Description: Elevate your Catholic Primary School Curriculum with this comprehensive resource on Human Dignity, a core principle of Catholic Social Teaching. This engaging resource is tailored for teachers searching for meaningful materials to explore this vital concept with their students. With a focus on two inspiring saints, Maximilian Kolbe and Oscar Romero, this resource offers an enriching learning experience that combines faith, history, and reflection. Key Features: Understanding Human Dignity: Our resource provides a clear and accessible explanation of what Human Dignity means in the context of Catholic Social Teaching. Saintly Biographies: Delve into the lives of two remarkable saints, Maximilian Kolbe and Oscar Romero. Discover their devotion to Human Dignity and how they lived their faith. Interactive Activities: Students can engage with the content through a hands-on z-fold brochure activity. They choose one of the saints and complete a mini project, deepening their understanding of the concept. Critical Thinking: On the reverse of the z-fold brochure, challenge your students with thought-provoking questions about Human Dignity encouraging meaningful discussions. Collective Worship: Foster spiritual growth with three dedicated pages for collective worship. These pages include a leader’s guide, a prayer, and a meditation, all focused around Human Dignity. Personal Expression: Encourage your students to connect with their faith on a personal level by inviting them to write their own prayers about Human Dignity. This resource is thoughtfully designed to support teachers in nurturing a profound understanding of Human Dignity in the context of Catholic Social Teaching. Empower your students to live out their faith and make a positive impact on the world with this invaluable resource. Elevate your teaching and inspire your students today! More content being added regularly - check back for more principles of Catholic Social Teaching.

SPAG Master is a game I use with Year 6 in the last few weeks before the SATs. You know how it feels - when you’ve done past paper after past paper and you still need to work on retrieval but you need some ENERGY! This is a quiz which involves partner work, team names and unlimited points and my children LOVE it. Covering all of the Punctuation and Grammar question areas from Paper 1 in a quiz format. Children work in pairs for this quiz. For each section (PPT slide) each child will be given 2 to 3 minutes (your discretion) to answer the questions independently on their own piece of paper. The next 2 minutes will be sharing and discussing answers with their partner. Before sharing, they will need to decide upon a final answer as a team. This is great for peer work, talking through HOW they came to their answer. Points are decided by the teacher: correct answers; superb explanations; good behaviour; staying focused I also deduct points to maintain behaviour management: shouting out, arguing etc. I find that the children learn very quickly that it’s all a bit of fun in the midst of all their revision and behave well beyond the first couple of deductions! Having ultimate power over the points also ensures that you can award points to children with low self esteem who need the boost. There are over 20 colourful question slides, each containing at least 4 SPAG questions. This quiz can easily be broken down into sections, over several sessions . I show this as a PPT presentation and everyone looks at the whiteboard but I have also included a PDF in case you need to print out questions. Another PPT and PDF contains the answers which I use as a class so I can see what everyone is getting out of it, what my areas of need are, giving out points and also to keep up the energy. However, this could also be used for self marking. I really hope you and your class enjoy this resource as much as we do!

Arithmetic Master is a game I use with Year 6 in the last few weeks before the SATs. You know how it feels - when you’ve done past paper after past paper and you still need to work on retrieval but you need some ENERGY! This is a quiz which involves partner work, peer support, team names and unlimited points and my children LOVE it. Covering all of the Arithmetic question areas from Paper 1 in a quiz format. • Children work in pairs for this quiz. • For each section (PPT slide) each child will be given 2 to 3 minutes (your discretion) to answer the questions independently on their own piece of paper. • The next 2 minutes will be sharing and discussing answers with their partner. • Before sharing, they will need to decide upon a final answer as a team. • This is great for peer work, talking through HOW they came to their answer. • Points are decided by the teacher: correct answers; superb explanations; good behaviour; staying focused. • I also deduct points to maintain behaviour management: shouting out, arguing etc. I find that the children learn very quickly that it’s all a bit of fun in the midst of all their revision and behave well beyond the first couple of deductions! • Having ultimate power over the points also ensures that you can award points to children with low self esteem who need the boost. There are over 20 colourful question slides, each containing at least 6 Arithmetic questions. This quiz can easily be broken down into sections, over several sessions . I show this as a PPT presentation and everyone looks at the main smartboard but I have also included a PDF in case you need to print out or Air Drop questions. Another PPT and PDF contains the answers which I use as a class so I can see what everyone is getting out of it, what my areas of need are, giving out points and also to keep up the energy. However, this could also be used for self marking. I really hope you and your class enjoy this resource as much as we do!

