FREE Phonics Resource takes a look at the long E sound. Designed for KS2 children who didn’t quite grasp phonics in KS1 … although perfect for any child who needs phonics help. If you want more, there is an interactive CD (PHONICS to SPELLING by Charlotte Raby) that is filled with excellent phonic activities, games etc. But for now, this a great resource to help instil phonics in a fun and memorable way.
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5 sheets with Answers
Alphabet – to put words into alphabetical order.
Root Words – to extend my vocabulary using root words.
Homophones – to investigate homophones.
Noun Phrases – to expand single nouns to noun phrases.
Adjectives – to identify adjectives not placed next to a noun.
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Taken from: Grammar and Creativity for Year 5
Good writing may start with an exciting idea, but it needs structure to make sense to a reader. Grammar provides a framework on which to display the imagination.
Writing brings together individual expression and an understanding of the rules that allow our language (any language) to make sense. This book has been written with the view that grammar and creativity go hand in hand to produce good writing. Developing children’s understanding of the basics of English will encourage their literary adventures. The range of activities here has been designed to excite interest as well as guide children and teachers through the rules.
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This unit links to the lives of significant individuals in the past who have contributed to national and international achievements in the Programme of Study and considers the key historical enquiry question, How do we find out about Florence Nightingale? It introduces the children to the idea of historical sources, introduces the concepts of old and new, and encourages them to think about the life and times of a famous person. The approach used could be applied to the study of other famous people. It provides a wide range of opportunities for children to develop their spoken language. It is helpful if the children have: ordered events in time and used everyday terms about the passing of time; answered questions about people/ events in the past using pictures and written sources; recounted episodes from stories about the past; looked for similarities and differences between today and the past.
Lesson 1: How do we find out about a famous person?
Lesson 2: The story of Queen Elizabeth I.
Lesson 3: Recording the life of a famous person: Why do we remember Queen Elizabeth I?
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Our Mathematics Homework Activities provide you with a set of challenging and engaging Maths homework activities for every week of the school year.
Each Maths activity addresses a whole or part of a learning objective and all the Homework Sheets are in Microsoft® Word format.
Includes:
– Introduction
– Objectives
– Homework Answer Sheets
Block A Counting, partitioning and calculating
Adding Up / How! / In My Head 1 / Roughly / Sorting Numbers / Up to 100
Bigger and Bigger / How Many Ways? 1 / It’s a Fact! 1 / Sequences / Sums and Differences
Block B Securing number facts, understanding shape
What’s the Link? / Fractions 1 / Just About! / Problem Solving 1 / Shapes 1
That’s Right! / It’s a Puzzle / Reflections 1 / Shapes 2
Block C Handling data and measures
Far Away / Measures / Scaly 1 / What Does It Say? / It’s Time! / Sorting Things
Block D Calculating, measuring and understanding shape
One Bit 1 / Weights / Capacities / Reflections 2 / Reverses / Where Does It Go?
Number Work / In My Head 2 / Scaly 2
Block E Securing number facts, relationships and calculating
Patterns / One Bit 2 / Do You Remember? / It’s a Fact! 2 / Taking Away / Fractions 2
There It Is! / How Many Ways? 2 / Problem Solving 2 / Grids
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Our Mathematics Homework Activities provide you with a set of challenging and engaging Maths homework activities for every week of the school year.
Each maths activity addresses a whole or part of a learning objective and all the homework sheets are in Microsoft® Word format.
Year 5 includes:
– Introduction
– Objectives
– Homework Answer Sheets
Block A Counting, partitioning and calculating
Bubbles 1 / Let’s See That Working Out 1 / Moving Digits 1 / On The Plus Side 1 / Problems, Problems / Using The Right Key 1 / What’s It Worth? / Writing, Ordering and Rounding
Factors and Multiples 1 / Making Sure 1 / Number Patterns / Playing With Decimals 1
Shaking Hands / What’s The Quick Way?
Block B Securing number facts, understanding shape
Bubbles 2 / Got It! / Is It or Isn’t It? / Playing With Decimals 2 / Pyramids / What’s in the Net? / Calculations / Got Them All? / Mix and Match / Pretty Patterns / Shape Sorter
Block C Handling data and measures
About Right 1 / Healthy or Not? / Not a Chance! / This or That / Mostly! /
Read That Scale 1 / What Does It Show?
