Experienced KS1 and KS2 teacher currently teaching in Year Six. Specialist Leader for Mathematics across three Local Authorities.
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Experienced KS1 and KS2 teacher currently teaching in Year Six. Specialist Leader for Mathematics across three Local Authorities.
All resources have been tried and tested. I'm open to suggestions and requests and aim to help anyone who requires it.
Please leave feedback and rate my resources.
This is a differentiated worksheet to help children master angles around a point.
Children are challenged to:
- name the type of angle a ‘missing angle’ is.
- calculate its size in degrees
- measure it accurately using a protractor.
All angles are correctly sized.
There are two sheets, an Expected Standard sheet and a more challenging Mastery sheet (2016+ Curriculum). On each sheet there are nine missing angles, meaning that children have 27 things to do in order to complete one activity sheet.
Please rate and/or comment. All feedback is valuable.
This is a differentiated worksheet to help children master opposite angles. Answers are included.
Children are challenged to:
- name the type of angle a ‘missing angle’ is.
- calculate its size in degrees
- measure it accurately using a protractor.
All angles are correctly sized.
There are two sheets, an Expected Standard sheet and a more challenging Greater Depth sheet (2016+ Curriculum). On each sheet there are nine missing angles, meaning that children have 27 things to do in order to complete one activity sheet.
Please rate and/or comment. All feedback is valuable.
These are excel spreadsheet Gap Analysis documents for the May 2016 Year Six SATs Papers for Reading, Mathematics (Arithmetic, Reasoning 1 & 2), GPS and Spelling Papers. The sheet totals up the scores automatically and each child’s final score changes colour to reflect their ability.
If their total score for a subject goes green, it means they would have passed the 2016 SATs with that score. If it goes Orange, it means they are within touching distance. If it goes Green with a yellow font, it means that child would have achieved a ‘More Able’ score for that tested subject.
There are three spreadsheet documents. One for Reading, one for Maths, and one for GPS. They are broken down into individual papers inside.
I have also included a digital document, linking to a freely available copy of each test, mark scheme and instructions. Additionally, I have included the conversion tables from RAW Score to Scaled Score.
All a teacher has to do is enter their children’s names and enter the 0’s, 1’s, 2’s or 3’s for each question, which also change colour too for a visual reference. I recommend that a teacher should enter ‘N’ if a child did not attempt that question. This gives an idea of who is not even attempting certain questions, not just whether they got the question wrong.
Last academic year I used these grids to provide targeted feedback and to spot trends. As a result my class were well over National Average for all subjects (much to my relief!)
I take requests for Gap Analysis Grids. Please leave feedback if you like this resource as I am planning to produce more for each SATs paper going forward, as well as CGP Practice Papers.
Please remember to rate this resource as I made this to save teachers time. Thank-you.
Perfect for meeting the requirements of KS2.
- Find missing angles in right angles
- Find missing angles on a straight line
- Find missing angles around a point
- Find missing opposite angles
- Calculate interior/exterior angles of polygons
-Name, calculate and measure using a protractor
Huge saving!
Suitable for Years 5-7, this worksheet challenges children to use their knowledge of substitution to find the value of an equation.
Instead of the usual 'a', 'b', 'c' etc, this activity asks children to find the value of equations that contain snowmen, angels, presents, santas etc.
This resource will help teach or reinforce children’s understanding of figurative language.
Challenge 1 - Identify similes
Challenge 2 - Identify metaphors
Challenge 3 - Identify personification.
Answers included.
If you require activities that go into much more depth for similes, metaphors and personification, please see my shop for individual resources or a bundle.
Please rate this resource.
These are excel spreadsheets Gap Analysis documents for the May 2016 Year Six SATs Papers for Mathematics (Arithmetic, Reasoning 1 & 2).The sheet totals up the scores automatically and each child’s final score changes colour to reflect their ability.
If their total score for a subject goes green, it means they would have passed the 2016 SATs with that score. If it goes Orange, it means they are within touching distance. If it goes Green with a yellow font, it means that child would have achieved a ‘More Able’ score for that tested subject.
I have also included a digital document, linking to a freely available copy of each test, mark scheme and instructions. Additionally, I have included the conversion tables from RAW Score to Scaled Score.
All a teacher has to do is enter their children’s names and enter the 0’s, 1’s, 2’s or 3’s for each question, which also change colour too for a visual reference. I recommend that a teacher should enter ‘N’ if a child did not attempt that question. This gives an idea of who is not even attempting certain questions, not just whether they got the question wrong.
The sheets are set up for 30 pupils but more can be added/deleted and instructions are on the first page/sheet. Some cells are locked/protected in this document but the parts that you need to insert yourself are editable. This is so that the formulas/algorithms do not break and render the spreadsheet’s functionalities as broken.
If you wish to have a complete set of gap grids for the 2016 SATs, they are available as one package in my shop at a bundled, cheaper price.
I take requests for Gap Analysis Grids. Please leave feedback if you like this resource as I am planning to produce more for each SATs paper going forward, as well as CGP Practice Papers.
Please remember to rate this resource as I made this to save teachers time. Thank-you.
