Simple strategies for decoding when children are reading. The poster can be displayed in the classroom or minimised and laminated for individual children during independent/guided reading. The colourful poster has sounds and images to make decoding words simple.

A fun activity teaching fractions using smartie tubes which can be extended to work on statistics by using tally charts and bar charts/pictograms/pie charts

A PowerPoint with lessons teaching persuasive adverts including analysing features of, success criteria, writing an advert script and presenting their own oral advert

A complete lesson on writing a character description of Augustus Gloop including PowerPoint, Video clip and worksheet

A complete lesson with plan and resources taken from a lesson observation I did. It has everything you need to deliver the lesson all of which can be adapted to your needs.

A simple self/teacher assessment of success criteria for how to make inferences when reading. Can be edited to suit different abilities within different year groups

A simple self/teacher assessment of success criteria for making predictions when reading. Can be edited to suit different abilities within different year groups

Lesson on writing a character description of Mr Willy Wonka

Simple text with a variety of questions ranging from skim and scan to inference. Text can be copied onto word so that it can be shared with the class

A simple page that can be put up on the whiteboard in the morning so that when children enter the classroom they can see the date, daily reminders, key words, a visual timetable (I have used simple images as an example, these will need to be added independently), Objectives for the day and the task they are to complete upon entering the classroom

An example of a two week rolling timetable for guided reading sessions. It can be easily changed and adapted to a one week plan. Reading workshop is any collection of activities found that are based around comprehension skills.

A collection of travel guide research sheets that can be used as differentiated sheets. One is completed as an example, the Australia travel guide. This could also be used for children to use to write up the research into a detailed guide. There are example places given which can be changed to fit the country/area you are studying.

A simple homework sheet to complete based on simple facts about Anne Frank. Can be adapted to remove the words at the bottom of the sheet so that they have to research the answers for themselves

A writing task sheet and planning sheet for a writing assessment based on the story Cuda of the Celts, which can be bought online. An excellent book which shows aspects of Celtic history which we studied for historical settings. This resource can be adapted to other historical texts where two characters from different backgrounds meet.

A simple self/teacher assessment of success criteria for shape poetry. Can be edited to suit different abilities within different year groups

A selection of activities on a pick and mix sheet that children can take home at the start of the topic and choose from a selection of english, maths and topic based tasks on one page. This allows them the freedom to choose an activity which can be completed at least 1 per week

A simple self/teacher assessment of success criteria for a Newspaper report. Can be edited to suit different abilities within different year groups

A simple self/teacher assessment of success criteria for using inverted commas. Can be edited to suit different abilities within different year groups

A simple self/teacher assessment of success criteria for checking and editing their own writing . Can be edited to suit different abilities within different year groups

A simple self/teacher assessment of success criteria for planning a story. Can be edited to suit different abilities within different year groups