Three resources used to deliver a Year 5 music lesson The first is a matching exercise of key music elements; pitch, tempo, etc.. with a simple definition The second is a grid used for children to create their own graphical notation score by creating a key to represent different instruments and sounds and then plotting them in a 6 x 6 grid Then there is a slide show with facts about different carnival instruments; Agogo bells, Caixa drum, Surdo,

SAT's style comprehension questions based on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Chapter 1. Questions ask children to think about word types, punctuation features and effects the writer is trying to create. A great introduction to the book and to check understanding of children's reading so far.

9 reading comprehension questions based on the story of Isis and Osiris the Egyptian myth widely available online for children to find the answers from

Two differentiated sets of questions assessing children's place value and ability to divide by 10, 100 and 1000 Also contains a PowerPoint with 2 sets of models how to divide by 10, 100 and 1000 using the place value chart also with questions to assess. They simply walk children through the steps needed to divide by 10, 100 and 1000 Used with year 4

Looked around for a long time at these multiplication jigsaws, such a good idea for lesson starters/plenaries but couldn't quite find the one I needed, and one I used had a mistake in! So I decided to create my own version where all the questions and answers can be edited, the rotation is all set up in a PPT file which took the time to sort This means that this jigsaw can be used/adapted to suit any maths need, or any other subject for that matter. At the moment the current version is set up with questions in the 6 and 9 times table

Mental multiplication worksheets 4 versions, 3 to a page, gradually increasing in difficulty from known times table facts, to multiplying by 2 digits, 3 digits and then by 2 different numbers

An advertising poster persuading people to visit the French Alps for a holiday using different persuasive writing techniques. Trick is there are a lot of Spelling, Grammar and Punctuation mistakes for children to read and correct. As an extension they are then asked how they can improve the persuasive poster, add in different techniques and write. Used with Year 4 during a persuasive writing unit, can link in with MFL

A Literacy task asking children to add in the missing punctuation to a series of facts about life in Ancient Egypt Can be used as a lesson starter in Literacy or a Topic lesson with a Literacy link Please add the . and CL missing from the following sentences. Extension: are there any other punctuation marks you could add for extra effect?

All lines are taken from the popular tale of Anansi the spider and the turtle who came to dinner. A great story to use to teach about sharing. There are a selection of different lines from the story spread across 4 worksheets with punctuation mistakes made and space for children to write out and correct. The blue (SEN) worksheet children have to add CL . , ? The yellow (BA) worksheet children have to add CL . , ? ! The orange (A) worksheet children have to add CL . , ? ! ( ) The red (MA) worksheet children have to add CL . , ? ! ( ) . . . Used with a Year 4 class

An activity that can be very useful when used alongside a poetry unit where there are rules about number of syllables in lines, i.e. Haiku's There is a table split into 3 columns for 1, 2 and 3 syllable words with a word list set out on the next page for children to read out, clap out, sound out and sort into the three columns. Used with Year 4

A 3 way differentiated area and perimeter challenge firstly asking children to simply find the area of a series of rectangles and then as a challenge solve the inverse by working backwards from an area to find the missing length The differentiation is through the size of numbers BA 2 digits A 3 digits MA 4 digits and some decimals

A mixture of addition and subtraction questions up to 5 by 2 digits subtraction and 4 by 3 addition to challenge year 5 children. All the answers correspond to a letter below which spell out the answer to a joke! A great motivator to help children work through a series of addition and subtraction problems

A set of 4 differentiated worksheets ordering numbers from lowest to highest SEN, 2 digit numbers BA, 3 digit numbers A, 4 digit numbers AA, 3 digit with decimals 4 problems for each differentiation with 5 numbers to order

A set of 4 way differentiated questions asking children to find fractions of amounts. The BA questions ask children to find 1/2 and 1/10's The A questions ask children to find 1/2 1/5's and 1/10's The AA questions ask children to find 1/2, multiples of 1/5's and multiples of 1/10's requiring children to find 1/5 and 1/10 first then multiply by the numerator The challenge questions ask children to find quantities of a variety of 3 digit amounts

The BA question asks children to identify the co-ordinates of the location of different Christmas pictures For the A, a co-ordinate colouring by numbers. Children have to find the co-ordinates, draw the picture then colour . For the MA they have a series of co-ordinates to plot on squared paper to draw a Christmas tree

A worksheet children can use to design their own fictional easter egg and packaging with a design technology and science element asking them to plan how they are going to make their Easter egg and how they are going to store it

2 files to test children's knowledge about story and poetry techniques. On one page there is a jumbled word bank of a wide range of Literacy techniques a Year 5 child should know and then there is a venn diagram worksheet for the children to sort between story techniques, poetry techniques and then of course any that could be found in both. For the more able children I chose to let them write the techniques and for a support children could cut and stick into the relevant sections on an enlarged diagram sheet

Two worksheets asking children to read data from a table of costs for a number of different bars of chocolate and then answer a series of questions about them. Used in connection with Charlie and the Chocolate factory. The first page ask children to add 2 digit amounts e.g. 42p, add up to 5 amounts and find change from £1 and £2 The second page asks children to solve addition and subtraction questions using 5 digit amounts e.g £199.99 including 2 decimal places. They have to find out how much up to 3 objects would cost and then find change from £1000 and £2000.

4 sets of worded problems asking children multiplication questions based around the theme of soap making and production, units of measurement for the questions include £ and pence and g and ml BA, 2 digit by 1 multiplication A, 2 digit by 1 and 2 digit by 2 AA 3 digit by 1 digit multiplication HA some 4 digit by 1 and some decimal amounts by 1 and 2 digits

A word mat of lots of different adverbials for children to classify into adverbials that state when something happens how often something happens and how long something takes