I currently work at the top end of Primary school in Year 5/6. I create resources for a range of subjects and am always open to suggestions for resources people require.
I currently work at the top end of Primary school in Year 5/6. I create resources for a range of subjects and am always open to suggestions for resources people require.
Get 323 pages full of times table related activities and help sheets.
Starting with the 2 x tables and working up to the 12 x tables, find:
Fact sheets for each times table (including division facts)
Pictorial representations
A matching activity
Loop card activities
Bingo games with potential question ideas
Times table quizzes
A mastery check point of questions
Finish off with mixed times tables with loop card games, bingo games with question ideas, mixed quizzes and a mixed mastery check point.
The Big Book of Fractions includes a range of fraction topics within it over 95 pages including:
What a fraction is
Colouring fractions
Representing fractions
Equivalent fractions including simplifying
Comparing fractions
Finding fractions of amounts including finding original numbers - Using the bar model
Converting between mixed and improper fractions
Adding fractions
Subtracting fractions
Multiplying fractions by whole numbers
Multiplying fractions by fractions
Dividing fractions by whole numbers
Fractions, decimals and percentages equivalence
Glossary of what particular terms mean
Within this there are help sheets, showing how to do different operations with fractions through the maths and also through showing pictorial representations, generally using the bar model.
After the help sheets most topics include practise questions and then questions that challenge children's fluency, reasoning and problem solving abilities.
This can be used for a range of things, whether it be just to print the help sheets to encourage children to be independent or to give children a practise activity or activity that requires them to think more deeply.
Fully planned, differentiated and resourced unit of work looking at information texts. Included are all the slides, planning and resources needed to run each lesson, with 14-15 lessons that focus on key features of information texts 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: researching and planning, reading comprehension, using generalisers, creating a glossary and structuring a text with sub-headings and a topic phrase.
A multiple choice quiz that children can do in teams as a fun end of term activity looking at various events over the school year from January 2016 - November 2016.
Round One- Sporting events
Round Two- Film questions
Round Three- Picture Round
Round Four- Song Round - Name the artist and name of the song with a point for each (Freedom in this round of selecting a number of songs yourself from 2016 to quiz children on)
Round Five- Music Round
Round Six- Television Round
Round Seven- News and events
Included are 8 different examples of information texts (non-chronological reports) that can be used with children in English for a wide range of reasons.
Texts include:
The Vikings
Emperor Penguins
Lions
Velociraptors
Crocodiles and Aligators
Dolphins
Giant Panda
Green Anaconda
Included are a number of resources that can be used ahead of Armistice Day and Remembrance Sunday.
Included are:
A PowerPoint that looks at how Remembrance Day began and why we 'celebrate' it. It also looks at Remembrance Sunday and why we have the poppy as our symbol.
A PowerPoint that introduces World War One, looking at why it started, who was involved and how many people died as a result
A reading comprehension based on 'In Flanders Field' with three sets of differentiated questions and answers included
A definition activity that gets children to practise using dictionaries whilst defining words from 'In Flanders Field'
Instructions and templates for making a poppy
A look at the controversy regarding England and Scotland being told by FIFA that they can't wear poppy armbands and three different activity ideas following an introduction to the story - Write a letter to FIFA, class debate or newspaper article regarding the story
A sample of a reading comprehension that includes a fact file about Remembrance Day and questions related to this.
Attached is a version of a potential calculation policy that people can use for ideas to help in developing their own. Each year group is broken down in to the 4 operations, identifying mental and written methods and linking to other strands in the curriculum.
Written methods are kept to a minimum to ensure children become 'experts' in that method and to ensure consistency throughout teaching.
This is a helpful presentation looking at how to use the Singapore Bar Model. Singapore Bar is growing in popularity in this country due to the success of Singapore in the PISA tables for Maths, with the methods shown helping children break down problems in a much simpler way. This presentation goes through different models of the bar and how to apply it to a range of problems with step by step details for each problem. It can be used to help individuals become more confident with the methods and applying them or could also be used to help begin to lead staff training on the method.
A Maths game that works on revising some key vocabulary such as prime numbers, multiples and using the greater than and less than symbol as well as opening up varied discussion about why particular numbers fit where they do or why they should be used elsewhere. Everything needed to play this is attached including an explanation of the rules. Perfect for a starter, plenary or just for a 5-10 minute break where they can practise some reasoning activities.
Planning for Year 5/6 Science topics that is fully resourced with lesson slides, differentiated lesson plans and activities.
Also included is a famous scientist fact file with information about 12 famous scientists and reading comprehensions for some famous scientists.
Included so far are:
Year 5 - Earth and Space
Year 5 - Materials
Year 6 - Evolution and Inheritance
Year 6 - Electricity
Teach children all about Evolution and Inheritance with this block of differentiated lesson plans and resources.
These six lessons take children on a journey developing their understanding of Evolution and famous scientists work.
N.B. These lessons are planned for 1 and a half - 2 hour lessons so if you teach Science for one hour a week then you will get more than six lessons from them.
Lesson One - Offspring variation
Lesson Two and Three - Climate adaptations
Lesson Four - Fossils
Lesson Five - Evolution/ adaptations
Lesson Six - Famous Scientists
Also included is a fun Who Wants to be a Millionaire style assessment.
History assessment grids from Year 1 to 6 that can be used to check children's understanding and use as a progress measure if wished. These are to be used as best fit as there may be some areas they are weaker/ more confident in with the aim being a best fit judgement.
