A lesson plan with 13 lessons and associated resources, including the main teaching Power Point. You can now also buy our comprehensive planning, resources and extra ideas for the follow-up book The Day the Crayons Came Home. Look for the author LittleDude2011 Objectives covered in this unit are: Prediction and inference Vocabulary - using words in context/finding meaning Using a dictionary Locating and summarising information Reading - retrieval Writing - a letter Punctuating speech Using ISPACED Reading - what’s the question? Parenthesis Relative clauses Poetry Subjunctive form Persuasive writing

3 week block of planning and resources for a Traditional Tales unit with the writing element of flashbacks. Texts suggested but not included and will need to be sourced separately. Includes a main teaching SMART Notebook to accompany teaching. Resources also include bespoke editable worksheets. Some PPTs are referenced which are not included due to copyright.

This is a two week unit of work on biographies. It has cross curricular links with the Earth, Sun and Moon topic in Science as it uses the biography of Neil Armstrong in the first week of planning.

A full lesson plan for an English lesson observation relating to Macbeth. The power-point covers all aspects of the lesson from starter to plenary.

Script for a whole class assembly on discrimination

3 songs for end of year/leavers’ events and assemblies Fearless (Lionheart) -Joel Corry and Tom Grennan (Our Primary School) Remind Me - Tom Grennan (Remind Me/Won’t Be Easy) Bad Hair Day of TikTok fame. Ideal to add a fun dance to. If you would like a sound file with a recording of the new lyrics drop us a message with your email to ksimpson@hedworthlane.s-tyneside.sch.uk and we’ll send it to you after you’ve downloaded this resource. Hope they are of some use-enjoy! LOOK OUT FOR A BUNDLE OF OUR BACK CATALOGUE FOR AN AMAZING PRICE. ONLY HAVE SOUND FILES FOR 2020-2023

A fun and engaging lesson for upper KS2 but easily adaptable for lower KS2. Fast paced for accelerated progress. Tried and tested in Y6 (upper mid-low ability) Pupils will use prior knowledge and extend learning of fractions of amounts and mixed number and improper fractions to work out 'who done it'. Based on the popular game of Cluedo (most recently known as Clue) the task is to solve where, when and who committed the maths crime by calculating fractions of amounts, converting mixed number and improper fractions and identifying equivalent fractions. Perfect for Ofsted, an observation, an interview or in addition to your weekly teaching. *Find all supporting worksheets and main teaching PowerPoint in our PREMIUM resources. A ready-made, tried and tested, successful and highly rated lesson. Fully differentiated oral/mental starter, main session teaching and independent tasks.* Another time saver from us to you!

This power-point has practical tips, hints on test technique and opportunities to consolidate pupils' general knowledge needed for the current (2016) Reasoning Paper . It has been produced by Year 6 teachers to use as a an assessment tool throughout the year, revising reasoning paper content. It can be included in weekly planning, or at the end of a unit of work.

Script for a whole class assembly. The assembly features basic information about France and has cross curricular links with RE as it has the bible story Noah's Ark to perform.

Script for an assembly on electricity and its potential dangers.

These levelled questions linked to reasoning paper topics can be used to go over last minute examples with Year 6 children. Each set of questions are related to particular topics like data handling, fractions and area and perimeter. Look out for a Handy Hints power-point linked to identified gaps in this year's Reasoning Paper 2 ready for tomorrow's Reasoning Paper 3!

A great time-saving and engaging quiz for upper key stage 1 and KS2. The resources include a PPT of questions, quiz answers and answer sheets for teams/individuals. This activity is a great way to get to know your class and have a bit of fun! There are 9 rounds including general knowledge, pictures, music, science and nature and film. This quiz is excellent value for money, and can be used throughout the term with other sets of children or adapted for your own use in future.

Script for a whole class assembly on France and learning to speak French.

Script for a whole class assembly

The resources include PPTs which can be used as consolidation of a subject or ongoing revision for KS2 tests. 5 fun and quick activities to refresh SPAG knowledge. The children are asked to identify- within a time frame set by yourself- antonyms, synonyms and contractions. Answer grid for pupils also provided. All PPTs can be adapted to cover a range of other topics.

Another 5 starter PPTs for KS2 maths lessons. Topics include pairs to 60 (time), divisions, pairs to 1000, subtracting within 20 and adding within 20. Ideal for consolidation or quick revision before maths lessons. Weekly/daily use of these PPTs has made mental maths skills and recall of key facts much better with my current year 6 class. Hope you find them useful too!

To match the new 2016 tests, this presentation has 7 weekly mental maths tests which cover questions related to time, money, tables facts and more. It also covers the consolidation of key facts such as squaring/cubing numbers and conversions of time and length . In addition, there are 7 arithmetic paper sets of questions based on a range of skills from short multiplication to multiplying multiples of 10. These key skills were required for many questions on the 2016 maths papers so daily/weekly revision is essential. The 7 weeks cover the second half of the Autumn term. More presentations will follow for the rest of the year, which will develop other aspects of mental maths and arithmetic skills needed for the new style maths tests.

Lesson plan and resources for a tried and tested maths observation about short multiplication. I used this for a mid to low ability Year 6 class but resources could be easily adapted for any key stage 2 class. All resources are provided including starter 'Train your Brain' PPT and all differentiated worksheets.