Harry Potter Science Lessons (Yr 5 Materials and their Properties)Quick View
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Harry Potter Science Lessons (Yr 5 Materials and their Properties)

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Harry Potter inspired science lessons linking to Year 5 science curriculum - mainly changing state, dissolving, solutions and properties of materials but also including life cycles and gravity. Powerpoint has WALTs linked to targets and enough experiments/written activities to cover 10 or more lessons. I have given scenarios from Harry Potter characters linking to ideas of potions to inspire them with work on dissolving etc. Notes in the bottom section give teaching pointers.
Egyptian Cinderella by Shirley Climo ImagesQuick View
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Egyptian Cinderella by Shirley Climo Images

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Images from the book Egyptian Cinderella cropped and sized to show to whole class on IWB. Images could also be stuck in books and used for inference or generating descriptive vocabulary. We did this text at the same time as our Ancient Egyptian topic but could also be used for retelling stories or familiar tales.
Children in Need Pudsey Maths QuestionsQuick View
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Children in Need Pudsey Maths Questions

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A mixed set of word problems linked to Children in Need. Aimed at Year 3 targets for addition, subtraction and multiplication. Includes finding the difference, bar model and 'I am thinking of a number...' style questions. Numbers could easily be made more tricky for older year groups.
Alice in Wonderland Year 5Quick View
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Alice in Wonderland Year 5

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2-3 weeks unit of work on Alice in Wonderland. Covering describing a setting/character, poetry and figurative language. USed for Year 5 class but could be tweaked to suit any KS2.
MATHS Yr 3 Is Multiplication Commutative?Quick View
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MATHS Yr 3 Is Multiplication Commutative?

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A PowerPoint to guide children through exploring this question for themselves before using the commutative law to write out fact families. Suitable for Year 3 as it uses the 3, 4 and 8 times table. Differentiated for lower ability sticking to 2, 5 and 10 times table. Includes opportunities for children to respond and reflect and a final challenge to apply.
Use a contents page to locate information (non-fiction retrieval)Quick View
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Use a contents page to locate information (non-fiction retrieval)

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This hits a Year 3 target. Some questions are based on a contents page, some are retrieval from a fact page. Some slides for whole class teaching also, printable for children's books. Final slide has a response question to prompt higher order thinking. We have used it at the same time as our Forces and Magnets topic in Science.
Grammar Revision Yr 3Quick View
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Grammar Revision Yr 3

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Varied grammar revision linked to Year 3 curriculum. Suitable for showing on screen and children to complete on whiteboards as quick revision.
MATHS Calculations Treasure Hunt Style QuestionsQuick View
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MATHS Calculations Treasure Hunt Style Questions

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I used this towards the end of Year 3 to provide general revision of the four operations. Could easily be used in other Year groups. Children worked in pairs to go around and answer the questions. I laminated and used outside. Great for creating a buzz and linking to outdoor learning. It doesn't matter which question the children start on as they go around in a loop.
China Topic (Unit of work for half term of topic teaching)Quick View
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China Topic (Unit of work for half term of topic teaching)

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Set of lessons hitting both history and geography targets for Year 3. -Where is China? -Which animals live in China? -Famous landmarks of China -Maths link Chinese Zodiac questions -Literacy link Diary writing school day in China -Art link British or Chinese art -Maths link using Tangrams -Debate: pollution in China -Chinese calligraphy
Electricity key words/vocabQuick View
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Electricity key words/vocab

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Key scientific vocabulary to support pupils with electricity topic. Designed with display in mind but could be used as flashcards. Words look cute written on batteries.