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Boy - Roald Dahl - Chapters 7-9: Visits to Norway - Double Lesson!
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Boy - Roald Dahl - Chapters 7-9: Visits to Norway - Double Lesson!

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This engaging and thought-provoking double-lesson resource aids students in developing a secure understanding of the chapters 7 to 9 of Roald Dahl’s ‘Boy: Tales of Childhood.’ This section of the text details his many ‘idyllic’ visits to Norway. The comprehensive and colourful PowerPoint presentation enables students to understand the text through: -Retrieving information; -Inferring and deducing hidden meanings; -Summarising the key events. The session begins with a brief introduction to the country of Norway, followed by a knowledge recall session on the prior chapters. Students then read and understand the chapters, utilising retrieval, vocabulary, inference, explanation and deeper thinking activities. A clear, colourful and comprehensive PowerPoint presentation guides students through the learning activities. There is easily enough material for two lessons here (22 slides in total). The lessons are suitable for students in either KS3 or upper KS2 (for advanced classes), depending upon the individual context of the school and students.
The Iron Man - Chapter 1 - The Coming of the Iron Man!
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The Iron Man - Chapter 1 - The Coming of the Iron Man!

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This engaging and thought-provoking lesson aids students in developing a secure understanding of Chapter 1 of Ted Hughes’ 'The Iron Man.’ The chapter is entitled ‘The Coming of the Iron Man.’ The resources guide the children along a learning journey in which they understand the text through: -Making predictions; -Retrieving information; -Inferring and deducing hidden meanings; -Summarising the key events of the chapter. Children are guided through the lesson via a colourful and comprehensive PowerPoint presentation, which includes a range of thought-provoking activities and model examples/ answers. The tasks are comprised of retrieval, vocabulary, inference, summarising, explaining and deeper thinking activities. Children also get the opportunity to partake in a creative activity at the end of the lesson. There’s a lot in the session (17 slides in total) so you may wish to either select the content that is pertinent to you/ your class or spread the lesson resource over two sessions. The resource is ideally pitched for children in lower KS2, but could feasibly be used with slightly older or younger children, depending upon the individual context of the school and students.
Aspiration Assembly! (Primary)
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Aspiration Assembly! (Primary)

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This fun and original assembly aims to inspire children to be aspirational, through: -Understanding what aspiration is and recognising why it is important; -Finding out about successful and inspirational people who have been aspirational, gone on inspiring journeys and reached their goals (examples include Ed Sheeran, Beth Mead and Malala Yousafzai); -Demonstrating the power of aspiration through a powerful video - followed by discussion questions; -Looking at their own lives and considering how they can apply aspiration strategies (e.g. setting SMART targets, etc.) -Ending with reflection and a well-linked song. This assembly is tried and tested, and has always been really well received in the past. It is comprehensive (20 slides in total - there is enough material for a 30-40 minute assembly or two 20-minute assemblies). The slides are visually engaging and well-presented, and the subject matter is tailored to the interests and needs of young people. For example, there are references to scenarios and dilemmas that they themselves might find themselves in order to help them to make the right choices in their own lives. No further resources are required - everything that you need to present the assembly is included. The assembly presentation is fairly self-explanatory, but I’ve included guidance notes to assist the speaker just in case. Hope that you find this useful!
Rooftoppers - Katherine Rundell - Chapters 1-3!
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Rooftoppers - Katherine Rundell - Chapters 1-3!

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This engaging and thought-provoking triple-lesson resource aids students in developing a secure understanding of the chapters 1 to 3 of Katherine Rundell’s 'Rooftoppers.’ The comprehensive and colourful PowerPoint presentation enables students to understand the text through: -Making predictions; -Retrieving information; -Inferring and deducing hidden meanings. The sessions include a range of retrieval, vocabulary, inference, explanation and deeper thinking activities. A clear, colourful and comprehensive PowerPoint presentation guides students through the learning. The lesson also includes an answer key for the retrieval questions, and model answer ideas for the more detailed responses. There’s a lot here (22 slides in total) so I would recommend breaking into two or even three separate lessons. The lessons are suitable for students in either upper KS2 or lower KS3, depending upon the individual context of the school and students. I originally used them with year 5 and 6 children.
A Boy Called Hope - Whole Class Reading Session!
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A Boy Called Hope - Whole Class Reading Session!

