The Story of the Nativity is a simple, clear play script which was written by Y1 and YR children to be performed by them, following a drama session based on the Christmas story. The script includes suggestions for carols to be sung by the children and audience, some simple stage directions, ideas for rehearsed movement and notes on costumes used. The suggestions sheet includes ideas for performance, rehearsals, inclusion of more children and staging. I used this with a YR/Y1 vertically grouped class, where YR took most of the speaking roles because they were so keen, after having helped to create the script! The Y1 children were narrators, prompts and lead singers.

This unit of work is for 3 sessions DT work on levers, for Years 3 and 4. It includes learning objectives. It is intended as a foundation for more specific applied work on levers in DT, and allows the children to become familiar with first, second and third class levers, and to be given the opportunity to build, test and identify such levers in their everyday environment. The plans include practical sessions, along with written work which will help to consolidate understanding. The suggestions sheet has ideas for using the plans, ways of building upon the sessions, and extension ideas for using the learning once the unit has been completed.

This is a plan for a 4 session art block based on cave paintings from the Stone Age. The plans include activities working towards a final art 'installation' and ideas for what to do with the finished piece. Included is a sheet of useful questions to get the children thinking about the Stone Age work, a comment sheet for visitors to the installation, and an evaluation sheet for the pupils. Learning objectives for each of the 4 junior year groups are included on the plan, and differentiation is by outcome. The skills involved are sketching using different media, hatching and shading, looking at colour and creating an atmospheric show space for the finished pieces. The powerpoint presentation is a good starting point for the block, using images (which are free to be used commercially) from different caves around the world.

This block involves the story of Boudicca's rebellion against the Romans. It includes a medium term plan, a short term plan, an information text telling the story of Boudicca, two contemporary descriptions of Boudicca, a Wanted poster blank and a caption /ideas for a display. The plans include learning objectives for literacy, history, art and computing. There are also ideas within the plans of how to work the block should computing not be available / appropriate.

Worldchanging Artists - a 5 week block of art lessons for Years 3 and/or 4, to be worked on 2 sessions per week. This block covers Renoir, van Gogh, Picasso and Warhol. The resources include a 5 week medium term plan and suggestions for the teaching of each week. It also includes information sheets on each of the artists and also Impressionism, Cubism and Pop Art. Finally, there are powerpoint presentations on three of the artists, with pieces of their artwork, questions for discussion and stimuli for the children's own work. The learning objectives are included in the plans, and differentiation is by outcome. The displays that can be put up after these lessons have been some of the most commented-upon work I have ever exhibited!