Hello fellow teachers!
I have been teaching in the UK in primary schools (7-11 year olds) for over 20 years. I am sharing some of my resources on this platform in the hopes that they will be of support to you and your students in your teaching and their learning.
My other wish is that they save you some time – we all know how hard teachers work and if these resource help you get some ‘you time’ back, then they have done their job.
I hope they are useful to you.
Hello fellow teachers!
I have been teaching in the UK in primary schools (7-11 year olds) for over 20 years. I am sharing some of my resources on this platform in the hopes that they will be of support to you and your students in your teaching and their learning.
My other wish is that they save you some time – we all know how hard teachers work and if these resource help you get some ‘you time’ back, then they have done their job.
I hope they are useful to you.
SATS revision. Roman Numerals. Read, write, interpret. Identify gaps. Assess. Practise. Revise.
SATS is a stressful time for all involved and this resource is designed to make it a tad easier for you.
There are 8 questions from past SATS papers in this resource that are all themed around the skills of reading, writing and interpreting Roman Numerals. There are 2 sheets – one with the questions, the other with the answers. This resource is best printed on A3 paper and can be used more than once on the lead up to SATS.
You can use this activity sheet to:
• Assess where the children are and identify gaps
• For the children to practise their knowledge and skills
• To use as part of a revision session
I hope this saves you time and helps you and your children.
Make your report writing a tad quicker and easier with these questionnaires.
Report writing takes us all so much time! These questionnaires are designed to take some of the pressure off.
Give these to your class and let them tell you what they have enjoyed the most, found most interesting or what they are the most proud of. This is a great way for you to get that all important child’s voice into your reports.
Being able to write sentences such as:
“Lila has been especially proud of her progress in fractions this year.”
“Fredrick was particularly proud of the Tudor Portrait he painted in Art.”
“Harry’s has shown a flair in Science this year - he found our unit on All Living Things especially interesting.”
shows that you know your children well and includes their voice in your report.
I hope you find these helpful and they save you time. Uploaded in Word in case you want to edit to suit you
Any reviews or feedback is welcome to help me create and upload content that you will find useful.
Fourteen blank templates to support children in laying out column addition and subtraction.
There are templates for both the** expanded method and the short method**. Templates for the expanded method are colour coded to help children with where each of the totals need to be placed when they add the hundreds, tens and ones. Of course, these can be printed in black and white if you don’t need this for your teaching.
There are a variety of sheets depending on how many digits you are adding or subtracting and how many digits will appear in the answer.
In my classroom, I have a little stash of these that we use when we are doing addition and subtraction. It has always been helpful for younger children or those who find the lay out tricky to do independently.
I hope these are useful and save you time!
SATS revision. Timetbales including timelines. Identify gaps. Assess. Practise. Revise.
SATS is a stressful time for all involved and this resource is designed to make it a tad easier for you.
There are 13 questions from past SATS papers in this resource that are all themed around the skills of understanding temperature, reading from scales and understanding negative numbers. There are 2 sheets – one with the questions, the other with the answers. This resource is best printed on A3 paper and can be used more than once on the lead up to SATS.
You can use this activity sheet to:
• Assess where the children are and identify gaps
• For the children to practise their knowledge and skills
• To use as part of a revision session
I hope this saves you time and helps you and your children
SATS revision.
This sheet has sequence themed questions taken from past SATS papers. Perfect to use for revision or assessment on the run up to SATS.
I have used these types of sheets in the past in multiple different ways including as paired work; as a gap analysis task or as revision. There are a range of questions here so all children should be able to access something here which is so important for confidence on the run up to the assessment. Answers are included.
Blank bar models which are a great way to** save time** in a lesson. Children can stick them in their book next to their working out to help them visualise the problem to see what the known and unknown qualities are. Print them out and cut them up so you have a little stock in your classroom. I have used these many a time for worded problems. The children’s books look neater than if they draw the bar themselves and it is such a time saver in a lesson!
There are a number of different versions here – 3 different part part whole models and a comparison model. Some with brackets and others blank. There are 13 different versions and choices in this pack. There are also 4 posters that could be displayed on you Maths board - one set is coloured and one is black and white.
SATS revision. Calendars including timelines. Identify gaps. Assess. Practise. Revise.
SATS is a stressful time for all involved and this resource is designed to make it a tad easier for you.
There are 5 questions from past SATS papers in this resource that are all themed around the skills of understanding and reading from calendars. There are 2 sheets – one with the questions, the other with the answers. This resource is best printed on A3 paper and can be used more than once on the lead up to SATS.
You can use this activity sheet to:
• Assess where the children are and identify gaps
• For the children to practise their knowledge and skills
• To use as part of a revision session
I hope this saves you time and helps you and your children
SATS revision. Temperature including negative numbers. Identify gaps. Assess. Practise. Revise.
SATS is a stressful time for all involved and this resource is designed to make it a tad easier for you.
There are 7 questions from past SATS papers in this resource that are all themed around the skills of understanding temperature, reading from scales and understanding negative numbers. There are 2 sheets – one with the questions, the other with the answers. This resource is best printed on A3 paper and can be used more than once on the lead up to SATS.
You can use this activity sheet to:
• Assess where the children are and identify gaps
• For the children to practise their knowledge and skills
• To use as part of a revision session
I hope this saves you time and helps you and your children
A** visual representation** of the place value of digits, these posters are a valuable resource for any classroom as place value is such an **important concept **for children to grasp. They are perfect to have as a static display in your classroom for children to refer to all year round.
I have them displayed at the front of my classroom above the main teaching board and my children regularly use them to describe the movement of digits when they multiply and divide by multiples of 10.
There are 11 posters that run from 0.001 to 1 million (including the decimal point) along with 2 arrows to remind children which direction the digits move when they multiply and divide by multiples of 10.
