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I am an Assistant Head Teacher in my current school with responsibility for leading writing and assessment. In the past I have led on many subjects, including reading, phonics, PE and RE. I am also an RE subject specialist. I mainly upload English resources and RE schemes of work for KS1 and 2 and lesson plans for years 5 and 6.

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I am an Assistant Head Teacher in my current school with responsibility for leading writing and assessment. In the past I have led on many subjects, including reading, phonics, PE and RE. I am also an RE subject specialist. I mainly upload English resources and RE schemes of work for KS1 and 2 and lesson plans for years 5 and 6.
Year 5/6 Persuasive writing unit
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Year 5/6 Persuasive writing unit

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This 4-5 week unit of persuasive writing is based around the book ‘The Curse of the Maya.’ It links perfectly with the Ancient Maya Civilisation topic. It includes 4-5 weeks of writing planning based around the book and the children eventually write a leaflet to persuade people to visit Guatemala and a persuasive letter to the British government. The planning includes grammar, spellings, teaching and outcome which is differentiated as needed for greater depth and SEND children. It also includes all of the resources I have made myself. Unfortunately, I cannot include resources such as the smartboards due to copyright, but if you buy this resource and you want them, then just leave your email address in a review and I can send them over to you.
Year 6 planning - Wonder
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Year 6 planning - Wonder

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This is a 5 week block of planning based around the book Wonder. It includes writing a diary entry and letter, based on the experiences of Auggie within the book. Planning includes the resources used, grammar starters, main teaching and activities, and differentiation for the more able and SEN pupils. There is development time and reading before writing to enable children to write in the style of August. Great for informal writing and capturing the writer’s voice.
Year 6 Wonderscape English transition unit
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Year 6 Wonderscape English transition unit

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This is an English 4 week unit of work based on the book ‘Wonderscape’ for the last half-term for year 6. It is focused around transition activities and planned in the way that children will learn English at secondary school. It includes starters, spellings, main teaching, differentiated activities and plenaries. There are some resources included. I have smartboards for each unit but I can’t upload them due to copywrite. If you purchase this unit and would like them, please leave your email address in the comments and I will email them all to you.
KS1 and 2 - Reading question and answer stems
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KS1 and 2 - Reading question and answer stems

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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.
Year 6 complete lesson planning for The Viewer
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Year 6 complete lesson planning for The Viewer

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An excellent picture book, The Viewer by Gary Crew and Shaun Tan, packed full of precise vocabulary, imagery and suspense - perfect for year 6 children and EAL children. A full 3 week set of plans for the book. Includes lots of exciting activities and plenty of opportunities for writing. Also includes starters, grammar, main input and activities, plenary and resource ideas.
Year 5/6 Stories from the Silk Road plans
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Year 5/6 Stories from the Silk Road plans

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This English unit of work runs over 6 weeks and is based around the book ‘Stories from the Silk Road.’ It is the best way that I have found to enliven the topic ‘Islamic Civilisations’ and ensure that children learn deeply about it and this year, we taught it online, so it works well remotely. The plans include starters, main teaching, activities and differentiation, and I have uploaded all of the worksheets that I made to go alongside the unit. I can’t upload the smartboards due to copyright laws, so if you buy the unit and want these, leave me a comment with your email address and I can send them over to you.
Year 5/6 Full lesson planning on persuasive writing
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Year 5/6 Full lesson planning on persuasive writing

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A full 2 weeks of lesson planning on persuasive writing. This was based around a real-life context. The head teacher comes to tell them that SLT are thinking of scrapping morning break and they have to write a letter to them to persuade them not to do it. The children loved it! Includes differentiation, success criteria, starters and immersion in the text.
Perfect progressive tense lesson
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Perfect progressive tense lesson

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This is a whole English lesson on the perfect progressive tense, aimed at year 6. It includes a smartboard with definitions and worked examples and a worksheet to practice this tense with answers and a differentiated sheet for children working below the year group. It’s hard to find anything on the internet for this part of grammar which is why I created it! I have also exported and uploaded the smartboard as a PDF in case your do not have notebook software.
Islamic Civilisation Knowledge Organiser
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Islamic Civilisation Knowledge Organiser

