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A complete set of targets for year 6 children. Covers all areas of the national curriculum. Includes at least 52 targets ability grouped and colour coded for the areas of English. Use this resource to write Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Time bound year 6 writing targets. Useful for teachers when assessing so you can narrow down the statements from the New Curriculum into small next steps which the children can understand. Broken down into targets for punctuation, handwriting, grammar and composition. You could print out one for each child and use as an assessment tool. Or just use when marking to save time so you can quickly choose a high quality target personalised for each child. All reviews welcome. You might also be interested in these high quality resources for the New Curriculum: Whole School SMART Targets Whole School Writing Assessment Sheets Whole School English Writing Assessment Guidance Whole School Guided Reading Questions

A detailed lesson covering coasts and how they can change. Includes a 38 slide PowerPoint, a detailed plan, 2 writing templates and a challenge activity including another writing template. Covers the impact of tourism, shipping, urbanisation, overfishing and communities on the coast. Written for UKS2 but can easily be used by all year 3, 4, 5 and 6. An engaging starter, mixture of independent, paired and group work. Plenty of opportunities for discussion and for children to share ideas. Full of lots of interesting images to prompt discussion about geographical features. An extension activity to challenge the higher ability. Plenary for children to move on in their learning. Covers national curriculum learning objectives: Learn about diverse places, people and resources Learn about natural and human environments Learn about the interaction between physical and human processes Learn about the formation, use of and change of landscapes and environments All resources included. All reviews welcome.

A complete lesson on the climate of Europe, focusing on map skills and locational knowledge. Includes a thorough teaching PowerPoint, video links, interactive activities, worksheets, answers, extensions and challenges. This lesson is ready-to-go, written for a year 3 class, so suitable for years 3 and 4, but easily adaptable for years 5 and 6 (the extension tasks are suitably challenging). Highlights: Differentiated Higher level questioning Modelling Scaffolding Easy to mark Written as part of a unit on Europe. Check out my other popular Geography lessons on Europe: Where is Europe? Label Countries of Europe Lesson Compare Cities in Europe Mountains of Europe Rivers of Europe All reviews welcome.

A complete display pack for a KS2 unit on The Piano. Includes title, review of the movie, images, key vocabulary, features, interactive activities, modelled texts and higher level thinking questions. An enticing KS2 display for an English unit studying ‘The Piano’ a short movie clip by Aidan Gibbons, found on literacy shed. Excite your pupils about learning from this evocative clip with effective images, modelled texts and thoughtful questions. Enhance your pupils writing, expand their vocabulary and improve their memory of this clip using this brilliant display. Includes: Title Short explanation of the movie Images from the movie Powerful descriptive vocabulary cards Features list of this genre Sentence Opener ideas Paragraph Opener ideas Key events of movie on arrows for ordering Modelled examples of creating an atmosphere Modelled examples of expanded noun phrases Modelled examples of relative clauses Higher level thinking questions All ready to download, print and whip up onto your display board so you have more time to do the many other jobs of teaching and living. Click here to use alongside 5 English lessons planning, resources and PowerPoint for The Piano All reviews welcome. Useful to teach alongside a WW2 topic or on its own.

A week of detailed lessons on writing recounts for KS2, PPT, Plan and resources all included. Differentiated activities, quick and effective starters and plenaries and lots more… Includes: Differentiation provided for three groups - two challenges provided for every lesson Engaging starters and plenaries designed to grab your pupil’s attention Modelled texts provided highlighted to show how you construct paragraphs in recounts Word banks provided to support and extend pupils Editing skills developed Peer and self assessment opportunities Animated and clear PPT Expand your pupil’s vocabulary and enhance their writing techniques whilst writing about personal events. Engaging activities, opportunities for individual, paired and group work. Written for year 5 but relevant for year 6 and easily adaptable for years 3 and 4. All reviews welcome. To go with this unit download my Features of a Recount Display

Over 260 differentiated geography comments for boys and girls, covering 10 key areas for your primary KS2 reports. Create your report comments quickly this year by simply choosing a collection of comments to suit each child, one from each section. There are enough comments to create different personalised paragraphs of comments for a whole class of 30 children. Written for the whole of KS2 focusing on learning aptitudes and the general areas covered so perfect for years 3, 4 , 5 and 6. Save Time Teaching is busy enough without report writing as well, save time whilst doing a good job. Easily copy and paste these original comments to create personalised and thoughtful reports. Differentiated 264 comments overall, divided into high, middle and low ability groups. Each group contains 10 sections with enough comments to make 30 personalised reports. 65 low ability, 76 middle ability and 85 high ability statements altogether. There are also 30 next steps included, 10 for each ability group. High Quality Use these high quality geography report comments, covering: Summary Continents World Biomes Physical features Human features Major countries Major cities UK Technical terms Geographical fieldwork Easy to Use They all come in a girl and a boy version saving you having to change any pronouns. Collect statements for each child to make a paragraph then simply add in their name a few times to polish off your work. Just highlight the comments you have used to make sure all your 30 geography reports are quickly made and completely different. Also… Check out my other handy end of year resources: General Report Comments 320+ English Report Comments 280+ Maths Report Comments Report Comments MEGA BUNDLE

