Challenge yourself activities - choose an activity and apply it to your learning from today. Once chn have completed their task for the lesson, choose a challenge activity to apply. Can be stuck in back of books or displayed within classroom/on working wall. Editable to change activities if you need to.

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

SPAG PPT - one slide per day. Begins with Y2 SPAG content and progresses to Y5/6 content. Used as a SPAG daily starter or morning/after lunch activity each day.

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.

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)

Year 3/4 writing success criteria checklist - editable, or just print and go!

Worksheet to be used for English/SPAG focusing on word class and sentence types. provides song lyrics and colour coding activity whereby children read the song title and decide if it is: statement, command, noun, adjective, question or exclamation. Worked well in year 3/4 for recapping but can be adapted to be use in early Y3/end of Year 2 or edited to just focus on word classes etc.

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.

Planning for 6 lessons focusing on the key question ‘How and why do Christians follow Jesus?’ following the Derby City RE Agreed syllabus. Includes plan, SMART slides (also attached as a Powerpoint document for those who do not use SMART) and resources. Includes lessons focusing on: I can understand what a hero is and explain characteristics of a good role model. I can explain how a person may be inspired to do something good by somebody else’s words or example. I can use religious vocab to describe aspects of Jesus’ life and teachings and give examples of how these influence the lives of Christians I can explain the impact that believing in Jesus will have on a Christian’s life and give examples. Ask and respond to questions raised by stories from the life of Jesus and contemporary followers. Describe how being a Christian affects how people live their lives Understand some reasons why Christians believe Jesus is special Personally created resources included.

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.

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 :)

1x lesson based on Derby City syllabus question’ I can identify beliefs about the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) that are held by Muslims’. Lesson includes plan, SMARTs (also attached as PPT slides), video about Prophet Muhammed’s life and questions for independent task.

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.

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.

If you are after a full 5 week unit, this can be found in my store also. Introductory Whole Class Reading sessions introducing The Worst Witch book. Focuses on VIPERS. Package includes: SMARTs (also attached as PPTs) and two written lesson resources, with the book on the slides so no need to print/photocopy for children or to even have enough copies.

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. :)

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.

Year 3/4 planning unit based on changes to the environment, including human changes and natural changes. Focus: Geography LKS2 objectives and observational science objective. 3 lesson unit: Lesson 1: Habitats, sketchmapping lesson Lesson 2: Endangered species lesson Lesson 3: Human/natural changes using the stimulus book Window by Jeannie Baker. Lesson plan, resources and SMARTs (available as PPT files) available, including a virtual copy of the Window book if you do not own it. Easy to pick up and roll with - planned in 2021 so very recent.

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 :)