This Year 4-6 plan with slides supports students to write a persuasive speech to the British Parliament. It uses evidence from the book ‘Street Child’ along with modality, conjunction-based sentence starters and the language of persuasion to help children to write a speech from Lord Shaftesbury to the British Parliament. The unit also includes debate and a final public reading lesson. The unit is designed to stand alone but can be used to build connections for those classes who are studying Victorian Britain and/or the book ‘Street Child’.

This resource is a single activity which acts as a learning experience for children to better understand the concept of industrialisation. The resource includes the lesson plan and slides. This is a learning experience-based lesson where the children take either the roles of factory and workshop workers. This lesson makes the learning of the concept of industrialisation fun, engaging and purposeful when thinking about the concept.

This resource is a single activity which acts as a learning experience for children to better understand the concept of technology. The resource includes the lesson plan and slides. There are two active resource-based challenges which are based around physical timelines consisting of different technological artefacts and their impact on people. This lesson makes the learning fun, engaging and purposeful when thinking about the concept of technology. Warning - For one of the timelines, this activity does require the teacher to bring in some personal electronic devices or other appropriate technology.

This resource is a single activity which acts as a learning experience for children to better understand the concept of communication. The resource includes the lesson plan and slides. This is communication/sketching resource-based challenge which is based around historical communication and the different forms and impact it had. This lesson makes the learning fun, engaging and purposeful when thinking about the concept of communication.

This resource is a single activity which acts as a learning experience for children to better understand the concept of invention. The resource includes the lesson plan and slides. There are three active resource-based challenges which are based around historical inventions and their impact as inventions. This lesson makes it fun, engaging and purposeful when thinking about the concept of invention.

This is a key stage 2 RE unit based on the concept of stewardship. It includes slides and a unit plan. It focuses on inspirational religious leaders as stewards of the Earth. It looks at the concept of Stewardship then focuses on Islam and Buddhism and the way they use scripture to encourage believers to become stewards of the Earth. It then focuses on the Dalai Lama and the Grand imam as examples of stewards of the Earth and inspirational leaders. This unit encourages children to become stewards by coming up with a care plant for looking after classroom plants. It is a fun, engaging and relevant unit for KS2 aged children.

This history inquiry unit plan and powerpoint resources are focused on the macro-concept ‘Development’. The central case study which continues to run through the inquiry is the ‘Victorian Age’. Ultimately, the inquiry involves a series of activities which focus on the following concepts: industrialisation, technology, invention and communication. These activities are concept formation lessons. However, there are also lessons/activities which include case studies (some Victorian , some fictional, some from other areas of history). There is also a plan for an initial Victorian Day including powerpoint resources. The case studies are intended to focus on each of the concepts. There are also reflection activities and assessments. Finally, there is an initial and final assessment where the children must draw / write their interpretations of the concepts they have covered.

This Year 5/6 historical inquiry unit (including powerpoint) is focused on the concept ‘Reputation’. The central case study which continues to run through the inquiry is the ‘Viking’ age. Ultimately, the inquiry involves a series of activities which focus on the following concepts: bias, trade, raiding and settlement. These activities are primarily concept formation lessons. However, they also include case studies (some fictional, others real) which are intended to provide the children with a better idea of each of the concepts. Throughout the inquiry, the students will come back to bias and its influence on history and peoples from history. There is an initial and final assessment where the children have to draw/write their interpretations of the concepts. The initial assessment connects these concepts to the Vikings, the final assessment does not.

This Year 5/6 unit is based on creating a game which includes a diary entry about a ship being wrecked in a storm and persuasive letter sent from a desert island. It is designed to get the children to produce purposeful writing where they give the final game to a family member/carer/friend. The unit starts by playing an example version of the game (included in the plan as a link) and builds towards the writing a descriptive diary entry describing the sinking of a ship. The historical time period is meant to be based in the classical pirate era, however this can be altered. The unit then goes into the second section where children simulate the feelings of being shipwrecked then write a persuasive letter begging to be rescued. The children will use metaphors, rhetorical questions, modal verbs and emotive adjectives/verbs to create their diary entries and letters.

This Year 5/6 unit is based on the question of A.I. rights. It is designed to get the children to take part in a structured child-led debate; as well as writing a persuasive writing piece. The unit starts with a series of debates (P4C, speech-related and Socratic) and builds towards the writing of persuasive text. The unit uses video, sources of evidence, discussion and argument to give the children a clearer understanding of how to build persuasive language. The children will use rhetorical questions, modal verbs and fronted adverbials to create a persuasive argument for or against A.I. rights. The students loved this unit and were highly engaged by the subject matter.

This Year 5/6 unit is based on the first chapter of the Peter Bunzl book ‘Cogheart’. It is designed to get the children to write a series of stories. The unit starts with independent writing and builds towards the guided writing of Chase Story. The unit uses music, play-based activities, video and sound to give the children a clearer understanding of building tension and suspense. The children will use subordination, short sentences and dialogue to create a chase story based on the Victorian ‘Penny Dreadfuls’. This unit works really well alongside Victorian history and guided reading units.

