A Powerpoint presentation including ten opportunities for extended writing, based on Ross MacKenzie’s magical novel, ‘The Nowhere Emporium’. Peer-moderation feedback was that these lessons resulted in outstanding writing from both Year 5 and Year 6 children. This unit provided opportunities for descriptive writing, news reports (both written and filmed), play scripts, persuasive letters, missing chapters, character and scene descriptions…) Designed for use in a mixed-age class. The presentation is full of modelled writing, scaffolded to tie-in with the book and to allow children to improve their writing at every stage.

A bundle of title pages for Key Stage Two science units. Suitable for both upper and lower KS2. Each title page has a colourful image, a space for children to write their own enquiry questions, and a set of key vocabulary to refer to throughout the unit of work. Units included are: - animals and their habitats -animals including humans - electricity - forces - health - exercise and respiration - light (solar system focus) - materials and properties - observing life cycles - plants - plants and life cycles - sound - states of matter

A six-week overview of skills to cover in the run-up to SATs. I will be using this in Spring Two to ensure curriculum coverage before the Easter holidays. Each week has 5 M/O starter focuses, 5 main-teaching objectives, and 2 pieces of homework. Objectives based on Lancashire CC KLIPs.

A six-week revision plan for Year 6 SATs. This is designed to run alongside your regular English units. Each week has 5 SPaG starter objectives to ensure curriculum coverage for 2017 SATs. Each week has one / two main teaching focuses. Each week has on suggested focus for homework. Each week has a day set aside for either a Reading practice paper or a SPaG practice paper. Previously a recommended resource by the TES Resource Team.

For Year 6, and lower Secondary School Design a garden plan using compound rectilinear shapes. Using formulae, children calculate the area and perimeter of each area of the garden. Using a price list, the children then work out the total cost of the different surfaces they are using. Working to a budget. Great for building methodical working strategies.

Four resources, helping children identify and explain metaphors in Emily Dickinson's poetry. Suitable for Year 5 and 6. For less able learners, The Mountain. Children identify three metaphors, and draw them. They can explain what effect the metaphors have for describing the mountain. For more able learners, three poems with PEE questions. The Mountain, Hope is the thing with feathers, The sky is low. An introduction to metaphor in poetry, with great cross-over to the Y5 / 6 Reading objectives!

A selection of resources to support children in writing short stories. This resource was used designed for Years 5 and 6 in a mixed-age class, but would work just as well in a single-aged class. Powerpoint Writing examples Marking ladder Texts to mark up and analyse Links to the UKS2 expectations of grammar and punctuation

Inspired by the artist Patrick Heron This resource is to support a short unit on painting, which will focus on natural forms in the South American landscape. In this session children (UKS2) will focus on creating semi-abstract images inspired by unusual views of our natural world. The resource also suggests some technical advice to enable children to start to paint in Patrick Heron’s style

A short resource, differentiated to three levels, which challenges children to compare percentages of amounts. Number sense is challenged, as the comparisons have some sort of direct relationship. Encourages children to use their knowledge of fraction, percentage, place value. - Boxes are given for children to explain their reasons behind their decisions. - Blanks are left for children to complete their own comparisons.

- Contains a starter activity in which three different sorts of maps are compared for their different audiences and uses - Powerpoint outlines the lesson plan and activities. Explains the role of contour lines. - Main activity: use a map of Tarn Hows to describe a mapped route, and create a piece of descriptive writing.

In this lesson children will be taught to find missing angles: - on lines - in turns - in triangles - in quadrilaterals - on intersections The presentation and worksheets are Star Wars themed. Some of my reluctant mathematicians are really excited for the new film coming out, so this should capture their attention. Can differentiate by the two worksheets. I encouraged the chn to show all their working in column method, to assess security with written methods of calculation at the same time.

A four-week unit of work on the different presentations of the nativity in the gospels: Session 1 - what the gospels really say about the nativity Session 2 - the different purposes of Matthew and Luke’s gospels Session 3 - identifying theological concepts in the way people celebrate the nativity Session 4 - The Magnificat - seeing the gospel through Mary’s eyes. This unit was written to work alongside the Blackburn Diocese’s curriculum, but would work stand-alone. Session 3 refers to resources found on the Picturing Christianity resource (https://shop.retoday.org.uk/9781910261057) This was written for use with a mixed Y5/6 class Received outstanding feedback through lesson observations from a Church school inspector.

THESE RESOURCES WERE PART OF A LESSON GRADED ‘OUTSTANDING’ IN A RECENT OBSERVATION Designed for a mixed-age Year 5 and 6 class, but would work just as well for a Year 6 class. This lesson uses 36 differentiated multiplication questions to challenge the children with their understanding of multiplication. Skills covered include number sense short multiplication long multiplication reasoning and problem-solving The resource includes: An editable map, ready for you to drop a satellite image of your school into, and move the question landmarks Full answer for all questions Children’s resources, differentiated A lesson presentation including lesson input and plenary challenge

These resources were created these for Year 5, working alongside Year 6 in a mixed-age class. The resources include: - finding the relative size of proportions (factors and multiples as key skills) - survey activity, focusing on simplifying proportions - ratio homework activity (factors, multiples, multiplication, division) The resources were designed to focus pupils' reasoning skills, and to give them opportunities to explain their understanding.

This is a powerpoint for a lesson based on finding more than one unknown in algebraic equations. I used the excellent resource at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/algebra-shape-puzzles-11672413?theme=1 for the main activity, differentiated four ways. This lesson received outstanding feedback in a lesson observation. The powerpoint has enough detail in to be used as a lesson plan. Includes lesson starter. This lesson uses bar modelling to show how to work out an unknown in a simple algebraic statement. The plenary extends pupils’ understanding by including unknowns on either side of the equals sign.

This is a scheme of work based on Romeo and Juliet for UKS2. It was written with a split 5 / 6 class in mind, but would easily transfer to either year group. The unit focuses on performance and descriptive writing. Also included are powerpoint presentations for many of the lessons. This works best with a subscription to Discovery Education for their videos of a production of Romeo and Juliet, but any video of the performance would work as well, to fill the gaps between the parts of the play read in the unit of work.

Three-way differentiated worksheets on Percentages of amounts. Each starts with 50% of original amount. Higher ability have to work out percentages to multiples of 5. For Year 5 and 6 pupils

Building mastery in multiplication. This resource aims to help children see that not all multiplication needs to be solved with a written method - or even short multiplication method. A worksheet for all Year 6 abilities. Self-differentiating. Pupils choose whether they can do a calculation mentally, or need a written method. They then choose their own method with which to solve the problem. Factors, multiples, associated number facts, partitioning, rounding, compensation are all possible strategies. Answers included.

A one-sided prompt sheet for children writing formal letters. Made for a mixed Year 5 / 6 class. Prompts include sentence structure and grammar (subjunctive form etc), as well as formal language choices (correct greetings and sign-offs) Editable

A short activity for Key Stage Two children based on Sir Francis Drake's voyage on the Golden Hind (1577-1580). Working conclusions from primary sources, children draw conclusions about Tudor exploration. Then, they plot their own route around the world, explaining why it would be best for the crown to take that route.

Suitable for Year 6, or Year 5 once factor and multiple skills are reasonably secure. A lesson starter. Whole class input for 5-10 minutes You will need a few packs of Smarties to go with this activity. I followed this up with differentiated activities all built around food and cooking.