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I have taught for over 10 years and held senior leadership roles as Phase Leader and English Leader. My resources are mostly aimed at Key Stage 2.

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I have taught for over 10 years and held senior leadership roles as Phase Leader and English Leader. My resources are mostly aimed at Key Stage 2.
Year 6 SATS Reading  3 Mark Question Lesson
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Year 6 SATS Reading 3 Mark Question Lesson

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SATS Reading Year 6 3 Mark Question Lesson This download is a 3 mark question Year 6 SATS practice PowerPoint. It has been designed to be used by Year 6 teachers to help prepare for the reading SATS test by giving the pupils the opportunity to practise answering three mark questions. There are three sample texts in this 28-slide resource. For each text, there is a walk-through, step-by-step guide to answering a three mark question. There is then a new question for pupils to try independently. The answer is then given for the teacher to reveal so that pupils can check against this. Covered in this resource is: *Finding two completely separate points *Finding the supporting evidence *Structuring your answer *Explaining your answer
Y6 SATS Reading Poetry Practice
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Y6 SATS Reading Poetry Practice

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Y6 SATS Reading Poetry Practice This download is a Year 6 SATS poetry sample questions resource. There are two sample poems, each with 10 questions. The SATS style questions range from 1-3 marks, and I have provided answer sheets for each text. Included in this resource is an editable version and non-editable PDF. The types of questions covered in this resource include: Retrieval Inference Author’s intent Vocabulary (which word is closest in meaning…?) Find and copy 3 mark questions (use evidence to support answers)* Included: 2 poems (editable) 20 editable questions (10 for each poem) Answers for all questions
Year 6 SATS reading impressions questions PPT
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Year 6 SATS reading impressions questions PPT

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Have you been struggling teaching your Year 6 class how to answer impressions questions in reading comprehension tasks? Do you want some support in giving a clear method with examples and practice questions? This PowerPoint might just be the answer. This Year 6 reading SATS preparation lesson focuses on impressions questions and supports the children to give answers that give two very different impressions of a person, place, object or setting. This resource includes: Steps to success Examples of modelled answers Practice questions for Year 6 pupils to have a go with Answers given throughout The method focuses around giving two very distinctive impressions. The analogy of a weighing scale is used to show that the two impressions should be different - kind and thoughtful, for example, would be too similar. Please note that this PowerPoint is flattened (cannot be edited).
Classroom Behaviour Agreement Code of Conduct Class Expectations Worksheet Slides
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Create a positive classroom environment with this classroom behavior agreement lesson. This comprehensive package helps create a code of conduct through class expectations worksheets and slides. Perfect for setting clear class expectations, this resource ensures students understand and commit to maintaining respectful and productive behaviour in your classroom. Lead your class to create a classroom agreement by exploring the difference between a class agreement and class rules. The children will love all the paired discussion opportunities, and will quickly see the value of having a class agreement for behaviour and conduct. Follow all this up with a series of fun classroom behaviour worksheets to really cement what the students have learned. Here’s what you’ll get: -18 slide PowerPoint taking the class through the process of creating a class agreement. This will mean that the lesson is ready to go and will require very little prep -Class agreement ideas sheet to help with that “What do I do?” moment! Students respond to images of children to help them think of what desirable behaviours might look like. This resource is two pages long -What’s wrong with this agreement? sheet. This is a set of class agreements already written. Children must critique them. This gets them thinking what a good one would look like -What a good one looks like sheet. Students select statements from a list of agreements. This could be used as a form of differentiation -Writing our agreement sheet - a template for pairs/small groups to write their class agreement statements -Evaluation sheets - hand to students to use when the pairs/small groups are presenting their ideas Sometimes with resources like this, you can quickly whizz through all the material, leaving you with loads of time to fill. With this activity, there is plenty to do. From children presenting their own ideas for a class behaviour agreement, to independently completing worksheets, there is so much to do. Prep for this resource is quick and easy. Just print the student pages, load up the slides, and you’re ready for a fun and engaging back to school behaviour review! The 5 included worksheets are: Class agreement ideas sheet (this one is really useful for differentiation if you need it) What’s wrong with this agreement? sheet. What a good one looks like sheet. Writing our agreement sheet Evaluation sheets (the perfect way to end the lesson)
Classroom Rules, Expectations and Procedures Editable PowerPoint
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Classroom Rules, Expectations and Procedures Editable PowerPoint

