Resources included are as follows:
FACT FILES
Key facts and information file – including brief summary of who the Ancient Maya were, where they lived and when
Daily life information pack – including hierarchy of people, homes, food, clothes, traditions etc
Sites and cities information
Religion and mythology pack
Timeline details
Writing and numbers including examples
Government, lords and Kings information
Pyramids and architecture fact file
Calendars information
Art – information about different types of art, from carving, to painting, to dance
The Hero Twins Myth story presentation
DISPLAY
A4 title poster
Long banner to head wall display
Extra large lettering spelling ‘Ancient Maya’
Picture bunting
Display borders and backing paper
Photo pack of sites that remain today
Decorated lettering spelling Maya with a colourful calendar background to each letter
Time line posters
Key word / glossary cards
Binder / folder / drawer labels
Useful images – large and colourful to add to display
MAPS
Maps of Maya region
Maps of Central America
Maps of each relevant country in Central America
Maya map to colour
ACTIVITIES
Hieroglyphs activity
Acrostic poem task
Alphabetical order worksheet
Colouring pages
Diary writing activity
Draw your own Maya art
Draw a Maya home
Hieroglyphs information and examples
Draw a local lunchbox
Make character flashcards for different ranks in Mayan society
Word mat
Word search
Write sentences worksheet
Writing booklet cover to keep pupils work together
Themed writing pages
Blank thought and speech bubbles to use as evidence for role plays
Resources include:
Information pack giving lots of information about the Titanic, from the construction, life on board, the disaster and finding the wreckage etc.
Black and white photo pack showing the Titanic from inside and outside.
Example newspaper clipping from the day after the tragedy.
Advertisement posters from before the launch.
Extra large Titanic display – the image of the ship is divided into 20 A4 pages – including a great image of the ship, the surrounding ocean and the iceberg.
Lettering, long banner, display borders, phonics flashcards, writing borders,
Writing activities and worksheets, word mat, word search, sequence cards, quiz, newspaper report, drawing activities, design / craft activities, colouring pages,
Useful images to help with discussions or display
Titanic museum tour welcome banner
Tickets and toy money, money quiz, money fan and poster
Please pay here sign, opening times sign, open / closed, Thank you for coming to our museum sign
Titanic museum staff badges for role play
Resources include:
1.Information pack about the Gunpowder Plot, Guy Fawkes, key places, traditions such as bonfires and fireworks.
2.Bonfire night poem to read
3.Alphabet flashcards on colourful fireworks
4.Colouring pages
5.Guy Fawkes face mask to use in role plays
6.Face mask template to make your own face masks of Guy Fawkes, the King, etc
7.Design your own Guy Fawkes activity
8.Design a fireworks display poster
9.Design your own Guy Fawkes doll
10.Draw a firework display activity
11.2 Mazes
12.Hand puppet template
13.2 posters showing what to do in case of a fire – contacting the fire brigade and evacuating
14.Poster showing how to call an ambulance
15.Acrostic poem template
16.Firework code poster
17.Firework code pocket size cards – great for sending home with children
18.Key word cards – great for display or to use in discussions
19.Photo pack showing fireworks and bonfires
20.Number flashcards 1-20 on sticky toffee apples
21.Counting cards 1-10 – count and match the number to the amount of fireworks
22.Themed writing frames
23.Themed drawing frames
24.Workbook cover to keep pupils work together
25.Story board to write a bonfire night story
26.Story booklet to retell the story of the Gunpowder Plot
27.Tic tac toe game with fire safety theme
28.Play-doh mat
29.Word mat
30.Resources sack tag
31.Newspaper report writing activity
32.Size order and measuring task
33.Word search
34.Wanted poster to complete
35.Anagram letters task
36.Make words from letters task
37.Long banner ‘Bonfire Night’
38.Long banner ‘Guy Fawkes Night’
39.Extra large letters spelling Bonfire Night.
