Nine English activities linked to the story of The Three Brothers from Harry Potter/ Tales of Beedle the Bard. The story can be found in the book ‘The Tales of Beedle the Bard’ or can be found on YouTube clips from the scene in the Harry Potter film. Activities include: Three reading comprehension activities with answer sheets A definition task linked to words from the story Retelling the story from images Spelling task - spot the mistakes and correct them in the passage Finishing the story - Take the story starter and rewrite it Synonym activity - Replacing underlined words in a passage with synonyms Word class activity - A table to fill in with examples of nouns, adverbs, adjectives and verbs that can be seen in the story.

A lesson that focuses on general sentence punctuation that can be used as a recap for SATs revision or adapted for new learning. Included is the PowerPoint for the lesson (including green challenge questions), an activity with answers, previous SATs questions linked to punctuation and a recap task that can be used in the week/s after the lesson as a starter to remind children what they have worked on.

A lesson that focuses on synonyms and antonyms that can be used as a new lesson or as a recap of what they are. Included is the PowerPoint for the lesson (including green challenge questions), an activity with answers, previous SATs questions linked to synonyms and antonyms and two recap tasks that can be used in the week/s after the lesson as starters to remind children about antonyms and synonyms.

Seven grammar revision booklets for Year 6 based on the seven different strands that are assessed within the test. Included in each one is questions from 2017, 2018 and 2019 that match up to the strand given in the mark scheme for children to then be able to practice a specific strand.

A lesson that focuses on being able to use colons and semi-colons in a list. There are some examples before different questions that work on applying what they have learnt with challenge questions to justify their responses. This is then followed by an activity that works on applying these rules as well as a green bubble challenge to then create their own written examples to support the transition to independent writing.

Eight lessons worth of resources for reading comprehension linked to the book Skellig. Included are a range of different skills, including inference, retrieval and vocabulary as well as work on the front cover and back cover to support making predictions about the book. Within the booklet are two different short extracts from the story with the following activities linking to that extract before the new one is introduced. (Any blank pages are for printing it as a booklet that is 2-sided)

Three different activity sheets that work on common nouns and proper nouns. One sheet includes common nouns and requires children to think of proper nouns with another sheet having proper nouns to then think of an example of a common noun. The final sheet sheet is blank for children to think of examples of both.

A skill starter to recap coordinating conjunctions, thinking about what conjunctions there are, how they work and then applying them in sentences.

Five different short extracts followed by comprehension questions that act as a quick reading skill task to provide children with. All the extracts were courtesy of the World Book Day website.

A skill starter that gives children a list of words and a Venn diagram to decide if words are nouns, adjectives or both. This could then be extended by getting children to write sentences where they have said both to show how it can work as both.

A task sheet to try and support children with the spelling of colossal by thinking about it in different ways.

An extract from Anglo-Saxon Boy with two different comprehension activities linked to it to check understanding.

A story taken from BBC News about the need to charge people a deposit to reduce how many tents are being left at festivals aterwards. Included is the majority of the story and a comprehension activity that includes answers. Also useful for a discussion about plastic and what children think about the tents left behind and how they could be used/ how the issue could be resolved.

A tool that can be used to explore and develop vocabulary. Simply put a word in the middle and then get children to explore that particular word, including the definition/s, whether they can add prefix or suffixes, what word classes it belongs to, synonyms and antonyms, words they can make from it and any words that they can think that rhyme with it. Not all categories will always be relevant but it will help develop their understanding of a particular word and the branches from it.

A sequence of lessons based on the closing sequence from The Greatest Showman. Included is a PowerPoint that goes through the lessons (not a set lesson but more of a fluid sequence) including tasks and examples of writing with all the supporting resources for the tasks. The writing outcome is based on the first half of the video link given to create three to four paragraphs of writing. Made with Year 6 in mind but easily adaptable to other year groups.

A sheet with key grammatical terms (select terms rather than all) that may come up in the KS2 GPS test that children can use to remember them. Included is a definition and some examples of these to try and support understanding.

The song lyrics for ‘Rewrite the Stars’ from The Greatest Showman with four different comprehension activities. Each of the activities matches up to one or more of the VIPERS skills with the activities potentially providing four reading lessons from the song. The fourth comprehension may be better used after watching the video so that children who may not have seen the film are able to appreciate the views of the era.

A revision lesson on being able to punctuate direct speech with an activity sheet included and exit questions taken from KS2 GPS tests.

A lesson that focuses on 6 different types of nouns. Included is a starter question before a focus on nouns through the lesson. Each one is given a definition and some examples before children then try to think of other examples. There are then a range of activities that can be used before the use of an exit question from a previous KS2 GPS paper.

Two lessons that can be used as introductions or as revision for subject and object and active and passive. The lessons link together with one following on from the other. Included is: A lesson that focuses on being able to identify the subject and object of a sentence. Included is the lesson presentation which includes challenge questions and a variation style question as well as an activity for children to work through and an exit task taken from a previous KS2 GPS test on identifying the subject of the sentence. A lesson that focuses on active and passive. Included is the PowerPoint with some key recap elements before working on active and passive. This will include identifying the difference, identifying subject, object and verb and changing sentences into active or passive. Also included are green challenge bubbles for children who finish the tasks whilst others are working on them. There is then an activity for children to work through and an exit question taken from a KS2 GPS test.