This is a whole class activity made up of 21 cards to discuss during the school day. The resource encourages mindfulness and positive language in the classroom. The resource also includes cards where the children can choose to pass, hand the card to, or give thinking time. The resource also explains five key techniques to introduce mindfulness in to the classroom on a regular basis.

This maths test contains questions in number, measures, and shape. It is extremely useful to guage what level your children are working at. There are 25 questions some with a part A and part B.

This worksheet is aimed at key stage two children from 9 to 11. It will help to enrich their vocabulary by investigating words such as genre, plot, protagonist, character and so on. There are three pages to this activity which will make the children think and recap their learning from the book.

This is a word mat game for children to work on their phase 2 sounds. There are 24 sounds on the mat.

This powerpoint is based on place value, percentages and partitioning. The resource can be used with a whole class as a slightly easier version is included on each child so that the children are able to work at their own level. The questions are on one slide and the answers on another. The presentation begins with a mental maths game with instructions on the slide of how to play it.

This is a ten or fifteen minute assembly based on the theme of how to develop a positive attitude. There are ideas of how to encourage pupils and includes quotes to discuss themes of resilience and ‘can do’ atti†ude . It also contains a story that can be read to the children to illustate those points.

There are five mental maths activities in this pack. I have included a video of this resource on facebook on my page ‘Succeed in School with Alison Kelly’. Answers are included. Children will work through a number of assessment framework concepts such as odd and even, 100 square confidence, time, money, mathematical language associated with add, take multiply. A popular resource on my business page.

This is a keeping busy activity book for year 2 that will also provide further evidence for achieving elements of the TAF framework. It is an excellent resource which can easily be used to keep children busy when they have finished their work. The children will be able to work independently.

This unit of work is based upon working out the area of triangles, rectangles and squares. It includes a presentation asking children to apply the formula to work out the area of triangles with learning intentions. There is a four in a row game for fun and an activity for outdoor learning where the children have been asked to calculate the area and price to recover the school astro pitch.

This is a unit of mental maths for children aged 4 and 5. There are 5 mental maths tests in this unit of work each with ten activities. Also included is a score card for each test. There are images in many of the questions in this unit of work such as images to count, abacus beads on a string and so on. A variety of mathematical language is used throughout the scheme of work. No other preparation needed This unit of work is an excellent tool for baseline assessment in the early years. To use as a digital file either play files on powerpoint or upload powerpoint onto google slides to add to google classroom

This unit of work includes: *Male and female characters who explain key terms and how they look after their mental health *Role play cards to discuss aspects of mental health and scenarios *Growth and fixed mindset sorting activities *Reflection activity

This unit of work is a mental maths focus for year 5. In each activity there is an explanation of that concept in maths, then the child will complete some questions, moving up to problems at the end of the activity. There are ten activities in total so there is enough material for a term when used once a week.

When children play a game they forget they are learning. This popular game is based on ludo and is a mixed numeracy and literacy fun resource. The resource comes with a game board and over 60 question cards. Before a player can move their counter forward they have to answer a numeracy or literacy question and race to the finish. *Includes game rules *Includes game board *Include over 60 question cards for literacy and numeracy

There are five activities in this unit of work based on the application of capital letter, full stops, commas and apostrophes. The children are given a passage and a code system to decide where the correct punctuation should be added. There are 11 files in total.

Year 5 Literacy grammar and punctuationThis pack consists of 5 tests and answers based on spelling, punctuation and grammar. The tests have 25 questions on each divided into three sections. The topics of homophones, apostrophes, plurals, tenses, parts of speech are all covered in these microsoft word worksheets. The scores can be used to track achievement and are ideally used week to week.

This unit of work contains 5 tests and five sets of answers. There are 25 questions in each test. Each test builds on the knowledge from the test before so the assessment is a scaffolded approach. For example there may be a question on algebra and on the next test the question will be similar with a different slant. Therefore you can track when a student has gained a solid understanding of the concept. This repetition and with the teacher’s input in explaining the reasoning means the pupil can see their marks improve throughout the assessments.

This is a set of 5 maths tests and answers. There are 25 questions in each test, ideal to see what level children are working at in maths. Each test builds on the learning in the test before.

This complete unit of work contains 2 poetry texts and five activities with accompanying answers. The pack covers parts of speech, alliteration, tenses, apostrophes, compound words, ie, ei spellings, author intent, genre and finding evidence from the poem. It is suitable for upper primary. It contains activities based on the work of Robert Frost ‘Stopping by Woods on a snowy evening’

This is a unit of work based on fact and opinion. This is what it includes: *Newspaper articles written recently around social media giants censoring fake news *Fake news quiz. Children are given images and must decide if they are examples of fake news or real *Template for writing persuasive text *Template for writing newspaper article *Guidelines for using a Project based Learning Approach in the classroom *Links for accessing children’s videos based on fake news *Discussion points for children

This popular resources is a Who dunnit mystery. There are ten literacy activities to carry out based on tenses, apostrophes, prefixes, plurals, parts of speech and spellings. When you have correctly solved the literacy activity the clue you are given will help you to solve the mystery. Listen to eyewitness accounts of the robbery at Holsford hall to eliminate the suspect database and make your arrest. Then solve the four digit code for the safe. A fun activity to keep Spag activities lively and interesting. Find videos of my resources at Succeed at school with Alison Kelly on facebook.