This lesson is best suited for KS2 children. The lesson is organised into a number of parts and can be taught in one go or split into units. All information, organisation and examples are included in the PowerPoint slides which guide you through the lesson/s. The additional resources you need can be downloaded as pdf’s and printed off. The structure of the lesson is as follows: Powerpoint slide show introducing surrealism and prominent surrealist artists. Children select 5 ideas cards - these need printing off and arranging in sets. They are colour coded to make it easier. Children must select one card randomly from each set, keeping them in the correct order. This provides them with a title for their surrealist art work. Print off a set of Clue Cards for the class – these cards have examples of illustrations and images for some of the more obscure subjects – ensuring no one will get stuck. Print off a selection of heads – the children then sketch their ideas in and around the head in order to create their piece of art work. Select media that suits you – I have found pencils, fine liners and watercolour paints work well for this activity. Cut out and mount the finished pieces with their titles for a quirky and humorous display!

This resource is designed to be used during the Summer Term. It consists of a full set of checklists that detail the basic expectations in arithmetic for Years 3, 4, 5 & 6. This provides staff with a clear focus of what needs to be achieved by the end of the Summer Term in arithmetic. There are a full suite of matching Assessment Task Packs for each Year Group - each with their own Mark Schemes. Teachers can administer the assessment tasks and then fill in the checklists for each child. They are perfect for end of year assessments. We use these to pass on information to next teacher by sticking them into maths books in September. Teachers then know exactly what each child is secure in and what their next steps should be.

PowerPoint and printed resources for KS2 Guided Reading session. Story of Daedalus and Icarus - perfect for Greeks topic or as a one-off. All key question types covered.

A clear and precise lesson about using Inverted Commas or Speech Marks to show Direct Speech Outlines, details and demonstrates the rules of using Inverted Commas. An interactive PowerPoint runs through each rules, using examples with highlighted text. Use the printable resources so the children can work on a variety of paired and individual tasks. A clear and simple lesson, all ready to go.

This PowerPoint and lesson is designed to contextualise the Industrial Revolution, and set the scene for the changes it brought about. It outlines what life was like in England in the early 1700’s before the Industrial Revolution. It spends some time examining how the lower classes lived and worked at this time. We look at how some new inventions started to change life for these people, and how towns and cities rapidly grew alongside canals and railways. Children are shown how these changes had both positive and negative impacts and brought about vast contrasts for people living in the countryside and those in the cities. Challenge the children to predict the impact of the changes through a series of carefully structured prompts. Finally we look at the impact on social class the Industrial Revolution had, and how a new class – the middle class – sprang up as a result. A great lesson to set the scene before tackling the Industrial Revolution in more detail.

Here are a hand drawn PDF collection of primary classroom resources to include with your History Topics. Each project is designed to be completed independently in a single lesson with light supervision, using paper, card, glue and colouring materials. Simply print off the resources on card and the children should be able to navigate through the tasks with the minimum of teacher input. All activities can be carried out on A4 card, although some work better in the larger size of A3. Children love doing these tasks - and additional ‘Try one Yourself’ rescources challenge them to create their own designs using the paper engineering skill they have just learned. Select tasks that re-create famous scenes from history - each one will turn, move, pop up or reveal. The tasks include: Pop-up Greek Gods Greek Heroes and Monster Wheels Pop-up Eruption of Vesuvius A moving Stephenson’s Rocket 3-D Viking Ship in a Box Tessellating Egyptian Shapes 3-D Pop-up Benin Mask Beheading of Mary Queen of Scots! Simply download the PDF’s and print off a set!

A KS2 Guided Reading Task Using an extract from Michael Morpurgo’s classic ‘Kensuke’s Kingdom’ The focus is on looking at a Recount Text Perfect for Year 5 or Year 6 All key question types covered An interactive PowerPoint highlights and draws attention to key points in the text, helping to prompt more insightful responses from the children Can be used with a whole class or with smaller groups A printable set of resources included - text and questions