Teach your class how to identify and explain themes within stories when reading. This pack includes 5 lessons, the week’s plan, a 75 slide PowerPoint, 5 short engaging texts, differentiated activities, starters and plenaries. Use the detailed Powerpoint which leads your class through 5 lessons on themes so they are confident and independent with identifying themes when reading. Small extracts of the texts are used as a guided model to support and scaffold pupils before their independent work. Engage your class with the quick and relevant starter activities which build their vocabulary and consolidate their understanding of themes. Identifying Themes Pack Each lesson builds and expands on the previous one. All of the texts are provided, a range of interesting genres and styles. Modeled answers to comprehension assessment questions are included. Written and detailed plan included . Prompt higher order thinking skills using the questions and activities designed to develop comprehension skills and enhance reading assessment results. Include and challenge every child with the main activities which fit children of all learning styles. Cover these teaching points: What themes are. How and why we can group themes. How we can find themes. How to use inference to find themes. How to explain themes. How to use evidence to prove your themes. How to use 4 different types of evidence as proof. Quickly print the differentiated resources for four groups of children (green LA, yellow M/LA, blue MA, red HA). Summarise and extend each lesson using the plenaries planned for everyday. All reviews are welcome. You might also be interested in: Whole Term of Reading Lessons Holiday Saver Bundle Whole Term of Reading Lessons Teacher Survival Bundle

An engaging display pack for KS2-3 on persuasive writing. Complete with titles, posters, modelled sentences, word banks, process stars, writing strategies and more. Includes bright colourful posters useful for display or a writer’s toolkit. Eye catching resources designed to engage, support and enhance. Download and quickly pop up on your English display board. Enjoy the examples of language, writing features, modelled paragraphs and key ideas. Focuses on persuading someone to visit somewhere. Easily adaptable to other types of persuasion. All reviews welcome.

The sixth part of seven engaging lessons which bring Scandinavia into the classroom. Discover interesting information, amazing videos and differentiated activities while covering key KS2 National Curriculum geography and English objectives. Teach an effective lesson with no preparation necessary, just glance through the PowerPoint and you’re ready to go. This is written for KS2, ideally for years 4, 5 and 6 but could be easily adapted for year 3. This lesson covers these important teaching points: Who are the Scandinavians? Video link explaining Viking history How do Scandinavians celebrate Christmas? Lesson starter craft activity What will my mind map look like? Discussion and mind map examples What makes each country in Scandinavia unique? Fact cards covering food, religion, music, art, festivals, symbols, royalty, language and immigration How are these elements linked?Discussion of ideas Which time zone is Scandinavia in? Challenge task Who is from Scandinavia? Famous person research extra challenge task All resources are included, so just print the fact cards if you’d like and a detailed lesson plan and your lesson is ready. All lessons in this unit are designed to link to and extend work in English with challenges linking to English objectives, e.g. persuasive writing features. All reviews welcome. To teach Scandinavia throughout the curriculum, download my English and art units: Scandinavia Art Unit Scandinavia Story Writing Unit You can find many more engaging and high quality resources at my Teachallenjoy Shop

A visual and ready-to-go PowerPoint leading you through a week of engaging spelling lessons. Teach your class short and effective sessions to enable them to learn their spellings and succeed in a dictation. Give spellings a high profile and provide strategies for every child to access the curriculum. All words have the -ent, -ence, -ential, -ency endings from the year 5/6 new curriculum spelling lists. Monday - Covers the word class of each spelling, patterns, rules and definitions. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday - Short easy to resource spelling activities to enable children to learn these spellings in an engaging and successful way. Friday - Includes a dictation containing the spelling words covered in the week. Shows how many words there are and how many spellings. A helpful resource so that you can easily fit spellings into a busy week. Lessons could be completed on white boards, draft books or English books. Also includes a simple display of the spelling words so you can keep referring to them throughout the day. All reviews welcome. For a whole year of spelling lessons follow these helpful links: Term 1 Yr 5/6 Spelling Lessons Term 2 Yr 5/6 Spelling Lessons Term 3 Yr 5/6 Spelling Lessons Term 4 Yr 5/6 Spelling Lessons Term 5 Yr 5/6 Spelling Lessons Term 6 Yr 5/6 Spelling Lessons

