How is the UK divided up? This Power Point gives KS2 children an introduction to the idea of regions of the UK and what these might do.

Using Secrets of a Sun King chapter 2, this power point investigates Carroll’s use of colons for clauses and teaches children how to use them correctly within their own sentences. Aimed at Y5/6 children.

A scheme of work I wrote for Years 5 and 6 for Michelle Paver’s book, Wolf Brother. Includes detailed lesson planning; title pages for some activities; a power point made for one lesson; examples of children’s work.

Detailed planning for Stig of the Dump with titles and activities ready for children to use.

Enlarge to A3 size for children to complete in response to reading & listening to versions of Greek myth of Medusa. Using inference, retrieval, vocabulary, explanation and magpie-ing to help respond & prepare for writing own versions. I used for responding to a written version, the BBC Schools Radio version and a section of video on BBC Bitesize adapted by Horowitz.

Subtraction word problems with trick information. Can children work out the irrelevant information; solve the problem and find the impossible question? Aiming to make children read more carefully and be more analytical in their solving of word problems.

Physical geography of Greece cloze procedure - differentiated for 2 levels with challenge and extension work. ** is the easier version *** is the harder version

Rhyme to remember how to calculate with fractions. I add actions to this so children can remember.

Simple addition word problems with trick information. Can children identify which information is important and which is irrelevant when working out the calculation needed to solve addition word problems. Helps encourage children to read the questions more carefully.

Short division problems with trick info. Children need to read questions very carefully and analytically to work out which numbers they need to use and identify the trick information. Can they also spot the impossible question to answer? Aimed at Y4/5/6

A knowledge builder for children studying WW2. Children work in pairs to build historical skills of analysis, vocabulary, questioning, considering sources and their usefulness and purpose at the time. This knowledge builder focuses on in depth studying of one reason why WW2 began following the Treaty of Versailles. It shows a cartoon from Punch at the time and asks children to work out information from this source.

Romans word mat for LA/SEND children

A cloze procedure providing children in KS2 with an introduction to Europe.