A range of different thinking skills activities that can be used across a range of subjects and topics to create varied teaching and learning.

Attached are mini-skill sessions for History. These are 30 minute sessions planned for mixed Year 5/6 children but are easily adaptable to Year 7. Each week a new session will be added that looks at a particular skill or area of knowledge that is then followed up by a differentiated mini-activity/ assessment activity for children to complete. 1st session - Time - Look at the different ways of judging time, ordering these before then looking at a timeline. Finish by looking at the years that make each Century. 2nd session - Sources - Looking at the difference between primary and secondary sources as well as then briefly looking at bias and getting children to look at example sources. 3rd session - Sources - Analysing sources for validity and also what they literally show us and what we can infer from them. 4th session - Sources - Analysing sources with prompt sheets to help children. 5th session - Chronology - Being able to place events in chronological order on a timeline/ consider when events may have happened.

A document that provides examples of how you can ensure science is being delivered across the curriculum in KS2. The document is divided into scientific strands and then ideas of how other subjects can meet some of the objectives within the strand. It is by no means a complete list of ideas but is designed to be a starting point to support science across the curriculum.

A document that provides examples of how you can ensure maths is being delivered across the curriculum in KS2. The document is divided into math strands and then ideas of how other subjects can meet some of the objectives within the strand. It is by no means a complete list of ideas but is designed to be a starting point to support maths across the curriculum.

A range of plans for teaching different areas of the P.E curriculum that were used for Years 5 and 6. Includes different drills and how to differentiate activities within each one. May require you to have particular equipment in school which is why I have shared them for free. Youtube is a great added resource for showing professionals play and master different skills or for teaching yourself if you are low on confidence.

A breakdown of all the questions from the KS2 2018 Maths papers, split in to the various year group strands they have come from. Some questions overlap as they share curriculum strands from two different year groups. Included is also a breakdown of the questions in statistical form to show what each year group contributed in terms of marks. These are useful for sharing with staff in KS2 to show the types of questions children are expected to do for each year group as well as breaking questions down if people wish to practise easier or more challenging questions.

A reading comprehension based on Mo Farah. Included is a fact file about Mo Farah and three differentiated question sheets with answers included. The fact file can also be used separately to work on Mo Farah or show examples of how people can write bibliographies about a sporting star. Reading questions work on both fact finding and inferring from the information available, enabling children to practise their reading skills as well as learning about Mo's background story.

A collection of schemes of work and resources for KS2 History in one easy place. Included so far are schemes of work for: Maya Industrial Revolution (Combined with Geography) Battle of Britain Local Study of Nottingham Castle Skills sessions The Interwar Years Also included are assessment grids that work as best fit and a range of fact files/ knowledge organisers that can be stuck in books at the start of a topic.

An eleven lesson sequence that gives a brief introduction and overview of events in Europe following the end of the First World War. The sequence will focus on the end of the war and what followed with the Treaty of Versailles, some of the key events in the 1920's, the change in British politics, the rise of Hitler and the following actions that broke the Treaty of Versailles and policy of appeasement. All of the resources needed to run the lessons are included such as presentations and activities as well as the planning. These lessons have been written with upper KS2 and lower KS3 in mind but should be easily adaptable for KS4 students as well. Lesson 1 - Chronological order Lesson 2 - The Treaty of Versailles Lesson 3 - The Treaty of Versailles Lesson 4 - The Dawes Plan Lesson 5 - Changes in British politics Lesson 6 - Wall Street Crash/ Great Depression Lesson 7 - Rise of Hitler Lesson 8 - Propaganda/ Source Analysis Lesson 9 - Revoking the Treaty of Versailles Lesson 10 - Appeasement Lesson 11 - Evaluating Appeasement Also included is a brief knowledge organiser as well as a diamond 9 activity to evaluate the Treaty of Versailles.

A simple whole class marking sheet that can be used for KS2 English. This can then be used to feedback, with this being used effectively for independent writing as it doesn't give specific advice to a specific individual but looks at what has worked well, where to improve and other areas of focus. The PDF version is a simple print and write on sheet while the PowerPoint offers the opportunity to type notes instead.

Both assessments are uploaded separately but have been uploaded together for ease where people want both. History and Geography assessment grids from Year 1 to 6 that can be used to check children's understanding and use as a progress measure if wished. These are to be used as best fit as there may be some areas they are weaker/ more confident in with the aim being a best fit judgement. I created these as there appears to be a gap in both history and geography assessment at the minute in primary schools since the move to assessment without levels. This enables schools to have something in place for a foundation subject that links well to other curricular areas, as well as showing an assessment system should visitors wish to know how you monitor progress.

History assessment grids from Year 1 to 6 that can be used to check children's understanding and use as a progress measure if wished. These are to be used as best fit as there may be some areas they are weaker/ more confident in with the aim being a best fit judgement. I created these as there appears to be a gap in history assessment at the minute in primary schools since the move to assessment without levels. This enables schools to have something in place for a foundation subject that links well to other curricular areas, as well as showing an assessment system should visitors wish to know how you monitor progress. These were created using the statements from the curriculum, with a particular focus on what they should be able to do at the end of each Key Stage and then working up/ back from that/ making sure children are 'Year 7 ready' at the end of Key Stage Two. There is some overlap in the way grids may be worded but this is because the content they are learning is different and they are beginning to increase knowledge across a range of topics/ apply skills to different topics. I have attached PDF and Word documents as they can then be edited if you wish.

A quiz to use at the end of the year with children as a fun activity. Included is the quiz which has eight different rounds with eight questions that have multiple choice answers as well as a tie breaker question if needed. There is also an answer sheet for children to record their answers and a PowerPoint with the answers to the quiz.

A planning overview resource to support the teaching of Science across KS2. Every KS2 topic is included with each planning overview following the same structure: Knowledge children must know - This provides a minimum level of what is expected for children to know by the end of the unit and provides consistency across classes. This also helps ensure progression and cohesion between topics. Ways of knowing they know - Ideas for checking understanding and knowing that children have learnt the minimum level of knowledge. Vocabulary - Key vocabulary across the unit that children will need to understand Other links - Links to other subjects and ideas for investigations for each topic These sheets help start the planning process by making it clear what children should know by the end for staff to then use and link together in a sequence of learning. This then feeds through KS2 as it ensures a minimum level of knowledge that supports progression and cohesion across the science curriculum.

A quiz based on Disney films that can be used as a fun end of term thing or just as a general bit of downtime. Included are the quiz questions (with answers underneath each question) as well as an answer sheet for children to use individually or in groups.

Two different quiz types that can be used as a fun end to the year or as something to be used during some down time. One quiz includes seven different topics: Sport, News, Music, History, Science, Politics and Geography. Each round includes 8 questions which are all multiple choice. Also included is an answer sheet to record answers and tie-breaker if needed as well as a PowerPoint with the answers on. The second quiz is a Disney quiz that focuses on a range of films. Each round has a variety of questions with an answer sheet to record answers also included.

A set of lesson slides and differentiated worksheets that focus on abstract nouns as well as recapping other nouns. Written for Year 5 but easily adaptable for other year groups.

A lesson that focuses on time zones, including a look at GMT/ UTC as well as looking at the history of time zones. Included is everything that is needed to run the lesson including: the lesson plan, differentiated resources and the presentation PowerPoint. Good to use as part of a series of lessons looking at longitude and latitude or a useful one off lesson to practise some key skills and gaining a deeper understanding.