This is a very simple worksheet for students just starting to use equipment in a science laboratory. It includes photos and diagrams of lab equipment that students should label.

This Powerpoint resource is designed to be used in the mornings, maybe during the register, but could be used during other ‘dead time’ in the day. It is a whole terms worth (12 weeks) of daily activities with a focus on English and Maths problems with the aim to help prepare children for SATs. There are also more creative activities, encouraging reasoning and thinking skills. Each day has a different theme with four or five independent activities. Children could choose two or three tasks and more able children could be challenged to complete all of them within a certain period of time. The Powerpoint is editable so can be adapted and changed according to your needs. Please leave any feedback and I will get back to you. Now includes complete answer guide!

This is a four-week reading journal based on The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. To use it, students should read five chapters a week and can then choose from six (or more) open-ended activities based on what they have read. Activities include comparing characters; looking for new vocabulary; summarising and relating what has been read to student’s own experiences. I recommend each student has their own mini-notebook for their journal and could present it at the end of each week to be graded or share it with members of the class to compare entries and responses. The page numbers are based on the Random House Edition 2016.

This is a set of four tests the cover the whole of the novel ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’. Each test contains a range of multiple choice, true/false, vocabulary, ordering and short answer questions. They are in word form so can be adapted as required.

This test includes some multiple choice, some true/false, some vocab, an ordering question and some short answer questions.

This is a test on the first five chapters of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. It is suitable for English Literature in upper Key Stage 2 or Key Stage 3.

This is a recommended reading list suitable for Sixth Grade or Year 7 students. It is divided into different genres and may provide a useful start point. There is a word format so it can be edited and a pdf version. As with any such list it quickly becomes out of date!