Did you know that Polar Bears don’t actually have white fur? But what they do have are many other adaptations that make them well suited to the Polar habitat. Children identify how other creatures have adapted to their habitat. Suitable for Y6 pupils.

Introduce children to the techniques of flour resist batik and explore the history of batik in Africa. Children get a chance to practise the methods themselves.

Consider where the food that we eat comes from. Grown at home, locally or in another country? Discuss food miles. Who does the shopping, cooking, washing up? Where does the water come from? Cook a meal/dish and write the recipe to send to your link school. Suitable for years 5 and 6.

This presentation provides two days of teaching that cover the objectives: Calculate time intervals Use and interpret time tables 24 hour clock It includes starter activities, whole class teaching, group activities, practice sheets and mastery questions. It can be used on a variety of interactive whiteboards. Day 1 Teaching Revise the 24-hour clock, converting from am and pm times to the 24-hour clock. Find differences between times that children have written, demonstrating how to count up along a time line. Day 2 Teaching Display the timetable of trains from Thurso (see resources). Discuss how we can work out how long particular parts of the journey take. Count up to calculate time intervals. This teaching is part of Hamilton’s Year 6 Measures and Data block. Each Hamilton maths block contains a complete set of planning and resources to teach a term’s worth of objectives for one of the National Curriculum for England’s maths areas.

This in-depth maths investigation is an open-ended problem solving activity for Year 6 children. It can be used to support teaching towards the multiplication and division objective: use short and long division to solve problems. In-depth Investigation: Why is it so? Children identify a pattern in the division of a total of six numbers created using the same 3 digits. They then use algebra to explain why it is so. This investigation will develop maths meta-skills, support open-ended questioning and logical reasoning, and enable children to learn to think mathematically and articulate mathematical ideas. This problem-solving investigation is part of our Year 6 Multiplication and Division block. Each Hamilton maths block contains a complete set of planning and resources to teach a term’s worth of objectives for one of the National Curriculum for England’s maths areas.

English Homework activity for UKS2: Use suffixes and prefixes to extend vocabulary and improve spelling. Children would benefit from taking home or using dictionaries. Looking for English planning? Using high quality texts as a starting point, our creative and stimulating English plans incorporate grammar teaching in context and offer meaningful writing opportunities. Find out more at Hamilton Trust.

Year 1 Place Value: Partition teen numbers; compare numbers to 20. This in-depth Maths Investigation will develop maths meta-skills, and enable children to learn to think mathematically and articulate mathematical ideas. In-depth Investigation: Fill in the Box Children fill a matchbox with items and count them accurately. This problem-solving investigation is part of our Year 1 Place Value block. Hamilton’s maths blocks present everything you need to teach a term’s worth of each required maths area together in one place.

Year 4 Addition and Subtraction: Written subtraction This in-depth maths investigation will develop maths meta-skills, and enable children to learn to think mathematically and articulate mathematical ideas. In-depth Investigation: Hole-y Subtractions Children create 3-digit palindromic numbers with a ‘hole’ (i.e. a zero) in the middle. They subtract 3-digit numbers with equal numbers of 1s, 10s and 100s and identify patterns in their answers. This problem-solving investigation is part of our Year 4 Addition and Subtraction block. Each Hamilton maths block contains a complete set of planning and resources to teach a terms worth of objectives for one of the National Curriculum for England’s maths areas.

Year 5 Place Value: Place value in 6-digit numbers. Placing on a line and rounding. Procedural fluency Practice Worksheets to achieve maths mastery. Differentiated for children working towards Age Related Expectations (ARE), at ARE and at greater depth. Day 1 Write 6-digit numbers with digits of given values. Write missing digits in numbers to create ascending/descending list of 6-digit numbers. Day 2 Add/subtract 1, 10, 100, 1000, 10,000 and 100,000; preserve inequalities. Day 3 Place 6-digit numbers on lines and round to the nearest 100 or 1000. These procedural fluency practice sheets are part of our Year 5 Place Value block. Each Hamilton maths block contains a complete set of planning and resources to teach a terms worth of objectives for one of the National Curriculum for England’s maths areas.

Year 5 Decimals and Fractions: Mixed numbers and fractions of amounts. Procedural fluency Practice Worksheets to achieve maths mastery. Differentiated for children working towards Age Related Expectations (ARE), at ARE and at greater depth. Day 1 Write improper fractions as mixed numbers and vice versa using images of pizzas. Day 2 Find non-unit fractions of amounts. These procedural fluency practice sheets are part of our Year 5 Decimals and Fractions block. Each Hamilton maths block contains a complete set of planning and resources to teach a terms worth of objectives for one of the National Curriculum for England’s maths areas.

Year 5 Measures and Data: Understand the concept of temperature and relate to negative numbers. This in-depth Maths Investigation will develop maths meta-skills, and enable children to learn to think mathematically and articulate mathematical ideas. In-depth Investigation: Alternating Chains Children create chains of alternating positive and negative numbers and explore the patterns in their totals. This problem-solving investigation is part of our Year 5 Measures and Data block. Each Hamilton maths block contains a complete set of planning and resources to teach a terms worth of objectives for one of the National Curriculum for England’s maths areas.