Introducing Reasoning Master: The FUN SATs Preparation Tool! Reasoning Master is the perfect game for** Year 6 students gearing up for their SATs, designed to energise and motivate** while answering addition and subtraction reasoning questions. Are you ready to inject some excitement into your SATs preparation? Say goodbye to endless past papers and photocopiers and hello to a dynamic, engaging way to master reasoning skills! This is a quiz which involves partner work, peer support, team names and unlimited points and my children LOVE it. Inspired by past papers, Reasoning Master focuses on addition and subtraction reasoning question types from Papers 2 and 3, presented in an interactive quiz format. Here’s what makes it a must-have resource for your classroom: Engaging Partner Work: Children team up for independent and collaborative learning. After independent answering time, children come together to discuss their solutions with their partner and decide on a final answer as a team. This is great for peer work and talking through HOW they came to their answer. Point-Based Motivation: Who doesn’t love a little friendly competition? Points are awarded for correct answers, stellar explanations, and exemplary behaviour, . Teachers have the flexibility to customise point allocation, ensuring a fair and motivating experience for all. I find that the children learn very quickly that it’s all a bit of fun in the midst of all their revision and behave well beyond the first couple of ‘shouting out’ deductions! Comprehensive Question Coverage: With 11 colorful question slides comprising over 50 reasoning questions, Reasoning Master covers a wide range of question types. The quiz can be easily segmented into sections, making it adaptable to various classroom schedules. Flexible Presentation Formats: Whether displayed as a PowerPoint presentation on the smartboard for the whole class or distributed as a PDF for individual use, Reasoning Master accommodates diverse teaching styles and technological preferences. Answer Provided : A separate PowerPoint and PDF containing answers means easy monitoring of progress, identification of areas for improvement, and efficient point allocation. The documents are password protected to prevent any changes being made and to protect my work. You can bypass this by clicking READ ONLY. Coming Soon: Stay tuned for additional resources covering multiplication, division, and other areas of maths in reasoning format. Make learning fun, collaborative, and effective, all while empowering your class to excel.

These resources aim to support Christian schools (I designed this for a Catholic School) to guide their children in creating and leading meaningful collective worship or prayer and liturgy within their classrooms or year groups. The model uses the GATHER, LISTEN, RESPOND, GO FORTH format. It is colour-coded, memorable and extremely easy to follow. You will need to cut and laminate the smaller picture resources to allow children to manipulate them and decide on how they can best deliver their collective worship by adding them to the larger colour coded sheet (best printed and laminated on A3) Also included is an informative support booklet for the children when it is their turn to lead. It guides them to decide on a theme and how to consider what to do in each aspect of the service. There are some helpful pages how to select Scripture, with verses included, depending on their theme, rather than starting with nothing. I know many teachers in Christian schools have found this to be a really useful resource for their class and I hope your class enjoy using it.

Miss, can we play Goosey, Goosey Gander again? This is the Converting Fractions and Percentages edition and involves questions that require children to mentally convert between and compare percentage and fraction equivalents of  1/5 , 2/5 , 3/5 4/5 and those fractions with a denominator of a multiple of 10 or 25 This game will capitivate your students’ attention. They will LOVE applying mentally converting between fractions and percentages. Perfect for independent group work so that you get time to work with smaller groups in your class Perfect for basic skills work Perfect for morning work Perfect for early finishers Answers provided so that children can be completely independent in this fun activity. There are 3 different types of question included in this pack - ideal for supporting you every step of the way.   1. Converting fractions to percentages (covering 1/5, 1/10, 1/20, 1/25, 1/50 and 1/100) 2. Converting percentages to fractions 3. Comparing Fractions and Percentages You can play with just the cards you need from each section or play with all of the cards to ensure retention of the topic. Goosey, Goosey Gander is a maths game with a twist. Everyone who has ever tried to pass a goose knows exactly how cantankerous they can be! And this card game encapsulates that evil energy! Children compete to pick cards and answer maths questions correctly. If correct, they get to keep the card. The aim is to keep hold of the most cards when the timer ends. But there are also sabotage cards in the deck! One of them being the ‘Goose With The Evil Laugh!’ When the goose is selected, you must put all your cards back! Your children may get another go, they may have to return one card or get a friend to return a card - this game is part skill and part luck! Either way, they will be hooked! Need to differentiate? Make it easier - remove questions that your group is not ready for. - allow children to work in pairs. Make it harder - request that children give the simplest form of the fraction. Included: Child friendly instructions Playing cards with 3 question types Sabotage cards Answer pages for children to self mark Backing for the reverse of the cards if you choose to laminate. 138 questions!

