Three whole weeks of Christmas themed morning challenges (otherwise known as early morning activities, class starters, welcome work etc.) There’s a mix of Maths and English questions. Maths include: Shape, graphs, addition etc. English includes: Poetry, creative writing etc.

Hello fellow teachers! Here’s a resource for years 3-4 and years 5-6 ( KS2 ) for independent guided reading activities. There’s a selection of activities to choose from and they are in the the following categories: short writing task long writing task text detective task (discrete grammar/punctuation) creative task Enjoy!

Hi there! ~_~ *includes* Extensive Lesson plan Deployment sheet for a TA (great for interview!) Lesson presentation Table labels (helpful for interviews) Learning objective and success criteria labels for childrens’ books A4 document of characters to describe (although I used alternative drawings that I made myself) and some pre-written adjectives to describe given characters for LA children. This lesson would take around 35/40 minutes, and would be perfect for a refresher lesson, or perhaps an interview. It’s greatly tweakable for different year groups and the like. I hope it’s useful for you!

Hi there, Here's some of this week's planning for play scripts. It's an often forgotten text type, but is helpful for many reasons. I used this blank iphone template for children to separate who is saying what in a piece of text in order to prep them for writing a play script this week. I hope it works for you! Miss Ritchie

Past tense worksheets & activities based around the simple, progressive and perfect forms (Present & Future Packs available too!) This download includes: Past Tense Forms Worksheet with 6 jam-packed tasks Past Tense Forms Wordsearch Answer sheets for ease of marking and assessment Editable versions of all worksheets to tailor work to your students’ needs 2 fonts for editing the resources This resource is part of a larger teaching bundle, with similar resources for both the past and present tenses, along with work on converting between them. X Teaching Tenses Mega-Pack Separate lessons: X Present Tense Forms Multi-Lesson Pack X Future Tense Forms Multi-Lesson Pack I hope this resource helps you to save time and save stress. Thank you and happy teaching! Miss Austin

Hi All! Here are three lessons’ worth of resources for teaching the Christophe’s Story topic from literacy Evolve for Year 4. Lesson 1- Creating a glossary of terms from the story- differentiated for spelling purposes Lesson 2- Research Rwanda, collect facts and create a comparitive table for Rwanda and the UK Lesson 3 (and probably 4!)- Write a comparative essay using formal conjunctions and openers. There are differentiated LO and success criteria slips for their books.

COVID-19 has flummoxed us all, and it is vital that we ensure none of the children in our care get left behind in any facet of English language learning. This Recovery Curriculum document outlines key, end-of-year expectations for Year 3 in line with the National Curriculum strands for English. In this document, Year 2 expectations are included in the left-hand column and act as prerequisites to tick off before a child moves on to the Year 3 expectation. This acts as a net to catch any gaps that may have manifested due to the time off in lockdown during the academic year of 2019-2020. How do I use this product? I will be sticking these into the back of the children’s books and ticking them off when completed. They could also be assigned to a child digitally to save on paper and needless touching of joint resources. Alternatively, these could be used holistically for an entire class, or for emerging, expected & exceeding groups. In this download: PDF version of the A4 table National Curriculum strands are referenced for each expectation .docx Word Document version of the A4 table to edit to address particular needs or school-wide focuses 1 font to edit Word document with Looking for the rest of Key Stage 2 English recovery expectations? Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Entire KS2 Recovery Curriculum Expectations

COVID-19 has flummoxed us all, and it is vital that we ensure none of the children in our care get left behind in any facet of English language learning. This Recovery Curriculum document outlines key, end-of-year expectations for Year 4 in line with the National Curriculum strands for English. In this document, Year 3 expectations are included in the left-hand column and act as prerequisites to tick off before a child moves on to the Year 4 expectation. This acts as a net to catch any gaps that may have manifested due to the time off in lockdown during the academic year of 2019-2020. How do I use this product? I will be sticking these into the back of the children’s books and ticking them off when completed. They could also be assigned to a child digitally to save on paper and needless touching of joint resources. Alternatively, these could be used holistically for an entire class, or for emerging, expected & exceeding groups. In this download: PDF version of the A4 table National Curriculum strands are referenced for each expectation .docx Word Document version of the A4 table to edit to address particular needs or school-wide focuses 1 font to edit Word document with Looking for the rest of Key Stage 2 English recovery expectations? Year 3 Year 5 Year 6 Entire KS2 Recovery Curriculum Expectations

Pair these with persuasive writing powerpoint from twinkl, and you've got three or four lessons worth!

COVID-19 has flummoxed us all, and it is vital that we ensure none of the children in our care get left behind in any facet of English language learning. This Recovery Curriculum document outlines key, end-of-year expectations for Year 6 in line with the National Curriculum strands for English. In this document, Year 5 expectations are included in the left-hand column and act as prerequisites to tick off before a child moves on to the Year 6 expectation. This acts as a net to catch any gaps that may have manifested due to the time off in lockdown during the academic year of 2019-2020. How do I use this product? I will be sticking these into the back of the children’s books and ticking them off when completed. They could also be assigned to a child digitally to save on paper and needless touching of joint resources. Alternatively, these could be used holistically for an entire class, or for emerging, expected & exceeding groups. In this download: PDF version of the A4 table National Curriculum strands are referenced for each expectation .docx Word Document version of the A4 table to edit to address particular needs or school-wide focuses 1 font to edit Word document with Looking for the rest of Key Stage 2 English recovery expectations? Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Entire KS2 Recovery Curriculum Expectations

