This includes five separate 3-page activities. Each one guides the children through the process of creating a crossword using words from the Year 5 and 6 list. The children write a clue for each word or they could write a sentence with the word missing - perhaps including some of the letters. A fun activity which will help the children to improve their spelling at the same time.

This project includes a range of activities and is suitable for Year 4 and 5 children. It includes geography, maths, art, reading and writing activities. The project is 9 pages long, but it can be made shorter by simply omitting pages.

This PowerPoint for years 3 to 6 explains the tricky verb ‘to be’ in a lively way. Take a look at the trial version to see the first few slides! It includes a PowerPoint 2013 and a PowerPoint 1997-2003 version. I have also added a PDF of the presentation. INCLUDES FREE MMW MENTAL MATHS WORKOUT: ADDITION. THESE 5 SHEETS GET THE CHILDREN TO ADD 2-DIGIT NUMBERS MENTALLY FROM LEFT TO RIGHT. THEY SIMPLY ADD ONE EXTRA TO THE TENS DIGIT IF THEY NOTICE THAT THE ONE DIGITS ADD UP TO TEN OR MORE. THIS WILL HELP TO PREVENT THEM FROM MAKING A VERY COMMON MISTAKE - I.E. TENS IS ONE DIGIT TOO SMALL!

Extract In your desperate attempt to escape the pack of ravenous dogs, you find yourself in a deep ravine. The rock face on both sides is almost vertical and you are far too tired, anyway, to even contemplate climbing your way out. To get as far away from the dogs as possible, you decide to go forwards – walking through the shallow water because you believe that it will help to disguise your scent should those animals return to hunt you down. This maths adventure comes in four parts. It could be completed over several lessons or given as homework over several weeks. The idea is that the children have to solve a maths problem before the teacher will progress to the next slide. This could be completed over several lessons. It was created using PowerPoint 2013. THIS RESOURCE IS ALSO AVAILABLE IN PRINTED FORM. INCLUDES FREE DIVISION PRACTICE SHEETS WITH ANSWERS. THESE THREE WORKSHEETS HAVE THE ANSWERS AT THE BOTTOM ON A SLIP WHICH CAN BE EASILY REMOVED. A BLANK SHEET IS ALSO INCLUDED SO THAT YOU OR THE CHILDREN CAN CREATE YOUR OWN HANDWRITTEN WORKSHEETS.

This is a five-page project for Upper KS2 about a mysterious book from the 15th century written in a language that no one can understand. It is based on a real event - although the children don’t find this out until the end! It includes… -diary writing -a play script -a letter -a newspaper report

The children start anywhere on the grid and include that word in their first sentence. They then move horizontally or vertically to choose the word for their second sentence. They need to plan their route carefully and try to use as many of the words as possible. All the words have been carefully chosen from the year 3 and 4 word list. INCLUDES FREE PLEASE IMPROVE MY WRITING! FIVE BADLY WRITTEN AND SOMETIMES FUNNY PIECES OF WRITING WHICH NEED IMPROVING - A LETTER OF COMPLAINT, A DIARY ENTRY, A STORY, A NEWSPAPER REPORT AND A NON-CHRONOLOGICAL REPORT. SUITABLE FOR YEARS 3 TO 6.

This has been designed for Year 6 and includes 5 mini comprehensions with short extracts from The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Each Comprehension fits on a single side of A4 paper and has 4 questions. These ‘higher level’ comprehensions require the children to… …use inference and deduction …back up what they are saying using quotes …answer ‘find the word’ or ‘find the group of words’ questions …identify why the writer has written something in a particular way There are absolutely no basic recall questions!

This has been designed for Year 6 and includes 5 mini comprehensions with short extracts from The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame. Each Comprehension fits on a single side of A4 paper and has 4/5 questions. These ‘higher level’ comprehensions require the children to… …use inference and deduction …back up what they are saying using quotes …answer ‘find the word’ or ‘find the group of words’ questions …identify why the writer has written something in a particular way There are absolutely no basic recall questions!

