These writing help mats have been made for Year 6 in mind but can easily be used with other children. Simply print out the two pages and laminate them back to back to give children a work mat to help their writing and ensure they are addressing a number of the statements required for end of Key Stage writing assessments. Included are: The spelling word list for Year 5/6 Help for when to use paragraphs Prepositions Coordinating and subordinating conjunctions Modal and passive verbs Cohesive devices Punctuating Speech Some areas of punctuation

A display poster/ grid that can be made for children to stick in their book that includes some of the key features for 6 different text types in writing: Newspaper reports, Information texts, Discussion, Persuasion, Narrative and Instructions. These can be used for children to make comparisons between text types, to self-assess whether they have included the key features or simply as a reminder of some of the different key features.

Eight different animals represented with their name in Spanish. Can be used for displays or for simple activities to help children learn the names of animals in Spanish.

Different resources that look at Bonfire Night. This includes: A PowerPoint that focusses on the history of Bonfire Night and the failed plot to kill King James I A PowerPoint that looks at how to stay safe on Bonfire Night A poster challenge to create a safety poster for Bonfire Night, including key tips for creating an effective poster A Guy Fawkes fact file to learn more about him A reading comprehension about Guy Fawkes (differentiated three way with answers included) A definition activity related to words seen in the PowerPoint about Bonfire Night/ words that relate to the plot to get children to work on using dictionaries effectively

Teach children all about the Sun, Earth and Moon with this block of differentiated lesson plans and resources. These seven lessons take children on a journey from the developing understanding of the Solar System models to writing their own reports. Lesson One - Reading comprehension task learning about the geocentric and heliocentric models Lesson Two - Developing understanding of the Earth's orbit Lesson Three - Developing understanding of the Earth's orbit and rotation Lesson Four - Developing understanding of the Earth's rotation Lesson Five - Learning about the orbit and phases of the Moon Lesson Six and Seven - Writing a report about either the Sun, Moon or Earth.

A fact file about Albert Einstein that is also a reading comprehension. This includes three differentiated worksheets with 10 questions each and answers included to test children's comprehension knowledge as well as learning about Albert Einstein at the same time.

Reading comprehensions related to football to try and engage children whilst also developing their comprehension skills. Each comprehension comes with three sets of 11 questions that are differentiated with the answers included. This will continue to be developed with more footballers and football clubs added to it with the price rising as more are added. So far included are: Paul Pogba Zlatan Ibrahimovic

Reading comprehensions related to Pokemon to try and engage children whilst also developing their comprehension skills. Included is a fact file about Venusaur with three differentiated sets of 10 questions with the answers included.

Reading comprehensions related to Pokemon to try and engage children whilst also developing their comprehension skills. Included is a fact file about Bulbasaur with three differentiated sets of 10 questions with the answers included.

Reading comprehensions related to Pokemon to try and engage children whilst also developing their comprehension skills. Included is a fact file about Ivysaur with three differentiated sets of 10 questions with the answers included.

Reading comprehensions related to Pokemon to try and engage children whilst also developing their comprehension skills. Included is a fact file about Squirtle with three differentiated sets of 10 questions with the answers included.

Reading comprehensions related to Pokemon to try and engage children whilst also developing their comprehension skills. Included is a fact file about Wartortle with three differentiated sets of 10 questions with the answers included.

A fact file about Robert Oppenheimer that is also a reading comprehension. This includes three differentiated worksheets with 10 questions each and answers included to test children's comprehension knowledge as well as learning about Robert Oppenheimer at the same time.

A powerpoint that can be used for teaching different aspects of speech. It includes examples as well as activities to check children's understanding. Included are: The difference between reported and direct speech. Punctuating directed speech accurately. Changing between reported and directed. Rules for changing between reported and directed.

Three extracts from Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince with three sets of differentiated questions attached with each extract. These activities will help children work on a range of comprehension skills using a story many are already aware of and engaged with. Questions range from simple retrieval to commenting on why particular language has been used. ***The extracts used are copyright of the author J.K Rowling.

Fully planned, differentiated and resourced unit of work looking at newspapers. Included are all the slides, planning and resources needed to run each lesson, with 15-17 lessons that focus on key features of newspapers and work on different skills before completing their own independent writing. Written for Year 5 but easily adaptable between Year 3 and Year 7. Skills include: Using alliteration, punctuating speech accurately, converting direct speech to reported speech and work on pronouns. ***The extracts used are copyright of the author J.K Rowling, Roald Dahl, Trinity Media Group and News UK respectively .