What? This assessment has been devised to assess children’s ability to segment words and begin to spell them using the Grapheme-Phoneme Correspondences (GPCs) introduced in Phase 2 Letters and Sounds.
Who? This assessment is designed for use with children who are working within Phase 2 Letters and Sounds. Children working at this level should be able to say the sound when shown the majority of letters of the alphabet and be able to say the sounds they can hear in simple words in the correct order. They will be beginning to write some letters correctly and in sequence in their independent writing.
When? These assessments are to be used at
the end of Phase 2 to assess whether children are ready to move on to the next phase. If children are not yet ready to move on, these assessments will clearly identify each child’s next steps within the given phase.
Ideally children should complete a Fun Friendly Phonics assessment at least once every term.
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What? This assessment has been devised to assess children’s ability to segment words and begin to spell them using the Grapheme-Phoneme Correspondences (GPCs) introduced in Phase 2 Letters and Sounds.
Who? This assessment is designed for use with children who are working within Phase 2 Letters and Sounds. Children working at this level should be able to say the sound when shown the majority of letters of the alphabet and be able to say the sounds they can hear in simple words in the correct order. They will be beginning to write some letters correctly and in sequence in their independent writing.
When? These assessments are to be used at
the end of Phase 2 to assess whether children are ready to move on to the next phase. If children are not yet ready to move on, these assessments will clearly identify each child’s next steps within the given phase.
Includes- Story, assessment guidance and instructions
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What? This assessment has been devised to assess children’s ability to segment words and spell them using the Grapheme-Phoneme Correspondences (GPCs) introduced in Phase 5 Letters and Sounds.
Unlike the Phase 2 and Phase 3–4 Fun Friendly Phonics assessments this Phase 5 assessment includes elements of the preceding phases to ensure that children have a good overall awareness of the phonetic code and have not forgotten any prior learning. Therefore, within this assessment children will be expected to write tricky words, polysyllabic words and words containing Phase 3 graphemes.
Who? This assessment is designed for use with children who are being taught
Phase 5 Letters and Sounds. Children working at this level should be able to write using Phase 3 digraphs and trigraphs, such as ‘ch’ and ‘igh’ with accuracy in their independent writing and be beginning to select and use the appropriate alternative spellings to these where appropriate.
Includes- Instructions, story, and assessment guidance
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What? This assessment has been devised to assess children’s ability to segment words and spell them using the Grapheme-Phoneme Correspondences (GPCs) introduced in Phase 5 Letters and Sounds.
Unlike the Phase 2 and Phase 3–4 Fun Friendly Phonics assessments this Phase 5 assessment includes elements of the preceding phases to ensure that children have a good overall awareness of the phonetic code and have not forgotten any prior learning. Therefore, within this assessment children will be expected to write tricky words, polysyllabic words and words containing Phase 3 graphemes.
Who? This assessment is designed for use with children who are being taught
Phase 5 Letters and Sounds. Children working at this level should be able to write using Phase 3 digraphs and trigraphs, such as ‘ch’ and ‘igh’ with accuracy in their independent writing and be beginning to select and use the appropriate alternative spellings to these where appropriate.
Includes- Story, assessment guidance and assessment grid
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Links to the objective: Making decisions
• Choose and use appropriate operations (including multiplication and division) to solve word problems,and appropriate ways of calculating: mental,mental with jottings,pencil and paper.
The overall aim is to help pupils to apply in a variety of situations the mathematics they have already learnt.The programme seeks to achieve this by teaching the strategies that will enable pupils to approach a variety of problems in a more logical and systematic way. The more specific aims of the programme are to promote the following:
• willingness to attempt problems and to persevere;
• confidence in one’s ability to solve problems;
• awareness of problem-solving strategies;
• awareness of the value of approaching problems in a systematic manner;
• ability to select appropriate solution strategies;
• ability to apply solution strategies accurately;
• ability to monitor and evaluate one’s thinking whilst solving problems.
