There are 32 suspects. Each of the 5 clues reduces the suspects by half. Children use their SPaG skills to solve the clues. Topics covered include: apostrophes, commas, homophones, past tense and identifying nouns, adjectives, verbs and adverbs.

A PowerPoint with 50 homophone puzzles. Each puzzle has a slightly cryptic clue followed by picture clues followed by the words. Could be used with a class armed with white boards. Following a helpful comment a mine has been changed to a my!

A murder mystery activity with 32 suspects and five clues. Each clue eliminates half the suspects. Topics covered include: 2D shapes, angles, co-ordinates, Morse code and compass directions.

Crosswords and Word searches for Y4 based on National Literacy Spelling bank. Great for introducing or reinforcing spelling rules. Good for morning work.

PowerPoint quiz based on the BBC Pointless games. Covers many aspects of spelling, punctuation and grammar. It is important that you read the notes for teachers so you know where to click. Great for lesson starters and plenaries. Update 15/11/16 to make it work better when using PowerPoint 2013. Previous version displayed the score before the countdown.

A PowerPoint based on the BBC Pointless game. Topics covered include: angles, 2D shapes, 3D shapes, fractions, decimals, percentages, time, ratio & proportion, Roman numerals, factors, number sequences, algebra, rounding, data handling, area, perimeter, volume, symmetry, nets for 3D shapes, place value, co-ordinates, negative numbers, compass points and puzzles. It is very important and the notes for teachers are read as it tells you where to click when using this PowerPoint.

A murder mystery with 32 suspects. 5 clues are in the form of jigsaws. Each clue eliminates half the suspects. The clues test knowledge of a) antonyms b) synonyms c) meaning of various idioms d) pairing up halves of proverbs e) naming the young of certain animals. Other English resources (also available free on Tes) include: Death at the SPaG Bol; The Great British SPaG Off; The SPaG Bol Heist and The SPaG Dress Disaster

Crosswords and Word Searches based on the National Literacy Spelling Bank. Great for introducing or reinforcing spelling rules. Good for early morning work.

A maths murder mystery with 6 suspects. Each of the 5 clues eliminates one suspect. All the clues are based on measurement covering: time, speed, weight, area, perimeter, capacity, measuring length and scale.

A PowerPoint covering the multiplication and division of fractions. Examples given as well as some practice questions. Following a helpful comment I have corrected a couple of cancelling down errors. Please let me know if you find any more!!

A maths murder mystery. 32 suspects - 6 clues - 5 to find the murderer and one to locate the missing diamonds. Topics covered include: fractions, symmetry, digital roots, coordinates, simple algebra, sequences and trial and improvement with rectangles.

A worksheet with quesitons about volume of cubes, cuboids and some compound 3D shapes. Answers provided.

A SPaG murder mystery. Solve 5 clues to find who the murderer is. Topics covered include: capital letters, prepositions, parts of speech, tenses, prefixes and determiners.

Solve 5 clues to reduce the suspects from 32 to 1. Topics covered include: place value, reflection, rotation, translation and time.

A PowerPoint explaining determiners and giving pupils practice identifying them. Could be used with a class armed with white boards.

A PowerPoint based on the BBC quiz game. Covers Roman numerals. It is important to read the notes for teachers to know where to click.

A series of 10 crosswords and word searches covering all the 200 ish statutory spellings for the new 2014 curriculum. 5 are for Y3 & Y4 and the other 5 cover Y5 é Y6 spellings. Each crossword uses the same words as a word search so they can be photocopied back to back. Following a helpful comment from FJ Godden, Years 5 & 6 Spellings C has been updated and the spelling of guarantee is now correct!

Murder mystery maths activity which tests pupils' grasp of % of amounts, compass points, angles, Roman numerals, calendar and logic. Solve 5 clues to find out who the murderer is.

Maths murder mystery. 32 suspects. 5 clues. Each clue eliminates half the suspects. Topics covered include: drawing angles, factors, negative numbers, 3D shapes.

Powerpoint giving information about adverbs and adverbial phrases. Some exercises are included - children could do these on whiteboards.

There are 32 suspects. Solve 5 mathematical clues to find who is guilty. Topics covered include: bar charts, drawing 2D shapes, co-ordinates, volume, decimal place value and brackets.