A sequence of lessons for children to write their own extended piece in the format of a newspaper report, based on Shackleton’s trip aboard endurance. L1 - annotate example text L2 - Information retrieval L3 -Script writing, news reporting and performance L4 -Headlines, 5Ws and 3Cs L5 - Direct and reported speech L6 - Planning format L7&8 - Independent write, edit

A snakes and ladders board game with mixed addition and subtraction questions of 2-digit numbers up to 100, e.g. 24 + 46 = 79 - 12 =

15 comprehension activities based on each of the chapters of Carrie’s war (questions linked closely to end of KS2 tests). Each chapter also has a follow- up activity, including: research into WW2 facts, use of authors language/ vocabulary, P.E.E, the difference between what characters say and what they may think, Venn diagram comparing characters, whole story quiz, book review and much more…

2 worksheets where children need to read the time on the analogue clock and write them time, and draw the hands on the analogue clock to show the time. Times are to the nearest 5 minute intervals, past the hour only: o’clock,5 past, 10 past, quarter past, 20 past, 25 past and half past

3 worksheets where children need to read the time on the analogue clock and write them time, and draw the hands on the analogue clock to show the time. Times are to the nearest 5 minute intervals: o’clock,5 past, 10 past, quarter past, 20 past, 25 past, half past, 25 to, 20 to, quarter to, 10 to and 5 to the hour.

2 worksheets where children need to read the time on the analogue clock and write them time, and draw the hands on the analogue clock to show the time. Times are to the nearest 15 minute intervals: o’clock, quarter past, half past and quarter to

A week’s worth of lessons looking at traditional tales with a twist: those written by the Grimm brothers. These tales will be exciting to re-write with their own ‘absurd and comical’ version of the story. The lesson looks in detail at two stories: Cinderella and Rumpelstiltskin with a focus on Rumpelstiltskin using Alan Peat’s boxing clever strategy for planning the narrative. Year 6 statements are included in a WAGOLL for speech, composition, punctuation and vocabulary with examples of how each child can achieve the statement.

1 session on PPT on how to interpret pie charts. Includes printable maths mastery resources progressing through: Fluency, Reasoning and Problem solving progression activities on slides.

Year 6 comprehension questions including retrieval, inference and explanation. A specific focus on author’s language use.

With a specific focus on cross-breed dogs. Recognise that living things produce offspring of the same kind, but normally offspring vary and are not identical to their parents

Reading actvities linked to the book The Call of the Wild by Jack London, linked to the Cornerstones topic Frozen Kingdom. Linked to VIPERS reading comprehensions.

A general lesson identifying how animals and plants are adapted to suit their environment in different ways and that adaptation may lead to evolution. Followed by a specific experiment asking: Why do birds have different beaks? This experiment is easy to conduct in the classroom with minimal resources and is a practical demonstration of how such animals adapt to their environment to best survive.

Aimed at whole-class reading for UKS2 (Year 5 & 6). A PowerPoint including comprehension questions and activities for each chapter of the book. Questions link to the national curriculum tests and content domains with a range of VIPERS style questions: Vocabulary Inference Prediction Explain Retrieve Summarise

A board game to play in pairs/ groups solving mixed questions multiplying by 2, 5 and 10

Practise adding a 2-digit number and ones with this snakes and ladders board game. Numbers up to 100

Reading comprehension for year 6 students with questions closely linked to KS2 SATs style.

1 session on PPT mixed addition and subtraction of fractions with different denominators. Includes printable Fluency, Reasoning and Problem solving progression activities on slides.

A board game to play in pairs/groups practising the skill of multiplying and dividing by 10

A PowerPoint introducing line of symmetry, focussing on symmetry in 2D shapes. A sorting exercise where children sort 2D shapes into a grid: line of symmetry or no line of symmetry. Also a worksheet where children need to identify whether a shape has a line of symmetry and find all the lines of symmetry by drawing them on.

A unit of work on Ernest Shackleton, linked to history, Antarctic exploration and the topic Frozen Kingdom by Cornerstones. L1 - Annotate example biography L2 - Retrieval of information L3 - Grammar in context, relative clauses L4 - Grammar in context, third person pronouns and cohesion L5 - Planning L6&7 - Independent writing and edit

Recognise that living things have changed over time and that fossils provide information about living things that inhabited the Earth millions of years ago