A medium term plan for KS1 children for the Explorers unit. This unit will cover the understanding of significant individuals as stated in the National Curriculum by looking at a range of key explorers from the World. There is a range of different explorers in this plan so that comparisons can be drawn between them. This medium term plan covers 6 lessons which are broken down into: Teacher Information Historical Concepts Key Vocabulary Hook Learning Task Plenary The lessons will cover: What is an Explorer? Ibn Battuta Christopher Columbus Ernest Shackleton Amelia Earhart Neil Armstrong Bonus! Tim Peake As you can see the children will learn about the Islamic explorer Ibn Battuta who explored the world on horseback, Christopher Columbus who explored on the sea, Ernest Shackleton who explored the South Pole, Amelia Earhart by air and both Neil Armstrong and Tim Peake by space! How I use this resource: This resource can be printed or used online. This resource is to be used as an outline for the planning you make around the topic of the Explorers. If you are looking for more KS1 history planning we have already completed a unit of toys planning. Just click below to see! [https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12978657]

A knowledge organiser for the KS1 history unit for the Great Fire of London. This knowledge organiser can be used as a mat in lessons to cover key facts for the children or can be stuck in children’s books. It is a great resource for an overview for what the children are going to learn in the Great Fire of London unit. This includes learning about the different stages of the Great Fire of London and the content that will be covered. This resource has 1 page which can be seen in the preview and covers: What children should know Historical skills the children are going to learn Key objectives for the children to learn Key historical concepts for the unit Key Vocabulary How I use this resource: This resource can be printed and stuck in children’s books to indicate a new unit of history learning. This resource could also be highlighted and annotated to assess children’s progress through the unit. If you like this knowledge organiser why not look at our bundle of Year 1 Knowledge Organisers?

A KS1 (Year 1 and 2) history lesson which teaches children about the history of Teddy Bears. This lesson teaches children about the history of Teddy Bears and how they have changed over time, this includes their design and materials. The lesson also teaches children about the origins of the Teddy Bear and why they were first created. This resource is a powerpoint presentation and is a useful resource in teaching the history of Teddy Bears as it chronologically examines a teddy bear on each slide. For each slide there are opportunities for children to discuss and for teachers to lead the conversation. This resource also includes a PDF worksheet for children to order which Teddy Bears were made first. There are different versions of this worksheet as some children find it hard to cut and stick so there is one version where the picture is already on the timeline. How I use this resource: This resource is a powerpoint which is shared at the front of the class with the children. The task is to be completed in small groups so children can complete their sentences with an adult. If you are interested in the complete unit of Toys past and present planning click the link below! https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12978657

A set of differentiated worksheets for children in KS2 (mainly Year 3 and Year 4) to practice their ability to subtract 1,10 and 100 to a number. Subtracting a number can be a difficult skill for the children to master so this resource is differentiated to meet all the children’s needs. Each skill of Subtracting 1, 10 and 100 is broken down into: Subtracting with base ten below 100. Subtracting below 100. Subtracting above 100. Subtracting crossing a 100. Focused on the challenge of the inverse operation - children having the output but not the input. This booklet asks these questions for: Subtracting 1. Subtracting 10. Subtracting 100. This resource has 19 pages worth of questions: 6 for each objective and a bonus page at the end with assessment questions on all three skills. Each page features at least 4 questions on each page (with the exception of the first page) to ensure that children have enough chance to be fluent in the skill. Since the worksheets sequence each other children can easily finish one worksheet and move onto another worksheet without any low-level disruption in the class. How I use this resource: This resource has 19 pages so prior to the lesson I would assess the children’s knowledge and print off each page accordingly. Remember that children may finish one page and want to progress onto another page. Alternatively, this resource could be used as a booklet and all the booklet could be printed for the children to work in independently as an assessment tool. If you want a taster of this worksheet the adding 10 worksheet is the same format. To assess this learning you may enjoy this resource - a Google Form which assesses children’s knowledge of subtraction without marking!

