As a school we have adopted the whole class teaching of reading advocated by Jo Payne (mrspteach.com) and I have designed a record sheet for each year group which can be stuck on the inside cover of the children's reading journals. We use these sheets to monitor individual progress and we record the child's reading age termly using the PiRA reading assessments. The baseline boxes on the left of the sheet are colour coded (red/yellow/green) at the beginning of the academic year to indicate what skills the child is more/less confident with.

As a school we have adopted the whole class teaching of reading advocated by Jo Payne (mrspteach.com) and I have designed a record sheet for each year group which can be stuck on the inside cover of the children's reading journals. We use these sheets to monitor individual progress and we record the child's reading age termly using the PiRA reading assessments. The baseline boxes on the left of the sheet are colour coded (red/yellow/green) at the beginning of the academic year to indicate what skills the child is more/less confident with.

As a school we have adopted the whole class teaching of reading advocated by Jo Payne (mrspteach.com) and I have designed a record sheet for each year group which can be stuck on the inside cover of the children's reading journals. We use these sheets to monitor individual progress and we record the child's reading age termly using the PiRA reading assessments. The baseline boxes on the left of the sheet are colour coded (red/yellow/green) at the beginning of the academic year to indicate what skills the child is more/less confident with.

At the start of any history topic it is important to look at chronology so I have produced a timeline for my class to assemble and add brief details about each era. Hope it helps and please leave feedback. Apologies if you downloaded the earlier version - I missed off the Tudors! - now revised.

A fun activity sheet which focuses on three spellings each day from the year 5-6 spelling list.* Skills include: Finding definition in a dictionary. Splitting into syllables. Identifying vowels and consonants Drawing the word (kids favourite bit!) Using the word in a sentence - application. Hope you find them useful. Feedback welcome x

Across school, we have adopted a whole class reading model (Reading with RIC) which replaces the previous carousel method. This pack allows accurate and rigorous teacher assessment as it addresses a different reading skill each day. Pairing Non-Fiction with Fiction for better understanding. I was using the narrative 'The Lion and the Unicorn' by Shirley Hughes in my English sessions and this non-fiction sheet provided the essential background knowledge to my WW2 topic, allowing discussion of the key vocabulary required. I have also posted similar sheets on 'The Blitz' and 'Evacuees' I would love to receive your feedback. Alison

A quick maths starter I use in my class to consolidate a number of maths concepts. Hope you find it useful. Feedback appreciated. x

I always allow children in my class to jot ideas down as they listen to the class story. This is a pack of sheets I designed to accompany the book by Shirley Hughes 'The Lion and the Unicorn'. I look forward to receiving your feedback. Alison

Revised KS1 Writing Assessment/Moderation criteria grid. Hope it helps.

A useful Powerpoint I created to discuss the 3 (three) mark questions on the reading SATS paper. I have included all the 3 mark questions from the 2016,17,18,19 SATS papers. A great booster class or discussion tool and the mark scheme is very useful as it allows the children to see what the perfect answer looks like. Hope you find it useful. Sorry for the slightly poor resolution - please be kind with your feedback - it is free!