This is an easy-to-use Year 6 resource which includes a systematic lesson plan with some resources (no slideshow/fluency questions included). The plan is appropriately differentiated where necessary and it will help to review / introduce the following objectives: *Simplifying fractions *Converting between improper fractions and mixed numbers *Comparing and ordering fractions by the denominator *Compare and ordering fractions by the numerator The plan follows the National Curriculum objectives for these objectives and has interesting, fun activities to engage students.

This game is an incredibly fun, addictive and different way to reinforce Bidmas through the genre of tabletop war gaming. The resource includes the rules for the games as well as a powerpoint for special weapons known as the god scrolls. You will need to find your own pieces to represent the different characters but I have used chess pieces, child-designed pieces and differently-coloured counters for this. In previous classes, I have also included a premier league and a cup competition to boost interest in the game. I would also encourage you start with groups of three when playing where one of the players acts as the games master. I hope you and the children you teach enjoy the game as much as my classes have.

This enormous set of resources includes a complete list of Year 3/4 spelling sets. Also included are 16 powerpoint spelling presentations along with a list of 16 dictations with links to online YouTube dictations. These spellings are loosely based on the Year 5/6 spellings which children would need to learn according to the English National Curriculum guidelines. Weekly planning format (there are 3 different sessions during the week): Children learn the spelling rule. They are introduced to 6-8 words which match that spelling rule. They practice the words using four different spelling strategies to learn the words. Finally, they play a game which reinforces their understanding of the word (this can be a game like spinal spellings where they draw the word on the partner’s back and their partner has to say the word and spell it). Words are chosen due to their relevance and use to children in the class (overly long and pointless spellings aren’t really included). Children take part in a small diagnostic spelling test where they self mark, evaluate and practice any spellings they got wrong (they use the spelling strategies introduced each spelling session to practice the spellings). They finish with another game like ‘guess the spelling based on the clue’ or ‘throwing a counter to see which spelling it lands on and spelling that word’. At the Beginning of the following week, children listen to the dictation. They dictate what is said including relevant punctuation. This can be done by children independently using electronic devices or as a whole class (with the dictation playing through the speakers in the class - or being read by the teacher). The process continues for the next spelling in the list and so on.

This is an incredible plan which uses experiential learning to build towards children creating there own NGO. It starts with children analysing the structure of the Earth then moves onto children identifying the seismic similarities and differences between 2 locations (Nepal and Japan). Finally, the children work together in groups to create there own NGO. They then take part in an NGO fair where they try to get support for their NGO. This unit is cross-curricular, making links with science, PSHE and other subjects. It also has High Performance Learning objectives added to the plan so the children better understand why they are learning and how the learning will help them.

This inquiry unit focuses on the question ‘Was the Roman Invasion of Britain a good or bad thing for the British Celts?’ There are a mixture of experiential and inquiry based activities which help the students to decide whether the Roman invasion of Britain was actually a good or bad thing! This unit is built around the twin learning concepts of research and experience. For those who are interested, it is also centered around Higher Performance Learning goals. There are numerous resource links included in the plan.

This slideshow is designed so that it can be shared with all members of a class (they would each receive a copy). The idea is that they can carry out their own project linked to helping their own society (family). It encourages them to keep a diary, produce art and reflect on their life. This is an extended project which can be run for a week, two weeks a month…It is aimed at children from year 4 (grade 3) to year 6 (grade 5). However it could be adapted for older / younger students.

This is a very simple plan which contains three different ideas for delivering online zoom lessons. Each activity should last 45 -60 minutes. It could be used with Google Hangouts or another online service but the break out room feature really allows for fun, engaging and motivating activities. The activity is best pitched for Year 3 (Grade 2) to Year 6 (Grade 5) year groups.

This Year 6 unit is based on the first three chapters of the John Boyne book ‘Stay Where You Are Then Leave’. It is designed to get the children to write setting descriptions from two character’s perspectives. The unit uses music, drama, video and sound to give the children a clearer experience of the time (WW1). It then moves onto producing apprentice sentences which can be used in their own writing. Finally, the children create story continuations where they describe their journeys through a part of WW1 london.

THIS PLAN INCLUDES A SLIDESHOW AS PART OF THE RESOURCE This year 6 English unit is a 6-7 lesson mini-unit which gets the students to analyse then perform two poem World War One poems. ‘Dulce et Decorum Est’ by Wilfred Owen and ‘An die Soldaten des Grossen Krieges’ by Gerrit Engelke. It is designed to get students to ask their own questions about the poem, then answer them. They also learn how to perform poetry while other members of the class are also performing at the same time. The second poem offers them the opportunity to rewrite parts of the Gerrit Engelke’s poem then create a video presentation. The unit has many links to Michael Rosen’s ideas about performing poetry, while making sure the children understand that the impact of performing poetry from the First World War. While it has been designed as a Year 6 unit, it could be used in Year 5 or Year 7.