This Classroom Secrets resource Year 1 Reading Skills - My Ramadan Diary resource contains a series of short diary entries written during Ramadan, along with a range of questions covering each content domain and some questions for more in-depth answer practice.

This Classroom Secrets resource Year 4 Reading Skills - The Vegetable Killer resource contains a narrative about Dimitri and his attempts to remove vegetables from his farm, along with a range of questions covering each content domain and questions for more in-depth written answer practice.

This Classroom Secrets resource Year 5 Reading Skills - Penn’s Adventure resource contains an extract from a story about a penguin who sets out on a journey only to feel the effects of climate change along with a range of questions covering each content domain and questions for more in-depth written answer practice.

This Classroom Secrets resource learning activity enables children to practise their counting and numeral recognition in an independent context. Children can subitise the small amounts, or count using one-to-one correspondence, and then select the corresponding numeral by placing a clothes peg in the correct place. Alternatively, the cards showing number pieces can be provided which will support children’s quick recognition of the maths manipulative.

This Classroom Secrets resource learning activity enables children to practise their counting and numeral recognition in an independent context. Children can subitise the small amounts, or count using one-to-one correspondence, and then select the corresponding numeral by placing a clothes peg in the correct place. Alternatively, the cards showing number pieces can be provided which will support children’s quick recognition of the maths manipulative.

This Classroom Secrets resource learning activity enables children to practise their counting and numeral recognition in an independent context. Children can subitise the small amounts, or count using one-to-one correspondence, and then select the corresponding numeral by placing a clothes peg in the correct place. Alternatively, the cards showing number pieces can be provided which will support children’s quick recognition of the maths manipulative.

This Classroom Secrets resource learning activity enables children to practise their counting and numeral recognition in an independent context. Children can subitise the small amounts, or count using one-to-one correspondence, and then select the corresponding numeral by placing a clothes peg in the correct place. Alternatively, the cards showing number pieces can be provided which will support children’s quick recognition of the maths manipulative.

This Classroom Secrets resource Year 4 Reading Skills - A Sloth’s Guide to the Amazon resource contains an information text in the form of a survival guide for sloths in the Amazon, along with a range of questions covering each content domain and questions for more in-depth written answer practice.

This Classroom Secrets resource Year 5 Reading Skills - Shang Dynasty contains a non-chronological report about one of China’s earliest dynasties including information about its society, rulers and beliefs along with a range of questions covering each content domain and questions for more in-depth written answer practice.

This Classroom Secrets resource Year 1 Reading Skills - Falling Apples resource contains a newspaper report about Isaac Newton and his theory of gravity, along with a range of questions covering each content domain and some questions for more in-depth answer practice. This text is intended to be used collaboratively. An adult reads the text, but it includes blue text on each page that should be appropriate for children to join in with during the spring and summer terms.

This Classroom Secrets resource Year 6 Reading Skills - The Climate Crisis resource contains a non-chronological report on climate change, its effects on wildlife and what actions humans are taking to reduce its impact along with a range of questions covering each content domain and questions for more in-depth written answer practice.

This Classroom Secrets resource Year 6 Reading Skills - Dressing the Victorian resource contains a first-person narrative from the point of view of a young deaf girl helping a Victorian lady to dress in the fashionable formal clothing of the time along with a range of questions covering each content domain and questions for more in-depth written answer practice.

This Classroom Secrets resource Year 1 Reading Skills - The Normans Win the Battle resource contains a newspaper report about the Battle of Hastings, along with a range of questions covering each content domain and some questions for more in-depth answer practice. This text is intended to be used collaboratively. An adult reads the text, but it includes blue text on each page that should be appropriate for children to join in with during the spring and summer terms.

This Classroom Secrets resource Year 4 Reading Skills - An Interview with Sophie Finch resource contains an interview of Sophie Finch, the recipient of the Inspirational Technician STEM award, as part of the Women in Science series along with a range of questions covering each content domain and questions for more in-depth written answer practice.

This Classroom Secrets Year 2 Reading Skills - A Book to Challenge resource contains a newspaper report about Charles Darwin and his theory of evolution, along with a range of questions covering each content domain and questions for more in-depth written answer practice.

This Classroom Secrets resource learning activity enables children to develop their understanding of estimating. Practitioners should discuss how to make ‘sensible estimates’ by using their knowledge of quantities. If required, supporting adults may need to write the numerals for the children or small number cards could be used. Children then identify how many objects there are by counting. Please be aware that if children are able to subitise the amount to 5 this should be encouraged.

This Classroom Secrets resource Year 1 Reading Skills - Pudding Lane Bakery Fire resource contains a newspaper report about the Great Fire of London, including information about Samuel Pepys, along with a range of questions covering each content domain and some questions for more in-depth answer practice. This text is intended to be used collaboratively. An adult reads the text, but it includes blue text on each page that should be appropriate for children to join in with during the spring and summer terms.

This Classroom Secrets resource Year 2 Reading Skills - St. Patrick’s Day Card resource contains a set of instructions on how to create a St. Patrick’s Day card, along with a range of questions covering each content domain and questions for more in-depth written answer practice.

This Classroom Secrets resource Year 2 Reading Skills - Plastic Problem Persists resource contains a newspaper report about plastic pollution and a young boy’s mission to help tackle climate change, along with a range of questions covering each content domain and questions for more in-depth written answer practice.

This Classroom Secrets resource Year 4 Reading Skills - A Fair Cup resource contains an information text about Fairtrade coffee and the supply chains that Fairtrade and non-Fairtrade farmers are part of, along with a range of questions covering each content domain and questions for more in-depth written answer practice.