This unit forms the first part of the Year 3 block work on poetry. In this unit, children will read and make comparisons between poems. Compose calligrams using word processing programs and explore the effects created. (make sure your PC can open .FLIPCHART files) With the children, read a selection of poems on the same theme. Discuss vocabulary and capture ideas, for example through response to visual imagery, reflection on first-hand experience, etc. Through modelled and shared composition, children compose shape poems using language effects and making decisions about form. Children work collaboratively to edit and redraft poetry. Grammar Starters are also included with each lesson. Please leave a review! Thanks

A fully resourced Literacy Unit (15 lessons) with detailed plan, daily Promethean (ActivInspire) flip charts and resources. (make sure your PC can open .FLIPCHART files) Most lessons also include a GRAMMAR STARTER. This a great story to enable teaching of many of the Year 3 Writing and Reading objectives. As a class, children will read and examine the novel ‘The Firework Maker’s Daughter’ by Phillip Pullman. They will discuss the author and create predications as to what they think the story will be about. Children will examine the main characters in the story and use drama techniques to empathise with the characters. They will have the opportunity to deduce and infer information based on what they have read and give their own opinions about the text. They will develop their knowledge of grammatical terms such as; nouns, adjectives, verbs and adverbs, identify them within shared and guided reading. They will have the opportunity to develop their writing through different genres of writing such as letters, written in roles as the characters Lila and Lalchand. Please note it is highly advised to purchase a hard/ e copy of this book. Please leave a review!

A lesson pack on polygons (regular and irregular) with reasoning. Suitable for Years 5 or 6. Selection of differentiated REASONING resources . Reasoning for Mastery and then creating own question for greater depth. Activity documents come ready to print and cut. Includes Promethean flip chart and lesson plan too. (make sure your PC can open .FLIPCHART files) Links to the following objectives: Distinguish between regular and irregular polygons based on reasoning about equal sides and angles. Please leave a review!

A fully resourced Literacy Unit (8 lessons) with detailed plan, daily Promethean (ActivInspire) flip charts,resources and grammar starters. This resource is useful for year 3 children and will teach a host of Writing objectives. Children are to research the features of persuasive writing, looking in detail at persuasive letters. Children are to examine ‘causal conjunctions’ to extend sentences and give greater persuasion. Children to write their own persuasive letter to a company that wants to buy the school field to build a pickled onion factory on the grounds of ??? Primary School. Children to persuade company why they should not do this and how it will negatively affect the school. Please leave a review!

A fully resourced Literacy Unit (17 lessons) with detailed plan, daily Promethean flip charts (make sure your PC can open .FLIPCHART files) and resources. The first half of the unit (Lessons 1-6) focuses on developing reading skills and the second half (Lessons 7-17) develops use of varied punctuation. Cross-curricular links to World War 2 with a focus on the novel ‘Carrie’s War’. Lessons planned to meet the following Year 6 curriculum objectives: ARE (Reading) To provide reasoned justifications for my views. To use scanning to find specific information. To refer to the text to support opinion. To identify and discuss themes in a text. ARE (Writing) To use a range of sentence starters to create specific effects. To use commas to mark clauses and phrases. To use the colon to introduce a list and the semicolon within lists. To use the semi-colon, colon and dash. To use the hyphen to avoid ambiguity. To sustain and develop ideas logically in narrative and non-narrative writing. Please leave a review!

An investigation activity for Year 4/5/6 children to teach children how to measure and draw given angles. This activity self differentiates itself. Children absolutely loved investigating this space themed problem which is suitable for one lesson or a whole mornings investigation. Complete with lesson plan, flip chart (ActiveInspire) and resources. Links with the following objectives: I can measure and draw given angles. Please leave a review!

A fully resourced Literacy Unit (14 lessons) with detailed plan, daily Promethean flip charts and resources. The unit focuses on developing writing through use of figurative language, cohesion, varied sentence structure and dialogue. Links to Literacy novels: Treasure Island and Kensuke’s Kingdom Lessons planned to meet the following Year 6 curriculum objectives: ARE (Reading) To identify and comment on writers choice of vocabulary. To find information using skimming and scanning. To refer to the text to support opinion. ARE (Writing) To suggest vocabulary to enhance effects and clarify meaning. To write in paragraphs which clearly signal a change in subject, time, place or event. To use cohesive devices (connecting adverbs and adverbials) to link ideas within paragraphs. To vary sentence structure. To use dialogue to advance events in narrative writing. To sustain and develop ideas logically in narrative and non-narrative writing. Please leave a review!

This writing pack is primarily aimed at Year 6 children as a stimulus for independent writing (non-fiction). Included within is a written plan, flipchart, eight example texts and writing template as well as individual writing checklists for ‘working towards expected’; ‘working at expected’ and ‘working at a greater depth’. Please leave a review!

An investigation activity for Year 4/5/6 children to investigate all possible solutions to the nets of a cube and triangular prism. Children absolutely loved investigating problem which is suitable for one lesson or a whole mornings investigation. Complete with lesson plan, flip chart and resources (Polydron not supplied!). Suitable for the following objective: Identify 3D shapes, including cubes and other cuboids, from 2D representations. Please leave a review!

3 lessons on Area for Year 5. This could also be used for Year 4 & 6 also. Selection of differentiated questions for each lesson suitable for Year 4 up to 6. Activity documents come ready to print and cut. Includes Promethean flip chart and lesson plan (complete with Mental Maths Starter). Links to the following objectives: I can calculate and compare the area of rectangles (including squares I can measure and calculate the perimeter of composite rectilinear shapes in centimetres and metres. I can use all four operations to solve problems involving measure using decimal notation, including scaling. Please leave a review!

