Lesson plan and resources to help your class understand how evolution works. It is very simple and children are normally able to explain the evolutionary process after this activity. It even comes with a next step to help the children solidify their learning. No differentiation as this should be accessible for the whole class.

Map with visual path arrows and key parts of book broken down into main bullet points. Ideal for use when reading the book with a individual - or a group. I used this to recap what had happened before.

Literacy Pack contains a range of Goodnight Mr Tom materials to be adapted to suit needs: Inference from characters using a few paragraphs example Three sections of text to read with mark grades next to them (makes great homework) Greater-Depth diary example from William B. Uses very precise vocabulary Tom’s informal letter to a friend. These resources should be adjusted to suit needs; they form the basis for deep-text exploration.

If there is a group of children in your class who are ‘working at’ readers, but you know they could be ‘Greater Depth’ for upper KS2, then this resource will be helpful. This resource has been used to coach NQTs and newer-teachers, but can work for any teacher looking for a good intervention group for those predicted GD but are lagging behind. Story to read with class - complete with planning for 6 lessons. Contains: Short Story in word.doc and pdf Prologue and individual chapter lesson plans with handy tips Ideal for Year 6 (or even 11 plus) reading comprehension. Each lesson has been crafted to ensure maximum curriculum coverage.

Welcome to the intriguing and pseudo-scientific world of Cryptozoology. Whilst, and many readers will agree with the following, this appears to be a word created by the publishers for shock-value, this fascinating term has intriguing entomological roots. For those with inside knowledge – as you will presently be – Cryptozoology is a compound of the word Cryptid (an interesting term for an animal that is no yet discovered) and zoology (the scientific term for the study and classification of animals). Perhaps the reader may wish to explore more bizarre and apparently ‘scientific’-sounding words? Or, if the reader wishes to delve deeper into the matter, they have to but only read on to discover the world of The Loch Ness Monster, Bigfoot and the other incredible animals of folklore. If you want to teach some informal formal writing that will capture every child’s attention, try my Cryptozoology resource. Every time I have used it, the children have written incredible things!

Reading comprehension sheets aimed at Year 6 which are themed on WW2. Zip file contains questions and reading sheets. Ideal for morning work or for afternoon work or for a starter activity. I tried to aim all questions roughly in proportion with the standards; there is a focus on drawing inference for three mark answers. Let me know any way I could improve them.

A really simple little resource here. Just have the children cut out each statement and write: a) a single word impression and b) a sentence which starts ‘because’ after it

SACRE - RE topic based on the question: Why do people believe in God? Questions to stick into book as headers alongside planning and a look at the book of Genesis for good measure. The planning and topic are fairly open and feel free to change as you wish. Ideally, this is for the Warwick SACRE scheme. But, it still can be used for any teacher looking to introduce this difficult subject matter.

Worded Maths Questions for children in year 6 or KS3. Used before SATs as a top-up or to find missing knowledge in their calculation skills.

Reading comprehension for pages 9 - 11 of the Giant’s Necklace. Questions aimed for Year 6 children as they are clearly SATs orientated. Would be best used during the first lesson of Giant’s Necklace. Let me know what you think.

Used for interventions. Small and large inferences can be made… Story can easily be extended… Lots to do with this!

Print these out and put them on the children’s desk in the morning. They will be able to start work as soon as they come in.

Suitable for a 1 hour R.E lesson about the differences between Catholics and Protestants. It is a play with a QandA session at the end which can be part of the play if you wish to extend it. It comes with notes on how to be respectful which should be read at the start. It goes down well and the children love to act it out - as a class or in small groups.

Taken from a book I wrote. There are hundreds of poems - all linked to a different curriculum standard. The whole of Maths KS2 is covered! Simply find the curriculum descriptor you are looking for, and there will be a poem for you. Every poem can also be a lesson! Each poem introduces the subject, clarifies the vocabulary and explores an example.

Note: There are two arithmetic papers with non-linear question difficulty and no 2 mark questions. They are both very similar and are built for speed. This is not designed to give you an arithmetic scaled score; it is more designed to help children approach trickier fraction questions early (always the easy fix) and not get bogged down in the longer multiplication and division questions. I have found that his helps train speed.

Contains: Exemplar Circus opening Example of teacher-lead writing Pictures to use (CC) for children to stick in

Homework for the Autumn Term for Year 5 or Year 6. It starts with the basics in Place Value and moves through the curriculum. It follows WRH at points and Maths-No Problem at others. Ideally, it is used alongside class teaching. Can also be used for revision.

Ideal starter or for Queen Victoria reading comprehension. Aimed at Year 5 or Year 6.

This group of resources are ideal for introducing D-Day to your class and helping them scaffold their own non-chronological report about D-Day. Can be used during one introductory lesson, or as part of a whole week’s research.

Covers the major areas before the SATs examination. I used this as a tool a few days before the tests - can be used throughout the year as a quick way to assess their knowledge of most of the curriculum.