Comprehension questions for years 5/6 for the whole of the book Skellig. Useful when teaching this as a whole class text in English or as a guided reading book. Questions are written in the year 6 SATs style and focus mainly on inference and vocabulary.

A full 2 weeks of lesson planning on persuasive writing. This was based around a real-life context. The head teacher comes to tell them that SLT are thinking of scrapping morning break and they have to write a letter to them to persuade them not to do it. The children loved it! Includes differentiation, success criteria, starters and immersion in the text.

A set of writing targets in order from years 1-6 - includes greater depth for years 2 and 6. All targets are based on the National Curriculum and build upon each other. Years 2 and 6 are based on the end of year writing assessment framework. Targets are split into: writing for a range of purposes, organise writing effectively, punctuation and spelling and presentation. They can be stuck into the front of English books and can inform planning, intervention, assessment and conferencing.

A full 4 weeks worth of lessons for teaching the chapter book Skellig. This is a fantastic book that the children really enjoy as it is mysterious. There is also a film you can show them. Lesson plans include starters to develop vocabulary and linked to SATs, main input, differentiated activities, learning intentions and success criteria.

This is a 5 week block of planning based around the book Wonder. It includes writing a diary entry and letter, based on the experiences of Auggie within the book. Planning includes the resources used, grammar starters, main teaching and activities, and differentiation for the more able and SEN pupils. There is development time and reading before writing to enable children to write in the style of August. Great for informal writing and capturing the writer’s voice.

An excellent picture book, The Viewer by Gary Crew and Shaun Tan, packed full of precise vocabulary, imagery and suspense - perfect for year 6 children and EAL children. A full 3 week set of plans for the book. Includes lots of exciting activities and plenty of opportunities for writing. Also includes starters, grammar, main input and activities, plenary and resource ideas.

This is a whole week of class guided reading based on the two poems above (you can download the poems easily from the internet). Each day focuses on a different skill: Monday - text type, prediction and summarising; Tuesday - vocabulary and grammar; Wednesday - retrieval; Thursday - inference and Friday is then a combination of all skills. Teaching guided reading this way is proven to up rates of progress and achievement by 40% and it has had a huge impact on my year 6 results already! Answer and a script for teaching are also included. This can be accessed by nearly all children as the questions get harder as they go down (challenge questions in purple).

This resource is based around the following pages from the book Young, Gifted and Black: Mary Seacole, Matthew Henson, Ava Duvernay, Bessie Coleman, Barack and Michelle Obama, George Washington Carver and Malorie Blackman. It is 5 days of reading based around the following skills: fluency, vocabulary, retrieval and inference. The resource includes answers and a differentiated version for lower ability children, which has snippets of the text of it to support these children in reading. The resource also includes LO and how to teach each lesson. I can’t put the text on here, but you can find it online or leave your email address in the comments and I can send it to you.

A full 2 weeks of lesson planning for teaching argument and debate. Includes differentiation, success criteria and immersion in the text. Children write an argument and then use it to debate against each other.

A unit of work for year 1 or 2 pupils to introduce them to who Christian thought Jesus was. Lasts for around a half-term. Includes learning intentions, teaching points and suggested activities. Lots of AT1 and AT2 learning through the stories that Jesus told and the idea of his disciples as trusted friends.

This powerpoint trains staff how to teach children to read fluently and explores what it takes to be a fluent reader, including the end of year expectations for years 2 and 6. It has ideas for activities that staff can do to help children become fluent readers, including a punctuation game. It also goes through what a greater depth reader looks like and shows staff how to write questions for greater depth readers and stretch and challenge them. There is also a bit at the end about the explicit and implicit teaching of vocabulary.

A full scheme of work based around religion in the local community for year 5/6 children. Based on Nottinghamshire, but could be adapted to suit any local area. Includes learning objectives, teaching input and independent activities including support for SEN and challenge for the more able.

This 4-5 week unit of persuasive writing is based around the book ‘The Curse of the Maya.’ It links perfectly with the Ancient Maya Civilisation topic. It includes 4-5 weeks of writing planning based around the book and the children eventually write a leaflet to persuade people to visit Guatemala and a persuasive letter to the British government. The planning includes grammar, spellings, teaching and outcome which is differentiated as needed for greater depth and SEND children. It also includes all of the resources I have made myself. Unfortunately, I cannot include resources such as the smartboards due to copyright, but if you buy this resource and you want them, then just leave your email address in a review and I can send them over to you.

This is an English 4 week unit of work based on the book ‘Wonderscape’ for the last half-term for year 6. It is focused around transition activities and planned in the way that children will learn English at secondary school. It includes starters, spellings, main teaching, differentiated activities and plenaries. There are some resources included. I have smartboards for each unit but I can’t upload them due to copywrite. If you purchase this unit and would like them, please leave your email address in the comments and I will email them all to you.

A great resource for sending home to parents of children who are studying The Islamic Civilisation. Gives them a timeline and background information on some of the most important people from this era. It also has key vocabulary from this topic with definitions on it. Great resource to start off the topic.

A unit of work to introduce children to Hinduism in year 3 or 4. Could last a whole term. Includes learning intentions, success criteria, teaching ideas and suggestions for activities. Plenty of scope for teaching both AT1 and AT2

A great assembly that I used to introduce my school’s health week in which the children had to guess how much sugar was in each drink and then we looked at what too much sugar can do to the body. All information is on the powerpoint and it’s ready to use.

A complete four week plan for the book War Horse by Michael Morpurgo. Good cross-curricular links with World War topics. Includes starters, grammar, main input and activities, plenary and resource ideas.

Perfect for planning and teaching whole class guided reading - comprehension skills. The question stems are based around the KS1 and 2 SATs and are broken down into the different skills that children need to learn and different question types that appear in comprehensions. They are perfect for helping teachers to plan questions in reading and they include greater depth question stems. The reading answer stems give children sentence starters for answering the questions and are split into the different types of questions such as inference, retrieval, vocabulary etc.

Full set of planning for RE - teaching year 5/6 pupils about what the Holocaust was, how it affected Jewish (and other) people and what we can learn from the mistakes made today. Includes learning objectives, teaching sequence and activity ideas.