A bundle of 10 fun Chirstmas activities suitable across Key Stage Two. Select individual activities or create your own Christmas activity booklet. Plan a Christmas party with a budget. Mindfulness colouring. Christmas elf and bauble colouring and craft. Spell check a Christmas letter (activities for Years 3&4 and Years 5&6). Addition and subtraction Christmas trees. Christmas story writing. Snowflake symmetry. Sorting the 12 days of Christmas. Rearranging instructions for a Christmas recipe. Sort and identify Merry Christmas in different languages on map of the world. These activities are also available as part of our Advent Calendar, along with many more Christmas themed activities.

A fun bundle of activities aimed at Years 5 and 6 to keep students busy and focussed. It includes: Spelling anagrams - rearranging Years 5 and 6 common exception words. Silly story writing - completing a story with different word classes and clauses. Four operations colouring picture. 6, 7, 8 and 9 x tables race game. Drawing challenge. End of year reflection. Answers.

A fifteen lesson writing unit, leading students towards writing their own newspaper article based on a fictional event: people have lost their shadows This would make a great unit to be taught alongside a Science unit on light and shadows, or as a way to revisit Scientific knowledge. The lessons beginning with exploring the text type, followed by sentence level work and ending with writing their newspaper report. The unit uses differentiated example text types throughout to support students understanding. Where appropriate, each lesson is differentiated and carefully planned to suit different students needs. Lesson order: Hook lesson: introducing the newspaper story, people have lost their shadows. Students take part in a fun treasure hunt activity to piece together the story. Identifying and sorting features of a newspaper report, using differentiated example texts. Sorting facts and opinions, understanding their use in a newspaper report. Writing headlines. Writing captions, including using prepositions. Generating appropriate vocabulary for our newspaper report. Generating fronted adverbials to be used in our newspaper report. Understanding and using conjunctions, this fun activity involves students rolling a dice to see which conjunction makes sense in a sentence and which fits best. Writing in the past tense. Writing quotes, punctuating direct speech for quotes in a newspaper report. This lesson also includes a hot seating activity for the whole class to engage in. Writing the report: writing the introduction. Writing the report: writing the main body. Writing the report: writing the conclusion. Writing the report: editing. Writing the report: publishing. Lesson activities are downloaded as PDF files

The perfect way to start off your morning of learning. Monday morning tasks start with activities relating to feelings to get the week off to a good start. Each sheet has English and Maths activities aimed at Year 3, beginning the term with consolidating their learning from Year 2 and continuing with what they will learn during the Autumn term. Maths activities progress in small steps as the week goes on. PPTs include challenge tasks for children who finish early and answers. Content: Number sequences Marking numbers on a number line Comparing and ordering numbers Place value Writing numbers in words and digits Addition and subtraction progressing from adding ones to adding and subtracting numbers in the hundreds using a range of representations 3, 4 and 8 x tables using a range of different representations. Using adjectives, verbs, adverbs and nouns in sentences. Synonyms and antonyms. Spelling of common exception words. Correcting spelling and grammar mistakes Descriptive writing.

Ideal for use in lower KS2 or in later years for consolidation, to help children understand how pronouns can be used to avoid repetition or to aid cohesion. ‘Prepositions to avoid Repetition’ activity sheets with three levels of differentiation, including different activities to help children identify the purpose of pronouns and where to use them to avoid repetition. ‘Prepositions to avoid Repetition’ story, a short story that children need to improve by identifying the nouns and choosing which to change to pronouns. National Curriculum Links Statutory content to be introduced in Year 4: Appropriate choice of pronoun or noun within and across sentences to aid cohesion and avoid repetition. Year 3 and 4 statutory requirements: pupils should be taught to develop their understanding of the concepts by choosing nouns or pronouns appropriately for clarity and cohesion and to avoid repetition. Differentiation Third person pronouns, including possessive pronouns. First and third person pronouns, including possessive pronouns First, second and third person pronouns, including possessive pronouns. Used in a range of multi-clause sentences.

Printable bundle, ideal in Year 2 to teach the coordinating conjunctions: and, but, or. -Coordinating conjunction activity sheets, children can practise joining words and phrases together using coordinating conjunctions and identifying the correct conjunction for the sentence. -Coordinating conjunction display cards. Differentiation Using and to join two words and create a phrase. Using and, but to join two phrases together. Using and, but, or to join two phrases together. National Curriculum Links# Pupils should be taught to learn how to use co-ordination (using or, and, but)

Fourteen weeks of morning task activities, four activities per week. These morning activities are perfect for the start of the day, after break or lunch. We know how these times of the school day can be tricky and there is a lot going on, each day’s activity focuses on one objective with a challenge for any students who need it. They are designed to review curriculum knowledge that students have already learnt about, so are a perfect way to warm up for the day. These activities are prepared for the first term of Year 3 but can be used whenever, keep an eye out for morning tasks for the rest of the year. Objectives cover: Adding 10 and 100 Times tables Mental addition and subtraction Spelling, including common exception words Word classes Number sequences Ordering and comparing numbers and more! PPT and worksheets. Answers/examples provided where appropriate. Try the first week’s morning activities for free.