This presentation provides three days of teaching that cover the objective: Mental subtraction including counting up It includes starter activities, whole class teaching, group activities, practice sheets and mastery questions. It can be used on a variety of interactive whiteboards. Day 1 Teaching Do we remember Maths Frog? He subtracts numbers by counting up from the smaller to the larger number; Frog hops along the number line; he always hops to the next 10. Ask children to use Frog to help them work out 78 – 47. Repeat for 85 – 47. Day 2 Teaching Display a 0–100 landmarked line. Write 100 – 85. Children use Frog to solve this, drawing hops on the line. Repeat, subtracting 2-digit numbers from 100. Sketch a bar model to go with 100 – 82 and ask children what number is missing. Day 3 Teaching Write 123 – 41. Children think/pair/share how they would solve it. Model Frog counting up, and counting back mentally. Write 123 – 89, 123 – 32, 123 – 50 and discuss strategies. This teaching is part of Hamilton’s Year 4 Addition and Subtraction block. Each Hamilton maths block contains a complete set of planning and resources to teach a term’s worth of objectives for one of the National Curriculum for England’s maths areas.

Six revision sessions using chapters 11-14 of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. Focus on chapters 11-14 of Philosopher’s Stone and information texts. Revise adverbials and parentheses; create/perform a Quidditch skirmish and write reports for the Hogwarts’ library. Includes: teaching plan for 5 sessions teaching resources and answers SPAG revision presentation 5-minute SPAG revision presentation Session 1 - Pre-teach phrases and clauses. Read extracts from Quidditch through the ages and identify the features of different text types (explanations, non-chronological reports, recounts…). Discuss the purpose of information texts. Homework: Discuss spelling rules for these suffixes and learn lists. Session 2 - Revise adverbials, reminding children of the difference between phrases and clauses. Children watch a film clip, and identify the features of commentary. They then write an imagined commentary using adverbials. Act out a commentary and identify the function of adverbials. Session 3 - Consider where and how information texts occur in Harry Potter where they don’t have the internet. Revise parentheses, and then identify and punctuate these. Children write a short report, including punctuated parenthetical information. Session 4 - Children read extracts, looking for clues as to what the mirror shows. Discuss and ensure that they’ve noticed that Erised is desire backwards. Discuss what other characters might see and then predict what we would see if we looked in the mirror, Children pick one character and make notes to share. Session 5 - Discuss the combination of fantasy and school genres. Which elements of this extract belong to which genre? Children analyse features, make inferences, explain the meaning of words in context and answer test-style comprehension questions, giving evidence to justify opinions. Session 6 - Discuss information texts written by Rowling: Quidditch Through the Ages and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Remind children of the features of this type of text. They then write information texts about magical items in Harry Potter books. SPAG Revision Look at the difference between phrases and clauses, then move on to study adverbials, including fronted adverbials. Finally, revise parenthesis. This unit is part of a larger block of Harry Potter themed revision plans that cover all of the required revision for the Year 6 English SATs, including the SPAG.

Year 3 Place Value and Money: Understand multiplying and dividing by 10 and 100 (3-digit numbers) as inverse operations. This in-depth maths investigation will develop maths meta-skills, and enable children to learn to think mathematically and articulate mathematical ideas. In-depth Investigation: Lost Logic Children use their knowledge of inverse operations to solve a logic problem. This problem-solving investigation is part of our Year 3 Place Value and Money block. Each Hamilton maths block contains a complete set of planning and resources to teach a term’s worth of objectives for one of the National Curriculum for England’s maths areas.

English Homework activity for KS1: Write a short letter to a friend or relative about what they have been doing recently. Practise writing for a purpose. Looking for English planning? Using high quality texts as a starting point, our creative and stimulating English plans incorporate grammar teaching in context and offer meaningful writing opportunities. Find out more at Hamilton Trust.

Presentation and practice exercises to revise the formation and use of adverbials, including the use of prepositions and fronted adverbials. Children are then shown how these aid cohesion. SPAG resources that cover the following grammar objectives: – Use and understand devices to build cohesion within a paragraph (for example, then, after that, this, firstly). – Link ideas across paragraphs using adverbials of time (for example, later). – Use commas after fronted adverbials, to clarify meaning. Included in this unit: Up to 3 days of teaching. Presentation that can be used on a variety of interactive whiteboards. Group activity resources. This SPAG Unit is part of a larger block on Spooky Short Stories. Find additional teaching on Hamilton’s Year 5 English Block about Short Stories.

English Homework activity for UKS2: Identify words that have origins in other countries by matching words to the country and the definition. Looking for English planning? Using high quality texts as a starting point, our creative and stimulating English plans incorporate grammar teaching in context and offer meaningful writing opportunities. Find out more at Hamilton Trust.

English Homework activity for UKS2: Look at some letters written to newspapers and begin to understand their purpose. Write their own letter to a newspaper. Looking for English planning? Using high quality texts as a starting point, our creative and stimulating English plans incorporate grammar teaching in context and offer meaningful writing opportunities. Find out more at Hamilton Trust.