An editable google slides assembly presentation based around the Jewish festival Rosh Hashanah. Suitable for KS1 & KS2. Detailed notes for each slide included to help deliver the assembly presentation. Visuals and Wigits used to be simple and help SEND and EAL children access. Extension ideas included in notes to create writing activities based on personal reflection. Opportunities for thinking and partner discussion as well as sharing thoughts, ideas and personal experiences with the assembly or group. Slides include: What is Rosh Hashanah? When is Rosh Hashanah? Why is Rosh Hashanah celebrated? How is Rosh Hashanah celebrated? What is eaten on Rosh Hashanah? Reflection and act of worship (prayer) included to be accessible for both community and church schools.

An editable google slides assembly presentation based around Harvest Festival. Suitable for KS1 & KS2. Detailed notes for each slide included to help deliver the assembly presentation. Visuals and Wigits used to be simple and help SEND and EAL children access. Extension ideas included in notes to create writing activities based on personal reflection. Opportunities for thinking and partner discussion as well as sharing thoughts, ideas and personal experiences with the assembly or group. Slides include: What is Harvest Festival? When is Harvest Festival? What is harvested in Britain? A Harvest Festival acrostic poem to inform children and help them celebrate. Ways to celebrate Reference to the Food bank charity, the Felix Project Reflection and act of worship (prayer) included to be accessible for both community and church schools.

An editable Google Slides assembly presentation that explores the the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Human Rights day, perfect for engaging KS1 and KS2 students. This comprehensive resource includes detailed notes for each slide, making it easy for teachers to deliver an informative and interactive assembly. The presentation is designed with visuals and Widgits to support SEND and EAL children, ensuring that all students can access and understand the content. It includes extension ideas allow teachers to easily adapt the presentation for use as a lesson, providing flexibility to suit different teaching needs. Throughout the assembly, students will learn about the key aspects of Human Rights Day, including: What is Human Rights Day? When is Human Rights Day? What is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights? What are human rights and why are they important? Questions and discussion to allow children to explore the importance of human rights. Opportunities for story sharing linked to Famous human rights supporters. The presentation encourages student participation through opportunities for thinking, partner discussions, and sharing thoughts, ideas, and personal experiences related to human rights. The presentations is linked to the stories of ‘Little People, Big Dreams’ and provides opportunuties to share these stories to highlight people who have impacted human rights around the world. By using this Human Rights Day Assembly Presentation, teachers can easily engage their students in learning about the significance of human rights and begin to apply this understanding to their lives and local community through discussion and reflection. This versatile and comprehensive resource is a must-have for any teacher looking to promote the importantance of human rights for their KS1 and KS2 students. Tes paid licence

LO: I can identify the differences between rights and responsibilities. This activity has the class using a Venn diagram to show the responsibilities they had when in year 1 vs year 4. Then they mind map the different rights they have as both a student and a young person. Lastly they reflect on the difference between rights and responsibilities.

Are you on the lookout for a stimulating and effective resource to test your child’s grammar prowess? You’ve come to the right place! Our Year 6 Grammar Quiz #3 is the ideal solution to evaluate their understanding and command of the English language. This all-inclusive PDF quiz consists of various questions designed to encourage your child to apply their knowledge of grammar rules, sentence construction, and vocabulary. The quiz encompasses crucial topics such as verb forms, conjunctions, punctuation, and much more. It’s perfect for parents and teachers who want to challenge their children and students in an enjoyable, interactive manner! By acquiring this resource, you’ll not only be assisting your child in enhancing their language skills, but you’ll also be supporting our commitment to create top-notch educational materials for learners of all levels. So don’t hesitate! Download Year 6 Grammar Quiz #3 now and witness your child’s confidence reach new heights! But there’s more! If you’re seeking additional exceptional resources, make sure to explore our vast collection on the TES website. We offer quizzes, worksheets, and lesson plans covering various subjects and age groups, all tailored to make learning both pleasurable and productive. Join our community of dedicated teachers and parents, and together, let’s positively impact the lives of our children! Download Year 6 Grammar Quiz #3 today and provide your child with the opportunity to excel!

