In 1991, two walkers out exploring in the Alps stumbled across a 5,000 year old mummified body. The oldest naturally mummified body ever found, ‘Otzi the Iceman’ told scientists much – but not who murdered him! Examine the evidence and see if you can you solve this ancient murder mystery. A captivating and fascinating assembly story. Use the resources for a creative writing follow up, or set as a homework task. This assembly story never fails to ignite the imagination! A series of PowerPoint slides guide you through the story - examining different sources of evidence and encouraging the children to infer and deduce each clue. Challenge them to justify their ideas by backing up with evidence they have been presented with. Works beautifully as a one-off assembly story, but additional resources mean it can be turned into a writing task - either creative writing or report writing. I have used it as the basis of whole school homework tasks - it’s an amazing story that will captivate the children and fire their imaginations.

A set of 10 printable worksheets for YEAR 6 Perfect for Year 6 Daily Basics exercises SATs Revision Keeping Skills Sharp - starters and extension tasks Use as part of your post - lockdown catch up

Guided Reading Lesson - Fully Resourced. Based around text from Carrie’s War. Perfect for using as part of a WWII History Topic, or just as a stand alone guided reading lesson. Use the printed resources, or work from the PowerPoint - recommended. This contextualizes the text - images and explanations about air raids and evacuation of children during the war. We then join Carrie and her brother as they are ‘chosen’ after being evacuated to Wales. All key question types are addressed though the lesson, with highlighted sections of text leading the children to the appropriate sections of text. A fascinating insight into life as an evacuee - children are enthralled by the experiences highlighted here - a great lesson. Printable texts and questions so you can adapt the lesson as you see fit.

KS2 Guided Reading Lessons based on The Mystery of the Colour Thief Works best with Year 5 and Year 6 classes Guided Reading PowerPoint analyses a section of text All main question types covered, complete with model answers Two additional extension activities included: i) Printable Vocab Game Print off the resources and challenge groups of children to collect associated vocabulary to complete a word bank ii) Use the completed word banks and additional resources to investigate adjectives and complete a descriptive poem based on the colours of Autumn leaves A series of three lessons that work perfectly if delivered over the course of a week

This resource is designed to be used during the Summer Term. It consists of a full set of checklists that detail the basic expectations in arithmetic for Years 3, 4, 5 & 6. This provides staff with a clear focus of what needs to be achieved by the end of the Summer Term in arithmetic. There are a full suite of matching Assessment Task Packs for each Year Group - each with their own Mark Schemes. Teachers can administer the assessment tasks and then fill in the checklists for each child. They are perfect for end of year assessments. We use these to pass on information to next teacher by sticking them into maths books in September. Teachers then know exactly what each child is secure in and what their next steps should be.

Here are a hand drawn PDF collection of primary classroom resources to include with your History Topics. Each project is designed to be completed independently in a single lesson with light supervision, using paper, card, glue and colouring materials. Simply print off the resources on card and the children should be able to navigate through the tasks with the minimum of teacher input. All activities can be carried out on A4 card, although some work better in the larger size of A3. Children love doing these tasks - and additional ‘Try one Yourself’ rescources challenge them to create their own designs using the paper engineering skill they have just learned. Select tasks that re-create famous scenes from history - each one will turn, move, pop up or reveal. The tasks include: Pop-up Greek Gods Greek Heroes and Monster Wheels Pop-up Eruption of Vesuvius A moving Stephenson’s Rocket 3-D Viking Ship in a Box Tessellating Egyptian Shapes 3-D Pop-up Benin Mask Beheading of Mary Queen of Scots! Simply download the PDF’s and print off a set!

A KS2 Guided Reading Task Using an extract from Michael Morpurgo’s classic ‘Kensuke’s Kingdom’ The focus is on looking at a Recount Text Perfect for Year 5 or Year 6 All key question types covered An interactive PowerPoint highlights and draws attention to key points in the text, helping to prompt more insightful responses from the children Can be used with a whole class or with smaller groups A printable set of resources included - text and questions