A range of activities related to Christmas/ to help keep children focussed nearer the holidays. These include: An acrostic poem activity for the word Christmas Christmas Bingo Christmas Colouring Sheets Christmas Coordinates - Identify where the pictures are on the grid Define Christmas Words Adjective activities - Think of adjectives to describe the Christmas Tree, Santa or a Reindeer The Christmas Truce Poem with three differentiated sets of questions and answers included A definition activity for the poem Santa Dash - Plan the quickest way around the world for Santa Comma Claus - Identify where the commas should go Claus Clauses - Identify and add different clause structures to sentences to improve writing Three sets of storyboards - Can be used for a range of ideas but created with the Nativity story in mind - Find a great example through Lego here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/nativity-story-3009639 Facts for Christmas around the world with three differentiated sets of questions and answers included

A mini biography/ fact file that introduces Rosa Parks life for KS2 children.

All the resources required for children to independently create their own instructions for creating a Halloween potion of some sort. Included are examples of potions from Harry Potter, different lists of potential items and key linking adverbs and imperative verbs. Also included is a cauldron picture where children can draw or list ingredients that will go in. Aimed at 5/6 where they should be confident with instruction writing anyway so can be used as they are for a couple of lessons of independent writing.

A mini biography/ fact file that introduces Queen Victoria's life for KS2 children.

A lesson that gets children to work on being able to identify the key features of a diary. Included is the presentation and two different worksheets, with the HA worksheet then getting children to think about regional dialects and rhetorical questions.

33 different questions for Chapter Four of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl that test a range of skills. These can be used for guided reading sessions or to give children as activities to support guided reading sessions/ whole class reading comprehensions. The questions follow the order of the chapter but don't have answers attached as the answers can vary depending on the child's opinion

Two worksheets that focus on being able to identify which sentence is grammatically correct. Each worksheet includes 12 multiple choice questions. Each question includes 4 options where 1 sentence is grammatically correct and 3 are incorrect, with children needing to identify the correct option for each question. Answer sheets are also provided for both worksheets.

Two worksheets with a variety of sentences that all include some form of adverbial, whether as a one word adverbial, fronted adverbial or adverbial phrase/ clause. Children need to work through the worksheet to identify the adverbial/s in each sentence. Answers are also provided for both worksheets, with both worksheets also provided in UK English and US English spellings.

A whole class reading comprehension session based on Chapter Seven from the Firework-Maker's Daughter. The session focuses on reading the chapter before looking at any vocabulary children are unsure of. Children will then be shown how to pick out key words from questions as well as looking at what question words are looking for. Finally, children will be able to work through one of three differentiated worksheets that check their comprehension skills/ deeper understanding.

A fact file/ knowledge organiser that can be stuck in children's books when doing a specific genre of writing in either English lessons or in a foundation subject. So far they include: Instructions - Included on the sheet is a list of key vocabulary and a set of examples for time adverbials and for imperative verbs. Information texts - Included on the sheet is a list of key vocabulary, an example of an information text and a diagram that shows the sequenced structure from the example text. Newspapers - Included on the sheet is a list of key vocabulary, a labelled image of a newspaper story and a reminder about the key facts to include in any newspaper article. Persuasion Discussion Diary

18 different questions for Chapter Five of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl that test a range of skills. These can be used for guided reading sessions or to give children as activities to support guided reading sessions/ whole class reading comprehensions. The questions follow the order of the chapter but don't have answers attached as the answers can vary depending on the child's opinion

The Christmas Truce Poem and three differentiated reading comprehension activities related to this that check children's comprehension skills.

Two reading comprehension activities linked to chapters the first two chapters of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. Both chapters have a comprehension activity that includes 20 questions that work on different skills as well as also having the answers included separately.

33 different questions for Chapter Fifteen of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl that test a range of skills. These can be used for guided reading sessions or to give children as activities to support guided reading sessions/ whole class reading comprehensions. The questions follow the order of the chapter but don't have answers attached as the answers can vary depending on the child's opinion.

53 different questions for Chapter Twenty One of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl that test a range of skills. These can be used for guided reading sessions or to give children as activities to support guided reading sessions/ whole class reading comprehensions. The questions follow the order of the chapter but don't have answers attached as the answers can vary depending on the child's opinion.

A sample of the following resource: A fact file about Tutankhamun that is also a reading comprehension. This includes three differentiated worksheets with 11 questions each and answers included to test children's comprehension knowledge as well as learning about Tutankhamun at the same time. The full resource can be found at: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/tutankhamun-reading-comprehension-11756740

40 different questions for Chapter Twenty Four of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl that test a range of skills. These can be used for guided reading sessions or to give children as activities to support guided reading sessions/ whole class reading comprehensions. The questions follow the order of the chapter but don't have answers attached as the answers can vary depending on the child's opinion.

A word mat full of prepositions that children can pick from to use in their writing.

A fact file/ knowledge organiser that can be stuck in children's books when doing the diary writing, recount genre in writing or for a help sheet if they are writing a diary in a foundation subject. Included is a list of key vocabulary and examples of adjectives and verbs that children can then use to 'up-level' when writing their diary entry.

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.