The fifth of seven engaging lessons which bring Scandinavia into the classroom. Discover interesting information, amazing videos and differentiated activities while covering 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. This is written for KS2, ideally for years 4, 5 and 6 but could be easily adapted for year 3. This lesson covers these important teaching points: What resources do they have in Scandinavia to create energy? Energy summaries How else do they create energy? Burning waste videos Where do they farm? Why? Maps and facts to discuss What do they export each year? List of statistics for task How do we draw a bar graph?Animated model with 5 helpful tips What have you learnt? Bar chart task Can we improve our energy sources in the UK? Challenge task How else do they transport people and goods? Plenary discussion All resources are included, so just print the fact cards, a detailed lesson plan find some graph paper and your lesson is ready. All lessons in this unit are designed to link to and extend work in English with challenges linking to English objectives, e.g. persuasive writing features. All reviews welcome. To teach Scandinavia throughout the curriculum, download my English and art units: Scandinavia Art Unit Scandinavia Story Writing Unit You can find many more engaging and high quality resources at my Teachallenjoy Shop

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 matching activity teaching the vocabulary from the poem 'Twas The Night Before Christmas. Includes a teaching PowerPoint with 18 slides, 24 word and picture cards, 2 extension activities and all the answers. Clear, colourful pictures and a large school-friendly font so the children can become confident with the old fashioned language. Simply print the word cards and picture cards and hand out. The children can cut them out, as they are already jumbled up. Answer sheets are included as well. Each page has 4 words and 4 images, so one group could work on them together.

A complete and colourful display for a KS2 maths unit on place value. Includes 3 titles, vocabulary cards, fluency, reasoning and problem solving questions, interactive activities and concrete images of this concept. Quickly pop up on your display board to start the term organised. Contains: Place Value titles (3 formats) Place value chart Place value vocabulary cards Fish theme images Fluency questions Reasoning questions Problem solving questions Abacus images Interactive activities Provided in a beach theme, this will spark, support and extend your topic in an engaging and effective way. Enjoy the cheerful summer theme of the seaside and brighten up your room. Ideal for KS2. All reviews welcome. Check out my other popular maths resources in My Shop!

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

10 engaging and effective experiments for year 3 and 4 classes, includes instruction cards, extensions, challenges and scientific explanations. Inspire your pupils with a mini investigation for every day of British Science Week. Use the questions provided to stimulate scientific thought and discussion. Encourage your pupils to think of their own questions to spark that scientific curiosity which this week is all about. Extension activities and challenges are included to further enrich the learning and engage every child. Mini Experiments LKS2 Pack: 5 easy to set up and manage science activities for Year 3. Plus 5 more simple but effective science activities for Year 4. A short equipment list 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. Check out more popular British Science Week resources: British Science Week KS2 Posters British Science Week KS2 Homework Tasks British Science Week KS2 Assembly

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 complete geography lesson comparing two cities in Europe. Includes a thorough teaching PowerPoint, interactive activities, worksheets, word bank, extensions, videos and plenary. Follow the ready-to-go PowerPoint to teach about the human and physical features of Bristol and Berlin. Compare: Population City layout Climate Landscape Landmarks Art and culture Planned for years 3 or 4, easily adaptable for years 5 and 6. Differentiated recording tasks provided with an extension. Highlights: Photo analysis starter activity Activities for all styles of learners Scaffolded learning Check out my other popular Geography lessons on Europe from the unit: Where is Europe? Label Countries of Europe Lesson Climate of Europe Mountains of Europe Rivers of Europe

One of seven engaging lessons which bring Scandinavia into the classroom. Discover interesting information, amazing videos and differentiated activities while covering 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. This is written for KS2, ideally for years 4, 5 and 6 but could be easily adapted for year 3. This lesson teaches important map skills and an understanding of the world, key continents and oceans. All resources are included, so just print the map template and detailed lesson plan and your lesson is ready. All lessons in this unit are designed to link to and extend work in English with challenges linking to English objectives, e.g. persuasive writing features. All reviews welcome. To teach Scandinavia throughout the curriculum, download my English and art units: Scandinavia Art Unit Scandinavia Story Writing Unit You can find many more engaging and high quality resources at my Teachallenjoy Shop

