A whole scheme of work that could last for a term based around justice and freedom. Focuses on different religions and was designed to be a transition unit from year 6 to 7 for RE. Includes learning intentions and success criteria, suggested teaching ideas and activities for each lesson. Ideas for both AT1 and AT2 learning.

Perfect for planning and teaching whole class guided reading - comprehension skills. The question stems are based around the KS1 and 2 SATs and are broken down into the different skills that children need to learn and different question types that appear in comprehensions. They are perfect for helping teachers to plan questions in reading and they include greater depth question stems. The reading answer stems give children sentence starters for answering the questions and are split into the different types of questions such as inference, retrieval, vocabulary etc.

A whole scheme of work for year 5 or 6 that could last a whole term based around Buddhism. Included is a powerpoint which tells the story of the life of the Buddha in child-friendly speak. Includes learning intentions, success criteria, teaching points and suggested activities.

A unit of work that could last a term for years 5 or 6 based around the 5 Pillars of Islam. Included are learning intentions, success criteria, suggested teaching points and ideas for activities. Lots of scope for teaching and learning through AT1 and AT2.

A half-termly unit of work to introduce children to Sikhism. Includes learning intentions, teaching points and suggested activities. There is also a preparation lesson for visiting a Gurdwara.

This resource is for years5/6 whole class guided reading. It focuses on a different skill each day and includes answers. It’s made a real difference to the level of reading in my class. You will need to download the poem ‘Talking Turkeys’ online, but it’s easy to find for free. The idea is to teach the skills and then take away the support a bit more each day so that by Friday, the children work independently.

Fantastic resource if you are leading staff training on how to plan English lessons. Includes the 3 stages of planning and how to plan the whole unit, including immersion in texts and producing good-quality writing at the end. Includes ideas of text types to plan for in each key stage and ideas for activities and making English fun.

A unit of work to introduce children from year 3 or 4 to Judaism. Includes learning intentions, success criteria, teaching points and activity ideas. Could last a whole term. Lots of AT1 and AT2 learning.

A unit of work to introduce children to Hinduism in year 3 or 4. Could last a whole term. Includes learning intentions, success criteria, teaching ideas and suggestions for activities. Plenty of scope for teaching both AT1 and AT2

RE unit of work to introduce year 1 or 2 children to who Christians believe Jesus was through his parables. Includes learning intentions, teaching points and suggested activities. Lots of AT1 and AT2 learning and active tasks such as drama.

Great resource for training primary school staff how to teach spelling lessons. Includes ideas for lessons on making spelling fun and how you need to be teaching it - rules, activities etc.

This is a great resource if you are leading any training on whole class reading. It gives you ideas about how to teach the skills for reading and how to set up comprehension questions for a text based on different a different skill each day. It also includes resource ideas, a break-down of each day and how to build in reading for pleasure.

A unit of work for year 1 or 2 pupils to introduce them to who Christian thought Jesus was. Lasts for around a half-term. Includes learning intentions, teaching points and suggested activities. Lots of AT1 and AT2 learning through the stories that Jesus told and the idea of his disciples as trusted friends.