Classroom Secrets is a growing educational resource company based in Halifax. We pride ourselves in offering a wide range of exciting, engaging and high-quality resources for all early-years and primary year-groups. All of our resources are carefully created by qualified teachers, so you have more time to enjoy a #LIFEworkbalance.
We offer both great value annual and month-by-month subscriptions, or you can download our resources individually on our TES shop.
Classroom Secrets is a growing educational resource company based in Halifax. We pride ourselves in offering a wide range of exciting, engaging and high-quality resources for all early-years and primary year-groups. All of our resources are carefully created by qualified teachers, so you have more time to enjoy a #LIFEworkbalance.
We offer both great value annual and month-by-month subscriptions, or you can download our resources individually on our TES shop.
This Classroom Secrets resource is aimed at Year 6 Expected and has been designed to give children the opportunity to consolidate the skills they have learned in Summer Block 3 – Statistics
The questions are based on the ‘small steps’ that are addressed in the block, but are presented in a different way so children can work through the pack independently and demonstrate their understanding and skills. This resource is themed around a team of scientists who are trying to develop a vaccine for a virus which causes zombie-like symptoms.
This Classroom Secrets resource is aimed at Year 2 Expected and has been designed to give children the opportunity to consolidate the reasoning and problem solving skills they have learned in Summer Block 4 – Mass, Capacity and Temperature
The questions are based on the ‘small steps’ that are addressed in the block, but are presented in a different way so children can work through the pack independently and demonstrate their understanding and skills. This resource is themed around two children running smoothie stalls at their school summer fayre.
This Classroom Secrets resource is aimed at Year 2 Expected and has been designed to give children the opportunity to consolidate the skills they have learned in Summer Block 1 – Position and Direction
The questions are based on the ‘small steps’ that are addressed in the block, but are presented in a different way so children can work through the pack independently and demonstrate their understanding and skills. This resource is themed around completing challenges to get through a maze.
This resource is for Year 5 and covers the arithmetic objectives from the 2014 National Curriculum. It is differentiated in 6 levels and builds on skills from Year 5 Autumn Terms 1 and 2 and Spring Terms 1 and 2.
Year 4 GPS Present Tense Lesson
This Year 4 Present Tense lesson covers the prior learning of the simple present tense before moving onto the main skill of recognising the present progressive tense.
The lesson starts with a prior learning activity to check pupils’ understanding. If they need more practice, you can choose other resources for that step. The interactive lesson slides recap the prior learning before moving on to the main skill. Children can then practise further by completing the activities and can extend their learning with engaging reasoning and application tasks.
This pack includes:
Main Activity Worksheet
Homework Extension
PowerPoint Lesson Slides
Application and Reasoning
Varied Fluency
Prior Learning
Answers
Year 5 GPS Omitting Relative Pronouns Lesson
This Omitting Relative Pronouns lesson covers the prior learning of relative clauses before moving onto the main skill of omitting relative pronouns.
The lesson starts with a prior learning activity to check pupils’ understanding. If they need more practice, you can choose other resources for that step. The interactive lesson slides recap the prior learning before moving on to the main skill. Children can then practise further by completing the activities and can extend their learning with engaging reasoning and application tasks.
This pack includes:
Main Activity Worksheet
Homework Extension
PowerPoint Lesson Slides
Application and Reasoning
Varied Fluency
Prior Learning
Answers
This free Grammar, Spelling and Punctuation scheme of work has been created to support your teaching of the English National Curriculum. We have grouped the Year 2 objectives into blocks for you to teach throughout the academic year, with each block including guidance on what should be taught. The blocks are broken down into smaller steps to enable your pupils to deepen their understanding of grammar, spelling and punctuation. This resource is Autumn Block 4 for Year 2.
This free Grammar, Spelling and Punctuation scheme of work has been created to support your teaching of the English National Curriculum. We have grouped the Year 2 objectives into blocks for you to teach throughout the academic year, with each block including guidance on what should be taught. The blocks are broken down into smaller steps to enable your pupils to deepen their understanding of grammar, spelling and punctuation. This resource is Autumn Block 4 for Year 2.