A set of differentiated worksheets for children in KS2 (mainly Year 3 and Year 4) to practice their ability to add 1,10 and 100 to a number. Adding to a number can be a difficult skill for the children to master so this resource is differentiated to meet all the children’s needs. Each skill of adding 1, 10 and 100 is broken down into: Adding with base ten below 100. Adding below 100. Adding above 100. Adding crossing a 100. Focused on the challenge of the inverse operation - children having the output but not the input. This booklet asks these questions for: Adding 1. Adding 10. Adding 100. This resource has 19 pages worth of questions: 6 for each objective and a bonus page at the end with assessment questions on all three skills. Each page features at least 4 questions on each page (with the exception of the first page) to ensure that children have enough chance to be fluent in the skill. Since the worksheets sequence each other children can easily finish one worksheet and move onto another worksheet without any low-level disruption in the class. How I use this resource: This resource has 19 pages so prior to the lesson I would assess the children’s knowledge and print off each page accordingly. Remember that children may finish one page and want to progress onto another page. Alternatively, this resource could be used as a booklet and all the booklet could be printed for the children to work in independently as an assessment tool. If you want a taster of this worksheet the adding 1 part of this booklet is free. To assess this learning you may [enjoy the adding 1, 10 and 100 Google Form Quiz to assess the children’s knowledge of this skill.] (http://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12979417) This quiz is self marking and will mean that you will assess your children’s progress once their quiz is complete, leaving you with spare time!

A primary history lesson which teaches children about their grandparents toys from the past. This lesson to investigate different toys in this lesson by looking at their materials and the use of technology in past toys. This lesson explicitly looks at the changing of materials from the different eras as children should have looked at modern toys and their parents toys. This resource is a powerpoint presentation and is a useful resource in exploring grandparents’ toys through questioning of the pupils. It is a discussion led lesson. It also includes a PDF worksheet for children to draw a toy and explain why they would want to play with that given toy. This worksheet is differentiated and scaffolded through the support of sentence stems and has a different version with a crinkly newspaper background. How I use this resource: This resource is a powerpoint which is shared at the front of the class with the children. This lesson works best if you ask children to bring in toys or provide toys as a school, this would allow a more hands on feel to the lesson. The task is to be completed in small groups so children can complete their sentences with an adult. If you are interested in the complete unit of Toys past and present planning click the link below! https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12978657

A primary history lesson which teaches children about modern day toys from the present. This lesson to investigate different toys in this lesson by looking at their materials and the use of technology in current toys. In future sessions these toys will be compared to old toys with comparisons drawn to different materials and colours used. This resource is a powerpoint presentation and is a useful resource in exploring modern day toys through questioning of the pupils. It is a discussion led lesson. It also includes a task which asks children to pick a toy which is their favourite and explain why. To support in this task there is a scaffold of different sentence stems which provide children with a starting point to their sentence. How I use this resource: This resource is a powerpoint which is shared at the front of the class with the children. This lesson works best if you ask children to bring in toys or provide toys as a school, this would allow a more hands on feel to the lesson. The task is to be completed in small groups so children can complete their sentences with an adult. If you are interested in the complete unit of Toys past and present planning click the link below! https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12978657

A primary history lesson which teaches children about their parents toys from the past. This lesson to investigate different toys in this lesson by looking at their materials and the use of technology in past toys. These include toys like football and building toys like blocks. From this unit and lesson the children should know about modern toys and their parents’ toys so that next lesson when they look at their grandparents toys they can see the change and continuity in toys. This resource is a powerpoint presentation and is a useful resource in exploring parents’ toys through questioning of the pupils. It is a discussion led lesson. It also includes a worksheet which children are to complete with their favourite toy, and how the toy was treated. How I use this resource: This resource is a powerpoint which is shared at the front of the class with the children. This lesson works best if you ask children to bring in toys or provide toys as a school, this would allow a more hands on feel to the lesson. The task is to be completed in small groups so children can complete their sentences with an adult. If you are interested in the complete unit of Toys past and present planning click the link below! https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12978657