COVID-19 has flummoxed us all, and it is vital that we ensure none of the children in our care get left behind in any facet of English language learning. This Recovery Curriculum document outlines key, end-of-year expectations for Year 5 in line with the National Curriculum strands for English. In this document, Year 4 expectations are included in the left-hand column and act as prerequisites to tick off before a child moves on to the Year 5 expectation. This acts as a net to catch any gaps that may have manifested due to the time off in lockdown during the academic year of 2019-2020. How do I use this product? I will be sticking these into the back of the children’s books and ticking them off when completed. They could also be assigned to a child digitally to save on paper and needless touching of joint resources. Alternatively, these could be used holistically for an entire class, or for emerging, expected & exceeding groups. In this download: PDF version of the A4 table National Curriculum strands are referenced for each expectation .docx Word Document version of the A4 table to edit to address particular needs or school-wide focuses 1 font to edit Word document with Looking for the rest of Key Stage 2 English recovery expectations? Year 3 Year 4 Year 6 Entire KS2 Recovery Curriculum Expectations

Past tense worksheets & activities based around the simple, progressive and perfect forms (Present & Future Packs available too!) This download includes: Past Tense Forms Worksheet with 6 jam-packed tasks Past Tense Forms Wordsearch Answer sheets for ease of marking and assessment Editable versions of all worksheets to tailor work to your students’ needs 2 fonts for editing the resources This resource is part of a larger teaching bundle, with similar resources for both the past and present tenses, along with work on converting between them. Teaching Tenses: Mega Pack Past Tense Forms Multi-Lesson Pack Future Tense Forms Multi-Lesson Pack I hope this resource helps you to save time and save stress. Thank you and happy teaching! Miss Austin

Distance Learning project based on JK Rowling’s new book, The Ickabog. Children work through a 5-day project with 14 pages of activities focused on apostrophe use within Chapters 5 & 6. Links to the worldwide illustration competition provided. This resource can be used in the classroom or electronically! - JK Rowling has published her new children’s book, The Ickabog, online for everybody to enjoy whilst at home. She is also hosting an illustration competition for children to design her characters and setting- the winners will be published with the book in November 2020! This project’s focus is on the use of apostrophes for contraction and possession, and the 5-day booklet breaks down these skills in multiple ways. Children will have to recognize apostrophes for contraction and for both singular and plural possession; additionally, they will use both types in their own sentences, recognize mistakes and explain why apostrophes are used. Included in this download: PDF version of the Chapter 5 & 6 Home Learning project Editable .docx Word document version of the project External links to illustration competition & chapters 2 fonts to edit resources with Looking for the rest of the book? X Chapter 1 Project X Chapter 2 Project X Chapter 3 & 4 Project X Chapters 1-6 Mega Pack

Hi there, I used this lesson as a 35 minute interview lesson, but the resources are easily editable to make use of them for a longer lesson time. LO: To use subordinate clauses. Two activities. Resources included!

Hi All! Here’s a pack of resources that can be used for diary entries and descriptions of Mr Morris Lessmore (and his fantastic flying books, of course!) There are differentiated writing frames, worksheets that’re attractive for presenting work and photos for stimuli. Enjoy :)

Hello Fellow Teachers, Here is an apocalypse adventure-themed, home learning project that will be used whilst the children are off school- it’s perfect for distance learning due to the tasks being able to be completed independently. This resource spreads across 6 tasks (could be set weekly or daily) which last for an hour-long each. The tasks included follow these learning objectives: LO: To write dystopian narrative LO: To write anon-chronological research report LO: To write a fictional recount LO: To write an instruction text LO: To use non-verbal communication to portray character emotion LO: To write in 3rd person, past tense This task would work great for high-ability KS2 (Key Stage 2) or Key Stage 3 (KS3) children. I upload my tasks as both an editable .docx / Word document, and as a PDF in case the alignment doesn’t work on your computers. If you’re looking for other home-learning projects, here are links to the other resources I’ve put together for my KS2 children. LKS2 Space themed: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/space-lks2-home-learning-project-12282480 UKS2 Space themed: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/space-6-week-english-project-for-ks2-12269809 Detective themed: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/detectives-7-week-english-project-12270301 Romans & Celts themed: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/romans-and-celts-home-learning-project-12278939

Home Learning, project-based activities, perfect for distance learning or homework. This is a ‘design your own country’-themed, distance learning project that will be used whilst the children are off school. This resource spreads across 4 tasks (these could be set weekly or daily) which last for an hour each. The activities see children coming across a new, previously-undiscovered country- they’ll need to: - Write a fact file about biome, climate, fauna and flora found in the country Create a new currency for the inhabitants Develop a new written language and decipher messages in code Write the laws for their citizens to follow! This download includes: PDF version of the 4-task home learning project Word Document version of the home learning project for editing 2 fonts for editing .docx Word documents England: This task would work great for KS2 (Key Stage 2) and it fits in with the Year 3 national curriculum expectation My Distance Learning Projects Perfect for whilst we’re away from school or for homework, these independent projects can help to develop your children’s writing and creativity in a variety of areas. X Distance Learning Project: Apocalypse Theme X Distance Learning Project: Detective Theme X Distance Learning Project: Space Theme X Distance Learning Project: Island Explorer Theme I hope this resource helps you to save time and save stress! Thank you, and happy teaching! Miss Austin

Two Ancient-Egyptian themed, 3-way-differentiated worksheets on identifying, understanding and using similes.

success criterias, ideas sheet differentiated three ways, examples of persuasive writing and other resources!

Hi there! Here's a new resource pack- it's a pretty prescriptive and detailed set of resources that cover 4 days worth of work, along with challenges to boot. Included - 3-way differentiated guided reading booklet including the following *Day 1- predictions based on blurb and front cover *Day 2- author's intention through language and 'connotation' *Day 3- prepositions text marking and identifying *Day 4- decoding shakespearean quotes- prediction and answers. Learning objectives outlined on the sheets, and marking area prescribed. I used this with my year 3/4 class, but is easily adapted for 5/6.