Planning for 4 lessons, aimed at Year 4 (although could be adapted for Years 3 or 5), about walking through a forest. Includes the planning, a picture for the IWB, example paragraphs for discussion, and a powerpoint of sentences and pictures to inspire children.

Five lesson differentiated planning aimed at Year 3 (but could be adapted for Year 4 also). Includes a worksheet for the children to use, a story start on a word document (so it can be edited to include certain vocabulary/ areas of English you have worked on in class) and a picture for the IWB.

A plan and resources for 4-5 days of informal letter writing based around being in the trenches in WWI. Includes differentiated plan, example WWI letters, a powerpoint about life in the trenches and the start of a modeled letter created with children (as an example for you to base your own on).

Planning document and all resources for a creative writing block on suspense writing. Would take upto 8 sessions depending on the length of each session and the age/ ability of the children. Most suitable for Years 4, 5 or 6. Includes differentiation and planned in opportunities for checking their work and reading aloud etc.

Document that goes through all of the KS2 reading skills, explaining what that skills looks like within the given year group (years 3- 6) and example questions and texts that match the particular reading skill. Excellent for training staff to ensure for progression across KS2 of the reading skill areas (to ensure retrieval in Year 3 vs Year 6 look very different in teaching) and to keep as a prompt when coming up with questions for use during reading skills lessons to know how questions can be worded for the different reading skills.

This resource contains a ready made KS2 reading skills training presentation, alongside a skills progression document for KS2 reading skills. The presentation refers to the skills progression document but also looks at how reading skills should best be taught at KS2 as well as some ideas for methods to teach the reading skills. The skills progression document sets out 7 key skills for children to be able to do in order to be successful at KS2 in reading. It includes example texts and questions, including the ways these should be answered for all of these key reading skills.

Powerpoint with 34 slides offering some helpful training points, ideas and resources for teaching the investigational skills of problem solving to children across KS1 and 2.

Four-part planning document (where each part may take 1-2 hours, depending on how long you want to spend on certain parts). Each part includes a set of test questions from past SATs papers to help the children apply what they have learnt. Also included is a powerpoint of the story build and this as a word document. These can be edited to include vocabulary/ grammar items etc of your own choice if there are specific things your children need to revise.

A 19 page presentation full of ideas for teaching reading lessons to make teaching reading skills fun and engaging. Can be used by individual teachers for ideas or by reading leads wanting to share some ideas with their staff.

5 day plan for writing a biography of Christopher Columbus. Aimed at Year 5 but could be adapted for all KS2 pupils. Only resources needed are websites and some small examples needed to aid the children, based on their needs (e.g. an example introduction).

Full set of planning and resources for the Year 6 science topic of Light. 8 lessons of planning, including powerpoints for each lesson and other resources.

Leaflet outline in a word document. When printed double sided, this will fold into a blank leaflet for children to create their own leaflet on.

A powerpoint of 3 pictures and 2 slides of questions based around the SATs text, ‘The Way of The Dodo’. The pictures are to promote discussion and vocabulary before reading the text itself (not included - would need to download the relevant SATs paper). The 2 slides of questions from the SATs paper (the retrieval questions and summary questions) as well as an extra challenge of summarising the text in 50 words or less.

A template you can use for a target bookmark children can use in their English/ maths/ topic etc book.