40.A4 size poster to head display or introduce topic
41.A range of display boards and backing paper to make an attractive display
42.Useful images to add to display
Resources include:
Life in Ancient Greece information pack – including topics such as homes, clothing, childhood, food, education, theatre, and sport
Overview of history of Greece, plus a photo pack and maps of ancient Greece
Timeline fact sheets and sorting cards
City-states information pack giving details of formations as well as specific information about Athens and Sparta
Olympics information pack, rings poster, acrostic poem and other Olympic resources
Greek gods information sheet, flashcards with facts
Greek mythology information pack – showing many monsters with images and facts
Greek philosophers information pack
Greek alphabet poster
Key word flashcards, Glossary flashcards – words with explanations
Make a presentation with cue cards to complete
Research task with famous ancient Greek people name cards
Month flashcards in English and Greek
Days of the week flashcards in Greek and English
Common Greek phrases on flashcards with English translation
Alphabetical order worksheet – relating to Olympics
Story board to complete about ancient Greek times
Colouring pages, diary to write, newspaper to write, story board, quiz, word searches, passport, time machine task, reward chart and other activities
Design and drawing tasks – such as draw a statue, Greek god etc
Maps and flags, plus activities
Number flashcards 1-20 on Greek flags
Long banner to head wall display, Large lettering, display borders, bunting
Resources include:
•10 A4 fact posters about the most famous king or queens:
•William the Conqueror, •Edward I •Henry V •Henry VIII •Elizabeth I
•James I •Victoria •Elizabeth II •Richard I •George VI
•Fact posters about King Cnut and Alfred the great
•Heirs to the throne flashcards – showing the next 5 heirs
•A4 photo pack with gold frames – showing members of the current Royal family (From the Queen, down to Prince George)
•Photo pack of Buckingham Palace, key word flashcards, colouring pages, long banner, letters bunting, picture bunting, large letters, display borders
•Houses posters – shows a list of the monarchs under each title, such as Tudors, Stuarts, Windors etc
•Time line cards – one card for each king or queen from 1066 onwards
•Coronation role play resources: direction signs, tickets, jobs to do, advertisements, headlines poster, newsflash sign etc
Several writing tasks, worksheets, drawing activities, craft activities etc
Word mat, word search, writing frames and booklet cover, make a presentation, design a book etc
Resources include:
1.Stone Age information pack – 30 pages giving details about what the Stone is and when it was, different stages of human development, metals and stone, use of stone for tools and weapons, what life was like in the Stone Age.
2.Information pack about early humans – 20 pages – great for younger pupils – gives details about the main evolution stages of man, the main events in the Stone Age, dates and events, how scientists know about the Stone Age
3.History time line cards – good for display or to use as sequencing cards
4.Key topic word flashcards – good for discussions or display
5.Early humans poster – showing the evolution of man
6.Stone Age quiz
7.Stone age timeline cards showing major events across the vast time period
8.Word mat
9.Word search
10.Sentence writing worksheet
11.Stone Age work booklet cover to keep pupils work together
12.Writing pages with Stone Age images
13.Binder, folder, drawer labels in various sizes to keep all your resources together
14.Display borders and backing paper to add to your display
15.A4 lettering spelling THE STONE AGE
16.Long banner to head your display
17.Stone Age bunting, with triangles and Stone age images to make a great display
18.Acrostic poem writing task
19.Draw your Stone Age diet task
20.Alphabetical order worksheet
21.Cave man diary writing task
22.Blank thought and speech bubbles – great for recording role plays and providing evidence of work
23.Draw your own cave art task
24.Draw your Stone Age home task
25.Cave man characters – photo taking and drawing / cutting task
Resources included are as follows:
50 PDF AND PPT files for you to print.
Natural History museum photo pack
Natural History Museum information pack
Photo pack of famous museums around the world
Role play resources – a range of dinosaur display materials, character / artefacts flashcards to use as exhibits – such a mummy, Egyptian, Roman, Viking, Caveman, etc, artists paintings for an exhibition, Space flashcards, World Wars newspaper clippings, location signs for each area of the museum, directions sigs to show people around the role play area, display words flashcards, A4 museum sign, blank tickets to complete, tickets for sale sign, open and closed signs, welcome to the museum sign showing what you can do here, opening times sign, please pay here sign, thank you for visiting sign.
