End of Year Celebrity Quiz This download is an end of year celebrity quiz. Have fun with your students at the end of the year with this interactive and original celebrity quiz! The quiz is based around a fairground with different attractions, each featuring celebrity faces (with features hidden). Students must guess the identity of the celebrities. Some are easier to identify than others! There are buttons to easily move between fairground attractions. Included: 1 x quiz PowerPoint 1 x answers 1 x student answer sheet Image attributions included at the end of the PowerPoint

Enterprise Project Year 6 This download is an enterprise project for pupils to design a low sugar chocolate bar. There are teacher PowerPoints, worksheets and a spreadsheet with formulas set up ready for pupils to use to price up their production costs. This enterprise project is fun and challenging. An ideal end of year project for Year 6, pupils will enjoy applying their maths, English, art and DT learning. Included: *Introduction PowerPoint *Taste testing worksheet *Materials spreadsheet ready for students to use *How to calculate retail price PowerPoint *Packaging design worksheet *Advertising PowerPoint

End of YearWriting Lesson This PowerPoint is an end of year report for my teacher writing lesson. It is a fun writing lesson with sentence starters and modelled paragraphs to help students to structure their writing. During report writing season, why not ask your pupils to write a report on you? Care is taken to ensure that pupils are reminded to be respectful and modelled paragraphs help tailor students’ comments so they are appopriate. The activity is designed to be fun and engaging whilst also creating valuable teaching opportunities. Pupils learn: to use varied sentence openers to give examples to illustrate points to structure their writing using themed paragraphs There is opportunity for peer assessment at the end.

Inference Reading Lesson / Whole Class Reading This PowerPoint is an inference reading comprehension lesson for Key Stage 2. It includes a teacher presentation and pupil tasks. There are three differentiated challenges for each extract so that pupils can apply their inference skills. Pupils learn: what is inference? clues that they need to use inference skills how to answer inference questions Included: Editable PowerPoint (tasks included on PowerPoint) and PDF version to print the tasks.

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.

These hockey worksheets are differentiated three ways. Answers are included for each worksheet. Included: General hockey fact sheet Fact sheet on hockey 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.

This set of task cards and poems have an end of the school year theme. They focus on the reading strategy of inference. There are five engaging poems, each one with an accompanying task card and answer key. ENGAGING POEMS The poems have been written to engage students. They are all focused around the end of the school year. Because there are five poems included, there is plenty of scope for teachers writing their own additional questions or creating extra activities. A RANGE OF TASKS The five task cards all focus on the skill of inference. They encourage students to use the sentence stem, ‘I know this because in the text it says’ in order to give evidence for their answers. Each task card either has an answer key or suggested answer depending on the task given. WHAT’S INCLUDED? -5 poems - end of school year theme -5 task cards -5 answer cards -15 pages total

Mayan Gods Poems Comprehension This Mayan gods poems comprehension reading and history activity includes four poems about Ancient Mayan 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. The deities covered are: Itzamna, Chaac, Ix Chel and Kinich Ahau. The cross-curricular nature of this activity means that children will be able to practise both their history skills (learning about Ancient Mayan 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 Mayan gods and goddesses 4 sets of questions (one about each god or goddess). Five questions per god / goddess 4 sets of answers

Laylat ul Qadr Ramadan Lesson KS2 Do you want to take a more detailed look at Ramadan with your class? Why not teach them about Laylat ul Qadr? Known as the night of power, Laylat ul Qadr takes place during the last 10 days of Ramadan. It is a night of deep worship, prayer and giving to charity. The lesson covers what Laylat ul Qadr is and how it forms part of Ramadan, how people mark this date and why certain activities take place. The main activity is to take on the role of Aadil, who is writing an email to his boss requesting time off work to mark Laylat ul Qadr. They must use what they have learnt to persuade his boss. Links are made with persuasive techniques, so this would fit well with a persuasive writing unit in writing lessons. What’s included? 18 slide lesson PowerPoint Email worksheet (including differentiated version)

