This section gives you access to a range of resources that have been developed to use on the interactive whiteboard. Many of these files have been adapted from paper-based materials that have been sent into school by the Literacy and Numeracy Strategies.

NOTE!
The SMART Notebook files on this page have been zipped and then made into self-extracting zipped files. Left click on the icon to start downloading the file. Please click on the link below for instructions on how to save and open these files once you have downloaded them.

Instructions for saving self-extracting files

Resources for Year 6

Spelling Bank	Grammar for Writing	Example literacy notebooks
Exemplification Texts	Maths notebooks for Years 5 & 6	More able maths challenges Updated!
TES Brainteasers	Unit plans - for all terms Note this is a link to the National Whiteboard Network Site	National Whiteboard Network site
Problem Solving Materials for Mathematics

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Year 6 Resources - for use with SmartBoards

Spelling Bank		Grammar for Writing
Y6 Term 1 Page 58 - Use root words, prefixes and suffixes to spell	113kb	Year 6 Unit 44 - Revision of word classes	294kb	Year 6 Unit 45 - Investigating active and passive verbs	341kb
Y6 Term 1 Page 59 - Investigate the meaning of connectives	79kb	Year 6 Unit 47 - Writing complex sentences + sophisticated punctuation	111kb	Year 6 Unit 48 - Investigating active and passive verbs	70kb
		Year 6 Unit 49 - Formal, official language	70kb	Year 6 Unit 51 - Investigating conditionals	70kb
		Year 6 Unit 52 - Writing paragraphs	69kb

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Example Literacy Smart Notebooks

Animal coats for fur	285kb	Autobiography/biography	136kb	156kb	76kb	34kb	Weekly plan 68kb
A to Z of poetry	758kb	Concrete poems	1790kb	Egyptian recount			1850kb
Fairtrade?	1620kb	Should we ban fireworks?	481kb	Formal writing - Golidilocks			80kb
Grandpa Chatterji	1910kb	Great wall of China	899kb	Highwayman			1930kb
Homophones	84kb	Instructions linked to Egyptians	1400kb	Instructions for making coffee			904kb
Non chronological text	415kb	Parts of flower	565kb	Smoking - needs internet			384kb
Spiders - non chronological	70kb	Visualise a room	630kb	Water cycle diagram			79kb
William Blake	673kb

Maths Notebooks for Years 5 & 6 - for use with SmartBoards
Each of these files contains notes for the teachers on the first page and the answer to the problem on the last.
All the 4s	121kb	Lines of symmetry	83kb	More difference	72kb
Converting currency	282kb	Link between 3	177kb	Properties of number	86kb
Cross Problem	95kb	Magic square	72kb	Quad sort	76kb
Darts	203kb	Measures	209kb	Triangle fractions	81kb
Educational Diagrams	181kb	Missing operations	73kb	Triangle puzzle	80kb
Fractions	79kb	Missing shape values	84kb	Triangle totals	95kb
Green triangles	88kb	Missing shape values - hard!	89kb	Ways to make 1	76kb

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More Able Maths Challenges for Years 5 & 6

A Bit Fishy	119kb	Age Old Problems	295kb
Albert Square	284kb	All Square	230kb
Coins on the Table	366kb	Eggs	236kb
Flash Harry	200kb	Four by Four	171kb
Franco Fast Food	287kb	Joins	456kb
Make 5 Numbers	350kb	Make 200	196kb
Maze	237kb	Money Bags	575kb
Shape Puzzle	328kb	Slick Jim	285kb
Spendthrift	262kb	Spot the Shapes	248kb
Three Digits	276kb	Zids and Zods	216kb

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TES Brainteasers for Y5/6

At the table	77kb	It's a goal!	384kb	Library area	161kb
A quick snack	653kb	Smallest number	146kb	Self extracting zip file containing all of these files	1100kb

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Exemplification Texts
Argument Texts		Formal & Explanation	n
Texts include: Should mobile phones be banned from schools? Should dogs be banned from parks? Do circuses still need animal acts? Is homework necessary?	124kb	Texts include: A formal and informal invitation Formal letters to parents Description of various incidents Something to complain about	579kb
Narrative Texts
Action Opening	69kb	Planning Framework for Bloddin's Adventure	98kb
From 'Why the Whales became'	70kb	Mac's Short Adventure	72kb
Characters	88kb	The Long Walk	75kb
Mrs.Wentleberry	69kb	From 'Freddie Pilcher'	70kb
Narrative Framework	87kb	Ending from action story	70kb
Report Texts
BMX Report Writing	71kb	British Barn Owl	70kb
Cheetahs Text	70kb	Hot deserts	70kb
Poetry
Dancing Bear	71kb	Jabberwocky	234kb
Warning	87kb
Revision Texts
City Jungle Poetry	69kb

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This page is maintained by Carol Rainbow to whom any faulty links, images etc. should be reported.

Last updated 26/03/2008