This document was created to showcase examples of greater depth writing. These Year 6 children were moderated in the 2017/2018 cycle and assessed at a greater depth standard. This document includes 5 examples of a newspaper report on the disappearance of Jesus from his tomb. The document starts with a context for the writing as well as evidence of how a formality shift is shown.

This document was designed to test children on the Year 5 and 6 spelling rule - ‘ough’. It was designed for Year 6 so it has a grammar revision aspect at the end, but this can be edited/removed to suit younger children.

This worksheet is full of examples of how to demonstrate formality and informality in writing. It is designed for Year 6 children and teachers but can be applied in other year groups to teach an individual text type (i.e. formal writing in a letter).

This is a simple grid I created to test weaknesses of my class daily in the lead up to SATs. You can edit it and tailor it to your own class. The aim is for children to answer questions daily on topics they struggle with to ensure they build their understanding of those topics. Children can complete it in any order they like and write their working out/answers on the back of the page.

A list of potential questions OFSTED may ask when they visit your school. It was made to help subject leaders prepare for meetings they may have with OFSTED to discuss the impact they have had/how they monitor their subject. It is not comprehensive. Feel free to edit and improve it as you please.

This medium term plan has been created to be in line with the latest OFSTED inspection framework (2019). Included in this free download is an empty copy and an example copy using the Great Fire of London as a topic example.

This is a breakdown of the language used in the KS2 Maths SATs to help children better comprehend and understand the questions they will face in their tests. It was made from an analysis I did of all the tests so far (2015 sample, 2016, 2017 and 2018), which can be found here for free - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks2-maths-sats-language-analysis-12076440 It follows the format of introducing a term, then asking children to use the tips they’ve learnt to solve a question using the same term. This includes two files: a PowerPoint (to use in the classroom with the children) and a PDF (should you want to share it in staff meetings, INSETs etc).

This document was created to showcase examples of greater depth writing. These Year 6 children were moderated in the 2017/2018 cycle and assessed at a greater depth standard. This document includes 5 examples of a Room 101 speech year 6 children delivered to their classmates, as well as the context of the writing.

This document is designed to help Year 6 children with including year 5 and 6 words in their writing in accordance with the Year 6 moderation framework. Note: it is not independent if you provide children this sheet to simply copy from. This sheet is designed to familiarise children with the words in advance of writing independent pieces of writing.

In this document, I have analysed the language used in the KS2 Maths SATs reasoning tests since the sample papers in 2015 up to the most recent tests in 2018. The frequency of terms, use of comparative and superlative terms, use of synonyms and similar questions in different contexts are all discussed as well as suggestions for using this analysis in classroom practice. This document was made with the intention of it being free available. Do not download it and sell it on.

This wordbank was created to pre-teach children vocabulary before reading each chapter of Cogheart by Peter Bunzl. It includes words that needed to be defined to understand the sentence, unique words children are not likely to see often and ones my classed asked about. It also includes pictures where necessary. It is not meant to be a comprehensive list – please feel free to add to it any other words from the book.

This activity is designed for children to spot the errors made in answering each type of question. I find it works best giving children a copy between two (the one without the correct answers in black ink) and getting children to discuss with their partner. Tell them at the start that some questions have been answered correctly. Where they are answered correctly, some demonstrate fluency (ask children how) and others could have been solved with a more efficient method (ask children how). There are three files: guidance on how to use them, children’s copy of the test (without the answers) and teacher copy with the answers.