A PSHE style lesson that focuses on the media, getting children to consider what the media is before considering why they focus on celebrities and the reality of images that are used in different aspects of media. This lesson also gets children to consider whether they can trust everything they read in magazines, newspapers or online and why this is the case. Included are three differentiated activities, slightly between MA and HA, and the presentation for the lesson.

A sample of the following resource: A fact file about Martin Luther King Jr. that is also a reading comprehension. This includes three differentiated worksheets with 11 questions each and answers included to test children's comprehension knowledge as well as learning about Martin Luther King Jr. at the same time. Included in the sample is the fact file and first set of 11 questions and answers. For the full set, visit https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/martin-luther-king-jr-reading-comprehension-11729981

A fact file about Martin Luther King Jr. that is also a reading comprehension. This includes three differentiated worksheets with 11 questions each and answers included to test children's comprehension knowledge as well as learning about Martin Luther King Jr. at the same time.

A range of quizzes that are useful for the end of the year or as general activities. Quizzes include: A quiz that gets children to try and identify 30 different flags from around the world. A fun geography activity for the end of the year or as a general activity to check knowledge of different flags. A British History quiz that includes 20 questions about British history, including a range of topics and spanning over 1000 years. Also included is a bonus round worth up to an extra 23 points. This is useful for some end of term fun or as a general quiz to check children's general knowledge of British history and can be done individually or in teams. A European History quiz that includes 20 questions about European history, including a range of topics and spanning over 2000 years. Also included is a bonus round worth up to an extra 28 points. This is useful for some end of term fun or as a general quiz to check children's general knowledge of European history and can be done individually or in teams. A multiple choice quiz that children can do in teams as a fun end of year activity looking at various events in 2016-2017. Round One- Sporting events Round Two- Film questions Round Three- Picture Round Round Four- Song Round - Name the artist and name of the song with a point for each (Freedom in this round of selecting a number of songs yourself from 2016-2017 to quiz children on) Round Five- Music Round Round Six- Television Round A multiple choice general knowledge quiz that has 26 questions before finishing with 2 bonus rounds with a point per answer available.

A number of resources that can be used for class transition days or for the start of a new school year. Activities include: Three quizzes that children can complete in teams Setting targets and getting to know children activity sheet Classroom flag templates where children can design a class flag Rules activity where children decide from rules which are important or unimportant to then create a set of class rules from Getting to know everyone - Ice breaker activity where children have to find others that may have done a particular thing Questions and ideas - What they are looking forward to, any concerns and any questions they may have

Two quizzes for the end of the year that can be used for a bit of fun/ competition between individuals or groups. One quiz is: A multiple choice quiz that children can do in teams as a fun end of year activity looking at various events in 2016-2017. Round One- Sporting events Round Two- Film questions Round Three- Picture Round Round Four- Song Round - Name the artist and name of the song with a point for each (Freedom in this round of selecting a number of songs yourself from 2016-2017 to quiz children on) Round Five- Music Round Round Six- Television Round The second quiz is a multiple choice general knowledge quiz that has 26 questions before finishing with 2 bonus rounds with a point per answer available.

A text that looks at the story of St George and how he defended the Christian faith against the Emperor of Nicomedia that then includes three sets of 10 differentiated questions related to the text.

A fact file about Robert Oppenheimer that is also a reading comprehension. This includes three differentiated worksheets with 10 questions each and answers included to test children's comprehension knowledge as well as learning about Robert Oppenheimer at the same time.

A fact file that looks at St David's Day, including a brief introduction to who St David was and how he is celebrated in the modern day. Also included are three differentiated worksheets with questions related to the text they have read with the answers included. Written with Year 5/6 in mind but can be used higher up.

A fact file that looks at the origins of Mother's Day in the U.K, focussing on how it began as Mothering Sunday and the religious element of this compared with the modern day version we now celebrate and how they have been confused. Also included are three differentiated worksheets with questions related to the text they have read with the answers included. Written with Year 5/6 in mind but can be used higher up.

A PowerPoint that looks at St David's Day including: what the day is, who St David is, how the Welsh people celebrate and traditions that have come as a result. This is great to use for an assembly introducing St David's Day to children or as a presentation during a class assembly/ tutor time.

A range of activities related to Christmas/ to help keep children focussed nearer the holidays. These include: An acrostic poem activity for the word Christmas Christmas Bingo Christmas Colouring Sheets Christmas Coordinates - Identify where the pictures are on the grid Define Christmas Words Adjective activities - Think of adjectives to describe the Christmas Tree, Santa or a Reindeer The Christmas Truce Poem with three differentiated sets of questions and answers included A definition activity for the poem Santa Dash - Plan the quickest way around the world for Santa Comma Claus - Identify where the commas should go Claus Clauses - Identify and add different clause structures to sentences to improve writing Three sets of storyboards - Can be used for a range of ideas but created with the Nativity story in mind - Find a great example through Lego here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/nativity-story-3009639 Facts for Christmas around the world with three differentiated sets of questions and answers included

A 24 day Advent Calendar that looks at 24 different countries and whether they celebrate Christmas/ how they celebrate Christmas. The PowerPoint is hyperlinked up so that you can jump to the correct day from the main page with a bauble that then takes you back to the home page.

A multiple choice quiz that children can do in teams as a fun end of term activity looking at various events over the school year from January 2016 - November 2016. Round One- Sporting events Round Two- Film questions Round Three- Picture Round Round Four- Song Round - Name the artist and name of the song with a point for each (Freedom in this round of selecting a number of songs yourself from 2016 to quiz children on) Round Five- Music Round Round Six- Television Round Round Seven- News and events

Reading comprehensions related to football to try and engage children whilst also developing their comprehension skills. Each comprehension comes with three sets of 11 questions that are differentiated with the answers included. This will continue to be developed with more footballers and football clubs added to it with the price rising as more are added. So far included are: Paul Pogba Zlatan Ibrahimovic

Different resources that look at Bonfire Night. This includes: A PowerPoint that focusses on the history of Bonfire Night and the failed plot to kill King James I A PowerPoint that looks at how to stay safe on Bonfire Night A poster challenge to create a safety poster for Bonfire Night, including key tips for creating an effective poster A Guy Fawkes fact file to learn more about him A reading comprehension about Guy Fawkes (differentiated three way with answers included) A definition activity related to words seen in the PowerPoint about Bonfire Night/ words that relate to the plot to get children to work on using dictionaries effectively