I aim to produce complete resources, assessments and units of work that will save teachers many hours of planning, finding worksheets, making flip-charts, writing assessments etc. and to sell them at incredible prices. My resources for Year 6 Maths SATs are comprehensive and great value!
I aim to produce complete resources, assessments and units of work that will save teachers many hours of planning, finding worksheets, making flip-charts, writing assessments etc. and to sell them at incredible prices. My resources for Year 6 Maths SATs are comprehensive and great value!
This is a collection of 18 fiction comprehensions. Each short extract represents a different fiction genre and comes with a range of comprehension questions. They are designed to be used weekly during comprehension or guided reading sessions, but could also be used for dictations, analysing grammar/punctuation techniques or as writing starters. Also included is a 72 page flipchart (ActivInspire - interactive; PowerPoint and PDF format) comprised of each fiction text and the accompanying questions - great for feeding back as a class and discussing the best answers for each question.
Genres: Adventure, Suspense, War, Science-Fiction, Wild West, Fantasy, Classic Horror, Comedy, Superhero, Myth, Pirate, Crime, Thriller, Fairy Tale, Legend, Fable, Play-script, Folk Tale
Objectives Covered:
Develop positive attitudes to reading and understanding of what they read by:
Listening to and discussing a wide range of fiction, poetry, plays, non-fiction and reference books or textbooks
Increasing their familiarity with a wide range of books
Understand what they read, in books they can read independently, by:
Checking that the text makes sense to them, discussing their understanding, and explaining the meaning of words in context
Asking questions to improve their understanding of a text
Drawing inferences such as inferring characters’ feelings, thoughts and motives from their actions, and justifying inferences with evidence
Predicting what might happen from details stated and implied
Identifying main ideas drawn from more than one paragraph and summarising these
Identifying how language, structure, and presentation contribute to meaning
Retrieve and record information from non-fiction
Provide reasoned justifications for their views
ALSO AVAILABLE: The Non-Fiction Pack or The Fiction & Non-Fiction Pack
KS2 Non-Fiction Comprehensions
KS2 Fiction & Non-Fiction Comprehensions
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This is a collection of 31 fiction and non-fiction comprehensions. Each text represents a different genre and comes with a range of comprehension questions. They are designed to be used weekly during comprehension or guided reading sessions, but could also be used for dictations, analysing grammar/punctuation techniques, exemplars or as writing starters. Also included is a 124 page flipchart (ActivInspire - interactive; PowerPoint and PDF format) comprised of each text and the accompanying questions - great for feeding back as a class and discussing the best answers for each question.
Genres: Adventure, Suspense, War, Science-Fiction, Wild West, Fantasy, Classic Horror, Comedy, Superhero, Myth, Pirate, Crime, Thriller, Fairy Tale, Legend, Fable, Play-script, Folk Tale, Information Text, Explanation Text, Persuasion, Diary, Letter, Postcard, Recount, Newspaper Report, Biography, Instructions, Advert, Brochure, Historical
Objectives Covered:
Develop positive attitudes to reading and understanding of what they read by:
Listening to and discussing a wide range of fiction, poetry, plays, non-fiction and reference books or textbooks
Increasing their familiarity with a wide range of books
Understand what they read, in books they can read independently, by:
Checking that the text makes sense to them, discussing their understanding, and explaining the meaning of words in context
Asking questions to improve their understanding of a text
Drawing inferences such as inferring characters’ feelings, thoughts and motives from their actions, and justifying inferences with evidence
Predicting what might happen from details stated and implied
Identifying main ideas drawn from more than one paragraph and summarising these
Identifying how language, structure, and presentation contribute to meaning
Retrieve and record information from non-fiction
Provide reasoned justifications for their views
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This is a bundle of all my science assessments for year 1 PLUS the accompanying posters/revision sheets. Please click on individual resources for full description and previews!
This is an assessment for Year 5 ‘Forces’ science objectives. Also included is a detailed mark scheme and a spreadsheet to record the results. This resource also comes with a beautifully designed poster that can be displayed in A3 or printed on A4 for revision!
Objectives Covered:
Explain that unsupported objects fall towards the Earth because of the force of gravity acting between the Earth and the falling object
Identify the effects of air resistance, water resistance and friction, that act between moving surfaces
Recognise that some mechanisms including levers, pulleys and gears allow a smaller force to have a greater effect
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Gattegno Charts are a great way of teaching the understanding of place value. Included in this resource pack are: a set of Gattegno Charts for whole class teaching (ranging between 10TH and thousandths); a flipchart for whole class teaching; an interactive Gattegno Chart (Excel) and a random worksheet generator.