Inverted commas, also known as quotation marks, play a crucial role in writing. They are used to indicate when someone is speaking or to highlight a specific segment of text that is being quoted or referred to directly. Understanding how to use inverted commas correctly is fundamental for clear communication and accurate writing. Our poster provides a clear and concise explanation of how and when to use inverted commas, with examples that are easy to follow. The vibrant and engaging design captures students’ attention, making the learning process both effective and enjoyable. Teachers can utilize this vibrant poster to: Reinforce Lessons: After teaching a lesson on direct speech and quotations, use the poster as a visual reinforcement, helping students to remember and apply the rules. Classroom Reference: Display the poster prominently in the classroom, so students can refer to it during writing activities, ensuring they punctuate dialogue and quotations correctly. Writing Centers: Incorporate the poster into writing centers where students can practice composing and punctuating direct speech within their own writing pieces. Editing and Proofreading: Encourage students to use the poster as a checklist when editing and proofreading their work or their peers’ work, fostering attention to detail and the importance of proper punctuation. Interactive Activities: Create interactive activities where students can add inverted commas to unpunctuated dialogue or identify errors in a piece of text, promoting active engagement with punctuation rules. Dramatic Readings: During reading sessions, have students practice using inverted commas by identifying and performing dialogue, enhancing their understanding of how punctuation affects the way text is read and understood. The “Inverted Commas Poster” is not just a teaching aid but a launchpad for developing confident and competent writers. By making this poster a staple in your classroom, you can ensure that your students will grasp the importance of inverted commas, paving the way for their success in writing and beyond. Equip your classroom with this indispensable resource today, and take the first step towards punctuation perfection!

Transform your students into sentence construction experts with the “Features of a Sentence Poster” – a visually engaging and informative guide to building strong, coherent sentences! Our poster is a comprehensive visual reference that outlines the key components that make up a well-structured sentence. It covers essential elements such as subjects, predicates, objects, clauses, and various types of punctuation. With clear examples and colorful illustrations, the poster simplifies complex ideas, making them accessible and memorable for learners of all levels. Teachers can leverage the power of this poster in their classrooms to: Anchor Instruction: Use the poster as a central teaching tool when introducing or reviewing sentence structure, ensuring that students understand the foundational building blocks of effective writing. Visual Reminder: Display the poster prominently in the classroom as a constant visual reminder for students, reinforcing daily the core features of a sentence. Writing Workshops: Refer to the poster during writing workshops or one-on-one conferencing to help students self-edit and improve their sentence construction. Interactive Activities: Create games and activities where students build sentences that align with the features displayed on the poster, promoting active engagement with grammatical concepts. Peer Teaching: Encourage more advanced students to use the poster as a guide when helping their peers understand sentence features, fostering a collaborative learning environment. Critical Thinking: Challenge students to identify and correct poorly constructed sentences by comparing them with the correct structures outlined on the poster, enhancing their analytical skills. The “Features of a Sentence Poster” is an essential resource for any classroom dedicated to developing strong writing skills. It demystifies sentence structure, allowing students to approach writing with confidence and clarity. Invest in this poster today and watch as your students’ writing evolves from simple strings of words to sophisticated and well-formed sentences. Take the first step towards creating a community of capable and enthusiastic writers in your classroom!

This activity focuses on tally charts, pictograms and block diagrams. Learning Outcome: To interpret and construct simple tally charts, pictograms and block diagrams. First they must create a tally chart using the information given, then turn this tally chart into a pictogram. Part of this also requires them to create a key which links a symbol to represent 2 sandwiches. Next they use the block diagram and tally chart to create a block diagram. Lastly there are some questions that help them to interpret the data.

Year 4: Electricity Follow Up Task: Circuits Follow-up task: LO: I can ask relevant questions and predict what might happen. This is a follow up task to check children’s understanding around circuits. The activity requires children to predict what will happen for a particular circuit and explain why.

