This is a slide show of the first three planned lessons from the Year 5 Cornerstones ‘Alchemy Island’ unit and is linked to the lesson plans I have uploaded to this website. These 3 initial lessons can be taught separately or in one day to introduce the topic to your class. They include a geography, science and music lesson.

PowerPoint slide show. Three initial lessons based on the Cornerstones, Year 5, ‘Alchemy Island’ scheme of work. First 3 lessons included: Geography (Co-ordinates), Science (Materials - Chemistry) and Music. These lessons could be taught separately or in one day to kick start the unit.

3 ‘Launch Day’ differentiated lesson plans based on the Year 5 Cornerstone’s ‘Alchemy Island’ cross-curricular scheme of work. Lesson 1 - Geography; Lesson 2 - Science (Materials), and Lesson 3 Music (Composition)

This slide show is linked to the Cornerstone’s ‘Pharaohs’ History lesson on the mummification process. Year 5.

This is a one off differentiated lesson plan linked to the Cornerstone’s ‘Pharaohs’ scheme of work. History lesson 1 - The Mummification Process. Initially set up for Year 5 but could be easily adapted for any other KS2 year group.

Slideshow - One week’s worth of English lessons Genre: Balanced Argument Based on a scenario from ‘Poppy Pym - The Pharaoh’s Curse’ WAGOLL, some scaffolds and word banks included

Year 5 English slideshow. Narrative writing based on the book Diary of a Time Traveller. Some resources included e.g. WAGOLLS, word banks, scaffolds…

Year 5 Newspaper Report - One week’s worth of planned slideshow lessons, including resources i.e. WAGOLLS, scaffolds and word banks. An invented scenario sets the week’s teaching off, based on the Australian outback pilot Nancy Bird-Walton from ‘The Diary of a Time Traveller’ book.

Christmas Maths Problem Solving Activities - Includes resources to be printed - Can be used for a Year 4 or 5 class depending on ability.

Year 5 English. One week’s worth of planned lessons on this slideshow. Genre - Character description based on the first two chapters of ‘Poppy Pym -The Pharaoh’s Curse’ WAGOLLS, word banks, and scaffolds included

Year 5 Persuasive Letter Writing - Identification and understanding of persuasive features - Slideshow that includes resources - Linked to Pharaoh’s topic