The problems titles:
1: On Target
2. Domino Spots
3. Dice Game
4. Netball Results
5. Target Golf
Taken from Problem Solving Years Year 3&4
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Links to the objective: Measure
• Understand and use the vocabulary related to length, mass and capacity. Compare two lengths, masses or capacities by direct comparison; extend to more than two. Measure using uniform non-standard units (e.g. straws, wooden cubes, plastic weights, yogurt pots), or standard units (e.g. metre sticks, litre jugs).
Shape and space
• Use everyday language to describe features of familiar 3-D and 2-D shapes, including the cube, cuboid, sphere, cylinder, cone…, circle, triangle, square, rectangle…, referring to properties such as the shapes of flat faces, or the number of faces or corners… or the number and types of sides.
• Talk about things that turn. Make whole turns and half turns. Use one or more shapes to make, describe and continue repeating patterns…
The overall aim is to help pupils to apply in a variety of situations the mathematics they have already learnt.The programme seeks to achieve this by teaching the strategies that will enable pupils to approach a variety of problems in a more logical and systematic way. The more specific aims of the programme are to promote the following:
• willingness to attempt problems and to persevere;
• confidence in one’s ability to solve problems;
• awareness of problem-solving strategies;
• awareness of the value of approaching problems in a systematic manner;
• ability to select appropriate solution strategies;
• ability to apply solution strategies accurately;
• ability to monitor and evaluate one’s thinking whilst solving problems.
The problems included:
1:Shape and Sizes
2. Obstacle Race
3. Scarves
4. Rabbits
Taken from Problem Solving Years KS1
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Links to the objective: Make and describe, shapes, pictures and patterns using, for example, solid shapes, templates, pin-board and elastic bands, squared paper, a programmable robot… Relate solid shapes to pictures of them.
Use and begin to read the vocabulary related to length, mass and capacity.
12 Worksheets Sheets with Answers and example strategies to solve the problem.
The overall aim is to help pupils to apply in a variety of situations the mathematics they have already learnt.The programme seeks to achieve this by teaching the strategies that will enable pupils to approach a variety of problems in a more logical and systematic way. The more specific aims of the programme are to promote the following:
• willingness to attempt problems and to persevere;
• confidence in one’s ability to solve problems;
• awareness of problem-solving strategies;
• awareness of the value of approaching problems in a systematic manner;
• ability to select appropriate solution strategies;
• ability to apply solution strategies accurately;
• ability to monitor and evaluate one’s thinking whilst solving problems.
The problems included:
1: Towers
2.Goldfish
3. Bookshelf
4. Flags
5. Wellies
Taken from Problem Solving Years 1 &2
Links to the objective: Reasoning about numbers or shapes
Solve mathematical problems or puzzles,recognise simple patterns and relationships,generalise and predict.Suggest extensions by asking ‘What if…?’
Explain methods and reasoning orally and,where appropriate, in writing.
5 Sheets with Answers and example strategies to solve the problem.
The overall aim is to help pupils to apply in a variety of situations the mathematics they have already learnt.The programme seeks to achieve this by teaching the strategies that will enable pupils to approach a variety of problems in a more logical and systematic way. The more specific aims of the programme are to promote the following:
• willingness to attempt problems and to persevere;
• confidence in one’s ability to solve problems;
• awareness of problem-solving strategies;
• awareness of the value of approaching problems in a systematic manner;
• ability to select appropriate solution strategies;
• ability to apply solution strategies accurately;
• ability to monitor and evaluate one’s thinking whilst solving problems.
The problems included:
Goldfish
Toy Cards
Games
Motorbikes and Cars
Toyshop
Piggy Bank
Taken from Problem Solving Years KS1
Links to the objective: Read and write numerals from 0 to at least 20.
Solve mathematical problems or puzzles,recognise simple patterns and relationships,generalise and predict.Suggest extensions by asking ‘What if…?’
Explain methods and reasoning orally and,where appropriate, in writing.
