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.
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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.
Fun, fully interactive and challenging with working 50/50 lifelines. An excellent way to assess or embed skills.
There are 15 questions, testing children's ability to multiply and divide by 10, 100 and 1000 (including decimals).
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.
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.
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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:
- Charles Darwin
- Selective Breeding
- DNA
- Creationism/Intelligent Design
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.
Six fully interactive Primary Science Millionaire Quiz games based on the exciting TV format. Please visit each resource’s individual page for a video preview.
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:
- Roman Politicians
- Poets
- Roman army
- Roman geography
- Gods and Goddesses
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.
High-quality gameshow about the Edwardians, featuring sound effects and background music.
This fully interactive high-quality gameshow features all the exciting sounds, background music and 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:
- Edwardian Monarchs
- Sport
- Politics
- Important historical events
- Art
- 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.
High-quality gameshow about the Aztecs.
This fully interactive high-quality gameshow features all the exciting sounds, background music and 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:
- Gods and Goddesses
- Chocolate
- War
- Important historical events
- Geography
- 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.
This resource contains an editable A3-sized Place Value grid that is colourful and large enough to put counters on for a fun, practical (concrete) Maths activity. I currently have 30 of these laminated for use.
One side has the place value columns written in words and the other as numerals.
The PowerPoint that accompanies this is perfect for input and covers:
- Reading numbers expressed on a place value grid.
- Writing numbers expressed as counters.
- Recognising what happens when we shift counters left and right.
- and more…
This resource is perfect for providing high-quality lessons for multiplying and dividing by 10, 100 and 1000.
The two activity sheets are each differentiated four ways and are designed to help you assess children’s abilities when presented with problems focused on various aspects of this National Curriculum Statement.
I have also included an editable A3 place value grid which will support less able children with some of the easier challenges.
Furthermore, if you wish to have a fun plenary or assessment game for this topic, I also have created an excellent, fully interactive Millionaire Quiz game that is tried, tested and well loved which is available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-11474442
A perfect way to inject a bit of life into a creative writing planning session!
This resource includes two high quality examples of a ‘Speech’ story opening, an ‘Action’ story opening and a ‘Description’ story opening that are intended to be printed double-sided and laminated.
The language and punctuation used will reinforce strong writing in Year Five and Six.
Possible activities -
- Discuss which of the three opening types each card belongs to.
- Put them face down on a table and flip them over to quickly analyse the opening type.
- Improve the card. Suggest improvement or redraft sections to be more exciting or descriptive.
These are excel spreadsheet Gap Analysis documents for the 2018 Year Two SATs Papers for Maths .
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 2018 SATs with that score. If it goes Purple with a White font, it means that child would have achieved a ‘More Able’ score for that tested subject.
I have also included an instructions and document page, linking to a freely available copy of each test, mark scheme and instructions. Additionally, I have included a link to 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 or 2’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 32 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.
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.
An engaging, complete teaching sequence for teaching children how to write a high-quality short narrative.
Included are:
Two high-quality end of KS2 standard short narratives to use as examples and references.
Planning proformas.
A whole PowerPoint teaching sequence that has activities, probing questions and learning opportunities related to:
What is a short narrative?
Analysis of the text type.
Things to remember in a short narrative
The structure of a short narrative
Planning
Writing a high-quality narrative opening (additional extra activity included!)
Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling (Direct Speech, Reported Speech, Expanded Noun Phrases, Prepositional Phrases, The passive voice, Fronted adverbials, Past tense verbs, Punctuation for Parenthesis)
Writing for effect
Editing and redrafting
Responding to feedback
Celebrating success
Designed to save you hours and raise attainment, this is an excellent resource to get the best out of your whole cohort.
Included in this bundle are three complete suites of Gap Analysis / Question Level Analysis grids for the 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 KS2 SATs.
Every paper, every question.
Grids change colour depending on whether questions have been answered correctly and the grids auto calculate scores, indicating pass/fail or greater depth.
Please see individual resources for more details.
A bundle containing high-quality PowerPoint and Smart Notebook questions set out exactly like the KS2 Paper 1 - Arithmetic. Using the built-in pen software of PowerPoint or Smart Notebook, you can model how to answer the questions effectively.
189 questions in total, each sub-sectioned into sub-domains so that you can easily identify areas for development for your cohort. Alternatively, you can focus on a specific aspect of fractions, decimals and percentages across a series of lessons.
331 questions that cover every element of the KS2 Maths Arithmetic Paper 1.
Addition, Subtraction and Order of Operations
Multiplication and Division
Fractions
Decimals
Percentages
All are presented on a fully-editable PowerPoint, and on Smart Notebook files.
Ideal for a whole class fun, interactive game, or this file can be saved in a shared area for children to practice with on their laptops or tablets.
Fully interactive spinners and ‘random’ number generators.
Broken down into small steps.
15 different spinners.
Instructions
Perfectly matching the structure and mark weighting of the 2019 KS2 Paper 1 - Arithmetic assessments, these six original assessments, one page mark schemes and QLA grids will help you quickly identify gaps in whole class or individual teaching.
** This resource includes:**
6 x original KS2 Paper 1 - Arithmetic
6 x one page mark schemes
QLA spreadsheet that automatically calculate the percentages of a question answered correctly, and the whole class percentages of specific arithmetic domains.
These can be used as an excellent resource for rapidly improving your class’s attainment.
UPDATED DUE TO FEEDBACK
This is an excel spreadsheet document for the Gov.uk Year Six Sample 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.
The spreadsheet is broken down into six pages. Arithmetic, Reasoning 1, Reasoning 2, Reading, GPS and Spelling.
I have also included a digital copy of each test, mark scheme and instructions. Additionally, I have included the conversion tables from RAW Score to Scaled Score. These can be found inside the .Zip file.
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.
*You are paying for the gap analysis grids, not the freely available tests I have included which can be found at Gov.uk.*
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.
Please remember to rate and/or comment on this resource. Your feedback is appreciated.
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.
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.