“Shackleton’s Journey” KS2 Resource Unit, an extremely LARGE upper KS2 unit designed to seamlessly integrate English, geography, and design and technology.
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This unit offers:**
Large PDF version of slides
PDFs of all extracts and activities
Abundant comprehension tasks
Thought-provoking critical thinking tasks
Extended writing opportunities
Comprehensive SPAG (Spelling, Punctuation, and Grammar) exercises
Rich vocabulary exploration
Design and Technology project: Designing a shelter
Study of the Haley Antarctic shelter
Research project on Antarctica with animal fact files
Two large writing tasks with extract PDFs included:
Explanation text of Antarctica
News report about their own Antarctica shelter they designed
Detailed success criteria
Writing extracts
Comprehension tasks
Planning formats
Writing genre checklists
This unit has been meticulously developed to help immerse students in the world of exploration, resilience, and adventure while fostering their literacy, geography, and DT skills. It’s a valuable resource for teachers looking to provide an enriched learning experience for their students.
A six week unit of work based on chapters 1-6 of the book ‘Viking Boy’ with comprehension tasks, writing tasks and a plenty of challenges included throughout.
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PowerPoint** for chapters 1-6 with 72 slides.
PDF version included too.
X30 sets of success criteria for each writing task included.
x30 sets of extract analysis for each genre ready to print.
Planning skeletons for each writing genre included.
Writing checklists and posters for each writing genre included.
Now includes newly added writing bookmark prompt cards for each child. Covers narrative writing, letter writing and report writing.
History focus including substantive knowledge, chronological timeline for the Vikings and Viking vocabulary.
Extensive Vocabulary and comprehension linked to the domains for all 6 chapters
Comprehension and critical thinking challenges
Comprehension answers included
Writing tasks with a clear structure: ideas to inspire; text analysis; plenty of SPAG opportunities ; writing activities, editing and publishing
History focus with a case study of a famous Viking longship and writing opportunities linked to longships.
Planning overview.
Suitable for KS2
Perfect book to accompany the Viking topic and study of longships.
Writing opportunities:
Information text writing: writing an information text about a Viking longship with a case study of the famous Gokstad Viking longship
Letter writing from Gunnar to Odin
Narrative writing: writing a description of a Viking battle
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These schemes of work are all based on beautiful KS2 books and save teachers hours of work!
**30 Days of Engaging English Activities for KS2. **These tasks are designed to supercharge children’s attainment and prepare them for KS2 SATs assessments. This resource focuses on key areas such as comprehension, year 5 and 6 statutory spellings, and grammar preparation, ensuring a well-rounded approach to SATs readiness.
With a specific focus on the reading domains, these resources offers a wide range of carefully crafted reading comprehension tasks. These tasks cover essential skills such as vocabulary, inference, prediction, explanation, retrieval, and summarisation. By incorporating these tasks into daily activities, students can sharpen their comprehension abilities and develop the necessary tools to excel in SATs assessments.
**Speaking and listening prompt cards.
**These visually stimulating prompts are accompanied by carefully selected adjectives, adverbs, verbs, and prepositions. By engaging in these activities, students can practice speaking, listening, and SPAG (spelling, punctuation, and grammar) skills, developing their communication abilities for SATs and beyond.
Extremely fun and engaging unit of work and printable classroom display based on this fantastic book! Great unit to use when teaching evolution, Darwin and the HMS Beagle expedition.
Resource includes an information text about Darwin’s HMS Beagle voyage, a biography of Charles Darwin and a narrative description inspired by the book. Power Point includes an extract analysis for each text type.
A six week unit of work based on chapters 1-6 of the book ‘Darwin’s Dragons’ with comprehension tasks, writing tasks, science objectives, cross curricular links and plenty of challenges included throughout.
PowerPoint** for chapters 1-6 with 63 slides.
X30 sets of success criteria for each writing task included.
x30 sets of extract analysis for each genre ready to print.
x 30 Writing checklists for each writing genre included.
Science focus including substantive knowledge and vocabulary for evolution topic.
Extensive Vocabulary and comprehension linked to the domains for all 6 chapters
Comprehension and critical thinking challenges
Comprehension answers included
Writing tasks with a clear structure: ideas to inspire; text analysis; plenty of SPAG opportunities ; writing activities, editing and publishing
Planning overview.
Suitable for KS2
Extremely fun and engaging unit of work and printable EVOLUTION classroom display!
Great unit to use when teaching evolution, Darwin and the HMS Beagle expedition.
