Revision Time Achieve Guide

The Achieve Guide to
Running Booster Classes
ENGLISH
MATHEMATICS
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Published 2014
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Contents
About the Achieve Guide to Running Booster Classes
Step-by-step guide to running booster classes
[Template] Letter to parents
[Template] Register for booster classes
Revision timetable
10
English revision scheme of work
12
Mathematics revision scheme of work
14
Key objectives tick sheets
16
Booster class reward sheet
18
Booster class attendance certificate
19
Introducing the Achieve Guide to

Running Booster Classes
Tough targets make for a tough life. We know only too well that teachers have
enough to worry about let alone the National Tests. This Achieve Guide to
Running Booster Classes has been designed to give you all the information and
ideas you will need to run successful booster classes in English and
Mathematics and to make the whole revision process as easy and as
manageable as possible for you.
All the pages in this guide are photocopiable. The planning sheets, letter,
register, timetables can all be copied and adapted as required, but may be
used without modification if you choose.
How to use this book
Dear Parents/Carers,
As you are aware, all Year 6 children will be taking the Key Stage 2
National Tests in May. As part of our preparation for these tests, we have
organised booster lessons to give the children extra practice and tuition
in English and Mathematics.
You can use the letter we have provided to gain

permission from parents and carers for children to spend
time at lunch or after school for the booster classes.
Sending this letter home will also help parents and carers
understand the importance of booster classes and the
National Tests.
Here is the timetable for these booster lessons, which start on [

and will run for [
] weeks.
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
After school/
lunchtime
Friday
English
Maths
It would be of great benefit to your child if they could attend as many
sessions as possible.
The after-school lessons will start at [
pm] and finish at [
pm] .
Please let us know what arrangements you will be making for your child
to get home after these lessons by completing the form below and
returning it to us.
Best wishes,
Year 6 teacher(s)
Revision Timetable Example
I will arrange for my child to be collected following after-school booster classes.
Name
My child will make their own way home following after-school booster classes.
Please tick
Monday
7.00am
Key Eng.
vocab.
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Key Maths
vocab.
Mental
Maths
warm-up
Key facts Eng.
Key facts
Maths
Saturday
Sunday
Signed
Lie in!
Name
Sleep
8.00am
Parent/Carer
Please return to your childs Year 6 teacher by no later than [

9.00am
10.00am
Literacy hour Literacy hour Literacy hour Literacy hour Literacy hour
Numeracy
hour
Numeracy
hour
Numeracy
hour
Numeracy
hour
Numeracy
hour
Sleep
Play for the
school team
Swimming
11.00am
12.00am
1.00pm
Sunday lunch
2.00pm
Chill out
3.00pm
English
booster
4.00pm
Football club
Maths
booster
5.00pm
6.00pm
7.00pm
Tricky Bits Tricky Bits

L3 Eng.
L3 Maths
Spellings
Mult. facts
English
booster
homework
Spellings
Maths
booster
homework
L4 Eng.
L4 Maths
(meet at
Alexs house)
Revision Timetable
Name
Ten-pin
bowling
Div. facts
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
7.00am
8.00pm
Read/bed
Read/bed
Read/bed
Read/bed
Sleep over?
8.00am
Following a timetable such as this would be hard but not beyond the realms of
possibility. if you plan correctly, you neednt sacrifice the things you prefer
doing. The timetable may look crowded but a lot of the planned features such
as Spellings or Key facts English only require 15 minutes at the very most.
10
9.00am
10.00am
11.00am
12.00am
1.00pm
Use the example Revision Timetable to explain

how someone might revise, keeping time for
having fun and chilling out!
2.00pm
3.00pm
4.00pm
5.00pm
Use the template Revision Timetable to

encourage children to plan their time leading up
to the National Tests.
6.00pm
7.00pm
8.00pm
11
Focus topic for week
Achieve Level 4 English

Practice Questions
Page refs.
Page refs.
Page refs.
4243, 4855, 5859
4243
Revision timetable lesson

