I’ve added another new page, where I’m going to begin collecting links to ideas for homework and also resources to help parents support their child’s learning.
I’ve also added a page where I’m going to store all the websites I use regularly to find teaching ideas and resources.
Click on the tab at the top of the [...]
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I’ve added a new page (currently shown as a tab at the top of the website), which contains all my planning and resources for Year 6. So far it’s only 2 literacy and 1 science unit, but I’ll keep adding to it as I complete my planning!
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Here’s the biography part of my first term’s literacy planning. Click on the link below to download the zip file, which includes my planning and all resources referred to.
Lit_T1-2_Biography.zip
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I’ve managed to plan for the first two weeks of the new term, using the new framework. I’ve based the autobiography unit on Roald Dahl’s Boy. I’m going to follow this up with a unit on biography, using biographies of Dahl’s life.
The zip file below contains my planning and some of the resources. I’ve referred [...]
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Technology timeline
Industrial Revolution
Aeroplanes
Radio
Poster: Iconic inventions
Cameras
Crime scene investigation (including poster)
Machines in medicine
Computers
Gadgets & gizmos
http://teachershop.scholastic.co.uk/mags/21887/mag_issues/21867
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If you don’t have Testbase, you might find these helpful:
http://www.satspapers.co.uk/ (Maths, English and Science for 2003, 2004 and 2005 – PDF files)
http://www.st-josephs-pickering.n-yorks.sch.uk/past_test_papers.htm (Maths, English and Science for 2000 to 2006 – Word files)
http://www.emaths.co.uk/KS2SAT.htm (Maths for 2000 to 2006 – PDF files)
http://www.netagency.co.uk/keyedin2/satsprep.html (Maths – interactive tests in a similar style to SATs)
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/sats/index.html (other links to sites with papers / practice activities)
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This might be useful, either for the classroom or for teachers to relax to!
http://www.freesoothingmusic.com/
At the moment, the choice of music is quite limited, but they’re promising to upload more soon.
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These planning sheets from DCS look really useful. I hate teaching PE, so if anyone has any other useful PE resources please let me know, either by leaving a comment, or using the About/Contact Me page at the top.
You can also get to the plans by clicking on the pictures below.
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Here’s the planning and resources I used when I taught The Highwayman to my Year 5 class. I’ve added them as a (quite large) zip file because there are 13 files, including planning, Smart Notebook files, worksheets, the text of the poem and a short list of websites. I also used a few resources from [...]
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Schools Links has some really helpful pages, including these two which contain links to all the bits of the old Primary Strategy that are now nearly impossible to find on their site (e.g. Unit plans, Spelling bank).
http://www.schoolslinks.co.uk/links_literacy.htm
http://www.schoolslinks.co.uk/links_numeracy.htm
The science page is also useful, with links to QCA documents, BBC resources, etc.
http://www.schoolslinks.co.uk/links_sciencea.htm
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