This pack includes 3 of my maths mastery/reasoning activities for KS2, all with an ELF Christmas theme. All answers included.

I created this pack to use with my class next week for a whole school RE day with a Christmas theme. It could be done over several lessons though. There is a clear and easy to follow lesson plan. A powerpoint which clearly follows the plan A worksheet There are great creative links to art and design and lots of whole class discussions/whiteboard activities etc. I have just updated this Powerpoint and improved it slightly to use this year with my class across a few days. Please feel free to use/change as you need.

The goold old 12 days of Christmas Maths Challenge- always keps KS2 occupied and doing some maths in the last few days! Happy Christmas!

I created this sheet based on Excitable Edgar (The John Lewis Advert) to use with my class. Lots of the questions are open questions and could have various answers, hence I haven’t made an answer sheet. There is a link to the video which needs to be watched before the activity

During moderation, using HYPHENS was one area of writing most of my children always found hard to ‘tick off’. So to help them I compiled this hyphenated word bank. I left a space in each letter so they could add words of their own to it. But having them in front of them has definitely helped them to get hyphenated words in to their writing more. Some of them had to be explained to them for meaning, but now they love trying to fit some of the more unusual ones in to their writing. They also add words from their reading books to the list. I found this very useful as there isn’t much on hyphens out there to help us teachers! Enjoy! Check out my shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/richbreeds New accounts and first-time buyers can get 90% OFF this resource by entering the code 90NOVEMBER at the checkout before November 30th!

My class planned a story about a girl called Elizabeth, who travels back in time to Ancient Egypt, where she encounters a problem she must resolve. I have created a series of 5 plot points, each containing 3 learning chunks. I used the year 3.4 curriculum for the grammar features

We did a whole school RE day (incarnation) We looked at the question 'What is the true meaning of Christmas?' Here is the notebook file I used. It was a really successful day and I hope somebody else can use some of it. We made some great adverts as a result of it.

I used the write stuff style planning with my class for Viking Boy by Tony Bradman. We wrote narratives using 5 plot points each with 3 learning chunks. The planning is also included. Also, as my class loved the format, we used the same style for Non-Fiction, newspaper reports. I made an example of a newspaper too as my class also did this for their computing sessions (word processing). I have included this too. We got really good fiction and non-fiction writing from all of the children using these resources. Any questions, please ask.

A worksheet with 3 different tasks to help with grammar. Goes over different sentence types- exclamation, command , statement and question with examples. Nice and visual and colourful. Can be adapted slightly in need be. My year 5/6s loved doing this!

I made these grids similar to the moderation sheets we use as teachers, but child friendly with pictures and examples to help the children understand what to look for in their writing. My children use these effectively and it also helps my teacher assessment and their understanding. It may help new year 6 teachers too! Check out my other great resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/richbreeds

I created a series of questions based on Charlie and the Chocolate factory. e follow VIPERS skills in our school so I linked them all to that. They were very successful in my year 4 and 5 classes. Any questions- please ask.

I created a series of plot points and learning chunks in the style of The Write Stuff to get my children to write their own story. They loved it and had great stories from it. I have just put everything I made and used in this pack Any questions, please ask

a lesson looking at the artist Bridget Riley and her style of 'Op-art' Lesson includes powerpoint and worksheet. The learning objective is 'To reflect on an artists work'

I made this for my classroom and it has been really successful. We have printed it on A3 paper and laminated it and it is displayed in the classroom. During the week, I choose 5 words that lots of the class are getting wrong. Under the tick I write the correct spelling and under the cross some of the incorrect spellings for that word children have used. I hope others find it as useful as my class have.

A maths investigation based on 3D shape.. I used this with years 5 and 6. It is good for SATS practice as it gets them to explain their answer.