Looking for something fun for early finishers during your electricity topic in science? These are perfect for either those who need something extra or for a whole class activity on vocabulary linked to electricity. They could also be register activities for your class. There are two sheets (and answers). The first is a word scramble: words linked to electricity are scrambled and pupils must decipher the words. The second is a missing vowel puzzle. Pupils must work out which vowel is missing and complete the word linked to electricity. What’s included? Electricity word scramble + answers Electricity missing vowel puzzle + answers

These are Halloween themed reading comprehension passages for KS2 that include a range of non-fiction winter texts for Key Stage 2, whilst also giving you a selection of Halloween reading comprehension activities. Each Halloween reading passage has a non-fiction reading text, followed by five varied comprehension questions. There are then three Halloween themed reading activities, which can be used with any of the passages. They are perfect for Key Stage 2 classes. Passages are: Why are cats associated with Halloween? How to make your own witch’s hat I’m a Halloween cauldron A short history of trick-or-treating How can I have a more eco-friendly Halloween? What’s included? nonfiction Halloween-themed text - one poem, one set of instructions, two explanation texts and an information text 20 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 students as a pack. This would make it perfect for a supply teacher day. There’s not much to prepare… All you need to do is print the sheets out and hand to the children! The three activity sheets are designed to delve deeper into key reading skills: The comparing worksheet requires children 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 children to consider the overarching theme of the passage and the supporting key details

These are Christmas reading comprehension passages for Key Stage 2 that include a range of nonfiction Christmas texts for KS2, whilst also giving you a selection of Christmas reading comprehension activities. Each Christmas reading passage has a non-fiction reading text, followed by four Key Stage 2 comprehension questions. There are then three Christmas themed reading activities, which can be used with any of the passages. Passages are: A Christmas Tree’s Tale (A poem) A History of Christmas Trees Holiday Acts of Kindness A Night in the Life of Santa Claus Make your Own Wreath What’s included? 5 non-fiction Christmas themed passages - one poem, one set of instructions, two informational texts and a day in the life diary 20 KS2 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 two or more main ideas and key details worksheet The children in your class will enjoy the variety of passages and tasks. There is lots to keep them busy, as they work through the questions and activities. The passages and activities could be printed out and given to the children as a pack. This would make it perfect for a supply teacher day. There’s not much to prepare… All you need to do is print the sheets out and hand to your class! The three activity sheets are designed to delve deeper into the reading strategies: The comparing worksheet requires students to find similarities and differences between passages The vocabulary worksheet requires students to find synonyms for particular pieces of vocabulary within the passage The main ideas and key details sheet requires students to find two main points and key details for the passage of their choice

These are Leap Year and Leap Day comprehension passages for KS2 that include a range of nonfiction Leap Day and Leap Year texts for Key Stage 2, whilst also giving you a selection of Leap Year reading comprehension activities. Each Leap Year passage has a nonfiction reading text, followed by four KS2 Grade standards-focused comprehension questions. The passages are varied in style, from instructions to poetry. Passages are: Leap Day (A poem) Leap Year Fun Facts Leap Year - (an information text) Sandy’s Birthday Card (A birthday card to Sandy from her aunt to wish her a happy birthday on Leap Day) How to Make a Leap Year Frog Pencil Topper What’s included? 5 KS2 leap year themed passages - one poem, one set of instructions, one fun facts, one informational text and a birthday card 20 KS2 appropriate questions - include questions on main idea and key details, quoting accurately from the text and vocabulary questions Black and white versions of all texts and activities Your class will enjoy the variety of texts and questions. The passages are fun and engaging. The texts and questions could be printed out and given to the children as a pack. This would make it perfect for a supply lesson. There’s not much to prepare… All you need to do is print the sheets out and hand to your class! You may also like… Leap Year Assembly and Activities Copyright © Geoge and Smudge. Please note, I also make resources under the name ‘Ellie’s Tales for Learning’. You may use this resource for your own classroom only.

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).

