This Classroom Secrets resource learning activity enables children to practise their counting and numeral recognition in an independent context. Children can subitise the small amounts, or count using one-to-one correspondence, and then select the corresponding numeral by placing a clothes peg in the correct place. Alternatively, the cards showing number pieces can be provided which will support children’s quick recognition of the maths manipulative.

This Classroom Secrets resource learning activity enables children to make and compare different amounts. The child is given an instruction, for example: ‘Find an amount that is greater than this one’ and the supporting adult places a card in one of the circles. The child then chooses a card to place in the other circle. The adult encourages the child to talk about the different quantities and prompt appropriate language.

This Classroom Secrets resource Year 1 Reading Skills - Spring is in the Air resource contains a poem about the changes that occur in the season of spring, along with a range of questions covering each content domain and some questions for more in-depth answer practice. This text is intended to be used collaboratively. An adult reads the text, but it includes blue text on each page that should be appropriate for children to join in with during the spring and summer terms.

This Classroom Secrets resource Year 4 Reading Skills - The Story of Saint Patrick resource contains a narrative about the story of Saint Patrick and how he came to Ireland along with a range of questions covering each content domain and questions for more in-depth written answer practice.

This Classroom Secrets resource Year 4 Reading Skills - The Odyssey: A Long Way Home resource contains a poem recalling the life of Odysseus and his attempts to return home, along with a range of questions covering each content domain and questions for more in-depth written answer practice.

This Classroom Secrets resource Year 2 Reading Skills - A Poet resource contains an information text all about the life of Edward Lear and his work as a nonsense poet, along with a range of questions covering each content domain and questions for more in-depth written answer practice.

This Classroom Secrets resource Year 6 Reading Skills - Poem resource contains a poem about poems and their purpose, and the variety of interpretations, thoughts and ideas they can lead to, along with a range of questions covering each content domain and questions for more in-depth written answer practice.

This Classroom Secrets resource Year 5 Reading Skills - Spring Cub resource contains an exciting story about a young girl who finds an abandoned bear cub in her local woodland and has to make an important decision along with a range of questions covering each content domain and questions for more in-depth written answer practice.

This Classroom Secrets resource Year 6 Reading Skills - Shackleton’s Endurance resource contains a text detailing the events of Ernest Shackleton’s expedition to Antarctica on his ship Endurance along with a range of questions covering each content domain and questions for more in-depth written answer practice.

This Year 2 Reading Skills - A Perfect Gift resource contains a short poem about finding the perfect gift for a queen along with a range of questions covering each content domain and questions for more in-depth written answer practice.

This Year 2 Reading Skills - Diary of Tim Berners-Lee resource contains an extract from the diary of Tim Berners-Lee reflecting on his invention of the World Wide Web along with a range of questions covering each content domain and questions for more in-depth written answer practice.

This Year 5 Reading Skills - The Maid resource contains an extract from a fictional diary of one of Queen Victoria’s maids in the year 1872 along with a range of questions covering each content domain and questions for more in-depth written answer practice.

This Year 4 Reading Skills - The ‘Unsinkable’ Giant resource contains an extract from a narrative recounting the days of the musician, Frederick, and his time aboard the ‘Unsinkable’ Titanic, along with a range of questions covering each content domain and questions for more in-depth written answer practice.

This Year 4 Reading Skills - Time Crime resource contains a newspaper article about the capture of a criminal who uses time-travel to steal from the Anglo-Saxons, Tudors and the year 2022 along with a range of questions covering each content domain and questions for more in-depth written answer practice.

This Year 1 Easter whole class guided reading pack includes an original comic strip about the last supper, a teacher guide, differentiated comprehension questions and a challenge activity to further practise reading skills.

This Year 1 Reading Skills - Diary of Queen Elizabeth I resource contains a short diary entry from Queen Elizabeth I about the day of her coronation along with a range of questions covering each content domain and some questions for more in-depth answer practice.

This Year 2 Reading Skills - Castle Attack resource contains an extract from a story about an attack on a castle along with a range of questions covering each content domain and questions for more in-depth written answer practice.

This Year 1 Reading Skills - Life of Lowry resource contains a poem about the famous artist Lowry along with a range of questions covering each content domain and some questions for more in-depth answer practice.

This Classroom Secrets Reading Skills resource contains a range of questions about ‘Handa’s Surprise’ by Eileen Browne. The questions are organised into content domains to allow a focus on one or more specific skills.

This Classroom Secrets resource Mixed Maths Mat Year 3 resource contains a sheet of short questions focused on a variety of mathematical skills covered in the Year 3 mathematics curriculum. You can find more Year 3 Maths resources here.