NOTE: These resources are included in my Place Value Resource Pack
Objectives that can be covered include:
Recognise the place value of each digit in a 3-digit number (100s, 10s, 1s)
Identify, represent and estimate numbers using different representations
Solve number problems and practical problems involving these ideas
Recognise the place value of each digit in a four-digit number (1,000s, 100s, 10s, and 1s)
Read, write, order and compare numbers to at least 1,000,000 and determine the value of each digit
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Three assessments for Year 4 Addition and Subtraction objectives. Includes:
AS1: Add and subtract numbers with up to 4 digits using the formal written methods of column addition and subtraction where appropriate
AS2: Estimate and use inverse operations to check answers to a calculation
AS3: Solve addition and subtraction two-step problems in contexts, deciding which operations and methods to use and why
AND a mark scheme for all tests
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This is Lesson 1 of a four lesson Adding and Subtracting Fractions unit of work for Year 4 (although it is also suitable for year 5). In each pack you will find: Lesson plans (including for your TA), differentiated worksheets/activities (LA, MA and HA plus a challenge activity for deeper understanding/mastery), answer sheets for all activities and flipcharts for whole class teaching (in ActivInspire, PowerPoint and PDF format). Each pack will save you hours and hours of planning, resourcing, differentiating, finding challenging activities and generating flipcharts all for an amazing price. In addition, resources are uploaded in both PDF and Word format so that they can be edited to suit your needs.
Lesson 1 involves the children adding and subtracting fractions, first using visual representations and then without. The challenge activity: Missing number problems and adding visual representations where the denominators are different
Objectives covered in unit of work:
Add and subtract fractions with the same denominator
Add and subtract fractions with the same denominator and denominators that are multiples of the same number
The entire pack can be purchased either on a lesson by lesson basis or as a four day unit of work which also includes an assessment for the objective and a random worksheet generator tool.
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This is an assessment for Year 2 'Living Things and Their Habitats' science objectives. Also included is a detailed mark scheme and a spreadsheet to record the results.
Objectives Covered:
Explore and compare the differences between things that are living, dead, and things that have never been alive
Identify that most living things live in habitats to which they are suited and describe how different habitats provide for the basic needs of different kinds of animals and plants, and how they depend on each other
Identify and name a variety of plants and animals in their habitats, including microhabitats
Describe how animals obtain their food from plants and other animals, using the idea of a simple food chain, and identify and name different sources of food
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In this bundle you will find my KS2 Maths Assessments and my KS2 Science Assessments at a discounted price. Click on links below to preview both of these resources.
The packs include individual tests to assess all KS2 maths and science objectives; detailed mark schemes and spreadsheets to record and analyse the data. Please, leave feedback for this ‘must have’ resource!
This is a Spring Term Maths Assessment for Year 2 (uploaded in PDF and Word format, which is editable). ALL Year 2 maths objectives (NC 2014) are covered in the assessment. Also included is a mark scheme, instructions, tracking sheets and a spreadsheet to record the results and to give you an overall grade. The Spring assessment will allow children to demonstrate they are either below, working towards, meeting or exceeding the Year 2 objectives. This method of assessment quickly allows you not just to see individual pupils' weaknesses, but also weaknesses within the class and provides the teacher with an excellent evidence base. In this era of tracking without levels, this is an essential resource for all Year 2 teachers. Please, leave feedback for this amazing resource!
The entire pack of Year 2 assessments that includes the Autumn, Spring and Summer tests is also available, as are tests and packs for ALL year groups. Visit my shop (by clicking on my username) to find these resources, science assessments + lots more!
This is a Summer Term Maths Assessment for Year 5 (uploaded in PDF and Word format, which is editable). ALL Year 5 maths objectives (NC 2014) are covered in the assessment. Also included is a mark scheme, instructions, tracking sheets and a spreadsheet to record the results and to give you an overall grade. The Summer assessment will allow children to demonstrate they are either below, working towards, meeting, exceeding or well-exceeding the Year 5 objectives. This method of assessment quickly allows you not just to see individual pupils' weaknesses, but also weaknesses within the class and provides the teacher with an excellent evidence base. In this era of tracking without levels, this is an essential resource for all Year 5 teachers. Please, leave feedback for this amazing resource!
The entire pack of Year 5 assessments that includes the Autumn, Spring and Summer tests is also available, as are tests and packs for ALL year groups. Visit my shop (by clicking on my username) to find these resources, science assessments + lots more!
