My notebooks and accompanying activities based on Helen Ward’s Varmints. The book heavily centres on environmental changes, with subtle hints of capitalism. Creates lots of thought-provoking activities and the writing that comes out of this is incredible. Thanks to Power of Reading for these ideas.

A quick walkthrough of the Salford Reading Tests - good for phase leaders training teaching and support staff.

Two poems on the theme ‘rain’ with accompanying questions and activities linked to them. Would probably last two to three days for revision purposes.

Text and activities based around the Stone Age. information text highlight the word activity SATS- style questions

Weekly Reading teaching plan, SMART Notebook and activities based on David Almond’s novelSkellig. Great for Year 6 Reading revision but could be used with greater depth Year 5 children.

A SMART Notebook file and a week’s-worth of year 6 SATS reading test resources. The Notebook has some explanations as to what to follow and the word document includes a sample text as well as: Highlight the word in the text activity Inference grids - great for starters Sample questions from the 2014 paper

Pie Corbett’s The Caravan with editable story map and boxing up template for innovating the story.