Dinosaur resources – A4 images for display, alphabet flashcards and mats, skeleton photo posters, memory card game, facts posters, dinosaur image posters, reward charts, footprints to make trail on the floor, bunting with footprints, 2 name the dinosaur parts worksheets, make a mask craft task, number cards 0-100.
Writing and drawing tasks including fact writing, draw an exhibit, table top number line, story board to complete, writing booklet, time machine drawing and writing, word search, true or false quiz, writing and drawing frames, draw Greek pottery, design a bicycle, can / have / are worksheets, blank hand puppet to make.
Display materials including borders, backing paper, large lettering to spell ‘museum’, long banner to head wall display, sack tag, learning objective tracker.
Edith Cavell teaching resources
Resources included are as follows:
Edith Cavell information and key facts, photo pack, World War 1 propaganda posters, WW1 map, key word display cards, display borders and buntings, newspaper examples from her death, newspaper writing task, display lettering and title banner, full class quiz, true or false quiz worksheet, fact writing sheet, research topics, flag research worksheet, flag colouring pages, fact writing worksheet, wordsearch, writing borders, diary to write, summary booklet to make, mind map etc.
Resources include:
Germany information pack, giving details of key facts, geography, climate, famous people, etc
Photo pack of scenery around Germany, photo pack of all the major cities of Germany famous German people flashcards, number flashcards, food flashcards, etc
Key word cards for discussion or display, large lettering, long banner, buntings, plain and patterned borders, flags of Europe, maps of country / continent / world / blank, map and flag tasks, treasure hunt game, quiz, etc, bingo game, writing activities, colouring pages, drawing activities, role play activities, research task, mind map
Days / months/ common phrases of the week flashcards in English and German
German history timeline information from 500BCE to current day
Resources include:
A4 topic title page, fact cards, character flashcards of famous people from the time,
Information pack – giving information about the events with the Great Fire of London, poster pack, photo pack showing London today and before
Compare fire fighting today and in 1666 writing and craft activity
Alphabet mat, alphabet flashcards, alphabetical order worksheet, number flashcards, bingo game, jigsaw, timeline poster, newspaper report to write, treasure hunt game, door hanger, sequencing cards, word search, word mat, drawing tasks, quiz, writing activities, noun / verb / adjectives posters
Information pack showing how things have changed from 1666 such as wood houses, thatch roof, straw bed etc
Glossary to complete of key topic words
Make a presentation activity, mind map, counting activity, word searches, writing frames, 4 in a row game, card matching game, diary to write, cut and stick activity, write a glossary, colouring pages, poem to read,
Key word cards for display or discussion – words relating to the Great Fire of London
Safety checklist to complete
Notes pad to make topic notes for evidencing work
Make words from the Great Fire of London (using letters)
Fire safety resources and fir photo pack
Large lettering to head wall display, long banner to head wall display, patterned and plain display borders, buntings
Included resources:
Country Information pack– covering all the key facts about the country – such as history, geography, language, landmarks, tourism etc.
A4 posters of photos of different things around the country – such as monuments, landmarks, mountains, scenery, homes, people etc
Writing activities, drawing activities, design activities, display materials such as borders, banners and buntings, flags from different countries, large Greece flag, colouring pages, sports display posters from Olympics, sports activities, map and flag activities, Greek god flashcards, Greek language resources for days / months/ numbers / phrases, reward chart to make, key word flashcards, Airport departure board for display with words and letters, word searches, etc
Resources include:
•100 A4 posters – each showing an invention of the past – each including the name of the invention, the year it was invented, the inventors name and the country it is from. Inventions range from the lead pencil, to the hot air balloon and so on.
