2 lessons: measuring the weather, climate zones, factors affecting climate. Instructions for making a wind sock to use outside and calculating sunshine hours (to cover Numeracy framework). Couple of references to Wales (to cover Curriculum Cymreig)

introductions to different ways plants adapt in rainforests, activity for kids to adapt a sunflower if it moved to live in the rainforest

Powerpoint and worksheet

Year 7, lots of lesson ideas on various aspects of mapping

States & Types of Volcanoes

What a bar chart is, the difference between horizontal and vertical, how to draw one

Information on the correct use of apostrophes, and activities to reinforce student understanding of how to use them.

Intro & activity on speech marks

Series of word mats/display posters with sentence starters, magic words (connectives) and keywords to help students from KS2-4 across all written subjects. Includes sheets on writing to describe, explain, compare and evaluate.

Introducing what active and passive are, and activities to promote students understanding of these terms

Range of 7 posters on common grammar mistakes and punctuation marks

An easy way to remember capital letters- print out and stick on the wall

Poster with basic rules to stick on the wall

Brief introduction to coastal erosion

Starter activity- mapping origin of pancake ingredients and calculating food miles Discussion on food miles and their contribution to climate change Newspaper writing task on why and how to reduce food miles

30 min lesson for yr 7/8

Sheets for practising four figure grid references, students colour in the squares to make a picture. Range of different sheets (Heart- H, Person- P, Flower- T, Smiley face- S, Car- C). Might be worth trying it out first as I haven't had chance to check it yet- sorry for any mistakes!

Sorting activity- steps of volcano formation

Introduction to Wales. Students list everything they already know about Wales. Competition to get the most facts with questions and flashcards with answers for students to swap with each other. Mapping Wales from memory task, acrostic poem and afl plenary.

Basic powerpoint on map skills

One slide giving overview of the Mexican celebration to help students understand the festival and then design their own sugar skulls.