100 worksheets with answers. 20 questions per sheet. Pupils have to write in the value of the underlined digit. Some are in the units column, some in the tens, some in the hundreds, some in the thousands. A good little time filler or easy homework.

500 word searches on the first book of the Cambridge Latin course. Answers provided. The block of text has different shapes. There’s even some colour ones if you are feeling extravagant and can afford the ink! Great for rainy Friday afternoons.

1000 questions Mathematics KS2 Multiple Addends 2 Digit Numbers Pupils have to add up three 2 digit numbers. All answers provided.

1000 questions on shopping. Answers provided. Pupils have to work out the cost of various food items. Lots of variations. Would be good as a homework or calculator use.

Celebrate Black History Month with two excellent powerpoints and some great worksheets. Lots of great info on Aboriginal art. Kids of all abilities will love this. Absorbing and great for afternoon art work.

This is some great planning for Christmas for Year 5 Literacy. I found the kids loved it. Advantages for you: kids are interested, it’s non religious so can be shown to everyone, you can watch the lovely short movie umpteen times so takes the strain off you. It’s based on a great little movie, voiced by the late great John Hurt. It will fill up the last two to three weeks nicely. Plus there’s non literacy planning for free. Some example planning : To analyse and create a character and setting description for 23 Degrees 5 Minutes North. I can express verbally what a character may be feeling, thinking or doing I can explain why I think a character may feel, think or do something I can describe a setting using figurative language Starter 5 mins Pen portrait of key characters in 23 Degrees 5 Minutes North: Children mind map/annotate information about the key characters that they know so far around an image of The Adventurer and Professor Erit. They add information about the internal feelings, thoughts and emotions within and the external information such as physical description, or known facts Activity 1 5-10 mins Use key questions and discussion in groups to think about answers to questions such as: Why am I here? Will I be able to find Professor Erit? Emphasise the importance of chn giving evidence to support their opinion when they give a response to these questions. Activity 10 mins Return to image of the Adventurer and Professor Erit. Using a different coloured pencil, chn should add information about these characters Main 20 mins Give chn an image of the setting and ask them to mind-map descriptive words, phrases or sentences they could use to describe the narrative setting. Model using the different kinds of sentence-types to record a setting description, using the vocabulary recorder in the mind-map. Chn use sentences to build suspense if they can. Plenary 5 – 10 mins Chn share their comments about the Adventurer and Professor Erit with the class. Chn to explain what they have now learnt about each character - using their skills of inference. Share best sentences to describe setting. Take a moment to add any extra information after the class discussion to their own work, using another coloured pencil.

100 puzzles plus answers. Great for reinforcing maths. Across-Downs is a fun activity that reinforces addition and subtraction skills. The object of the exercise set is to find the answer for each row and column, then use those answers to calculate the final answer in the lower right-hand corner of the puzzle. This set tests addition.

Have you been volunteered (know what I mean?) to deliver Modern Languages at your Primary School? This bunch of resources, that I used in my decades of French teaching, will help. I’ve put them into groups to help you. the zip file has loads. I’ve put a selection as downloads so you can have a look at them. Highlights include: festivals games and activities how to ideas for lessons phonics poems loads of powerpoints songs stories

Spread out over the three terms, some nice lesson planning, worksheets, powerpoints. It concentrates on Literacy but there is far more. Numeracy, linked to the Abacus system, is useful even if you do noit have abacus. Just condense and adapt them You get a chunk of Science RE PE Soda activities Geography I’ve also included some nice year 2 stuff that you can use. The zip file has the lot. I’ve included a few examples in the ordinary download. Sample : Introduction Recap idea of creating atmosphere in setting: happy, calm, peaceful, angry, afraid, busy etc. Read ‘Mousehole Cat’ extract. S&L Children discuss with response partner first impressions about the setting and the atmosphere. Which senses have been used in the description? Activity Create list of settings the children are most familiar with in their own lives:home, school, playground, seaside, countryside, park etc. Teacher model writing powerful descriptive sentence. Make changes, improve, edit etc. Word/Sentence Activities (see groups)Use IWB store ideas. Can children classify word types: nouns, adjectives, adverbs etc. YEAR 3 LITERACY LESSON PLAN TUESDAY Whole Class Shared Learning Introduction Read opening extract ‘The Mousehole Cat’. Ask the children if they think the atmosphere is calm, threatening, angry or peaceful. Display the text and highlight the words and phrases that give a) a threatening feeling and b) a calm feeling, using different colours. Activity Children work with a partner and plan a short mime of this scene from The Mousehole Cat. One child takes the role of The Great Storm Cat and the other the role of Mowzer. Show characters’ feelings through mime. Explain going to change atmosphere to a calm one. How? The Great Storm Cat is a metaphor for the wind. Explain term and revise simile also. Model own sentence, discuss effect and technique. Word/Sentence Activities Challenge children to find words for the Dustbin and Wow areas from the text. Guided and Independent Activities Work with a partner and discuss an event. It might be something Charlie sees happening, or does himself. Independent Group to start After Activity Decide on a problem for Charlie to solve, and write it down. Work with a partner and discuss an event. It might be something Charlie sees happening, or does himself. Teacher to start After Activity Decide on a problem for Charlie to solve, and write it down. Work with group and discuss an event. It might be something Charlie sees happening, or does himself. AR (TA) Support Group After Activity As a group decide on a problem for Charlie to solve, and write it down.

