I created these tasks mainly to hit the NC statement, “increasing their familiarity with a wide range of books, including…modern fiction, fiction from our literary heritage…” after realising that many of my pupils had never even heard of (let alone read) many of the classic stories from our heritage. These tasks provide samples and accompanying tasks from 15 classics (both older and modern.) Please note: the 75 files were too large for one listing on TES, so I’ve compressed them into a zip file. I’ve also uploaded one lesson separately (Hound of the Baskervilles) so you can see the resource. What’s Included: *15 complete reading comprehension lessons, made up of: -The extract in Microsoft Word format -The extract in Notebook format (for Whiteboard projection) -Questions with response spaces (plus points per question, like SATs papers) -Just Questions (for higher ability pupils or just to save on photocopying!) -Suggested answers (my TA does these tasks with small groups, so the answer sheet comes in handy) Useful for: -Whole-class comprehension lessons -Small group work (E.g. Round Robin Reading Groups) -Boosting / extra support for poor readers Titles: -Alice in Wonderland -Great Expectations -Northern Lights -Stardust -Stig of the Dump -The Butterfly Lion -The Hound of the Baskervilles -The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe -The Secret Garden -The Star of Kazan -The White Giraffe -The Wind in the Willows -The Wizard of Oz -Treasure Island -Wonder

Details -30 multi-page word documents -Past paper questions -Organised into areas of learning linked to Y5/6 National Curriculum -Answers included -Excellent for pre-SATs revision -Great for Homework -Tried and Tested in my own classroom - used every year to help my pupils prepare for SATs Also Available: KS2 SATs Revision Booklets - SPAG (Visit my Shop for more details) What’s included? Arithmetic Set: Arithmetic: Subtracting fractions Arithmetic: BODMAS Arithmetic: FDP (Fractions, Decimals, Percentage) Arithmetic: Multiply and Divide by 10 100 1000 Arithmetic: Mutliply and Divide fractions Arithmetic: Rounding Data Handling Set Multistep problems: Algebra Multistep problems: Angles, Area, Perimeter, Volume Multistep problems: Measurement, Scales, Conversion Multistep problems: Number and Money Multistep problems: Percentages Multistep problems: Ratio Geometry Set Geometry: Coordinates Geometry: Missing Angles Geometry: Nets Geometry: Properties of Shapes Geometry: Reflection and Symmetry Geometry: Translation Number Set Number: Doubling and Halving Number: Explain why correct / wrong Number: FDP (reasoning) Number: Inverse Operations Number: Number Sequences Number: Roman Numerals Reasoning ( Multistep problems) Set Multistep Problems: Algebra Multistep Problems: Angles, Area, Perimeter, Volume Multistep Problems: Measurement, Scales, Conversion Multistep Problems: Number and Money Multistep Problems: Percentages Multistep Problems: Ratio

Details -25 multi-page word documents -Past paper questions -Organised into areas of learning -National Curriclum, Year 5/6 -Answers included -Excellent for SATs revision -Great for homework -This resource is used annually to support Y6 SAT prep in my own classroom! Also Available: KS2 SATs Revision Booklets: Maths (Visit my Shop for more details) What’s Included? Punctuation Set Apostrophes Colons and Semi Colons Commas for Clarity Commas in lists Full Stops, Capitals, Exclamation Marks and Question Marks Inverted Commas Parenthesis Prefixes and Suffixes Synonyms and Antonyms Sentences Set Active and Passive Voice Clauses Phrases Sentence Types Standard English and Formality Verb Forms Word Classes Set Adjectives Adverbs Conjunctions Determiners Nouns Prepositions Pronouns Subject and Object Verbs Word Classes, Mixed

What is VIPERS? VIPERS (which stands for Vocabulary, Inference, Prediction, Explanation, Retrieval and Sequencing) is a way of teaching reading comprehension. It uses short extracts and poems, and is taught in short lessons (15-20 minutes each.) What’s Included? -10 PowerPoint documents -Each PowerPoint document contains 3 slides (Day 1: Vocabulary and Inference. Day 2: Prediction and Explanation. Day 3: Retrieval and Sequencing). Which texts are covered? -Matilda -Postcard from a School Camp -Autumn Leaves -Back to School -Shakespeare -Beadle the Bard -Charlie and the Chocolate Factory -Stig of the Dump -Truth -Hagbane’s Doom

