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I have taught for over 10 years and held senior leadership roles as Phase Leader and English Leader. My resources are mostly aimed at Key Stage 2.

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I have taught for over 10 years and held senior leadership roles as Phase Leader and English Leader. My resources are mostly aimed at Key Stage 2.
Transition Workbook Year 6
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Transition Workbook Year 6

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Transition Workbook Year 6 to Year 7 / Primary to Secondary / New School This download is a Year 6 transition workbook for primary to secondary. It prepares pupils for the transition to a new school. It would also work for any pupil about to move schools to prepare them for the transition. There are pages on timings of the day at their new school, rewards and consequences, how they will get there and the all important school dinner! Most of the information required could be found on the website for their new school. Included: workbook (23 pages including front cover) editable (PowerPoint) version and also a PDF version for immediate printing.
Ancient Egyptian Gods and Goddesses Poems Comprehension
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Ancient Egyptian Gods and Goddesses Poems Comprehension

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Ancient Egyptian Deities Poems Comprehension This Ancient Egyptian deities poems comprehension reading and history activity includes four poems about Ancient Egyptian gods and goddesses. Each one then has a set of questions for pupils to revise their knowledge of each deity. This also gives pupils the chance to practise their reading comprehension skills. Deities covered in the poems are: Anubis, Bes, Osiris and Ra. The cross-curricular nature of this activity means that children will be able to practise both their history skills (learning about Ancient Egyptian gods) and reading comprehension skills at the same time. The comprehension questions include retrieval and inference questions and also author’s intent and vocabulary ones. There are a mix of circle the answer, one word, one sentence and longer answers. Some questions require evidence from the text. All answers are included (sample answers where more than one answer would be acceptable). What’s included? 4 poems about Ancient Egyptian deities: Anubis, Bes, Osiris and Ra 4 sets of questions (one about each god or goddess). Five questions per god / goddess 4 sets of answers Please note that the resource is not editable.
SATS Reading 3 Mark Question Cards Year 6
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SATS Reading 3 Mark Question Cards Year 6

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SATS Reading 3 Mark Question Cards Year 6 Looking for a way to give your Year 6 class more practice with 3 mark questions before SATS? Then look no further! These question cards come in 4 sets, each with a text and four three mark questions based on that text. There are then answers for each question. The 3 mark question cards have been designed so they could be used independently by pupils - in interventions, for example - and pupils can then use the answer sheets to self or peer assess. These attractive cards will keep your Year 6 pupils busy during revision sessions and will give them the best possible chance to do well. Different question styles have been used (including questions about impressions of characters). The answer sheets give them a good model of what 3 mark questions should look like. What’s included? 4 texts - including a poem 16 three mark questions (four based on each text) Answers for each question
Key Stage 2 Christmas Worksheets for Reading - KS2 Reading Comprehension
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Key Stage 2 Christmas Worksheets for Reading - KS2 Reading Comprehension

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Are you looking for Christmas worksheets for reading for your class? This set of Christmas reading comprehension questions focuses on the Christmas story, with a Christmas reading passage and 12 task cards, plus KS2 reading challenge cards. The story, Starbright’s Important Mission, tells the Christmas story through the eyes of the star. There are then 12 task cards requiring the children to reflect on their understanding of the story. The task cards focus on skills such as: Be an emotion detective: describe the emotion of the characters at specific points of the story Draw ‘mood journeys’ for three of the main characters Find the evidence to support key information Longer answers, requiring students to quote accurately from the text There are answers provided for each of the reading comprehension task cards. The answers are detailed and thorough, with sample answers where necessary. After the main task cards, there is also an example card, so that the children know what the ‘mood journeys’ should look like. There are also three challenge cards, to extend pupils’ learning if needed. The passages and activities could be printed out and given to students as a pack. This would make it perfect for a Christmas supply teacher lesson. There’s not much to prepare… All you need to do is print the sheets out and hand to your class.
Roman Numerals Game
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Roman Numerals Game

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Roman Numerals Game This game is a Roman numerals starter activity. The students are tasked with finding the Roman numerals with a value higher than 30 before the teacher. This fun and engaging activity is an exciting way for pupils to consolidate their Roman numerals knowledge. The teacher must click on all the Roman numerals with a value higher than 30 on their interactive grid on the board. Meanwhile the pupils are finding the Roman numerals on their identical grid. Who will find them all first? Included is: An interactive teacher PowerPoint (editable) with a 30 second timer included A pupil activity sheet (not editable)
Female Football Heroes Biography Lesson
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Female Football Heroes Biography Lesson