Ideal for in Year 4 when teaching how to punctuate direct speech. ‘Punctuating Direct Speech’ activity sheet with three levels of differentiation and a range of activities to allow children to punctuate direct speech correctly, write direct speech with correct punctuation and mark the punctuation sentences. Answers included. ‘Punctuating Direct Speech’ passage, short paragraphs with three levels of differentiation where children need to spot the mistakes and punctuate sentences correctly. Ideal as a short activity or in a grammar session. Answers included. ‘Punctuating Direct Speech’ comic strip. A fun activity for children to turn a comic strip with speech bubbles into a short story, writing direct speech with the correct punctuation. Two versions available – comic strip with completed speech bubbles and blank speech bubbles for children to create their own version. National Curriculum Links Year 4 statutory content to be introduced – Use of inverted commas and other punctuation to indicate direct speech. Year 3 and 4 – using and punctuating direct speech. Differentiation Capital letters and inverted commas in direct speech. Above plus commas before and at the end of direct speech. Above plus ? ! . at the end of direct speech.

A bundle of resources to teach commas for clarity in Years 5 and 6. ‘Commas for clarity’ activity sheets. A set of sheets with three levels of differentiation, including activities to allow children to identify correct and incorrect use of commas, where to add commas and how commas affect the meaning of sentences. Answers included. ‘Commas for clarity’ cards. A set of cards with pictures of signs using commas incorrectly, perfect to use in pairs or groups to encourage discussion around how commas can cause ambiguity. National Curriculum Links Year 5 statutory content to be introduced – use of commas to clarify meaning or avoid ambiguity. Years 5 and 6 – Pupils should be taught to indicate grammatical and other features by using commas to clarify meaning or avoid ambiguity in writing. Differentiation Commas used to separate items in a list. Commas used to separate items in a list and to clarify the meaning within a sentence. Commas used to separate items in a list, to clarify the meaning within a sentence and clauses within multi-clause sentences.

A fifteen-lesson writing unit, leading students towards writing their own explanation text based on a fictional product: a watering robot! Students spend time at the start of the unit designing their own plant watering robot/machine (there is also an option to write about the ladybird robot in the example texts provided). This allows them to focus on how to write an explanation text, without becoming bogged down in exactly how a specific product works, they can tell us! This would make a great unit to be taught alongside a Science unit on plants or living things and their habitats, or as a way to revisit Scientific knowledge. This unit begins with ten lessons exploring the text type and sentence level work. The final five lessons allow them to write their explanation text. The unit uses three differentiated example text types about a ladybird-shaped plant watering robot to supports students’ understanding. Where appropriate, each lesson is differentiated and carefully planned to suit different students’ needs. Lesson order: • Hook lesson: introducing the ladybird robot and its purpose. Students design their own watering robot/machine. • Questions, students answer questions in more detail about their watering robot/machine to have enough detail for their explanation text. • Creating diagrams with technical language, students draw and label diagrams of their robots/machines using technical language. • Identify features of explanation texts, students explore the key features of explanation texts and find examples in the texts provided. • Writing appropriate noun phrases, students will explore appropriate description for an explanation text and practise writing descriptions of their robot/machine. • Using prepositions to clearly describe different parts of the robot. • Writing with fronted adverbials, focussing on fronted adverbials to express time and cause. • Writing with conjunctions, students will use a range of subordinating and coordinating conjunctions to add information or to explain. • Understand and using bullet points, students will explore how they are used and practise writing a list or adding extra information with bullet points. • Introducing headings and sub-headings, students will use these to plan their explanation texts in preparation for writing. • Writing the introduction and second paragraph (explaining what the machine does in more detail), looking at examples and creating a shared write as a class. • Writing the third paragraph (explaining how the machine works). • Writing the conclusion. • Students can practise editing using our ‘explanation text to edit’ before editing their own work. • Publishing texts, including adding detailed diagrams. Lesson activities are downloaded as PDF files

A range of activities to teach parenthesis in Upper Key Stage Two. Parenthesis activity sheets with three levels of differentiation, includes a range of activities for children to identify and use parenthesis within different sentences, as well as the punctuation used. Parenthesis passages. Short paragraphs about The Titanic with three levels of differentiation for children to underline the parenthesis within. Parenthesis display cards. National Curriculum Links Year 5 statutory content to be introduced – Brackets, dashes or commas to indicate parenthesis. Years 5 and 6 – Pupils should be taught to develop their understanding of the concepts set out in English Appendix 2 b yusing brackets, dashes or commas to indicate parenthesis. Differentiation Parenthesis using ( ) , and – at the end of sentences. Parenthesis using ( ) , and – in the middle and at the end of sentences in a range of single and multi-clause sentences. Parenthesis using ( ) , and – in the middle and at the end of sentences in a range of multi-clause sentences.

Sorting cards with a range of statement, commands, exclamations and questions. Answers included. Perfect for independent work, in pairs or as a group.

