Experienced KS1 and KS2 teacher currently teaching in Year Six. Specialist Leader for Mathematics across three Local Authorities.
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Experienced KS1 and KS2 teacher currently teaching in Year Six. Specialist Leader for Mathematics across three Local Authorities.
All resources have been tried and tested. I'm open to suggestions and requests and aim to help anyone who requires it.
Please leave feedback and rate my resources.
A complete bundle of Gap Analysis Grids / QLA (Reading, GPS, Spelling, Arithmetic and Reasoning) for the 2023 KS1 SATs assessments. I have also included links to the papers, the mark schemes and the conversion grids within each spreadsheet.
Please read the description of each individual resource for more information.
A challenge based worksheet aimed at securing a child’s knowledge of Time Adverbials. Activities include using given time adverbials in sentences, varying the position of the adverbials (to help meet the goals of the KS2 Interim Assessment Framework 2016/2017/2018), using time adverbials within a paragraph and using time adverbials in a set of instructions.
A complete bundle of Gap Analysis Grids / QLA (Reading, GPS, Spelling, Arithmetic, Reasoning 1, Reasoning 2) for the May 2018 KS2 SATs assessments. I have also included links to the papers, the mark schemes and the conversion grids within each spreadsheet.
These grids will save you many hours work and will help you quickly identify individual or whole cohort weaknesses in specific areas of the curriculum.
The sheets are set up for 90 pupils but more can be added/deleted and instructions are on the first page/sheet. Some cells are locked/protected in this document but the parts that you need to insert yourself are editable. This is so that the formulas/algorithms do not break and render the spreadsheet’s functionalities as broken. Please read the description of each resource before purchasing.
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Having trouble finding high-quality examples of Year 5 and 6 texts for children to analyse and aspire to? So did I!
These texts were shared-written with my class over the course of a year and contain all of the grammatical features a Year 5 or 6 child is expected to have in their writing - including the Greater Depth statements.
Examples of features include:
Modal and Passive verbs
Expanded Noun Phrases
Prepositional Phrases
The subjunctive
Colons and Semi-colons between independent clauses
Brackets, Dashes and Commas for Parenthesis
Punctuating direct and indirect speech
These texts were written to engage a reader and I’m confident they’ll engage your class.
The 15 texts include:
A biography of Michael Faraday
A biography of Isambard Kingdom Brunel
A Victorian short narrative
A spy short narrative
An information text about Volcanoes
A description/explanation of a World War spy gadget
Three dramatic recounts
A newspaper article
A dragon-themed factfile
A non-chronological report of a fictitious creature
This resource is intended to be used to help teach the skills of the KS2 National Curriculum for Reading, by domain.
Included:
• Comprehension questions for the first eleven chapters of the book.
• A teaching PowerPoint with an introduction to the author, their other works and copies of the questions.
This resource works best if the chapter is read, talked about and discussed in one day, then comprehension questions are given the day after.
This resource has been used with both Year Five and Year Six classes to great effect and has boosted their reading skills and their comprehension scores.
This fully interactive high-quality gameshow features exciting sounds and drama. Each possible answer is linked to either a pass or fail screen indicating the amount of money ‘won’. A free trial of my best-in-class version is available here:
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There are 15 questions, testing children’s knowledge of:
- The difference between adverbs, subordinating conjunctions and prepositions.
- The subjunctive form/mood
- The past and present progressive
- Determiners
- Punctuation
- and more!
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All feedback is welcome so please do comment and rate.
N.B The original logos for Who Wants to be a Millionaire are property of Sony Pictures Television. For this reason they have not been included, but a similar non-trademarked version has.
A fun way for Year 3 & 4 children to revise and learn the National Curriculum spellings.
All spellings have been taken directly from the National Curriculum spelling appendix.
A fun way for Year 5 & 6 children to revise and learn the National Curriculum spellings.
All spellings have been taken directly from the National Curriculum spelling appendix.
Can be used for homework, morning/afternoon tasks, golden time etc.
A worksheet for children to practice using and identifying expanded noun phrases. The worksheet is divided into four challenges. The third challenge mimics the style of the expanded noun phrases questions found on the 2016 GPS Sample and official SATs assessment.
A challenge based worksheet aimed at Year 5-7 children to secure their understanding of colons and semi-colons. Challenges include choosing the correct form of punctuation to use in a list, inserting colons and semi-colons to demarcate independent clauses (Interim 2016/2017/2018 Greater Depth statement), explaining whether a sentence has been correctly punctuated and using colons and semi-colons in precise, directed ways.
Completion of this worksheet would indicate mastery, but it is aimed as a jumping on point for age appropriate children.
I have also included an answer sheet with explanations to aid with marking.
GPS questions to help a child reach the expected standard for the end of Key Stage 2. Included for every question is a mark scheme and examiner notes.
