Part of our amazing ten lesson Rainforest Topic, aimed at Lower KS2. Available on TES as a bundle for £10 or for download as individual lessons Detailed and interesting teaching PPT detailing the different layers of the rainforest: including how their features make them suitable for different animals and the animals which live there. Interesting and fun ‘lift the flap’ book activity for students to add information about each layer of tropical rainforests to. NC objectives: Science: Describe and understand key aspects of physical geography, including: climate zones, biomes and vegetation belts, rivers, mountains, volcanoes and earthquakes, and the water cycle. Y3: explore the requirements of plants for life and growth (air, light, water, nutrients from soil, and room to grow) and how they vary from plant to plant Y3: identify that animals, including humans, need the right types and amount of nutrition, and that they cannot make their own food; they get nutrition from what they eat Y4: recognise that living things can be grouped in a variety of ways

Part of our amazing enquiry based, ten lesson Anglo-Saxon Topic, aimed at Upper KS2. Available on TES as a bundle for £10 or for download as individual lessons. Enquiry Question: How did the Anglo-Saxons live and how have they influenced modern day Britain?* Clear teaching PPT introducing how Anglo-Saxon society was structured. Anglo-Saxon society text. Differentiated main activity to compare and contrast members of Anglo-Saxon society, or to compare Anglo-Saxon society with modern day Britain. Whole unit planning. Pupils should be taught about Britain’s settlement by Anglo-Saxons and Scots Non-statutory: Anglo-Saxon invasions, settlements and kingdoms: place names and village life. Anglo-Saxon art and culture. Pupils should continue to develop a chronologically secure knowledge and understanding of British, local and world history, establishing clear narratives within and across the periods they study. They should note connections, contrasts and trends over time and develop the appropriate use of historical terms.

Advent calendar with different, fun Christmas activities for each day of advent. These activities are perfect for morning starters or activities during the Christmas build up and can even be extended into full lessons. Christmas themed activities including: Christmas Maths code crackers, addition and subtraction problems and times tables and related division facts. Christmas themed anagrams. Snowflake symmetry. Decoration making. Mindfulness colouring. Christmas around the world facts. Planning and budgeting a Christmas party. Letter to Santa spelling activity (differentiated to lower and upper KS2) Christmas recipe jumble and much more! Days that fall on a weekend have a fun true or false fact for students to discuss and the advent calendar ends with a quiz. Answers included. All questions and activities are displayed on the PPT with activity sheets provided for those activities that need them.

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.

Perfect when children are learning how to create verbs by adding suffixes in Year 5 or consolidation in Year 6. Matching cards for children to match nouns and adjectives to a range of suffixes. Ideal for use in small groups or pairs. ‘Ise’ activity sheets with three levels of differentiation allowing children to add suffixes using the correct spelling rule and using them in sentences. ‘Ate’ activity sheets with three levels of differentiation allowing children to add suffixes using the correct spelling rule and using them in sentences. ‘Ify’ activity sheets with three levels of differentiation allowing children to add suffixes using the correct spelling rule and using them in sentences. ‘En’ activity sheet allowing children to add suffixes using the correct spelling rule and using them in sentences. National Curriculum Year 5 Statutory content to be introduced – Converting nouns or adjectives into verbs using suffixes [for example, –ate; –ise; –ify] Years 5 and 6 – Pupils should be taught to use further prefixes and suffixes and understand the guidance for adding them. Differentiation Adding suffixes when no changes need to be made to the root word or when ‘e’ needs to be removed. Adding suffixes when no changes need to be made to the root word, when ‘e’ needs to be removed and removing ‘y’ when adding ‘ify’. Adding suffixes when no changes need to be made to the root word, when ‘e’ needsto be removed, removing ‘y’, ‘ation’, ‘able’ to add the suffix and exceptions to the rule.

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

Semi-colon activity sheets with three levels of differentiation that have a range of activities allowing children to use semi-colons correctly, inset them in the correct place and mark sentences that have tried to use them. Answers included. Semi-colon talk cards, a range of questions including questions about how semi-colons can be used and identifying where they can be used in a sentence. Perfect for use in pairs or small groups to consolidate what children know about using semi-colons. Semi-colon passages. Short paragraphs with three levels of differentiation where children need to identify where the semi-colons need to go. Ideal as a short activity or as part of a grammar session. Answers included. National Curriculum Year 6 statutory content to be introduced – Use of the semi-colon, colon and dash to mark the boundary between independent clauses [for example, It’s raining; I’m fed up]. Use of the colon to introduce a list and use of semi-colons within lists. Years 5 and 6 – Pupils should be taught to indicate grammatical and other features by using semi-colons, colons or dashes to mark boundaries between independent clauses. Differentiation Separating detailed items in a list and using semi-colons to replace conjunctions. Separating detailed items in a list, using semi-colons to replace conjunctions and to separate related clauses. Separating detailed items in a list, using semi-colons to replace conjunctions and to separate related clauses in multi-clause sentences.

A bundle of activities to teach relative clauses in Year 5 and 6. ‘Relative clauses’ activity sheets with three levels of differentiation. Includes a range of activities to allow children to identify relative clauses, write their own and think about the purpose within their own writing. Answers included. ‘Relative clauses’ passages. Short paragraphs with three levels of differentiation where children need to identify the relative clauses used. Ideal as a short activity or as part of a grammar session. Answers included. ‘Relative clauses’ game cards. A range of questions for children to ask each other as part of paired or group work. Relative pronouns display cards. National Curriculum Links Year 5 statutory content to be introduced – Relative clauses beginning with who, which, where, when, whose, that, or an omitted relative pronoun. Years 5 and 6 – Pupils should be taught to develop their understanding of the concepts set out in English Appendix 2 by using relative clauses beginning with who, which, where, when, whose, that or with an implied (i.e. omitted) relative pronoun Differentiation Relative clauses beginning with who and which, at the end of sentences. Relative clauses beginning with who, which, that, where, when and whose. Embedded clauses and at the end of sentences. Relative clauses beginning with who, which, that, where, when and whose. Implied relative pronouns. Embedded clauses and at the end of sentences, as part of multi-clause sentences.