Vocabulary
Grammar: word classes
615
Grammar: subjects and verbs
2023
Spelling
4447, 5657, 60
Reading: fiction
Grammar: sentences
Reading: poetry
Achieve
Level 4 Mathematics
Practice Questions
Achieve Level 4
English Revision
Achieve
Level 4 Mathematics
Revision
Achieve
Level 4 Grammar,
Punctuation and Spelling
LEVEL 4
Week
LEVEL 5
Revision programme for children aiming to achieve a Level 5 in English
Week
Revision programme for children aiming to achieve a Level 4 in Mathematics
LEVEL 4
Grammar: standard English
LEVEL 5
Week
3437

Vocabulary
3237
2427
69, 1617, 2021
Grammar: phrases and

clauses
1415, 1819
4445
3841
4
Spelling
3435, 4247, 5455, 60
Reading: fiction
Grammar: sentences
5455
5657
4849
5051
5052
2833
5356
12
Page refs.
Page refs.
Mental warm-up
Counting and understanding number
1617
1617
Mental warm-up
25, 2829
25, 2829
Mental warm-up
Knowing and using number facts
2627, 30
2627, 30
Mental warm-up
Calculating
1824
1824
Page refs.
Mental warm-up
Mental warm-up
12
Mental warm-up
Achieve
Level 5 Mathematics
3841
Practice Questions
1415, 22
23, 2627
23, 2627
Page refs.
4345
3639
4647
4041
5253
5051
Reading: poetry
Reading: non-fiction
5657
5253
5455
10
Punctuation
5455
11
12
Punctuation: speech
1013
2225, 5657
2633, 3841
4042
1923
4649
3637
13
1819, 3435
1819, 3435
1617, 2021, 2425, 3031
1617, 2021, 2425, 3031
Mental warm-up
Algebra
3133
3133
Mental warm-up
Algebra
2829, 3233
2829, 3233
Mental warm-up
Understanding shape
3438
3438
Mental warm-up
Understanding shape
3638
3638
Mental warm-up
Understanding shape
3943
3943
Mental warm-up
Understanding shape
3941
3941
Mental warm-up
Measuring
4447
4447
Mental warm-up
Measuring
4246
4246
Mental warm-up
Handling data
4849
4849
Mental warm-up
Handling data
4749
4749
10
Mental warm-up
Handling data
5052
5052
10
Mental warm-up
Handling data
5052
5052
11
Mental warm-up
Using and applying mathematics
5356
5356
11
Mental warm-up
5356
5356
12
Mental warm-up
5760
5760
12
Mental warm-up
5760
5760
14
Page refs.
4853
Page refs.
1415, 22
Mental warm-up
Calculating
Page refs.
2021, 2425, 3031
5253
Week

Practice Questions
1619, 2631
non-fiction
Reading:
Achieve
Level 5 Mathematics
speech
Punctuation:
Revision
Achieve Level 5
English Revision
4647
Punctuation
10
aiming
to achieve a Level3237
5 in Mathematics3840
Revision programme for children
11
Achieve
Level 5 Grammar,
15
Use the revision schemes of work to plan your

booster classes. They are designed to cover a 12week period and are separate schemes of work for
level 4 and level 5. We have suggested the sections
of the Achieve Revision and Achieve Practice
Questions books that you could use each week.
Annotate those and add your own resources too.
Key objectives tick sheet

Mathematics
Colour the face that reminds you how well you know each objective.
Key objective
Checking your answers
Multiplying and dividing by 10 and 100
Decimals
Reducing a fraction to its simplest form
Calculating fractions or percentages
Multiplication and division
Negative numbers
Simple formulae
Using brackets
Coordinates
Angles
Symmetries of 2D shapes
Units of measure
Estimating measures
The area of a rectangle
Use the key objectives sheets to help children to tick

off those concepts they understand and identify
those they need to do more work on.
Finding the mean

Finding the median
Finding the range
Finding the mode
Graphs and pie charts
The probability scale
Achieve page numbers

