A detailed week covering the imitate phase of learning about discussion texts. Includes open questions, higher order thinking, engaging texts, video links, differentiation, 5 teaching PowerPoints, all resources, worksheets and answers. Every day starts with an engaging starter focusing on SPAG skills, such as KS2 spellings, parenthesis, conjunctions and handwriting. Extra for experts activities for further challenge and modelled texts to support the lower ability. Learning Objectives: To understand a discussion text and identify its features To identify facts and opinions To use conjunctions to link ideas in a for or against argument To write an introduction and conclusion To plan a discussion text on ‘Is Homework Necessary?’ Main activities differentiated by colour: Green - LA Yellow and blue - MA Red - HA Highlights: Ready to teach All printables provided KS2 appropriate Cross curricular links Differentiated Check out the follow up week for this unit here.

A complete KS2 reading comprehension lesson with the theme of Halloween poems. Includes a complete teaching input, starter, modelling, scaffolding, 5 differentiated poems, questions for each poem and plenary. Download to inspire and extend your pupil’s learning around Halloween. Highlights: Colourful engaging teaching PowerPoint Printable resources Challenge activity Each poem comprehension focuses on these key reading skills: Rhyming words Alliteration Identifying themes Summarising Engage your pupils this Halloween whilst strengthening and enhancing reading outcomes. Check out my other popular Halloween resources: Halloween Fractions Halloween Story Writing

A complete KS2 English story writing lesson with a Halloween theme. Includes starter, interactive planning activity, input, differentiation, all resources and plenary. Download and be ready for a spooky morning of writing fun. Engage your class and see improvements in their writing by using the modelled sentences, editing practice, challenge cards and peer assessment extension. Highlights: high quality vocabulary open questions punctuation and grammar editing differentiation dice activity Complete with spooky images and animations appropriate for KS2, create a buzz in your classroom. Children will enjoy rolling a dice to plan their story on their planning sheet, before writing. The mini plenaries will help keep them on task and achieving. Scaffold their learning using word banks, modelled sentences and peer assessment and see results. You might also like to check out my other popular Halloween resource: Halloween Fractions

Five complete lessons teaching KS2 children how to ask questions when reading. Includes a teaching PowerPoint, weekly plan, starters, inputs, activities, differentiation, answers and plenaries. Covers question words, questioning grids, types of questions, questions linked to the bigger picture (themes). Questioning lesson pack provides texts, questions, think, pair share time, written activities, discussion points and progression. Each lesson builds on the previous to inspire confidence, understanding and success. The week ends with a small assessment style lesson where the children can show off what they have learnt. All reviews welcome.

An engaging lesson designed to develop children’s understanding of self esteem, themselves, their mental health and other’s emotional well-being. A list of suggested classroom ground rules are provided to support the children with discussing mental health in a respectful way. This extended lesson covers: what decreases self esteem, signs of high and low self esteem, links to a growth mindset, emotional well-being, healthy coping strategies for low self esteem, activities for raising self esteem role play about why we should try to raise self esteem, All the activities inspire high quality dialogue, reflection and progress in class. Designed to engage the children with talking about mental health and provide them with strategies to enhance their self esteem and therefore safeguard their mental health. A range of mental health support options are offered if children feel they need to follow up/delve deeper with anything covered in class. An assessment task is also provided where children complete sentences assessing their: Understanding Beliefs Strategies Confidence The lesson ends with a lighthearted post it note activity to refresh the children after covering deep and meaningful activities. All reviews welcome.

One of eight engaging lessons which bring Yosemite National Park into the classroom. Includes a 37 slide teaching PowerPoint, photographs, videos, higher level questioning, paired and group activities, all resources and differentiation. Teaching Points What are human features? What are physical features? What is wilderness? How have these changed over time? What might the park look like in the future? Covers key KS2 National Curriculum geography and English objectives. Teach an effective lesson with no preparation necessary, just glance through the PowerPoint and you’re ready to go. Resources Included Starter Teaching input Photos to analyse in pairs and groups Integrated video link Differentiated activities Sorting worksheet Challenge Plenary Lessons in this unit are designed to support, challenge and extend learning so that every child can access, enjoy and exceed expectations. This is written for KS2, ideally for years 4, 5 and 6 but could be easily adapted for year 3. Human and Physical Geography National Curriculum Learning Objectives understand geographical similarities and differences through the study of human and physical geography of …a region within North or South America describe and understand key aspects of physical geography, including: … rivers, mountains describe and understand key aspects of human geography, including: types of settlement and land use, All reviews welcome. Check out my other popular geography lessons on this topic: Scandinavia Physical Features Russia Physical Features UK Coast Physical Features

A matching activity teaching the vocabulary from the poem 'Twas The Night Before Christmas. Includes a teaching PowerPoint with 18 slides, 24 word and picture cards, 2 extension activities and all the answers. Clear, colourful pictures and a large school-friendly font so the children can become confident with the old fashioned language. Simply print the word cards and picture cards and hand out. The children can cut them out, as they are already jumbled up. Answer sheets are included as well. Each page has 4 words and 4 images, so one group could work on them together.