Kaboom is a lot of fun! Children are exposed to Year 6 SPAG questions whilst playing a game. It is a card game which is fantastic for retrieval, varied fluency and for noting teaching points. This particular game of Kaboom is focused on Singular and Plural Apostrophes for Possession. Ideal for Year 6 as preparation for the SATs. It is played in small groups and can be done completely independently as answer sheets can be provided for the children to self assess. Fantastic for leaving for PPA or for leaving for groups to work on independently so that you can focus on targets with individuals or smaller groups. How to Play. • The child picks a card from the pile. • They read it to their group. • They answer the question verbally. • One member of the group (decided by the teacher) will check the answer page, if necessary. • If the child is correct, they get to keep the card. If they are incorrect, they put their card back to the bottom of the pile. • Kaboom! If they pick a KABOOM card, the child has to put ALL their cards back to the bottom of the pile. • The aim of the game is to have the most cards when the time is up. • They will all get Kaboom cards – the beauty of this game is that it won’t just be the ‘highest achievers’ winning. • You decide the time limit. It will just keep going! Included: • 72 cards containing singular and plural apostrophes for possession questions in a variety of formats. • 16 Kaboom Cards (You can decide how many to print off to include in each game). • Instructions in child-friendly language. • Answer pages. It is best to print the cards off onto card rather than paper, or laminate for longevity. If you like this resource, check back soon as more areas of SPAG are being added regularly.

Kaboom is a lot of fun! Children are exposed to Year 6 SPAG questions whilst playing a game. My children beg for this game! It is fantastic for retrieval, varied fluency and for noting teaching points. It is played in small groups and can be done completely independently as answer sheets can be provided for the children to self assess. Ideal for leaving for PPA, or for giving to groups to work on independently so that you can focus on targets with individuals or smaller groups. This particular game of Kaboom is focused on recognising **Verbs and Nouns based on how they are used in the sentence and using words as Verbs and Nouns in their own sentences. ** eg) Is the word whistle being used as a noun or a verb in this sentence: He blew his whistle for half time. Perfect for Year 6 as preparation for the SATs. How to Play. • The child picks a card from the pile. • They read it to their group. • They answer the question. • One member of the group (decided by the teacher) will check the answer page, if necessary. • If the child is correct, they get to keep the card. If they are incorrect, they put their card back to the bottom of the pile. • Kaboom! If they pick a KABOOM card, the child has to put ALL their cards back to the bottom of the pile. • The aim of the game is to have the most cards when the time is up. • They will all get Kaboom cards – the beauty of this game is that it won’t just be the ‘highest achievers’ winning. • You decide the time limit. It will just keep going! Included: • 80 cards containing Verb vs Noun questions. • 2 sheets of Kaboom Cards (You can decide how many to print off to include in each game). • Instructions in child-friendly language. • Answer pages. It is best to print the cards off onto card rather than paper, or laminate for longevity. If you like this resource, check back soon as more areas of SPAG are being added regularly.

