Week 2 Paddington / The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe Whole class reading/extract comprehension/guided reading resource with an adaptive teaching approach for independent tasks (3 levels of differentiation). 3 lessons which can be taught across one week depending on your timetable or over 3 weeks. The lesson duration is between 30-45 minutes. Each lesson covers a different reading focus: Lesson 1 - Vocabulary and prediction Lesson 2 - Retrieval and inference Lesson 3 - Sequence/summarise/explain Included is the text extract linked to the lesson; a main teaching presentation which is delivered whole class with opportunities to practice the skill needed for the independent task. This covers a blurb, information about the author, practice questions based specifically on the skill being taught and a differentiated/adapted independent task (3 levels). The independent task is sized to fit on a sticky labels (A4 page with 4 labels) which pupils stick into reading comprehension books to then answer the questions. The texts chosen are specific to the ability of Year 3 and Year 4 but due to the nature of whole class reading, are suitable for those working below ARE. There are 8 weeks (24 lessons) in this block to cover a half term which have been uploaded separately, week by week. If you have time (ha!), please leave us a review. We would love to hear your feedback.

This fun quiz re-caps all the key facts taught whilst learning about a significant person in history - Florence Nightingale. A great resource to end this unit of work and either consolidate or test the children's learning.

Week 3 Winnie The Pooh Whole class reading/extract comprehension/guided reading resource with an adaptive teaching approach for independent tasks (3 levels of differentiation). 3 lessons which can be taught across one week depending on your timetable or over 3 weeks. The lesson duration is between 30-45 minutes. Each lesson covers a different reading focus: Lesson 1 - Vocabulary and prediction Lesson 2 - Retrieval and inference Lesson 3 - Sequence/summarise/explain Included is the text extract linked to the lesson; a main teaching presentation which is delivered whole class with opportunities to practice the skill needed for the independent task. This covers a blurb, information about the author, practice questions based specifically on the skill being taught and a differentiated/adapted independent task (3 levels). The independent task is sized to fit on a sticky labels (A4 page with 4 labels) which pupils stick into reading comprehension books to then answer the questions. The texts chosen are specific to the ability of Year 3 and Year 4 but due to the nature of whole class reading, are suitable for those working below ARE. There are 8 weeks (24 lessons) in this block to cover a half term which have been uploaded separately, week by week. If you have time (ha!), please leave us a review. We would love to hear your feedback.

This power-point has practical tips, hints on test technique and opportunities to consolidate pupils' general knowledge needed for the current (2016) Reasoning Paper . It has been produced by Year 6 teachers to use as a an assessment tool throughout the year, revising reasoning paper content. It can be included in weekly planning, or at the end of a unit of work.

A fantastic time-saving and engaging pack of resources for the first week back. Perfect for getting to know your new class. The pack includes a comprehensive power-point which guides the teacher through over 15 activities which have been designed to be fun and stimulating for all pupils of varying abilities. Activities include: -a classmate summer scavenger hunt -designing app icons which reflect your personality and interests -summer selfies drawing activity -design your own emojis -My learning promise writing activity -first week back diary entry -anagrams -acrostic poem -design your perfect teacher AND MORE!!

A fantastic, time-saving and engaging pack of resources for the first week back. Perfect for getting to know your new class. The pack includes a comprehensive PowerPoint which guides the teacher through over 20 activities designed to be fun and stimulating for all pupils of varying abilities. Activities include: - Selfies drawing activity and diary - Classmate summer scavenger hunt - ice breaker/getting to know you board game - Create a Facebook Profile - Design your own Instagram frames - Describing Emoji emotions - Design App icons which reflect your personality and interests - Write a letter to your future self - Design the perfect teacher - Whole class Ice breaker/all about me questions - AND MORE!

A full lesson plan for an English lesson observation relating to Macbeth. The power-point covers all aspects of the lesson from starter to plenary.

Script for an assembly on electricity and its potential dangers.

A great time-saving and engaging quiz for upper key stage 1 and KS2. The resources include a PPT of questions, quiz answers and answer sheets for teams/individuals. This activity is a great way to get to know your class and have a bit of fun! There are 9 rounds including general knowledge, pictures, music, science and nature and film. This quiz is excellent value for money, and can be used throughout the term with other sets of children or adapted for your own use in future.

Script for a whole class assembly on France and learning to speak French.

Script for a whole class assembly

The resources include PPTs which can be used as consolidation of a subject or ongoing revision for KS2 tests. 5 fun and quick activities to refresh SPAG knowledge. The children are asked to identify- within a time frame set by yourself- antonyms, synonyms and contractions. Answer grid for pupils also provided. All PPTs can be adapted to cover a range of other topics.

Another 5 starter PPTs for KS2 maths lessons. Topics include pairs to 60 (time), divisions, pairs to 1000, subtracting within 20 and adding within 20. Ideal for consolidation or quick revision before maths lessons. Weekly/daily use of these PPTs has made mental maths skills and recall of key facts much better with my current year 6 class. Hope you find them useful too!

To match the new 2016 tests, this presentation has 7 weekly mental maths tests which cover questions related to time, money, tables facts and more. It also covers the consolidation of key facts such as squaring/cubing numbers and conversions of time and length . In addition, there are 7 arithmetic paper sets of questions based on a range of skills from short multiplication to multiplying multiples of 10. These key skills were required for many questions on the 2016 maths papers so daily/weekly revision is essential. The 7 weeks cover the second half of the Autumn term. More presentations will follow for the rest of the year, which will develop other aspects of mental maths and arithmetic skills needed for the new style maths tests.

Lesson plan and resources for a tried and tested maths observation about short multiplication. I used this for a mid to low ability Year 6 class but resources could be easily adapted for any key stage 2 class. All resources are provided including starter 'Train your Brain' PPT and all differentiated worksheets.

Suitable for both KS1 and 2. The resources include 5 starter PPTs which can be easily adapted to a variety of topics. Ideal starters to revise topics quickly or consolidate key facts for daily work. Topics include mixed tables; multiplying and dividing by 10, 100 and 100; pairs to 100; pairs to 20 and doubles. More to follow this half term hopefully!

Here are extracts linked to an 8 week block of whole class reading/reading comprehension/guided reading sessions. Week 1 - The Gingerbread Star/Bill’s New Frock Week 2 - Paddington Bear/The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Week 3 - Winnie the Pooh Week 4 - Stig of the Dump Week 5 - Chocolate Cake Week 6 - Stuart Little Week 7 - The Wild Robot Week 8 - Fortunately, the Milk… The lessons, which can be found in our paid section, includes the following: Each week has 3 lessons which can be taught across one week, depending on your timetable, or one lesson over 3 weeks. The lesson duration is between 30-45 minutes each. A main teaching presentation which is delivered whole class with opportunities to practice the skill needed for the independent task. An independent task which follows an adaptive teaching approach, differentiated 3 ways. These are sized to fit on a sticky labels (A4 page with 4 labels) which pupils stick into reading comprehension books to then answer the questions. Each lesson covers a different reading focus: Lesson 1 - Vocabulary and prediction Lesson 2 - Retrieval and inference Lesson 3 - Sequence/summarise/explain

This last-minute revision power-point includes a definition of all punctuation terms for the 2016 SPAG test. It then has several examples of questions from previous papers for the children to quickly test their knowledge. Ideal for final cramming! Look out for my sentence forms and grammatical terms power-points which I have also added today.