4 differentiated sets of words problems for children to find non-unit fractions of amounts. Set 1 (Use times table facts) Set 2 (Extend times table facts using place value) Set 3 (Written methods) Set 4 (Deeper thinking - e.g. requiring more steps/inverse) The problems all have a children's literature theme as I first used them on World Book Day.

An example explanation text I used in Year 5. It explains the life-cycle of a flowering plant and the role played by pollinators. Time & causal connectives are shown in bold, technical/topic words in italics.

A few resources we used when writing a newspaper report based on a V1 incident in Lewisham High Street in 1944. There's an example newspaper front page about the declaration of war, some background information on the V1 incident & prompt cards for witnesses to interview and finally a boxed up planning sheet for the children to use when structuring their report.

Two worksheets with Roman themed graphs and questions. Gladiator Contest A bar chart showing the number of victories gained by 4 gladiators with accompanying questions. The long march to Hadrian's Wall A line graph plotting a legion's progress on a march from London to Hadrian's wall with accompanying questions.

Two Amazon rainforest themed graphs with questions. Graph 1: Bar chart comparing average daily temperatures in London and Manaus. Graph 2: Line graph showing annual area of deforestation in the Brazilian rainforest 1998-2012 .

A map of Roman Britain showing the road network & major cities along with a compass marked with the 8 cardinal & inter-cardinal directions. Questions focus on the direction required to travel between specified points or which point is reached by travelling in a specified direction.

2 Worksheets for children to express proportions as a fraction. 1. Pirate Proportions Pictures of 10 pirates. Questions ask for the fraction of pirates with a wooden leg etc.... 2. Flag Fractions Pictures of 20 European flags. Questions ask for the fraction that feature specified colours/features. Extension - writing own questions/sfinding equivalent fractions for answers given.

Editable excel sheets with 10 by 10 grid of times table or addition questions (plus an automatically generated answer sheet).

Powerpoint for an assembly for Darwin's birthday. Gives an overview of Darwin's voyage & discoveries and links to characteristics of courage and determination.

A selection of ratio questions aimed at upper KS2. The questions are all based around a Robinson Crusoe island map. I had the children work in twos or threes, gave them a copy of the map & they used iPads to scan QR code links that I'd stuck to the walls around the class. Each code leads to a webpage with a ratio question based on the map.

Instructions based on a Pie Corbett poetry activity for children to create a simply poem by looking up nouns, adjectives & verbs based on letters of their name.