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When it’s the first day or first week back, having classroom rules, expectations and procedures on a set of slides is helpful! Here they are already done and just ready for you to edit (all the slides have editable text). The perfect back to school rules, expectations and procedures slides to introduce to the class how you want your classroom to work. What’s included? 40 editable text PowerPoint slides including: Heading slides x4 to clearly mark the different parts of the slideshow - rules, expectations, procedures and extra information Rules slides x8 (5 rules, summary slide, rewards and consequences slides) Expectations slides x6 Procedures slides x14 Extra information messages slides x4 Also included are blank slides in the same theme to add your own information as required The slides have been given a rustic rainbow theme and there are 4 different page designs: there’s the heading slides and then three other page designs too, each with a different rustic rainbow image. All the text (including titles, headings and bullet point text) is editable. However, 40 slides have been populated with text already and can be used if they work for your class. If you want some ideas for rules, expectations and procedures, there is plenty of inspiration already on these slides. All that would need editing would be a few details that would need to be made appropriate for your school/year group/class. The rules that I have for my class are: Rule 1: Be kind Rule 2: Be prepared Rule 3: Be respectful Rule 4: Be responsible Rule 5: Be a role model I call these the 'Buzzy Be’e rules! There are also three worksheets included to use to help recap the rules, expectations and procedures. These can be used directly after the PowerPoint has been introduced, or later in the week to see what the children can remember. It might also be handy to use them when the class needs a bit of a reminder about their behaviour. Of course, you can change these to suit your class and own preferred style.
Leap Year Assembly and Activities
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Leap Year Assembly and Activities

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Are you looking for a leap year assembly or a leap day assembly for February 29th? This leap year assembly and set of leap year activities teaches the children about what leap year is, its history, superstitions surrounding leap year, what it means to be born on leap day and much more! There are even some case studies, looking at what leap year means to a selection of fictional children. There is then a quiz at the end to see how much pupils remember. What’s included in the assembly? 24 slides What is leap year? Why do we have leap years? When did leap years start? How do leap years affect our lives? Which recent years have/will be leap years? Which years are the exceptions to the rule? What are some leap year traditions? What are some leap year superstitions? Leap year babies Leap year fun facts Embracing the extra day Leap year case studies Leap year quiz In addition to the assembly presentation, there are also three worksheets for pupils to do after the assembly. There is: A word search featuring words from the assembly A reading comprehension about leap year A writing activity - I will spend my bonus day doing… Please note that these resources are not editable (as clip art and font need to be secured).
Year 6 SATS Reading Impressions Questions Bundle
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Year 6 SATS Reading Impressions Questions Bundle

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This is a Year 6 SATS reading impressions questions bundle, consisting of a PowePoint, teaching pupils how to answer impressions questions and then a question pack, with 5 stories and 10 impressions questions. After using these resources, your class will be feeling much more confident with the best strategy to use to get maximum marks for these types of questions. The PowerPoint includes: Steps to success Examples of modelled answers Practice questions for Year 6 pupils to have a go with Answers given throughout The method focuses around giving two very distinctive impressions. The analogy of a weighing scale is used to show that the two impressions should be different - kind and thoughtful, for example, would be too similar. Included in the question pack is: 5 stories 10 impressions questions (two based on each story) Answers The resource is 15 pages long, including the answer pages. Each story is on its own page, as is each set of accompanying questions
Year 6 SATS Reading Impressions Questions Practice
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**Are you looking for impression questions practice for your Year 6 class? This set of 5 stories and 10 impressions questions will help them to practise this tricky skill. **The children must find two impressions about each of the given characters in the story. The story has been written to highlight particular characteristics, which will help them to grasp the skill. Year 6 children can read the 5 stories and then answer the impressions questions. They are required to give evidence to support their impressions, in a 3 mark question style. Sample answers are then provided. Two impressions are given as answers. Teachers can accept other plausible impressions, as long as the two impressions are different from each other and they have evidence to support them. What’s included? 5 stories 10 impressions questions (two based on each story) Answers The worksheets have been made into a booklet format, with front cover, instructions and contents page. This means it could easily be given for homework, used in a revision workshop or set for a supply lesson. It can be simply printed, copied and handed out to your class. Please note that the resource is not editable. This is to protect the fonts and clip art used. You may also like… SATS Reading Impressions Questions Bundle SATS Reading Impressions Questions PowerPoint Copyright © George and Smudge I also create resources under the name of Ellie’s Tales for Learning You may use this resource for your own classroom only.
Families Assembly | Celebrating Family Types
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Families Assembly | Celebrating Family Types