What is VIPERS? VIPERS (which stands for Vocabulary, Inference, Prediction, Explanation, Retrieval and Sequencing) is a way of teaching reading comprehension. It uses short extracts and poems, and is taught in short lessons (15-20 minutes each.) What’s Included? -10 PowerPoint documents -Each PowerPoint document contains 3 slides (Day 1: Vocabulary and Inference. Day 2: Prediction and Explanation. Day 3: Retrieval and Sequencing). Which texts are covered? -Cake -The Dancing Bear -The Enormous Crocodile -Smasher -Diamond -The Blob that Ate Everyone -Diary of a Killer Cat -Lady Lollipop -Polar Bear -The Mystery Creatures

10 Tarsia Puzzles covering a range of Upper KS2 and lower KS3 subject areas. (As a current upper KS2 teacher myself, I use Tarsia regularly as my pupils really enjoy these puzzles - great for Deepening / Mastery) Includes: -Dividing Fractions (Standard) -Dividing Fractions (Tricky) -Equivalent Fractions -Finding Fractions of Numbers (Standard) -Finding Fractions of Numbers (Tricky) -Fraction Conversions -Multiplying Fractions (Standard) -Multiplying Fractions (Tricky) -Roman Numerals (Standard) -Roman Numerals (Tricky) -Multiply and divide by 10 100 1000 (Standard) -Multiply and divide by 10 100 1000 (Tricky) What is a Tarsia? Tarsias are puzzles (a bit like dominoes or triominoes) where each piece contains a mix of questions and answers. Questions and answers have to be matched up, creating a finished puzzle. What file-types are included? TES doesn’t support Tarsia files, so these can’t be uploaded directly. Instead, you’ll be accessing PNG files (images) of the original puzzles. These are fully printable and playable. What software is required if I want to make my own Tarsia? Tarsias are created in a piece of free software by Hermitech Labs (no affiliation.) I’ve been making Tarsia for years - it’s a genuinely fantastic free resource, which you should consider downloading for yourself. It allows you to choose a blank puzzle-type, then input your own questions and answers. It then turns those into a puzzle for you. (To find the page with the download on, Google ‘Hermitch Labs Tarsia’)

This resource is designed for Year 6s preparing for their SATs. Both the revision sheet (2-sided) and the flashcards contain the entire KS2 Grammar / Punctuation curriculum (except capital letters and full stops.) Perfect for: -giving out at parents evening, to help Mum and Dad help with their child’s learning -sticking in pupils’ Grammar / Literacy / Writing books -giving to children to revise from -using as an intervention (my Y6s enjoy using the flashcards as a match-up game) What’s included? -2 sided revision document -14 pages of flashcards / playing cards / sorting cards

11 Fully resourced maths lessons, including a variety of investigations, tasks and games. -Can be one-off lessons, or stretched over multiple lessons -11 lessons -Ideal for Years 5, 6 and 7 -(Used by creator for Y6 post-SATs - very useful) What’s included? Missing Angles (masking tape on tables to create unknown angles for the children to investigate - a personal favourite!) Figure Me Out Gem Challenge - Nets (another favourite - using pre-printed nets to create gems. Children have to manage a budget, buy resources, sell their product and earn a profit) Tesselation: Design a kitchen floor Pie Charts (data collection, class surveys, using Microsoft Excel to create pie charts) Perimeter, Area and Volume around School and grounds Algebraic brain teasers (much better than it sounds!) Creating a scale-map of the school Ratio and Proportion (hands-on using manipulatives like denes) Paper Village - Nets Important moments in UK History in Roman Numerals …Plus planning for all lessons. ALSO AVAILABLE: SET B

