Christmas reading comprehension written from the point of view of a Christmas Tree. Just over one page of text with a 15 mark reading comprehension quiz. Questions include: retrieval true and false word comprehension inference Answers are included for ease of marking.

Greater depth task for Greater Depth able year sixes. Three problems based on Santa’s Sleigh that include: volume surface area lengths in metres Four operations required to solve the problems: multiplication (short and long) long division addition/subtraction Answers are included for ease of marking.

Santa’s Sleigh problem incorporating multi-step problems and reasoning. Areas of maths required: volume surface area length long multiplication long division addition/subtraction. Answers included for ease of marking.

2 page reading comprehension where Father Christmas writes his own festive wish-list to the children. Activity is accompanied by a 22 mark reading comprehension quiz consisting of questions based on: retrieval Fact or opinion True of false Synonyms Word comprehension inference recall Answers are included in a separate file for ease of marking.

Match up task where children need to match the relevant polyhedron with both its name and correct properties. There is a 1 and 2 star sheet with the same content but a difference in how much information is given to the child. Shapes include, pyramids, prisms, sphere/hemisphere, cube/cuboid etc.

Match-up task where children identify different four sided and three sided shapes with their correct names. Included are: square, rhombus, parallelogram, trapezoid, equilateral, isosceles, scalene, kite, rectangle. There is a 1 and 2 star sheet (same content) where less information is given on the higher sheet and relies more on the child’s prior knowledge.

Task where children match up 2D polygons with their correct names. The task is differentiated 3 ways where the higher sheets provide less information and rely more on pupil prior knowledge. Sheet includes square, pentagon, hexagon, heptagon, octogon, nonogon, decagon.

Three way differentiated task on calculating the area of parallelograms and triangles. One star sheet - Handling of triangle and quadrilateral areas using simpler numbers. Two star sheet - Handling of triangle and parallelogram areas where long multiplication will need to be applies - also touches on splitting whole numbers. Three star sheet - Larger areas and numbers to be handled and problems that require reasoning and working systematically.

Three differentiated worksheets incorporating area and perimeter of rectangles (touching a little on compound shapes). One star sheet for basic understanding of A and P, with more manageable numbers. Two star Sheet for middle understanding where larger numbers and long multiplication are required to solve problems. Three star sheet with more challenging problems that require more than one step and a degree of reasoning and working systematically** Answers are included for ease of marking.

Ten question reading comprehension (comprising of 14 marks) on a poem that discusses lockdown in the past tense. Questions include: Retrieval True and false Synonyms Antonyms Inference Answers are included in a separate document for ease of marking. Good as a time filler, short exercise or welcome back to school task. Can also be paired with artwork or English poetry writing task.

A 24 mark reading comprehension written in non-fiction style. 4 paragraphs for children to read and then answer questions on. Question types include: Retrieval Synonyms Word comprehension Inference Fact and Opinion True or False A great resource for SAT preparation, general reading practise, guided reading or all three! Answer scheme included for ease of marking.

A 32 Mark reading comprehension detailing the early and political life of Winston Churchill. Two pages in non-chronological report style. Question types include: retrieval inference True/false Synonyms/word comprehension Justification of answers Answers included in second file for ease of marking. Ideal for SATs practice, general reading practice, guided/whole class reading, topic based research.

20 mark non-fiction reading comprehension on trucking. Good practise for SATs preparation. Questions types include: Retrieval Inference True/false Chronological ordering Synonyms Word comprehension Included as Word and PDF with separate answer file for ease of marking.

2-page reading comprehension River Systems and how they flow from source to mouth. Includes passages on the different river courses, meanders, deposition and erosion. Question types include: retrieval true/false word comprehension Answers included for ease of marking.

Year 5 and 6 reading comprehension based on esafety and keeping safe on the internet. 22 mark reading comprehension. Comprehension discusses the stranger dangers associated with online gaming/use, gaming addiction and how to look after yourself during online activities. Reading comprhension covers the following areas in the questioning. information retrieval word comprehension/synonyms Fact and opinion inference Answers are included for ease of marking

A reading comprehension about Bonfire Night, comprising of a short poem and a first-person text about the author’s view of November 5th. This text can be used in guided reading, whole-class guided reading or independent reading. The text is accompanied by a comprehension quiz. Text can also be used for modelling writing and GPS. Examples of the following can be found in the text: similes alliteration metaphor multi-clause sentences Subordinating and coordinating conjunctions synonyms fact/opinion true/false inference

3 Differentiated Grids of words (20 in each) that are often spelled incorrectly. Children start off with a number points and lose 10, 100 or 1000 points for each incorrect spelling they have circled (number of points lost depends on the difficulty of the challenge). Lower Ability will start on 200 points and focuses mostly on short/frequently used words that are often seen to be spelled incorrectly. Middle Ability will start with 2000 points. Higher Ability (more challenging content) start with 20,000 points. Task is ideal for a starter challenge - at the beginning of the school day or English/literacy. Answer Sheets are included in a separate document for either teacher, peer or self marking.

A mean average word problem task with two levels of differentiation. Basic finding the mean and a second sheet incorporating more challenging problems. Basic word problems Interpreting information from tables and find the mean For the two short, a question is also included that includes fractions and giving a fractional answer (this will involve adding fractions with different denominators and finding the average of the result). This worksheet is available in both Word and PDF formats and can be given out in class as part of a plenary, main activity or for online learning.

Pack comprises of an 8 slide powerpoint presentation that allows children to discuss and work on several problems in either groups or pairs, using the rule divide, down, denominator (works with my class) Process used - multiplying the denominator by the whole number. note - in the SAT arithmetic paper, it is not necessary to simplify an answer but it is encouraged as good practice in the worksheets Two four question worksheets (differentiated as one and two star). For greater depth, answers are to be simplified and converted into decimal for (up to 3 places). One arithmetic worksheet.

A Year 5/6 reading comprehension that can be used as an effective SAT practice. Short first person story, (true story as told by the author) about the time he accidentally adopted a cat! Story is accompanied by a 20 mark comprehension paper and answers for ease of marking. A good activity to fill a 30 minute timeslot and answer the style of questions that usually come up in May’s reading papers. Question types include: true/false, fact/opinion, chronological ordering, retrieval, synonyms.