A lesson on kindness includes an input, activity and extension. Perfect for World Kindness Day, a PSHE lesson or a themed week. Pack contains a World Kindness Day PowerPoint with an activity, discussion points, resources and modelled outcome. Download this lesson to get your class talking, thinking and acting kind. Includes a gripping starter, paired activities, 16 slide PowerPoint, example ideas and differentiated outcomes. Handy for making an outstanding display in your class. Covers: Why it is important to be kind What is kindness? Who can we be kind to? How can we be kind? What symbol represents World Kindness Day? Highlights Colourful Engaging Ready-to-go Animated Differentiated Written for a primary class, most appropriate for KS2, could be completed in KS1. All reviews welcome.

An engaging PPT and a set of 4 different worksheets useful for a transition day in primary to prepare children for their next year. Differentiated for different ability and contains completed examples of each sheet to give the children ideas. Designed with displays in mind so you can easily get organised for September. Themes Me In a Nutshell Looking forward to next year Who am I? Each format includes sections for children to reflect on their year, share details of themselves and to set goals and plans for the coming year. Include lines or blank so you can choose how to present it. Spaces are just the right size so children aren’t overwhelmed but have enough room to right what they would like to say. You could complete all the sheets if you have time, all cover different aspects of this change. Each resource comes with a completed example so you can peer assess this work before you begin, give them some ideas and discuss how it could be even better. Use to help children adjust to their new year group and teacher. All reviews welcome. Check out my other popular resources for this time: Reading Corner Display Report Comment Mega Bundle Place Value Display

An engaging art lesson on the UEFA Euro Football Tournament 2020 (2021). Includes a teaching input, differentiated activities, a video link and all 3 activity sheets. Download to teach your children about this football tournament, inspire them to think deeper about the values of football and to develop their creative side. Teach the lesson through the Euro Football 2020 PowerPoint, show the children the modelled outcomes and scaffold their learning with the suggested ideas. Fill an afternoon this week with a creative and relaxing art lesson that will excite and engage your pupils. All reviews welcome. Check out my other popular football resource: Measuring Angles Through Football

A colourful and complete word bank for KS2 children studying ‘The Highwayman’ poem by Alfred Noyes. Includes Title, poem features and examples, key vocabulary, images, main characters and themes of the poem. All that your pupils need to know on one sheet of paper. Can be used in writer’s toolkits, on displays, in books and for support groups printed as A3. Ensure the children are familiar and confident with the features, characters, themes and vocabulary of the poem. Prevent any spelling mistakes with the clear vocabulary list. Use within an English unit on The Highwayman and save time. Check out other popular KS2 writing resources: Highwayman Display Adjective Word Bank

Over 260 differentiated geography comments for boys and girls, covering 10 key areas for your primary KS2 reports. Create your report comments quickly this year by simply choosing a collection of comments to suit each child, one from each section. There are enough comments to create different personalised paragraphs of comments for a whole class of 30 children. Written for the whole of KS2 focusing on learning aptitudes and the general areas covered so perfect for years 3, 4 , 5 and 6. Save Time Teaching is busy enough without report writing as well, save time whilst doing a good job. Easily copy and paste these original comments to create personalised and thoughtful reports. Differentiated 264 comments overall, divided into high, middle and low ability groups. Each group contains 10 sections with enough comments to make 30 personalised reports. 65 low ability, 76 middle ability and 85 high ability statements altogether. There are also 30 next steps included, 10 for each ability group. High Quality Use these high quality geography report comments, covering: Summary Continents World Biomes Physical features Human features Major countries Major cities UK Technical terms Geographical fieldwork Easy to Use They all come in a girl and a boy version saving you having to change any pronouns. Collect statements for each child to make a paragraph then simply add in their name a few times to polish off your work. Just highlight the comments you have used to make sure all your 30 geography reports are quickly made and completely different. Also… Check out my other handy end of year resources: General Report Comments 320+ English Report Comments 280+ Maths Report Comments Report Comments MEGA BUNDLE

A target sheet for a year 4 child, includes all of the objectives for this year group in child speak. Children can track their targets in the table and teachers can tick in the columns when these are evidenced and then achieved. The rocket sheet is an extra fun way for children to remember which target they are working on. Learning Objectives for year 4 in easy to understand short phrases. Can be stuck in the front of English books so children can refer to this in lessons or kept in a teacher’s file. Teacher can choose how much evidence needs to be collected before the children achieve the target. You can show recognition of the target achieved in their work with a sticker/star/symbol. Encourages responsibility for learning and ensures the children know their targets. All reviews welcome. Check out my other resources for teaching and assessing primary English: Year 3 Writing Assessment Guidance Year 3 Reading Assessment Questions Year 4 Writing Assessment Guidance Year 4 Reading Assessment Questions Whole School SMART Target Packs

