This is a 15-page Smart Notebook to introduce your Year 6 pupils to BODMAS. It takes them step by step through calculations using BODMAS, going from simple to more complicated calculations. It moves on in very small steps giving plenty of opportunity for repetition and consolidation. We did this as a whole class using white boards so I could gauge understanding before they did work in their books.

This was a very successful observed lesson for Year 6 in which inference and deduction was defined and then put into practice. There is an optional starter activity, extensive inference/deduction questions based on the text, plenary and link to a full animated film of War Game (2002) by Dave Unwin on You Tube. There is a carefully and thoughtfully designed 16-page Smart Notebook with resources on Publisher comprising: 3 page text separate question sheet EAL/Lower ability question sheet (more retrieval than inference questions) optional starter activity extension activity

This is a 17-page Smart Notebook which introduces children to the Vikings and covers: where they came from and settled Viking homes/longhouses jobs longboats food Viking writing/Runes

Colourful, comprehensive SMART notebook and minibeast-themed resources (created on Microsoft Publisher) for a SPAG lesson on how to spell words using the ‘ing’ suffix. Children are given four rules on how to achieve this objective. Resources include: 15 slide SMART Notebook - which is colourful with minibeasts on each page. 2 x worksheets- differentiated three ways 2 x differentiated extension activities rules cards which can be personalised for each child A4 placards for a kinaesthetic activity plenary with quiz cards for each child This lesson was rated as outstanding and is suitable for Year 2/3. As this was an observed lesson, I bought cardboard boxes with minibeasts on to put the personalised rules bookmarks in which the children loved! They were very excited to find out what was in the boxes. This of course is optional! I laminated the bookmarks so that the children could keep them and use them for future reference (which again is optional).

I put this lesson package together for a super hands-on, kinesthetic science day for my Y2s- though it would be ideal for lower KS2 as it takes the concepts of floating and sinking further to include density. This lesson includes: A 17-page Smart Notebook A comprehension about Archimedes Float or sink investigation sheet Differentiated float or sink write up sheet Float or sink challenge write up sheet Particle colouring for the hats - which the children loved wearing all day During this lesson, the children investigated which objects float and sink and made rafts to help heavy objects float. Their scientific minds were challenged as they tried to work out why things they thought would sink, floated, and vice versa. This 17-page Smart Notebook takes the children step by step through the day (or possibly 3 to 4 separate science lessons) so that by the end of it, they can explain that the density of particles in an object, determines whether the object will float or not. We played a game in the hall towards the end of the day where I challenged two teams to get into the particle formation of a metal fork (ie very close together and in the shape of a fork) or the particle formation of a cork (particles further apart and in the shape of a cork). They absolutely loved this!! The children loved the practical elements of this lesson and learnt so much and presented their findings to the rest of the school at the end of our whole school science day. All the resources are editable.

The LO for this lesson was ‘I can use inference to answer questions’. It includes: 20-page Smart Notebook file - colourful, interactive and detailed Differentiated starter activity Differentiated main activity Plenary quiz cards Planning It went really well for my children, I loved teaching it and the headteacher was delighted with it too because it showed excellent progress in the children’s understanding and use of their inference skills and they were all engaged with the various activities. It starts with a definition of what inference is using words and colourful pictures and opportunities for Talk Partners. There is a differentiated starter activity where the children use their inference skills to solve riddles about mini-beasts - which they loved! The main activity begins with us inferring information from sentences - encouraging the children to paint pictures in their heads/ look for clues. The differentiated main activity requires the children to answer questions from text using their inference skills. The differentiated worksheets are clear and colourful. There is a plenary and a fun quiz at the end. The theme was linked to our topic which was mini-beasts.

This is a comprehension about Emily Davison - the suffragette who died after being run down by a horse at the Epsom Derby in 1913. There is a 4-page Smart Notebook and a text with questions on two sides of A4.

This was an outstanding lesson I taught to my Year 6 class and was themed to fit with our WW1 topic but could be used as a one-off lesson. This comprehensive, colourful lesson pack consists of: a 27 -page Smart Notebook which explains this concept in small steps Four differentiated-activities (differentiated four ways) which I stapled into a booklet for each pupil. Starter and plenary activities Posters to pin on the wall Extension activity This lesson included a pre-learning task so that I could show progress which it did. It reminds children what fractions are and explains what percentages are. It is a very visual and colourful lesson as you will see from the video of the Smart Notebook. The lesson gives examples to work through as a whole class before the children do their independent activities. There are also some word problems and plenary quiz to check the learning. There are more than enough resources here for an hour’s lesson moving at a good pace. To be honest you might have to pick and choose what you can fit into one hour and there will probably be some left over for a second session.

I created for a Spring 1 maths lesson with Year 6 but it could be used for more able children in Year 5 or with less able children in Year 7. It consists of 21 slides on a Smart Notebook with one word problem on each slide and space for the teacher to show workings. We did this a whole class revision and consolidation session but it could be used as an input. It is divided into four lessons - two addition and subtraction and two multiplication and division.