Worksheets (with three levels of differentiation) allowing students to convert past tense verbs to present tense and use them in sentences. Answers included. Past to present tense verb matching cards.

A spelling and grammar themed escape room aimed at Years 5 and 6. Perfect as a fun grammar activity or for SATs revision. Printable escape room where students try to find clues linked to Years 5 and 6 spelling words. Printable grammar clue cards - the spelling words hidden in the escape room lead students to grammar questions for them to solve in their pairs/groups. Each solved grammar clue leads to a number, part of the code for the safe in the escape room. PPT introducing the escape room and clues. Teacher’s instructions and answers.

A fifteen-lesson writing unit, leading students towards writing their own explanation text based on a fictional product: telescopic glasses! Students spend time at the start of the unit designing their own telescopic glasses. This allows them to focus on how to write an explanation text, without becoming bogged down in learning exactly how a specific product works, they can tell us! This would make a great unit to be taught alongside a Science unit on Space, or as a way to revisit Scientific knowledge. This unit begins with ten lessons exploring the text type and sentence level work. The final five lessons allow them to write their explanation text. The unit uses three differentiated example text types about telescopic glasses to supports students’ understanding. Where appropriate, each lesson is differentiated and carefully planned to suit different students’ needs. Lesson order: Hook lesson: introducing the telescopic glasses and their purpose. Students design their own telescopic glasses. Creating diagrams with technical language, students draw and label diagrams of their glasses using technical language. Identify features of explanation texts, students explore the key features of explanation texts and find examples in the texts provided. Using parenthesis, students will look at how parenthesis has been used in the sample texts before practising writing their own sentences using parenthesis. Using relative clauses, students will look at how relative clauses have been used in the sample texts before practising writing their own sentences or paragraphs using relative clauses to describe their glasses. Writing with conjunctions, students will explore a range of conjunctions and their different purposes in the sample texts. They will then have time to complete sentences or write their own sentences using conjunctions: comparing, contrasting, explaining and describing more than one. Using cohesive devices, students explore how repeated words/phrases, rhetorical questions and conjunctions are cohesive devices. Activities include highlighting cohesive devices in sample texts and editing paragraphs to make them more cohesive. Lesson activities will be downloaded as PDF files

Activity sheets for children to add a range of prefixes to create nouns and understand their meanings. Prefixes: auto, anti, super, fore, mid, sub, tele, mini, micro, multi, semi. Includes definitions of each word for further support or teacher reference. Matching cards for children to match a prefix to a word and create a new noun, ideal for use in small groups or pairs. National Curriculum Links Year 3 – formation of nouns using a range of prefixes. Lower KS2 – use further prefixes and suffixes and understand how to add them. – apply their growing knowledge of root words, prefixes and suffixes (etymology and morphology) as listed in English Appendix 1, both to read aloud and to understand the meaning of new words they meet.

A bundle of activities perfect for teaching passive voice in Year 6. ‘Passive voice’ activity sheets with three levels of differentiation. Including a range of activities allowing children to identify active and passive voiced sentences, re-writing sentences in the passive voice and understanding what makes a sentence passive. ‘Passive voice’ cards. Subject, verb and object cards which can be used in small group or paired work to create sentences in the active or passive voice and encourage discussion. ‘Impersonal passive’ word mat. Impersonal passive is a great way to get passive voice into formal writing, this word mat is perfect to support children using this. National Curriculum Links Year 6 statutory content to be introduced – Use of the passive to affect the presentation of information in a sentence Pupils should be taught to develop their understanding of the concepts set out in English Appendix 2 by using passive verbs to affect the presentation of information in a sentence. Differentiation Identifying passive and active voice sentences, re-writing the verbs in a sentence to make it passive. Identifying passive and active voice sentences and re-writing sentences in the passive voice in single and multi-clause sentences. Identifying passive and active voice sentences and re-writing sentences in the passive and active voice in single and multi- clause sentences. Writing their own sentences.

Four activities, perfect for morning activities, after break or lunch. We know how these times of the school day can be tricky and there is a lot going on, each day’s activity focuses on one objective with a challenge for any students who need it. These activities are prepared for the first week of Year 3 but can be used whenever. Purchase the whole Autumn term here and keep an eye out for morning tasks for the rest of the year. PPT and worksheets. Answers/examples provided where appropriate.

Spelling activity cards with 30 different challenges for children, perfect for practising spellings in fun and creative ways. Activities range from written activities, challenges that can be done alone, games for pairs or teams to outdoor tasks. These activities can be used or adapted for all ages.

Four activities, perfect for morning activities, after break or lunch. We know how these times of the school day can be tricky and there is a lot going on, each day’s activity focuses on one objective with a challenge for any students who need it. These activities are prepared for the first week of Year 4 but can be used whenever. Purchase the whole Autumn term here and keep an eye out for morning tasks for the rest of the year. This first week of morning activities starts with a look at emotions and gives students a chance to share how they’re feeling at the start of the school year. The rest of the week includes **using adjectives to describe, writing numbers in words and digits and a fun ‘create as many words as you can’ activity **. PPT and worksheets. Answers/examples provided where appropriate.