An English Lead who has been teaching for over 10 years, sharing high quality, time saving resources so you can focus on your pupils and achieve a healthy work-life balance.
You will find bright and engaging resources that are designed to be picked up and easily taught by anyone.
Each resource is focused on progress, inspired by the Outstanding Teachers Course.
An English Lead who has been teaching for over 10 years, sharing high quality, time saving resources so you can focus on your pupils and achieve a healthy work-life balance.
You will find bright and engaging resources that are designed to be picked up and easily taught by anyone.
Each resource is focused on progress, inspired by the Outstanding Teachers Course.
A word search pack for 3 abilities on Yosemite National Park. Written for KS2 Geography lessons, can be used alongside my 8 lesson unit pack, link below. Useful for filling in time, could take children between 30-50 minutes to complete.
Differentiated for 3 ability levels:
LA - 16 words to find, small images to colour to support reading.
MA -18 words to find, some complex spellings. Colouring border to complete once finished.
HA - 42 words to find, with complex spellings and technical geographical vocabulary.
All key vocabulary for KS2 children learning about this beautiful place.
All answers provided.
Check out my popular geography unit on Yosemite:
RESOURCE BUNDLE
A complete bundle of lessons for a whole KS2 Geography unit on Europe. Includes 6 complete lessons, each with input, starter activities, paired and group work, range of differentiated written tasks, extensions and plenaries.
Written for years 3 and 4, easily adaptable for years 5 and 6.
Covering physical and human geography, locational knowledge and landforms and processes. All the objectives from the National Curriculum.
Cross curricular skills also linked; such as diary writing, graphing, Venn diagrams, Carroll diagrams etc.
All lessons complete with a thorough and engaging teaching PowerPoint, printable worksheets, answers, challenges and video links.
Use and enjoy.
All reviews welcome.
Check out my other popular KS2 Geography units:
Scandinavia 7 Lesson Pack
Yosemite 8 Lesson Pack
A complete geography lesson on rivers in Europe. Includes a thorough teaching PowerPoint, interactive activities, worksheets, word bank, extensions, videos and plenary game.
Follow the ready-to-go PowerPoint to teach about identifying, describing and comparing rivers in Europe.
Cover:
What is a river?
How is it formed?
Parts of a river
Rivers on maps of Europe
Europe River facts
What are Fjords?
Planned for years 3 or 4, easily adaptable for years 5 and 6.
Differentiated recording tasks provided so children can label a map of Europe with the main rivers. Includes 3 extensions.
Highlights:
Differentiated
Activities for all styles of learners
Scaffolded learning
Check out my other popular Geography lessons on Europe:
Where is Europe?
Countries of Europe
Compare cities in Europe
Climate of Europe
Mountains of Europe
A complete geography lesson on the mountains of Europe. Includes a thorough teaching PowerPoint, interactive activities, worksheets, video, extensions and games.
Follow the ready-to-go PowerPoint to teach about the mountain ranges of Europe.
Cover:
Formation
Map work
Climate
Vegetation
Facts
Famous peaks
Planned for years 3 or 4, easily adaptable for years 5 and 6.
Differentiated recording tasks provided with two extensions.
Highlights:
Photo analysis starter activity
Activities for all styles of learners
Scaffolded learning
Check out my other popular Geography lessons on Europe:
Where is Europe? lesson pack
Countries of Europe lesson pack
Compare Cities of Europe lesson pack
Climate of Europe lesson pack
Rivers of Europe lesson pack
A complete lesson on the climate of Europe, focusing on map skills and locational knowledge. Includes a thorough teaching PowerPoint, video links, interactive activities, worksheets, answers, extensions and challenges.
This lesson is ready-to-go, written for a year 3 class, so suitable for years 3 and 4, but easily adaptable for years 5 and 6 (the extension tasks are suitably challenging).
Highlights:
Differentiated
Higher level questioning
Modelling
Scaffolding
Easy to mark
Written as part of a unit on Europe.
Check out my other popular Geography lessons on Europe:
Where is Europe?
Label Countries of Europe Lesson
Compare Cities in Europe
Mountains of Europe
Rivers of Europe
All reviews welcome.
A complete geography lesson comparing two cities in Europe. Includes a thorough teaching PowerPoint, interactive activities, worksheets, word bank, extensions, videos and plenary.
Follow the ready-to-go PowerPoint to teach about the human and physical features of Bristol and Berlin.
Compare:
Population
City layout
Climate
Landscape
Landmarks
Art and culture
Planned for years 3 or 4, easily adaptable for years 5 and 6.
Differentiated recording tasks provided with an extension.