This resource is designed to encourage pupils to discuss Biblical Artwork to enhance their understanding of The Parable of the Good Samaritan. The session should have three parts: a. Reading the Scripture so that children are all familiar with the parable. b. Looking at various artworks one at a time and discussing what is noticed in each picture. I usually do this on PowerPoint. ie) What has the artist included? Why? What has the artist left out? Why? Why is this colour used? Is the picture modern? Why? etc. What is good about the picture? What do they feel it would benefit from adding or changing? What surprised them about the picture? What question would they ask the artist? There should be a lot of discussion generated. c. Children should choose one image to discuss further in their work. The worksheet aims for meaningful understanding of the parable and how it is relevant to their lives today. Teaching points: When answering written questions about the Biblical Art, children must answer the questions demonstrating their Biblical Knowledge. eg) What did you like about the painting? I liked the colours because it’s my favourite colour. I liked the how the artist has included the people who ignored the man. One of the people is turning their head around, showing that they knew they should have helped. What question would you ask the artist about this painting? How long did it take you? What inspired you? Why did you choose to make this a modern day picture and changing the gender of one of the people who ignored the man? Answer 1 in these examples shows no understanding. Answer 2 demonstrates knowledge of the parable and careful thought about their understanding of it. I hope you find this resource useful. If you do, please could you leave a review? Feel free to make requests for future resources.

Kaboom is a lot of fun! Children are exposed to Year 6 SPAG questions whilst playing a game. My children beg for this game! It is fantastic for retrieval, varied fluency and for noting teaching points. It is played in small groups and can be done completely independently as answer sheets can be provided for the children to self assess. Ideal for leaving for PPA, or for giving to groups to work on independently so that you can focus on targets with individuals or smaller groups. This particular game of Kaboom is focused on Active and Passive Voice. Perfect for Year 6 as preparation for the SATs. Children are asked whether a sentence is active or passive or they are asked to change a sentence from active to passive and vice versa (verbally). How to Play. • The child picks a card from the pile or the cup. • They read it to their group. • They answer the question. • One member of the group (decided by the teacher) will check the answer page, if necessary. • If the child is correct, they get to keep the card. If they are incorrect, they put their card back to the bottom of the pile. • Kaboom! If they pick a KABOOM card, the child has to put ALL their cards back to the bottom of the pile. • The aim of the game is to have the most cards when the time is up. • They will all get Kaboom cards – the beauty of this game is that it won’t just be the ‘highest achievers’ winning. • You decide the time limit. It will just keep going! Included: • 64 cards containing Active and Passive questions. • A sheet of Kaboom Cards (You can decide how many to print off to include in each game). • Instructions in child-friendly language. • Answer pages. • Smaller question cards for a cup. • Large question cards if playing like a game of cards. It is best to print the cards off onto card rather than paper, or laminate for longevity. If you like this resource, check back soon as more areas of SPAG are being added regularly.

This is one of several mini comprehensions that I designed in response to the SATs reading tests (from 2014 curriculum onwards). My children found the questions themselves difficult in the new style of tests, not to mention the amount of reading and the complexity of the texts. It was difficult to revise test technique with huge tests and it was demoralising the children every time they saw one! So I made smaller tests worth 15 marks but using the question styles that I know they found difficult i.e) words in context, character traits, readers’ feelings, finding evidence over a whole extract. This can be used as a mini test and marked by the teacher. However, I tend to make it more of a revision session. I allow the children time to read aloud and discuss the extract in a small mixed ability group before going off and answering the questions independently. When going through the questions afterwards, it can be a conversation with the teacher one to one; the teacher and whole class; or other children on their table who can offer what they believe the answer is worth, or round robin marking around the table where each child looks at the answer and writes what they believe the mark to be and why on a post it note (which then comes back to you) I find this valuable as long as it is supervised appropriately because when children offer opinions on marks themselves, they are really having to understand test technique as well as understanding of the text - and everyone enjoys playing teacher! I have included an extract from Anne of Green Gables, 8 questions worth 15 marks and the answers and hope you find it useful when preparing year 6 for the SATs. I hope you find this resource useful. If you do, please could you leave a review? Feel free to make requests for future resources.

Tired of finding ways to practise times tables retention? Does the onus need to be put back on the children to practise instead of you doing all the work? This timestables game up to 12 x12 will capitivate your students’ attention. They will LOVE practising! Goosey, Goosey Gander is a times tables game with a twist. Everyone who has ever tried to pass a goose knows exactly how cantankerous they can be! And this card game encapsulates that evil energy! Children compete to pick cards and answer times tables questions correctly. If correct, they get to keep the card. The aim is to keep hold of the most cards when the timer ends. But there are sabotage cards in the deck! One of them being the ‘Goose With The Evil Laugh!’ When the goose is selected, you must put all your cards back! Your children may get another go, they may have to return one card or get a friend to return a card - this game is part skill and part luck! Either way, they will be hooked! Need to differentiate? Make it easier - remove times tables that your group is not ready for, remove the cards requesting the question when they are given the answer. Make it harder - request that children give all the factors for the solution cards rather than just giving one times tables fact. Eg. 24. 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24 Included: Child friendly instructions Playing cards with times tables up to 12 x 12 Playing cards with a solution, requesting the times tables question Sabotage cards Answer pages for children to self mark Backing for the reverse of the cards if you choose to laminate.