This is a 9 page homework project about the Mary Celeste - ideal for year 5 and 6 children. It could be completed in class or given as homework. It includes four separate writing activities. -a letter -a speech -a log book entry -a report / letter Excerpt: TASK 1 – A Letter to His Brother As Benjamin Briggs, you decide to write a letter to your bother – Oliver. Like you he has also invested all of his money into a ship. His ship is called Julia A. Hallock. Both brothers had considered retiring as captains and thought about going into business together. In hindsight this was a mistake, but at the moment Benjamin Briggs is looking forward to the journey he is about to make - even if he is a little worried about the ‘curse’ on his ship. Make sure that think about the following things:. a. Think about how to set out an informal letter. b. Explain why you are writing. Each activity includes advice to help the children improve the quality of their writing.

These sheets encourage the children to add numbers mentally from left to right - which is often the quickest way if you need to add the numbers quickly in your head. Perfect for KS2. Step 1 Add the tens digits together. Add one more if you can see that the ones add up to 10 or more. Step 2 Add the ones and write down just the last digit. Step 3 Put the two digits together to get the answer. Each sheet has a couple of questions in bold for which you just add the tens and ones digits up i.e. the ones digits do NOT produce an answer greater or equal to ten. ALSO INCLUDES ‘PLEASE CORRECT MY ADDITION’. THESE FOUR SHEETS GET THE CHILDREN TO BECOME THE TEACHER AND CORRECT A PIECE OF FINISHED WORK. THERE IS EVEN A SPACE FOR THEM TO LEAVE A COMMENT!

This is ideal for years 4 and 5, but could be used with 6. This includes planning for six weeks - 30 days in total. The format I have used is as follows… Monday - Discussion / Short Writing Tuesday - Reading Comprehension Wednesday - Grammar and Punctuation Thursday and Friday - Longer Writing Writing genres included… -monologue -play script / drama -diary -letter -magazine article -newspaper report You can easily copy and paste the ideas from this planning into your own format if you want to. This is an ideal book to use for a half term because it is not too long and it is engaging. However, please be aware that it includes a boy in a coma and it could upset some children if they have recently experienced an illness or loss in the family.

Each question has four calculations using addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Three have the same answer, but one is different. Can you find the odd one out? Three different sheets (with separate answers) are included + blank sheets so that the children can create their own. You can make these even more challenging by not allowing the children to make any jottings! INCLUDES FREE ULTIMATE TIMES TABLES BINGO. 32 DIFFERENT BINGO CARDS WHICH HAVE THE NUMBER OF WAYS EACH PRODUCT CAN BE MADE AND ARE BALANCED SO THAT EACH CARD HAS EXACTLY THE SAME CHANCE OF WINNING. CARDS ARE IN BLACK / WHITE AND COLOUR.

This 9-page literacy based project includes three main writing tasks - perfect for Upper KS2 or KS3. It is written in a fun and lively way (in a similar style to my FREE Fidget Spinners Project) and should make even the most reluctant writers eager to put pen to paper. This could be completed in class over several lessons or be given as homework.

This worksheet gets the children to search for determiners on a grid. If they find one, they colour it in. Finding all of them will reveal a letter of the alphabet. The children are then asked to think of as many determiners that start with that letter. The full version has three different worksheets for conjunctions, determiners, prepositions and pronouns + a blank one for the children to create their own. -Conjunctions (x3) -Determiners (x3) -Prepositions (x3) -Pronouns(x3) a blank one …so 13 different worksheets altogether.

Finding out what happened on specific days can be difficult. THIS IS THE TRIAL VERSION The full versions allow you to see the whole term at a glance - which can help with forward planning. It was created with KS2 children in mind, but could be used by any teachers. It includes major historical dates, famous births / deaths and more recent events related to popular culture. Ideal for lessons, assemblies, class discussions and homework. If you decide to purchase this resource, please check regularly to see if this document has been updated. LOOK OUT FOR THE BUNDLE. For FREE writing frames and templates - please visit my website. You can find the address in my Tes shop.

THIS TRIAL VERSION INCLUDES THE FIRST COUPLE OF SLIDES. This PowerPoint explains the tricky verb ‘to be’ in a lively way. It has been created in PowerPoint 201, but a 1997-2003 version is also included. For FREE writing frames and templates - please visit my website. You can find the address in my Tes shop.