An interview text for year 6 and P7 discussing the big plastic pollution problem. John McGeehan studies proteins that could help. As he states: “there are not many jobs where one good discovery could change the world!” This downloadable reading pack includes: An A3 reading spread for you to print. A reading comprehension question sheet. An answer sheet including the objective for each question, which is taken from the reading national curriculum. Sign up at whizzpopbang.com/schools to access all of the teaching resources.

This historical explanation text for year 2, linking to the topic materials, investigates the invention of the wheel. Some historians think the wheel was invented in lots of different places. After all, pictures of wheels have been found on ancient pottery in Europe and toys with wheels have been discovered in Mayan ruins in Mexico. Others argue that wheels would have been mega difficult to invent because there are no wheels in nature to copy, so they were probably invented in one place and then spread quickly. This downloadable reading pack includes: Two differentiated A3 reading spreads for you to print. Reading comprehension question and answer sheets, differentiated using our magnifying glasses key (on the bottom right). One magnifying glass indicates easier and two means harder. Sign up at whizzpopbang.com/schools to access all of the teaching resources.

This biography for year 6, linking to the topic living things and habitats , reveals how Robert Falcon Scott’s Terra Nova expedition laid the groundwork for today’s polar science. In 1912, the Terra Nova team were some of the first people ever to visit Antarctica, so the data they collected about wildlife, weather and even bacteria can be used as a ‘baseline’. Scientists compare today’s findings with those collected on Scott’s expedition to find out how Antarctica has changed in the last 110 years. The downloadable reading pack includes: An A3 reading spread for you to print. Reading comprehension question and answer sheets.

This explanation text for year 2 and P3, linking to the topic Everyday materials, explains how umbrellas work. Each part of the umbrella is labelled with an expanded caption - pole, catches, ferrule canopy and much more. The downloadable reading pack includes: Two differentiated A3 reading spreads for you to print. Reading comprehension question and answer sheets, differentiated using our magnifying glasses key (on the bottom right). One magnifying glass indicates easier and two means harder.

Gliding along deep under the surface of the sea, submarines are the ultimate human-made swimming machines. This explanation text , linking to the topic Forces, explains how submarines works. The diagram has expanded captions explaining how each part works. This downloadable reading pack includes: An A3 reading spread for you to print. Reading comprehension question and answer sheets, differentiated using our magnifying glasses key (on the bottom right). One magnifying glass indicates easier and two means harder.

In this non-fiction text for year 3 and year 4, linking with Victorian history, discover ten incredible Victorian inventions. Here are some examples: ice cream makers, sewing machines, moving pictures and many more! This downloadable reading pack includes: An A3 reading spread for you to print. Reading comprehension question and answer sheets, differentiated using our magnifying glasses key (on the bottom right). One magnifying glass indicates easier and two means harder.

Toilets! We all use them but how many of us know how they work? This explanation text for year 4 and P5, linking to animals including humans, explains what happens to your wee and poo when you flush the toilet. A diagram of a toilet is labelled with expanded captions, including key vocabulary such as dual flush, cistern, valve, float, s-bend and inlet valve. This downloadable non-fiction reading pack includes: An A3 reading spread for you to print. Reading comprehension question sheets, differentiated using our magnifying glasses key (on the bottom right). One magnifying glass indicates easier and two means harder. An answer sheet including the objective for each question, which is taken from the reading national curriculum. Sign up at whizzpopbang.com/schools to access all of the teaching resources.

An explanation text for year 3 linking to the topic animals including humans. A guided reading pack which includes: Question sheets differentiated using our magnifying glasses key. One magnifying glass indicates easier and two means harder. An answer sheet showing the objective for each question, which is taken from the reading national curriculum. The text for you to print. Sign up at whizzpopbang.com/schools to access all of the teaching resources.

This interview text for year 5, linking to the topic Earth and space, is with a real-life Martian (sort of!). NASA plans to send humans to Mars for the first time in the 2030s and many scientists think that within 50 years, people will be living there. But what would it be like? In an experiment to find out, Dr Sheyna Gifford and five others spent a year living in a simulated Mars habitat designed to mimic the conditions of living on the red planet. This downloadable reading pack includes: An A3 reading spread for you to print. Reading comprehension question sheets, differentiated using our magnifying glasses key (on the bottom right). One magnifying glass indicates easier and two means harder. An answer sheet including the objective for each question, which is taken from the reading national curriculum. Sign up at whizzpopbang.com/schools to access all of the teaching resources.