Use this resource to write Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Time bound year 4 writing targets. Useful for teachers when assessing so you can narrow down the statements from the National Curriculum into small next steps which the children can understand. Broken down into targets for punctuation, handwriting, grammar and composition. You could print out one for each child and use as an assessment tool. Or just use when marking to save time so you can quickly choose a high quality target personalised for each child. All reviews welcome. You might also be interested in these high quality resources for the New Curriculum: Whole School SMART Targets Whole School Writing Assessment Sheets Whole School English Writing Assessment Guidance Whole School Guided Reading Questions

An engaging KS1 assembly on Charles Darwin’s life and achievements. Includes the complete PowerPoint assembly, reasoning questions, differentiated follow up writing resources and opportunities for discussion. Involve the students with the interactive questions and inspire them to become scientists. Includes differentiated follow up writing activities with all the necessary resources. Can be used on Darwin’s birthday February 12th or for starting a topic on famous scientists or explorers. Key teaching points covered: Darwin’s beliefs Darwin’s early life and careers His big break at 22 Adventures around the world Darwin’s theories and the public’s views His characteristics for success Impact on the world Darwin’s family life Celebrating Darwin Lots of opportunities for discussion and higher level thinking. All concepts explained clearly. 3 differentiated writing resources included to extend the assembly/input into a full lesson. Give your pupils opportunities to imaginatively respond to his amazing life. Perfect for year 1 and year 2. All reviews welcome. Check out my other popular KS1 science resources: Science Week Assembly Science Week Posters Science Week Investigations

The third of seven engaging lessons which bring Scandinavia into the classroom. Discover interesting information, amazing videos and differentiated activities while covering 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. This is written for KS2, ideally for years 4, 5 and 6 but could be easily adapted for year 3. This lesson covers these important teaching points: What physical regions are in Scandinavia? Map analysis What physical features are in Norway, Denmark and Sweden? Images and explanations for each Who can remember these? Video analysis for AFL What have we learnt? Children to show by explaining each map Which country is this?Children to use their learning to figure out the images All resources are included, so just print the maps and a detailed lesson plan and your lesson is ready. All lessons in this unit are designed to link to and extend work in English with challenges linking to English objectives, e.g. persuasive writing features. All reviews welcome. To teach Scandinavia throughout the curriculum, download my English and art units: Scandinavia Art Unit Scandinavia Story Writing Unit You can find many more engaging and high quality resources at my Teachallenjoy Shop

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

A detailed week covering the imitate phase of learning about discussion texts. Includes open questions, higher order thinking, engaging texts, video links, differentiation, 5 teaching PowerPoints, all resources, worksheets and answers. Every day starts with an engaging starter focusing on SPAG skills, such as KS2 spellings, parenthesis, conjunctions and handwriting. Extra for experts activities for further challenge and modelled texts to support the lower ability. Learning Objectives: To understand a discussion text and identify its features To identify facts and opinions To use conjunctions to link ideas in a for or against argument To write an introduction and conclusion To plan a discussion text on ‘Is Homework Necessary?’ Main activities differentiated by colour: Green - LA Yellow and blue - MA Red - HA Highlights: Ready to teach All printables provided KS2 appropriate Cross curricular links Differentiated Check out the follow up week for this unit here.