What’s included on each poster? -Birth / death -Occupation -List of works -Short biography -Quote Who’s included? -A.A.Milne (Winnie the Pooh) -Beatrix Potter (Peter Rabbit) -C.S.Lewis (Chronicles of Narnia) -Charles Dickens (A Christmas Carol) -David Walliams (Demon Dentist) -J.K.Rowling (Harry Potter) -J.R.R Tolkien (Lord of the Rings) -Jacqueline Wilson (Tracy Beaker) -Julia Donaldson (The Gruffallo) -Lewis Carroll (Alice in Wonderland) -Malorie Blackman (Pig heart Boy) -Onjali Rauf (The Boy at the back of the Class) -Roald Dahl (The Twits) -Rudyard Kipling (Jungle Book) -William Shakespeare (Romeo and Juliet) Also Available -Great British STEM Innovators

What is VIPERS? VIPERS (which stands for Vocabulary, Inference, Prediction, Explanation, Retrieval and Sequencing) is a way of teaching reading comprehension. It uses short extracts and poems, and is taught in short lessons (15-20 minutes each.) What’s Included? -10 PowerPoint documents -Each PowerPoint document contains 3 slides (Day 1: Vocabulary and Inference. Day 2: Prediction and Explanation. Day 3: Retrieval and Sequencing). Which texts are covered? -Woodlouse -Boy in the Striped Pyjamas -Voyage of the Dawn Treader -Malala Yusufsai -The Mouse and his Child -Winnie the Pooh -Shopping List for a Firework Display -Secret Garden -Year 6 Residential -The Bogeyman

What’s included? -Blockbusters (notebook document based on the TV show) -Code Breakers (adult / child creates a coded message - children to quickly crack the code to reveal message) -Countdown (notebook document based on the TV show) -Ultimate Countdown (similar to Countdown, but designed to be more challenging / a bit different) -If this is the answer, what is the question? (notebook document, open-ended, very popular with creator’s class) -Wheel of Fortune (notebook document based on the TV show) -Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Number Edition (PowerPoint presentation based on the TV show) -Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Fractions Edition (PowerPoint presentation based on the TV show) -Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Blank version (so you can create your own / allow pupils to create their own) -Maths Revision card game (I have this set printed in four different-coloured sets - pupils enjoy playing this at wet breaktimes / spare 10 minute slots, and as an activity for those who’ve finished their task in lesson)

4 Complete Comprehension Lessons (Note: DVD of the film or access to Youtube needed) What’s included? Lesson 1: What’s This? +Lesson plan +Blank lyric page +Annotated lyric page (handy for showing children, so they know what is expected) Lesson 2: Town Meeting +Lesson plan +Blank lyric page +Annotated lyric page Lesson 3: Kidnap the Sandy Claws +Lesson plan +Blank lyric page +Annotated lyric page Lesson 4: Oogie-Boogie Song +Lesson plan +Blank lyric page +Annotated lyric page *(I’ve personally taught these four lessons to Y5/6 for a number of years, and they absolutely love them - boys with usually poor engagement respond particularly well to them)

-27 slides for the whole-class teaching of reading and comprehension -every slide contains an extract / image / poem etc -every slide contains a Retrieval, Interpret and Author’s Choice question -every slide contains a mastery option for quick finishers -these slides were made to link with the style of teaching shared by the Mrs P Blog Reading / Observation materials including: -poetry -story extracts -infographics -fact text extracts -photographs -book covers -book illustrations -comic book front covers

What’s included? 10 complete comprehension resources themed on great Britons, both modern and historical. Each resource includes a short biography, a series of questions and a mark scheme. Who’s included? -Ashok Venkitaraman (cancer researcher) -Charles Darwin (evolutionary biologist) -Claudia Jones (racial equality activitist, founder of Nottinghill Carnival) -Helen Bamber (founder of Amnesty International) -John Lennon (The Beatles) -Kelly Holmes (athlete) -Queen Victoria -Sir Isaac Newton (discoverer of gravity) -Sir Stephen Hawking (scientist) -Sir Winston Churchill (WW2 Prime Minister) Great for: -Year groups 4-8 -homework -revision -home-learning -links with PSCHE and British Values -Booster groups