This explanation text for year 6 , linking to the topic living things and habitats, explains how a pet microchip works. In the last few years, microchips have replaced tags on collars as the best way to identify pets. As well as helping reunite thousands of lost pets with their owners every year, they can also act as a pet’s own front door key. The text uses key vocabulary such as microchip, capacitor, antenna coil and electromagnetic energy. This downloadable reading pack includes: An A3 reading spread for you to print. Reading comprehension question sheet. An answer sheet including the objective for each question, which is taken from the reading national curriculum. Sign up at whizzpopbang.com/schools to access all of the teaching resources.

This non-chronological report for P3, linking to the topics of biodiversity and interdependence investigates the popular fishy pet, goldfish. The text explains what they eat, where they live and how long their memories are. The downloadable reading pack includes: Two differentiated A3 reading spreads for you to print. Reading comprehension question and answer sheets, differentiated using our magnifying glasses key (on the bottom right). One magnifying glass indicates easier and two means harder.

This non-chronological report for year 3, linking to the topics of Animals, including humans , investigates the lovable giant panda. The text explains what the bears eat, where they live in China, why they don’t hibernate and why conservation is important to their survival. The downloadable reading pack includes: A differentiated A3 reading spread for you to print. Reading comprehension question and answer sheets, differentiated using our magnifying glasses key (on the bottom right). One magnifying glass indicates easier and two means harder.

This non-chronological report for P4, linking to the topic of biodiversity and interdependence, investigates the lovable giant panda. The text explains what the bears eat, where they live in China, why they don’t hibernate and why conservation is important to their survival. The downloadable reading pack includes: A differentiated A3 reading spread for you to print. Reading comprehension question and answer sheets, differentiated using our magnifying glasses key (on the bottom right). One magnifying glass indicates easier and two means harder.

This interview text for P7 explains the work ecologist Nikita Zimov is doing at Pleistocene Park in Siberia, to turn it back into an Ice Age-style ecosystem. He explains why he is creating an ecosystem of grasslands, how he believes it can help slow climate change and how he first became interested in science. The downloadable reading pack includes: An A3 reading spread for you to print. Reading comprehension question and answer sheets.

This non-chronological report for P5, linking to the topics of biodiversity and interdependence, investigates the rainforest resident and super-jungle-swinger, the gibbon. The text explains why these mammals are endangered, how they are able to swing between trees, how they communicate and who they are related to. The downloadable reading pack includes: A differentiated A3 reading spread for you to print. Reading comprehension question and answer sheets, differentiated using our magnifying glasses key (on the bottom right). One magnifying glass indicates easier and two means harder.v

This explanation text for P5, linking to the topicbiodiversity and Interdependence, describes in detail how scuba diving equipment works. The best way to explore a coral reef is to swim underwater. The labelled diagram explains each part of the amazing technology: scuba tanks, buoyancy control device, fins, first stage regulator, pressure gauge and wetsuit. This downloadable reading pack includes: An A3 reading spread for you to print. Reading comprehension question and answer sheets, differentiated using our magnifying glasses key (on the bottom right). One magnifying glass indicates easier and two means harder.

A non-fiction biography text fo P5, linking to the topic Biodiversity and interdependence about oceanographer and explorer Sylvia Earle. She has devoted her life to protecting the oceans. She has seen the devastating effects pollution has had on coral reefs. In 2010, she started Misson Blue, a foundation for protecting the oceans. She proposed Hope Spots - marine areas that are protected from fishing, litter dumping and oil drilling. This downloadable reading pack includes: An A3 reading spread for you to print. Reading comprehension question and answer sheets, differentiated using our magnifying glasses key (on the bottom right). One magnifying glass indicates easier and two means harder.

In this interview text for P5, linking to the topic biodiversity and interdependence, Tristan Gooley explains how he uses nature to help him navigate and explore the world. He gives some top tips on how to use signs of nature on a journey, how he uses science in his job, how he became a natural navigator and lots more! The downloadable reading pack includes: An A3 reading spread for you to print. Reading comprehension question and answer sheets, differentiated using our magnifying glasses key (on the bottom right). One magnifying glass indicates easier and two means harder.

This biography text for year 6, describes how Gladys West helped to develop the first Global Positioning System (GPS). Gladys was hired by the American government as a mathematician in coding and computer programming. In 1978, Gladys led the Seasat project, processing data from a NASA satellite that was one of the earliest Earth-observing systems. The satellite was designed to measure variation in sea-surface winds, temperatures, wave heights, sea ice, ocean geography and liquid water in the Earth’s atmosphere. This downloadable reading pack includes: An A3 reading spread for you to print. A reading comprehension question and answer sheet.