Resource includes an information text about Darwin’s HMS Beagle voyage, a biography of Charles Darwin and a narrative description inspired by the book. Power Point includes an extract analysis for each text type.
A six week unit of work based on chapters 1-6 of the book ‘Darwin’s Dragons’ with comprehension tasks, writing tasks, science objectives, cross curricular links and plenty of challenges included throughout.
PowerPoint** for chapters 1-6 with 63 slides.
X30 sets of success criteria for each writing task included.
x30 sets of extract analysis for each genre ready to print.
x 30 Writing checklists for each writing genre included.
Science focus including substantive knowledge and vocabulary for evolution topic.
Extensive Vocabulary and comprehension linked to the domains for all 6 chapters
Comprehension and critical thinking challenges
Comprehension answers included
Writing tasks with a clear structure: ideas to inspire; text analysis; plenty of SPAG opportunities ; writing activities, editing and publishing
Planning overview.
Suitable for KS2
Beautiful poetry, writing and reading comprehension unit bundle based on the mesmerising books ‘Lost Words’ and ‘October, October’.
Plenty of writing extracts, writing tasks, comprehension activities, genre posters and more!
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Extensive KS2 units based around these two stunning books: Lost Words and this year’s Carnegie Medal Winner ‘October, October’.
These two units go together perfectly and will save teachers hours of work.
Reading comprehension, writing tasks, SPAG, extracts with analysis, vocabulary and more.
X30 PDF copies of writing extracts, success criteria, animal/plant information and more.
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These schemes of work are all based on beautiful KS2 books and save teachers hours of work!
A selection of writing genre checklists and posters. Checklist are bookmark size and can be printed, laminated (if required) and slotted inside children’s books. Bookmarks can be used across the curriculum.
*Narrative writing
*Explanation Writing
*Diary Writing
*Biography Writing
*Letter Writing
*Report Writing
*Persuasive Writing
x30 PDF of each bookmark provided
x1 classroom A4 poster for each genre included
Extensive poetry bundle covering themes of climate change, space and nature based on the beautiful ‘Lost Words’ nature poetry book.
Plenty of poetry extracts with analysis included.
x30 success criteria included
x30 writing checklists included
Plenty more!
HUGE bundle based on the beautiful books ‘Letters from the Lighthouse’ and ‘When the Sky Falls’.
These units are packed full of writing, SPAG, comprehension and even DT activities and writing. tasks.
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Extensive bundle based on the captivating books Journey to the River Sea, Asha & the Spirit Bird.
Packed full of information texts on the Amazon rainforest, Amazon river, Ganges river, Himalaya mountains, Nepal and more. Detailed writing extracts provided, writing genre posters, plenty of SPAG and other activities.
Extensive PowerPoints provided.
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Huge bundle of reading and writing resources linked to these two captivating books.
This bundle is perfect for studying two contrasting locations: Amazon rainforest and British woodlands.
Plenty of research tasks, writing activities, SPAG and reading tasks included.
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“Rooftoppers” KS2 English Unit: this is a HUGE unit with 2 Power Point presentations and heaps activities: reading comprehension, vocabulary, SPAG (Spelling, Punctuation, and Grammar), and writing skills through the enchanting world of the book “Rooftoppers.”
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Writing Tasks:
Abundant writing tasks encompassing report writing, narrative writing, and letter writing.
Explore the magic of Paris through a Parisian blog.
Craft creative stories inspired by Paris and a dramatic storm at sea.
Practice formal letter writing using Miss Eliot’s perspective.
Describe the thrilling experience of walking the rooftops of Paris.
Assess students’ writing skills with a comprehensive writing assessment.
Included Resources:
All success criteria in convenient PDF format.
Writing extract PDFs to support analysis and discussion.
An extensive collection of comprehension worksheets, covering summarisation, retrieval, prediction, explanation, vocabulary, and inference.
Newly added writing genre posters and checklists for a complete and organized teaching toolkit.
All resources are printable, laminate-friendly, and designed for year-round use.
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Massive unit based on the enchanting books, ‘Clockwork’ , ‘Firework Maker’s Daughter’ and ‘House with Chicken Legs’.
This bundle is packed full of writing opportunities, writing extracts, SPAG tasks, reading comprehension and more.
Extensive English and Geography units based on these captivating books : Darwin’s Dragons & Shackleton’s Journey.
Explore the Galapagos islands and Antarctica with your class.
Packed with cross curricular activities, extensive writing tasks, genre posters, SPAG activities and more.
