These activities have been designed to support the teaching of English at key stage 2. The activities will enable the teacher to: explore the term 'simile,' share similes with the class, and provide exercises on new similes using established models. Within each of the activities further information can be accessed in order to develop pupils' knowledge, support the lesson or for research. Objectives: text level - reading comprehension to understand the use of figurative language in poetry and prose locate use of simile

New York – Travel Destinations. This GCE Travel and Tourism case study aims to help students, teachers and parents with the requirements of AQA’s Unit 3 ‘Travel Destinations’. It will also be useful for those studying with the Edexcel and OCR exam boards. The case study includes assessor commentaries, which will give an indication of the unit requirements and the depth of portfolio work required. Areas covered include: Location, climate and landscape; attractions; travel method; future popularity and suitability for different customer types.

Excel data files of hourly rainfall and river height for three contrasting drainage basins in S Wales are used to construct and analyse flood hydrographs as both whiteboard and independent student activities. OS maps, sketch maps, photographs, videos and other Geographical Information Systems provide the background to an ‘Investigation into factors causing differing river flood levels’.

A lesson showing the characteristics of meanders and floodplains and explaining how they are formed.

This unit is intended as an introduction to the Christian worship unit or as quick revision of part of the unit on Worship in the Paper A course: Christianity 1 from Specification A of the WJEC Religious Studies course.

Activities to support all areas of the curriculum from early years to year 6. The activities can be used stand alone or as part of an introduction or plenary session. Each activity has teacher guidance notes attached.

A resource that teaches beat and rhythm.

Pupils are invited to choose the correct medial vowel to complete a word.

This lesson involves: * raising students' awareness of the effects of producing and using textiles on the environment, and the need to make the best use of renewable resources taking into consideration the environmental effects of their misuse (NC 3c) * ensuring that section 5.1.1 (b) of the WJEC Design and Technology Textiles (143) specification ('Considering Environmental Issues') has been addressed according to the requirements of the Textiles focus paper * meeting the requirements of research and design in coursework

This resource pack teaches pupils how to create a scatter diagram. It is split into sections taking pupils through the process step by step allowing them to interact with the resource before showing them the answers. Pupils can plot the data and draw the line of best fit then use the graph to estimate particular values. Section 2 allows the pupils to build on this work by drawing and comparing graphs to answer questions.

A visual unit that can be used to promote thinking and encourage group discussion about the properties of polygons. Pupils can use the information provided to accurately draw diagrams to represent equilateral, isosceles, right-angled and scalene triangles along with many regular quadrilaterals. The activity consists of information sheets, an interctive whiteboard activity and worksheets on polygons, trianlgles and quadrilaterals. Ideal for KS3 students.

In collaboration with the Battle of Britain Historical Society, looking in detail at the battle including the new monument.

Information and activities based upon Renaissance Surgeon Ambroise Pare.

A resource based on identity and belonging and how clothes can be used to establish that identity. These activities are developed primarily as a speaking and listening resource but there are many opportunities for reading and writing also. All of the activities are based on the models outlined in the new Welsh Assembly Document ‘Developing Thinking’ with lots of opportunity for group work and fit with the new skills framework.

In this Unit, pupils will learn how to talk about the spare time activities they do, with whom and when, using the present tense of verbs. The Unit comprises of interactive activities for Listening, Reading and Grammar work and includes printable vocabulary lists, notes on grammar (Present tense of regular verbs, irregular verbs and stem-changing verbs), Oral and language extension worksheets. Each section is accompanied by teachers’ notes with suggestions on how to use each resource.

Vale of Glamorgan case study to support aspects of the WJEC GG2 Unit.

These resources link Environment Agency Wales’ resources to support teaching and learning for KS2 and KS3 Geography as well as PSE and ESDGC. They can provide a source of data for investigations, including real-time river levels and flood management schemes. These resources look at flooding in Wales and help to increase the awareness of flooding, why it happens, how you can be prepared and investigating different flood schemes. For more materials relating to this resource, please visit the NGfL site, linked below.

Apostrophes are used for shortened forms of words or to mark possession. Of the two, the use of apostrophes for contraction is most readily understood. As long as pupils securely grasp the idea that the apostrophe takes the place of a missing letter or letters, they are quick to position it correctly. They should be made aware that contracted forms are more appropriate for speech than for writing.

A comprehensive series of multimedia materials to support the teaching of the GCSE Design and Technology Food Technology course. The materials can be downloaded as a complete Moodle course or as individual elements. The bilingual resources include video clips, animations, text and quizzes within Moodle and can be used on an interactive whiteboard for whole class teaching or by students on individual computers. The images included in this work, to the best of our knowledge, are from sources that their use do not breach any copyright rules. Please visit the NGfL site, linked below

An extended novel that brings all important food safety messages to life and associated lesson plans.