These multi -step word problems are designed to support students in gaining confidence in their abilities to solve problems using all four operations. The word problems also involve money and finding 10%.

The activity focuses on the change the y into i and add es rule for plurals and when to use it. The student is then asked to create a poster to explain the rule.

I created this resource to support a student in recognising common language features in texts. It has helped the student gain confidence in writing about texts.

I have memories of completing this activity at school - we would use a template or draw our own axis to draw straight lines to matching the numbers. (In the example, I used 1 to 1 but the blank template can be adapted to use any times table eg; 1 to 4, 2 to 8). The third activity is based around a circle template and initially the students draw a line to every fifth number before being encouraged to experiment with other numbers to make a variety of impressive shapes. As a child we used to do this activity using card and embroidery thread and create pictures using 'curved stitching'. The activity is also useful for developing fine motor skills.

This activity asks the student to imagine they are a Roman soldier in Britain writing a letter home to their family in Rome. They have two scenarios with writing frames to choose from.

An activity to support students in learning and recalling their multiplication tables. I focused on multiplication sums that my students find trickier to recall e.g 6 x 7. A blank template is included so that you or the student can create their own colour by multiplication pattern.

This resource is a great way to give students practice at the multiplication tables. The activity uses the square numbers and the trickier tables such as seven times. After breaking the code the students are also challenged to create their own codes and puzzles to crack.

This resource was created to support a student who is not a confident reader. It aimed to give them experience and confidence in answering word problems. One question looks specifically at converting pounds to pence and vice versa as the student asked for support with that. The questions cover addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. The resource could be used for independent group or as an assessment of learning.

An activity that I created for a reluctant writer as part of their World War Two Evacuees learning. It can be used with confident writers too. The task is to choose 12 items to pack in their suitcase and to explain their choices.

The students complete sums using two operations. For example : 3 x 9 + 7 = ? Number and function cards are included as well as blank cards so the activity can be designed for specific indivIdual needs.

A spelling activity based which uses a variety of strategies to learn spellings which can be used with any word list.

The children sort the given words into the appropriate columns - double the final letter, drop the final e or do nothing. I have used high frequency words but the templates be used to substitute other spellings.

An explanation of haiku and an example given. The students then write their own haiku. Students who are confident readers will be able to complete the whole activity independently. In my experience, once students have grasped the concept, they love to write these three line, 17 syllable poems.

Based on the traditional Snakes and Ladders game, this resource uses a variety of strategies to help a student to learn any spelling list. As a tutor I have used it with students of all abilities. Give the children cards with the words you wish them to focus on.

An activity to support students in learning the vocabulary of averages ; mean, mode, median, range through a data handling activity.

Photocopy, cut and laminate the fractions so that the student can explore and create equivalent fractions. One sheet is blank so that the student can shade in the fraction as required. I have used this resource to support students when they first begin to simplify fractions.

A writing prompt with success criteria to support students who are not confident writers.

I created this activity sheet as a resource to complete with an individual student who was not confident in converting mixed numbers and improper fractions. it could be used as a resource for independent learning or group activity.

This is a resource I designed for a year 8 student who is not a confident writer. The activities focused on the skills of recognising the criteria for different genre and using descriptive writing. This resource can be used with all students studying the play.

Two multiplication grids for students who are confident with their multiplication tables. one grid includes multiplication of decimals and the other uses all the multiplication tables from 11 to 20. An answer grid is supplied for both charts so that students may self mark.