A complete week of maths planning for year 5 based around the objectives for written subtraction methods, including decomposition. Fully differentiated, including mastery tasks. All resources, planning and presentations included. Please leave feedback.

A transition day lesson, full of ideas for getting to know your new class. Could be used on transition day, or on the first day of term. UPDATED FOR 2023 PowerPoint is fully adaptable to your needs, but takes you through the lesson plan step by step. All of the resources are included too. The activities all lead to potential displays for your classroom. 1,. Growth mindset poster activity - feeds into a discussion about the type of learners we want to be. 2. Guess Who bunting - children design their own piece to match their characters, using likes and dislikes etc… Makes an effective display for the start of the year. 3. A passport which will provide space for key information about students and mini art works to complete on transition day. Suitable for KS2. Could be printed onto a single sheet of A3 to make it large enough for display. (this would make it A5 on each surface) 4. A blank mobile phone template - for a Selfie portrait activity and display. I did it Snap chat style with text and images too. Made a really great display for September. Ideas for other time fillers, to avoid running out of activities!

Really successful way of reinforcing grammar concepts in idle or spare classroom moments. Cut up and laminate - so they last forever!

A unit of work, linked to a wider FLIGHT topic (also uploaded) Children create a set of wings out of wire (framework) and recyclable materials. Written for year 6 but easily adapted.

A weeks worth of maths planning, written for and originally taught in a mixed ability year 5 class ( 4 way differentiation) Fully aligned with the new curriculum The planning starts with a cold task, and develops through the teaching of formal multiplication and then moves into fluency, reasoning and mastery activities. All resources and powerpoints are included Please leave feedback.

An art scheme of work, for upper KS2, based around cultural diversity in tribes of people around the world. Chdn use batik, aboriginal symbols and T Shirt decorating. We finished the topic, with a sleepover in school - with the children setting up camp in the field, and displaying all of their learning in and around their tents. We then invited the rest of the school and parents to come and share with us. We served foods and listened to music from the different cultural groups. Geography has been uploaded in a separate unit. Please leave feedback.

A full scheme of work, linked to the Caribbean and slavery. Very high quality - linked to the new curriculum. All resources and power points are included. originally planned for years 3 and 4 but easily adapted if necessary.

A complete lesson and resources for chapter 3 of the book ' The Wonderful Wizard of Oz' by L Baum. Differentiated 3 ways. The lesson focuses on the Rashomon effect to enhance narrative and character understanding. The original text is in the public domain and available online. The lesson is also available as part of a scheme of work that is based on the understanding of the text and its themes, as well as narrative, non-fiction and descriptive writing skills. Touches on, and links well to American History at the turn of the 20th century. This scheme was incredibly engaging and produced brilliant pieces of writing. Scheme of work available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-wizard-of-oz-full-narrative-scheme-of-work-12-days-of-planning-presentation-and-resources-11679928 All images sourced from Pixabay. Original illustrations are in the public domain.

A complete lesson and resources for chapters 4 and 5 of the book ' The Wonderful Wizard of Oz' by L Baum. Differentiated 3 ways. The lesson focuses in detail on characterisation, with hot seating and writing in role. The lesson is also available as part of a scheme of work that is based on the understanding of the text and its themes, as well as narrative, non-fiction and descriptive writing skills. Touches on, and links well to American History at the turn of the 20th century.The original text is in the public domain and available online. The lesson is part of a scheme that is based on the understanding of the text and its themes, as well as narrative, non-fiction and descriptive writing skills. Touches on, and links well to American History at the turn of the 20th century. This scheme was incredibly engaging and produced brilliant pieces of writing. Scheme of work available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-wizard-of-oz-full-narrative-scheme-of-work-12-days-of-planning-presentation-and-resources-11679928 All images sourced from Pixabay. Original illustrations are in the public domain.

A complete lesson, PowerPoint and resources for the book ' The London Eye Mystery' by Siobhan Dowd. (lesson 9 in a series of 14). Differentiated 3 ways. The lesson focuses on how to use dialogue to enhance characterisation and the action/plot in a story. This is lesson 9 in a series of 14. The whole scheme of work is available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-london-eye-mystery-full-scheme-of-work-14-days-of-planning-presentation-and-resources-11696150 This scheme was incredibly engaging and produced brilliant pieces of writing. All images sourced from Pixabay.