Types of skills tested in this set:
Inserting colons and semi-colons
Identifying sentences that have been correctly punctuated
Inserting Brackets
...and more!
11 questions in total.
Available as a huge money saving bundle. Tried and tested!
Four differentiated worksheets that will help children develop their knowledge of GPS (SPAG), ready for the KS2 assessments.
All have been tried and tested. Set up to challenge children who are working towards, working at the expected standard and even aiming for greater depth.
A differentiated activity sheet/ worksheet to help children develop their understanding of similes as figurative language.
Challenge 1 - Identify the personification
Challenge 2 - Write personification sentences about specific nouns
Challenge 3 - Write sentences that include personification, that feature specific aspects of grammar or punctuation.
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An engaging, complete teaching sequence for teaching children how to write a high-quality short narrative.
Included are:
Two high-quality end of KS2 standard short narratives to use as examples and references.
Planning proformas.
A whole PowerPoint teaching sequence that has activities, probing questions and learning opportunities related to:
What is a short narrative?
Analysis of the text type.
Things to remember in a short narrative
The structure of a short narrative
Planning
Writing a high-quality narrative opening (additional extra activity included!)
Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling (Direct Speech, Reported Speech, Expanded Noun Phrases, Prepositional Phrases, The passive voice, Fronted adverbials, Past tense verbs, Punctuation for Parenthesis)
Writing for effect
Editing and redrafting
Responding to feedback
Celebrating success
Designed to save you hours and raise attainment, this is an excellent resource to get the best out of your whole cohort.
A highly-detailed and complete teaching sequence for teaching children how to write a high-quality diary entry.
Included are:
Two high-quality end of KS2 standard diary texts to use as an example and reference.
A Planning proforma.
A whole PowerPoint teaching sequence that has activities, probing questions and learning opportunities related to:
What is a diary text?
Analysis of the text type.
Comparing two diaries (activity included!)
The structure of a diary text
Planning
Writing a high-quality introduction
Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling (First person pronouns, The passive voice, Fronted adverbials, Past tense verbs, Punctuation for Parenthesis)
Writing for effect (Emotive language, sentence structure)
Editing and redrafting
Responding to feedback
Celebrating success
Designed to save you hours and raise attainment, this is an excellent resource to get the best out of your whole cohort.
UPDATED DUE TO FEEDBACK
This is an excel spreadsheet document for the Gov.uk Year Six Sample Papers for Reading, Mathematics (Arithmetic, Reasoning 1 & 2), GPS and Spelling Papers. The sheet totals up the scores automatically and each child's final score changes colour to reflect their ability.
If their total score for a subject goes green, it means they would have passed the 2016 SATs with that score. If it goes Orange, it means they are within touching distance. If it goes Green with a yellow font, it means that child would have achieved a 'More Able' score for that tested subject.
The spreadsheet is broken down into six pages. Arithmetic, Reasoning 1, Reasoning 2, Reading, GPS and Spelling.
I have also included a digital copy of each test, mark scheme and instructions. Additionally, I have included the conversion tables from RAW Score to Scaled Score. These can be found inside the .Zip file.
The sheets are set up for 30 pupils but more can be added/deleted and instructions are on the first page/sheet. Some cells are locked/protected in this document but the parts that you need to insert yourself are editable. This is so that the formulas/algorithms do not break and render the spreadsheet's functionalities as broken.
*You are paying for the gap analysis grids, not the freely available tests I have included which can be found at Gov.uk.*
All a teacher has to do is enter their children's names and enter the 0's, 1's, 2's or 3's for each question, which also change colour too for a visual reference. I recommend that a teacher should enter 'N' if a child did not attempt that question. This gives an idea of who is not even attempting certain questions, not just whether they got the question wrong.
Please remember to rate and/or comment on this resource. Your feedback is appreciated.
I take requests for Gap Analysis Grids. Please leave feedback if you like this resource as I am planning to produce more for each SATs paper going forward, as well as CGP Practice Papers.
A differentiated activity sheet/ worksheet to help children develop their understanding of metaphors as figurative language.
Challenge 1 - Identify the metaphors
Challenge 2 - Write metaphors about specific nouns
Challenge 3 - Write sentences that include metaphors that feature specific aspects of grammar or punctuation.
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A perfect way to inject a bit of life into a creative writing planning session!
This resource includes two high quality examples of a ‘Speech’ story opening, an ‘Action’ story opening and a ‘Description’ story opening that are intended to be printed double-sided and laminated.
The language and punctuation used will reinforce strong writing in Year Five and Six.
Possible activities -
- Discuss which of the three opening types each card belongs to.
- Put them face down on a table and flip them over to quickly analyse the opening type.
- Improve the card. Suggest improvement or redraft sections to be more exciting or descriptive.