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This whole class reading session aims to develop children’s comprehension skills through reading and interpreting the opening section of Lara Williamson’s ‘A Boy Called Hope.’ The resource pack includes the extract needed and a clear and well presented PowerPoint, guiding the teacher and learners through the various activities. The reading is followed by a series of activities aiming to develop children’s retrieval, explanation, inference, sequencing and summarising skills. A vocabulary check helps to secure children’s understanding of any new or unfamiliar language. The tasks are comprised of quick-check questions, solo thinking, pair/ group discussions and deeper thinking activities. The session is best suited for children in years 5-6, although with minor adaptations it could feasibly be used with slightly younger and older year groups.
Frankenstein Lesson Bundle! (All Lessons, Resources, Plans, Everything!)
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Frankenstein Lesson Bundle! (All Lessons, Resources, Plans, Everything!)

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This engaging, varied, and informative scheme of learning is designed to help students gain a valuable understanding of Mary Shelley's horror classic 'Frankenstein.' The lessons enable students to gain a comprehensive understanding of the key features of plot, character, context, and language, in addition to considering the key themes and ideas running throughout the text. All of the resources that you need are included in the bundle: informative and engaging whole lesson PowerPoints, worksheets, activities, and lesson plans. The bundle is made up of a wide-range of interesting and exciting lessons, including: - The Context of Frankenstein; - Victor Frankenstein - The Tragic Hero; - Shifting Narrative Viewpoints: - Shelley's Description of the Monster; - The Monster's Murders - Justified? Stimulating, visual, and easily adaptable, these lessons provide suggested learning objectives and outcomes for students of a wide-range of abilities - The vast majority of tasks are differentiated to allow for different abilities and needs in your classroom. Each lesson loosely follows this logical learning journey to ensure that students learn in bite-size steps: - Engaging - Defining/ Understanding - Identifying/Remembering - Analysing/ Creating - Peer or self evaluating. All of the lessons are interactive, employ a variety of different teaching and learning methods and styles, and are visually-engaging.
My Last Duchess Bundle!
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My Last Duchess Bundle!

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These resources are designed to help students gain a comprehensive understanding of Robert Browning’s classic dramatic monologue: My Last Duchess. Students will complete this learning having gathered vital skills in: interpreting the significant meanings of the poem, understanding the poet’s ideas within the poem, analysing the features of form and structure, considering settings and themes, and understanding Browning’s language devices. The bundle contains: The comprehensive and engaging double-lesson, The visually-appealing and informative knowledge organiser/ revision mat, The 16-page comprehension booklet. The double-lesson included is interactive, employs a variety of different teaching and learning methods and styles, and is visually-engaging. Resources, worksheets, and lesson plans are all provided.
Goodnight Mister Tom - Complete Lesson Bundle!
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Goodnight Mister Tom - Complete Lesson Bundle!

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This engaging and thought-provoking series of lessons has been devised to provide students with a well-rounded, secure understanding of Michelle Magorian’s 'Goodnight Mister Tom.’ The entire novel is broken down in to 10 double (and in some cases triple) lesson bundles, meaning that there is a total of 23 individual activity sets here - one for each chapter of the text. -Chapters 1-2 - Meeting and Little Weirwold -Chapters 3-4 - Saturday Morning and Equipped -Chapters 5-6 - Chamberlain Announces and Zach -Chapters 7-8 - An Encounter Over Blackberries and School -Chapters 9-10 - Birthday Boy and The Case -Chapters 11-13 - Friday, The Show Must Go On and Carol Singing -Chapters 14-15 - New Beginnings and Home -Chapters 16-17 - Search and Rescue -Chapters 18-20 - Recovery, The Sea and Spooky Cott -Chapters 21-23 - Back to School, Grieving and Postscript The comprehensive and colourful PowerPoint presentations guide students through a wide range f activities, including those designed to enhance the following skills: retrieval, understanding vocabulary, inference, explanation, summarising, sequencing, analaysis and deeper thinking activities. The lessons are suitable for students in either KS3 or upper KS2, depending upon the individual context of the school and students.
Songs of Innocence and Experience - Comprehension Activity Booklets Bundle!
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Songs of Innocence and Experience - Comprehension Activity Booklets Bundle!

