**20+ fully resourced lessons based on Kensuke’s Kingdom - perfect for any Year 6 class. ** Includes a range of extended writing opportunities, exemplar texts (WAGOLLs), reading comprehension questions, differentiated activities, success criteria checklists, collaborative learning tasks and more.

A fully-resourced set of 5 lessons focused on designing your own zoo. Project-based lessons covering Year 6 maths topics and consolidation of calculation skills, including related extensions. Could be expanded to cover longer than 5 sessions. Could also be adapted for a Year 5 or Year 7 class. Children must conduct research, handle data, budget, plan and reflect to build their own zoo! Pack includes: • Teaching slides – 5 sessions, editable (PPT) • Animals and zoo attractions information booklet (PDF) • Animals and zoo attractions editable booklet (Word) • Tasks – in A4 booklet format with space for workings and ideas (PDF) • Tasks – in an editable format (Word) • A3 squared paper (PDF) • Scenario challenge cards (PDF) • Scenario challenge cards – editable (Word) I have another great project-based Maths activity suitable for Year 6 here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12602560

This pack includes ten stand-alone writing lessons for a Year 5 or 6 class. Each lesson focuses on a different text type and includes an engaging stimulus with relevant WAGOLL and success criteria. These lessons are ideal for recapping previously taught genres, consolidating learning or providing opportunities for independent writing. Each lesson is ready to use, with printable resources on the final slide. The lessons can also be tweaked to suit your specific needs! Genres covered: Character description Persuasive advert Setting description Narrative Persuasive letter Suspense narrative Balanced argument Non-chronological report A great value bundle including this activity and other UKS2 resources can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/uks2-english-and-maths-bundle-12544872

A fully-resourced set of 5 lessons focused on designing your own zoo. Project-based lessons covering LKS2 maths topics and consolidation of addition and subtraction, multiplication, perimeter and problem solving. Children must plan, budget, design and reflect to create their own zoo. The pack also includes extension tasks relating to perimeter, multiplication, time, mass, fractions and place value. All questions link perfectly to White Rose Maths schemes of learning. Could be expanded to cover longer than 5 sessions. Perfect for an independent end of term project or consolidation of prior learning! Pack includes: Teacher overview and guidance (PDF) • Teaching slides – 5 sessions, editable (PPT) • Animals and zoo attractions information booklet (PDF) • Animals and zoo attractions editable booklet (Word) • Tasks – in A4 booklet format with space for workings and ideas (PDF) • Tasks – in an editable format (Word) • A3 squared paper (PDF) • Scenario challenge cards (PDF) A great value pack including this activity and other fully resourced LKS2 resources can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12544749

Descriptive writing UKS2 mini unit of work 5+ lessons, including teaching slides and differentiated resources. Lessons focus on describing a stormy sea setting, but the structure is easily editable to suit a different stimulus. Pack includes a WAGOLL, task sheets with success criteria and a ‘prove it’ grid for self-assessment and peer feedback. Created for use in Year 6, but also suitable for Year 5 and Year 7. A great value bundle including this activity and other UKS2 resources can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/uks2-english-and-maths-bundle-12544872

A complete unit of work for writing newspaper articles based on Louis Sachar’s novel - Holes. Including teaching PPTs (over 100 slides) and ready-to-print resources for 25+ lessons. All lessons include all resources, 3-way differentiation and WAGOLL (exemplar) writing. Unit of work includes 5 extended writing opportunities: Diary entry in role as Stanley Stanley’s guide to Camp Green Lake (information text) 3 newspaper articles (Stanley’s arrest, the life and crimes of Kissin’ Kate Barlow & the closure of Camp Green Lake). 25+ lessons, perfect for use in Year 6, but easily adaptable for Year 5 or Year 7. An adapted version of this resource, for remote teaching, can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12542995 A great value bundle including this activity and other UKS2 resources can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/uks2-english-and-maths-bundle-12544872

A fully-resourced teaching pack of 8+ sessions, linked to Year 5 and Year 6 NC Maths objectives. Fun, project-based Maths consolidation activities where students run their own imaginary pie business in a group. Covers the following topics: Four operations Area and perimeter Fractions of a quantity Adding and subtracting fractions All resources are editable and printable from PowerPoint so the sessions could be extended or consolidated. Includes optional extension and challenge questions. Teacher guidance and ideas for cross-curricular links to expand the topic are also included. The perfect way to finish the term!

