Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar (SPaG) Inverted Commas - KS2. Since the 2014 national curriculum, when the SPaG test was introduced and updated to became more challenging. Now, children are taught and officially tested on these specific skills in spelling, punctuation and grammar in year 2 and 6. Children are expected to learn and develop essential English skills that improves their speech and writing quality overall. Hence, it is important children learn these skills such as understanding how to use inverted commas and how use them to improve their writings. This lesson comes with a fully Editable PowerPoint (Learning Objectives, and Engaging Premium Quality Slides). There are 11 PowerPoint slides for this lesson. The task for this lesson is to complete a Inverted Commas’ worksheet. Learning Objective: To understand when to use inverted commas. To use inverted commas in writing.

Success Steps - Writing Checklists - Y5- Upper KS2 This resource enables teachers to mark children’s writing with regards to their level (working towards, working at expected and working at greater depth) and expectation for their age group. There is a self-assessment and teacher assessment checklist. This resource includes 3 writing checklists: working towards, working at expected and working at greater depth. The resources are ready to print.

Success Steps - Writing Checklists - Y4- Lower KS2 This resource enables teachers to mark children’s writing with regards to their level (working towards, working at expected and working at greater depth) and expectation for their age group. There is a self-assessment and teacher assessment checklist. This resource includes 3 writing checklists: working towards, working at expected and working at greater depth. The resources are ready to print.

Reading Resource - Blank - True or False, Prove it! - KS1/KS2 This reading resource is in an editable word document. This is a blank resource which means teachers can create a statement based on the text they provide. These statements can be true or false. The purpose is to get children to ‘prove it’ by using the text to retrieve and record key information and then identifying whether the the statement is true or false. The activity can be extended by asking the pupils to write down two true and one false statement themselves. They then exchange these with other group members and repeat the above process.

Reading Resource - Senses Star - KS1/KS2 This reading resource is fully editable and in the word document format. This activity encourages children to use their senses (eyes-sight, nose-smell, ears- sound, hands-touch, mouth- taste and heart to represent personality) map out a character’s emotions and actions - whether this is a character from a book, film or their own creation on an outline of a body. This reading resource comes in a horizontal and vertical form. It also comes with a key words document to help with sense specific words. The activity can be extended by asking the pupils to write down their own descriptive words (adjectives) related to the character of study. Children can use a dictionary to explore more vocabulary. This reading activity can be used as partner, group, and individual work. The Senses Star template can be printed in A4 and A3 formats.

Reading Resource - Zones of Relevance - KS1/KS2 These reading resources are editable and in the word document format. This resource comes with two documents one with the Zones of Relevance template and a list of Zones of Relevance (descriptive words, adjectives). This activity requires children to visually sort a set of words based on how relevant they are to a given subject, such as a piece of writing based on a character or an image. Words are sorted in three groups irrelevant, relevant and most relevant. The activity can be extended by asking the pupils to write down their own descriptive words (adjectives) related to the character of study. Children can use a dictionary to explore more vocabulary. This reading activity can be used as partner, group, and individual work. The Zones of Relevance template can be printed in A4 and A3 formats.

Success Steps - Writing Checklists - Y6- Upper KS2 This resource enables teachers to mark children’s writing with regards to their level (working towards, working at expected and working at greater depth) and expectation for their age group. There is a self-assessment and teacher assessment checklist. This resource includes 3 writing checklists: working towards, working at expected and working at greater depth. The resources are ready to print.

Guided Reading - True or False, Prove it! - KS2 - Yoko Ono - Japan - Non- Fiction This reading activity is in an editable word document. A PowerPoint Presentation is also included for structure purposes (An optional hot seat plenary slide is also included at the end). The PPT also includes the parts of the article. The pack Includes three documents, a poster, a short article about Yoko Ono and a True or False, Prove it! activity. These statements are based on the article provided. These statements can be true or false. The purpose is to get children to ‘prove it’ by using the text to retrieve and record key information and then identifying whether the the statement is true or false.

Maths - Measurement - Time - Hours, Minutes and Seconds - KS1- Lower KS2 This lesson focuses on the time measurements seconds, minutes and hours. Time awareness, how long each time measurement of a second, minute and an hour. The lesson looks at time facts such as 60 seconds in one minute and 60 minutes in one hour. Simple and straight forward. This lesson is in PowerPoint format and can be taught as it is or changed to suit individual classes. Detailed PowerPoint Lesson with 13 slides. This lesson comes with a suggested activity or task that is also attached. A song is also included. The task for this lesson is to complete a daily morning routine and a stopwatch activity. Learning objectives To understand the importance of time To measure and record time

Maths - Measurement - Time - O’ Clock - Lesson 3 - KS1-Lower KS2 This lesson focuses on time telling and reading o’clock timings. Very simple and easy to understand. This lesson is in PowerPoint format and can be taught as it is or changed to suit individual classes. Detailed PowerPoint Lesson with 18 slides. This lesson comes with a suggested activity or task that is also attached. The task for this lesson is to complete a worksheet and a plenary task if time permits. Learning objectives To learn to identify and read the time To use term O’clock

Maths - Measurement - Time - Clock Hands - Lesson 2 - KS1-Lower KS2 This lesson focuses on learning time facts, how many minutes in an hour? how many seconds in a minute? 5 minute intervals. Minute and hour clock hand. Simple and straight forward. This lesson is in PowerPoint format and can be taught as it is or changed to suit individual classes. Detailed PowerPoint Lesson with 16 slides. This lesson comes with a suggested activity or task that is also attached. The task for this lesson is to complete a worksheet. Learning objectives To learn to identify clock hands To draw hands on a clock to show times

Maths - Measurement - Time - Half Past - Lesson 4 - KS1-Lower KS2 This lesson focuses on time telling and reading half past timings. Very simple and easy to understand. This lesson is in PowerPoint format and can be taught as it is or changed to suit individual classes. Detailed PowerPoint Lesson with 19 slides. This lesson comes with a suggested activity or task that is also attached. The task for this lesson is to complete a worksheet and a plenary task if time permits. Learning objectives To learn to identify and read the time To use the terms half past and O’clock

Maths Resources - Ten Frame (10) - Blank Template - KS1/KS2 The ten frame is a pictorial representation. That helps children develop the skill of subitizing. Subitizing is when a child can instantly recognise ‘how many’ something is without having to count. Ten frames are two-by-five rectangular frames that form a base for which objects like counters, cubes and objects can be placed to represent a particular number. The ten frame helps create a solid foundation of understanding numbers. Both KS1 and KS2 children with a good foundation will begin to really explore numbers and number bonds to 10. This template comes in both vertical and horizontal formats. It also comes in a A4 page but can be enlarged and be printed on A3.

Maths Resources - Ten Frame (20) - Blank Template - KS1/KS2 The ten frame is a pictorial representation. That helps children develop the skill of subitizing. Subitizing is when a child can instantly recognise ‘how many’ something is without having to count. Ten frames are two-by-five rectangular frames that form a base for which objects like counters, cubes and objects can be placed to represent a particular number. This template has two ten frames, so a number can be totalled up to 20. The ten frame helps create a solid foundation of understanding numbers. Both KS1 and KS2 children with a good foundation will begin to really explore numbers and number bonds to 10. This template comes in both vertical and horizontal formats. It also comes in a A4 page but can be enlarged and be printed on A3.