A full breakdown of the 2023 reading paper question by question with hints and tips on how to answer them. A useful revision tool for use after students have completed the test independently providing them with an opportunity to reflect and improve. To be used as a guided resource concentrating on the style of the questions and how to answer.

A full breakdown of the 2024 reading paper question by question with hints and tips on how to answer them. A useful revision tool for use after students have completed the test independently providing them with an opportunity to reflect and improve. To be used as a guided resource concentrating on the style of the questions and how to answer.

Updated to include questions from the 2024 Year 6 SPaG paper, this resource has questions from papers over the years. Ideal for use as a lesson starter, morning activity or with revision/ intervention groups.

A variety of reading activities that could be used during morning registration, as a starter before the main lesson or as part of guided reading.

Two part lesson Part 1 Writing basic sentences using capital letter, finger space and full stop. Part 2 Write about your weekend using adverbial At the weekend, I…/ On Saturday, I…

A resource containing questions ranging from working towards age expected to greater depth and also some investigation questions. I would use this as a morning activity, a starter activity or for a quick guided maths session. The idea is to drill into the children that “it’s nothing new” getting them to understand that they already have the tools (mathematical knowledge), they just have to figure out how to use it. The resource also has SATs style questions including some from **2024 **

A full breakdown of the 2016 reading paper question by question with hints and tips on how to answer them. A useful revision tool for use after students have completed the test independently providing them with an opportunity to reflect and improve. To be used as a guided resource concentrating on the style of the questions and how to answer.

Full unit based on Floodland by Marcus Sedgwick. Includes shared reading to gain understanding; use of direct and indirect speech; planning and writing.

Reading questions and how to answer them, great for SATs revision groups or can be used as a registration activity or for guided reading activities.

Unit plan for a short narrative based on a Usborne published The Story of Robin Hood by Rob Lloyd Jones. Focus on dialogue and creating atmosphere. Follows a cycle of reading, text analysis, grammar, plan, write and improve. The text is short so this allows the children to extend sections by adding description or creating atmosphere. The resource includes support for low ability and SEND children.

Lesson outlines for light and shadow aimed at UKS2. Includes a writing lesson and additional resources so that you can adapt or add your own

Revision/ AfL lesson aimed at Autumn 1 in year 4 to advise of punctuation lesson needs. Can also be used as intervention/ filler lesson at other times of the year. Focus on full stops, capital letters, exclamation mark, inverted commas

Revision/ AfL lesson aimed at Autumn 1 in year 4 to advise of punctuation lesson needs. Can also be used as intervention/ filler lesson at other times of the year. Focus on commas in a list but does discuss different uses of the comma.

Revision/ AfL lesson aimed at Autumn 1 in year 4 to advise of grammar lesson needs. Can also be used as intervention/ filler lesson at other times of the year. Set of lessons focusing on general punctuation, commas, parts of speech and sentence level work.

Revision/ AfL lesson aimed at Autumn 1 in year 4 to advise of grammar lesson needs. Can also be used as intervention/ filler lesson at other times of the year. Focus on sentence level: statement, question, command/ editing and improving sentences/ applying grammatical knowledge to writing

Revision/ AfL lesson aimed at Autumn 1 in year 4 to advise of grammar lesson needs. Can also be used as intervention/ filler lesson at other times of the year. Focus on word classes (parts of speech). Reminding children of technical terms (e.g. describing word = adjective) and how to use.

Example lesson that can be amended for key stage and for sounds being practiced. Includes review of sounds, tricky words, alien words, letter formation and applying spelling.