All of the grammar terms that children will need for Year 6 SATs gathered together on... 1.) Revision cards: print these off double-sided and laminate. Children can then work in pairs to see how many of the terms they know, ticking or crossing the terms with a whiteboard pen to identify the terms they still need to learn. I would recommend the 'aligned' versions are the term and definition print back-to-back. 2.) 'Are you a grammar mastermind?' game: print this onto A3 and use with a dice. Children need to define the grammar term or give examples in order to make it to the finish. 3.) 'Are you a grammar mastermind?' poster: print this onto A3 for your display. It also works as an answer sheet to the game. Grammar includes: nouns, verbs, adverbs, adjectives, pronouns, subjunctive form/mood, antonyms, synonyms, adverbials, direct and indirect speech, relative pronouns, prepositions, determiners, contractions, dashes, parenthesis, hyphens, expanded noun phrases, past and present progressive, modal verbs, possessive apostrophes, main and subordinate clauses, statements, questions, exclamations and commands, subject and object, suffic and prefix, relative clauses, colons, co-ordinating and subordinating conjunctions, active and passive voice, past, present and future tense, omission and punctuating bullet points.

Designed by me for the literacyshed, ‘VIPERS’ reading strategies (vocabulary, infer, predict, explain, retrieve, summarise/sequence), these are fun characters to get children enthused about the content domains of reading and clear about the differences between each one.

Based on Guy Claxton’s ‘Building Learning Power’(BLP), four learning styles promoted by cartoon characters: ‘Carry-On Cats’, ‘Working Wolves’, ‘Fix-It Fred’ , ‘Reflective Rikki’ and more. Originally used whole-school with terrific results! Cartoon characters images, collective worship/assembly stories, posters, stickers, leaflets (some resources are yet to be added - keep checking back!) Please let me know if you use these in school by adding a review. It’d be great to know!

Following input on Galileo, Aristotle and Copernicus, children draw and label the views of the universe alongside the historical figure 'thinking' that view. Differentiated 3 ways.

A higher and lower ability worksheet to teach children about modal verbs in the context of instructions. Higher ability sheet includes imperative verbs too.

NC objective: To use standard English forms for verb inflections instead of local spoken forms [for example, we were instead of we was, or I did instead of I done]

A worksheet in which children identify suborinate clauses (at beginning, end and embedded in sentences) as well as the main/independent clause. They are differentiated and themed around Anne Frank's Diary.

Laminate and give out to groups, taking them through the 4 stages of reciprocal reading and the 'DIAL' system for higher level questioning

Create your own reading logs by copying these covers and inners (copy the inner back-to-back and the cover on a coloured paper). Children fill in the diary and colour a square every time they read at home. They get a sticker/reward at key points and a certificate at the end. These really work and get children reading regularly. There are various 'themes' (bookworms, trains, fish, space, sport, Vikings) so you can revitalise it every term.

Download and print a full, 32-page children’s book about the Pilgrims’ lives and journey to America. The book is fully illustrated with colour pictures. Its information is presented in a fun, easy-to-read format. Also included are reading comprehension activities utilising the ‘VIPERS’ strategy (Vocabulary, Inference, Prediction, Explain, Retrieval, Sequence/Summarise’) for each section of the book. This resource offers everything you’ll need for a series of lessons about the Pilgrim fathers, Thanksgiving and the Mayflower’s voyage to America, specially produced for the 400th Anniversary of the Mayflower’s voyage. The book is here in two formats (both in single pages and in spreads) to accommodate different methods of printing. The comprehensions are here either in separate documents of all together - alongside an answers booklet.

To be used as part of an investigation into whether the weight/mass of an object changes how fast it falls (related to Galileo and Aristotle). Use this clip after the experiment for discussion (hammer and feather dropped on the moon): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDp1tiUsZw8

Use these illustrations to show why commas are important. Cut them out and get children to write the sentences that go with them (higher ability) or to match up the sentence with the correct image. The sentences are: I’m ready to shoot, Grandpa. I’m ready to shoot Grandpa. I like cooking, my family and my dog. I like cooking my family and my dog. We’re ready to eat, Grandma. We’re ready to eat Grandma. It’s time to cut and stick, children! It’s time to cut and stick children. Where do you want to eat, kids? Where do you want to eat kids?

Use these to plan a diary entry from the perspective of Bruno (or Gretal). Sheets are differentiated. Good whether you're doing 'Talk for Writing' or not.

In a 'Gimme 5' format - fun way to engage and discuss poetry

A simple weekly plan for reciprocal reading (guided reading)

Deduce whether the shark fins are equilateral, isosceles, scalene or right-angled, then use the clues to deduce which one is the man-eating serpent shark!

Differentiated 2 ways, children find missing possession, omission/contraction/plural possession apostrophes in familiar 3 Pigs story

Children choose appropriate adverbs for the spaces.

Laminate and change very week... encourage children to use what they have learnt in grammar, punctuation and spelling in their written work.

Introduction to equivalent fractions, simplifying and comparing fractions

Question, research, timeline etc on this fascinating part of British history (Victorian).