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.
20 different maths activities that are Halloween themed through the use of different images. The activities can be used as a booklet or can be printed off as separate activities that are ready to go.
There are a range of activities for counting and simple addition and subtraction with counting being up to 10 and adding including then going above 10 occasionally. Activities include:
3 activities that are counting the object in the box
3 activities counting an object in the box where there are other objects to ignore
3 activities that involve counting two different sets of objects
3 activities that involve counting two different sets of objects and then adding the two together to find the total
3 activities that involve counting two different sets of objects before writing the number sentence to find the total
3 activities that involve counting two sets of objects before filling in a sentence about how many more than there is of one object than the other
2 activities that involve counting two sets of objects before completing the number sentence for finding the difference.
Answers are included for all activities.
A reading comprehension pack linked to the book ‘The Nothing to see Here Hotel’.
Included in the pack is a 10 question task for every chapter included in the book which means there are 26 tasks overall, resulting in 260 questions linked to the book. Each chapter includes a range of skills including retrieving, inferring and considering the use of vocabulary and language features. An answer sheet is also included for each chapter.
A bundle of three lessons for Year 3 focusing on being able to divide a 2-digit number by a 1-digit number. This includes a lesson with no exchanging, a lesson that involves flexible partitioning to support division and a lesson that involves division with remainders.
Included in each lesson is:
A lesson PowerPoint with starter, vocabulary, modelling (with teacher notes) and guided practice
Lesson plan
Worksheet with answer sheet
Scaffolded worksheet with answer sheet
Modified worksheet for those who need additional changes to access the learning with answers
Challenge tasks
Support strips that can be stuck in books
Everything is included that could be needed to run the lessons successfully, with each resource carefully considered in ensuring accessibility for all as well as ensuring there are plenty of opportunities for challenge to provide depth of understanding.
Fully planned, differentiated and resourced unit of work looking at information texts, writing an information text about the white elephant from The Firework-Maker's Daughter. Included are all the slides, planning and resources needed to run each lesson, with 10 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: planning, reading comprehension, using generalisers, peer-assessing writing, creating a glossary and structuring a text with sub-headings and a topic phrase.
Four fully resourced lessons that focuses on being able to convert between various measurements from mm to cm up to g and kg. The lesson presentations focus on a range of questions and building understanding as well as guided practise questions for children to practise what they are learning. This is followed by one of two sheets based on confidence (answers included) before a final challenge question on the lesson presentation.
Sixteen reading comprehension activities linked to the book The Indian in the Cupboard. Each chapter has a separate comprehension activity that includes 20 questions working on different skills as well as also having the answers included separately.
48 different worksheets focusing on multiplying and dividing by 10, 100 or 1000 that can be used during lessons, for additional practice or for homework over the year.
Included in the set of worksheets are
3x multiplying by 10 with whole numbers
3x multiplying by 100 with whole numbers
3x multiplying by 1000 with whole numbers
3x multiplying by 10, 100 or 1000 with whole numbers
3x multiplying by 10 with decimal numbers
3x multiplying by 100 with decimal numbers
3x multiplying by 1000 with decimal numbers
3x multiplying by 10, 100 or 1000 with decimal numbers
3x dividing by 100 with whole numbers
3x dividing by 100 with whole numbers
3x dividing by 1000 with whole numbers
3x dividing by 10, 100 or 1000 with whole numbers
3x dividing by 10 with decimal numbers
3x dividing by 100 with decimal numbers
3x dividing by 1000 with decimal numbers
3x dividing by 10, 100 or 1000 with decimal numbers
An answer booklet is also included with an answer page for every sheet provided. These have been uploaded as a PowerPoint so you can edit or merge sheets together should you wish.
Five lessons that focus on being able to calculate the area of quadrilaterals and compound shapes.
Included is:
A fully-resourced double lesson that focuses on the objective of finding the area of quadrilaterals, with a particular focus on squares and rectangles.
Included in the resource is:
A double lesson PowerPoint that includes an arithmetic starter for each lesson, key vocabulary and areas to model and discuss as well as then having some guided practice for children to work through to check their understanding.
This is then followed up by an independent practice activity and challenge questions for those that finish. These are planned to run over the two lessons with the first lesson potentially taking more teaching time and the second lesson giving more time for practice and challenges. Answer sheets are included for both.
All attachments are uploaded as PowerPoints so they can be easily adapted, especially in adapting to any misconceptions or needs that arise from the first lesson.
Three fully-resourced lessons focusing on being able to calculate the area of compound shapes.
The lessons are split so that they act as an introductory lesson before having a double lesson that provides the opportunity to develop and become confident in finding the area of compound shapes.
The first lesson includes a lesson PowerPoint that includes an arithmetic starter, key vocabulary, modelling and discussion as well as guided practice. This is followed up with an independent activity and challenge tasks to apply what has been learnt, with answer sheets included with these.
The double lesson includes a double lesson PowerPoint that includes an arithmetic starter for each lesson, key vocabulary, modelling and discussion as well as guided practice. This is followed up with an independent activity and challenge tasks to apply what has been learnt (that stretch over both lessons with more time teaching first lesson and more time practising in the second lesson), with answer sheets included with these.