A complete lesson pack on UK coastal areas and change over time. Includes lesson plan, starter activity, 34 slide PowerPoint, photo analysis, written activity, plenary and challenge. Download this detailed and engaging lesson covering the physical and human features in UK coastal areas and how they change over time. Whole Lesson Teach KS2 with this easy-to-use lesson containing a thought provoking starter and an interesting input full of images to prompt high quality dialogue about geographical features. Use the mixture of independent, paired and group work to provide opportunities for discussion, in depth reflection and evidence for assessment. Enjoy some free time while the children enthusiastically get on with the written activity and question each other when completing the challenge activity. Finish the lesson with an effortless plenary for children to share their learning and present the challenge work, this lesson is all ready to go to enthuse your pupils about UK coasts. Resources Find all the physical and human features of coasts explained clearly and reinforced with images and diagrams. Read and print a detailed lesson plan and all the resources needed. Activities Consolidate the children’s learning using ICT. Offer two reasoning extension activities to challenge the children and deepen their understanding of Geography. National Curriculum Objectives: Learn about diverse places, people, resources and natural and human environments, Learn about the interaction between physical and human processes, formation, use of and change of landscapes and environments. All reviews welcome. A logical follow up lesson would be here covering human impact on coasts. You might also be interested in these high quality Geography lessons: Journey Through Surprising Russia Tour Breathtaking Scandinavia Visit the Grand Yosemite National Park

An engaging 33 slide KS2 assembly for British Science Week with 3 differentiated follow up writing tasks. Inspire your pupils to aim for a career in science. Includes many discussion opportunites and questions prompting higher level thinking. All concepts explained clearly. All writing templates provided, including differentiated printables. Relevant for KS2 and KS3. Could also be a useful PSHE lesson on scientific careers and role models. Covers these key teaching points: What is science? Definition explained in an easy to understand way. How does science impact on our lives today? 4 key aspects explained in detail Who would like to see Science in action? An engaging, awe-inspiring and quick experiment to create excitement for this week of science. What happened? Why? A clear explanation of how the experiment worked, linking it to the children’s current understanding of the world. What qualities and skills do you need to be a great scientist? Key words covered and ideal characteristics. Do you know any famous British scientists and what have they achieved? 5 impressive short biographies of famous British scientists. What problems are modern scientists facing today? A list with images of key issues that need resolving Who are these busy modern scientists? 4 small biographies of 4 famous modern scientists and their achievements. What degrees can start you on the path for a science career? Look at a list of suitable degrees and possible career options from there. How would you pursue a career in science? Job options for a career in science and average yearly earnings. Who is Stephen Hawking? A short discussion about his achievements, challenges and why he is such an important role model and icon. 3 Tasks children could complete to extend and inspire: Create a poster telling people about British science week. Draw a flow chart of what you would like to investigate and how if you were a scientist. Write a letter to a famous scientist, you must include at least 10 questions. Check out my other updated resources for British Science Week: British Science Week KS2 Posters British Science Week KS2 Homework Tasks LKS2 Mini WOW Investigations UKS2 Mini WOW Investigations

An engaging KS2 assembly to celebrate World Poetry Day in your school. Includes a 36 slide PowerPoint, 8 famous poets from around the world, 8 poems, map skills, higher level thinking questions and role models. This assembly teaches the children about 8 famous poets from around the world introduced with a short biography and a famous poem they have written. All the poems are short, relevant for KS2 and inspiring. Includes map skills, higher level thinking questions and inspirational writing role models. Each country has a map, flag and landscape picture to develop geographical understanding as well. Reasoning questions and answers about each poem are provided and time at the end of the assembly to reflect and look forwards. Celebrate World Poetry Day every year on March 21st to encourage diversity, a shared understanding and endangered languages around the world. Use this assembly to inspire your pupils to become writers whilst developing their understanding of how everyone in the world has the same questions and feelings. Show them how poetry can capture the creative spirit of the human mind. All reviews welcome. You might also be interested in my packs of poems and lessons: India Culture Poem Collection Arctic Tundra Poem Collection 5 Reading Lessons on Writing Poetry 5 Reading Lessons on Performing Poetry

A complete lesson on modal verbs, with an engaging PowerPoint, posters, word bank, differentiated activities and answers. All you need to make your class confident with using modal verbs in their writing. Written for year 5 but easily adaptable for all KS2 year groups. An easy to use PowerPoint leads you through the lesson. Explaining to the children about modal verbs, their purposes, rules, when to use them and order of probability. Themed on the Simpsons it will engage your class. Bright, colourful, clear and memorable. A differentiated lesson with 4 writing activities provided and a challenge. All answers included. All reviews welcome.

