A PPT with top tips for learning and recalling times tables, as well as a times tables wheel for students use or display. The PPT covers: Times tables wheel, this shows the essential tables that a student needs to learn as times tables questions are commutative. If I know 2 x 3, I also know 3 x 2! Silly rhymes for remembering times tables facts. Pattern spotting in the 2, 6, 8 and 10 x tables. Using your hands to work out the 9 x tables.

A fun bundle of activities aimed at Years 5 and 6 to keep students busy and focussed. It includes: Spelling anagrams - rearranging Years 5 and 6 common exception words. Silly story writing - completing a story with different word classes and clauses. Four operations colouring picture. Code cracking activity with 3 levels of differentiation and accompanying PPT (also available separately here). 6, 7, 8 and 9 x tables race game (the full collection of 1 - 12 tables race games is available here). End of year reflection. Answers.

A fun bundle of activities aimed at Years 3 and 4 to keep students busy and focussed. It includes: Spelling anagrams - rearranging Years 3 and 4 common exception words. Silly story writing - completing a story with different word classes. Four operations colouring picture. Code cracking activity with 3 levels of differentiation and accompanying PPT (also available separately here). 6, 7 and 12 x tables race game (the full collection of 1 - 12 tables race games is available here). End of year reflection. Answers.

A fun way to practise times tables, from 2s to 12s. These snail themed races can be played in groups of 2 -4. Times tables race tracks, students need to give the answer for the correct times tables. Inverse times tables race tracks, students need to give the question for the answer given on the race tracks. Answer cards for students to check their partners answers. Instruction cards. You may also need a stopwatch when playing in groups of 2 or 3 and counters to move along the race track.

Crack the code activity! Aimed at Upper KS2. This bundle of resources contains: PPT with instructions and a practice code to crack as a class or in a guided group. Worksheets with codes for children to crack and three levels of differentiation. Each worksheet has 2 codes for children to try and crack containing a range of addition, subtraction and multiplication problems as well as clues requiring knowledge of prime, square and cubed numbers. Answers included.

Four fun colouring sheets provide children with the opportunity to recognise numbers 1 - 20, supporting your teaching of Early Maths in the EYFS.

An engaging fifteen lesson writing unit, leading students towards writing their own newspaper article based on a fictional event: a school has lost its gravity! This would make a great unit to be taught alongside a Science unit on forces, or as a way to revisit Scientific knowledge. The first ten lessons explore text type, followed by sentence and word level work. The unit uses differentiated example text types throughout to support students understanding. Lesson Order Hook lesson: a school has lost its gravity! Analysing newspaper articles. Formal vocabulary used in newspapers. Relative clauses used in newspapers. Parenthesis used in newspapers. Rhetorical questions to start and link paragraphs. Technical language (explaining gravity). Appropriate descriptive language used in newspapers. Writing a conclusion, focussing on how the structure is different to other parts of the report. Writing the report: writing the introduction. Writing the report: writing paragraphs 2 and 3. Writing the report: writing paragraph 4 and conclusion. Writing the report: editing, with a report for students to practise editing. Writing the report: publishing.

A Maths themed escape room aimed at Years 5 and 6, focusing on the four operations. Perfect as a fun maths activity or for revision. Printable escape room where students try to find clues linked to Years 5 and 6 maths problems. Printable maths clue cards - the clues hidden in the escape room lead students to maths questions for them to solve in their pairs/groups. Each solved maths clue leads to a number, part of the code for the safe in the escape room. PPT introducing the escape room and clues. Teacher’s instructions and answers.

A spelling and grammar themed escape room aimed at Years 5 and 6. Perfect as a fun grammar activity or for SATs revision. Printable escape room where students try to find clues linked to Years 5 and 6 spelling words. Printable grammar clue cards - the spelling words hidden in the escape room lead students to grammar questions for them to solve in their pairs/groups. Each solved grammar clue leads to a number, part of the code for the safe in the escape room. PPT introducing the escape room and clues. Teacher’s instructions and answers.

