This lovely powerpoint is great to use in the first half term and encourages children to think about what they want to achieve by the end of the academic year. It encourages children to think about the impact of their words and actions on those around them and consider how to make better choices. The first activity in the presentation has a blank space for your school’s mission statement. You could discuss the key words as a class or make it into an activity for their books. I personally put the key words on stickers, got the children to match them to a definition and then think of a way to show that quality. More able pupils used dictionaries to support their own definitions. For the other children I put the definitions on stickers and they had to match them up. Children then need to think of 6 goals for the year ahead - 3 personal and 3 learning (the powerpoint discusses the difference) - which they can record on the worksheet As a reflection at the end of the lesson they can start to think about how they can achieve these

Presentation gives advice on creating strong passwords and why this is important. My children had access to an online house points account so we created passwords for this but the slide that mentions this could be changed accordingly. There is also a quiz which I used as a starter to see how knowledgeable my children were. The final activity I suggest here is a poster with all of the advice they have learned.

Worksheet looking at 4 pictures depicting negative behaviour. Children write a sentence describing the action, then another describing what the consequence might be. Can be completed independently but a nice activity to complete in pairs. Picture sheet can be used for discussion activity.

A lovely lesson that requires children to consider what they want in the futue and where they see themselves at certain ages. You can also look at dreams of childen in other cultures. For the slide that asks children to look at the pictures on their table, I would simply google ‘children in other cultures’ and choose some suitable images. I believe I used a child in a school that looked very dofferent to our own schools, a child carrying lots of bottles and buckets of water and a child using tools to gather crops. The BBC learning clip (link on power point) generated some excellent discussion. For the book activity you could create a Venn diagram for own dreams and Evangeline’s dreams. I did not have time in my lesson so we simply answered the questions on the slide. Please note I do not own any of the images used in the presentation

Silent signals you can use for communication in your classroom: Saves your voice Fewer interruptions Supports children with processing difficulties Includes a pdf of my classroom signals, plus a word document where you can create your own.

Alphabetical display for tricky words. Editable. A4. Top tip: Keep in the same place throughout year and refer to it as often as possible when model writing.

This resource can be used either at the start of a topic as a baseline or at the end of a topic to assess learning. The questions relate to different Year 3 geography and history objectives such as identifying the equator, naming the 7 continents, comparing lives of people in the past etc. Most of the questions place these skills in the context of volcanoes, e.g. Pompeii This resource may also give you ideas for linking objectives to this topic and activities you could do in the classroom.

These resources relate to the Year 3 Maths curriculum but could easily be tweaked to suit similar objectives in other year groups. The activities require children to use their reasoning skills and decide how to solve the problem e.g. count on or back? They place this skill in a fun context using objects that appeal to children’s interests (such as Shopkins) before moving onto more challenging problems. A fantastic resource for more able children to move onto! Please note, 2 of the files are formatted to print on stickers (11 per sheet) as this seems to be increasingly popular in schools but questions can be easily copy and pasted onto any format.

This resource requires children to cut up information (and subheadings for more able) and group them into the correct paragraphs. It is differentiated 3 ways to support different abilities. The writing concerns facts about volcanoes. Pictures used are from Twinkl.

This bundle of activities are fantastic for teaching children how to proof read and spot mistakes in writing. The two booklets contain three different activities using extracts from Roald Dahl stories. First pupils look at punctuation errors, then common spelling mistakes and finally improving grammar and vocabulary. Both booklets are the same but the LA has fewer mistakes to find. The extension activity brings all these skills together. The column with hints down the side could easily be removed for more able children. The lesson 2 activities also bring all these skills together, with a table to support pupils in ensuring they have found ALL the errors. Again, the LA document has fewer errors to find.

A two part activity that requires pupils to identify the abstract verb n each sentence. They will then be given a choice of abstract verbs to use in sentences. A good activity for more able pupils to complete during grammar lessons on verbs.

Two activities based on using inference and deduction. Both have been differentiated slightly for higher and lower ability pupils. The first activity gives a situation. Children have to use clues to decide how the character is feeling and what must have happened to them. The mastery activity uses a paragraph of fiction in a familiar setting. There are test-style questions underneath, with more scaffolding/multiple choice for lower ability pupils.

The powerpoint introduces pupils to this skill including why it is important. There is an example which models the first activity well. The first activity is differentiated for higher and lower ability pupils. The mastery activity has less scaffolding and again is differentiated two ways. Finally there is an application booklet which has test style questions based on this reading skill.

Booklet with non-fiction text on Pompeii and retrieval question. Each question states how many marks can be gained. The HA booklet has less multiple choice questions. The SEN booklet has multiple choice questions and the text is shorter with fewer tricky words.

All the activities focus on adding and subtracting 3-digit numbers using the formal written method. The mastery activity requires children to decide for themselves whether to add or subtract and includes fun concepts such as Match Attax. It is available in two versions (stickers or plain A4) There are two more challenging or ‘Greater Depth’ activities for children who are secure at mastery level. These require more reasoning skills to solve the problems

A reading comprehension booklet with test style questions including multiple choice, meaning of words, author’s use of language and structure. Differentiated for 2 levels of challenge

Includes activities looking at converting between mm, cm and m (kn for higher ability too) with support and prompting. There are also two mastery activities for children needing a challenge that help build reasoning skills

Lots of activities for this reading skill from introduction right through the greater depth level! Some activities are differentiated for higher and lower ability.

This pack is perfect for a higher ability Maths class or more able pupils. The mastery and greater depth activities require increasing levels of reasoning and independence. There is also a good introduction to ordering 3 digit numbers which explains what children should look at step by step.

Activities that cover a variety of objectives related to fractions including identifying and shading fractions (shapes and sets of shapes), equivalent fractions, fractions of amounts, unit and non-unit fractions, ordering unit fractions. I have included some Year 2 level activities for closing gaps or children working below. There are also a couple of mastery/greater depth activities for children needing a challenge.