Year 4 - PSHE - Researching different celebrations and cultures. In this lesson you will give your class the opportunity to research different prominent celebrations from around the world There are 6 celebrations but you could add more. I have used Eid, Chinese New Year, The Sabbath, Thanksgiving, Diwali and Easter. An example of the type of questions asked are below: What celebration am I researching? Eid Who celebrates it? Where is it celebrated? How do people celebrate it? What do I need to join in the celebration? When is it celebrated? What feelings are felt during this celebration? Happiness Thoughtfulness Sadness Hope Remembrance Why?

Year 4 - Electricity - Cloze Activity This is a short activity where children need to fill in the gaps about electricity. This could be used as an AFL activity completed at the end of a unit to check understanding.

This activity surrounds the 4Rs in the Learning to Learn. Resilience, reciprocity, resourcefulness and reflectiveness. There are 4 worksheets, each with a many in the middle and bubbles around the outside for children to write down how they can be like that man.

Guided Reading - Fantastic Mr Fox 6 Week Plan This 6 week guided reading plan focuses on The Fantastic Mr Fox by Roald Dahl. This plan follows group-based guiding reading approach meaning that each /table or group will complete a different activity on each day. This package includes a detailed plan that lays out the schedule for the whole 6 weeks, alongside this there are follow-up tasks that relate to each weeks activities. Example Plan: Book Intro/ recap: (5 mins) Introduce new text (chn should have listened to ebook Chapters 1 The Three Farmers and 2 Mr Fox prior to session) Read chapters 1 and 2 to the children. What were the farmers’ name? Challenge pwb: Collect all the adjectives and adverbs that describe the farmers. What kind of an impression do these words make together? Which farmer would you rather work for? Explain your answer. Strategy Check: (5 mins) Explain that when reading you will always encounter new words. What can we do if we find a word we don’t understand? Elicit use a dictionary. How will this help us when reading a text? State LO. Explain that today we will learn to use a dictionary accurately to look up tricky words and find their definitions. Independent reading: (5 mins) Chn read extract/ area of focus. Response to the text: (10 minutes) Model process thinking aloud using alphabetical order to find a tricky word. Read the meaning. Discuss. Put into a sentence. Ask chn to put inot a sentence of their own (using context in book to help them) In pairs, chn to repeat for another word. Then independently when reading the text. Feedback at end. Was it useful? How did it help you to understand the text? Do you like the text so far? Introduce follow up task.

Year 4 - Guided Reading - The Twits - Roald Dahl This four week guided reading plan focuses on The Twits by Roald Dahl. This plan follows a whole class guided reading approach meaning that all children are required to do the same activity on each day. The activities are differentiated. The activities include a follow up task, comprehension, language activity and spelling focus. Example Plan: Text: The Twits by Roald Dahl Children to read up to page 22 individually Content Domain: Ask question to improve understanding of text Have questions on the board and in pairs children discuss the answers. As a class discuss the answers using the text to help. What was Mrs Twit like when she was younger? What did Mr Twit have in his bead? What was the first trick Mrs Twit played on Mr Twit? What did Mr Twit do to Mrs Twit’s walking stick? How did Mr Twit explain to Mrs Twit what had happened to her walking stick? Read pages 23-30. Discuss what happened in the story so far. Activity: Ch to think about the story so far. Ch to think about who do you think is the worse person; Mr or Mrs Twit? Ch to use evidence (quotes) and the tricks to support their answer. Spelling Focus: [SHORT ACTIVITY] The suffix –ly is added to an adjective to form an adverb. The rules already learnt still apply. The suffix –ly starts with a consonant letter, so it is added straight on to most root words Exceptions: (1) If the root word ends in –y with a consonant letter before it, the y is changed to i, but only if the root word has more than one syllable. (2) If the root word ends with –le, the –le is changed to –ly. (3) If the root word ends with –ic, –ally is added rather than just –ly, except in the word publicly. The words truly, duly, wholly. Comprehension (differentiated): Ch to read and answer the questions based on the story they have read so far. Ch to mark their answers after. Free reading – any text Free writing – writing a new introduction to the Iron Man. Challenge: Can they include any of the spelling words we have focused on?