A target sheet for a year 3 child, includes all of the objectives for this year group in child speak. Children can track their targets in the table and teachers can tick in the columns when these are evidenced and then achieved. The rocket sheet is an extra fun way for children to remember which target they are working on. Learning Objectives for year 3 in easy to understand short phrases. Can be stuck in the front of English books so children can refer to this in lessons or kept in a teacher’s file. Teacher can choose how much evidence needs to be collected before the children achieve the target. You can show recognition of the target achieved in their work with a sticker/star/symbol. Encourages responsibility for learning and ensures the children know their targets. All reviews welcome. Check out my other resources for teaching and assessing primary English: Year 3 Writing Assessment Guidance Year 3 Reading Assessment Questions Year 4 Writing Assessment Guidance Year 4 Reading Assessment Questions Whole School SMART Target Packs

Just what you need to start your report writing - tips, tricks and shortcuts, a tracking sheet and a positive adjective bank to save you time. Use the pack of strategies to help with the mammoth task of writing reports for your class. Suitable for any school and age group. Use these tips and techniques to help ease the pain of report writing. Browse through a variety of ideas, which can be inspiring for new or experienced teachers. Reports don’t have to fill you with dread. Try something new and be surprised at how much more enjoyable it can be. This pack also includes a free report writing tracker - list the children in your class and be motivated by all the ticked or highlighted boxes you complete. Also a bank of positive adjectives to help vary each comment. All reviews welcome. To save time further check out my bundle of report comments: Report Comment Mega Bundle

A complete Year 2 grammar pack including an A4 grammar glossary, grammar memory cards, grammar flash cards and an engaging PowerPoint which introduces these technical terms and gives children the opportunity to practice finding each one. A colourful and useful resource designed to increase your pupil’s progress when learning English with the New Curriculum. Enhance the confidence of every child, parent, TA and Teacher with these clear and up-to-date glossaries. All the technical vocabulary used in the new curriculum explained for children from year 2. Every word class and sentence type explained with clear helpful examples. Useful to have as a large display or as a laminated mat for the tables. Very useful stuck in English or SPAG books to encourage independence, revision and confidence during lessons. Can also be stuck in homework books to support children with explaining these new technical terms to parents and carers at home. All reviews welcome. Check out these other popular resources: Whole School SMART Targets Whole School Writing Assessment Sheets Whole School Guided Reading Questions

Inspire your pupils with this KS1 assembly celebrating World Poetry Day. Includes an engaging PowerPoint, 4 poems, geography map skills, video link, reasoning questions and interactive activities. This ready-to-go 27 slide PowerPoint leads you through the assembly explaining World Poetry Day and poetry. Read the children 4 world habitat poems written about environments from across the globe. Choose poems from a world map, before reading about the animals, landscape and climate of jungles, grasslands, deserts and the arctic. Enhance geography skills whilst developing vocabulary and a passion for poetry. An engaging video is included to provide a range of role models who clearly enjoy reading poetry and bringing it to life. Celebrate World Poetry Day every year on March 21st to encourage diversity and a shared understanding of the world. Use this assembly to inspire your pupils to become writers, enjoy the video link of a range of people reading a poem about how poets can write anywhere. Check out my other popular KS1 assemblies: Mental Health Awareness Week KS1 Assembly Albert Einstein KS1 Assembly Charles Darwin KS1 Assembly

All you need for a week of reading lessons on summarising. Includes a detailed plan of the week, engaging teach-ready PowerPoint and all the necessary resources for UKS2. The animated 85 slide summarising reading Powerpoint takes you effortlessly through the week of 5 lessons. Questions designed to develop higher order thinking skills and all activities focused on improving comprehension skills whilst enhancing reading assessment results. Each day there are relevant and enjoyable starters, main activities and plenaries. Each lesson builds and expands on the previous one. All texts provided, a range of interesting genres and styles, fiction and non-fiction. Differentiated resources and activities for four groups of children (green LA, yellow M/LA, blue MA, red HA). Written for Year 5 but easily adaptable for all other KS2 classes. You might also be interested in: Whole Term of Reading Lessons Holiday Saver Bundle Whole Term of Reading Lessons Teacher Survival Bundle

An engaging 45 slide assembly on the inspirational scientist Albert Einstein. Includes a clear, animated and bright PowerPoint, a video link and fun facts. The Einstein assembly shows how his life choices led to great things and how it is important to follow your passions from a young age. Celebrate a Great Scientist Use to celebrate his birthday on March 14th or as an interesting assembly for any day of the year. This science assembly includes: A memory game Young life Family life Working life Fun facts Images of his life Scientific Research Einstein quotes to inspire Why was he such a great scientist? Summary Relevant for KS1. Check out my other popular KS1 assemblies: World Poetry Day KS1 Assembly Charles Darwin KS1 Assembly Mental Health Awareness KS1 Assembly