Year 2 Funny Bones Whole Class Guided Reading Comprehension
This whole class guided reading pack for Funny Bones by Janet and Allan Ahlberg is differentiated for Year 2 and linked to the new National Curriculum objectives. It includes comprehension questions and a challenge activity linked to the book.
The Smartest Giant in Town Whole Class Reading Comprehension
The Smartest Giant in Town Comprehension includes differentiated questions and activities to be used in a Whole Class Reading session on the book by Julia Donaldson. The story is about a scruffy giant who wants to be look smart. He buys new clothes but on his journey home he meets different animals who need his help (and his clothes). It is a lovely story with Personal, Social and Health Education themes throughout. We recommend using this story for Year 1.
This pack includes:
The Smartest Giant in Town Comprehension teacher questions and answers relevant to the book, differentiated challenge activities and challenge activity answers.
Dyslexia Intervention Programme Week 3
This Dyslexia Intervention Programme is aimed to support the development of the working memory, sequencing skills, fine motor skills and phonological awareness.
Each lesson starts with a recap on the lesson taught previously. Children can then work through each activity within each lesson to provide a daily practice of the relevant skills that can often be a barrier for those with Dyslexia.
Teachers can choose to deliver this using a Powerpoint, so that the lesson is on screen for the child, or there is a PDF provided which will guide you through a way to deliver this lesson practically.
Week 3:
Teaching Powerpoint with questions and answers included for sounds to be covered in the following order: c; k; ck; e; u
Printable guide to deliver the intervention practically for sounds c, k, ck, e, u
Dyslexia Intervention Programme Week 1 & 2 - With Assessment Tool
This Dyslexia Intervention Programme is aimed to support the development of the working memory, sequencing skills, fine motor skills and phonological awareness.
Each lesson starts with a recap on the lesson taught previously, apart from Lesson 1 which includes a warm-up activity. Children can then work through each activity within each lesson to provide a daily practice of the relevant skills that can often be a barrier for those with Dyslexia.
Teachers can choose to deliver this using a Powerpoint, so that the lesson is on screen for the child, or there is a PDF provided which will guide you through a way to deliver this lesson practically.
Dyslexia Intervention Programme Assessment Tool
This Dyslexia Intervention Programme Assessment Tool allows you to carry out a pre and post assessment which enables you to track and report on progress when delivering the Dyslexia Intervention Programme.
Week 1:
Teaching Powerpoint with questions and answers included for sounds to be covered in the following order:
s; a; t; p; i
Printable guide to deliver the intervention practically for sounds s,a,t,p,i
Week 2:
Teaching Powerpoint with questions and answers included for sounds to be covered in the following order:
n; m; d; g; o
Printable guide to deliver the intervention practically for sounds n, m, d, g, o
Dyslexia Intervention Programme Week 4
This Dyslexia Intervention Programme is aimed to support the development of the working memory, sequencing skills, fine motor skills and phonological awareness.
Each lesson starts with a recap on the lesson taught previously. Children can then work through each activity within each lesson to provide a daily practice of the relevant skills that can often be a barrier for those with Dyslexia.
Teachers can choose to deliver this using a Powerpoint, so that the lesson is on screen for the child, or there is a PDF provided which will guide you through a way to deliver this lesson practically.
Week 4:
Teaching Powerpoint with questions and answers included for sounds to be covered in the following order: r; h; b; f; ff
Printable guide to deliver the intervention practically for sounds r, h, b, f, ff
Dyslexia Intervention Programme Week 14
This Dyslexia Intervention Programme is aimed to support the development of the working memory, sequencing skills, fine motor skills and phonological awareness.
Each lesson starts with a recap on the lesson taught previously. Children can then work through each activity within each lesson to provide a daily practice of the relevant skills that can often be a barrier for those with Dyslexia.
Teachers can choose to deliver this using a Powerpoint, so that the lesson is on screen for the child, or there is a PDF provided which will guide you through a way to deliver this lesson practically.