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A great resource for sending home to parents of children who are studying The Islamic Civilisation. Gives them a timeline and background information on some of the most important people from this era. It also has key vocabulary from this topic with definitions on it. Great resource to start off the topic.
World War II Knowledge Organiser
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World War II Knowledge Organiser

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This is a knowledge organiser for World War II. It includes a basic timeline, key vocabulary, leaders and a map of the allies and axis (I’ve had to delete the image as I don’t own it but it’s easy to find one on the internet!). I’ve also uploaded a differentiated one for SEND children. This can be used as an assessment guide, but also for parents and children to learn some basics about WWII at home.
Year 5/6 Young, Gifted and Black reading
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Year 5/6 Young, Gifted and Black reading

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This resource is based around the following pages from the book Young, Gifted and Black: Mary Seacole, Matthew Henson, Ava Duvernay, Bessie Coleman, Barack and Michelle Obama, George Washington Carver and Malorie Blackman. It is 5 days of reading based around the following skills: fluency, vocabulary, retrieval and inference. The resource includes answers and a differentiated version for lower ability children, which has snippets of the text of it to support these children in reading. The resource also includes LO and how to teach each lesson. I can’t put the text on here, but you can find it online or leave your email address in the comments and I can send it to you.
Year 5/6 The Tempest - reading
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Year 5/6 The Tempest - reading

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This is a week’s worth of reading activities based around Act 1, Scene 1 of the Tempest. I can’t upload the text, but you can find it online or leave me your email address in the comments and I’ll send you it on email. The work is based around 5 days of activities around the reading skills - fluency, vocabulary, retrieval and inference and includes a mini-comprehension at the end. I have also included a lower ability version for children who might struggle with this which has snippets of the text included to support.
Year 5 Lesson planning for War Horse
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Year 5 Lesson planning for War Horse

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A complete four week plan for the book War Horse by Michael Morpurgo. Good cross-curricular links with World War topics. Includes starters, grammar, main input and activities, plenary and resource ideas.
Year 5/6 whole class reading - In Flanders Fields and We Shall Keep the Faith poems
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Year 5/6 whole class reading - In Flanders Fields and We Shall Keep the Faith poems

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This is a whole week of class guided reading based on the two poems above (you can download the poems easily from the internet). Each day focuses on a different skill: Monday - text type, prediction and summarising; Tuesday - vocabulary and grammar; Wednesday - retrieval; Thursday - inference and Friday is then a combination of all skills. Teaching guided reading this way is proven to up rates of progress and achievement by 40% and it has had a huge impact on my year 6 results already! Answer and a script for teaching are also included. This can be accessed by nearly all children as the questions get harder as they go down (challenge questions in purple).
Skellig planning and comprehension
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Skellig planning and comprehension

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This bundle includes a full set of plans for a year 5 or 6 English unit based around the book Skellig with writing outcomes. It also includes comprehension questions for every chapter of the book. Save nearly 20% by buying these resources as a bundle.
Year 5/6 whole class guided reading  (1 week)  - Talking Turkeys poem
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Year 5/6 whole class guided reading (1 week) - Talking Turkeys poem

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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.
Writing targets for years 1-6
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Writing targets for years 1-6

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A set of writing targets in order from years 1-6 - includes greater depth for years 2 and 6. All targets are based on the National Curriculum and build upon each other. Years 2 and 6 are based on the end of year writing assessment framework. Targets are split into: writing for a range of purposes, organise writing effectively, punctuation and spelling and presentation. They can be stuck into the front of English books and can inform planning, intervention, assessment and conferencing.
Reception to Year 6 Planning guided reading templates
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Reception to Year 6 Planning guided reading templates

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Templates that you can use across the whole school for planning, teaching, recording and assessing group guided reading. Includes a page of question stems to use and pages to plan questions and record children’s answers on. Also includes the reading curriculum for each year group to help teachers focus in on key stems.
Yr 5/6 Horror Stories based on Silverfin
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Yr 5/6 Horror Stories based on Silverfin

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Full set of planning for writing horror stories based on the graphic novel and the novel Silverfin (young bond) by Charlie Higson. Fully differentiated with starters that link to grammar and resources to go with the lessons. The unit explores the features, language and structure of horror stories using the text and then culminates in the children writing their own horror story using the first few pages of the graphic novel Silverfin. Especially great for getting reluctant boys engaged!