This is a Spring Term Maths Assessment for Year 5 (uploaded in PDF and Word format, which is editable). ALL Year 5 maths objectives (NC 2014) are covered in the assessment. Also included is a mark scheme, instructions, tracking sheets and a spreadsheet to record the results and to give you an overall grade. The Spring assessment will allow children to demonstrate they are either below, working towards, meeting or exceeding the Year 5 objectives. This method of assessment quickly allows you not just to see individual pupils' weaknesses, but also weaknesses within the class and provides the teacher with an excellent evidence base. In this era of tracking without levels, this is an essential resource for all Year 5 teachers. Please, leave feedback for this amazing resource!
The entire pack of Year 5 assessments that includes the Autumn, Spring and Summer tests is also available, as are tests and packs for ALL year groups. Visit my shop (by clicking on my username) to find these resources, science assessments + lots more!
This is a five lesson unit of work for teaching all dictionary and thesaurus objectives in KS2. In this resource pack you will find: Lesson plans (including for your TA), differentiated worksheets/activities (LA, MA and HA plus a challenge activity for deeper understanding/mastery), answer sheets for all activities (where possible) and flipcharts for whole class teaching (in ActivInspire, PowerPoint and PDF format). This pack will save you hours and hours of planning, resourcing, differentiating, finding challenging activities and generating flipcharts all for an amazing price. In addition, resources are uploaded in both PDF and Word format so that they can be edited to suit your needs. The children will love the fun activities and it turns what can be a rather sterile activity into something vibrant and worthwhile.
Lesson 1 begins with an introduction to the dictionary. It then involves the children organising words into alphabetical order. By doing this they can reveal the hidden word. A great introduction to how dictionaries are organised. The challenge activity requires children to organise a set of funny books into alphabetical order!
Lesson 2 involves the children learning to find words in a dictionary. They then must help Detective Howlmes repair his dictionary by finding definitions etc. The challenge activity: Deeper understanding of finding words in a dictionary given very little information.
Lesson 3 takes the children on a treasure hunt. Identify the misspelt words using a dictionary, generate coordinates, follow the coordinates using online map, find where the missing diamond is hidden. Great fun! The challenge: Complete the words with every other letter missing.
Lesson 4 involves the children learning to use a thesaurus. Roget’s thesaurus has been stolen. Detective Howlmes has written a crime report, can you improve it? The challenge: Can you correct the misuse of the thesaurus?
Lesson 5 involves the children using all their dictionary and thesaurus skills. Correct or change 20 words to open the secret door and find the stolen thesaurus.
BONUS: Also included is a 16 page PowerPoint of 5 minute challenges to complete using a dictionary or thesaurus + an editable version of this.
Objectives Covered:
To use dictionaries to check the meaning of words that they have read
To use dictionaries to check the spelling and meaning of words
To use the first 2 or 3 letters of a word to check its spelling in a dictionary
To use the first 3 or 4 letters of a word to check spelling, meaning or both of these in a dictionary
To use a thesaurus
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This is the "Amazing Facts" sheet from my KS2 Measures - Length resource
KS2 Measures - Length
Use it to inspire your pupils to learn all about length, convert lengths & compare lengths. Perfect if printed on A3 and laminated as a starter for length topics!
Objectives covered:
Measure, compare, add and subtract: lengths (m/cm/mm); mass (kg/g); volume/capacity (l/ml)
Convert between different units of measure [for example, kilometre to metre; hour to minute]
Convert between different units of metric measure [for example, kilometre and metre; centimetre and metre; centimetre and millimetre; gram and kilogram; litre and millilitre]
This is a Day 1 of a unit of work for teaching Volume objectives in year 6. In this resource pack, you will find: Lesson plans, differentiated worksheets (LA, MA/HA plus a challenge activity for deeper understanding/mastery), answer sheets for all activities and flipcharts for whole class teaching (in ActivInspire, PowerPoint and PDF format). This pack will save you hours and hours of planning, resourcing, differentiating, finding challenging activities and generating flipcharts all for an amazing price.
Day 1 focusses on finding the volume of cubes, cuboids and compound shapes by counting centimetre cubes and using strategies to find the number of cubes quickly. The challenge activity involves the children finding the volume of compound shapes comprised of different sized cubes.
