I have worked in both KS2 and KS1 as class teacher and am also English Leader in KS1. For the last 5 years, I have been teaching in Y2, which gave me plenty of ‘SATs experience’. However, I have been trying to ensure that the skills children need to apply in their SATs are linked to everyday life experiences and have applied them as much as I could to our topics, in order to avoid 'teaching to the test'. I really value your feedback on my resources. Happy browsing!
I have worked in both KS2 and KS1 as class teacher and am also English Leader in KS1. For the last 5 years, I have been teaching in Y2, which gave me plenty of ‘SATs experience’. However, I have been trying to ensure that the skills children need to apply in their SATs are linked to everyday life experiences and have applied them as much as I could to our topics, in order to avoid 'teaching to the test'. I really value your feedback on my resources. Happy browsing!
Maths sheet on bar charts: Children read the table of who was in the final in the past and what their results were and make a bar chart of how many goals were scored in each final throughout the years and answer some questions about it. Differentiated - one is more scaffolded and the bar chart has been prepared, the other needs children to label their own bar chart. 6 sheets - counting in 1s, 2s, 5s always with chart labelled and without.
There is also another sheet where children choose 5 countries and represent in a bar chart how many times each country has participated in the final.
Here some resources I made for my class for the upcoming UEFA EURO 2024 in Germany. This pack includes:
A two pages long information sheet with facts about the past, this year’s games and the mascot. This could be used for research (individually or whole class) when making posters/leaflets etc.
A 4 pages long comprehension based on the fact sheet. The text is on the top half of the sheet and questions are below for children to answer. It is differentiated in a higher and a lower comprehension - one with mostly retrieval and one with retrieval and some inference questions.
A geography worksheet for mapping countries in Europe that take part. Children can choose 12 countries, find them on the map and make a key. If you wanted to differentiate it, you could print it out twice and fill in the key for one already. I would recommend copying the map on A3 paper to make it easier for children.
Maths sheet on bar charts: Children read the table of who was in the final in the past and what their results were and make a bar chart of how many goals were scored in each final throughout the years and answer some challenge questions about it. Differentiated - one is more scaffolded and the bar chart has been prepared, the other needs children to label their own bar chart (differentiated in bar charts going up in 1s, 2s, 5s).
There is also another sheet where children choose 5 countries and represent in a bar chart how many times each country has participated in the final.
Maths activity on finding all possibilities: Differentiated three ways. Children have the task of designing a new football kit for their favourite country and have to choose three (four) colours. They then find all possible ways of putting a new kit consisting of either shorts and t-shirt or shorts, t-shirt and socks together for their chosen colours. This activity comes with a notebook file to model.
This is an activity based on the flags of the participating countries in the EURO 2024 in Germany. There is one sheet with all the names of the countries and their flags which is followed by 4 activity sheets:
Comparing two flags. Children choose two flags, draw them and compare them - what is the same and what is different.
Sorting the flags into symmetrical and non-symmetrical.
A blank Venn diagram for children to make up their own categories to sort the flags into (if you want to differentiate you could give them the categories).
A blank Carroll diagram for children to make up their own categories to sort the shapes into (if you want to differentiate you could give them the categories).
Maths - Adding several numbers (single digit, multiples of 10/100 and adding several two-digit numbers - differentiated) using several top UEFA EURO ‘24 footballers’ names printed on the sheet.
Enjoy!
This is an activity based on the flags of the participating countries in the EURO 2016 in France. There is one sheet with all the names of the countries and their flags which is followed by 4 activity sheets:
Comparing two flags. Children choose two flags, draw them and compare them - what is the same and what is different.
Sorting the flags into symmetrical and non-symmetrical flags.
A blank Venn diagram for children to make up their own categories to sort the flags into (if you want to differentiate you could give them the categories). For best outcome blow up to A3.
A blank Carroll diagram for children to make up their own categories to sort the shapes into (if you want to differentiate you could give them the categories). For best outcome blow up to A3.
Enjoy!
