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

Inspire your school with an assembly designed for Book Day on a 26 slide PowerPoint. Includes higher order questions, interactive activities, inspiring video link, many classic books, author quotes, follow up activities and much more. Covers: What is Book Day? What famous people like to read? Video What can we read? Where can we read? When is reading useful? Who is the funniest author? Vote Match the author to the book Top Tips for choosing a new book What book has this as the opening line? Guessing game Favourite Characters - Optional Fashion Show Looking Forward Written for KS2. This assembly takes about 20 minutes to complete. Follow the engaging and colourful PowerPoint for a ready-to-go assembly. Animations, images, video and more will inspire every child to keep reading. Highlights: Interactive Inspiring Involving Use the range of activities to structure the assembly and share some high quality books that are recommended for children of KS2. Could also be used as a lesson, as it includes 3 differentiated writing tasks: Draw and describe your favourite character Write a book review of your favourite book Use 3 favourite characters to write a new story Printable templates included. Enjoy and celebrate this important day. Check out my other popular assemblies on special occasions: World Poetry Day National Speech and Debate Day National Storytelling Week

A complete lesson pack on UK coastal areas and change over time. Includes lesson plan, starter activity, 34 slide PowerPoint, photo analysis, written activity, plenary and challenge. Download this detailed and engaging lesson covering the physical and human features in UK coastal areas and how they change over time. Whole Lesson Teach KS2 with this easy-to-use lesson containing a thought provoking starter and an interesting input full of images to prompt high quality dialogue about geographical features. Use the mixture of independent, paired and group work to provide opportunities for discussion, in depth reflection and evidence for assessment. Enjoy some free time while the children enthusiastically get on with the written activity and question each other when completing the challenge activity. Finish the lesson with an effortless plenary for children to share their learning and present the challenge work, this lesson is all ready to go to enthuse your pupils about UK coasts. Resources Find all the physical and human features of coasts explained clearly and reinforced with images and diagrams. Read and print a detailed lesson plan and all the resources needed. Activities Consolidate the children’s learning using ICT. Offer two reasoning extension activities to challenge the children and deepen their understanding of Geography. National Curriculum Objectives: Learn about diverse places, people, resources and natural and human environments, Learn about the interaction between physical and human processes, formation, use of and change of landscapes and environments. All reviews welcome. A logical follow up lesson would be here covering human impact on coasts. You might also be interested in these high quality Geography lessons: Journey Through Surprising Russia Tour Breathtaking Scandinavia Visit the Grand Yosemite National Park

An engaging KS2 assembly to celebrate World Poetry Day in your school. Includes a 36 slide PowerPoint, 8 famous poets from around the world, 8 poems, map skills, higher level thinking questions and role models. This assembly teaches the children about 8 famous poets from around the world introduced with a short biography and a famous poem they have written. All the poems are short, relevant for KS2 and inspiring. Includes map skills, higher level thinking questions and inspirational writing role models. Each country has a map, flag and landscape picture to develop geographical understanding as well. Reasoning questions and answers about each poem are provided and time at the end of the assembly to reflect and look forwards. Celebrate World Poetry Day every year on March 21st to encourage diversity, a shared understanding and endangered languages around the world. Use this assembly to inspire your pupils to become writers whilst developing their understanding of how everyone in the world has the same questions and feelings. Show them how poetry can capture the creative spirit of the human mind. All reviews welcome. You might also be interested in my packs of poems and lessons: India Culture Poem Collection Arctic Tundra Poem Collection 5 Reading Lessons on Writing Poetry 5 Reading Lessons on Performing Poetry