If you’re looking for Y6 SATS revision for ordering the events of a text, then look no further. There are 5 fun stories included in this order the events booklet. There are then 2 order the events questions for each story (so 10 in total). Ordering the events is an important reading comprehension skill and one that the children are usually required to demonstrate in Year 6 SATS. Also included is a guide to remind pupils about the steps that they need to take in order to order the events. This could be enlarged and put on a display or working wall to remind pupils how to order the events in a systematic way. The order the events stories and worksheets are arranged in a booklet, making it perfect for a homework activity or for a supply day as you near SATS. It means that you can just print and go. There are two copies of each story in the pack, so that pupils can use a separate story for each order the events question (meaning they don’t get muddled up). Answers are included for each question. What’s included? Front cover Order the events step-by step guide 5 stories 10 order the events questions Answers There is also a PowerPoint available, which teaches the children the steps for ordering the events: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-13024577

These are summer reading comprehension passages for Key Stage 2 that include a range of nonfiction summer texts for KS2, whilst also giving you a selection of summer reading comprehension activities. Each summer reading passage has a nonfiction reading text, followed by four comprehension questions. There are then three summer themed reading activities, which can be used with any of the passages. Passages are: Pool Day (A poem) Ice Cream Shop Menu The History of Sandcastles (a non-chronological report) Tyreece’s Summer Camp (Tyreece writes a postcard to his parents from Tucson, Arizona, where he is enjoying a sports summer camp How to Make a Seashell Windchime What’s included? 5 non-fiction summer themed passages - one poem, one set of instructions, one menu, one non-chronological report and a postcard 20 questions for KS2 - 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 Black and white versions of all passages and activities Front cover, so the pack can be given to students as an independent learning booklet (if you wish) Your class will enjoy the variety of passages and tasks. There is lots to keep them busy, as they work through the questions and activities. The passages and activities could be printed out and given to the children as a pack. This would make it perfect for a supply 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 reading strategy: The comparing worksheet requires students to find similarities and differences between passages The vocabulary worksheet requires pupils to find synonyms for particular pieces of vocabulary within the passage The main idea and key details sheet requires students to find two main points and key details for the passage of their choice

Roman Numerals Game This game is a Roman numerals starter activity. The students are tasked with finding the Roman numerals with a value higher than 30 before the teacher. This fun and engaging activity is an exciting way for pupils to consolidate their Roman numerals knowledge. The teacher must click on all the Roman numerals with a value higher than 30 on their interactive grid on the board. Meanwhile the pupils are finding the Roman numerals on their identical grid. Who will find them all first? Included is: An interactive teacher PowerPoint (editable) with a 30 second timer included A pupil activity sheet (not editable)

Female Football Heroes Biography Lesson Inspired to teach your pupils more about female footballing heroes? This female football heroes biography lesson teaches pupils about some of the greats in women’s football, whilst also teaching / revising biography writing skills. They learn about six of the best female football players of all time and choose one to write a biography about. Also included in this resource is a template that all / some of your students can use to structure their biography, a quotation-writing worksheet and a sheet of illustrations, which pupils can use to illustrate their biography. What’s included? Lesson PowerPoint packed full of facts/activities Three supporting printables

Euro 2022 Women’s Slideshow This Euro 2022 Women’s Slideshow teaches the children everything they need to know about the women’s Euros (of course won by the lionesses!). Students learn about the history of the women’s Euros, the stadiums, the countries taking part, the trophy and lots more. This is a fun and interactive slideshow, with quizzes, interactive activities and discussion points. No other resources, printing or worksheets required. What’s included? 26 slides These slides include: Introductory questions Match the facts to reveal the flags A brief history of the women’s Euros Which countries took part? Top scorers England and Northern Ireland Captains Key games The trophy True or false interactive quiz

England Lionesses Euros Comprehensions Capture the excitement of the England Women’s Euro 2022 winning team with this set of four reading comprehension tasks. Each set focuses on a different team member (four in total). Each of these four England Euro 2022 activities feature a text for pupils to read all about the player. There are then five questions about each one. The comprehension questions are a mixture of retrieval, inference, author’s intent, support with evidence and agree/disagree questions (amongst others). There is an answer page for each activity too, featuring sample answers to help with assessing work. This resource contains: Four texts focusing on England women’s Euro 2022 team members A set of five questions for each team member An answer sheet for each member Image credits