Exclusive library of Year 5 resources to support SATs preparation and boost reading confidence
These resources form part of our added-value materials, alongside our Y5 and Y6 QLA progress reports, and Y6 SATs resources.
We’re excited to offer a bank of high-quality, free resources designed to support teachers, reduce workload and help your Year 5 pupils master SATs-style questions with confidence!
Created by Sarah Wakinshaw – an experienced educator with over 19 years of experience in teaching, curriculum development and SATs preparation – these resources make lesson planning easier while helping pupils build essential reading skills.
What’s included?
📖 Targeted practice for key domains
Our resources focus on the most heavily tested reading content domains:
✅ 2a – Understanding vocabulary in context.
✅ 2b – Retrieving and recording key details.
✅ 2d – Making inferences and using evidence.
📌 Structured, repeated practice
Each worksheet follows a consistent format to reinforce skills, using high-quality, age-appropriate Reading Plus texts. Pupils will develop confidence in answering SATs-style questions across a range of question types.
🎯 Differentiated resources for all learners
Every content domain includes:
- 6 structured lesson plans.
- 12 worksheets (6 for high/mid ability and 6 for low ability/SEND).
Vocabulary
When Reptiles Ruled:
Issues in Sport - Let Women Compete:
Retrieval
When Reptiles Ruled:
Issues in Sport - Let Women Compete:
Inference
Danger on the Prairie:
Jam Session:
What is Reading Plus?
Our online adaptive reading programme accelerates pupils’ progress for confident SATs performance.
- Each pupil is placed on a personalised reading journey to appropriately challenge and improve their reading speed, fluency and comprehension.
- Adaptive technology supports pupils to read more than 185 words per minute – the rate needed to comfortably complete the Reading SATs paper.
- After each text a pupil encounters in the programme, they answer ten comprehension questions aligned to the KS2 content domains.
- The KS2 Question Level Analysis Report measures pupils against the KS2 reading domains to ensure gaps in knowledge are identified and remedied long before SATs arrive.
Want to learn more? Book in a call with a Reading Development Consultant to see how Reading Plus can support your pupils to succeed in SATs.
We hope you find these resources valuable in supporting your pupils’ reading development.
We’d love to hear your thoughts. Get in touch at getinvolved@daisyeducationuk.com and let us know how these resources are helping your classroom!