Part of our amazing enquiry based, ten lesson Anglo-Saxon Topic, aimed at Upper KS2. Available on TES as a bundle for £10 or for download as individual lessons. Summarising enquiry Question: How did the Anglo-Saxons live and how have they influenced modern day Britain?* Teaching PPT with prompts for discussion about what students have learnt so far. Activity: students will create a wall of everything they have learnt throughout this unit. Whole unit planning. Pupils should be taught about Britain’s settlement by Anglo-Saxons and Scots Non-statutory: Anglo-Saxon invasions, settlements and kingdoms: place names and village life. Anglo-Saxon art and culture. Pupils should continue to develop a chronologically secure knowledge and understanding of British, local and world history, establishing clear narratives within and across the periods they study. They should note connections, contrasts and trends over time and develop the appropriate use of historical terms.

Part of our amazing enquiry based, ten lesson Anglo-Saxon Topic, aimed at Upper KS2. Available on TES as a bundle for £10 or for download as individual lessons. Enquiry Question: How did the Anglo-Saxons live and how have they influenced modern day Britain?* Clear teaching PPT introducing Anglo-Saxon defences. Main activity: create an Anglo-Saxon burh. Whole unit planning. Pupils should be taught about Britain’s settlement by Anglo-Saxons and Scots Non-statutory: Anglo-Saxon invasions, settlements and kingdoms: place names and village life. Anglo-Saxon art and culture. Pupils should continue to develop a chronologically secure knowledge and understanding of British, local and world history, establishing clear narratives within and across the periods they study. They should note connections, contrasts and trends over time and develop the appropriate use of historical terms.

Part of our amazing enquiry based, ten lesson Anglo-Saxon Topic, aimed at Upper KS2. Available on TES as a bundle for £10 or for download as individual lessons. This lesson summarises our first enquiry Question: How did the Anglo-Saxons live and how have they influenced modern day Britain?* Engaging teaching PPT discussing the ways Anglo-Saxon have influenced modern day Britian. This PPT explores how language has been influenced with a fun flashcard activity. Main activity: find the Anglo-Saxon place names, based on their suffixes. Whole unit planning. Pupils should be taught about Britain’s settlement by Anglo-Saxons and Scots Non-statutory: Anglo-Saxon invasions, settlements and kingdoms: place names and village life. Anglo-Saxon art and culture. Pupils should continue to develop a chronologically secure knowledge and understanding of British, local and world history, establishing clear narratives within and across the periods they study. They should note connections, contrasts and trends over time and develop the appropriate use of historical terms.

Part of our amazing enquiry based, ten lesson Anglo-Saxon Topic, aimed at Upper KS2. Available on TES as a bundle for £10 or for download as individual lessons. This lesson summarises our first enquiry Question: How did the Anglo-Saxons live and how have they influenced modern day Britain?* Clear teaching PPT introducing Anglo-Saxon battles and modelling the main activity. Information text on key Anglo-Saxon battles. Main activity - students summarise the battles they have read about and create ‘battle cards’ which show the key information about these battles ie. who won, when it took place etc. Whole unit planning. Pupils should be taught about Britain’s settlement by Anglo-Saxons and Scots Non-statutory: Anglo-Saxon invasions, settlements and kingdoms: place names and village life. Anglo-Saxon art and culture. Pupils should continue to develop a chronologically secure knowledge and understanding of British, local and world history, establishing clear narratives within and across the periods they study. They should note connections, contrasts and trends over time and develop the appropriate use of historical terms.

Part of our amazing enquiry based, ten lesson Anglo-Saxon Topic, aimed at Upper KS2. Available on TES as a bundle for £10 or for download as individual lessons. This lesson summarises our first enquiry Question: How did the Anglo-Saxons live and how have they influenced modern day Britain?* Clear teaching PPT introducing a range of Anglo-Saxon past times with opportunity to solve some Anglo-Saxon riddles as a whole class. Carousel of activities: Beowulf storytelling activity, Tafl game and riddle solving. Whole unit planning. Pupils should be taught about Britain’s settlement by Anglo-Saxons and Scots Non-statutory: Anglo-Saxon invasions, settlements and kingdoms: place names and village life. Anglo-Saxon art and culture. Pupils should continue to develop a chronologically secure knowledge and understanding of British, local and world history, establishing clear narratives within and across the periods they study. They should note connections, contrasts and trends over time and develop the appropriate use of historical terms.

