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Kaboom is a lot of fun! Children are exposed to Year 6 SPAG questions whilst playing a game. It is a card game which is fantastic for retrieval, varied fluency and for noting teaching points. This particular game of Kaboom is focused on Singular and Plural Apostrophes for Possession. Ideal for Year 6 as preparation for the SATs. It is played in small groups and can be done completely independently as answer sheets can be provided for the children to self assess. Fantastic for leaving for PPA or for leaving for groups to work on independently so that you can focus on targets with individuals or smaller groups. How to Play. • The child picks a card from the pile. • They read it to their group. • They answer the question verbally. • One member of the group (decided by the teacher) will check the answer page, if necessary. • If the child is correct, they get to keep the card. If they are incorrect, they put their card back to the bottom of the pile. • Kaboom! If they pick a KABOOM card, the child has to put ALL their cards back to the bottom of the pile. • The aim of the game is to have the most cards when the time is up. • They will all get Kaboom cards – the beauty of this game is that it won’t just be the ‘highest achievers’ winning. • You decide the time limit. It will just keep going! Included: • 72 cards containing singular and plural apostrophes for possession questions in a variety of formats. • 16 Kaboom Cards (You can decide how many to print off to include in each game). • Instructions in child-friendly language. • Answer pages. It is best to print the cards off onto card rather than paper, or laminate for longevity. If you like this resource, check back soon as more areas of SPAG are being added regularly.

Perfect Instant Feedback, No Prep Google Sheets activity for Year 6 tutors and teachers using Google Classroom or with Google Drive on school iPads/chromebooks. All about the coronation, this self-marking digital resource is perfect for learning about King Charles, whilst also ensuring that SATs SPAG preparation is still happening! These digital resources are some of my favourites to use in the classroom I’m determined to bring technology into the classroom in a way that really benefits teachers. Rather than our iPads sitting around like glorified cameras or just used for research. I want technology to mean less preparation for us, less marking for us and greater engagement from our children! I’m sure you have spent many weeks now at the photocopier preparing past papers for your class! This is no preparation, no photocopiers, no queuing, no waiting for other teachers! Completely self marking, they are ideal to set for working independently or in pairs for peer support and scaffolded discussion. This allows you time! Imagine! Time, to work with smaller groups on targeted areas, trusting that the rest of your class will be getting great exposure to robust, considered SATs style Grammar questions. This product is a link to a Google sheets online document. You will receive a copy of the original to share with your class. The great thing about Google Sheets is that you can insert an image in your work and that is amazing for child engagement. This Google sheet focuses on SPAG questions, covering similar formats and question areas as Spag paper 1 whilst also giving children an informative activity about King Charles and the royal family during the run up to the coronation and over the bank holiday weekend. The resource contains 40 questions which can be answered in one sitting or, can be spread out over two sittings. The idea here is that your pairs can can read the questions, discuss and input the answer. If they get the answer correct, it will turn green and a slice of a Coronation-related image will be revealed to them - Instant feedback. If the children get an answer wrong, it will turn orange and no picture will be revealed. Now this doesn’t ruin their mark - that’s the beauty. They can see it’s wrong long before you mark as a class the next day or take it home to mark it. Then they can have another go. I regularly use resources like this with my classes and with my tutees and I get great feedback from the children using them. They will often screen shot their final image - use mark up to add their name and air drop it back to me. Wonderful - now I have a record. Please remember, there is no physical resource - it is Google Sheets only. Please check you can use Google Drive at your school. I really hope you enjoy this resource as much as my classes do.

This Year 6 Coronation Edition SATs game focuses on SPAG questions, covering similar formats and question areas as Spag paper 1 whilst also giving children an informative activity about King Charles during the run up to the coronation and over the bank holiday weekend. SPAG Master is a game I use with Year 6 in the last few weeks before the SATs. All questions in this Coronation Edition are based around King Charles so you can revise and discuss the coronation at the same time! You know how it feels - when you’ve done past paper after past paper and you still need to work on retrieval but you need some ENERGY! This is a quiz which involves partner work, team names and unlimited points and my children LOVE it. Covering all of the Punctuation and Grammar question areas from Paper 1 in a quiz format. • Children work in pairs for this Coronation Edition SPAG quiz. • For each section (PPT slide) each child will be given 2 to 3 minutes (your discretion) to answer the questions independently on their own piece of paper. • The next 2 minutes will be sharing and discussing answers with their partner. • Before sharing, they will need to decide upon a final answer as a team. • This is great for peer work, talking through HOW they came to their answer. • Points are decided by the teacher: correct answers; superb explanations; good behaviour; staying focused • I also deduct points to maintain behaviour management: shouting out, arguing etc. I find that the children learn very quickly that it’s all a bit of fun in the midst of all their revision and behave well beyond the first couple of deductions! • Having ultimate power over the points also ensures that you can award points to children with low self esteem who need the boost. • All questions are based around King Charles. I show SPAG Master as a PPT presentation and everyone looks at the whiteboard but I have also included a PDF in case you need to print out questions or if you wish to air drop to iPads. Another PPT and PDF contains the answers which I use as a class so I can see what everyone is getting out of it, what my areas of need are, giving out points and also to keep up the energy. However, this could also be used for self marking.

This resource is designed to encourage pupils to discuss Biblical Artwork to enhance their understanding of The Parable of the Good Samaritan. The session should have three parts: a. Reading the Scripture so that children are all familiar with the parable. b. Looking at various artworks one at a time and discussing what is noticed in each picture. I usually do this on PowerPoint. ie) What has the artist included? Why? What has the artist left out? Why? Why is this colour used? Is the picture modern? Why? etc. What is good about the picture? What do they feel it would benefit from adding or changing? What surprised them about the picture? What question would they ask the artist? There should be a lot of discussion generated. c. Children should choose one image to discuss further in their work. The worksheet aims for meaningful understanding of the parable and how it is relevant to their lives today. Teaching points: When answering written questions about the Biblical Art, children must answer the questions demonstrating their Biblical Knowledge. eg) What did you like about the painting? I liked the colours because it’s my favourite colour. I liked the how the artist has included the people who ignored the man. One of the people is turning their head around, showing that they knew they should have helped. What question would you ask the artist about this painting? How long did it take you? What inspired you? Why did you choose to make this a modern day picture and changing the gender of one of the people who ignored the man? Answer 1 in these examples shows no understanding. Answer 2 demonstrates knowledge of the parable and careful thought about their understanding of it. I hope you find this resource useful. If you do, please could you leave a review? Feel free to make requests for future resources.