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I upload resources that I've made for my own use from teaching Year 3, 5 & 6 for many years. Most are free, but I charge what I think is a fair price for resources that took me ages to make!
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I upload resources that I've made for my own use from teaching Year 3, 5 & 6 for many years.
Most are free, but I charge what I think is a fair price for resources that took me ages to make!
Geography Country Cards activity pack KS2 location knowledge
A set of 40 Top Trumps-style cards in both complete and blank formats, covering a range of countries from all over the world. Perfect for developing your students’ location knowledge!
The pack includes:
40 completed cards with information about each country
40 blank activity cards for students to research and complete
Differentiated questions on an editable template
Editable cards template
The cards can be used as a teaching tool for students to research and fill in the blanks, for atlas and mapwork, or to consolidate Maths and reading skills by answering the questions.
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4 sets of Top Trumps-style cards KS2 Maths and Geography
Save with this bundle of 4 sets of Top Trumps-style cards for your KS2 class!
The cards can be used in a variety of ways to reinforce knowledge of place value and as a fun activity.
Each set contains more than 30 individual cards, plus related activities. The themes are:
Wimbledon players 2022 (men’s and women’s singles)
UK cities
Countries of the world
Football players (Year 3, Year 4 and UKS2 sets)
Holes unit of work - 25+ lessons UKS2 English for remote teaching
A complete unit of work for writing newspaper articles based on Louis Sachar’s novel - Holes. These resources have been adapted to be delivered online.
All lessons include all resources, 3-way differentiation and WAGOLL (exemplar) writing.
The resources have been adapted to be delivered online, through Google Classroom or Seesaw. but could also be used in school.
A version of this resource for teaching in school can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12543518
Year 4 Maths activity top trump style cards with questions
This resource includes:
24 Top Trump style cards based on popular footballers (2021).
Each card includes statistics, attributes and physical information for each player.
3-way differentiated word problems, suitable for recapping Year 4 Maths topics.
A help sheet showing the flags/countries to support in answering the questions.
Compare and order numbers extension activity sheet.
Suggested extension activities
The cards can provide several lessons of content across numerous objectives for a Year 4 class!
A great value pack including this activity and other fully resourced LKS2 resources can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12544749
Virtual Field Trip - Space Shuttle
Children can use the Google Arts & Culture app or website to explore the Space Shutte - Discovery.
Adapted for use on Seesaw, but would work equally well in school or on Google Classrooms etc.
The activity template explains where the children should look for clues to answer the questions for each section.
pdf document to be set as template on Seesaw, with link provided in description: https://g.co/arts/zDQQUYE9uTZe95Ht6
Vocabulary builder template
Synonyms and shades of meaning KS2 and KS3 English
A fully-editable template to create vocabulary lists of synonyms, in order of their intensity.
This resource can be used for students to create their own vocabulary lists for writing and speaking, or to discuss the teacher’s examples.
It is in a PowerPoint format for easy editing and printing.
Women's Euro 2022 Dice Game and activities KS2
KS2 Women’s Euro 2022 Dice simulation game, with related cross-curricular extension activities.
Complete with teaching slides, giving clear instructions and examples!
Pack includes:
Euro 2022 dice game booklet (with instructions) (pdf)
Teaching slides with instructions, rules, examples and extension activities (PPT)
Cross-curricular countries of Europe map activity (pdf)
Cross-curricular country fact file activity (pdf).
Created for KS2, but also suitable for KS3.
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LKS2 Maths Bundle
A bundle of Maths resources for Year 3 or 4.
This bundle includes:
Euro Dice project with extension activities
Year 3 Place value football cards with differentiated questions and extension questions.
Year 4 Place value football cards with differentiated questions and extension questions.
LKS2 Zoo Maths project - a week-long Maths project perfect for a Year 3 or 4 class.
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Year 5 and Year 6 USK2 mega bundle - planning and resources for English writing, Maths, Geography
A fantastic collection of fully-resourced schemes of learning, standalone projects and multi-purpose resources with content across English, Maths, Science and Geography.
This mega bundle is perfect for Year 5 or Year 6 teachers and includes:
Full unit of work for Holes (25+ lessons)
Full unit of work for Kensuke’s Kingdom (20+ lessons)
3 mini units of work for The Tempest, setting descriptions, Journey and Quest (5+ lessons each)
2 Maths consolidation projects (5+ lessons each) - Zoo and Pie Project
4 sets of Top Trump style cards and differentiated questions (Wimbledon 2022, World Countries, UK Cities, Football players)
Maths football dice games (Women’s Euros 2022, World Cup 2022)
Other assorted useful resources, e.g. pen licence certificate, speaking vocabulary grid, Science investigation writing scaffold, virtual space shuttle field trip
UKS2 Shakespeare Tempest unit of work
Mini unit of learning (15+ lessons), which includes:
an introduction to Shakespeare, life in Elizabethan England and Shakespearan language
a summary of the story of The Tempest and related writing tasks to engage students in the play
input and WAGOLL setting descriptions to build up to an extended writing task
Could be expanded for pupils to write their own playscripts or look at Shakespeare’s other works
If you liked this, please have a look at my other resources
Pen Licence Certificate
Generic pen licence certificate. Perfect for awarding pen licences in assembly.
One and two step multiplication word problems
A set of multiplication and division word problem worksheets.
Made to teach year 3 Inspire Maths as it seems there is a lack of similar resources out there.
Variety of difficulty.
Make sure you change the names etc. to make suitable.
KS2 Equator Geography Lesson
Lesson flipchart and activity sheets for a year 3 lesson exploring the equator and briefly touching on seasons.
Includes Activinspire flipchart, activity sheet and extension atlas activity.
World Cup 2018 statistics lesson
Excel document with data and bar charts relating to the 32 countries in the tournament.
Worksheet questions were used for a year 3 class, but can easily be edited to suit any age/ability.
The Excel document is locked, so that children can use computers to view the bar charts, but can just as easily be printed and handed out.
KS2 Science investigation scaffold
A generic scaffold to support children in completing an investigation in Science.
Can easily be edited to suit a range of activities.
KS2 UK cities treasure hunt activity
Useful activity for an engaging KS2 lesson on location knowledge focusing on UK cities.
Both the clues and the map/key can be easily edited to change the locations etc.
Also useful for introducing KS2 children to compass points.
I have delivered the activity by spreading the clues around the classroom to make the activity more interactive.
LKS2 Romans balanced argument writing
LKS2 balanced argument plans and resources using Mount Snowdon and the Roman army to introduce, plan and write a balanced argument.
Included plan, flipchart, scaffolding and WAGOLL.
KS2 Geography 2018 World Cup location knowledge lessons
KS2 geography lessons, using the 2018 World Cup to locate nations and answer questions relating to KS2 geography curriculum.
KS2 Science Measurement Investigation
A Science investigation lesson, suitable for KS2. Links well to working scientifically curriculum onjectives.
“Is the length of all of someone’s fingers longer than one of their arms?”
Children predict, measure, record and conclude independently.
Pack includes:
Teaching slides
Investigation scaffold
Hands template
I’ve used this activity succesfully in Year 3 and Year 5!
KS2 Science upthrust and buoyancy investigation
KS2 Science lesson, perfect as part of a Year 5 forces unit.
Children will use plasticine and marbles to investigate buoyancy and upthrust.
Includes teaching slides and investigation scaffold for children.