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These 16-page resource booklets contain a wide range of challenging and engaging comprehension activities for use throughout the reading of William Blake’s ‘Songs of Innocence and Experience’ poems. Teachers have found the activities particularly useful throughout teaching, or for exam revision or guided reading sessions. They are perfect for aiding the progress of students towards meeting the key English Literature assessment objectives - suitable for all examining bodies. Students have found these resources extremely engaging, and it is clearly highlighted within each task regarding which assessment strands the task is designed to demonstrate. The resources are provided in both Word (to allow for easy editing) and PDF (to ensure for consistency of formatting between computers). Activities within each booklet include (amongst many others): ‘Analysing Context’ - helping students to ‘Show understanding of the relationships between texts and the contexts in which they were written.’ ‘Analysing Subject Matter, Language and Structure’ - to help students to ‘Analyse the language, form and structure used by a writer to create meanings and effects, using relevant subject terminology where appropriate.’ ‘Diary Entry’ - to help students to ‘Use a range of vocabulary and sentence structures for clarity, purpose and effect, with accurate spelling and punctuation. Make an informed personal response, recognising that other responses to a text are possible and evaluating these.’ ‘The Speaker’ - to help students to ‘Read, understand and respond to texts. Students should be able to: maintain a critical style and develop an informed personal response use textual references, including quotations, to support and illustrate interpretations.’
Writing Recounts - Big Bundle!
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Writing Recounts - Big Bundle!

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This bundle includes the four ‘Writing Recounts’ lessons and the ‘Writing Recounts’ knowledge organiser. These engaging and purposeful lessons enable children to gradually build towards composing an effective, well-structured recount. Whilst this series guides children towards writing a recount about an imaginary African safari, the resources could be reasonably adapted to suit your own chosen topic. The lessons included are: -Lesson 1: What are Recounts? -Lesson 2: Vocabulary Building -Lesson 3: Writing the Opening -Lesson 4: Creating Cohesion Each lesson contains an eye-catching and comprehensive PowerPoint presentation, in addition to any worksheets/ templates needed (in both Word and PDF). These lessons were originally created for children in lower Key Stage 2 (Years 3 and 4).
Y2 Fractions - Maths Knowledge Organiser!
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Y2 Fractions - Maths Knowledge Organiser!

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This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for Year 2 teachers, parents and children when covering ‘Fractions’ in mathematics. The content is organised into the following sections: -Overview: Learning areas covered, key definitions, why this learning is important; -Half and Quarter; -Third and Non-Unit Fractions; -Equivalent Fractions; -Counting in Fractions; -Key Vocabulary. The resource is designed to be printed onto either A3 or A4, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use and are cited on a separate document (included).
Toys in Space - Whole Class Reading Session!
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Toys in Space - Whole Class Reading Session!

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This whole class reading session aims to develop children’s fluency and comprehension skills through reading Mini Grey’s ‘Toys in Space.’ The reading is followed by a series of activities aiming to develop children’s retrieval, explanation, inference, prediction and summarising skills. It also contains a vocabulary check immediately after the extract is read to clarify any unfamiliar/ difficult language. The tasks are comprised of quick-check questions, solo thinking, pair/ group discussions and deeper thinking activities. The session is best suited for children in years 1-2, although with minor adaptations it could feasibly be used with slightly younger and older year groups.
Y3 Money - Maths Knowledge Organiser!
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Y3 Money - Maths Knowledge Organiser!

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This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for Year 3 teachers, parents and children when covering ‘Money’ in mathematics. The content is organised into the following sections: -Overview: Learning areas covered, key definitions, why this learning is important; -Pounds and Pence; -Subtracting Amounts and Equal Amounts; -Adding Amounts and Change; -Key vocabulary. The resource is designed to be printed onto either A3 or A4, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use and are cited on a separate document (included).
RE Special Ways of Living - The Holy Month of Ramadan!
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RE Special Ways of Living - The Holy Month of Ramadan!