•30 large display words (half A4 landscape) showing words relating to inventions such as design, create, develop etc
•Draw your intended invention and give it a name, mind map, certificates, acrostic poem, badges, sentence writing sheet, writing booklet and border, word search etc
••List of equipment form to fill in, progress report, review to write, feedback forms, note pad, etc
•Make a presentation including cue cards – useful for pupils to show their work
•Long banners, buntings, display border, large letters, Science fair entrance and exit signs
•Science fair open and closed signs, booking forms, application forms, receipts, exhibitor cards, staff badges, and many other signs
Resources include:
Information packs for the following topics:
Building up to war with quiz
Building up to war -higher levels with quiz
The war years information pack with quiz
The war years information pack higher level with quiz
Life in Britain during the war information pack
Writing tasks for: Home front, Pearl Habor, letter writing, evacuee, prison of war, women during the war, VE and VJ day, rescuing survivors from Dunkirk, newspaper, bombings, hopping list for rationed food, propaganda
Colouring pages, acrostic poem, key word cards with definitions, Propaganda discussion posters, maps, war time food flashcards, face masks, price cards for rationing, advertisements for role play shop, price list, open and closed signs, opening times, enlistment to complete, food for sale sign for rationing role play shop, drawing tasks such as a tank and spitfire, sorting activity for countries involved in war, crossword, key word cards for events, war item flashcards, large flags, newspaper clippings of headlines during the war, word searches, card matching game, long banner, large lettering, labels, useful images to aid display
4 GREAT SETS OF RESOURCES TO AVOID PLANNING FOR THESE CELEBRATIONS
MOTHER'S DAY
FATHER'S DAY
PANCAKE DAY
EASTER AND HOLY WEEK
PLEASE SEE THE LINKS TO EACH OTEM FOR FULL DETAILS
Resources include:
Information packs for the following topics: who were the Vikings? Viking raids and land – with facts and picture, food, clothes, religion, home, language, long boats, sports, etc
Photo pack of Viking weapons, time lie posters and sorting cards, gods flashcards, key word cards, flags to display
Fact posters about Erik the Red, King Cnut, Leif Eriksson
Information packs about Norway, Sweden and Denmark today
Photo packs for Norway, Sweden and Denmark today
Drawing activities, designing activities, writing activities, craft activities, reward chart, bingo game, matching card game, face mask, quiz, word searches, cut and stick activity, jigsaw, bookmarks, flag activities
Days of the week flashcards, months flashcards, common phrases, number flashcards colour posters in Swedish
Maps of Norway, Sweden and Denmark, Scandinavia, Europe, the world, the Viking empire, maps to colour
Long banner, large lettering, bunting, display borders, backing paper and useful images for display
Resources include:
1.Information file giving details about what and when the Iron Age was
2.Information file about life in the Iron Age
3.Information file about the Celts
4.Information file about famous people and events in the Iron Age
5.Artefacts information
6.History time line cards – to use either as a display or as sequencing cards
7.Iron Age long banner to head display
8.Colourful borders and backing paper to help with display
9.A4 lettering spelling THE IRON AGE
10.Key topic word cards – great for display or discussions
11.Iron Age writing booklet cover to keep pupils work together
12.Map of the world
13.Iron Age quiz
14.Draw Iron Age food task
15.Word search
16.Word mat to help pupils with spellings
17.Sentences writing activity
18.Postcard writing task
19.Draw your Iron Age home task
20.Design your own Iron Age shield task
21.Blank thought and speech bubbles for pupils to wrtie in – great for providing evidence of work
22.Iron Age bunting with different pictures associated with the time period
23.Alphabetical order worksheet
24.Celt diary – writing task
25.Acrostic poem worksheet
26.Binder, folder, drawer and resources labels in various sizes to help organise your resources