One of seven engaging lessons which bring Scandinavia into the classroom. Discover interesting information, amazing videos and differentiated activities while covering key KS2 National Curriculum geography and English objectives. Teach an effective lesson with no preparation necessary, just glance through the PowerPoint and you’re ready to go. This is written for KS2, ideally for years 4, 5 and 6 but could be easily adapted for year 3. This lesson teaches important map skills and an understanding of the world, key continents and oceans. All resources are included, so just print the map template and detailed lesson plan and your lesson is ready. All lessons in this unit are designed to link to and extend work in English with challenges linking to English objectives, e.g. persuasive writing features. All reviews welcome. To teach Scandinavia throughout the curriculum, download my English and art units: Scandinavia Art Unit Scandinavia Story Writing Unit You can find many more engaging and high quality resources at my Teachallenjoy Shop

This is an engaging 36 slide PowerPoint ideal for a KS1 teddy bear assembly for raising awareness and understanding of mental health. 5 key teaching points included, explaining complex issues in a way appropriate for KS1. Explained with teddy bears it enables young children to comfortably discuss this important topic. Useful for Mental Health Awareness Week in primary schools. Could also be a useful KS1 PSHE lesson on discussing and coping with feelings to be used at any point throughout the year. Takes the children through these key question: What is mental health? A child friendly definition. What should we do when things get tough? Strategies for coping with intense feelings, inspirational quotes from well known fairy tales and reasons for keeping active. How do I keep my mind healthy? Easy everyday activities that can keep your mind healthy. Who has mental health problems? 4 famous people share their experiences. What have we learned today? It is important to talk about our emotions, ask for help when we need support and to look after our minds and bodies. Who can we ask for help? 4 sources of support supplied. Lots of opportunities for discussion and higher level thinking. All concepts explained clearly. All child friendly terms used. Relevant for KS1. You can find more high quality KS2 resources at my shop. You might also be interested in my other new resources for mental health awareness week: Emotion Cards Mental Health Awareness Posters KS1 Mental Health Bundle

A whole week of year 2 reading comprehension lessons on The Giraffe And The Pelly And Me. Includes teaching PowerPoint, paired and group activities, scaffolding, differentiation, sequenced learning, challenge and answers. Five complete lessons which develops the children’s understanding of the book and their ability to answer comprehension questions. Every lesson includes: Starter Teaching points Pages to read Independent activities Challenge Plenary This week focuses on the comprehension questions which ask you to find a word with a similar meaning to a quote from the text. The teaching points emphasise the importance of looking back over what you have read and using what you know. Colonel Code Breaker appears everyday to give the children handy tips and help them become confident at decoding tricky words. All activities are differentiated into 3 ability groups, with printable sheets provided separately to support every child. Enjoy teaching reading with this accessible and engaging famous book by Roald Dahl, excite your pupils with the charming characters whilst they expand their vocabulary. You can find lots more useful resources at my Teachallenjoy Shop Or you might be interested in these handy resources: Year 2 Reading Corner Display Year 2 Reading Assessment Questions

The third of seven engaging lessons which bring Scandinavia into the classroom. Discover interesting information, amazing videos and differentiated activities while covering key KS2 National Curriculum geography and English objectives. Teach an effective lesson with no preparation necessary, just glance through the PowerPoint and you’re ready to go. This is written for KS2, ideally for years 4, 5 and 6 but could be easily adapted for year 3. This lesson covers these important teaching points: What physical regions are in Scandinavia? Map analysis What physical features are in Norway, Denmark and Sweden? Images and explanations for each Who can remember these? Video analysis for AFL What have we learnt? Children to show by explaining each map Which country is this?Children to use their learning to figure out the images All resources are included, so just print the maps and a detailed lesson plan and your lesson is ready. All lessons in this unit are designed to link to and extend work in English with challenges linking to English objectives, e.g. persuasive writing features. All reviews welcome. To teach Scandinavia throughout the curriculum, download my English and art units: Scandinavia Art Unit Scandinavia Story Writing Unit You can find many more engaging and high quality resources at my Teachallenjoy Shop