What is VIPERS? VIPERS (which stands for Vocabulary, Inference, Prediction, Explanation, Retrieval and Sequencing) is a way of teaching reading comprehension. It uses short extracts and poems, and is taught in short lessons (15-20 minutes each.) What’s Included? -10 PowerPoint documents -Each PowerPoint document contains 3 slides (Day 1: Vocabulary and Inference. Day 2: Prediction and Explanation. Day 3: Retrieval and Sequencing). Which texts are covered? -Tracy Beaker -Ghosts -Ghost Hunt -Tom’s Midnight Garden -The Sword in the Stone -Watership Down -The Werewolf of Fever Swamp -The Moon of Gomrath -Kaspar, King of Cats -The Phantom of Billy Bantam

9 Word documents linked to Year 5/6 Shape NC. Questions are taken from past SATs papers, but ‘dressed up’ to be used in normal lessons. I’ve found them particularly useful, as they prepare Y6 for SAT questions gradually without them realising! Included: -2D Features -3D Shapes -Angles -Unknown Angles -Area -Perimeter -Volume -Measurement Conversions -Time -(answers to all questions are at the end of each document) (photo included is of these tasks used by my own class)

I made this resource to help Y5 and Y6 children practise those tricky 2-pointer SATs questions, which is a common weakness for middle and higher achievers. What’s included? *Question Book 1 (34 past-SAT questions) *Answer Book 1 (worked solutions for Question Book 1) *Question Book 2 (31 past-SAT questions) *Answer Book 2 (worked solutions for Question Book 2) *Question Book 3 (31 past-SAT questions) *Answer Book 3 (worked solutions for Question Book 3) Question Types *Multi-step Qs *Multi-operation Qs *Multi-point Qs How I use this resource I’ve used this resource for Booster Groups / SATs prep I’ve used this resource as an extension task for quick finishers in day-to-day maths lessons

A collection of writing aids and tools that I’ve made over a number of years to support writers of all abilities. Designed around the Year 5/6 National Curriculum for Writing. What’s Included? Book Flaps (see photos) -NC Writing Checklists (x3: TARE, ARE, GDS) -Punctuation Hitlist -b/d orientation prompts (useful for Dyslexic children) -Spelling strip -2 sets of homophones Target Setting -Target bookmarks (Y5, Y6) -Target stickers (Y5/6 NC for Writing) Other Tools -Ultimate List: Expressions -Ultimate List: Actions -‘Other Ways to Say…’

Why I made this resource Every maths lesson you teach, you give a clear learning outcome (or TBAT or WALT or Success Criteria - whatever it’s called in each school.) Your class follow your carefully planned steps, and succeed. However, in my experience, children then struggle when faced with: -multi-step problems -multi-operation problems -questions without a clear method to use -changes in maths skill required (E.g. suddenly needing to write an answer as a fraction) How to Use These lessons are designed to have limiting teaching beforehand, if at all. Instead, children tackle the real-life situation using a broad range of skills (money, decimals, written methods, mental strategies, converting between fractions and % etc) and get used to: -thinking independently -being less reliant on adults (“learned helplessness”) -using a blend of skills at once What’s included? -20 real-life contexts (whole lessons) which each include: >printable data pages (price lists, menus, information pages, league tables, timetables, fact files, recipes) >15 differentiated questions (Band A = easiest, Band E = hardest. Harder Qs can be trimmed off the page, depending on your maths groups) >Answer sheet

What’s included? -10 complete comprehension resources themed around a poem. -Each resource includes the poem itself, a series of questions and a mark scheme. What’s included? -A Liking for a Viking -Bonfire -Eletephony -History -Ice Cream Shop -Ogre My Dead Body -Seal Lullaby -Song of the Engine -Transylvania Dreaming -Windy Nights Great for: -Year groups 4-8 -homework -revision -SATs prep -home-learning -links with PSCHE and British Values -Booster groups