Do your pupils often confuse instructions and explanations? So do mine! These resources will help the children understand the difference between the two genres. The children can work on the worksheet in pairs, cutting out the text and deciding whether the writing is from an explanation or instruction text. Ideal for Year 5-6.

A brilliant resource to help improve reading levels. The booklet contains questions which cover the range of Assessment Foci. The questions also imitate the style and format used in QCA and SAT tests. Ideal for Guided Reading and Whole class activities. Also great as a revision aid and for individual tutoring. Ideal for pupils at Level 4-5

This Guided Reading prompt is great to use when listening to a group reading. All the questions have been given an AF number enabling teachers to assess the progress of their readers. Teachers do not need to worry about asking questions on the spot, with this useful teaching aide. Ideal for reading levels 3-4.

This resource is a teaching and learning pack, to be used in its entirety for a Book Week, based around the best-selling children’s book Agent Two Face. The pack, written by the author who is an English and History specialist, includes a whole week of activities based around the book, as well as a comprehension pack, which has questions in the style of SATS. Answers are also included. The resources are ideal for Year 5 to Year 8. An ideal resource for 2018, to commemorate the centenary of the end of WW1.

A set of comprehension questions, written by the author himself, ideal for Years 5-6. The questions imitate the style and standard of SATS/QCA’s papers, and will serve as ideal preparation for children taking their Year 6 SATs papers. A set of answers is also provided. The Book, Agent Two Face, is a best-selling novel, aimed at ages 10+, charting the dramatic adventures of a German Teenager, through the Years 1914-1918. The story follows Bertie’s adventures from Berlin in 1914, to war-torn London, to the Western Front, and back to London. An ideal book to study to commemorate the centenary of the end of the ‘Great War’.

A fun activity to use at the outset of a unit on the Romans. Covers Romulus and Remus and the formation of the Roman Empire. Pupils research the answers to the questions and add to sheet. Ideally used on computers with the pupils using the internet to find the answers and then typing onto document. Good fun and teacher friendly! Ideal for Years 3-5.

5 prompt cards which can be placed on tables to remind the children what they are investigating! Supports the Year 4 Unit of Work for sound. An ideal (if noisy) way to start the unit.

An interactive powerpoint to teach the pupils about turning nouns, which end in the letter f, into plurals. The powerpoint begins by explaining the rule before the pupils are given a series of singular nouns to make plural. Ideal for Years 3-5

A brilliant resource to help improve reading levels. The booklet contains 22 questions which cover the range of Assessment Foci. The questions also imitate the style and format used in QCA and SAT tests. An answer booklet is provided to enable pupils to mark their own work. Ideal for Guided Reading and Whole class activities. Also great as a revision aid and for individual tutoring. Ideal for pupils at or aspiring to be Level 5 readers.

A selection of fun puzzles aimed at Year 4+ that accompany the popular Viking Book ‘BEOWUFF’. Puzzles include: a maze, cryptograms, a criss cross and word search. Ideal for children studying or with an interest in the Vikings.

Ideal for Years 3-4, a selection of fun puzzles, including cross words, word searches and cryptograms, inspired by the popular book ‘Son of Spartapuss’ . A perfect accompaniment for Roman studies in Key Stage 2.

A selection of fun and challenging puzzles, including a cross word, word search, and maze, to accompany the ever popular book ‘BOUDIACT’. Ideal for Upper Key Stage 2 and children studying Roman Britain.

A new timeline to support the new History Curriculum. There is a colour coded time line for each of the 6 continents. Each stage of the timeline has a relevant colour image. Hang up the timeline in your classroom. It enables your children to understand what was happening at similar periods in other parts of the world and compare technical advancements i.e. Stonehenge and the Pyramids!

I have written this book (author and primary school teacher)to accompany the teaching of the Stone Age, and more specifically, the Bronze Age, for children aged 7+. The first 2 chapters, in PDF format, are accompanied by a range of comprehension questions that are ideal for children in Years 3 - 4. The comprehension questions have been written in a 'test booklet' style and stretch across the range of AF question types. The majority of the questions are retrieval questions but there are also some inference and deduction questions for the more able pupils. Multiple choice questions also feature. The comprehension booklet can be used in several ways: * Whole class teaching, using the PDF on the IWB - annotating the text * Paired work - working through the questions together * Guided Reading with a small group of children - teaching comprehension skills An answer booklet is also provided! Enjoy!

A unit of work (37 lessons - up to 50 hours of lessons ) for Year 5-6 pupils. Ideal for schools studying the Vikings/Anglo Saxons under the new curriculum. A unit of literacy that uses this incredible re-telling of the classic story to support the Year 5-6 literacy curriculum. There is a strong emphasis on SPAG with opportunities for extended writing and speaking and listening integrated into the Unit. APP comprehension questions have also been supplied to assist in developing level 4-6 readers. Resources have been provided to support the detailed planning sheet.