A fully resourced Literacy Unit (13 lessons) with detailed plan, daily Promethean flip charts and resources. The unit focuses on developing setting and character descriptions through developing expanded noun phrases, varied sentence starts and commas to mark clauses. Lessons planned to meet the following Year 6 curriculum objectives: ARE (Reading) I can identify and comment on the writer’s choice of vocabulary, giving examples and explanation ARE (Writing) To use developed noun phrases to add detail to sentences. To use commas to mark phrases and clauses. To use a range of sentence starters to create specific effects. Please leave a review!

A fully resourced Literacy Unit (19 lessons) with detailed plan, daily Promethean flip charts and resources. (make sure your PC can open .FLIPCHART files) The unit focuses on developing writing through use of varied punctuation, accurate use of dialogue and the passive voice. Cross-curricular links to topic based on ‘Frozen Kingdoms’. Lessons planned to meet the following Year 6 curriculum objectives: ARE (Reading) To understand how texts are structured in different ways. ARE (Writing) To use the semi-colon, colon and dash. To use semi-colons and colons in lists. To use semi-colons to separate closely linked clauses. To understand the use of dashes to mark out extra information. To use dialogue to advance events in narrative writing. To sustain and develop ideas logically in narrative and non-narrative writing. To use the passive voice to present information with a different emphasis. Please leave a review! Thanks

This writing pack is primarily aimed at Year 6 children as a stimulus for independent writing (fiction). Included within is a written plan, flipchart, video link (on plan) and writing template as well as individual writing checklists for ‘working towards expected’; ‘working at expected’ and ‘working at a greater depth’. Please leave a review!

This writing pack is primarily aimed at Year 6 children as a stimulus for independent writing (fiction). Included within is a written plan, flipchart, video clip and writing template as well as individual writing checklists for ‘working towards expected’; ‘working at expected’ and ‘working at a greater depth’. Please leave a review!

8 lesson plans and resources on Converting Metric Measures for Year 5. This could also be used for Year 4 & 6 also. Selection of differentiated questions for each lesson suitable for Year 4 up to 6. Activity documents come ready to print and cut. Includes Promethean flip chart and lesson plan (complete with Mental Maths Starter). Lesson 1 and 4 are practical activity carousels (you will need capacity and weight equipment) Learning objectives: I can estimate volume and capacity. I can convert between different units of metric measure. I can use all four operations to solve problems involving measure using decimal notation, including scaling. I can solve problems involving number up to 3 d.p. Please leave a review!

This writing pack is primarily aimed at Year 6 children as a stimulus for independent writing (non-fiction). Included within is a written plan, flipchart, links to example texts (in plan) and writing template as well as individual writing checklists for ‘working towards expected’; ‘working at expected’ and ‘working at a greater depth’. Please leave a review!

5 lessons on Volume for Year 5. This could also be used for Year 4 & 6 also. Selection of differentiated questions for each lesson suitable for Year 4 up to 6. Activity documents come ready to print and cut. Includes Promethean flip chart and lesson plan (complete with Mental Maths Starter). Lesson 1 resources are on the flip chart (no printing!). 5th Lesson is an investigation combining Perimeter, Area and Volume! Children loved it! Learning objectives: I can estimate volume and capacity. I can use all four operations to solve problems involving measure using decimal notation, including scaling. Please leave a review!

A set of independent writing checklists for ‘working towards expected’; ‘working at expected’ and ‘working at a greater depth’, based on the Interim Frameworks for Year 6 Assessment. Checklists have two columns: one for self-assessment and the other for teacher assessment. They are great to use as a self-assessment tool for children as they complete independent work; for teacher assessment after the writing is finished and a method to inform children of their gaps. Please leave a review!

2 lessons on finding percentages of Year 5. This could also be used for Year 6 also. Includes fluency, problem solving and REASONING percentage tasks. Selection of differentiated questions for each lesson. Working towards ARE, At ARE and greater depth. Activity documents come ready to print and cut. Includes Promethean flip chart and lesson plan (complete with Mental Maths Starter). Relates to the following Year 5 objectives. - Recognise the % symbol and understand what it means. - I can write % as a fraction Relates to the following Year 6 objectives. - Use equivalences between simple fractions, decimals and percentages in different contexts. Please leave a review!

4 lessons in understanding and interpreting line graphs for Year 5. This could also be used for Year 6 also. 4th lesson is a big maths - over the whole morning or 2 hour slot - that also revises Fractions, Decimals and Percentages! General election theme and relates to promoting BRITISH VALUES. Selection of differentiated questions for each lesson. Working towards ARE, At ARE and greater depth. Activity documents come ready to print and cut - some questions are included in the flip chart. Includes Promethean flip chart and lesson plan (complete with Mental Maths Starter). Relates to the following Year 5 objectives. -I can solve ‘comparison’, ‘sum’ and difference problems using information presented in a line graph. -I can complete, read and interpret information in tables, including timetables.Relates to the following - Recognise the % symbol and understand what it means. - I can write % as a fraction - I can read, write decimal numbers as fractions. - I can solve problems involving number up to 3d.p -I can read, write, order and compare numbers with up to 3 decimal places. Relates to the following Year 6 objectives. - Interpret and construct line graphs and use these to solve problems. - Use equivalences between simple fractions, decimals and percentages in different contexts. Please leave a review!