Highlights:
Photo analysis starter activity
Activities for all styles of learners
Scaffolded learning
Check out my other popular Geography lessons on Europe from the unit:
Where is Europe?
Label Countries of Europe Lesson
Climate of Europe
Mountains of Europe
Rivers of Europe
A complete geography lesson teaching the countries of Europe. Includes a thorough teaching PowerPoint, interactive activities, worksheets, answers, extensions and videos.
Follow the ready-to-go PowerPoint to teach about using an atlas, Europe, European languages and flags.
Use the differentiated map worksheets to enable success for every child. Extensions are provided for fast finishers and those hungry for even more.
Highlights:
Interactive
Ready-to-go
Answers on PPT
Editable
Teach as part of a geography unit on Europe. Check out the other lessons:
Where is Europe?
Compare Cities of Europe
Climate of Europe
Mountains of Europe
Rivers of Europe
A detailed and complete lesson, with a 16 slide Europe teaching PowerPoint, starter, input, plenary, scaffolding, differentiated worksheets, extension task and video and geography game links.
Start a Geography unit on Europe with an excellent lesson on the continents of the world, map labelling and cultures of Europe.
All provided in this ready-to-go lesson, to save you time, energy and give you a better teaching to life balance.
Will work with the rest of my unit on Europe, written for Years 3 to 4. Also easily adaptable for years 5 and 6.
All reviews welcome.
Check out my other popular Geography lessons on Europe from the unit:
Label Countries of Europe Lesson
Compare Cities of Europe
Climate of Europe
Mountains of Europe
Rivers of Europe
One of eight engaging lessons which bring Yosemite National Park into the classroom. Includes a 37 slide teaching PowerPoint, photographs, videos, higher level questioning, paired and group activities, all resources and differentiation.
Teaching Points
What are human features?
What are physical features?
What is wilderness?
How have these changed over time?
What might the park look like in the future?
Covers key KS2 National Curriculum geography and English objectives. Teach an effective lesson with no preparation necessary, just glance through the PowerPoint and you’re ready to go.
Resources Included
Starter
Teaching input
Photos to analyse in pairs and groups
Integrated video link
Differentiated activities
Sorting worksheet
Challenge
Plenary
Lessons in this unit are designed to support, challenge and extend learning so that every child can access, enjoy and exceed expectations.
This is written for KS2, ideally for years 4, 5 and 6 but could be easily adapted for year 3.
Human and Physical Geography National Curriculum Learning Objectives
understand geographical similarities and differences through the study of human and physical geography of …a region within North or South America
describe and understand key aspects of physical geography, including: … rivers, mountains
describe and understand key aspects of human geography, including: types of settlement and land use,
All reviews welcome.
Check out my other popular geography lessons on this topic:
Scandinavia Physical Features
Russia Physical Features
UK Coast Physical Features
Over 260 differentiated geography comments for boys and girls, covering 10 key areas for your primary KS2 reports. Create your report comments quickly this year by simply choosing a collection of comments to suit each child, one from each section. There are enough comments to create different personalised paragraphs of comments for a whole class of 30 children.
Written for the whole of KS2 focusing on learning aptitudes and the general areas covered so perfect for years 3, 4 , 5 and 6.
Save Time
Teaching is busy enough without report writing as well, save time whilst doing a good job. Easily copy and paste these original comments to create personalised and thoughtful reports.
Differentiated
264 comments overall, divided into high, middle and low ability groups. Each group contains 10 sections with enough comments to make 30 personalised reports. 65 low ability, 76 middle ability and 85 high ability statements altogether. There are also 30 next steps included, 10 for each ability group.
High Quality
Use these high quality geography report comments, covering:
Summary
Continents
World Biomes
Physical features
Human features
Major countries
Major cities
UK
Technical terms
Geographical fieldwork
Easy to Use
They all come in a girl and a boy version saving you having to change any pronouns. Collect statements for each child to make a paragraph then simply add in their name a few times to polish off your work.
Just highlight the comments you have used to make sure all your 30 geography reports are quickly made and completely different.
Also…
Check out my other handy end of year resources:
General Report Comments
320+ English Report Comments
280+ Maths Report Comments
Report Comments MEGA BUNDLE
Inspire your pupils with this KS1 assembly celebrating World Poetry Day.
Includes an engaging PowerPoint, 4 poems, geography map skills, video link, reasoning questions and interactive activities.
This ready-to-go 27 slide PowerPoint leads you through the assembly explaining World Poetry Day and poetry. Read the children 4 world habitat poems written about environments from across the globe.
Choose poems from a world map, before reading about the animals, landscape and climate of jungles, grasslands, deserts and the arctic. Enhance geography skills whilst developing vocabulary and a passion for poetry.