Enjoy!
Balancing equations. Visualisation. Quick lesson.
Balancing equations comes up in most maths assessments. It can be an area that children fall down on but these are such easy marks to pick up!
This is a mini lesson. It could be used as a teaching tool, revision or a starter to another lesson. It goes through what these calculations look like. We visualise each side of the equation on a scale and discuss how the scale needs to be balanced. There are a couple of independent activities which don’t require printing – this can all be done form the screen. The lesson ends with a challenge question. Mini assessments are done throughout with the answers being shown and children marking their work as they go.
I hope that it is helpful to you and your children and saves you time.
A beginner’s guide on how to use bar models to solve worded problems as a part of Maths Mastery.
Bar modelling is a visualisation tool that is used in Maths as part of Maths Mastery. It is a hugely valuable skill to have and when it is taught properly and consistently it allows children to access more challenging worded problems and reasoning tasks. Once a bar model has been drawn, multiple facts can be drawn from it. These slides give an overview of types of models, questions that can be asked and facts that can be calculated.
The following slide can be used in a number of different ways:
• For your own information – maybe you are unsure about some of the models, what they look like or how they can be used.
• For staff training – when I was Maths Lead I used these slides in different schools as part of teachers’ CPD.
• For teaching or display – if you are teaching these models to children you might want to use some of the slides as part of your lesson or display.
Whatever you choose to use them for, I hope they save you time and are helpful!
FREE Display lettering. Zig Zag theme. Easy cut.
Displays can need to be constantly updated. This lettering is perfect if that is the expectation. Cutting round all the letters is really time consuming. All these letters have their own background so you just need to cut round the rectangle.
What is included:
28 sheets
Capital and lower case letters
Easy to cut so saves time
Just print the pages that you need for all you display titles.
I hope this saves you time and makes your displays look lovely.
Display lettering with a watercoloured blue polka dot theme. All letters are in a cicular shape making it quick and easy to cut whilst still making your displays look high quality.
What’s included:
The alphabet in capitals
The alphabet in lower case
Digits 0-9
Numbers from 11-20
This resource should save you time when cutting your display titles.
Enjoy!
Maths Mastery. Want your children to be Math Masters? These posters are sure to help you and your children on that journey! 6 posters, 5 objectives for a Math Master.
I have used these posters as a permanent display on the side of my Math board. We refer to them in most lessons either as a part of the main learning or as a challenge or extension at the end of a learning task. After a while, I have found that some children refer to them independently and extend their learning without guidance from me. They have helped develop both Math Masters and independent learners over the years!
There are double the amount of poster that you will need here – one half are for ‘Math Masters’, the other for ‘Maths Masters’ depending on where you are in the World. Please be mindful of our planet and only print what you need.
Enjoy!
A great resource for you to use to help parents support their child with their reading comprehension skills. Print the books marks off double backed and laminate ready to be sent home. This resource includes one bookmark in 5 different colours. There is a mini guide at the top of the bookmark for parents to explain that talking, discussing and questioning children about what they are reading is just as important as reading with them. There is also a suggestion to help to engage their child further with their reading comprehension by switching the person who chooses the questions about what has been read – how well was the adult listening to them? Can they answer the questions their child asks?
The book mark then includes examples of questions or question stems covering each of the following areas:
Vocabulary
Predictions
Retrieval
Inference
Summarise
Language and effect
Themes and comparisons
I hope that this resource helps you, your children and your parents to support the comprehension skills in your class.
Download as a PDF
KS2 Maths SATS revision. Addition and subtraction. Identify gaps. Assess. Practise. Revise.
SATS is a stressful time for all involved and this resource is designed to make it a tad easier for you.
What’s included?
There are over 70 questions from past SATS papers in this resource that are all themed around the skill of addition and subtraction. There are 9 activity sheets. Answers are included in 2 formats - there is a ‘quick answer sheet’ that is great for helicoptering around the classroom with. There is also a copy of the answer scheme from the SATS papers. These activity sheets can be used more than once on the lead up to SATS.
You can use these activity sheets to:
• Assess where the children are and identify gaps
• For the children to practise their knowledge and skills
• To use as part of a revision session
Best printed on A3 paper.
I hope this saves you time and helps you and your children.
Polka dot themed display lettering appropriate for any displays.
What is included:
115 sheets
Capital and lower case letters
5 different colours
All the letters have the same polka dot pattern which is perfect for mixing and matching
Just print the pages that you need for all you display titles. Once cut, they can be laminated to use year after year.
I hope this saves you time and makes your displays look lovely!
Dipslay lettering. Zig Zag theme. Easy cut.
Displays can need to be constantly updated. This lettering is perfect if that is the expectation. Cutting round all the letters is really time consuming. All these letters have their own background so you just need to cut round the rectangle. There are 4 colours in this set so you can use one colour for your display or mix and match the colours.
What is included:
109 sheets
Capital and lower case letters
4 different patterns and designs
All the same theme so could be mixed and matched
Easy to cut so saves time
Just print the pages that you need for all you display titles.
I hope this saves you time and makes your displays look lovely
Display lettering with a watercoloured polka dot theme. All letters are in a cicular shape making it quick and easy to cut whilst still making your displays look high quality.
What’s included:
The alphabet in capitals
The alphabet in lower case
Digits 0-9
Numbers from 11-20
All the above in 4 different colours to mix and match in your classroom
This resource should save you time when cutting your display titles.
Enjoy!
Display lettering with a polka dot backgound theme. This lettering looks great and is super quick to cut out so a great time saver!
What is included:
135 sheets
Capital and lower case letters
5 different colors
All the same theme so perfect for mixing and matching
This resource will make you displays look great, is quick and easy to cut so will save you time compared to cutting out individual letters.