About 3 days worth of work. I created these activities to complete with my class during a recent inspection. Pupils can work independently or in pairs or groups (it's up to you). I found it worked well to have them in small groups of 3. To complete all tasks took 3 lessons. There are 6 activities in total and all are differentiated. (Group 1 High ability, Group 2 Middle, Group 3 Low) The areas covered include: Measuring Angles Numerical Reasoning Graphs Problem Solving and number skills Hope you find this useful

This is one of my favourite DT projects! Lots of design and engineering opportunities and great fun. The children are given the task of researching and then designing and making their own catapult or trebuchet. Could link well to topics on e.g. War or History or simply be a stand alone fun DT project. If you don't feel too confident about the DT there are plenty of online images and guides that the children can follow. I've only done this once so far but my class loved it and I'm looking forward to doing it again next year. The project culminated in pupils having a competition to see which catapult could launch a ping pong ball the furthest. Hope you enjoy.

Worksheets Several numeracy rich activities appropriate for Year 5 or 6 All are based on the topic of the TITANIC I created these activities as a result of needing to demonstrate how maths skills are being developed through cross curricular opportunities. Hope you find them useful.

Differentiated worksheet on prefixes. Suitable for year 4,5 or 6 depending on the ability of your class.

A collection of 13 printable nets of 3D shapes. Each net is on it's own page to make photocopying easier.

DT project suitable for KS2 where pupils design and make an insect/bug hotel. There is a section where pupils look into the importance of insects in ecosystems and where they feature in food webs. This might make the project suitable if you are doing a science theme on something similar. Hope you find it useful.

Suitable for Years 4, 5 or 6 A solution to an everyday problem with messy desks. This project can be fun because the pupils can then use their desk tidies in class to organise their own desks. You can use a variety of materials from wood to cardboard to margarine tubs fir the project. Hope it's useful.

I've also done this lesson with Year 5 and it works well. I planned this lesson for a local authority observation and it was graded as excellent / outstanding The lesson is aimed at developing pupils reading skills through reading the text 'The Frog Prince' by Jon Scieszka. There are several differentiated activities and I've also included my lesson plan. Hope you find this useful

I have done this DT project several times now and it is great. I usually use art straws but have also just provided the class with newspapers to create their own rolled paper structures. Recently, i did the project with a year 6 class and we used wood. This also involved sawing and glue guns which was great fun but required a risk assessment. Hope you find the resource useful.

Great DT project where pupils research and then design their own bird nesting box. I've done this with pupils from years 3 up to year 6 and all have found it to be really good fun. I do find that working with older year groups allows more opportunities to use saws, hammers and nails. However, if you have a good classroom assistant there's no reason why you can't do this with younger pupils. Hope you find it useful.

Year 4 and/or 5 This is a Maths lesson I planned and used during an inspection. The focus of the lesson was to develop pupils understanding of: Fractions/decimals and Percentages Simple Algebra/problems involving brackets Mixed number problems The tasks worked as a carousel of activities with pupils working on each activity for approximately 8 mins. Differentiation - pupils self differentiated by opting to choose simple, challenging or very challenging problems. This was identified as an extremely positive way of encouraging pupils to work within their own limits while allowing them to challenge themselves when they felt confident. I hope you find the lesson material useful

DT project in which pupils have to design and make their own fairground ride. I did this with my class when our topic was 'Movement' and the pupils loved it. We put all models together at the end of the project and made a class fairground and had popcorn and candyfloss. Great fun for anyone in KS2.

Upper KS 2 or KS3 Several different worksheets on Profit and Loss. Starting simple and progressing to more challenging problems. Includes word problems and 'Thinking Skills' type problems. Could be used as individual worksheets or as a collaborative investigation.

Various different maths activities linked to the theme of space.

A brilliant DT project (1 week of afternoons) where pupils design and make their own elastic band powered cars. I've done this with pupils in Years 4, 5 and 6 and with my own children at home and they love it. When I've done it in school we make sure to race the cars at the end of the project. The races can vary to ensure there are lots of winners e.g. fastest car, car that travels the furthest, best design, best team effort etc. Hope you find it useful.

Several worksheets that challenge pupils to work out the best value for money on similar products. I did this with a Year 5/6 class and they found it challenging but interesting. Might also be suitable for lower set year 7 or 8 pupils. Hope you find it useful.

This is a really lovely activity where pupils write their own emotion poems. These are quite simple and would suit Year 4 but I also find that older pupils can get a lot out of this too. Helps to improve their descriptive writing when they start to think about different emotions a character might feel and why. When I've done this in the past I've displayed the children's work - Have included some words and headings for display in the resource.

Excellent DT project for KS 2 pupils. I made kites myself as a child and have done this project in school with children in Year 3 to 6 and with my own kids. Always good fun! Hope you find the work pack useful.

A collection of 13 different nets of 3D shapes. Each net is on its own page to make photocopying easier.

This is a full lesson with PowerPoint Presentation, Lesson Plan and Several activities. I completed the lesson during an inspection and my class loved it. There is enough work to cover a couple of lessons though which is how I use it now. The lesson is based around 7 activities which pupils undertake in small groups. Some of these activities have additional support built in for less able pupils. There is also an ICT activity which the pupils loved. Hope you find it useful

This is a project which I've done both in class and as a homework task. Pupils are given the challenge of designing and making their own musical instrument. When I've done it before I always finish off by arranging a class orchestra where the pupils get a chance to play their instrument...Fun, loud and interesting. Hope you find it useful.