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.

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.

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 4 but can be used whenever, keep an eye out for morning tasks for the rest of the year or buy our Autumn and Spring bundle here. Objectives cover: Times tables Writing numbers in words and digits Roman numerals Addition and subtraction Adjectives, nouns, verbs and adverbs Spelling Writing instructions, play scripts and cartoon strips Editing writing Coordinating and subordinating conjunctions. Try the first week’s morning activities for free.

Eleven 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’s 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 second term of Year 4 but can be used whenever, keep an eye out for morning tasks for the rest of the year or buy our Autumn and Spring Bundle here. Objectives and activities include: Multiplication and division facts Multiplying and dividing by 10 and 100 Multiplying 2 and 3 digit numbers by 1 digit Perimeter Recognising fractions and their equivalents Writing decimals Sequences and patterns Adjectives, nouns, verbs and adverbs Spelling Following instructions to create an image Speech Writing stories and letters Reading comprehensions Try the first week of Autumn morning activities for free here.

Ideal for use in Year 4 when fronted adverbials are first introduced or for consolidation in later years. Fronted adverbials activity sheet with 3 levels of differentiation including a range of activities to allow children to identify and use a range of fronted adverbials. Answers included. Fronted adverbials passages, short paragraphs with three levels of differentiation where children need to identify the fronted adverbials. Ideal as a short activity or a grammar session. Answers included. ‘Punctuating fronted adverbials with a comma’ activity sheet. A range of activities to encourage and remind children how to punctuate fronted adverbials with a comma. Answers included. ‘Punctuating fronted adverbials with a comma’ passage, a paragraph where children need to add the commas to the fronted adverbials they find. Answers included. ‘Fronted adverbials’ story. A short story about Ursula the Unicorn that children need to improve by adding fronted adverbials. National Curriculum Links – Years 3 and 4 Terminology to be introduced in Year 4: fronted adverbial. Years 3 and 4: Pupils should be taught to develop their understanding of the concepts set out in English Appendix 2 by using fronted adverbials. Differentiation Fronted adverbials to show time and ‘ly’ adverbials to show how. Above + fronted adverbials to show time, place and how. Above + fronted adverbials to show how often and possibility.

Ideal for use in Year 3 when using ‘a’ or ‘an’ is introduced or consolidation in later years. PPT with the rules for adding ‘a’ and ‘an’ including the common exceptions to the rule and a quickfire **quiz**. Activity sheets with three levels of differentiation to allow children to identify when ‘a’ or ‘an’ needs to be used across a variety of words. National Curriculum Links Use of the forms a or an according to whether the next word begins with a consonant or a vowel Differentiation Using ‘a’ and ‘an’ before a range of words, no exceptions to the rule. Using ‘a’ and ‘an’ before a range of more increasingly difficult words, no exceptions to the rule. Applying their knowledge to sentences. Using ‘a’ and ‘an’ before a range of words including exceptions to the rule. Applying their knowledge to sentences and paragraphs.

Ideal for use in Year 4 when the possessive apostrophes objective is first introduced or in later years for consolidation. ‘Plural possessive apostrophes’ PPT. A guide to how to use apostrophes for plural nouns with a **quiz** to allow for practise in class. ‘Possessive apostrophes’ activity sheets with three levels of differentiation including a range of activities to allow children to practise using and adding apostrophes. National Curriculum Links Year 4 statutory content to be introduced – Apostrophes to mark plural possession Differentiation Adding apostrophes to singular nouns to consolidate previous learning. Adding apostrophes to plural nouns that end in an ‘s’. Adding apostrophes to plural nouns that end in an ‘s’ and those that don’t e.g. children.

A fun bundle of activities aimed at Years 3 and 4 to keep students busy and focussed. It includes: Spelling anagrams - rearranging Years 3 and 4 common exception words. Silly story writing - completing a story with different word classes. Four operations colouring picture. 6, 7 and 12 x tables race game (the full collection of 1 - 12 tables race games is available here). Drawing challenge - students must follow the instructions to see what they create. End of year reflection. Answers.

Seven weeks of morning work tasks, four tasks per week. These activities are ideal for Year 5s in the Autumn term as it focusses on what is commonly taught in the first term of the year, they can also be used at any point of the year for recap and consolidation. Each week consists of two Maths based activities and two English based activities, covering the following: Addition and subtraction. Multiplication and division, including multiplying and dividing by 10, 100 and 1000. Times tables facts, including factors. Multiplication and division. Place value. Rounding. Roman numerals. Fractions. Modal verbs. Relative clauses. Creative writing. Determiners. Understanding the meaning of words. Punctuation. Parenthesis.

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. Aimed at the whole of KS2. Christmas themed activities including: Christmas Maths code crackers, addition and subtraction problems (3 and 4 digits) 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.

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.

New and improved for 2024 Fun, Christmas themed crack the code activity! Aimed at Years 3 and 4, students need to solve addition and subtraction problems using formal written methods in order to crack the Christmas themed codes. This resource includes: A PPT with a quick warm up, a practise code breaker and a missing number addition problem. Code breaker activity with three levels of differentiation. Addition and subtraction with 2 and 3 digit numbers involving some carrying for addition and no exchanging for subtraction. Addition and subtraction with 3 digit numbers involving carrying for addition and exchanging for subtraction. Addition and subtraction with up to 4 digit numbers involving carrying for addition and exchanging for subtraction. Challenges with three levels of differentiation, challenges 1 and 2 involve missing number calculations. Challenge 3 involves word problems using different words to mean addition and subtraction. Answers. Looking for more Christmas themed activities? Try our KS2 Advent Calendar or our KS2 activity bundle.

New and improved for 2024 Fun, Christmas themed crack the code activity! Aimed at Years 5 and 6, students need to solve addition and subtraction problems using formal written methods in order to crack the Christmas themed codes. This resource includes: A PPT with a quick warm up, a practise code breaker and a ‘spot the mistakes’ activity. Code breaker activity with three levels of differentiation. Addition and subtraction with 3 and 4 digit numbers. Addition and subtraction with 4 and 5 digit numbers. Addition and subtraction with up to 6 digit numbers. Challenges with three levels of differentiation. The challengese include spotting the mistakes, following written clues to fill in a keypad and completing the Christmas maths story with Maths problems within the story. Answers. Looking for more Christmas themed activities? Try our KS2 Advent Calendar or our KS2 activity bundle.

Aimed at Years 3 and 4, students need to solve a range of mental and written code breaker problems using the four operations. This resource includes: A PPT with a quick warm up, a practise code breaker and a ‘spot the mistake’ task. Code breaker activity where students read and solve clues to crack three padlock codes, before using formal written methods, times tables and related division facts to crack the final code. The activity sheets have three levels of differentiation: – Addition and subtraction with 1, 2 and 3 digit numbers. 2, 5 and 10 times tables problems. – Addition and subtraction up to 3 digit numbers. 2, 3, 4, 5, 8 and 10 times tables problems and their related division facts. – Addition and subtraction with up to 4 digit numbers, a mix of times tables problems and their related division facts, formal written methods for multiplication and division. Challenges with three levels of differentiation. Challenge 1 involves spotting the mistakes in addition and subtraction problems (3 digits), challenge 2 requires students to complete a Maths story, solving problems along the way. Finally, challenge 3 gives students the chance to solve a range of clues to fill in the mystery keypad. Answers included.