A story for the children to read and identify different spellings of the ‘ai’ sound. This could be used with KS1 children learning phonics, but I’ve even used this with Year Four and Five pupils who needed revision. Please leave me a review, or contact me with any suggestions or requests! :)

Days of the week word problems on two separate worksheets, which start off relatively easy and get more difficult, with a riddle at the end to challenge early finishers. Good for Year 5 and 6 time topics, or practice solving word problems. Includes an answer key. In PDF. Suitable for upper KS2. Please leave me a review if you like my resources! Feel free to contact me with suggestions, requests or feedback :) Miss Poole

Interactive timeline of toys I used this with a Y2 class during a cross-curricular History/Literacy lesson before writing instruction manuals for toys.

This is a resource suitable for an entire lesson in upper KS2. The text is an aboriginal story called ‘The Spear’ and was taken from the website http://education.abc.net.au/home#!/digibook/2570774/dust-echoes, which has since been archived. The lesson introduces the concept of storytelling, the full text and comprehension activities. Available as a NOTEBOOK file, a POWERPOINT and also a PDF. I used this with Y5/6. If you love it, please leave me a review!

Based on The Highwayman poem. The children are to write a diary entry from the point of view of a character in the poem, in accordance with specified success criteria. Included is a presentation (PowerPoint, Keynote and PDF ) and a Highwayman-themed worksheet for their diary entry. I used this with Y5/6.

A fill-in-the-box worksheet where the children start with a random three-digit number (found on random number generator website or by using dice). As they move to the left-hand columns, they count back by 10, 100 or 1000; as they move to the right-hand columns, they count on by 10, 100 or 1000. Two worksheets provided, 10s and 100s (MA) or 10s, 100s and 1000s (HA). Level is indicated by playing cards (3, 2 and Ace). Please leave me a review if you like my resources! Feel free to contact me with suggestions, requests or feedback :) Miss Poole

A 14-week scheme of work for Art, suitable for Years 4, 5 or 6. Could be adapted for secondary pupils. Focuses mainly on basic art skills such as cutting, pencil skills, ink skills, adding colour, and then moving on to more complex projects. All of the additional worksheets and resources are available from me on TES. Any problems, message me and I'll make sure they are re-uploaded. Only available in Pages or PDF format, not Microsoft Word.

20 x addition and subtraction questions using the column method. Questions vary in difficulty as a form of in-built differentiation. Includes carrying and borrowing. Marks out of twenty. Suitable for an end-of-unit test, homework or other independent assessment. Includes full answer key SO YOU DON’T HAVE TO! :) If you love it, please leave me a review!

A visual aid to remember the order of speech marks. On the speech burger goes 1. The bottom bun - The opening speech marks (66) 2. The burger - The speech 3. The salad and toppings - The punctuation e.g. comma, exclamation mark etc. 4. The top bun - The closing speech marks (99) I tell the children to imagine putting a burger together, so that they remember to start from the bottom and not from the top. Good resource to print out in colour, fill in and display on the wall or in their Literacy books for reference. If you love it, please leave me a review!

Friendship tokens for children to colour in and cut out and exchange with one another - for example, when someone shared with them, when someone plays with them in the playground, when someone is kind to them. I used these during SEAL / PSHE lessons. Formatted with easy-to-cut guidelines for the paper trimmer! Choose to cut these square, to save time, or round, so they resemble MONEY! If you love it, please leave a review!

Activity: A4 half portraits of Henry VIII and his six wives; children to complete the missing half of the portrait. They are differentiated - the easiest ones are almost symmetrical, but to complete the harder ones the children must have some understanding of facial proportions and perspective. Assessment: A4 pictures of Henry VIII and his Six Wives for reference - show these when they have finished their portraits to see what they should have looked like! Used with Year Four and up.

Two different Maths Mats with tools and support for various areas of KS2 Maths, including: Place Value Calculator Mathematical Operations / Inverses Hundred Square Multiplication Grid Clock face with annotations Basic pizza fractions 0-100 number line in two halves Greater than / smaller than symbols with examples Fractions terms Equivalent fractions wall Negative numbers I made this originally for my Year 4 class but I think it could be helpful for other years too. I’ve given one to each child, laminated, with a Literacy Mat on the other side. They could also be blown up and hung as posters in the classroom. You could choose which of the two mats is more appropriate for each child in your class.

Presentation on different methods of teaching division and halving in particular. Quick run-through of a number of different methods. Intended for used as teacher reference or staff training but could also be adapted for a lesson. If you love it, please leave me a review!

A funny news article about a fictional school which decides to serve rat meat for school dinners, yuck! I used this for my whole class to read and then work together to identify features: rhyme, repetition, alliteration etc. They can do this as a whole class, in small groups or individually, using the space on the worksheet to write down their observations. I used this with Y5/6 but it could be suitable for a variety of ages and abilities, depending on the specific features you choose to focus on. If you love this resource, please leave me a review!

A simple ten-week three-target chart for behaviour management or other achievements. Each week is numbered and you then add the date, a smiley, neutral or sad face to represent whether the target has been achieved, and a comment. For example, you might choose three targets such as ‘I will keep my desk tidy,’ ‘I will remember my homework,’ and ‘I will use joined-up writing’, and then you tick them off each week for ten weeks. Could also be given to parents as a reminder of what the child should be doing at home each week. If you love it, please leave a review!

Riddles (found on the internet, not written by me) based on The Hobbit. No knowledge of the book or films is actually required to work out the answers. Some are harder than others! An extension task is included for differentiation. Includes a full answer key. Suitable for upper KS2 & KS3. If you love it, please leave me a review!

Print onto card for children to colour and cut out. I usually have them colour the 'past' side one colour and the 'to' side another. The hands attach with split pins and the clocks can then be used as a learning tool in future lessons.

A whole-class presentation to discuss the meaning of literary terms such as alliteration, repetition and metaphor, plus an activity sheet (differentiated three ways) to support the children in analysing their own text. A good text to use is The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes (available in full for free online) or they could use any other text they are currently studying. If you love it, please leave me a review!

A simple yet engaging ‘trick’ for any age or ability, I’ve used this worksheet with KS1, 2 and 3. All the child needs to do is write any number in the star and then double and halve it according to the instructions, so this can be easily differentiated with different sizes of numbers. Why not challenge the more able pupils by giving special conditions for the starter numbers they come up with? ‘Must be odd’, ‘All the digits must add up to 17’, ‘No zeros’ etc. Hours of fun! If you love it, please leave me a review!

A revision aid / learning tool I created for my Spanish Year 4 children who study in a bilingual school. Includes: A box with spaces for each child to write up to ten spellings Visual reminders of the English pronunciation of common vowel sounds Reminder of gender-specific pronouns Punctuation checklist ‘Its’ and ‘it’s’ cartoon ‘They’re’, ‘there’ and ‘their’ cartoon Mini Spanglish-English dictionary Parts of speech reference box Space for the child’s name I have given these, laminated, to each child, double-sided with the ‘KS2 Maths Table Mat Reference Placemat’ (search within my resources). You could also blow it up to A3 and display on the classroom wall. If you love it, please leave a review!