A complete lesson, which revises the main word classes. Children then go on to learn/revise what a simple sentence needs. THe independent activity uses slow writing to apply what they have learned and revised. Also available as part of a 4 lesson scheme of work here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/sentence-skills-unit-4-complete-lessons-for-ks2-based-on-on-the-alchemist-s-letter-short-film-11716460 The stimulus for the unit is the short film 'The Alchemist's letter' which is available on You Tube and Literacy Shed. All images are from Pixabay

A complete lesson, which builds on children's understanding of basic sentences. Children learn how to/ to revise how to identify, avoid and correct fragments, run on's and fragmented sentences. Also available as part of a 4 lesson scheme of work here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/sentence-skills-unit-4-complete-lessons-for-ks2-based-on-on-the-alchemist-s-letter-short-film-11716460 The stimulus for the unit is the short film 'The Alchemist's letter' which is available on You Tube and Literacy Shed. All images are from Pixabay

A complete English lesson, based around Alan Peat's '3 BAD - (dash) question?' Sentences. Suitable for KS2 (as the lesson is fully differentiated) Would fit neatly into a grammar or narrative unit based on sentence construction. Also works very well as a standalone skills lesson. Children will learn about the special sentence type, practice writing them as a class, before completing independent work containing them. Fully differentiated 3 ways. The lesson has a dragon theme. All images are sourced from PIXABAY.

A complete lesson, PowerPoint and resources for the book- CHARLIE MERRICK’S MISFITS in Fouls, Friends and Football! This lesson explores the use of dialogue in diaries and first person narratives and links to the rest of the unit. It would also work well as a standalone lesson This is lesson 5 in a series of 8. Each lesson is available separately. The whole scheme of work is available here[:https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/charlie-merrick-s-friends-fouls-and-footballs-complete-scheme-of-work-8-days-11913484 Also includes the planning for the whole second week. The only resource not included is the book itself! The whole scheme includes a cold and a hot task, and culminates in the class writing a first person narrative based on the characters in the book All images sourced from Pixabay or authors own.

Lesson 4 in a series of 4 lessons, covering narrative objectives for upper KS2. Children apply the learning in the final lesson when they write an additional chapter for the story. There is a PowerPoint presentation and all resources are included. Narnia Clip art by ninjamomdesigns All additional images are from PIXABAY,

A complete lesson, that is based around how writing is assessed at the end of KS2 The children explore the 3 /4 levels of writing, before comparing them to the TAF checklist and creating posters about each of the different levels This lesson really opened up the assessment process for the children, making what each level of writing needs to be successful seem explicit and achievable. This is lesson 2 in a series of 14. The whole scheme of work is available here: The whole scheme includes a cold and a hot task, and culminates in the class writing a dilemma story This scheme was incredibly engaging and produced brilliant pieces of writing. All images sourced from Pixabay.

A complete lesson, PowerPoint and resources for the book ’ PIG HEART BOY’ by Malorie Blackman. Differentiated 3 ways. The lesson focuses on the correct use of punctuation dialogue. This is lesson 6 in a series of 14. The whole scheme of work is available here: The whole scheme includes a cold and a hot task, and culminates in the class writing a dilemma story This scheme was incredibly engaging and produced brilliant pieces of writing. All images sourced from Pixabay.

A complete lesson, PowerPoint and resources for a unit on PERSUASIVE SPEECHES in Upper KS2 (Year 6) THIS COLD TASK PROVIDES A STANDALONE WRITING TASK THAT WILL FEED INTO THE UNIT. It would also work well as a big writing lesson. This is lesson 1 in a series of 6/7. The whole scheme of work is also available as a bundle The whole scheme includes a cold and a hot task, and culminates in the class writing a perusaive speech based on animal rights. This scheme was incredibly engaging and produced brilliant pieces of writing. All images sourced from Pixabay.