Block D Calculating, measuring and understanding shape
Read That Scale 2 / Areas / Angles, Angles / Moving Digits 2 / Using The Right Key 2 /
Moving Around / What’s On? / Measuring / Where Does It Go? / Making Sure 2 / On The Plus Side 2 / When’s That? / About Right 2 / More Angles
Block E Securing number facts, relationships and calculating
Express Time / The Same / The Same Again / Out of a Hundred / Let’s See That Working Out 2 /
Factors and Multiples 2 / I Only Want A Bit! / All In Proportion / Puzzle It Out / How Big?
Our Literacy Homework Activities for Year 6 provide forty-six challenging and engaging Literacy homework activities sheets.
The activity sheets are structured around the narrative, non-fiction and poetry blocks of the new literacy Framework. The content comes from common Year 6 fiction and non-fiction themes. The activities are designed to support work done across the curriculum as well as in literacy teaching.
The activities follow the main literacy priorities in Year 6 and are designed to be used flexibly. They are intended to be used with an adult: it would be pointless for the child to do them alone. Much of the learning is in the interaction.
Each activity sheet has a clear focus and advice to the adult as well as the child. There are four main types:
• Understanding and engaging with texts;
• Shaping texts;
• Sentence structure and punctuation;
• Spelling.
Each unit contains a mixture of the activity types.
They include parental guidance and spelling sheets, especially for Year 6 pupils.
The Homework Sheets are in Microsoft® Word format and the activities also cover speaking and listening skills.
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Our Literacy Homework Activities for Year 4 provide forty-eight challenging and engaging Literacy homework activities sheets.
The activity sheets are structured around the narrative, non-fiction and poetry blocks of the new literacy Framework. The content comes from common Year 4 fiction and non-fiction themes. The activities are designed to support work done across the curriculum as well as in literacy teaching.
The activities follow the main literacy priorities in Year 4 and are designed to be used flexibly.
Each activity sheet has a clear focus and advice to the adult as well as the child. There are four main types:
• Understanding and engaging with texts;
• Shaping texts;
• Sentence structure and punctuation;
• Spelling.
Each unit contains a mixture of the activity types.
We’d love to hear how you’re getting on with these resources.
They include parental guidance and spelling sheets, especially for Year 4 pupils.
The Homework Sheets are in Microsoft® Word format and the activities also cover speaking and listening skills.
Includes:
Sheet 1: Tense – to change the tense of verbs.
Sheet 2: Tense Challenge – to change the tense of verbs.
Sheet 3: Tense Challenge – to keep the same tense throughout a piece of writing.
Sheet 4:Tense Challenge – to change irregular verbs to the past tense.
Taken from our Grammar and Creativity Year 3 book.
Easy to follow and use.
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Poster: Understanding Clauses – explanation.
Sheet 1: Clauses – to identify the main clause and subordinate clause.
Sheet 2: Clauses Challenge – to add a main clause to complete a sentence.
Sheet 3: Clauses Challenge – to create complex sentences by adding subordinate clauses.
Sheet 4: Relative Pronouns – to recognise and use relative pronouns.
Sheet 5: Relative Pronoun Challenge – to drop in clauses beginning with who, when, where, which, that.
Taken from LCP’s Grammar and Creativity Year 4 book
Easy to follow
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Includes:
Introduction
Unit resources
Medium-term plan
Lesson 1: Doing the right thing
Lesson 2: Making choices
Lesson 3: A good influence
Lesson 4: Wrong choices
Lesson 5: David and Goliath
Lesson 6: Inner strength
Lesson 7: It’s up to you
This unit is intended as an introduction to thinking about ultimate truths in Key Stage 2. By beginning with ‘golden rules’, found represented in all major faiths, pupils then explore how their sense of right and wrong can change with circumstances. By using stories from different faiths and by studying the actions of believers who chose what they believed to be right over wrong when that was a hard choice for them to make, pupils are introduced to the concept of faith and behaviour being inextricably linked. The issue of ‘right and wrong’ will be discussed almost daily throughout a school child’s life! For this age group, right and wrong tends to be very cut-and-dried. These lessons are not intended to introduce the issue of ‘grey areas’ or ‘relative truth’ as children at this age have neither the spiritual, mental, moral or ethical maturity to address these issues appropriately in a classroom context.