A differentiated class set of personalised English report comments. Written for year 5 in line with the new National Curriculum, they are positive, detailed and easy to adapt for other KS2 year groups. End your year on a positive note, with a healthy work-life balance and pupils who feel valued and understood. A contents page shows you the 30 comments in ability groups, reading, writing strengths, attitude and targets for the future. Choose the correct comments for your children or mix and match comments to design the perfect reports. Each comment comes in a girl and boy version. The name spaces are shown with 3 stars so you can quickly find and replace them with the names of your pupils. The comments cover speaking and listening, reading, writing and spelling, punctuation and grammar. You might also be interested in these handy assessment tools: Assessment Guidance SMART Targets for Writing Reading Assessment Questions

An engaging and detailed week taking children through the process of writing a discussion text. Each day there are engaging starters, main activities and plenaries. Every teaching point comes with at least one modelled text with analysis. Sequenced learning Starters review key spellings and grammatical terms from the new curriculum. Plenaries are written to encourage higher order thinking skills and encourage peer and self assessment. The main teaching points are: Writing a high quality introduction, Structuring a paragraph with PRE Using facts and opinions in discussion texts, Using modal verbs and sentence openers, Ideas of for and against points Writing a high quality conclusion. The success criteria are differentiated for three ability groups: Green - LA Blue and Yellow - MA Red - HA All reviews welcome. You might also be interested in Exploring and Planning a Discussion text Discussion text Openers

17 inspiring, easy to set up and curriculum linked homework tasks for KS2. A range of ready to go printables for each year group in KS2 designed to inspire and excite during British Science Week. Enable your pupils to try out science at home with activities that are easy and enjoyable for parents to resource and support. Includes a writing template for children to complete about their homework, which is especially useful for the hands on investigative style activities. Year 3 Plants and data handling Cartoon strip and nutrition Pet diet and maths link Garden discoveries Year 4 Searching for States Animal Instructions Boiling water and data handling Can you hear me? Investigation Year 5 Mission impossible letter writing Who wants to be a forces millionaire? Sticky or Slippy investigation If you look closely… Follow in the footsteps of a great man Year 6 Such big teeth you have! Animopoly and other games I’m a poet and I don’t even know it Pass the scalpel - plant studies Where did it go? Light and reasoning Check out my other updated British Science Week Resources: KS2 British Scientist Quote Posters British Science Week LKS2 Mini WOW Investigations British Science Week UKS2 Mini WOW Investigations

An engaging Scandinavian art unit covering the key elements of art: pattern, line, shape, tone, colour. Includes 6 differentiated and fully resourced lessons to engage and enthuse your pupils. Simply download the 86 slide PowerPoint leading you through the unit, all paper resources and a detailed plan. Your pupils will be amazed and inspired by some well known and unusual Scandinavian Artists and their fantastic work. Lessons will focus on exploring the artistic elements, imitating key styles and designing and creating their own verisons of the art. Highlights Video links modelling artistic techniques Art history included Starters and plenaries Cross curricular links Easy to resource Simple but effective painting tasks Every lesson is differentiated with three stages of complexity and contains an engaging and interesting starter and plenary. Learning Objectives covered: Lesson 1: To identify and connect patterns in art Lesson 2: To explore tone and line in Scandinavian artist’s sketches Lesson 3: To use watercolour for effect in a fairyland Lesson 4: To create light using mixed media Lesson 5: To imitate the style of Edvard Munch’s ‘Scream’ Lesson 6: To imitate the colour and movement in Edvard Munch’s ‘Scream’ Download 6 complete animated lessons working through a range of media (pen, pencil, watercolour and pastels) to encourage creativity and develop artistic skills. Cross curricular links: Geography - Scandinavia Landscapes, History – Famous artists, English – Evaluating and analysing art, PSHE – Emotions. All reviews welcome. Check out my popular geography unit on Scandinavia: click here to teach excellent cross curricular links.

Five complete lessons teaching KS2 children how to ask questions when reading. Includes a teaching PowerPoint, weekly plan, starters, inputs, activities, differentiation, answers and plenaries. Covers question words, questioning grids, types of questions, questions linked to the bigger picture (themes). Questioning lesson pack provides texts, questions, think, pair share time, written activities, discussion points and progression. Each lesson builds on the previous to inspire confidence, understanding and success. The week ends with a small assessment style lesson where the children can show off what they have learnt. All reviews welcome.