Achieved!
17
Booster class
Attendace
Certificate
Reward great attendance and effort with Rising

Stars Attendance Certficate.
Congratulations to:
for successfully completing the

BOOSTER CLASSES
For:
School
Step-by-step guide to running

booster classes
Now follow the guide on pages 67 to help you
plan your booster class programme.
Step-by-step guide to running

booster classes
1
Discuss with your Year 6 pupils what is going to happen with regard to testing at
school during the coming weeks.
Points to mention might include:
The National tests in May are a chance to show what they can do.
It is important to prepare properly so that they will be able to do their best.

Give an idea of the 'timetable of events'.
The school will be helping them as much as possible.
100% attendance between now and the tests would be an advantage.
The build-up to the tests and the tests themselves will be good practice for their
secondary school careers.
Give a motivational talk about goals and how they can achieve them.
Tell them you will be running extra classes after school everyone is invited!
2
Inform the rest of the staff as soon as possible. Raise the subject of booster lessons at
the next staff meeting. Ask which members of staff would like to help run the classes
(with the possibility of remuneration if this has been agreed with the head teacher).
3
Timetable the booster classes. Highlight the available evenings or lunchtimes that
booster classes could be held. (Think about staff meetings, other extra-curricular
activities, Friday afternoons, premises issues etc.)
4
Finalise the planning. Decide on a date to start, who will run which classes,
how much they will be paid and when (if they are to be paid), the method of
pupil reward for attendance and where the lessons can be held.
5
Inform the parents/carers. Fill in the example letter (page 8) with the correct
times and dates (or write your own letter), photocopy it for each Year 6 child
and send it home as soon as possible.
6
Gather together the necessary resources: pens, pencils, maths equipment,
books/folders to write in etc. Decide how you will use the Achieve books. The
suggested revision schemes of work on pages 12 to 15 will help you to plan this.
7
Draw up a register (page 9) from the returned permission to attend forms.
8
Start the booster classes with the Revision Timetable lesson (page 1011).
9
Initiate the reward scheme during the first class (page 18). Encourage children to
use the Key objectives tick sheets (pages 1617) to record progress and
highlight areas that need further work.
10
Hold an assembly, soon after the first booster class, to praise the commitment
and work ethic of the Year 6 pupils. If needed, you could try to generate a real
feel-good factor around the school an opportunity to celebrate effort and
achievement!
At the end of the booster class programme, congratulate all pupils for taking
part in the classes and give them their Booster Class Attendance certificate
(page 19).
Dear Parents/Carers,
As you are aware, all Year 6 children will be taking the Key Stage 2
National Tests in May. As part of our preparation for these tests, we have
organised booster lessons to give the children extra practice and tuition
in English and Mathematics.
Here is the timetable for these booster lessons, which start on [
and will run for [
] weeks.
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
After school/
lunchtime
Friday
English
Maths
It would be of great benefit to your child if they could attend as many
sessions as possible.
The after-school lessons will start at [
pm] and finish at [
pm] .
Please let us know what arrangements you will be making for your child
to get home after these lessons by completing the form below and
returning it to us.
Best wishes,
Year 6 teacher(s)
I will arrange for my child to be collected following after-school booster classes.

My child will make their own way home following after-school booster classes.
Please tick
Signed
Name
Parent/Carer
Please return to your childs Year 6 teacher by no later than [

8
Register for booster classes

English
Mathematics
(tick one box)
Name/Week
10
11
12
Revision Timetable Example

Name
7.00am
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Key Eng.
vocab.
Key Maths
vocab.
Mental
Maths
warm-up
Key facts Eng.
Key facts
Maths
Saturday
Sunday
Lie in!
Sleep
8.00am
9.00am
10.00am
Literacy hour Literacy hour Literacy hour Literacy hour Literacy hour
Numeracy
hour
Numeracy
hour
Numeracy
hour
Numeracy
hour
Numeracy
hour
Sleep
Play for the
school team
Swimming
11.00am
12.00am
1.00pm
Sunday lunch
2.00pm
Chill out
3.00pm
English
booster
4.00pm
Football club
Maths
booster
5.00pm
6.00pm