Objectives covered:
Calculate, estimate and compare volume of cubes and cuboids using standard units, including cubic centimetres (cm³) and cubic metres (m³), and extending to other units [for example, mm³ and km³]
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This is a three-day unit of work for teaching Volume objectives in year 6. In this resource pack, you will find: Lesson plans, differentiated worksheets (LA, MA/HA plus a challenge activity for deeper understanding/mastery), answer sheets for all activities and flipcharts for whole class teaching (in ActivInspire, PowerPoint and PDF format). This pack will save you hours and hours of planning, resourcing, differentiating, finding challenging activities and generating flipcharts all for an amazing price.
Day 1 focusses on finding the volume of cubes, cuboids and compound shapes by counting centimetre cubes and using strategies to find the number of cubes quickly. The challenge activity involves the children finding the volume of compound shapes comprised of different sized cubes.
Day 2 introduces the concept that a formula can be used to find the volume of cubes and cuboids (mm, cm, m and km). The challenge activity: Three volume problems to encourage deeper understanding and mastery.
Day 3 focusses on problem solving involving volume. A set of 15 staggered problem solving cards for children to hone their problem-solving skills including challenge activities (problems 13-15) to demonstrate mastery.
ALSO INCLUDED: a bonus ‘volume random worksheet generator’ (Excel) that can be used for early bird, homework, revision or reinforcement.
Objectives covered:
Calculate, estimate and compare volume of cubes and cuboids using standard units, including cubic centimetres (cm³) and cubic metres (m³), and extending to other units [for example, mm³ and km³]
Recognise when it is possible to use formulae for area and volume of shapes
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Thousands of worksheets at the press of a button! This is a set of worksheet generators for all percentage objectives in KS2. Each Excel spreadsheet provides you with well-designed and thought out worksheets that can be randomised by the push of a button, so that no two sheets are the same. Each spreadsheet provides answers for the random worksheets, are differentiated (where possible) and set up for easy printing. The sheets can be used for early bird activities, class work, homework, revision or reinforcement. All you need to do is randomise and print! This resource is a ‘must have’ for all KS2 teachers and is a massive TIME SAVER!
NOTE: These worksheet generators are included in my Percentages Resource Pack
KS2 Percentages Pack
Objectives covered in this resource pack:
Solve problems which require knowing percentage and decimal equivalents of 1/2 , 1/4 , 1/5 , 2/5 , 4/5 and those fractions with a denominator of a multiple of 10 or 25
Recall and use equivalences between simple fractions, decimals and percentages, including in different contexts
Solve problems involving the calculation of percentages [for example, of measures and such as 15% of 360] and the use of percentages for comparison
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This is a collection of mental maths papers/tests for Primary children. The six spreadsheets include four sheets each, differentiated four ways (LA, MA, HA and Challenge) and include answer sheets. What makes these different to other published mental maths material, is that each sheet can be randomised by simply pushing F9 on your keyboard, so there are almost an unlimited combination of questions for each paper. This means they can be used as often as you like with very little repetition - simply randomise and print! Use them daily, weekly, termly or as you wish. Use them for early bird, homework or to regularly assess the children’s mental computation. Also included on the sheet is a record sheet if you wish to track pupil progress - simply fill in the names and record the results in the grid (scores will be colour coded for easy analysis).
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This is a complete resource for playing phonics bingo using the phase 3 phonemes. Each of the 25 spreadsheets have a list of words (100% editable) that the bingo cards randomly choose from to practise a chosen phoneme – just randomise and print! Then use the calling card list to play the game and make learning phonics a lot of fun! The previews represent only a fraction of this resource.
Phonemes covered: ai, air, ar, ch, ear, ee, er, igh, j, ng, oa, oi, oo, or, ow, qu, sh, th, ur, ure, v, w, x, y, z, zz + a blank spreadsheet to easily create your own cards.
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This is an Autumn Term Maths Assessment for Year 4 (uploaded in PDF and Word format, which is editable). ALL Year 4 maths objectives (NC 2014) are covered in the assessment. Also included is a mark scheme, instructions, tracking sheets and a spreadsheet to record the results and to give you an overall grade. The Autumn assessment will allow children to demonstrate they are either below, working towards or meeting the Year 4 objectives. This method of assessment quickly allows you not just to see individual pupils' weaknesses, but also weaknesses within the class and provides the teacher with an excellent evidence base. In this era of tracking without levels, this is an essential resource for all Year 4 teachers. Please, leave feedback for this amazing resource!
The entire pack of Year 4 assessments that includes the Autumn, Spring and Summer tests is also available, as are tests and packs for ALL year groups. Visit my shop (by clicking on my username) to find these resources, science assessments + lots more!