Information on the Victorians and the school system to compare to today with a writing prompt at the end. Key vocabulary and writing exemplar included, with some evidence sheets to supplement.

8 different texts with main text and LA (lower ability) differentiated texts. These have been fantastic in boosting up my class' SATs reading scores. If this receives good reviews, many more will be uploaded!

Great resources in bite-size pieces for help with reading. Great for carousels, English lessons or time-fillers!

Great activity, moving from visuals involving inference into texts, involving all abilities.

A full day’s resources for the first day back, including informal assessment opportunities for writing, maths, speaking and reading: Morning starter (while children are registered): grammar, using an image to write sentences and identify word classes; Golden rules children decide as a class the rules for the year; Recount of holiday: writing assessment task; Maths treasure hunt which requires a little prep to hide all the tasks about the classroom/playground! Selfie biography task children get the chance to set goals and write about themselves. Reading task perhaps to precede a quiet reading time at the end of the day.

Using elements of spaced learning to help the children study, this is a comprehensive but concise series of lessons which culminates in test-style SATs questions on the focus area.

Using elements of spaced learning to help the children study, this is a comprehensive but concise series of lessons which culminates in test-style SATs questions on the focus area.

Black history month. A whole- year group task for the day, culminating in a written reflection of Apartheid. Incredibly interesting day's work!

A series of activities and comprehension questions based on Macbeth, using snippets of the original text and an abridged version to read as a class. The text is not my own, it is typed from Usborne Illustrated stories from Shakespeare.

Covering all genres of writing under the new curriculum and using varied and engaging topics, this resource is a fantastic way to get your class accumulating written evidence towards summative and formative writing assessment in upper KS2 and lower KS3.