A simple introduction to causal conjunctions and their purpose, aimed at a year 3 class. The supporting notebook explains what they are/do and gives some examples. It also has an explanation text about mummification to highlight the causal conjunctions and input them later in the lesson to show progression. Worksheets are also provided (differentiated 3 ways) for children to demonstrate their understanding of causal conjunctions through some sentence work.

A set of loop cards for adding and subtracting fractions when the denominator is the same. Cut along the red and blue lines. Suitable for one each in a class of 30.

A medium term plan for a 6 week unit of tennis, aimed at year 3. Each week looks at a different focus: reactions, grip, returns, under-arm serves, aim and game application. Differentiation is provided (extending in green, supporting in blue). Designed without reliance on another supporting adult but can easily be adapted to add a supporting adult in with focus groups/assessments. Each lesson has a focus, a warm up, skill development, skill application and assessment section.

3 worksheets to practice measuring in cm and mm. Helps children see that cm are bigger than mm. Also is a good activity to gauge how children will cope with full conversions - it flagged up lots of misconceptions! 3 Worksheets to consolidate measurement conversions. Differentiated 3 ways (Mild, Medium, Spicy). True or false 'prove it' challenge cards as an extension using greater than and less than symbols. Initially designed for Year 3

Making puppets lessons inspired by Where the Wild Things Are. The resources revolve around the key processes of DT: analysing products already out there, designing and making and evaluating your own product. Activities are differentiated three ways with mild, medium and spicy challenges. There's a 'sewing tips' poster/mat for the tables.

A short but very fun 3-week dance project based around the Wild Rumpus from Where the Wild Things Are. Plans include: warm up, skill development and application, curriculum links and learning intentions. Plans are to be used a skeleton for the basic progression but inspiration and specific dance ideas will be led by the pupils.

Notebook exploring the conjunctions for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so. Worksheets applying coordinating conjunctions based on Emma's Lamb farm story.

Investigating words that are linked through a root word and the addition of suffixes and prefixes. A series of activities to be delivered over a few days in short 10-15 minute sessions (Teach, Practice, Apply - coloured backgrounds on the notebook). There is also a word bank of prefixes and suffixes pupils should know by the end of year 4

Labelling activity differentiated 3 ways (mild, medium, spicy) using a real picture of a plant not a drawing (more realstic to children!). Extension questions for early finishers, lesson plan with link to useful video and a 'concept cartoon'. Concept cartoons are discussion areas for the beginning and end of lessons. They are a simple idea where pupils can imagine themselves being someone in the picture, asking questions, to make it more meaningful for them.

Problem solving and code-cracking worksheet to show mastery of counting in 50s and 100s forwards and backwards. The children really enjoyed it and it helped link maths to our topic by using Ancient Egyptian numerals!

Clearly structured cards that explain spelling rules including suffixes, prefixes, exceptions and curriculum spellings. Covers a large range of spelling rules such as ed, ing, er/est, y as I, ou as an u, ly, able or ible. Though a comprehensive set, more will come over the year as we cover more rules. They are great to chop up and laminate and have on the tables for children to check and correct their spellings against.

Great for mastery of place value and problem solving skills. Differentiated three ways - mild, medium and spicy Use the clues to crack the code and discover what the number is. The children really enjoyed writing their own too!

A progressive worksheet adding numbers to numberline ranging between 100 and 300, 2 forward, one counting backwards. Used for LA in a fluency lesson on numberlines.

Based on Philip Pullman's Aladdin version, a series of 6 lessons looking at different extracts (in chronological order) and answering a series of comprehension questions focusing on clarification, inference, author's choice and providing evidence with answers. The lessons follow a structure (outlined in the document) that encourages more discussion around answers rather than just giving children a text and them answering questions independently. There is a document with suggested answers though you may be surprised some of the things the children come up with for 'what do you think' questions. Supporting notebook with coloured slides separating the different sessions. Hope this is of use to you!

A board game to help practicing subtracting fractions with the same denominator. Designed for Year 3s within a nature/environment topic. Also see the adding fractions star wars themed board game available on TES

Quick activities over a few 10-15 minute quick-fire sessions looking at diminutives of certain farm animals. Critical spelling skills for writing!

Covers national curriculum strands about understanding nutrition and diet. Looks at the different food groups with meal planning activities, making a healthy plate and sorting foods. This was really practical and engaging. We had some deep discussions about food types and the children were confident taking healthy eating beyond 'healthy and unhealthy' into carbohydrates, fats, proteins, sugars etc.

Supports children exploring an Ancient Egypt topic. Notebook looks at understanding the numbers get bigger the further away from 0 (Jesus' Birth) because they were longer ago. Worksheet is differentiated 3 ways with an extension activity.

An explanation text explaning the process of making a mummy to support Ancient Egypt topic. Included are various activities relating to the one text: cloze procedure, identifying key features, putting it in the right area, a text with no causal conjunctions. Some sheets are differentiated mild and medium.

A presentation to support a short 15 minute 'spell time'. Teaching how to spell the words and recognising misspellings.