This resource includes: 24 Top Trump style cards based on popular footballers (2021). Each card includes statistics, attributes and physical information for each player. 3-way differentiated word problems, suitable for recapping UKS2 Maths topics. A help sheet showing the flags/countries to support in answering the questions. A comparing and ordering numbers extension activity. Even more suggested extension activities - The cards can provide several lessons of content for a Year 5 or 6 class! Perfect resource for recap and Maths project lessons, covering plenty of UKS2 Maths objectives. A great value bundle including this activity and other UKS2 resources can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/uks2-english-and-maths-bundle-12544872

A set of helpful sentence starters to support diary writing in Key Stage 2. Perfect for diary writing in Years 3-6.

A bank of 15 WAGOLL / exemplar / model texts spanning a variety of genres. Written with Year 6 SPaG and language features embedded to inspire pupils and create a strong foundation for their own writing. Fully editable. Genres include: Newspaper article Autobiography Setting description Instruction text Character description Time-travel narrative Persuasive leaflet Persuasive speech Persuasive letter Narrative Description If you liked these, please check out my other resources, which include post-SATs projects, standalone writing lessons and complete units of work for Holes, Kensuke’s Kingdom and The Tempest.

Lesson presentation PPT includes 3 animated models of strategy for multiplying 2 2-digit numbers. Whole class “spot my Mistake” models a common misconception. 3-way differentiated fluency and problem solving independent activities.

A complete unit of work for writing newspaper articles based on Louis Sachar’s novel - Holes. These resources have been adapted to be delivered online. All lessons include all resources, 3-way differentiation and WAGOLL (exemplar) writing. The resources have been adapted to be delivered online, through Google Classroom or Seesaw. but could also be used in school. A version of this resource for teaching in school can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12543518

Synonyms and shades of meaning KS2 and KS3 English A fully-editable template to create vocabulary lists of synonyms, in order of their intensity. This resource can be used for students to create their own vocabulary lists for writing and speaking, or to discuss the teacher’s examples. It is in a PowerPoint format for easy editing and printing.

2 extended lessons (2 hours each) based on the books ‘Journey’ and ‘Quest’ by Aaron Becker. Tasks include: Completing an emotions graph for the main character from ‘Journey’ Writing a first-person narrative in role Planning and writing an imaginative narrative inspired by ‘Quest’ Both lessons include links to videos showing the stories, opportunities for discussion and differentiated success criteria to accompany the writing opportunities. I created these for my Year 6 class, but the support and success criteria could easily be adapted to suit another KS2 class or KS3.

This resource includes: 24 Top Trump style cards based on popular footballers (2021). Each card includes statistics, attributes and physical information for each player. 3-way differentiated word problems, suitable for recapping Year 4 Maths topics. A help sheet showing the flags/countries to support in answering the questions. Compare and order numbers extension activity sheet. Suggested extension activities The cards can provide several lessons of content across numerous objectives for a Year 4 class! A great value pack including this activity and other fully resourced LKS2 resources can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12544749

Complete unit of work for Kensuke’s Kingdom. Perfect for online learning in Year 6. Unit of work includes 15 COMPLETE, RESOURCED LESSONS! Includes writing curriculum links, WAGOLL texts and opportunities for extended learning.

Euro 2020 Dice simulation game, with related cross-curricular extension activities. Pack includes: Euro 2020 dice game booklet (with instructions) (pdf) Teaching slides with instructions, rules, examples and extension activities (PPT) Cross-curricular countries of europe map activity (pdf) Cross-curricular country fact file activity (pdf). Created for KS2, but also suitable for KS3. A great value bundle including this activity and other UKS2 resources can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/uks2-english-and-maths-bundle-12544872

World Cup 2022 Dice simulation game, with related cross-curricular extension activities. Complete with teaching slides, giving clear instructions and examples! Pack includes: World Cup 2022 dice game booklet (with instructions) (pdf) Teaching slides with instructions, rules, examples and extension activities (PPT) Cross-curricular countries of the world map activity (pdf) Cross-curricular country fact file activity (pdf). Created for KS2, but also suitable for KS3.

Mini unit of learning (15+ lessons), which includes: an introduction to Shakespeare, life in Elizabethan England and Shakespearan language a summary of the story of The Tempest and related writing tasks to engage students in the play input and WAGOLL setting descriptions to build up to an extended writing task Could be expanded for pupils to write their own playscripts or look at Shakespeare’s other works If you liked this, please have a look at my other resources