Summertime and the living is easy – or is it?
Whoever said that the summer term is the ‘winding-down’ term has never set foot in a primary or secondary school . It doesn’t matter which year group you teach, the…
Times Tables
What’s your memory of learning times tables? Mine is this: the whole class chanting the tables from’1 times 2 is 2’ to ’12 times 12 is 144’ whilst the teacher…
The Final Countdown!
Not long now until the grim reality of SATs week hits Y6. It really is ridiculous how much focus and weight is put into that 1 week out of the…
Hot Topics!
As the end of the Spring Term approaches, a teacher’s thoughts turn to – chocolate or sleep or both! The academic year is drawing to its climax - the Summer…
Let’s Talk Grammar!
There is nothing worse than reading a child’s writing which shoe horns in as many GPS as techniques as possible. Boxes for technical features are ticked, at the expense of…
Y6 SATs Preparation
After many years of preparing Y6 for SATs in their various guises, I know that there is not one perfect, fool proof method. Every cohort is different - not only…
What’s in a name?
Searching for the perfect Topic title that sums up weeks of cross-curricular work and inspires excitement can be challenging – so why do we do it? Is a topic title…
Half Term Musings
I don’t know about you, but I always find being told to ‘relax’ unhelpful – in fact that made me even more tense! The truth is that, often, you are…
February Uploads
We are very excited about February's new resources which have been uploaded to the site today. By popular demand, we have expanded our Writer's Workshops. This month we have added…
Maths with KS2Gems
Our Maths resources reflect our philosophy that activity-based learning has a key role in the teaching of Maths. Our Activity Packs, for each area of Maths, provide each year group…