale factors Unequal sharing A algebra (pages 37-43) Use simple formulae Linear sequences Express missing number problems algebraically Working with two variables GM1 geometry and measures: measurement (pages 44-53) Units of measure Convert between miles and kilometres Area and perimeter of squares and rectangles Area and volume formulae Area of triangles and parallelograms GM2 geometry and measures: properties of shape (pages 54-61) 2D shapes 3D shapes Parts of the circle Angles GM3 geometry and measures: position and direction (pages 62-63) Translation and reflection in four quadrants S statistics (pages 64-68) Pie charts and line graphs The mean Teacher’s section and answers Teaching notes and curriculum mapping (page 69) Tracking sheet (pages 71-73) Homework answers (pages 72-91)