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This assembly is all about diversity of families and different family types. It would be perfect for a diversity week or just as part of your assembly schedule. The assembly PowerPoint teaches pupils about different family types, guides discussion, introduces case studies about different types of family and also has a quiz at the end. Also included are three worksheets: A celebrating families crossword (and answers) A family portrait A true or false quiz (and answers) What’s included? A 23 slide PowerPoint 3 worksheets and answers
Netball Worksheets
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Netball Worksheets

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Netball worksheets differentiated with answers including fact files / fact sheets These resources are a complete set of three differentiated netball worksheets. There are also two fact sheets included: one about netball in general and one on positions. The bronze, silver and gold differentiated worksheets each have an answer sheet. Included: General netball fact sheet Fact sheet on netball positions Bronze, silver and gold worksheets Bronze, silver and gold answers Ideal for non-participants . No additional resources needed as all theory required is given in the fact sheets.
Ancient Greek Deities Poetry Comprehension
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Ancient Greek Deities Poetry Comprehension

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Ancient Greek Deities Poems Comprehension This Ancient Greek deities poems comprehension reading and history activity includes four poems about Ancient Greek gods and goddesses. Each one then has a set of questions for pupils to revise their knowledge of each deity. This also gives pupils the chance to practise their reading comprehension skills. Deities covered in the poems are: Zeus, Hera, Apollo and Poseidon. The cross-curricular nature of this activity means that children will be able to practise both their history skills (learning about Ancient Greek gods) and reading comprehension skills at the same time. The comprehension questions include retrieval and inference questions and also author’s intent and vocabulary ones. There are a mix of circle the answer, one word, one sentence and longer answers. Some questions require evidence from the text. All answers are included (sample answers where more than one answer would be acceptable). What’s included? 4 poems about Ancient Egyptian deities: Zeus, Hera, Apollo and Poseidon 4 sets of questions (one about each god or goddess). Five questions per god / goddess 4 sets of answers Tes paid licence
Inference Maze - KS2 Fun Inference Activity
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Inference Maze - KS2 Fun Inference Activity

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Inference Maze - KS2 Fun Inference Activity Looking for a fun way to teach or revise inference in reading lessons with your KS2 students? In this activity, pupils must use their inference skills to guide TV presenter, Mya, through a maze. The PowerPoint revises the meaning of inference before guiding pupils through the process of finding Mya’s route through the maze. At each step, there are two objects to follow. Pupils must use infer which object to select from the clues given by Mya. At each step, answers are given so that pupils know if they are on the right track. Make reading lessons more fun and use this fun activity to reinforce the meaning of inference! Included: *50 slide PowerPoint (including answers) guiding students through the activity Printable PowerPoint handout with student copy of maze
Reslience Monsters Workbook
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Reslience Monsters Workbook

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Resilience Workbook This resource is a resilience workbook. The five resilience monsters will teach your students about things that can get in the way of resilience. Varied and engaging, the tasks are designed to appeal to Key Stage 2 and 3 students. This attractive workbook is suitable for a whole class project or for individual students to complete. Activities include: True or false Identifying the resilience barriers in a short story Reflecting on the feeling of achieving a goal Identifying the skills they have that will help them to achieve a goal Included in this resource is an editable version of the workbook (created on PowerPoint) and a PDF of the same booklet for printing purposes.
Winter Reading Comprehension for Key Stage 2
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Winter Reading Comprehension for Key Stage 2

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These are Key Stage 2 Winter Reading Comprehension Worksheets that include a range of non-fiction winter texts for KS2, whilst also giving you a selection of winter reading comprehension activities. Each winter reading passage has a nonfiction reading text, followed by four comprehension questions, covering a range of reading strategies. There are then three reading activities, which can be used with any of the passages. Passages are: It’s a Snow Day! (A poem) Animal Adaptations: How They Win at Winter How Does Winter Clothing Keep Us Cosy? How to Make Your Own Paper Snowflake A Day in the Life of a Snow Plough Driver What’s included? 5 non-fiction winter themed passages - one poem, one set of instructions, two explanatory texts and a day in the life diary 20 reading comprehension questions - include questions on main idea and key details, quoting accurately from the text and vocabulary questions 3 reading comprehension activities - these can be used with any of the passages. There’s a comparison worksheet, a vocabulary worksheets and a main idea and key details worksheet Your class will enjoy the variety of passages and tasks. There is plenty to keep them busy, as they work through the questions and activities. The passages and activities could be printed out and given to pupils as a pack. This would make it perfect for a sub teacher day. There’s not much to prepare… All you need to do is print the sheets out and hand to students! The three activity sheets are designed to delve deeper into some of the standards: The comparing worksheet requires pupils to find similarities and differences between passages The vocabulary worksheet requires children to find synonyms for particular pieces of vocabulary within the passage The main idea and key details sheet requires students to consider the overarching theme of the passage and the supporting key details
World Oceans Day 2024 Assembly
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World Oceans Day 2024 Assembly