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**Ultimate Reading Comprehension and SPAG Toolkit for Upper Key Stage 2 (Ages 9-12)!
This toolkit is designed to enhance reading comprehension, spelling, and grammar skills. This all-in-one package includes a wide array of resources to support your teaching and provide students with meaningful learning experiences.
What’s Included:
30 Daily Comprehension, Spelling, and Grammar Exercises:
Foster daily practice and consolidation of essential comprehension, spelling, and grammar skills. These exercises are thoughtfully crafted to challenge students while building their confidence in these key areas.
**Skills Prompt Sheets
Whether you’re working with fiction or non-fiction texts, these sheets provide students with a structured framework to analyse, infer, and respond to what they read.
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**Word Logs:
Encourage vocabulary development and word exploration with our Word Logs. Students can record new words they encounter during their reading journey, along with their definitions and usage, fostering a deeper understanding of language.
**Reading Reflection Sheets:
Promote critical thinking and self-reflection with our Reading Reflection Sheets. Students can express their thoughts, feelings, and connections to the text, enhancing their comprehension and fostering a love for reading.
**Reading Organiser.
This tool helps students identify main ideas, supporting details, and key elements of a text, enhancing their comprehension and analytical skills.
**Year 5/6 (ages 8-12) Spelling Flashcards
**SPAG Posters:
Decorate your classroom with our eye-catching SPAG (Spelling, Punctuation, and Grammar) posters. These visually appealing and informative posters serve as helpful reminders of essential grammar rules and writing conventions.
Download by clicking on he sticker on the PDF link. This will take you into a Google Drive with all the PDFs you need.
Digital Feedback Marking Stickers: English, Maths, History and Geography!
172 Maths feedback marking stickers ready to print, cut and stick! Cutting down hours of marking.
-general maths comments
-maths question stickers
-vocabulary stickers covering all KS2 maths topics: shape and space, statistics, measurement, calculations, number an place value.
-error stickers
100 English feedback marking stickers ready to print, cut and stick! Cutting down hours of marking.
-general English comments
-vocabulary stickers covering English genres.
-punctuation stickers
-language feature stickers
88 geography feedback marking stickers ready to print, cut and stick! Cutting down hours of marking.
-general geography comments
-geography question stickers
-geography vocabulary stickers covering all KS2 geography topics.
Feedback marking stickers ready to print, cut and stick! Cutting down hours of marking.
87 history feedback marking stickers ready to print, cut and stick! Cutting down hours of marking.
-general history comments
-history question stickers
-history vocabulary stickers covering all KS2 history topics.
Feedback marking stickers ready to print, cut and stick! Cutting down hours of marking.
PRINTABLE NOT A PHYSICAL PRODUCT
Digital Feedback Marking Stickers: English, Maths, History, science and Geography!
172 Maths feedback marking stickers ready to print, cut and stick! Cutting down hours of marking.
-general maths comments
-maths question stickers
-vocabulary stickers covering all KS2 maths topics: shape and space, statistics, measurement, calculations, number an place value.
-error stickers
100 English feedback marking stickers ready to print, cut and stick! Cutting down hours of marking.
-general English comments
-vocabulary stickers covering English genres.
-punctuation stickers
-language feature stickers
88 geography feedback marking stickers ready to print, cut and stick! Cutting down hours of marking.
-general geography comments
-geography question stickers
-geography vocabulary stickers covering all KS2 geography topics.
Feedback marking stickers ready to print, cut and stick! Cutting down hours of marking.
87 history feedback marking stickers ready to print, cut and stick! Cutting down hours of marking.
102 science feedback marking stickers ready to print, cut and stick!
-general history comments
-history question stickers
-history vocabulary stickers covering all KS2 history topics.
Feedback marking stickers ready to print, cut and stick! Cutting down hours of marking.
PRINTABLE NOT A PHYSICAL PRODUCT
Beautiful English and Geography bundle based on the captivating books Edge of the World, The Last Bear and Journey to the River Sea.
Packed full of extensive writing tasks, information texts on Bear island, the Amazon river and rainforest and Scotttish isles. Plenty of SPAG, writing genre posters and much more!
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Lovely bundle exploring the beautiful books ‘The Last Bear’, ‘Shackleton’s Journey’ and ’Edge of the World’.
Explore the Scottish isles, Antarctica and Svalbard archipelago with you class. Packed full with of writing tasks, genre posters, SPAG and research projects.
DT, geography links.
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