An engaging video is included to provide a range of role models who clearly enjoy reading poetry and bringing it to life.
Celebrate World Poetry Day every year on March 21st to encourage diversity and a shared understanding of the world.
Use this assembly to inspire your pupils to become writers, enjoy the video link of a range of people reading a poem about how poets can write anywhere.
Check out my other popular KS1 assemblies:
Mental Health Awareness Week KS1 Assembly
Albert Einstein KS1 Assembly
Charles Darwin KS1 Assembly
A complete geography unit teaching about the wonders of Yosemite National Park in America. Includes 8 compelte lessons, 8 PowerPoints, 8 resource packs, 8 plans, 8 starters, 8 inputs and 8 plenaries.
Highlights
Nationals Curriculum learning objectives
Quality Teaching Inputs
Geography skill focused
Real life images
Video links
Differentiated
Resources all included
High quality outcomes
Cross Curricular links
Easy to use
Save time, reduce stress and enjoy teaching with this unit. No preparation needed.
Check out my other popular Geography units:
Scandinavia
Europe
The last of eight engaging lessons which bring Yosemite National Park into the classroom. Includes a 27 slide teaching PowerPoint, starter activity, video link, scaffolded worksheets and extensions.
This lesson teaches why people go to the park, what they can see and do there and why this can be a problem.
Highlights:
Covers KS2 National Curriculum geography and English objectives.
No preparation necessary, ready-to-go.
Engage, challenge and inspire!
Discover interesting information, amazing videos and differentiated activities while covering key KS2 National Curriculum geography and English objectives. Teach an effective lesson with no preparation necessary, just glance through the PowerPoint and you’re all set.
All lessons in this unit are designed to support, challenge and extend learning so that every child can access, enjoy and exceed expectations.
This is written for KS2, ideally for years 4, 5 and 6 but could be easily adapted for year 3.
Focused on learning objectives from the new Geography curriculum:
Describe and understand key aspects of human geography, including: types of settlement and land use, economic activity including trade links, and the distribution of natural resources including energy, food, minerals and water
All reviews welcome.
Check out my other popular Geography lessons:
Journey through Russia
Human Impact on Coasts
Geography Report Comments
The seventh of eight engaging lessons which bring Yosemite National Park into the classroom. Includes a 39 slide teaching PowerPoint, starter activity, video links, scaffolded worksheets and extensions.
This lesson teaches the 2 biomes that Yosemite is in and the 5 vegetation zones found in the park.
Highlights:
Covers KS2 National Curriculum geography and English objectives.
No preparation necessary, ready-to-go.
Engage, challenge and inspire!
Discover interesting information, amazing videos and differentiated activities while covering key KS2 National Curriculum geography and English objectives. Teach an effective lesson with no preparation necessary, just glance through the PowerPoint and you’re all set.
All lessons in this unit are designed to support, challenge and extend learning so that every child can access, enjoy and exceed expectations.
This is written for KS2, ideally for years 4, 5 and 6 but could be easily adapted for year 3.
Focused on learning objectives from the new Geography curriculum:
Describe and understand key aspects of human geography, including: types of settlement and land use, economic activity including trade links, and the distribution of natural resources including energy, food, minerals and water
All reviews welcome.
Check out my other popular lesson on this topic:
Scandinavia Biomes
The sixth of eight engaging lessons which bring Yosemite National Park into the classroom. Includes a 24 slide teaching PowerPoint, starter activity, video links, scaffolded worksheets and extensions.
This lesson teaches why the dam was built at Yosemite and covers different opinions for and against the dam and reservoir.
Highlights:
Covers KS2 National Curriculum geography and English objectives.
No preparation necessary, ready-to-go.
Engage, challenge and inspire!
Discover interesting information, amazing videos and differentiated activities while covering key KS2 National Curriculum geography and English objectives. Teach an effective lesson with no preparation necessary, just glance through the PowerPoint and you’re all set.
All lessons in this unit are designed to support, challenge and extend learning so that every child can access, enjoy and exceed expectations.
This is written for KS2, ideally for years 4, 5 and 6 but could be easily adapted for year 3.
Focused on learning objectives from the new Geography curriculum:
Describe and understand key aspects of human geography, including: types of settlement and land use, economic activity including trade links, and the distribution of natural resources including energy, food, minerals and water
All reviews welcome.
Check out my other popular lessons on water in Geography:
Rivers in Europe
UK Coastal Erosion
The fifth of eight engaging lessons which bring Yosemite National Park into the classroom. Includes a 36 slide teaching PowerPoint, starter activity, video links, scaffolded worksheets and extensions.
This lesson teaches the water features found in the park, including waterfalls, rivers and streams. How humans use the water in park and the water cycle within Yosemite.