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Do you want to raise the importance of reducing pollutions in our oceans by making World Oceans Day 2024? This World Oceans Day 2024 Assembly is perfect for ensuring pupils know about this day and, more importantly, the key causes of ocean pollution. There are slides on: What World Oceans Day is This year’s theme Ocean pollutants How we can do our bit to help protect marine life True or false quiz There are then 3 worksheets to accompany the assembly: Recalling facts about four of the pollutants True or false activity (answers included) Design a poster to raise awareness of ocean pollution Please note this resource is not editable due to some slides needing to be flattened.
Fact or Opinion Mystery Activity
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Fact or Opinion Mystery Activity

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Fact or Opinion Mystery Activity Why not make teaching fact or opinion a bit more fun? his upload is a fact or opinion mystery activity. In this reading lesson activity, students must solve the mystery to work out which suspect stole the head teacher’s chocolate bars! Throughout the activity, students will be given sources containing evidence (facts). These take the form of diary entries, a newsletter extract and even a wanted poster! Students must identify the facts and not get distracted by the opinions, which are also hidden in there. By gathering the facts, they can exclude suspects from their inquiry. At the end of the activity, there is just one suspect remaining. The mystery is solved! *Included: A 20 page PowerPoint (with some interactive elements)
SATS Reading 3 Mark Question Cards Year 6
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SATS Reading 3 Mark Question Cards Year 6

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SATS Reading 3 Mark Question Cards Year 6 Looking for a way to give your Year 6 class more practice with 3 mark questions before SATS? Then look no further! These question cards come in 4 sets, each with a text and four three mark questions based on that text. There are then answers for each question. The 3 mark question cards have been designed so they could be used independently by pupils - in interventions, for example - and pupils can then use the answer sheets to self or peer assess. These attractive cards will keep your Year 6 pupils busy during revision sessions and will give them the best possible chance to do well. Different question styles have been used (including questions about impressions of characters). The answer sheets give them a good model of what 3 mark questions should look like. What’s included? 4 texts - including a poem 16 three mark questions (four based on each text) Answers for each question
Roman Deities Poetry Comprehension
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Roman Deities Poetry Comprehension

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Roman Deities Poems Comprehension This Roman deities poems comprehension reading and history activity includes four poems about Roman gods and goddesses. Each one then has a set of questions for pupils to revise their knowledge of each deity. This also gives pupils the chance to practise their reading comprehension skills. Deities covered in the poems are: Jupiter, Juno, Neptune and Minerva. The cross-curricular nature of this activity means that children will be able to practise both their history skills (learning about Roman gods) and reading comprehension skills at the same time. The comprehension questions include retrieval and inference questions and also author’s intent and vocabulary ones. There are a mix of circle the answer, one word, one sentence and longer answers. Some questions require evidence from the text. All answers are included (sample answers where more than one answer would be acceptable). What’s included? 4 poems about Ancient Egyptian deities: Jupiter, Juno, Neptune and Minerva 4 sets of questions (one about each god or goddess). Five questions per god / goddess 4 sets of answers If you’ve enjoyed this resource, why not try out our other deity poem comprehensions? We have these ones available: Ancient Greek Deities Comprehension: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12723663 Ancient Egyptian Deities Comprehension: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12721772 Ancient Mayan Deities Comprehension: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12718622
Refugee Week Assembly 2019
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Refugee Week Assembly 2019

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Refugee Week Assembly 2019 This download is a Refugee Week Assembly 2019. It covers key vocabulary and important facts and figures. There are also reflection questions throughout. Included: assembly PowerPoint
KS2 Starter Multiplication Mystery Name
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KS2 Starter Multiplication Mystery Name

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Pupils must colour in the required multiplication facts to reveal the name of the bear. The answer is given on the second page of the document. 15 SPaG mystery name starters are also available at: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/15-spag-starters-ks2-mystery-name-12118134