I made these 4 colourful visual A4 cards to put down the side of my board. I have a big arrow pointing at the required noise level for the class Silence Whispers Partner talk Group talk

These grids I made as English Coordinator for children to stick in the front of their book and use to assess their writing. They have been very successful. Pack includes : Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Greater Depth The resources are colourful and contain examples. They have helped us to embed grammar throughout the school and writing has improved throughout.

A wordsearch based on 'A Christmas Carol' by Charles Dickens.

The beginning of 'A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens with all punctuation removed. Solution included.

I did a 2-3 week unit on the book ‘The Firework Maker’s Daughter’ by Phillip Pullman. I can’t find my planning- but here are the notebook files I made in case they are useful to anyone else.

Last year, we did the book 'Shackleton’s Journey and the children loved it! It is a power of reading book and also linked with our whole school topic of Ice. Here are my plans and lots of the notebook files I made- hopefully some people will find some of it useful.

A fun maths code cracker with all words from 'A Christmas Carol by Dickens. This could be used as a fun festive activity which links English and Maths with upper KS2, Year 7 or EAL and SEN children. 4 pages altogether -including answers download or 'Bah Humbug!'

Reading Comprehension with different activities based on the poem- Twas the night before Christmas. I used this with years 4-6 New accounts and first-time buyers can get 90% OFF this resource by entering the code 90NOVEMBER at the checkout before November 30th!

A colourful display poster with example of how and why we use hyphens. Second sheet- I laminate and each week we choose a hyphenated word of the week and write up Bright and visual

I think this in the most useful resource I've made so far to help year 5 and 6 children with their writing. It has helped me get my books in order for writing moderation too! This word mat is to be photocopied double sided and laminated. It includes: All the year 5/6 curriculum spelling words Hyphenated Words Subordinating conjunctions Co-ordinating Conjunctions Modal Verbs Contractions (including spoken contractions) It is colourful, well set out and easy to use. I hope others find it as useful as our school does. It does help them when they are writing. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/richbreeds

I made these grids similar to the moderation sheets we use as teachers, but child friendly with pictures and examples to help the children understand what to look for in their writing. My children use these effectively and it also helps my teacher assessment and their understanding. It may help new year 6 teachers too! Check out my other great resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/richbreeds

During moderation, using HYPHENS was one area of writing most of my children always found hard to ‘tick off’. So to help them I compiled this hyphenated word bank. I left a space in each letter so they could add words of their own to it. But having them in front of them has definitely helped them to get hyphenated words in to their writing more. Some of them had to be explained to them for meaning, but now they love trying to fit some of the more unusual ones in to their writing. They also add words from their reading books to the list. I found this very useful as there isn’t much on hyphens out there to help us teachers! Enjoy! Check out my shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/richbreeds New accounts and first-time buyers can get 90% OFF this resource by entering the code 90NOVEMBER at the checkout before November 30th!