Highlights:
Covers KS2 National Curriculum geography and English objectives.
No preparation necessary, ready-to-go.
Engage, challenge and inspire!
Discover interesting information, amazing videos and differentiated activities while covering key KS2 National Curriculum geography and English objectives. Teach an effective lesson with no preparation necessary, just glance through the PowerPoint and you’re all set.
All lessons in this unit are designed to support, challenge and extend learning so that every child can access, enjoy and exceed expectations.
This is written for KS2, ideally for years 4, 5 and 6 but could be easily adapted for year 3.
Focused on learning objectives from the new Geography curriculum:
Describe and understand key aspects of physical geography, including: climate zones, biomes and vegetation belts, rivers, mountains, volcanoes and earthquakes, and the water cycle.
All reviews welcome.
Check out my other popular Yosemite lessons:
Yosemite Biomes
Where is Yosemite?
Erosion in Yosemite
The fourth of eight engaging lessons which bring Yosemite National Park into the classroom. Includes a 32 slide teaching PowerPoint, starter activity, video links, scaffolded worksheets and extensions.
This lesson teaches the type of rock found in the park, erosion, rock falls and changes in the future linked to global warming and pollution.
Highlights:
Covers KS2 National Curriculum geography and English objectives.
No preparation necessary, ready-to-go.
Engage, challenge and inspire!
Discover interesting information, amazing videos and differentiated activities while covering key KS2 National Curriculum geography and English objectives. Teach an effective lesson with no preparation necessary, just glance through the PowerPoint and you’re all set.
All lessons in this unit are designed to support, challenge and extend learning so that every child can access, enjoy and exceed expectations.
This is written for KS2, ideally for years 4, 5 and 6 but could be easily adapted for year 3.
Focused on learning objectives from the new Geography curriculum:
Describe and understand key aspects of physical geography, including: climate zones, biomes and vegetation belts, rivers, mountains, volcanoes and earthquakes, and the water cycle.
All reviews welcome.
Check out my other popular Geography lessons on this topic:
Climate in Europe
Coastal erosion
Rivers in Europe
The third of eight engaging lessons which bring Yosemite National Park into the classroom. Includes a 27 slide teaching PowerPoint, starter activity, video links, scaffolded worksheets and extensions.
This lesson teaches how the physical features of Yosemite were formed, covering volcanoes, glaciers, ice age, dams, rivers and more.
Highlights:
Covers KS2 National Curriculum geography and English objectives.
No preparation necessary, ready-to-go.
Engage, challenge and inspire!
Discover interesting information, amazing videos and differentiated activities while covering key KS2 National Curriculum geography and English objectives. Teach an effective lesson with no preparation necessary, just glance through the PowerPoint and you’re all set.
All lessons in this unit are designed to support, challenge and extend learning so that every child can access, enjoy and exceed expectations.
This is written for KS2, ideally for years 4, 5 and 6 but could be easily adapted for year 3.
Focused on learning objectives from the new Geography curriculum:
Describe and understand key aspects of physical geography, including: climate zones, biomes and vegetation belts, rivers, mountains, volcanoes and earthquakes, and the water cycle.
All reviews welcome.
Check out my other popular Geography units:
Scandinavia Unit
Europe Unit
7 Quality lessons covering all aspects of life in Scandinavia and National Curriculum Geography learning objectives.
Powerful images, video links, resources, detailed plans and no preparation needed.
Enjoy my other Scandinavian Units:
Scandinavian Art Unit
Writing Scandinavian Christmas Stories
Check out my other popular Geography units:
Yosemite
Europe
The final part of seven engaging lessons which bring Scandinavia into the classroom. Discover interesting information, amazing videos and differentiated activities while covering key KS2 National Curriculum geography and English objectives. Teach an effective lesson with no preparation necessary, just glance through the PowerPoint and you’re ready to go.
This is written for KS2, ideally for years 4, 5 and 6 but could be easily adapted for year 3.
This lesson covers these important teaching points:
Who are the Sami people? History of people and discussion
Where do the Sami people live? Map study
What is changing for the Sami people? Video of lifestyle and information
Why has their lifestyle changed? Images and discussion
What does the future look like for the Sami people?Video of opinions
How could we help? Main activity
Which technique have you used? Self assessment challenge task
All resources are included, so just open the video links and print the detailed lesson plan and your lesson is ready.
All lessons in this unit are designed to link to and extend work in English with challenges linking to English objectives, e.g. persuasive writing features.
All reviews welcome.
To teach Scandinavia throughout the curriculum, download my English and art units:
Scandinavia Art Unit
Scandinavia Story Writing Unit
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