Two texts based around Halloween AND comprehension questions suitable for years 3-5. 1. Where 'Jack O Lanterns' came from and questions 2. A story 'Croglin Grange' with questions related (year 4-5.)

What is ‘Black Friday’ (shopping event.) How did it originate? Includes a text in Newspaper style about the event and comprehension questions based on this, ideal for a talking point and could lead into some excellent discussions in year 5/6 regarding marketing / advertising etc. I used this last year very successfully and it generated a great deal of valuable discussion.

WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE ASSEMBLY ADDITION! A collection of unique resources about bonfire night. Includes… -Uniquely designed ‘Gunpowder Plot Story.’ -Uniquely designed by myself ‘Who Wants to be a Millionaire’ that can be used for many other topics easily, all sounds effects etc included! -Uniquely designed article about how last year letters were discovered worth 60,000 -Powerpoint including fire safety points and fire safety advert. Also with a brief History of Bonfire night, all designed in the same sheet as the worksheets. Great as an assembly or for use in class. - Guy Fawkes poem -Task to alphabetically order key words -Highly detailed ‘fact file’ (4 page document) in which children are required to make their own simplified ‘profiles’ on the main conspirators of the Gunpowder Plot. In its current form a great activity for year 5/6 although very easily adapted for years 3/4. (Worksheet included.) -Simple Storyboard for younger / SEN children and a more complex one with space for more writing for older children. -The history of fireworks Powerpoint presentation -To try and help I have downloaded TWO videos from youtube, please note I do not claim to own these clips, just thought they may be useful if you were doing the topic. Another excellent video to watch with older pupils is the Nick Knowles ‘Gunpowder Plot.’

Weekly Simile Shape Poems Plan Y3

Worksheet where children have to identify what the lancashire dialect phrases mean in standard English.

A homework children could do to raise the profile of reading and then the books discussed in class.

A prompt I made than can be used in a variety of ways for children to describe a 'new world&' / alien world.

Can be either used as an eye witness account in Newspaper topic (or) a simple character description.

Can be used in a variety of subjects. What I know, what I want to know and what I have learned.

Blank lesson plan format for both Literacy and Numeracy that you may consider adopting

A nice activity for children to think about designing their own robot.

Powerpoint designed to spark discussion around 'famous authors.&'

Smart notebook file aimed at demonstrating how to improve sentences through expansion (can be used as a time filler.)

We gave our classes a homework project based around finding about an animal of their choice. These sheets were given out once a week to help guide them with 'how to write a homework project.&' They can obviously be adapted. Extract..... &';So far you have... -Gathered together resources -Made a title page -Decided on sections to split your project into and made brief notes. -Written the introduction and ‘where they live.’ -Written about what they look like -Written about what they eat / how they hunt' If you find the resource useful please comment or rate.

What would it be like to live aboard a space station, whiteboard video prompt I made.

Where, were, their, there... just a prompt to stick in books

The first set of activities I designed for my year 4 class who do 'reading response.&' This means after / during reading a book they take on one of the following tasks.