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

Teach your class how to identify and explain themes within stories when reading. This pack includes 5 lessons, the week’s plan, a 75 slide PowerPoint, 5 short engaging texts, differentiated activities, starters and plenaries. Use the detailed Powerpoint which leads your class through 5 lessons on themes so they are confident and independent with identifying themes when reading. Small extracts of the texts are used as a guided model to support and scaffold pupils before their independent work. Engage your class with the quick and relevant starter activities which build their vocabulary and consolidate their understanding of themes. Identifying Themes Pack Each lesson builds and expands on the previous one. All of the texts are provided, a range of interesting genres and styles. Modeled answers to comprehension assessment questions are included. Written and detailed plan included . Prompt higher order thinking skills using the questions and activities designed to develop comprehension skills and enhance reading assessment results. Include and challenge every child with the main activities which fit children of all learning styles. Cover these teaching points: What themes are. How and why we can group themes. How we can find themes. How to use inference to find themes. How to explain themes. How to use evidence to prove your themes. How to use 4 different types of evidence as proof. Quickly print the differentiated resources for four groups of children (green LA, yellow M/LA, blue MA, red HA). Summarise and extend each lesson using the plenaries planned for everyday. All reviews are welcome. You might also be interested in: Whole Term of Reading Lessons Holiday Saver Bundle Whole Term of Reading Lessons Teacher Survival Bundle

A lesson pack teaching the physical features of Russia. Includes a teaching PowerPoint, photo analysis, paired and group activities, differentiated written work, all printables and a plenary. Highlights: Starter activity Odd one out photo analysis Videos and information on each biome Varied outcomes The Powerpoint takes you through photo and map analysis of Russia and a range of activities to give the children a deep and rounded understanding of this place. A reasoning plenary brings the lesson together. Resources Maps, videos, images and fact slides show the various biomes, animals, landscapes and weather of Russia. All printable resources included and ready-to-go. Activities Differentiated activities cover three ability groups with a reasoning challenge activity. All reviews welcome. You might also be interested in these high quality Geography lessons: Tour Breathtaking Scandinavia Visit the Grand Yosemite National Park Uncover UK Coasts

A large eye-catching display for a KS2 English unit on 'The Highwayman' by Alfred Noyes. Includes titles, questions, text extracts, interactive activities, vocabulary, images, text features and examples. Designed to engage and interest your pupils, this display brings this glorious narrative to life. Emotive stills and haunting images, alongside challenging questions and engaging explanations. Includes: - 2 Titles - The poem broken down into lines and images this could also be used for a sequencing or analysis activity. - 12 higher level thinking questions - 2 interactive reasoning questions to answer on the display - 24 key words (including themes of the poem) - 8 important features of the poem - 8 example cards of each poetry feature - 3 interactive activities (matching, sorting, ordering) All reviews welcome. You can find many more reliable and useful KS2 English resources at my shop: Teachallenjoy You might also be interested in my: Modal Verbs Display Persuasive Writing Display The Piano Display

A complete KS2 science lesson, covering the life of Jane Goodall. Includes a detailed presentation, 2 video links, a true/false activity, a writing template and differentiation. Children can learn what type of person she was, her achievements and what we can learn from her. Enthuse your pupils about being a scientist and discuss how not many women become scientists, what can we do to change this? Includes a thorough lesson plan so your lesson is ready to go. ** Highlights** Interactive 20 slide powerpoint full of information and helpful video links. . * Engaging true or false activity. Differentiated activities for a range of abilities and support sheet. Extension challenge for children to move onto. Differentiated note sheets for support. Writing template with illustrations. Interesting plenary to discuss. Focuses on the new national curriculum lesson objectives: Pupils might work scientifically by: observing and comparing the life cycles of plants and animals in their local environment with other plants and animals around the world (in the rainforest, in the oceans, in desert areas and in prehistoric times), asking pertinent questions and suggesting reasons for similarities and differences. They should find out about the work of naturalists and animal behaviourists, for example, Jane Goodall. All reviews welcome.