Part of our amazing ten lesson Rainforest Topic, aimed at Lower KS2. Available on TES as a bundle for £10 or for download as individual lessons Thorough teaching PPT explaining definition of climate, weather and biome and modelling the main activity. Engaging create your own weather forecast activity with climate tables to support children completing their weather forecasts. Whole unit planning. Geography Describe and understand key aspects of physical geography, including: climate zones, biomes and vegetation belts, rivers, mountains, volcanoes and earthquakes, and the water cycle. Locate the world’s countries, using maps to focus on Europe (including the location of Russia) and North and South America, concentrating on their environmental regions, key physical and human characteristics, countries, and major cities.

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.

Part of our amazing ten lesson Rainforest Topic, aimed at Lower KS2. Available on TES as a bundle for £10 or for download as individual lessons -Detailed PPT explaining the difference between vertebrate and invertebrate and introducing some of the rainforest animals. -Interesting and beautifully presented living things facts files to support students learning. World map activity with three levels of differentiation. Students will use the animal fact files to work out the location of animals and add them to the world map, some will add vertebrate/invertebrate and add extra information about each animal. NC objective: Geography Locate the world’s countries, using maps to focus on Europe (including the location of Russia) and North and South America, concentrating on their environmental regions, key physical and human characteristics, countries, and major cities Use maps, atlases, globes and digital/computer mapping to locate countries and describe features studied Science Y3: explore the requirements of plants for life and growth (air, light, water, nutrients from soil, and room to grow) and how they vary from plant to plant

Part of our amazing enquiry based, ten lesson Anglo-Saxon Topic, aimed at Upper KS2. Available on TES as a bundle for £10 or for download as individual lessons. Enquiry Question: Who were the Anglo-Saxons and how do we know about them? Clear teaching PPT illustrating where the Anglo-Saxons came from with clear maps as well as exploring why they came to Britain. Jigsaw activity, students add the countries in Europe where the Anglo-Saxons came from to complete the map of Europe. Whole unit planning. Pupils should be taught about Britain’s settlement by Anglo-Saxons and Scots Non-statutory: Anglo-Saxon invasions, settlements and kingdoms: place names and village life. Anglo-Saxon art and culture. Pupils should continue to develop a chronologically secure knowledge and understanding of British, local and world history, establishing clear narratives within and across the periods they study. They should note connections, contrasts and trends over time and develop the appropriate use of historical terms.

Part of our amazing enquiry based, ten lesson Anglo-Saxon Topic, aimed at Upper KS2. Available on TES as a bundle for £10 or for download as individual lessons. Enquiry Question: Who were the Anglo-Saxons and how do we know about them? Clear teaching PPT illustrating when the Anglo-Saxons lived using a timeline and who they were. Engaging main activity using extracts from Anglo-Saxon texts to understand more about who the Anglo-Saxons were. Whole unit planning. Pupils should be taught about Britain’s settlement by Anglo-Saxons and Scots Non-statutory: Anglo-Saxon invasions, settlements and kingdoms: place names and village life. Anglo-Saxon art and culture. Pupils should continue to develop a chronologically secure knowledge and understanding of British, local and world history, establishing clear narratives within and across the periods they study. They should note connections, contrasts and trends over time and develop the appropriate use of historical terms.

Part of our amazing ten lesson Rainforest Topic, aimed at Lower KS2. Available on TES as a bundle for £10 or for download as individual lessons Clear teaching PPT explaining what deforestation is and its damaging effects with opportunities for students to talk in pairs and discuss engaging questions. Varied and engaging carousel of activities: creating signs for peaceful protests, word link activity, consequences board game and animal diaries. Deforestation fact file to support students, this fact file goes into detail to help students as they complete activities independently. Whole unit planning. NC objectives: Geography Recognise that environments can change and that this can sometimes pose dangers to living things

Worksheets, comic strips and short passages. Perfect for introducing inverted commas in Y3. ‘Using Inverted Commas’ activity sheet with a range of activities to allow children to add inverted commas, write direct speech with inverted commas and mark sentences. Answers included. ‘Using Inverted Commas’ passage, a short paragraph with direct speech for children to add inverted commas. Ideal as a short activity or a grammar session. Answers included. ‘Using Inverted Commas’ comic strip. A fun activity for children to turn a comic strip with speech bubbles into a short story, writing direct speech with inverted commas. Two versions available – comic strip with complete speech bubbles, blank speech bubbles for children to create their own version. National Curriculum Links Year 3 statutory content to be introduced – Introduction to inverted commas to punctuate direct speech Year 3 and 4 – using and punctuating direct speech

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.

Part of our amazing ten lesson Rainforest Topic, aimed at Lower KS2. Available on TES as a bundle for £10 or for download as individual lessons -Clear teaching PPT introducing the topic of rainforests with a quiz as a fun way to introduce a range of interesting facts about the topic. -Thought shower template to use as an assessment tool at the start of the lesson. Key word leaf templates for display, laminate and write down key words or facts about rainforests. NC objective: Geography - Describe and understand key aspects of physical geography, including: climate zones, biomes and vegetation belts, rivers, mountains, volcanoes and earthquakes, and the water cycle.

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.