This Year 6 Reading Skills - Silver resource contains an extract from an exciting story about a young boy undertaking a mysterious quest for his tribe out in the wilderness along with a range of questions covering each content domain and questions for more in-depth written answer practice.

This Year 1 Reading Skills - Sam and the Sheep resource contains a short story about a young sheepdog persevering when learning to herd sheep along with a range of questions covering each content domain and some questions for more in-depth answer practice.

This Classroom Secrets resource Year 6 Reading Skills - The Pooka resource contains an extract from a story about a young girl searching for her dog in a mysterious forest and her encounter with an unusual mythical creature along with a range of questions covering each content domain and questions for more in-depth written answer practice.

This Year 5 Reading Skills - Trapped resource contains an extract from a story about a Jewish mother and sons hiding from persecution in Nazi Germany while planning their escape to England along with a range of questions covering each content domain and questions for more in-depth written answer practice.

This Year 5 Reading Skills - Did You Say Six resource contains a short story about an interview with the ghost of King Henry VIII about his six wives along with a range of questions covering each content domain and questions for more in-depth written answer practice.

This Year 5 Reading Skills - Daughter of the Sun resource contains an extract from a moving tale of a mother and her young daughter who is blessed with the power of the sun along with a range of questions covering each content domain and questions for more in-depth written answer practice.

This Year 4 Reading Skills - A Thief and an Oath-Breaker resource contains an extract from an exciting story set in an Angle-Saxon village along with a range of questions covering each content domain and questions for more in-depth written answer practice.

This Year 3 Reading Skills - The Lost Friend resource contains an exciting adventure story set in a woodland habitat involving danger, courage and overcoming fear along with a range of questions covering each content domain and questions for more in-depth written answer practice.

This Year 2 Reading Skills - The Adventures of Cassie Norman resource contains an extract from a story about a young girl following a strange map and exploring a mysterious jungle along with a range of questions covering each content domain and questions for more in-depth written answer practice.

This Year 6 Reading Skills - Notes on the Diary of a Witch resource contains an extract from the diary of a woman living in a village in the year 1645 just as Matthew Hopkins - the dreaded Witchfinder - arrives.

This Year 6 Reading Skills - The Naughty List resource contains a poem retelling the amazing events on the night of Jesus’s birth along with a range of questions covering each content domain and questions for more in-depth written answer practice.

This Year 5 Reading Skills - Through Each Window resource contains a poem about the adventures of Midge the cat as he looks in on his neighbours at Christmas along with a range of questions covering each content domain and questions for more in-depth written answer practice.

This Year 3 Reading Skills - Knock, knock! resource contains a poem with a range of questions covering each content domain and questions for more in-depth written answer practice, retelling the amazing story of the nativity.

This Year 4 Midnight Visitor Christmas Poem resource contains a PowerPoint including an animated poem about an eventful Christmas Eve night for Monty the dog along with a number of reading comprehension questions throughout the poem.

This Year 3 Knock, Knock! Christmas Poem resource contains a PowerPoint including an animated poem retelling the amazing story of the nativity along with a number of reading comprehension questions throughout the poem.

This Year 2 Snowball Street Christmas Poem resource contains a PowerPoint including an animated poem about a young girl’s adventures on her snowy street after Christmas lunch along with a number of reading comprehension questions throughout the poem.

Year 1 Secret Santa Christmas Poem resource contains a PowerPoint including an animated poem about a toy teddy bear and her encounter with a stealthy visitor on Christmas Eve along with a number of reading comprehension questions throughout the poem.

This Year 5 Reading Skills - International Code resource contains an explanation of the Morse code, how and why it began and how to use it, along with a range of questions covering each content domain and questions for more in-depth written answer practice.

This Year 1 Reading Skills - Women at the Olympics resource contains an information text about the history of women at the Olympics, along with a range of questions covering each content domain and some questions for more in-depth answer practice.

UKS2 Theme Park Project - End of Year Activity This Classroom Secrets ‘UKS2 Theme Park Project - End of Year Activity’ resource (pdf) is an exciting, engaging and fully resourced project that involves designing and running a theme park - including planning the placement of attractions, considering staffing and costs, and marketing materials. This activity is great for encouraging practical use of both mathematics and English skills, and can be completed either individually or collaboratively in groups.