A full breakdown of the Year 4 2003 optional Reading Comprehension Legs Race and Feet First .
Can be used as an assessment tool at the end of Year 4 or beginning of Year 5 to check a child’s reading level; as a guided reading tool or as an intervention group resource.
Includes reading materials available for free to download by typing Year 4 reading optional SATs into a search engine. Charge is for the question breakdown.
A full breakdown of the 2025 reading paper question by question with hints and tips on how to answer them.
A useful revision tool for use after students have completed the test independently providing them with an opportunity to reflect and improve.
To be used as a guided resource concentrating on the style of the questions and how to answer.
Example lesson that can be amended for key stage and for sounds being practiced.
Includes review of sounds, tricky words, alien words, letter formation and applying spelling.
Two part lesson
Part 1 Writing basic sentences using capital letter, finger space and full stop.
Part 2 Write about your weekend using adverbial At the weekend, I…/ On Saturday, I…
Revision/ AfL lesson aimed at Autumn 1 in year 4 to advise of grammar lesson needs.
Can also be used as intervention/ filler lesson at other times of the year.
Set of lessons focusing on general punctuation, commas, parts of speech and sentence level work.
Revision/ AfL lesson aimed at Autumn 1 in year 4 to advise of grammar lesson needs.
Can also be used as intervention/ filler lesson at other times of the year.
Focus on sentence level: statement, question, command/ editing and improving sentences/ applying grammatical knowledge to writing
Revision/ AfL lesson aimed at Autumn 1 in year 4 to advise of grammar lesson needs.
Can also be used as intervention/ filler lesson at other times of the year.
Focus on word classes (parts of speech). Reminding children of technical terms (e.g. describing word = adjective) and how to use.
Revision/ AfL lesson aimed at Autumn 1 in year 4 to advise of punctuation lesson needs.
Can also be used as intervention/ filler lesson at other times of the year.
Focus on commas in a list but does discuss different uses of the comma.
Revision/ AfL lesson aimed at Autumn 1 in year 4 to advise of punctuation lesson needs.
Can also be used as intervention/ filler lesson at other times of the year.
Focus on full stops, capital letters, exclamation mark, inverted commas
Revision tool for the Year 6 Reading and Spelling Punctuation and Grammar tests.
Consists of a full breakdown of the 2023, 2024 and 2025 Reading Tests with hints and tips on how to answer as well as a set of questions taken from various SPaG tests (including 2025).
Use as a guided reading, revision or booster/intervention tool.
A full breakdown of the 2024 reading paper question by question with hints and tips on how to answer them.
A useful revision tool for use after students have completed the test independently providing them with an opportunity to reflect and improve.
To be used as a guided resource concentrating on the style of the questions and how to answer.
Maths Reasoning/Thinking Skills:
This resource can be used for morning activities, lesson starters, revision tool or intervention group work.
It should remind children that they already have the tools (know the maths), using SATs style questions, they just have to figure out how to use it
Updated to include questions from 2025 papers.
Full unit based on Floodland by Marcus Sedgwick. Includes shared reading to gain understanding; use of direct and indirect speech; planning and writing.
Updated to include questions from the 2025 Year 6 SPaG paper, this resource has questions from papers over the years. Ideal for use as a lesson starter, morning activity or with revision/ intervention groups.
A full breakdown of the 2023 reading paper question by question with hints and tips on how to answer them.
A useful revision tool for use after students have completed the test independently providing them with an opportunity to reflect and improve.
To be used as a guided resource concentrating on the style of the questions and how to answer.
A full breakdown of the 2016 reading paper question by question with hints and tips on how to answer them.
A useful revision tool for use after students have completed the test independently providing them with an opportunity to reflect and improve.
To be used as a guided resource concentrating on the style of the questions and how to answer.
Unit plan for a short narrative based on a Usborne published The Story of Robin Hood by Rob Lloyd Jones. Focus on dialogue and creating atmosphere. Follows a cycle of reading, text analysis, grammar, plan, write and improve. The text is short so this allows the children to extend sections by adding description or creating atmosphere. The resource includes support for low ability and SEND children.