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Female Football Heroes Biography Lesson Inspired to teach your pupils more about female footballing heroes? This female football heroes biography lesson teaches pupils about some of the greats in women’s football, whilst also teaching / revising biography writing skills. They learn about six of the best female football players of all time and choose one to write a biography about. Also included in this resource is a template that all / some of your students can use to structure their biography, a quotation-writing worksheet and a sheet of illustrations, which pupils can use to illustrate their biography. What’s included? Lesson PowerPoint packed full of facts/activities Three supporting printables
Creating a Class Agreement Lesson
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Creating a Class Agreement Lesson

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Creating a Class Agreement Lesson This is lesson to write a class agreement, charter or set of class ‘rules’ during the first day or week back in September or your first day/week with a new class. It is a complete lesson to create your class agreement together. The lesson takes the class through the process of writing the agreement, with worksheets to complete along the way. There is a focus on how an agreement or charter is different from rules, taking into account the vocabulary which makes an agreement effective. There is also a section on modal verbs, providing some cross-curricular SPaG coverage. Two worksheets feature as part of the lesson and I have also included two further worksheets. These can either be integrated into the lesson, or used as extension activities for particular pupils. What is included? 17 page PowerPoint main lesson resource 4 worksheets (two for main lesson and two bonus worksheets)
Euro 2022 Women's Slideshow
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Euro 2022 Women's Slideshow

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Euro 2022 Women’s Slideshow This Euro 2022 Women’s Slideshow teaches the children everything they need to know about the women’s Euros (of course won by the lionesses!). Students learn about the history of the women’s Euros, the stadiums, the countries taking part, the trophy and lots more. This is a fun and interactive slideshow, with quizzes, interactive activities and discussion points. No other resources, printing or worksheets required. What’s included? 26 slides These slides include: Introductory questions Match the facts to reveal the flags A brief history of the women’s Euros Which countries took part? Top scorers England and Northern Ireland Captains Key games The trophy True or false interactive quiz
England Lionesses Euros Comprehensions
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England Lionesses Euros Comprehensions

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England Lionesses Euros Comprehensions Capture the excitement of the England Women’s Euro 2022 winning team with this set of four reading comprehension tasks. Each set focuses on a different team member (four in total). Each of these four England Euro 2022 activities feature a text for pupils to read all about the player. There are then five questions about each one. The comprehension questions are a mixture of retrieval, inference, author’s intent, support with evidence and agree/disagree questions (amongst others). There is an answer page for each activity too, featuring sample answers to help with assessing work. This resource contains: Four texts focusing on England women’s Euro 2022 team members A set of five questions for each team member An answer sheet for each member Image credits
Interactive Easter Reading Comprehension
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Interactive Easter Reading Comprehension

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Perfect Year 6 Easter Holiday Reading Homework! Do you need the perfect Easter themed reading comprehension? This one is interactive and would be perfect for your Year 6 students as Easter holiday reading homework. All answers to the 20 tasks are given to students, so no marking required. This interactive Easter reading comprehension is designed to be as inclusive as possible with no written answers required. Where appropriate, there are Explain It thought bubbles for students to explain their answers on paper. These could be set for all students, or just those requiring more of a challenge. us d Easter themes (new beginnings) are introduced, giving opportunity for RE links. I also like to explore different family types in my stories. This one features a boy, his step mum and baby brother. What’s Included? A 20 question interactive PowerPoint, also including correct/incorrect slides
24 Hour Clock Game
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24 Hour Clock Game

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24 Hour Clock Game This game is a 24 hour clock activity. It is designed as a fun starter activity for converting between the 12 and 24 hour clock. This game is a great consolidation activity for revising the use of the 24 hour clock. Click on the matching times to reveal images of different cars, picked to help engage the class in the game. Included: pairs game (an interactive PowerPoint file)
Inference Maze - KS2 Fun Inference Activity
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Inference Maze - KS2 Fun Inference Activity

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Inference Maze - KS2 Fun Inference Activity Looking for a fun way to teach or revise inference in reading lessons with your KS2 students? In this activity, pupils must use their inference skills to guide TV presenter, Mya, through a maze. The PowerPoint revises the meaning of inference before guiding pupils through the process of finding Mya’s route through the maze. At each step, there are two objects to follow. Pupils must use infer which object to select from the clues given by Mya. At each step, answers are given so that pupils know if they are on the right track. Make reading lessons more fun and use this fun activity to reinforce the meaning of inference! Included: *50 slide PowerPoint (including answers) guiding students through the activity Printable PowerPoint handout with student copy of maze
Reading Ordering Events Mystery KS2
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Reading Ordering Events Mystery KS2

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Reading Ordering Events Mystery KS2 This order the events and solve the mystery reading comprehension activity is a fun way to help your students learn how to order events in a text. They have to order the events to solve the mystery of who threw the ice bucket of water over Mr Lee, everyone’s favourite Year 5 teacher! In this activity, students are given accounts written by each of the five suspects. They must order the events to check who is telling the truth. By the end of the activity, they will be able to see who is lying and therefore who threw the ice bucket! The activity teaches students how to use a colour-coded key to help order the events. With this in mind, there is a separate copy of the texts for pupils to use to practise this technique. What’s included? 14 slide solve the mystery activity (PowerPoint) 3 page pupil copy of texts
Nowruz Lesson - Charshanbe Suri
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Nowruz Lesson - Charshanbe Suri