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In this engaging lesson, students are introduced to the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. They gather knowledge the rituals that Muslims follow and consider the reasons behind these practices. The learning is guided by a clear and colourful PowerPoint presentation, which guides students through the following step-by-step journey: -Recalling their prior learning about how other religions (Christians and Buddhists) live in special ways; -Learning about the Holy Month of Ramadan - when it happens, what people do and why they do it; -Learn about how the fasting ends each day, and the purpose and composition of Iftar meals; -Create their own Iftar meals, containing foods from each of the necessary food groups for replenishing energy; -Considering how Eid Al-Fitr compares to celebrations in other religions; -Self-reflecting on the extent to which they feel they have met the learning objectives. This resource pack includes the comprehensive PowerPoint presentation (14 slides) and the template for the iftar activity (in Word and PDF). In the past, I have used this lesson with children from across Key Stage 1 - the key learning is aligned with curriculum expectations for RE, and also the content prescribed by most diocese regions. All images are licensed for commercial use.
Ancient Greek Clay Pottery - Knowledge Organiser!
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Ancient Greek Clay Pottery - Knowledge Organiser!

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This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for students learning about Ancient Greek Clay Pottery as a part of their art and design study. This was originally used alongside a history study of the Ancient Greeks. It contains comprehensive sections on: -Overview; -Styles and Techniques; -Significant Places/ Artists; -Creative Ideas and Examples; -Key Vocabulary; -Timeline of Ancient Greek Clay Pottery. This resource can be adapted for all ages, but was originally designed for KS2 children. The resource is designed to be printed onto A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use and are cited on a separate document (included).
Rembrandt Knowledge Organiser!
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Rembrandt Knowledge Organiser!

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This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for students learning about the Dutch Golden Age artist Rembrandt, as a part of their art and design study. It contains comprehensive sections on: -Biography of the Artist; -Styles and Techniques; -Rembrandt Timeline; -Significant Works; -Key Vocabulary; -How do I create art like Rembrandt? This resource can be adapted for all ages, but was originally designed for KS3/upper KS2 children. The resource is designed to be printed onto A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use.
Year 3 Online Safety Knowledge Organiser!
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Year 3 Online Safety Knowledge Organiser!

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This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for children in year 3 (and their teachers and parents) to support their learning about online safety. The organiser aligns with each of the ‘Education for a Connected World’ strands: -Self-Image and Identity; -Online Relationships; -Online Reputation; -Online Bullying; -Managing Online Information; -Health, Wellbeing and Lifestyle; -Privacy and Security; -Copyright and Ownership. A section at the bottom of the page lists the key vocabulary relating to online safety that children should be able to define and exemplify at this stage. The resource is bright and engaging, utilising images, acronyms and diagrams to support understanding of key concepts. The resource is designed to be printed onto either A4 or A3, and is provided as both a PDF (to protect formatting) and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use.
The Abominables - Whole Class Reading Session!
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The Abominables - Whole Class Reading Session!

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This whole class reading session aims to develop children’s comprehension skills through a reading of the opening chapter of Eva Ibbotson’s ‘The Abominables.’ The resource pack includes the extract and all of the activities for the session, which the class are guided through via a comprehensive PowerPoint presentation. The reading is followed by a series of activities aiming to develop children’s retrieval, explanation, inference, prediction and summarising skills. It also contains a vocabulary check immediately after the extract is read to clarify any unfamiliar/ difficult language. The tasks are comprised of quick-check questions, solo thinking, pair/ group discussions and deeper thinking activities. The session is best suited for children in KS2. I originally used this with Year 4-5 children, although with minor adaptations it could feasibly be used with slightly younger and older year groups. The session is also suitable for home/ remote learning.
Singh Song! Knowledge Organiser/ Revision Mat!
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Singh Song! Knowledge Organiser/ Revision Mat!

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This detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for students learning or revising Daljit Nagra’s love and relationships poem 'Singh Song.’ It contains comprehensive sections on: Context; Line-by-Line Analysis; Poetic Devices/ Language Devices; Themes; Form/Structure; Poems for Comparison; The Poet’s Influences. Key words and ideas are underlined for easy reference. The resource is designed to be printed onto A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use and are cited on a separate document (included).
Ancient Greece Knowledge Organiser!
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Ancient Greece Knowledge Organiser!

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This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for students learning or revising knowledge relating to the Ancient Egyptians. It contains comprehensive sections on: Ancient Greece map (annotated); Ancient Greek Gods; Ancient Greece timeline; Ancient Greek people; Ancient Greek places; Ancient Greek daily life. The resource is designed to be printed onto A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use and are cited on a separate document (included). It is most suitable for children in KS2 and KS3.