Character description for William, with build up work for how to write using expanded noun phrases, followed by a modelled example of a character description. Also includes some lead up work to describing a setting and writing an alternative ending for the book 'Floodlands'. Due to popular demand, I have also added a Power point version of the notebook. I hope this helps. In addition to this, I have also updated to include an articulate themed game based on key words in the text, (can be as a starter or used as a whole lesson) and a lesson on the use of expanded noun phrases for description. Now also includes a success criteria for writing an alternative ending to the story.

A lesson aimed at Year 6 children to find the perimeter and area of compound shapes.

A series of lessons that follow the Talk for Writing model. (Picture mapping, changing characters etc) based on Wind in the Willows. Includes: Author Study on Kenneth Grahame. Boxing up sheet for picture mapping. Examples of character description (Changing character of Toad) Series of lessons for persuasive writing (Should Toad go to prison). Including examples of writing for and against. Tried and tested for use over a period of three weeks of English lessons.

KS1 activity sheets/worksheets that are word problem based and focused on time.

A notebook full of Angle based reasoning problems for Year 6 aimed at mastery level. I used these with my class this year before SATs and it helped them a lot in the tests!

A range of decimal reasoning problems for Year 6 aimed at Mastery level.

A series of lessons on writing diary entries based on the Easter Story. There are three notebooks with three separate activities for writing a diary entry from the perspective of one of Jesus’ disciples during Easter week. I used this as a week’s worth of English lessons with my Year 6 class, starting with a diary entry on Palm Sunday. This was followed by a diary entry on the Last Supper and finally a diary entry on Jesus’ crucifixion. In the three notebooks there are spoof diary entries with deliberate mistakes which the children can then correct (correct answers are on the next page of the notebook). In addition, there are word banks for the children to use and good examples of what they could write on each notebook.

A range of activities to teach children to round numbers including decimal numbers. Aimed at Year 6.

Reasoning problems on finding equivalent fractions aimed at Year 6

A series of Maths lessons and activities explaining and linking fractions and division. There is a range of instruction, teaching, partner practice activities and reasoning problems for children to solve. I used these with my Year 6 class this year and they worked well!

Presentation, activity and notebooks on estimating multiplications and on using the grid method to multiply. Differentiated challenges shown on slides. Investigation notebook lesson used for observation lesson.

Three differentiated worksheets on finding the difference with Promethean Active Inspire flipchart presentation.

A notebook with a week's worth of activities on persuasive letter writing including work on conjunctions, colons and semi colons. Modelled examples.

Whole school book focus on Willy the Wizard. Includes lesson plan/teaching ideas for every year group from Early Years to Year 6 based around Willy the Wizard by Antony Browne. Also includes notebook file with the story and some worksheets and teaching resources for EYFS, KS1 and KS2. Also includes comprehension questions around the book.

A great, fun activity for the whole class. Three differentiated sheets where the children will need to walk around their classroom or the school, looking for objects that match the shapes on their sheets. - Lower Ability (Names and a picture of the shape for reference - easier shapes) - Middle Ability (Names and a picture of the shape for reference - more shapes, harder) - High Ability (just the names of some shapes and space for them to add their own)

Great differentiated resource where children need to sort shapes based on criteria. - Lower Ability (sort by two criteria in a table) - Middle Ability (sort using a Venn Diagram) - Higher Ability (sort using a Carroll Diagram)

Several notebooks on forces including air resistance, friction, upthrust, magnetism and a lesson on gravity and mass, including the use of Force meters. Magnets investigation worksheet also included. SATS styles questions also included on the notebooks.

Three differentiated KS1 Measurement Word Problems activity/worksheets. - One for Lower Ability - One for Middle Ability - One for Higher Ability

A story starter for writing a narrative story linked to the topic ‘Extreme Earth’. A notebook with modelled writing aimed at Year 6 children. There are several examples of how to write an effective ending. There are also some sentences for the children to improve.

This resource includes three differentiated activity sheets/worksheets and an Smart Notebook lesson based around explanation texts, in this case the life cycle of a butterfly.