This worksheet contains 2 examples of correctly punctuated speech used in two-speaker jokes so that children can easily see the new speaker, new line layout before writing their own. This is done with Mr Men and Little Miss characters for added interest and easy reporting clause ideas. I often use this resource at the start of the year in Upper KS2 as a reminder, but I have also used this in Lower KS2 when teaching speech punctuation and reporting clauses. Steps to Success/WILF is included in number format so that feedback and assessment is easy to pinpoint. eg) Child: I am having trouble remembering STS (Step to Success) 3 can you help me? Or Teacher: I can see a group of you are finding STS 5 tricky. Let’s work on this together. When I use this worksheet, I go through each STS in my modelled teaching first, playing Beat the Teacher and making deliberate mistakes, before displaying really cheesy two-speaker jokes for children to select from for their independent work. I always laugh at the ideas the children come up with for their characters’ reporting clauses and we always enjoy hearing each other’s work read out. I hope you find this resource useful. If you do, please could you leave a review? Feel free to make requests for future resources.

Emotion Word Comma Sentences. I put this worksheet (among others) together after watching Alan Peat Writing Exciting Sentences at the start of my career. I have used Emotion Word Comma in this resource. I begin by explain WHY it is a good sentence and how the sentence is structured. Examples of Emotion word comma sentences follow for reference. There are 3 tasks. Scaffolded to support children in gaining understanding. More independence in the crafting of the sentences but featuring a word bank. An opportunity to write their own sentence in this style. There is an opportunity for self evaluation and reflection at the end. Teaching point: I often find two misconceptions when introducing this type of sentence. Some children write an adverb to open rather than an adjective. This is still a correct sentence and would indeed show variation in writing as well as altering the impact of the sentence, but from a grammatical point of view, it is a teaching point to ensure children know the difference between an adjective and an adverb. There should be a full sentence after the emotion word which makes sense regardless of the word before the comma. Sometimes children write a sentence such as *Delighted, he was to open the letter. * Instead of Delighted, he opened the letter. I hope you find this resource useful. If you do, please could you leave a review? Feel free to make requests for future resources.

Miss, can we play Goosey, Goosey Gander again? This is the Factors edition and involves questions that require children to list factors of numbers to 100. This game will capitivate your students’ attention. They will LOVE using their times table and divisibility knowledge to find all the factors! Perfect for independent group work so that you get time to work with smaller groups in your class Perfect for basic skills work Perfect for morning work Perfect for early finishers Answers provided so that children can be completely independent in this fun activity. Goosey, Goosey Gander is a maths game with a twist. Everyone who has ever tried to pass a goose knows exactly how cantankerous they can be! And this card game encapsulates that evil energy! Children compete to pick cards and answer maths questions correctly. If correct, they get to keep the card. The aim is to keep hold of the most cards when the timer ends. But there are also sabotage cards in the deck! One of them being the ‘Goose With The Evil Laugh!’ When the goose is selected, you must put all your cards back! Your children may get another go, they may have to return one card or get a friend to return a card - this game is part skill and part luck! Either way, they will be hooked! Need to differentiate? Make it easier: Remove questions that your group is not ready for. Perhaps you print more of the factors up to 20 or 40 or 60. Perhaps some children only need to give a pair of factors rather than list them all. Allow children to work in pairs. Make it harder - use all cards to 100 Make it harder - announce when a number is prime. Included: Child friendly directions 100 Playing cards Sabotage cards Answer pages for children to self mark Backing for the reverse of the cards if you choose to laminate.

Included are Collective Worship resources: St Patrick’s prayers Mindful colouring (including Prayers of St Patrick and The Holy Trinity which can be used as a collective worship resource with appropriate background music.) Writing frame for a prayer Frame for child to draw symbolic picture of St Patrick.

