5 lesson unit based around the key question ‘What do different religions believe about God?’ following the Derby City agreed syllabus. Includes: Written plan for each lesson Detailed SMARTs for each lesson Resources/video links ready to use. Focusing on RE objectives: I can identify and describe beliefs about God that are held by Christians, Hindus and Muslims. I can retell and suggest the meanings of stories from sacred texts about people who encountered God. I can identify beliefs about the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) that are held by Muslims. I can identify beliefs about Gods by Hindus I can identify how it makes a difference in people’s lives to believe in God. I can express my own opinions about God.

Includes some useful documents for ECTs and/or ECT mentors/tutors to track. Including: CPD tracker ECT programme planner (plans out ECT time, weekly tutor/mentor meeting plan, actions for ECt and/or mentor, and CPD) ECT target setting document to be used half termly/termly dependent on school policy Blank meeting minutes document for mentor/tutor and ECT meetings. All document templates that are editable.

1x lesson based on Derby City syllabus question ‘What do different religions believe about God?’ lesson focusing on Christianity, Hinduism and Islam. Lesson includes plan, SMARTs and questions for independent task. Lesson is video focused showing videos about each religion that involve note taking (perfect for KS2), can be adapted for KS1.

One lesson based on the music video from David Guetta’s Titanium. Lesson focus on using the inference reading skill. Used for a 20/30 minute job interview and used across all of KS2 in shared/guided reading lessons and has been very successful. Includes: Lesson plan with objectives, timings to stop the video with questions to ask to lead them to answer the final question using their inference skills. PPT: Introducing what inference is, containing the video link and the main focus question to be answered. Can be used as a stand alone guided/shared reading lesson.

Character description success criteria checklist Y3/4. Can be edited or just print and go! Includes basic SPAG elements (CLs, punctuation) and descriptive elements (adjectives, description of personality etc)

6 lessons focusing on the text ‘Holes’ starting from the beginning of the book for Year 5/6 Whole Class/Shared Reading. Pack includes: SMART notebooks - one per lesson, with extracts from the text on slides (slides also included as PPT files) Activities to be completed per lesson - either verbal, written, independent or paired (both attached as publisher files and word doc files) Focus on reading VIPERS and Year 5/6 reading skills. Perfect starting point for planning a unit on Holes.

Worksheet for Year 2 or Year 3. Can you spot the conjunctions in these sentences? Add in conjunctions to join these sentences.

Worksheet based around solving the missing number problems to crack the mystery code. Two worksheets with code sheets to enable children to crack the code. Sheet 1 - Missing number calculations = multiplication and division for 2, 3, 4, 5x tables. Sheet 2 = Missing number calculations - multiplication and division for 3, 4, 5, 8x tables.

5 week Whole Class Reading/Shared Reading unit based on The Worst Witch book. 3 lessons per week. Contains: SMARTs for each weeks worth of lessons (3 per week). Also available as PPT files. Lesson by lesson activities based on reading skills - between one and two written activities per week, verbal activities for other lessons. Lessons are based on VIPERS and include the VIPERS cartoons to aid children in identifying the skills - they also explain the VIPERS to the children and explain what the skills are. Each written sheet is created on Publisher so can be printed as is (have attached some as word docs so these can be previewed before purchasing). All extracts from the book are on the SMARTs so therefore the book does not need to be to hand for children or even photocopied! If you are not after the whole unit, I have each week available to purchase separately in my store also. :)

2 week (8 lesson) SPAG/English unit based on key skills such as punctuation, word classes, sentence types. Includes written plan, lesson slides on SMART notebook (PPTS available also) and lesson resources for each lesson. Would work well to recap key SPAG skills from KS1 for Year 3 or to recap from Y3 for Year 4. All based around different Roald Dahl extracts, which are included on the SMARTs so no need to own the books! Involves SPAG and writing activities throughout and ends with a final written assessment piece. Was originally used in September to begin the year after COVID remote learning but would come in handy to recap. Fully planned and ready to go, but also adaptable where necessary :)

Lesson plan for 3 lessons based on Black History Month. L1: What is BHM and why is it important? L2: I can understand why Mary Seacole is a significant figure. L3: Influential black Britons - Lilian Bader and Fanny Eaton.

3x worksheets containing extracts from ‘George’s Marvellous Medicine’. Each worksheet contains an extract from the book with an instruction to add in the omitted inverted commas. Each extract is slightly longer than the previous and involves different levels of speech punctuation. Success criteria are provided on the final page for all children also.

Challenge sheet to practise and further reading skills. Can be stuck in the back of books or displayed on a working wall for children to access once they’ve completed their work or as one of their tasks in a Guided/Shared reading lesson or during independent/paired reading time. Made for Y5/6.

Challenge sheet to practise and further mathematical skills. Many of the activities focus on deepening their learning from the current lesson, including creating true or false questions, writing instructions based on a method or creating a quiz based on what they’ve learnt. Can be stuck in the back of books or displayed on a working wall for children to access once they’ve completed their work or as one of their tasks in a maths lesson or during independent/paired work time. Made for Y5/6.

Poster to encourage reading at home - ‘Rocket Readers’. Certificates provided for each multiple of ten reads. Editable and printable. Used previously in KS1 and Year 3/4, along with rockets with children’s names on.

Babcock ‘No Nonsense Spelling’ Block 1 & 2 unit for year 3 SMART notebook. SMART slides for each lesson of blocks 1&2 (14 lessons per block - 28 overall) Attached as PPT also.

Block 5/6 Babcock 2020 No Nonsense Spelling scheme slides. Perfect for short bursts of SPAG - used for 15-20 minutes input and independent work. Block 5 = 14 lessons Block 6 = 14 lessons Slides included as SMART file and PPT file.

Worksheet that provides children with 5 sentences (all based around George’s Marvellous Medicine) with missing capital letters and punctuation. Two challenge questions on there to deepen understanding, involving punctuation within sentences using direct speech. Chn to correct. Great for: starter activity, intervention, main independent activity for Year 2/3 children to recap those key skills.

17 Whole Class/Shared Reading lessons based on The Girl of Ink and Stars. Pack includes: Lesson by lesson SMART notebooks with publisher files for independent tasks. (SMART notebooks also available as PPT files for those who don’t use SMART. Some resources also in Word files as well as publisher) Focuses on VIPERS and Year 5/6 reading objectives and skills. Detailed SMART notebooks to guide through each lesson with explanations of where to read to/stop reading. Activities focusing on retrieval, vocabulary, summarising, prediction, explanation and inference. Could be used over a whole half term unit.

1 lesson focusing on the objectives a) I can identify how it makes a difference in people’s lives to believe in God. b) I can express my own opinions about God. which relate to the Derby City RE syllabus. Lesson includes: Written plan SMART notebook (also attached as Powerpoint) detailing lesson content and independent task for children to complete. Lesson is complete and ready to pick up or adaptable where necessary :)