A bundle of fully resourced statistics lessons based on the Year 5 White Rose maths unit for statistics with 5 fully planned and resourced lessons included
Included are lessons for:
Lesson 1 - Draw line graphs
Lesson 2 - Read and interpret line graphs
Lesson 3 - Read and interpret tables
Lesson 4 - Two-way tables
Lesson 5 - Read and interpret timetables
All lessons include:
A lesson PowerPoint with starter, vocabulary, modelling (with teacher notes) and guided practice
Lesson plan
Worksheet with answer sheet
Scaffolded worksheet with answer sheet
Modified worksheet for those who need additional changes to access the learning with answers
Challenge tasks
Support strips that can be stuck in books
Everything is included that could be needed to run the lesson successfully, with each resource carefully considered in ensuring accessibility for all as well as ensuring there are plenty of opportunities for challenge to provide depth of understanding.
A bundle of fully resourced position and direction lessons based on the Year 4 White Rose maths unit for position and direction with 5 fully planned and resourced lessons included
Included are lessons for:
Lesson 1 - Describe position using coordinates
Lesson 2 - Plot coordinates
Lesson 3 - Draw 2-D shapes on a grid
Lesson 4 - Translate on a grid
Lesson 5 - Describe translation on a grid
All lessons include:
A lesson PowerPoint with starter, vocabulary, modelling (with teacher notes) and guided practice
Lesson plan
Worksheet with answer sheet
Scaffolded worksheet with answer sheet
Modified worksheet for those who need additional changes to access the learning with answers
Challenge tasks
Support strips that can be stuck in books
Some lessons also include additional sheets for guided practice to support being able to complete the questions easily.
Everything is included that could be needed to run the lesson successfully, with each resource carefully considered in ensuring accessibility for all as well as ensuring there are plenty of opportunities for challenge to provide depth of understanding.
This resource contains the third of four packs designed to support the delivery of the White Rose Maths Scheme Year 5 – Decimals for the Summer Term.
The resource focuses on the following White Rose Maths ‘small steps’
Subtracting different decimal places
Wholes and decimals
Decimal sequences
The resource contains worksheets / activities linked to the above small steps with an emphasis on the mastery approach to learning advocated by the White Rose scheme. The resource includes reasoning, problem solving and activities and varied fluency activities and tasks.
This resource contains the first of four packs designed to support the delivery of the White Rose Maths Scheme Year 5 – Decimals for the Summer Term.
The resource focuses on the following White Rose Maths ‘small steps’
Addition within 1
Subtraction within 1
Complements to 1
Adding - Crossing the whole
The resource contains worksheets / activities linked to the above small steps with an emphasis on the mastery approach to learning advocated by the White Rose scheme. The resource includes reasoning, problem solving and activities and varied fluency activities and tasks.
A six lesson unit of work that focuses on different elements of food including natural distribution, seasonality of food, different types of food and groups of nutrition for a balanced diet.
Lessons have been made with KS2 in mind and are fully resourced with presentation, activities, and the unit of work planning.
This resource contains the second of four packs designed to support the delivery of the White Rose Maths Scheme Year 5 – Decimals for the Summer Term.
The resource focuses on the following White Rose Maths ‘small steps’
Adding same decimal places
Subtracting same decimal places
Adding different decimal places
Subtracting different decimal places
The resource contains worksheets / activities linked to the above small steps with an emphasis on the mastery approach to learning advocated by the White Rose scheme. The resource includes reasoning, problem solving and activities and varied fluency activities and tasks.
This resource contains the fourth of four packs designed to support the delivery of the White Rose Maths Scheme Year 5 – Decimals for the Summer Term.
The resource focuses on the following White Rose Maths ‘small steps’
Multiplying by 10, 100 and 1000
Dividing by 10, 100 and 1000
Summing up
The resource contains worksheets / activities linked to the above small steps with an emphasis on the mastery approach to learning advocated by the White Rose scheme. The resource includes reasoning, problem solving and activities and varied fluency activities and tasks.
A fully resourced weeks worth of lessons focusing on clauses and conjunctions. A useful resource at the start of the year to develop writing skills but can easily be used as a recap tool during the year, or for lessons to be used separately at different points.
Included is a full set of lesson PowerPoints which walk through lessons with notes where appropriate, starter activities and activities linked to the learning. Answers are provided for all activities. There are also support sheets where necessary to support pupils, as well as pink and green bubbles to provide scaffold and challenge. All resources are uploaded in PPT format so that they can be easily adapted.
The lesson sequence is as follows:
Lesson 1 - Main clauses
Lesson 2 - Coordinating conjunctions
Lesson 3 - Subordinating conjunctions
Lesson 4 - Subordinate clauses
Lesson 5 - Clauses - a review of the week and the opportunity to practise writing different clause structures.
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.
Complete set of planning, slides and worksheets to provide 5 follow up lessons on number and place value. 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)
All worksheets include answers.
Differentiation is achieved through self-assessment of own abilities to choose which worksheet they do.
Lesson 1 - Place Value
Lesson 2 - Prime Numbers
Lesson 3 and 4 - Rounding
Lesson 5 - Negative Numbers
These have had great success in previous lessons and challenge and stretch children of all abilities.
Attached is a full set of differentiated planning and resources for six lessons for electricity that cover the curriculum aims for Year 6. Included within this are tips for writing scientifically, looking at what needs to be included as well as a model example of a conclusion and what makes it good.
Lesson One - The history of electricity - Reading Comprehension with answers included
Lesson Two - Staying safe with electricity
Lesson Three - What make good conductors
Lesson Four - Circuits and symbols
Lessons Five and Six - Conducting an experiment into variations in how components function
During the unit of planning children will get to work on different skills including practising their reading comprehension, creating posters and writing scientifically.
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 .