Differentiated word problems for improper fractions and mixed number. Hope it helps.

I wrote this based on the sample materials that have been published. It is the same format, with the same number of questions as the new Grammar, Spelling and Punctuation SATs test and should be done in 45 minutes. Hope it is helpful

I wrote this using the sample test as a model. It has the same number of question and has 20 marks. the children should complete the test in 20 minutes. We used the long writing task form the 2011 test as the writing part of this practice test. Hope it helps

Planning and some resources to go with a unit of work on 'The Lost Happy Endings&' Hope it is useful.

Differentiated tarsia puzzles for year 6 dealing with multiplication and division. Could be used for Year 7 too.

Planning and resources to help support the development of short stories, with a focus on structure and creating tension. Hope it helps

3 week unit on 'The Princess' Blankets' by Carol Anne Duffy. The children really developed their use of descriptive language and got a lot out this unit; as it was a picture book it was accessible for all. Hope it helps.

An IWB presentation that I've doctored to review differnt genres and tehn revisit on how tension is created. Children are then given a starting point from which to continue creating tension with a clear success criteria. I&'ve also included a sheet of sentence starters which I give to my lower ability group and a word bank for my middle group. My children have always produced some really good writing from this. I hope it helps.

A 3 to 4 week unit using David Litchfield's beautiful picture book 'The Bear and the Piano'. We taught in Year 2 but I am sure it can be adapted for other year groups. It wouldn't let me upload any more files so just to say in the last week we then went on to write our own versions of the story, which the kids loved; we had a skateboarding bunny and a cello playing owl. Hope it helps

A breakdown of spellings for Year 6 taken from the new draft curriculum- hope it helps

This is a card activity game with questions. The children have to ask the children in the class the question they have on their card and then trade cards. The idea is that the children have a go at answering and swappaing cards as many times as they can

Part of a whole school inset session I held to remind staff of what they can do to support advanced EAL learners, highlighting some common mistakes and strategies for dealing with them. Hope you find it useful

2 puzzles revising the basics for the SPAG test. Hope it helps

IWB presentation that reviews how sound is made and then Simon Cowell asks the children to investigate which material absorbs sound the best. 3 differentiated investigation sheets. Hope this helps.

First Practice Grammar, Spelling and Punctuation test from original relase materials. Shorter than my secind test so give them 20 minutes. Includes level 6 questions at the end. Hope it helps!

Planning and resources to support the development of characterisation and scene setting. Hope it is useful

Tarsia puzzles on fractions of amounts that has been differentiated 3 ways. Hope it helps.

Tarsia jigsaw puzzle to match FDP equivalents- easy

A starter game for the topic. Children each get a question card and go round and ask and answer each others questions. Once they have shared questions they swap cards

Funny photo prompts with a writing prompt. Use these a morning work activities while registration is going on and then we share them. Has proved to be very successful in engaging boys and fostering a love for writing.

This is a long writing SATs style task prompt to cover bioography