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The titles of the 5 texts include
1 Numbers
2 Owls
3 Running
4 Boats through history
5 Maps
The cards primarily address text-level objectives for each year group and focus specifically on reading comprehension of non-fiction texts. The cards are designed to encourage talk and develop listening and speaking skills.
There is a main text on the front of each of the reading cards. The main text is followed by talk time , where there are open-ended questions, which are designed to stimulate a personal response to the issues raised and encourage children to think about the card’s theme.
The questions encourage discussion between two to six people. Talk time questions that are preceded by a require children to refer back to the text and are suitable for prompting children’s written responses. The box contains an interesting fact related to the card’s theme. This should appeal to the children’s sense of wonder and fascination for the remarkable.
The reverse side of each card carries things to do box. This contains activities and challenges that are designed to enable children to pursue the main theme still further. The activities are mainly practical in nature, so that all children can succeed, whatever their levels of literacy
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The titles of the 5 texts include
Party plans
I can…
Time to pray
Our writing table
PE picture dictionary
The cards primarily address text-level objectives for each year group and focus specifically on reading comprehension of non-fiction texts. The cards are designed to encourage talk and develop listening and speaking skills.
There is a main text on the front of each of the reading cards. The main text is followed by talk time , where there are open-ended questions, which are designed to stimulate a personal response to the issues raised and encourage children to think about the card’s theme.
The questions encourage discussion between two to six people. Talk time questions that are preceded by a require children to refer back to the text and are suitable for prompting children’s written responses. The box contains an interesting fact related to the card’s theme. This should appeal to the children’s sense of wonder and fascination for the remarkable.
The reverse side of each card carries things to do box. This contains activities and challenges that are designed to enable children to pursue the main theme still further. The activities are mainly practical in nature, so that all children can succeed, whatever their levels of literacy
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This is a short unit that supports your local history teaching. It introduces the children to the idea of using the built environment as a historical source, introduces the concepts of old and new, and encourages them to think about the changes in their local area over time. It provides a wide range of opportunities for children to develop their spoken language. It is helpful if the children have: experience of recalling stories about the past; sequenced events on a time line; used everyday words relating to the passing of time; used pictures to find out about the past
Includes lesson plans and all worksheets
Lesson 1: Castles today
Lesson 2: Lord John’s Castle
Lesson 3: Let’s explore our local castle
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An introductory programme for children not yet ready to embark on the Renewed Literacy Framework
Week 1- To recognise and write letters ‘s a t p i n e’
• To read first 23 High Frequency Words
• To sound out and write VC and CVC words
• To read and write a simple sentence
SENsational Literacy is an introductory programme designed to help those children who are not yet ready for the Renewed Literacy Framework or who have been struggling to keep up with their peers in class. It is an excellent way to help them to them to gain confidence in literacy and build up the skills they need. Most importantly they will have fun with words and letters.
SENsational Literacy can be used by a teaching assistant to teach a small group of children who need extra support in literacy. After completing the scheme they will have gained the necessary skills to be able to join in with the main literacy class. It can also be used by the teacher to teach the whole class if extra literacy support is needed across the board. It is suitable for children in Foundation Stage and Key Stage 1, and it is also suitable for other children coming into the school who may not yet be able be working within the Year 1 curriculum.
How long does the programme last? The children are taught one lesson every day for six weeks. What do the children learn? The children learn the basics of literacy through simple tasks, covering introductory letter recognition and the application of High Frequency (HF) words, underpinned by game-based activities and guided reading. A full overview of the course can be found on page 6.
What does the material consist of? Each lesson is divided into a warm-up and main activity. Once a week the children are required to participate in an activity to help to consolidate their understanding. Additional Resources Sheets offer photocopiable material which can be used in a variety of games during the class. Home Learning Sheets are provided to support each lesson. The children are required to do the worksheets every weekday evening to consolidate what they have studied that day as well as guided reading at weekends. You may wish to write to the parent/guardian to let them know that their child is studying the scheme and may need help with their daily worksheet.
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5 sheets with Answers
Alphabet – to put words into alphabetical order.
Root Words – to extend my vocabulary using root words.
