I provide a wide range of resources for use in the classroom and around school. My resources build on children's learning and consider the smaller steps children need to take to achieve the learning. My resources have a focus on 'mastery' style questions where possible, to develop children's critical thinking and reasoning skills. As a practicing primary teacher myself, I know how essential it is to have well organised lesson resources with engaging activities that focus on the learning.
I provide a wide range of resources for use in the classroom and around school. My resources build on children's learning and consider the smaller steps children need to take to achieve the learning. My resources have a focus on 'mastery' style questions where possible, to develop children's critical thinking and reasoning skills. As a practicing primary teacher myself, I know how essential it is to have well organised lesson resources with engaging activities that focus on the learning.
Two Y4 SpaG tests, which are ideal for the summer term. Each has an answer paper and mark scheme.
Test one assesses children on:
Correct use of to/too/two
Adverbs
Pronouns
Some Y4 curriculum spellings
Punctuating fronted adverbials
Creating expanded noun phrases
Determiners
Conjunctions
Test 2 assesses children on:
Possessive pronouns
Use of Standard English
Paragraphs
Past tense verbs
Conjunctions
Fronted adverbials
Homophones
Inverted commas
Subordinate clauses
Brackets
4 SPaG tests for use across Y4. Each test has an answer paper and mark scheme.
Autumn Term 1 tests children's knowledge on:
Using 'a' or 'an'
Past/present/future tense verbs
Identifying adjectives
Identifying verbs
Pronouns
Paragraph punctuation
Punctuating speech
Possessive 's'
Plural 's'
Time conjunctions.
Autumn Term 2 tests children's knowledge on:
Adverbs
Common nouns
Fronted Adverbials
Nouns
Adjectives
Expanded/contracted word forms
Expanded noun phrases
Use of there/their/they're.
Spring Term 1 tests children on:
Correct use of to/too/two
Adverbs
Pronouns
Some Y4 curriculum spellings
Punctuating fronted adverbials
Creating expanded noun phrases
Determiners
Conjunctions
Spring term 2 tests children on:
Possessive pronouns
Use of Standard English
Paragraphs
Past tense verbs
Conjunctions
Fronted adverbials
Homophones
Inverted commas
Subordinate clauses
Brackets
30 spelling lists for year 3.
Well organised. Each spelling list covers a specific rule from the year 3 curriculum. Note, as the spelling curriculum for year 3 is merged with year 4, I have separated the spellings into two separate year groups.
Each spelling has space for children to find out what it means and then use the word in a sentence, so as they learn more about the word than just the spelling.
Easy to use in class and can be used easily alongside other resources for learning spellings. Also useful to help you identify spelling rules to teach.
Sheets can be sent home to help children with learning their spellings.
These have also been used for recap work in years 4/5.
Children may need to recap the spelling work from year 2.
22 spelling lists for year 5 (enough to cover the whole year, with room for recapping lower key stage 2, or progressing onto year 6 spellings)
Well organised. Each spelling list covers a specific rule from the year 5 curriculum, or common exception words. Note, as the spelling curriculum for year 5 is merged with that of year 6, I have separated the spellings into two separate year groups.
Each spelling has space for children to find out what the word means and then use the word in a sentence, so as they learn more about the word than just the spelling.
Easy to use in class and can be used easily alongside spelling lessons/other resources for learning spellings. Also useful to help you identify spelling rules to teach.
Sheets can be sent home to help children with learning their spellings.
These have also been used for recap work in year 6.
Children may need to recap the spelling work from years 3/4 (also available).
30 spelling lists for year 3 and 30 spelling lists for year 4.
Well organised. Each spelling list covers a specific rule from the year 3/4 curriculum. For ease of coverage, I have split the year 3/4 spelling rules and common exception words into two separate year groups.
Easy to use in class and can be used easily alongside lessons/ other resources for learning spellings. Also useful to help you identify spelling rules to teach.
Sheets can be sent home to help children with learning their spellings.
These have also been used for recap work in upper key stage 2.
54 spelling lists for Y1
40 spelling lists for Y2
30 spelling lists for Y3
30 spelling lists for Y4
22 spelling lists for Y5
14 spelling lists for Y6
Well organised. Each spelling list covers a specific rule from the year group curriculum, including common exception words.
For ease of coverage, I have split the year 3/4 and 5/6 spelling rules and common exception words into separate year groups.
The bulk of the Y5/6 spellings are covered in the year 5 set, in order to give year 6 time to recap spellings from other year groups before SATs week.
Easy to use in class and can be used easily alongside lessons/ other resources for learning spellings. Also useful to help you identify spelling rules to teach.
Sheets can be sent home to help children with learning their spellings.
14 spelling lists for year 6 (enough to cover the whole year, with room for recapping spellings from years 3/4/5 as necessary, in time for sitting those all important SATs)
Well organised. Each spelling list covers a specific rule from the year 6 curriculum, or common exception words. Note, as the spelling curriculum for year 6 is merged with that of year 5, I have separated the spellings into two separate year groups. The bulk of the spellings are in the year 5 spelling lists, to allow ample time for recapping in time for year 6 SATs.
Each spelling has space for children to find out what the word means and then use the word in a sentence, so as they learn more about the word than just the spelling.
Easy to use in class and can be used easily alongside spelling lessons/other resources for learning spellings. Also useful to help you identify spelling rules to teach.
Sheets can be sent home to help children with learning their spellings.
Children may need to recap the spelling work from KS1, or years 3/4/5 (also available).
22 spelling lists for year 5 and 14 spelling lists for year 6.
Well organised. Each spelling list covers a specific rule from the year 5/6 curriculum. For ease of coverage, I have split the year 5/6 spelling rules and common exception words into two separate year groups. The bulk of the spellings are covered in the year 5 set, in order to give year 6 time to recap spellings from other year groups before SATs week.
Easy to use in class and can be used easily alongside lessons/ other resources for learning spellings. Also useful to help you identify spelling rules to teach.
Sheets can be sent home to help children with learning their spellings.
You may also like to use the year 3/4 sets for recap work.
Lesson 1: We are learning to understand what different types of communication are available on the internet.
Link to website for children to conduct their own research into types of online communication.
Some questioning to develop children's thinking, particularly around which types of communication are most useful for what.
Touches on being respectful, kind and polite online.
Choice of activity for differentiation.
Plenary is a self assessment, which is included.
Lesson 2: We are learning to understand the dangers of online communication.
Clear learning, with lots of questions to get children to consider how they communicate online, what is safe and what is not safe.
Video to hook children and show how communicating with strangers online can be dangerous.
Opportunity for lots of discussion.
Choice of activity for differentiation and plenary.
We are learning to understand what different types of communication are available on the internet.
Link to website for children to conduct their own research into types of online communication.
Some questioning to develop children's thinking, particularly around which types of communication are most useful for what.
Touches on being respectful, kind and polite online.
Choice of activity for differentiation.
Plenary is a self assessment, which is included.
Lesson plan and PowerPoint included.
Assessment targets to help you plan and assess computing in years 1,2,3 and 4.
Split into 4 easy to follow categories:
E-Safety
Digital Literacy
Information technology
Programming and Algorithms