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Charshanbe Suri Lesson This Charshanbe Suri lesson teaches students about the preparation for the festvial of Nowruz, known as Charshanbe Suri. In the lesson, they must use what they have learnt from the PowerPoint to design an invitation for a Charshanbe Suri party. This lesson teaches students: What Charshanbe Suri is About the custom of spoon banging About fireworks and bonfire displays Included in this resource: 13 slide PowerPoint 2 worksheets
Nowruz Haft Seen Table Lesson
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Nowruz Haft Seen Table Lesson

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Haft Seen Table Lesson This haft seen table lesson teaches students about the seven symbolic items placed on the haft seen table during the festival of Nowruz. During the lesson, pupils plan their own new year table with seven symbolic items of choice. Covered in this lesson: What is the haft seen table? What are the seven items? What do the items symbolise? Creating own new year table There are three worksheets included (two of them are differentiated versions of the same sheet) and a PowerPoint to guide the children through the lesson. Included: 13 page PowerPoint 3 worksheets
Women's World Cup 2023 PPT
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Women's World Cup 2023 PPT

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Want to get your pupils excited about the Women’s World Cup 2023? Then this PowerPoint is just what you need! Perfect for an assembly about the Women’s World Cup, or to use with your class, it is packed full of information and interactive elements to teach them all they need to know for Australia and New Zealand 2023! There is a mixture of information slides and interactive ones to keep your pupils’ interest. By the end of the presentation, they will know about the history, venues, players and more! What’s included? Slide about the history of the competition Slide about the teams involved Slide about the players to look out for Slide about the trophy Interactive matching game Interactive quiz
Coronation of  King Charles Assembly
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Coronation of King Charles Assembly

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Want an informative and interesting assembly about the Coronation of King Charles and the Queen Consort? This assembly has been carefully put together to be full of information and about everything that will happen in the Coronation ceremony. There are also three worksheets which pupils can complete after the assembly, to help embed all that pupils have learnt about the Coronation. Slides on: When and where it will take place The King’s procession The procession inside the Abbey The Recognition The Coronation Oath The Anointing The Homage The Sovereign’s Orb The Sceptre The Rod With the Dove St Edward’s Crown Crowing of The Queen Consort Procession back to Buckingham Palace Archbishop of Canterbury Great Lord Chamberlain The Pages of Honour The Dean of Westminster The Coronation Concert What might be different from previous coronations? 3 worksheets included: The parts of the ceremony The sacred items Writing a diary entry
National Walking Month 2023 Assembly
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National Walking Month 2023 Assembly

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Want an assembly to use during the National Walking Month of May? This assembly is all about the benefits of walking and how 10 minutes of brisk walking can be incorporated into our day. It covers some of the barriers we may experience in walking to school and how these could be overcome. There’s plenty of opportunity for discussion about the benefits and barriers. During the assembly, pupils are introduced to case study pupils and encouraged to think of what they would say to these pupils so that they can see the value of walking. There are then three worksheets which can be used to consolidate the main points from the assembly and to encourage pupils to reflect on what they have learnt. Can be used to encourage walking to school or as part of a wider introduction to the benefits of walking.
Mental Health Awareness Assembly
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Mental Health Awareness Assembly

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Looking for an assembly to teach your pupils more about mental health awareness? Then look no further. This PowerPoint has been sensitively put together to give an overview about what mental health is and to debunk some of the myths and misconceptions about mental health. There is a focus on activities that can support us with our mental health. Covered in this assembly: What is mental health? Mindfulness Mindful breathing Building a bank of positive activities What to do if we are struggling with our mental health True or false quiz questions There are also three worksheets to accompany the assembly. Pupils can use these to consolidate what they have learnt and to further reflect on what mental health is and how to support themselves and others.
SATS Reading Common Errors Inference Y6
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SATS Reading Common Errors Inference Y6

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Want to teach your Year 6 pupils how to avoid common errors when answering inference questions? This PowerPoint goes through three common SATS inference errors, one by one. There’s plenty of change to practise, with two texts (and sets of questions) per error. The errors covered are: Not using the clues (not using the evidence to help answer the inference question Short answers (missing key parts of the answer and, thus, missing out on marks) Dangerous general knowledge (using general knowledge in a SATS answer, rather than using the text to answer the question). With six enjoyable texts and six sets of questions (three questions per text), there is plenty of SATS reading practice to be carried out here. Please note that this resource is not editable for terms of use reasons.