PLEASE NOTE:
This is only one resource. I also sell a pack of 6 UEFA resources (this one included) for £3.99 - search for ‘UEFA EURO 2024 Germany Activities’ by JennyGodfrey. THANK YOU.
Here are 6 differentiated worksheets (2 pages each) that I made for my class to relate maths learning to the UEFA Euro 24 in France.
On each sheet, the letters of the alphabet are printed at the top and each letter has a value. Then there are pictures of important players and children then have to work out the total of the names of the footballers.
There are three sheets designed for applying mental strategies to work out name scores:
-WALT add using mental strategies: Adding single-digit numbers using basic number bonds.
WALT add using mental strategies: Adding several multiples of 10.
WALT add using mental strategies: Adding several multiples of 100.
There are three more differentiated sheets, where children can apply the column method( ie on a mini whiteboard) for addition to work out the score of each name:
WALT add several two-digit numbers (each individual number below 30).
WALT add several two-digit numbers (each individual number below 50).
WALT add several two-digit numbers (each individual number below 100).
The children then work out their own names’ scores and compare them to the footballers :)
Attached as word (editable) and PDF.
PLEASE NOTE:
This is only one resource. I also sell a pack of 7 UEFA resources (this one included) for £3.99 - search for ‘UEFA EURO 2024 Germany Activities’ by JennyGodfrey. THANK YOU.
COMPREHENSION
This is a brilliant comprehension to use in English when talking about harvest as it links to RE. I would recommend it for year 2 and up. It is based on the song Cauliflowers Fluffy which you can find here on youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRQEQgyGAGA
Here are four differentiated sheets with the lyrics of the songs and questions underneath.
Extended level: Retrieval and higher order thinking questions (Why, What does it mean..., Which word tells you that...)
Core: Focused more on simple retrieval from the text.
Lower Core: Simple retrieval from the text but scaffolded multiple choice for half of the questions.
Nurture, SEN, EAL: Using the song and text children read for mening and find colour and adjective used to describe the fruit/veg and draw the harvest basket.
BAR CHARTS
These differentiated maths sheets are about on bar charts: Children read the table of how many children like which fruit and make a bar chart of it plus they answer questions about it. It is differentiated into bar charts that go up in 1s, 2s and 5s. It is further differentiated for each (1s, 2s or 5s) - one is more scaffolded and the bar chart has been prepared, the other needs children to label their own bar chart.
Furthermore the same activity again but with a blank table for children to investigate in their own class and create a car chart from there.
ADDING SEVERAL NUMBERS
Here are 6 differentiated worksheets (2 pages each) that I made for my class to relate maths learning to Harvest.
On each sheet, the letters of the alphabet are printed at the top and each letter has a value. Children then have to work out the total of several harvest words printed on the sheet.
1. There are three sheets designed for applying mental strategies to work out name scores:
-WALT add using mental strategies: Adding single-digit numbers using basic number bonds.
- WALT add using mental strategies: Adding several multiples of 10.
- WALT add using mental strategies: Adding several multiples of 100.
2. There are three more differentiated sheets, where children can apply the column method or a calculator for addition to work out the score of each name:
- WALT add several two-digit numbers (each individual number below 30).
- WALT add several two-digit numbers (each individual number below 50).
- WALT add several two-digit numbers (each individual number below 100).
The children then work out their own word's score and compare them to the other words :) Can easily be edited for your own classes.
I made these worksheets for my year 2 class. It teaches them the skills of using partitioning with Dienes Cubes/ Base 10 in order to help them double numbers. It is very visual and they really understood it well.
They drew the number that needed to be doubled twice and counted ones and tens to get the answer for its double.
BYG - Below year group - see separate worksheet using Numicon for doubling
WT - Working towards (2 digit numbers)
E - Expected (choice of 2 and 3 digit numbers)
WAGD - Working at greater depth (3 digit numbers)
This is a 4x4 bingo game which I did for my yr 1 and they really loved it. Just stick pictures of 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p and 50p coins on a dice and they can play.
Resource includes 6 different sheets (enough for a table group).