How to run Sports Day! In this resources pack you have everything you need (minus the actual equipment and children) to run an extremely exciting and fun sports day that parents and children will enjoy. Resource pack includes: Pictures to go alongside events Carousel of activities for KS1 Carousel of activities for KS2 Staff information sheets Letter home to parents Scoring sheets for staff for each event Any questions, please do not hesitate to comment below or email me directly.

Year 4 - Guided Reading - The Reluctant Dragon This two week guided reading plan focuses on The Reluctant Dragon by David Lucas. This plan follows a whole class guided reading approach meaning that all children are required to do the same activity on each day. The activities are differentiated. The activities include a follow up task, comprehension, language activity and spelling focus. Example Plan: Text: The Reluctant Dragon Day 1: Children to have the front cover of the text and first page and complete table What techniques can you see? Is the Reluctant Dragon going to be a villain or a hero? What tells you this? Children to read pages 1 - 11 in pairs. Content Domain: Identifying, discussing and collecting effective words and phrases which capture the reader’s interest and imagination e.g. metaphors, similes Making predictions based on information stated and implied Possible Questions: pp2-5 What is the difference between “terrible” and “terrified”? Does the shepherd’s wife look frightened? What about his son? p8 The boy says “Don’t worry.” Do you think his parents are: very worried – a little bit worried – not at all worried? p11 What kind of questions would you ask a dragon? Activity: Make a prediction about what might happen in the story Day 2: Follow Up Task Content Domain: Identifying main ideas drawn from more than one paragraph and summarising these Children to read pages 12 - 30 in pairs. Activity: Look at pages 12- 30 in pairs. Write down any figurative language. Pick out similes, metaphors adjectives that evoke the scene. e.g I suppose the Earth sneezed or shook itself. Day 3: Spelling Focus: [SHORT ACTIVITY] See Slides on IWB Day 4: Comprehension Children to read pages 31 - 40 in pairs. Content Domain: Analysing and comparing a range of plot structures. Activity: Children to complete a range of questions using different skills. True/False, matching different sentence starters and endings, ordering the story. Day 5: Free reading – any text Free writing – writing a new introduction to The Reluctant Dragon. Challenge: Can they include any of the spelling words we have focused on?

KS2 English - Persuasive Writing In this 1 week unit your class will write a persuasive letter to the Headteacher of your school persuading them of the value of swimming, and to Henry persuading him to buy our listening device . This 1 Week lesson unit pack includes interactive whiteboard slides, detailed lesson plans, and daily differentiated activities to support your class. Main Learning Outcomes: (This should be progressive but each stage can be revisited in the teaching cycle.) Familiarisation with text: I am learning to understand the purpose and styles of a persuasive text Analysing Text, language features and organisation: I am learning to understand the language and structural features of a persuasive text Capturing ideas: I am learning to role-play, plan, orally rehearse a persuasive text Demonstration/Shared/Supported/Joint Construction Writing: I am learning to jointly construct a persuasive text End of topic (Big Writing) I can write a persuasive text independently

Immerse yourself in the captivating world of flora with ‘Poems About Flowers’. This enchanting collection of poetry is a tribute to the beauty, strength and diversity of flowers, showcasing a variety of poetic forms. Written by a talented primary school teacher, this book features 350 poems about ten types of flowers: poppies, tulips, carnations, lavender, sunflowers, roses, daisies, daffodils, orchids, and lilies. Each flower is depicted through unique poetic forms including free verse poems, haikus, limericks, tanka poems, sonnets, odes, and villanelle poems, offering a rich tapestry of language and imagery. ‘Poem About Flowers’ is not just a collection of poems, but also an inspiring tool designed to encourage young minds to express themselves through poetry. The author’s passion for teaching and writing shines through each page, making it an ideal read for anyone who enjoys poetry or has an appreciation for the natural beauty of flowers. In addition to its captivating content, the book is visually stunning, filled with beautiful images of flowers that complement the poems and enhance the reading experience. Whether you’re a seasoned poetry lover or new to the genre, ‘Poem About Flowers’ promises to whisk you away on a journey through blooming fields and fragrant gardens, one poem at a time. This book is a testament to the author’s creativity and love for nature, making it a must-have for your collection.