A visual and easy to use PowerPoint leading you through a week of spelling lessons. Teach your class short and effective sessions to enable them to learn their spellings and succeed in the dictation. Give spellings a high profile and provide strategies for every child to access the curriculum. All words are homophones from the year 5/6 new curriculum spelling lists. Monday - Covers the word class of each spelling, patterns, rules and definitions. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday - Short easy to resource spelling activities to enable children to learn these spellings in an engaging and successful way. Friday - Includes a dictation containing the spelling words covered in the week. Shows how many words there are and how many spellings. A helpful resource so that you can easily fit spellings into a busy week. Lessons could be completed on white boards, draft books or English books. Also includes a simple display of the spelling words so you can keep referring to them throughout the day. All reviews welcome. You might also be interested in my other year 5/6 spelling lessons on homophones: Guessed/guest, morning/mourning, past/passed, precede/proceed, ate/eight Draft/draught, farther/father, heard/herd, led/lead, aren’t/aunt Bridal/bridle, cereal/serial, compliment/complement, descent/dissent, desert/dessert Aisle/isle, aloud/allowed, affect/effect, altar/alter, ascent/assent You can find many more high quality resources made by an English specialist here: Teachallenjoy

This is an engaging 36 slide PowerPoint ideal for a KS1 teddy bear assembly for raising awareness and understanding of mental health. 5 key teaching points included, explaining complex issues in a way appropriate for KS1. Explained with teddy bears it enables young children to comfortably discuss this important topic. Useful for Mental Health Awareness Week in primary schools. Could also be a useful KS1 PSHE lesson on discussing and coping with feelings to be used at any point throughout the year. Takes the children through these key question: What is mental health? A child friendly definition. What should we do when things get tough? Strategies for coping with intense feelings, inspirational quotes from well known fairy tales and reasons for keeping active. How do I keep my mind healthy? Easy everyday activities that can keep your mind healthy. Who has mental health problems? 4 famous people share their experiences. What have we learned today? It is important to talk about our emotions, ask for help when we need support and to look after our minds and bodies. Who can we ask for help? 4 sources of support supplied. Lots of opportunities for discussion and higher level thinking. All concepts explained clearly. All child friendly terms used. Relevant for KS1. You can find more high quality KS2 resources at my shop. You might also be interested in my other new resources for mental health awareness week: Emotion Cards Mental Health Awareness Posters KS1 Mental Health Bundle

A colourful and complete word bank for KS2 children studying ‘The Highwayman’ poem by Alfred Noyes. Includes Title, poem features and examples, key vocabulary, images, main characters and themes of the poem. All that your pupils need to know on one sheet of paper. Can be used in writer’s toolkits, on displays, in books and for support groups printed as A3. Ensure the children are familiar and confident with the features, characters, themes and vocabulary of the poem. Prevent any spelling mistakes with the clear vocabulary list. Use within an English unit on The Highwayman and save time. Check out other popular KS2 writing resources: Highwayman Display Adjective Word Bank

A complete assembly on Martin Luther King Junior Day, including a 23 slide PowerPoint leading you through his life story and achievements. Bright, colourful and engaging, ideal for KS2, easily adaptable for KS1 and kS3. Includes: What is this day? Who was Martin Luther King? Family Inequality School Life Later Life Career Civil Rights Movement ‘I have a dream’ speech Changes Achievements Assassination Video links How is this day celebrated in America? Time given at the end of the assembly for reflection, children can think of their own dreams for the future. All reviews welcome. Check out my other popular assemblies on important days: World Kindness Day International Day for the Abolition of Slavery National Speech and Debate Day

10 experiments for years 5 and 6, includes instruction task cards, extensions, challenges and a scientific explanation. Inspire your pupils with a mini investigation for every day of British Science Week. 5 easy to set up and manage science activities for year 5. Plus 5 more simple but effective science activities for year 6. Everyday a range of questions are provided to stimulate scientific thought and discussion. Children are also encouraged to think of their own questions to spark that scientific curiosity which this week is all about. The extension activities and challenges further enrich the learning and engage every child. A short equipment list is provided for each year group so you can quickly collect the things you need for the week. Each activity is time flexible, they could take 10 minutes or easily extend to an hours lesson. The science behind every activity is quickly and clearly explained with helpful images and diagrams. Check out my other updated resources for British Science Week: British Science Week KS2 Posters British Science Week KS2 Homework Tasks British Science Week KS2 Assembly

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