Homophones – to investigate homophones. .
Noun Phrases – to expand single nouns to noun phrases.
Adjectives – to identify adjectives not placed next to a noun.
Description – to use descriptive words to create a picture in the reader’s mind.
Prefixes – to build words by adding prefixes: tele, circum, bi, trans.
Verbs – to revise word classes – verbs.
Verbs Challenge – to change the tense of verbs.
Prefixes – to add prefixes to verbs: dis, de, over.
Suffix Challenge – to change verbs into nouns using suffixes: tion, sion.
Suffixes – to change nouns into verbs using suffixes: ate, ise, ify .
Prepositions – to identify and use prepositions.
Adverbs – to revise word classes – adverbs.
Word Class Challenge – to revise word classes – adjectives, adverbs and nouns in similes.
Taken from: Grammar and Creativity for Year 5
Good writing may start with an exciting idea, but it needs structure to make sense to a reader. Grammar provides a framework on which to display the imagination.
Writing brings together individual expression and an understanding of the rules that allow our language (any language) to make sense. This book has been written with the view that grammar and creativity go hand in hand to produce good writing. Developing children’s understanding of the basics of English will encourage their literary adventures. The range of activities here has been designed to excite interest as well as guide children and teachers through the rules.
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This unit links to the lives of significant individuals in the past who have contributed to national and international achievements in the Programme of Study and considers the key historical enquiry question, How do we find out about Isambard Kingdom Brunel? It introduces the children to the idea of historical sources, introduces the concepts of old and new, and encourages them to think about the life and times of a famous person. The approach used could be applied to the study of other famous people. It provides a wide range of opportunities for children to develop their spoken language. It is helpful if the children have: ordered events in time and used everyday terms about the passing of time; answered questions about people/ events in the past using pictures and written sources; recounted episodes from stories about the past; looked for similarities and differences between today and the past.
Lesson 1: How do we find out about a famous person?
Lesson 2: The story of Mary Seacole.
Lesson 3: Recording the life of a famous person.
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1 lesson plan with resource sheets
Learning objectives
Children learn:
• the names of the continents;
• the names of the oceans;
• the difficulties of representing the globe on a
map.
Success criteria
Children should be able to:
• name and locate the seven continents and five
oceans
Skills and processes
Locational knowledge:
• Name and locate the seven continents and five
oceans.
Human and physical geography:
• Recognise the Equator and North and South Poles.
Geographical skills and fieldwork:
• Use a globe to identify continents and oceans.
Taken from LCP’s KS1 Geography Resource File
1 lesson Plan: The geography of the United Kingdom and its surrounding sea
All worksheets included.
Learning objectives
Children should learn:
• the names of the countries of the UK;
• the names of the four capital cities of the UK;
• to identify characteristics of the four countries
and capital cities.
Success criteria
Children should be able to:
• name the countries of the UK;
• name the four capital cities of the UK;
• identify characteristics of the four countries and
capital cities
Lesson taken from LCP’s KS1 Geography Resource File
The lesson begins by recapping on the shared values of marriage, and then begins to explore these through
the Jewish ceremony. The main teaching point of this lesson is how a wedding ceremony is a public display
of a personal decision. By sharing their intentions and beliefs with their friends and family, believers have
the support to do what they believe is right, even when things are tough.
The lesson gives people the opportunity to draw parallels with their own public lives and the values which
they demonstrate.
Before teaching the lesson, you will need to find a video of a Jewish wedding ceremony. Ensure that you
have had a chance to watch the video and that all equipment is working correctly
Learning objective
• To understand why Jewish believers get married
and the public ceremony that celebrates this.
Success criteria
Learning about:
• Pupils will know some key features of Jewish
wedding ceremonies.
Learning from:
• Pupils will have reflected on the consequences
of making vows in public and what making them
says about the decisions the believer has made.
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The purpose of this topic is to ensure that the children can say what nationality they are, ask the
question of others and say what language they (and others) speak.
Learning objective
Children learn:
to describe their nationality and the languages
they speak
Learning outcomes
Children learn:
to describe their nationality and ask others the
same question, for example Soy inglés/inglesa
to say what languages they speak, for example
Hablo inglés y español
Includes:
Lesson Plan and Activity Sheets