Introducing our engaging 2-Week Writing Unit, thoughtfully designed to teach students the art of writing clear and concise instructions. The first week (3 days) focuses on the simple task of “How to butter toast,” while the second week dives into the more complex topic of “How to make a healthy breakfast.” Key Features: End of Topic (Big Writing): By the end of this unit, students will have mastered the art of writing an effective set of instructions. They’ll be able to simplify complex tasks into understandable steps, an essential skill for both academic and everyday life. Includes: This comprehensive package comes with interactive PowerPoint slides, illustrative models, detailed lesson plans, engaging activities, and thorough risk assessments. These resources aim to provide a holistic learning experience that caters to different learning styles. Main Learning Outcomes: Setting the Context: Students will start by reading and following instructions, discussing how to complete them, and then applying these instructions in context. This hands-on approach will help them understand the importance of clear instructions in practical situations. Deconstruction: This stage will focus on dissecting the text features crucial to writing instructions - imperatives, time connectives, and adverbs. Understanding these elements is key to creating coherent and easy-to-follow instructions. Joint Composition: During the first three days, students will engage in setting the context and participating in joint composition activities. This collaborative approach encourages peer learning and enhances understanding. Independent Writing: After gaining a solid foundation, students will write their own set of instructions. This gives them the opportunity to apply what they’ve learned and develop their instructional writing skills. End of Topic (Big Writing): As the culmination of the unit, students will demonstrate their mastery of instructional writing, showcasing their ability to break down tasks into step-by-step instructions. Embark on this exciting journey with our 2-Week Writing Unit, and let’s transform your students into adept instructional writers!

Introducing our comprehensive 1-Week Writing Unit, a fascinating exploration and comparison between Behenjy and Enfield, North London. This unit is designed to immerse students in the art of crafting an informative text that delves into the contrasts and similarities between these two unique locations. Key Details: End of Unit (Big Writing): Students will learn to write an informative text providing a comparative study of Enfield and Behenjy. This exercise will not only enhance their writing skills but also broaden their understanding of diverse cultures and environments. Smart Notebook Slides/Models/Plans/Activities: Our resource-rich package includes engaging Smart Notebook slides, illustrative models, detailed lesson plans, and interactive activities to facilitate a dynamic learning experience. Learning Objectives Encountered in This Unit: Reading – Comprehension: Students will engage with a variety of non-fiction texts including information, explanations, instructions, recounts, reports. They will discuss and understand how information is organized within these texts using elements like text boxes, sub-headings, bullet points, glossaries, and diagrams. Spoken Language: The unit encourages students to ask relevant questions, participate in discussions, presentations, performances, role play, improvisations and debates, fostering their communication skills and knowledge extension. Writing – Composition: Students will plan, discuss, and write about real and fictional events. They will learn to use specific text features for various audiences and purposes such as instructing, informing, entertaining, explaining, discussing, and persuading. They will also edit, improve, evaluate their writing with adults and peers, and proofread for errors in spelling, grammar, and punctuation. Writing - Vocabulary, Grammar and Punctuation: The unit will guide students to construct and punctuate simple and compound sentences using connectives like ‘and’, ‘but’ and ‘or’. They will learn to use sentences with different forms: statement, question, command, exclamation. They will also use commas to separate items in a list and apply present tense for non-chronological reports. This 1-Week Writing Unit is more than just a writing exercise; it’s a journey into the world of informative text creation, stimulating curiosity, fostering language skills, and enhancing cultural understanding.