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.

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 notebook with questions from and also similar to those on the May 2017 Maths SATS tests for Year 6. I used this with my class as part of a gap analysis week. It includes arithmetic questions and the answers (which are covered initially) Plus some of the questions from the reasoning papers with answers and step by step guides or visuals to support.

A notebook with an example of a long division problem. There are also step by step instructions for solving missing box division problems and answering reasoning questions for division. There are spot the mistake questions and ‘explain the error’ questions for children to solve. There are also some division word problems that require children to think about whether they should round up or down in their answer.

A cross curricular lesson on Non-chronological report writing and sugar (Science and healthy eating) aimed at a year 6 class. Includes spoof assessments on how to use parenthesis (dashes, commas etc) and other Year 6 punctuation. Correct answers are hidden underneath coloured blocks.

A unit of work based on the film Paddington by Heyday films. It includes grammar activities such as how to use inverted commas and how to use passive and active voice. The unit also includes modelled writing of a newspaper report alongside differentiated newspaper planning sheets. There is also a lesson on writing a review of the film. I used this with a Year 6 class as part of a two week unit on film using Paddington as a stimulus. It has excellent cross-curricular links to PSHE and Citizenship; lots of opportunity to discuss similarities between Paddington and refugees.

A bundle for a half term topic on Flashback narrative writing that I have used with a Year 6 class. The bundle includes flashback work based on short films from the Literacy shed: German in the woods, Replay and Mourning Dove. There is modelled writing, spoof assessments for grammar and hot seating opportunities. This unit of work has excellent cross-curricular links with topics on WW1 and WW11 These resources can be bought separately or together in this bundle at a cheaper price!

A great introduction to flashback story writing. A scenario where they are late to school and they must write a flashback narrative about why they were late. Used for a Year 6 lesson on Flashback narrative writing. Includes modelled writing to balance speech, action and description to advance action.

A stand alone hour lesson on adding three digit decimal numbers. Can be differentiated to 1 or 2 digit decimal numbers also. I used this with Year 6 children. The resource includes a starter activity and an adding decimals warm up activity (with correct answers hidden behind coloured blocks). There is then a model of how to record their results and a paired activity for the main teaching.

A week of work based on the short film "Replay" from the Literacy shed. I used this with my Year 6 class for a unit on Flashback narrative writing. The resource includes hot seating questions for Theo, spoof assessments on how to use grammar (with correct answers hidden under coloured blocks) and success criteria for writing a flashback story. A link to the short film Replay is here: https://www.literacyshed.com/replay.html

A whole lesson/week of lessons based on the short film Mourning Dove from Literacy shed. This was used with my Year Six class as part of our Flashback narrative writing. It included questioning, success criteria and modelled writing. Children will then write their own flashback story based on the character from Mourning Dove. Examples of how to start their stories are also included. Here is a link to the short film. https://www.literacyshed.com/mourning-dove.html

Reasoning problems on finding equivalent fractions aimed at Year 6

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

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

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

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!

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 cross curricular English, Science and PSHE lesson for KS2. Includes a notebook file with an introduction, information and video links about sugar. Also includes a fact sheet on sugar and a success criteria sheet for non chronological reports. The notebook file is for a whole lesson or could be split into two lessons - one for facts on sugar and one for writing a non chronological report. There is a slide with a spoof assessment for grammar and punctuation needed for Year 6 and correct answers hidden below to support children with their writing.

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.

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.