5 Sheets with Answers and example strategies to solve the problem.
The overall aim is to help pupils to apply in a variety of situations the mathematics they have already learnt.The programme seeks to achieve this by teaching the strategies that will enable pupils to approach a variety of problems in a more logical and systematic way. The more specific aims of the programme are to promote the following:
• willingness to attempt problems and to persevere;
• confidence in one’s ability to solve problems;
• awareness of problem-solving strategies;
• awareness of the value of approaching problems in a systematic manner;
• ability to select appropriate solution strategies;
• ability to apply solution strategies accurately;
• ability to monitor and evaluate one’s thinking whilst solving problems.
The problems included:
1: Trucks and Trailers
2. Truck Driver
3. Clown Masks
4. Party Masks
5. Target Game
Taken from Problem Solving Years KS1
All five questions link to:
Understand and use the relationships between the four operations, and the principles (not the names) of the arithmetic laws.
• Use brackets
Includes 4 pages with strategies to help problem solve
Problem 1: Teacher’s Age
Problem 2: Coloured Pegs
Problem 3: Gold Doubloons
Problem 4: Pirates
Problem 5: Football Stickers
Taken from Problem Solving Year 5&6
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All five questions link to:
Understand the effect of and relationships between the four operations, and the principles (not the names) of the arithmetic laws as they apply to multiplication.Begin to use brackets.
Includes 4 pages with strategies to help problem solve
Problem 1: Eating Sweets
Problem 2: Shopping Trip
Problem 3: On the Scales
Problem 4:Passengers
Problem 5: Coloured Cubes
Problem 6: Darts Scores
Taken from Problem Solving Year 5&6
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All five questions link to:
• Add 3 or 4 small numbers,finding pairs totalling 10 or 9 or 11.
• Add three two-digit multiples of 10,such as 40 + 70 + 50.
Includes pages 4 pages with strategies to help problem solve
Problem 1: Sports Shopping
Problem 2: Magic Cross
Problem 3: Page Numbers
Problem 4: Guess the Number
Problem 5: Fencing
Taken from Problem Solving Year 3&4
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Links to the objective: Reasoning about numbers or shapes
Solve mathematical problems or puzzles,recognise simple patterns and relationships,generalise and predict.Suggest extensions by asking ‘What if…?’
Explain methods and reasoning orally and,where appropriate, in writing.
5 Sheets with Answers and example strategies to solve the problem.
The overall aim is to help pupils to apply in a variety of situations the mathematics they have already learnt.The programme seeks to achieve this by teaching the strategies that will enable pupils to approach a variety of problems in a more logical and systematic way. The more specific aims of the programme are to promote the following:
• willingness to attempt problems and to persevere;
• confidence in one’s ability to solve problems;
• awareness of problem-solving strategies;
• awareness of the value of approaching problems in a systematic manner;
• ability to select appropriate solution strategies;
• ability to apply solution strategies accurately;
• ability to monitor and evaluate one’s thinking whilst solving problems.
The problems included:
1: Football Kit
2.Striped Shirts
3. Mountain Biking
4. Bike Tracks
5. On Target
Taken from Problem Solving Years 3&4
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Read the adjectives and verbs and sort the words into two groups.
Comic, humerous or funny
Scary, threatening or unpleasant.
Taken from UKS2 Literacy Resources File
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An activity to encourage children to think and collect alternative words for imperative verbs of direction.
Taken from UKS2 Literacy Resources File
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This sheet has been taken from UKS2 Literacy Resources File
Encourages children to think about the Features of a Comedy. It links to You Can’t Bring That in Here by Robert Swindells. But activity can be used without this book and can link to any comedy.
Dialogue: the repetition of ‘you can’t bring that in here’ which is then used by the gorilla at the end.
– Vocabulary: funny similes, for example, ‘the sofa looked like a tatty boat afloat on a sea of can rings and screwed-up crisp packets’.
– Action: Jimmy swapping a number of ‘normal’ animals, ending up with a talking gorilla.
– Authorial voice: use of the third person makes the reader sympathise with Jimmy and ridicules Osbert.
Taken from UKS2 Literacy Resources File
The sheet gets the children to recount the scene where Beowulf slaughters Fiend. Encourages children’s word choice.
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