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.

This Classroom Secrets resource Year 4 Reading Skills - Invading Britannia resource contains an extract from the diary of a Roman soldier as he and his legion prepare to invade Britannia, 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 explore combining small amounts. The small image cards can be cut out by an adult or the child could do this as part of the activity. Children are asked to place two cards in the circles, add the quantities together to work out the total. Encourage subitising where possible. Children could be given a target number, e.g. ‘Find all the ways to make 4.’

This Classroom Secrets resource Year 5 Reading Skills - Sir David Attenborough resource contains a biography of Sir David Attenborough detailing his life and career from his early interest in nature to his achievements at the BBC and beyond along with a range of questions covering each content domain and questions for more in-depth written answer practice.

This Classroom Secrets resource Year 3 Reading Skills - Alice Ball’s Discovery resource contains an extract from three diaries related to Alice Ball’s discovery of a cure for leprosy, 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 - Discover Dinosaurs resource contains an information text all about dinosaurs, containing details about dinosaur types, when they lived, what they ate and their special features, 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 make and compare different amounts. The child is given an instruction, for example: ‘Find an amount that is greater than this one’ and the supporting adult places a card in one of the circles. The child then chooses a card to place in the other circle. The adult encourages the child to talk about the different quantities and prompt appropriate language.

This Classroom Secrets resource Year 1 Reading Skills - Spring is in the Air resource contains a poem about the changes that occur in the season of spring, 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 - The Story of Saint Patrick resource contains a narrative about the story of Saint Patrick and how he came to Ireland 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 - The Odyssey: A Long Way Home resource contains a poem recalling the life of Odysseus and his attempts to return home, 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 - A Poet resource contains an information text all about the life of Edward Lear and his work as a nonsense poet, 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 - Poem resource contains a poem about poems and their purpose, and the variety of interpretations, thoughts and ideas they can lead to, 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 - Spring Cub resource contains an exciting story about a young girl who finds an abandoned bear cub in her local woodland and has to make an important decision 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 - Shackleton’s Endurance resource contains a text detailing the events of Ernest Shackleton’s expedition to Antarctica on his ship Endurance along with a range of questions covering each content domain and questions for more in-depth written answer practice.

This Year 2 Reading Skills - A Perfect Gift resource contains a short poem about finding the perfect gift for a queen along with a range of questions covering each content domain and questions for more in-depth written answer practice.