The times table test has been mentioned in the government and we have been using this resource in our school for 10 years and it work effectively to improve children's knowledge of their times tables. It is split into 7 levels. I only allow my children to move up if they correctly answer the Olympic sheet 100% correctly on 3 occasions. We tend to do these sheets on Monday's and Fridays as a 4 minute starter. My TA then marks them quickly using the answer sheets but only for children who have answered all questions. As soon as she reaches the first mistake she stops, which makes marking simple! In the younger classes we give the children a medal each time they move up a podium. Under the current National Curriculum, children are supposed to know their times tables up to 12x12, by the end of Year 4. Children will be tested using an on-screen check (on a computer or a tablet), where they will have to answer multiplication questions against the clock. The test will last no longer than 5 minutes, however, children will only have 6 seconds to answer each question in a series of 25. According to the new National Curriculum 2014 the expectation of times tables in each Year Group is as follows: Year 2: 2x, 5x, 10x Year 3: 3x, 4x, 8x Year 4: 6x, 7x, 9x, 11x, 12x In this pack I have included all 7 times table challenge sheets and 7 answer sheets. These sheets are now national curriculum ready!. All display resources, as we have made a display of these resources in each of the ks2 classrooms. I have also included my multiplication Olympic tracker which tracks the progress of the children. There are 4 versions of each sheet to stop children learning the string or order of the numbers. I alternate between these sheets each week. Please note, unlike the test these sheet also test children on not only multiplication but also the associated division facts too. Finalist Level – Concentrates on children learning their 2, 5 and 10 times table (Year 2 national curriculum expectations). Bronze Level - Concentrates on children learning their 3 & 4 times tables (Year 3 National Curriculum expectations). Silver Level - Concentrates on children learning their 6 & 8 times tables (Year 3 National Curriculum expectations). Gold Level - Concentrates on children learning their 7 & 9 times table (Year 4 National curriculum expectations). European Level - Concentrates on children learning their 11, 12 times table Year 4 National curriculum expectations). Olympic Level - Concentrates on children learning their 12 times table and can recall 100 Year 4 National curriculum expectations). We use these sheets for homework and our pupils practise as regularly as possibly. I hope this resource helps with preparing your class!

After the government set out the 2016 exemplification materials for writing, like many year 5/6 teachers I panicked slightly! I have produced some short units of work which work around the above age related exemplification materials set out by the government. One of the units of work is for explanation texts! First children look at the effectiveness of different explanations, and the children learn to develop their own explanations. Children learn how to use colons and semi colons to mark boundary’s between clauses in their writing. They then write an explanation text about chickens! (Linked with science week!) We had an incubator in school with four chick eggs in. Throughout the week they hatched which helped to keep the children engaged! The pieces of writing they produced were excellent! All of my children hit the standard of children writing at the expected standard. In this pack I have included only the medium term plan, which is 7 days worth of planning differentiated into 3 group. I've also included 4 powerpoints. The other resources I used were from twinkl and are easy to find.

Figure me Out An idea for a maths working wall. Can the children in your class figure you out using the maths they have learnt? You can put a picture of the teacher in the middle, then put sticky note questions around the edge. The children will love to find out more about you. Included in this resource pack is a fully editable word sheet to make your own ‘Figure me out’ and a challenge star telling the children exactly what they need to do, again fully editable.

After the government set out the 2016 exemplification materials for writing, like many year 5/6 teachers I panicked slightly! I have produced some short units of work which work around the above age related exemplification materials set out by the government. This is my 4th unit of work and is based around Newspaper Reports. Firstly children look at the effectiveness of different newspaper reports, and the children learn to write their own. Children learn how to use colons and semi colons to mark different clauses in their writing..They then write a newspaper report about a snake escape which is a free interactive resources created by TES or its Iboard (http://www.iboard.co.uk/iwb/Journalist-Desk-Snake-Escape-524). The snake escape interactive resources produced on Iboard is excellent!! The children really engage with it and really enjoyed this unit! I've used this amazing resource and created planning to fit my mixed year 5/6 group. The pieces of writing they produced were excellent! All of my children hit the standard of children writing at the expected standard. In this pack I have included the medium term plan which is 13 days planning which is differentiated into 3 groups! 11 Powerpoints with learning objectives and resources. Some worksheets/activities, success criteria for each of my groups and planning frames.