I have designed 100 worksheets on time passages for primary school children. They have to draw the time hands on the clocks on the sheets. What time will it be? - There are two clocks . The first clock shows a time, the second clock is blank. A question like "What time will it be in 2 hr and 20 min?" appears below the clocks. The student draws the answer on the second clock. You can use your professional judgement to choose the appropriate sheet. Answer sheets are provided for all worksheets.

Some nice files on this interesting topic. About a dozen word documents with planning. A couple of useful adobe files. Worked well in my classroom!

Plans for lessons in English and Maths/ Plenty to choose from. You may wish to merge a few together in your own lesson planning. Cut and paste and ease your planning load. Plus a bit of things like RE, ICT and Geograpghy. The zip file has the lot. I’ve included some in the general download to give you a flavour. sample : L.O. To read stories about other cultures and identify differences in place and customs. Explain to the chn that today we are going to continue to look/share stories from a different culture. Can they find clues that will help them to work out what country/culture the stories are about? Read an extract from ‘Gregory Cool’ [up to when Gregory stomps off on the beach] without showing the chn the cover or title. Where is it set? When? Through whose eyes is the story told? Mood? H/A • Give chn a copy of the text for the first part of the book. Chn to discuss in groups and write each clue they find onto a separate slip of paper e.g. his cousin had to look after the goats. • Ext. Are there any details e.g. characters’ feelings which seem familiar? • Each group to be given an opportunity to present their findings to the class and state where they think the story is set • A.R. to support Milne group Show chn the cover of the book and read to end of story. Where is Tobago? Look at map. Do the chn know anything about the Caribbean? M/A Success Criteria • To read stories about other cultures and be able to identify differences in place and customs.

1000 questions on counting tables. Answers provided. The Counting Table is a great exercise set for students who are just learning the order of numbers and counting.

Please check my bundles for value. 1000 questions on advanced subtraction. The pupils take away a 2 digit figure from a 2 digit figure. Answers provided

My planning for teaching Matilda in Year 6. Nice planning and powerpoint. Great to adapt for your personal planning. sample planning :

1000 questions where pupils have to fill in a counting square. e.g. count by 2 from 8 to 56 All answers provided. Good for drilling or time filling. Each square is 5 by 5.

A zip file containing 500 French wordsearches I’ve designed. All answers provided. 10 sets of simple words. 50 different shapes. A big file so please be patient when downloading. Ideal for Friday afternoons, homeworks, fun etc. Each worksheet has 20 French words to find.

Great planning for year 5 for the Spring Term. Jam packed with plans, ideas, powerpoints etc. You get 200 mb of material, so great value. e.g. Persuasive writing, recounts, stories from other cultures, descriptive writing, model writing Plus you get some year 5 Autumn planning I did in one school I taught in.

100 Sudoku puzzles plus answers. Sudoku is a popular and fun puzzle that can be used with math classes to reinforce logic and problem-solving skills. Each puzzle grid contains 81 cells, divided into 9 blocks made up of 9 cells. The grids are presented with only some cells filled with numbers. To solve the puzzle, each block must contain the numbers 1 through 9. In each block, each number can only appear once in a column, row or block. Then across all blocks, within the larger puzzle, each 9 cell column and 9 cell row can have a number appear just once. Easy refers to the number of cells already filled in.