Part of our amazing enquiry based, ten lesson Anglo-Saxon Topic, aimed at Upper KS2. Available on TES as a bundle for £10 or for download as individual lessons. Enquiry Question: How did the Anglo-Saxons live and how have they influenced modern day Britain?* Clear teaching PPT exploring Anglo-Saxon crime and how they were punished. Including an engaging activity to match Wergild fines to their crime. Differentiated main activity: matching definitions of words and phrases linked to Anglo-Saxon crime and punishment, exploring the crime of Helmstan and the ethics of Anglo-Saxon punishments. Whole unit planning. Pupils should be taught about Britain’s settlement by Anglo-Saxons and Scots Non-statutory: Anglo-Saxon invasions, settlements and kingdoms: place names and village life. Anglo-Saxon art and culture. Pupils should continue to develop a chronologically secure knowledge and understanding of British, local and world history, establishing clear narratives within and across the periods they study. They should note connections, contrasts and trends over time and develop the appropriate use of historical terms.

Part of our amazing enquiry based, ten lesson Anglo-Saxon Topic, aimed at Upper KS2. Available on TES as a bundle for £10 or for download as individual lessons. Enquiry Question: How did the Anglo-Saxons live and how have they influenced modern day Britain?* Clear teaching PPT introducing how Anglo-Saxon society was structured. Anglo-Saxon society text. Differentiated main activity to compare and contrast members of Anglo-Saxon society, or to compare Anglo-Saxon society with modern day Britain. Whole unit planning. Pupils should be taught about Britain’s settlement by Anglo-Saxons and Scots Non-statutory: Anglo-Saxon invasions, settlements and kingdoms: place names and village life. Anglo-Saxon art and culture. Pupils should continue to develop a chronologically secure knowledge and understanding of British, local and world history, establishing clear narratives within and across the periods they study. They should note connections, contrasts and trends over time and develop the appropriate use of historical terms.

Part of our amazing enquiry based, ten lesson Anglo-Saxon Topic, aimed at Upper KS2. Available on TES as a bundle for £10 or for download as individual lessons. This lesson summarises our first enquiry Question: Who were the Anglo-Saxons and how do we know about them? Teaching PPT with a quiz to recap what students have learned so far. Cartoon strip activity. Whole unit planning. Pupils should be taught about Britain’s settlement by Anglo-Saxons and Scots Non-statutory: Anglo-Saxon invasions, settlements and kingdoms: place names and village life. Anglo-Saxon art and culture. Pupils should continue to develop a chronologically secure knowledge and understanding of British, local and world history, establishing clear narratives within and across the periods they study. They should note connections, contrasts and trends over time and develop the appropriate use of historical terms.

Part of our amazing enquiry based, ten lesson Anglo-Saxon Topic, aimed at Upper KS2. Available on TES as a bundle for £10 or for download as individual lessons. Enquiry Question: Who were the Anglo-Saxons and how do we know about them? Clear teaching PPT illustrating where the Anglo-Saxons came from with clear maps as well as exploring why they came to Britain. Jigsaw activity, students add the countries in Europe where the Anglo-Saxons came from to complete the map of Europe. Whole unit planning. Pupils should be taught about Britain’s settlement by Anglo-Saxons and Scots Non-statutory: Anglo-Saxon invasions, settlements and kingdoms: place names and village life. Anglo-Saxon art and culture. Pupils should continue to develop a chronologically secure knowledge and understanding of British, local and world history, establishing clear narratives within and across the periods they study. They should note connections, contrasts and trends over time and develop the appropriate use of historical terms.

Part of our amazing enquiry based, ten lesson Anglo-Saxon Topic, aimed at Upper KS2. Available on TES as a bundle for £10 or for download as individual lessons. Enquiry Question: Who were the Anglo-Saxons and how do we know about them? Clear teaching PPT illustrating when the Anglo-Saxons lived using a timeline and who they were. Engaging main activity using extracts from Anglo-Saxon texts to understand more about who the Anglo-Saxons were. Whole unit planning. Pupils should be taught about Britain’s settlement by Anglo-Saxons and Scots Non-statutory: Anglo-Saxon invasions, settlements and kingdoms: place names and village life. Anglo-Saxon art and culture. Pupils should continue to develop a chronologically secure knowledge and understanding of British, local and world history, establishing clear narratives within and across the periods they study. They should note connections, contrasts and trends over time and develop the appropriate use of historical terms.