L3 Eng.
L3 Maths
English
booster
homework
Maths
booster
homework
L4 Eng.
L4 Maths
(meet at
Alexs house)
7.00pm
Spellings
Mult. facts
Spellings
Div. facts
8.00pm
Read/bed
Read/bed
Read/bed
Read/bed
Ten-pin
bowling
Sleep over?
Following a timetable such as this would be hard but not beyond the realms of
possibility. if you plan correctly, you neednt sacrifice the things you prefer
doing. The timetable may look crowded but a lot of the planned features such
as Spellings or Key facts English only require 15 minutes at the very most.
10
Revision Timetable
Name
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
7.00am
8.00am
9.00am
10.00am
11.00am
12.00am
1.00pm
2.00pm
3.00pm
4.00pm
5.00pm
6.00pm
7.00pm
8.00pm
11
LEVEL 4
Week
12
Achieve
Level 4 Grammar,
Achieve Level 4
English Revision

Practice Questions
Page refs.
Page refs.
Page refs.

Vocabulary
4243, 4855, 5859
4243
3437
615
3237
2427
Grammar: subjects and verbs
2023
Spelling
4447, 5657, 60
4445
3841
Reading: fiction
5455
4647
Grammar: sentences
Reading: poetry
5657
4849
5051
5052
10
Punctuation
3840
2833
11
5253
5356
12
Punctuation: speech
1619, 2631
2021, 2425, 3031
3237
3841
LEVEL 5
Week
Achieve
Level 5 Grammar,
Achieve Level 5
English Revision

Practice Questions
Page refs.
Page refs.
Page refs.
4345
3639
4647
4041
5253
5051
5657
5253
5455
5455

Vocabulary
4853
69, 1617, 2021
Grammar: phrases and

clauses
1415, 1819
Spelling
3435, 4247, 5455, 60
Reading: fiction
Grammar: sentences
Reading: poetry
10
Punctuation
11
12
Punctuation: speech
1013
2225, 5657
2633, 3841
4042
1923
4649
3637
13
LEVEL 4
Week
14
Achieve
Level 4 Mathematics
Revision
Achieve
Level 4 Mathematics
Practice Questions
Page refs.
Page refs.
Mental warm-up
1617
1617
Mental warm-up
25, 2829
25, 2829
Mental warm-up
2627, 30
2627, 30
Mental warm-up
Calculating
1824
1824
Mental warm-up
Algebra
3133
3133
Mental warm-up
Understanding shape
3438
3438
Mental warm-up
Understanding shape
3943
3943
Mental warm-up
Measuring
4447
4447
Mental warm-up
Handling data
4849
4849
10
Mental warm-up
Handling data
5052
5052
11
Mental warm-up
5356
5356
12
Mental warm-up
5760
5760
LEVEL 5
Week
Achieve
Level 5 Mathematics
Revision
Achieve
Level 5 Mathematics
Practice Questions
Page refs.
Page refs.
Mental warm-up
1415, 22
1415, 22
Mental warm-up
23, 2627
23, 2627
Mental warm-up
1819, 3435
1819, 3435
Mental warm-up
Calculating
1617, 2021, 2425, 3031
1617, 2021, 2425, 3031
Mental warm-up
Algebra
2829, 3233
2829, 3233
Mental warm-up
Understanding shape
3638
3638
Mental warm-up
Understanding shape
3941
3941
Mental warm-up
Measuring
4246
4246
Mental warm-up
Handling data
4749
4749
10
Mental warm-up
Handling data
5052
5052
11
Mental warm-up
5356
5356
12
Mental warm-up
5760
5760
15

English
Key objective
READING COMPREHENSION
Non-fiction
Fiction
Poetry
GRAMMAR
Word classes
Statements, questions and commands
Complex sentences
Standard English
Subject and object
Active and passive
Im/personal
In/formal
Phrases and clauses
PUNCTUATION
Capital letters and full stops
Commas
Speech
Semi-colons and colons
Higher level punctuation
SPELLING
Prefixes and suffixes
Plurals
Doubling the consonant
Long vowels
Apostrophes of possession and omission
Homonyms and homophones
Silent letters
Etymology
VOCABULARY
Synonyms and antonyms
Ranking words
Comparative and superlative
16
Achieved!

