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I have worked in both KS2 and KS1 as class teacher and am also English Leader in KS1. For the last 5 years, I have been teaching in Y2, which gave me plenty of ‘SATs experience’. However, I have been trying to ensure that the skills children need to apply in their SATs are linked to everyday life experiences and have applied them as much as I could to our topics, in order to avoid 'teaching to the test'. I really value your feedback on my resources. Happy browsing!

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I have worked in both KS2 and KS1 as class teacher and am also English Leader in KS1. For the last 5 years, I have been teaching in Y2, which gave me plenty of ‘SATs experience’. However, I have been trying to ensure that the skills children need to apply in their SATs are linked to everyday life experiences and have applied them as much as I could to our topics, in order to avoid 'teaching to the test'. I really value your feedback on my resources. Happy browsing!
Easter Picture Comprehension
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Easter Picture Comprehension

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A quick picture comprehension as Easter fun for my Year 2 class. Differentiated two ways but could easily be adapted more by changing the questions. Have fun.
Coins Bingo
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Coins Bingo

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This is a 4x4 bingo game which I did for my yr 1 and they really loved it. Just stick pictures of 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p and 50p coins on a dice and they can play. Resource includes 6 different sheets (enough for a table group).
Past / Present - Chicken Licken
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Past / Present - Chicken Licken

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I always find my children have problems writing in the same tense consistently. That's what I made when we read Chicken Licken to teach past and present tense and work with it. Higher ability in KS1.
Self and Peer Marking Prompts
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Self and Peer Marking Prompts

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Made this sheet for my year 1 and 2 team to help them with self-marking and peer-marking in English lessons. I laminated these posters and put them in their table boxes where they can easily use them. Also, as it is very visual, it is suitable for EAL learners.
New Curriculum Phonics Teaching Overview Year 1 (RML Link)
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New Curriculum Phonics Teaching Overview Year 1 (RML Link)

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I had look at the new curriculum with regards to the phonics that children have to be taught in year 1. From what I can see, it looks like the new curriculum year 1 sounds come mostly from phase 3 and 5 (or the equivalent set 2 and 3 of RML). We decided to use the RML flashcards and rhymes to teach the sounds, so this is a breakdown of what sounds are taught when, sticking to the order in which RML is taught. It goes hand in hand with the flashcards from RML with all the lovely rhymes. I have written down all the sounds for year 1 from the new curriculum but put them in the RML order and added spelling patterns. For 2015/2016.
FIFA World Cup Mapping Participating Countries Geography
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FIFA World Cup Mapping Participating Countries Geography

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A very quick worksheet on a powerpoint that printed in A3 will allow children to map the 32 participating countries - there is a key at the bottom with numbers so children can colour in the country and instead of writing its long name, just number it. powerpoint can be used as lesson starter as all countries are listed again there (with their flags) and a political world map is attached for explaining how to map. Enjoy/
Non-chronological report revision KS1 SATs
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Non-chronological report revision KS1 SATs

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Lesson 1: Features of a report. Show children a report on the board. Talk about its features eg headings, subheadings, paragraphs and their jobs. Then give children a cut up report and ask them to put it back together and label the features. Challenge is answering questions about it. Eg What do I find in the third paragraph? (see notebook) Lesson 2: Vocabulary used in a report. Show children the report from yesterday. Go through what adjectives, connectives and openers are and ask children to investigate the report for VCOP. Record on sheet in mixed ability partners. Then write down one opener, adjective etc and make sentences about nocturnal animals orally.
Adding amounts and ordering them.
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Adding amounts and ordering them.

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A differentiated sheet I made for my year 2 class. Children add amounts using their number facts eg counting in 2s, 5s, 10s and counting in multiple of tens. I have also taught my class that if they know 2+3=5 then they know multiples of ten 20+30=50. There are a lot of opportunities to apply this on the sheets.
RML Sets Phonics Cards / Assembly Certificate
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RML Sets Phonics Cards / Assembly Certificate

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These little cards were made for reception, year 1 and for some children in year 2, who are learning the RML phonics sets 1-3. They can take the big cards home to revise and use them in school to highlight the sounds they know already. When they have completed a set or all sets, they can be awarded the phonics card (certificate) in assembly. Set 1 phonics are called the fish sounds Set 2 phonics are called the seal sounds Set 3 phonics are called the whale sounds (Food chain, getting bigger - that way the children don't know if their animal means that they are on track or behind...) I hope you enjoy it and it's useful to you.
Poster: How to Choose a Suitable Book
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Poster: How to Choose a Suitable Book

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Four easy steps, nicely illustrated. I made this to help my year 2 children to choose suitable books. They use it all the time now, especially when we go to the mobile library and choose books to take home. Also nice to display in the book corner. Enjoy.
New Curriculum Phonics/Spelling Patterns Teaching Overview Year 2 (RML Link)
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New Curriculum Phonics/Spelling Patterns Teaching Overview Year 2 (RML Link)

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I had look at the new curriculum with regards to the phonics and spelling patterns that children have to be taught in year 2. We decided to use the RML flashcards and rhymes to teach the sounds, so this is a breakdown of what sounds are taught/recapped when, sticking to the order in which RML is taught. It goes hand in hand with the flashcards from RML with all the lovely rhymes. I have written down all the sound recaps and spelling patterns for year 2 from the new curriculum. For 2015/2016.