Week 14:
Teaching Powerpoint with questions and answers included for sounds to be covered in the following order: i_e, o_e, u_e
Printable guide to deliver the intervention practically for sounds i_e, o_e, u_e
The 3, 6 and 9 Times Tables Activities
The 3, 6 and 9 Times Tables - Discussion Problem
This worksheet includes one discussion problem that can be used in pairs or in small groups to enable pupils to further their understanding of the concepts linked to using the 3, 6 and 9 times tables.
The 3, 6 and 9 Times Tables - Extension
This worksheet includes a range of varied fluency and reasoning and problem solving questions for pupils to further extend and practise the main skill of using the 3, 6 and 9 times tables
The 3, 6 and 9 Times Tables - Reasoning and Problem Solving
This worksheet includes a range of reasoning and problem solving questions for pupils to practise the main skill of using the 3, 6 and 9 Times Tables.
The 3, 6 and 9 Times Tables - Varied Fluency
This worksheet includes a range of varied fluency questions for pupils to practise the main skill of using the 3, 6 and 9 Times Tables.
Included in the pack:
The 3, 6 and 9 Times Tables - Discussion Problem
The 3, 6 and 9 Times Tables - Extension
The 3, 6 and 9 Times Tables - Reasoning and Problem Solving
The 3, 6 and 9 Times Tables - Varied Fluency
The 5 and 10 Times Tables Activities
The 5 and 10 Times Tables - Reasoning and Problem Solving
This worksheet includes a range of reasoning and problem solving questions for pupils to practise the main skill of using the 5 and 10 Times Tables.
The 5 and 10 Times Tables - Varied Fluency
This worksheet includes a range of varied fluency questions for pupils to practise the main skill of using the 5 and 10 Times Tables.
Included in the pack:
The 5 and 10 Times Tables - Reasoning and Problem Solving
The 5 and 10 Times Tables - Varied Fluency
Year 1 Maths Ordinal Numbers Lesson
This Year 1 Ordinal Numbers lesson covers the prior learning of ordinal and positional language, before moving onto the main skill of using ordinal numbers to describe a position in a sequence.
The lesson starts with a prior learning worksheet to check pupils’ understanding. The interactive lesson slides recap the prior learning before moving on to the main skill. Children can then practise further by completing the activities and can extend their learning by completing an engaging extension task.
This pack includes:
Main Activity Worksheet
Discussion Problems
Homework Extension
PowerPoint Lesson Slides
Reasoning and Problem Solving
Varied Fluency
Practical Activities
Prior Learning
Supporting Activities
Differentiated Synonyms Tarsia Jigsaw Puzzle
KS1 and KS2 Synonyms Vocabulary Challenge Tarsia Game in six differentiated levels. Children can cut out the tiles themselves and match pairs of synonyms.
This pack includes:
KS1 and KS2 Synonyms Vocabulary Challenge (Set 1) Tarsia Game Tri-Jigsaw with tiles mixed up for children to cut out themselves. Placemat for children to use as a scaffold. Answers for teachers included.
Differentiated Everyday Symbols Tarsia Jigsaw
A fun KS2 Everyday Symbols Resource Tri-Jigsaw Game aimed at Year 5 and Year 6 children in six differentiated levels, where children can cut out the tiles themselves and match symbols to answers. This tarsia puzzle focuses on the common symbols and icons that may be seen in everyday life such as public areas, social media, electronic devices, maps, medical supplies, the workplace and hazards. Also includes currency and mathematical terms.
This pack includes:
KS2 Tri-Jigsaw Everyday Symbols Resource Tarsia Game with mixed tiles for children to cut out themselves. Place mat for children to use as a template. Answers for teachers included.
Year 4 Maths Negative Numbers Lesson
This Year 4 Negative Numbers lesson covers the prior learning of counting on a number line to 1,000, before moving onto the main skill of negative numbers and counting below zero.
The lesson starts with a prior learning worksheet to check pupils’ understanding. The interactive lesson slides recap the prior learning before moving on to the main skill. Children can then practise further by completing the activities and can extend their learning by completing an engaging extension task.
This pack includes:
Main Activity Worksheet
Discussion Problems
Homework Extension
PowerPoint Lesson Slides
Reasoning and Problem Solving
Varied Fluency
Practical Activities
Prior Learning