Mathematics
Key objective
Checking your answers
Multiplying and dividing by 10 and 100
Decimals
Reducing a fraction to its simplest form
Calculating fractions or percentages
Multiplication and division
Negative numbers
Simple formulae
Using brackets
Coordinates
Angles
Symmetries of 2D shapes
Units of measure
Estimating measures
The area of a rectangle
Finding the mean
Finding the median
Finding the range
Finding the mode
Graphs and pie charts
The probability scale
Achieved!
17
Booster class reward sheet

Introduction
Attendance is crucial to the success of your booster classes. The initial

enthusiasm among the pupils may be high, but maintaining that enthusiasm
can be difficult, especially when the classes are after school.
To keep up the attendance levels, a good reward system will prove

invalauable. Each school has its own tried and tested methods of
encouragement but here is another idea you might find useful.
Name/Week
10
11
List the pupil names in the left-hand column. For each booster class they
attend, award them a sticker or a star (just like any other reward system).
However! If you can achieve a 90% or better attendance rate for the full
course of booster lessons, then fax or email a copy of the register and you
will be entered into the Rising Stars HALL OF FAME!
All schools that do this will have a chance to win some fabulous prizes for
their school AND individual awards of gift vouchers for their pupils.
18
12
Booster class
Attendace
Certificate
Congratulations to:
for successfully completing the

BOOSTER CLASSES
For:
School
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Freefax: 0800 091 1603
Email: custcare@risingstars-uk.com
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The Achieve Guide to

Running Booster Classes

All facts are correct at time of going to press.

Text, design and layout Rising Stars UK Ltd

Step-by-step guide to running booster classes

[Template] Letter to parents

[Template] Register for booster classes

English revision scheme of work

Mathematics revision scheme of work

Key objectives tick sheets

Booster class reward sheet

Booster class attendance certificate

Introducing the Achieve Guide to

How to use this book

You can use the letter we have provided to gain

Here is the timetable for these booster lessons, which start on [

Revision Timetable Example

I will arrange for my child to be collected following after-school booster classes.

Key facts Eng.

Please return to your childs Year 6 teacher by no later than [

Tricky Bits Tricky Bits

Use the example Revision Timetable to explain

Use the template Revision Timetable to

English revision scheme of work

Focus topic for week

Achieve Level 4 English

4243, 4855, 5859

Revision timetable lesson

Grammar: word classes

Grammar: subjects and verbs

Focus topic for week

Mathematics revision scheme of work

Revision programme for children aiming to achieve a Level 4 in Mathematics

Grammar: standard English

Focus topic for week

Revision timetable lesson

Grammar: word classes

69, 1617, 2021

Grammar: phrases and

3435, 4247, 5455, 60

Focus topic for week

Grammar: standard English

1617, 2021, 2425, 3031

1617, 2021, 2425, 3031

Knowing and using number facts

2021, 2425, 3031

Achieve Level 5 English

Use the revision schemes of work to plan your

Key objectives tick sheet

Use the key objectives sheets to help children to tick

Finding the mean

Achieve page numbers

Reward great attendance and effort with Rising

for successfully completing the

Step-by-step guide to running

Step-by-step guide to running

It is important to prepare properly so that they will be able to do their best.

The school will be helping them as much as possible.

100% attendance between now and the tests would be an advantage.

I will arrange for my child to be collected following after-school booster classes.

Please return to your childs Year 6 teacher by no later than [

Register for booster classes

(tick one box)

Revision Timetable Example