Perfect Instant Feedback, No Prep Google Sheets activity for Year 6 tutors and teachers using Google Classroom or with Google Drive on school iPads/chromebooks. All about the coronation, this self-marking digital resource is perfect for learning about King Charles, whilst also ensuring that SATs SPAG preparation is still happening! These digital resources are some of my favourites to use in the classroom I’m determined to bring technology into the classroom in a way that really benefits teachers. Rather than our iPads sitting around like glorified cameras or just used for research. I want technology to mean less preparation for us, less marking for us and greater engagement from our children! I’m sure you have spent many weeks now at the photocopier preparing past papers for your class! This is no preparation, no photocopiers, no queuing, no waiting for other teachers! Completely self marking, they are ideal to set for working independently or in pairs for peer support and scaffolded discussion. This allows you time! Imagine! Time, to work with smaller groups on targeted areas, trusting that the rest of your class will be getting great exposure to robust, considered SATs style Grammar questions. This product is a link to a Google sheets online document. You will receive a copy of the original to share with your class. The great thing about Google Sheets is that you can insert an image in your work and that is amazing for child engagement. This Google sheet focuses on SPAG questions, covering similar formats and question areas as Spag paper 1 whilst also giving children an informative activity about King Charles and the royal family during the run up to the coronation and over the bank holiday weekend. The resource contains 40 questions which can be answered in one sitting or, can be spread out over two sittings. The idea here is that your pairs can can read the questions, discuss and input the answer. If they get the answer correct, it will turn green and a slice of a Coronation-related image will be revealed to them - Instant feedback. If the children get an answer wrong, it will turn orange and no picture will be revealed. Now this doesn’t ruin their mark - that’s the beauty. They can see it’s wrong long before you mark as a class the next day or take it home to mark it. Then they can have another go. I regularly use resources like this with my classes and with my tutees and I get great feedback from the children using them. They will often screen shot their final image - use mark up to add their name and air drop it back to me. Wonderful - now I have a record. Please remember, there is no physical resource - it is Google Sheets only. Please check you can use Google Drive at your school. I really hope you enjoy this resource as much as my classes do.

This Year 6 Coronation Edition SATs game focuses on SPAG questions, covering similar formats and question areas as Spag paper 1 whilst also giving children an informative activity about King Charles during the run up to the coronation and over the bank holiday weekend. SPAG Master is a game I use with Year 6 in the last few weeks before the SATs. All questions in this Coronation Edition are based around King Charles so you can revise and discuss the coronation at the same time! You know how it feels - when you’ve done past paper after past paper and you still need to work on retrieval but you need some ENERGY! This is a quiz which involves partner work, team names and unlimited points and my children LOVE it. Covering all of the Punctuation and Grammar question areas from Paper 1 in a quiz format. • Children work in pairs for this Coronation Edition SPAG quiz. • For each section (PPT slide) each child will be given 2 to 3 minutes (your discretion) to answer the questions independently on their own piece of paper. • The next 2 minutes will be sharing and discussing answers with their partner. • Before sharing, they will need to decide upon a final answer as a team. • This is great for peer work, talking through HOW they came to their answer. • Points are decided by the teacher: correct answers; superb explanations; good behaviour; staying focused • I also deduct points to maintain behaviour management: shouting out, arguing etc. I find that the children learn very quickly that it’s all a bit of fun in the midst of all their revision and behave well beyond the first couple of deductions! • Having ultimate power over the points also ensures that you can award points to children with low self esteem who need the boost. • All questions are based around King Charles. I show SPAG Master as a PPT presentation and everyone looks at the whiteboard but I have also included a PDF in case you need to print out questions or if you wish to air drop to iPads. Another PPT and PDF contains the answers which I use as a class so I can see what everyone is getting out of it, what my areas of need are, giving out points and also to keep up the energy. However, this could also be used for self marking.

*Miss/Sir I’ve finished…Now what? * I put together this sheet after I found I was constantly over planning for maths lessons for the children who were finishing the work with 5 or so minutes to go while I was still helping others. It was causing a lot of extra planning and paperwork and we all know how precious every minute is as a teacher! This way, I know the depth of their understanding of the lesson objective and it has proven a real time saver. I hope you find this resource useful. If you do, please could you leave a review? Feel free to make requests for future resources.