A medium term plan for KS1 children for the toys past and present unit of planning which covers changes within living memory. Within this medium term plan lessons such as modern day toys, parents toys and grandparents toys are covered. This resource features 6 lessons in the unit and includes for each: Teacher Information Historical Concepts Key Vocabulary Hook Learning Task Plenary How I use this resource: This resource can be printed or used online. This resource is to be used as an outline for the planning you make around the topic of toys past and present. If you are looking for toys planning and want to save time doing your planning then click on the link below for our complete toys unit! [https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12978657]

A primary history lesson which teaches children about toys from past and present. This lesson to investigate different toys in this lesson by looking at their materials and the use of technology in new toys. This resource is a powerpoint presentation and is a useful resource in exploring the similarities and differences between different toys. It also includes a page of toys which can be used as cards for children to sort into past and present or old and new. How I use this resource: This resource is a powerpoint which is shared at the front of the class with the children. The cards which accompany this resource can be cut and sorted on tables with children. If you are interested in the complete unit of Toys past and present planning click the link below! https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12978657

A knowledge organiser for the KS1 history unit for toys past and present. This knowledge organiser is a great resource for an overview for what the children are going to learn in the toys past and present unit. This includes learning about toys in the present as well as learning about older toys that parents and grandparents would have played with. This resource has 1 page which can be seen in the preview and covers: What children should know Historical skills the children are going to learn Key objectives for the children to learn Key historical concepts for the unit Key Vocabulary How I use this resource: This resource can be printed and stuck in children’s books to indicate a new unit of history learning. This resource could also be highlighted and annotated to assess children’s progress through the unit. If you are interested in the KS1 Toys past and present unit, click the link below! https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12978657

A primary history curriculum progression map for those teachers who are in the UK. This curriculum progression map states which topics to teach when as well as explaining the rationale for these decisions. This resource also covers historical concepts: substantive, disciplinary and historical skills, explains each in detail and gives examples of each. This resource is a booklet which has 13 pages. It covers: what history topics each year should teach, links to the National Curriculum, explanations of historical concepts and how these concepts link to our planning. How I use this resource: This resource is a leaflet/handbook which can be printed and shared with teachers in your school if you are using the Learning Through Time Curriculum. If you are interested in the Learning Through Time curriculum our first complete unit of planning is finished for Toys past and present. Click the link below to see! [https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12978657]

In Year 3 and looking at finding 1, 10 and 100 more and less of a number? Look no further! This resource is a self marking quiz which children can take at the end of this unit to find any gaps and to create intervention plans! Within this resource there are 18 questions which are broken up into 3 questions each on: Finding 1 less (subtracting 1) Finding 1 more (adding 1) Finding 10 less (subtracting 10) Finding 10 more (adding 10) Finding 100 less (subtracting 100) Finding 100 more (adding 100) Each of these topics are broken down into: Using that skill for 2 digit numbers Using that skill for 3 digit numbers Using that skill when exchanging/crossing a 10/100/1000 Once the children have completed the quiz you can review the results of the quiz with no marking required as it is self marking. This means that you can concentrate your energy on assessing your children in an easy way! This resource covers the Year 3 National Curriculum Objective of: Add and subtract numbers mentally, including: a three-digit number and 1s a three-digit number and 10s a three-digit number and 100s

A set of worksheets on fractions for Year 6 with the aim to prepare them for their maths SATS assessment. The worksheets are in a booklet so they can be printed as homework or be used in class as revision or in normal lessons. This resource has 25 pages of questions related to the Year 6 curriculum. This work booklet covers: Finding equivalent fractions Finding simplified fractions Comparing fractions Adding and subtracting fractions (with the same and different denominator) Finding fractions of amounts Multiplying fractions Dividing fractions Improper fractions and mixed numbers For each of the above objectives this resource has lots of fluency questions for children to practice each skill. As well as this there is reasoning questions for those children who finish so that they can develop their understanding and achieve Greater Depth! How I use this resource: This resource has 25 pages and can be used in different ways. This can be used when teaching fractions, a revision tool in class or as a homework pack for children before their SATS. If you like this resource and want more Year 6 Fractions resources click here for a free fractions guide! Alternatively, if you are looking for history resources a great starting point for whole school planning is here