I created these as there appears to be a gap in history assessment at the minute in primary schools since the move to assessment without levels. This enables schools to have something in place for a foundation subject that links well to other curricular areas, as well as showing an assessment system should visitors wish to know how you monitor progress.
These were created using the statements from the curriculum, with a particular focus on what they should be able to do at the end of each Key Stage and then working up/ back from that/ making sure children are 'Year 7 ready' at the end of Key Stage Two. There is some overlap in the way grids may be worded but this is because the content they are learning is different and they are beginning to increase knowledge across a range of topics/ apply skills to different topics. I have attached PDF and Word documents as they can then be edited if you wish.
Complete set of planning, slides and worksheets to provide 10 lessons on algebra. This has been written with Year 6 in mind but the resources are easily adaptable for other year groups.
The worksheets have written with mastery in mind and so follow the following structure:
Worksheet One - Works on practise and fluency (LA)
Worksheet Two - Practise, fluency and reasoning (MA)
Worksheet Three - Practise, fluency, reasoning and problem solving (HA)
Worksheet Four - Practise, fluency, reasoning and problem solving (This is a spare worksheet should children finish problem solving on worksheet three)
All worksheets include answers.
Differentiation is achieved through self-assessment of own abilities to choose which worksheet they do.
Lesson 1 and 2 - Simple formula
Lesson 3 and 4 - Expressing problems algebraically
Lesson 5 and 6 - Satisfying an equation
Lesson 7 and 8 - Satisfying two variables
Lesson 9 and 10 - Number sequences
These have had great success in previous lessons and challenge and stretch children of all abilities.
A mixed reading comprehension bundle that has a range of reading comprehensions that work on building understanding/ improving knowledge about particular facts.
A PowerPoint that looks at how Remembrance Day began and why we 'celebrate' it. It also looks at Remembrance Sunday and why we have the poppy as our symbol.
Complete set of planning, slides and worksheets to provide 14 lessons on fractions. This has been written with Year 6 in mind but the resources are easily adaptable for other year groups.
The worksheets have written with mastery in mind and so follow the following structure:
Worksheet One - Works on practise and fluency
Worksheet Two - Practise, fluency and reasoning
Worksheet Three - Practise, fluency, reasoning and problem solving
Worksheet Four - Practise, fluency, reasoning and problem solving (This is a spare worksheet should children finish problem solving on worksheet three)
All worksheets include answers.
Differentiation is achieved through self-assessment of own abilities to choose which worksheet they do. The worksheets will be clear in which is LA, MA and HA.
Lesson 1 and 2 - Finding fractions
Lesson 3 and 4 - Comparing fractions
Lesson 5 and 6 - Converting fractions
Lesson 7 and 8 - Adding and subtracting fractions
Lesson 9 and 10 - Multiplying fractions together
Lesson 11 and 12 - Multiplying fractions by whole numbers
Lesson 13 and 14 - Dividing fractions by whole numbers
Also included are extras including worksheets for simplifying fractions and representing them, resources to help model the techniques to give children more independence and a presentation focussing on how to use the Bar method with fractions.
These have had great success in previous lessons and challenge and stretch children of all abilities.
Six lessons that apply a cross curricular approach to PSHE and Computer Science. Children will work on bullying and cyber bullying, being able to identify these as well as knowing what to do in the event of bullying.
This links with Computer Science through being able to use search engines effectively, knowing how to stay safe online and through creating a PowerPoint that looks at using a number of the tools available to them including hyperlinking slides.
Complete set of planning, slides and worksheets for place value x2, the four operations, fractions, algebra, area, perimeter and volume and measurements that provide 69 lessons. This has been written with Year 6 in mind but the resources are easily adaptable for other year groups.
The worksheets have written with mastery in mind and so follow the following structure:
Worksheet One - Works on practise and fluency
Worksheet Two - Practise, fluency and reasoning
Worksheet Three - Practise, fluency, reasoning and problem solving
Worksheet Four - Practise, fluency, reasoning and problem solving (This is a spare worksheet should children finish problem solving on worksheet three)
Differentiation is achieved through self-assessment of own abilities to choose which worksheet they do. The worksheets will be clear in which is LA, MA and HA.
N.B. This bundle will grow as I add more schemes of work but the price will now stay at £20.
Complete set of planning, slides and worksheets to provide 6 lessons on measurements. This has been written with Year 6 in mind but the resources are easily adaptable for other year groups.
The worksheets have written with mastery in mind and so follow the following structure:
Worksheet One - Works on practise and fluency
Worksheet Two - Practise, fluency and reasoning
Worksheet Three - Practise, fluency, reasoning and problem solving
Worksheet Four - Practise, fluency, reasoning and problem solving (This is a spare worksheet should children finish problem solving on worksheet three)
Differentiation is achieved through self-assessment of own abilities to choose which worksheet they do. The worksheets will be clear in which is LA, MA and HA.
Lesson 1 and 2 - Converting standard units of measurement/ multiplying and dividing by 10, 100 and 1,000
Lesson 3 and 4 - Converting between miles and kilometres
Lesson 5 and 6 - Converting between units of time
These have had great success in previous lessons and challenge and stretch children of all abilities.
Learn all about 12 famous scientists using these fact files. Learn about their childhood, education and some of their key work in science. Perfect for displays or for reading to gain knowledge.
Included are:
Albert Einstein
Alexander Fleming
Charles Darwin
Dian Fossey
Galileo
Isaac Newton
Ivan Pavlov
Louis Pasteur
Nikola Tesla
Robert Oppenheimer
Sally Ride
Stephen Hawking