Guided reading type activities for The Lion Inside by Rachel Bright. You will need the text to work alongside the resource for the best experience. For use with KS1, year 3 or 4, or a guided approach with SEND older learners. Lots of ideas to use and adapt for your classroom. Activities for most pages of the text, clear in their suggestion and purpose. Prediction Looking at tiny texts and what they suggest Inference of character feeling and motive Vocabulary checkers Rhyming word spots Comparison with a different text Downloadable as a word doc and PDF

Nellie Choc Ice and the Plastic Island written by Jeremy Strong (You will need the text for this unit) complete learning journey/novel study. Full of fun questions, activities, learning opportunities. Can be shared and completed with an adult reading the text and child supported or independently for more confident readers. Opportunities for prediction, retrieval and inference and the designing of a fun poster at the end to keep our oceans safe. Downloadable as a editable word document and a PDF file

A unit of work for year 5/6 on WW2. This unit of work is based around the enquiry question looking at children’s experiences. The ‘Big Question’ being - Did all children have similar experiences in WW2? Each lesson has a focus in helping to answer this question. Lesson 7 looks at the impact on the local area. For this planning that focus is on Southampton and that the docks were heavily bombed. This can be adapted for your own local area. The unit ends with children writing a final discussion piece regarding the big question concluding with their own opinion supported by the evidence captured during the learning journey. Lesson 1 - Timeline / chronological understanding Lesson 2 - Propaganda - with a focus on those aimed at children Lesson 3 - Chamberlain’s speech, primary source of evidence evaluation with a focus on how this would’ve impacted children in the family once war was declared. Lesson 4 - Evacuation for or against? Looking at some different first hand sources which give differing points of views. Lesson 5 - Kindertransport - More of an assembly type lesson, but offers an important learning opportunity Lesson 6 - Looking at axis and allied countries and exploring children’s experiences within these different countries Lesson 7 - Southamptons role (Local area) Lesson 8 - Answer the Big question discussion text writing lesson All lessons come with Powerpoint boards and resources to support. Some have links to videos on Youtube within them

Christmas Class Fun with Elf Who a Guess Who style Xmas themed Game for the classroom. Great as a time filler on the run up to Xmas for the classroom. Works on collaboration, listening and taking turns skills alongside building questioning skills. Print on card or laminate paper for a longer lasting printable. Choose which pages to print as can print back to back for a more finished looking product. Included are: 2 Game Cards Elf selector cards to cut up, lay face down and choose an elf with Eliminator counters to mark off the elves who have been eliminated.