A couple of lovely Christmas activities for literacy and numeracy that I have adapted and developed over the years. I have aimed them at my year 4 class but they can be edited for use in any KS2 class. Some are my own, some I have found and adapted for my class. My husband would like recognition for helping me to write the ‘Twas the night before Christmas’ comprehension questions. If you find this resource useful, please let me know. Enjoy! HoHoHO

I am posting these on behalf of Stephanie Bowgett. Stephanie is a retired teacher who worked for two years as a consultant for the Black Children’s Achievement Programme funded by the DFS. They produced loads of teaching materials to supplement the curriculum, all at public expense which were free on the National Strategies website, all lost or archived as soon as there was a government change. Most of us will remember this trauma. The following resources are part of a collection, developed to encourage group discussion, questioning and looking at probabilities. They include strategies from the sister EAL programme designed to develop academic language and draw heavily on Philosophy for Children. All tried in classrooms in Kirklees. The following resources and others in this collection linked to this (see my shop) include Sarah Forbes Bonetta, Muhammad Ali, Walter Tull, Pablo Fanque, Mae Jemison, Anansi in Africa and Jamaica, a wall display of Black inventors and audits of the environment and curriculum to identify Black representation. There are several PowerPoint assemblies, including Muhammad Ali, Walter Tull, Ruby Bridges, Sarah Breedlove Walker, Willard Wigan, Chinwe Chukwuogo Roy. Useful sets of photos if nothing else. Stephanie has shared them so if anyone can use them they are welcome, they were paid for by the tax payer!

I am posting these on behalf of Stephanie Bowgett. Stephanie is a retired teacher who worked for two years as a consultant for the Black Children’s Achievement Programme funded by the DFS. They produced loads of teaching materials to supplement the curriculum, all at public expense which were free on the National Strategies website, all lost or archived as soon as there was a government change. Most of us will remember this trauma. The following resources are a part of a collection developed to encourage group discussion, questioning and looking at probabilities. They include strategies from the sister EAL programme designed to develop academic language and draw heavily on Philosophy for Children. All tried in classrooms in Kirklees. The resources found here and in the collection (see my shop) include Sarah Forbes Bonetta, Muhammad Ali, Walter Tull, Pablo Fanque, Mae Jemison, Anansi in Africa and Jamaica, a wall display of Black inventors and audits of the environment and curriculum to identify Black representation. There are several PowerPoint assemblies, including Muhammad Ali, Walter Tull, Ruby Bridges, Sarah Breedlove Walker, Willard Wigan, Chinwe Chukwuogo Roy. Useful sets of photos if nothing else. Stephanie has shared them so if anyone can use them they are welcome, they were paid for by the tax payer!

A sequence of lessons for an intervention group of KS2 children working at P10 (year 1). Letter writing planning complete with resources (or links to useful resources). Let me know if you find this useful.

I created writing target lists to stick into my English books. They have helped me with my marking (and the children with their editing) leading up to moderation. Let me know if they help. Thank you :)

I created this presentation to support our class guided reading sessions for Michael Morpurgo’s interpretation of Beowulf. The tasks are suited to a more able y4/5 class and only cover chapter 1. I hope you find this resource useful, please let me know what you think. Enjoy :)

An introduction to the Pied Piper. We read the text to support our topic, Medieval Life. We wanted to investigate archaic language and discover what the characters were searching for. I wrote my own shorter version so we could teach it through Talk For Writing. Let me know if you are interested in this version of the text.

I made this resource based on literature works for whole class guided reading in my year 2 class. We have a reading journal where the children record their thoughts and ideas. Enjoy :)

I put together these lessons after a brilliant Literature Works training session. They introduce the text from chapter 1 to chapter 4. My class are year 4 but I'm sure you could adapt this resource for other years. I hope you enjoy them as much as we did.