A differentiated activity sheet/ worksheet to help children develop their understanding of similes as figurative language.
Challenge 1 - Identify the personification
Challenge 2 - Write personification sentences about specific nouns
Challenge 3 - Write sentences that include personification, that feature specific aspects of grammar or punctuation.
Please see my shop for bundles.
A fantastic resource, used to great effect last year during guided written work and for GPS revision.
A double sided GPS learning mat (or poster/display) that contains examples of:
-Sentences written in the active and passive verb forms
- Present tense
- Present Progressive
- Past tense
- Past Progressive
- Present Perfect
- Present Perfect Progressive
- Past Perfect
- Past Perfect Progressive
- Future tense
- Future Progressive
- Modal Verbs
- Cohesive Devices
- Simple sentences
- Compound sentences
- Complex sentences
- Complex sentences that begin with a subordinate clause
Editable differentiated data handling activity for KS1 children or lower KS2 children.
Activity 1 - children complete a tally chart (in this instance, number of letters in their classmates' names - this is editable)
Activity 2 - Create a bar chart from their data.
Lower Ability - Axes are labelled
Higher Ability - Axes are not labelled
Five of the best editable Millionaire Quizzes available featuring background music, failscreens, sound effects and increasingly hard questions. Video previews of each are available on their separate pages.
This fully interactive high-quality gameshow features all the drama of the TV show. Each possible answer is linked to either a pass or fail screen indicating the amount of money ‘won’. A free trial of my best-in-class version is available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/millionaire-quiz-free-trial-edition-11697409
There are 15 questions, testing children’s knowledge of:
- Tudor Kings and Queens
- Famous battles
- William Shakespeare
- Explorers
- Celebrities
- Painters
- Henry VIII’s wives
- and more!
Please see my shop for other gameshows, worksheets, activities and time-saving ideas.
All feedback is welcome so please do comment and rate.
N.B The original logos for Who Wants to be a Millionaire are property of Sony Pictures Television. For this reason they have not been included, but a similar non-trademarked version has.
Four of the best editable Millionaire Quizzes available, covering the whole Middle Ages period of British history, featuring background music, failscreens, sound effects and increasingly hard questions. Video previews of each are available on their separate pages.
TWELVE fully interactive Millionaire Quiz games for the Roman Britain, Viking, Saxon, Norman, Plantagenet, Tudor, Stuart, Georgian, Edwardian, Victorian and World War eras of British history. 43 AD-1945 AD covered in one bundle!
All feature sound effects and fail screens. Tried and tested.
There are video previews of each quiz on their individual pages.
This fully interactive high-quality gameshow features all the drama of the TV show. Each possible answer is linked to either a pass or fail screen indicating the amount of money ‘won’. A free trial of my best-in-class version is available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/millionaire-quiz-free-trial-edition-11697409
There are 15 questions, testing children’s knowledge of:
- Plantagenet Monarchs
- Wars
- The Magna Carta
- The Hundred Years’ War
- and more!
Please see my shop for other gameshows, worksheets, activities and time-saving ideas.
All feedback is welcome so please do comment and rate.
N.B The original logos for Who Wants to be a Millionaire are property of Sony Pictures Television. For this reason they have not been included, but a similar non-trademarked version has.
A very simple to use tracking grid that can be passed up with cohorts. All a teacher/LSA needs to do is put in the short date of when a child moved on to the next level/box.
Features approximate tracking of:
Target Tracker Band
Read, Write, Inc group
Old curriculum book bands
Can track as many or as few children as desired
Three famous poems and reading comprehension questions to go with them. Questions include question types found in the 2016 and 2017 SATs papers or in End of Year assessments.
Poem 1 - You are old, Father William - Lewis Carroll
Poem 2 - Sick - Shel Silverstein
Poem 3 - Mary’s Lamb - Sarah Josepha Hale
I have used these as whole class exercises and for specific groups in guided reading to great effect.
Three fantastic reading comprehensions based on three of the best fantasy texts for children. Each contains comprehension questions with question stems from the 2016, 2017 and 2018 SATs assessments and a detailed mark scheme.
1. The Hobbit - J.R.R Tolkien
2. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - C.S Lewis
3. Alice’s adventures in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
Perfect for guided reading, whole class text dissection or homework. Tried and tested with great results.
A massive time-saving resource that'll save you hours! Covers all the KS2 expectations for mixed numbers and improper fractions.
Five differentiated activity sheets, each differentiated four ways. Included are opportunities for children to create pictorial representations of fractions, interpret pictorial representations of fractions, practice their fluency skills, use mathematical language in reasoning responses and problem solve.
Sheet 1 - Add two mixed numbers together - WITH ANSWER SHEET
Sheet 2 - Subtract a mixed number from another mixed number. - WITH ANSWER SHEET
Sheet 3 - Convert an improper fraction into a mixed number. - WITH ANSWER SHEET
Sheet 4 - Convert a mixed number into a proper fraction. - WITH ANSWER SHEET
Sheet 5 - Multiply a mixed number by an integer. - WITH ANSWER SHEET
Additionally, children will practise their simplifying skills throughout all five sheets.
Word versions have also been included so you can adapt each activity to your own cohort.