These wordsearches and quizzes can be used as a fun activity in the classroom at tutorial time or in lessons. Pupils have to find the answers to questions about Christmas and then locate the answers in the grid. They are suitable for all ages but best for KS1-3. The Christmas in 21 European languages is more challenging and perhaps better suited to KS2-5. They take about 20 -30 minutes and can be done either individually or as team building group challenges.

Everything tht you will need for GCSE revision in this booklet for the Anglo-Saxons and Normans, plus a bright and colourful Anglo-Saxon life display for the classroom wall.

VE Day on May 8th. It is suitable for primary and secondary school and contains: An assembly/lesson - the first part of the ppt is an assembly containing images/clips/explanations about the significance of VE day and the aftermath of the war (approx 20 mins). If it is used as a lesson there are tasks incorporated in the 2nd part of the presentation to support building on writing evaluative answers (in this case weighing up the consequences of the aftermath of the Second World War). The lesson will take approximately an hour to teach, but students may need time to complete the work for homework. A VE Day Quiz and discussion opportunity - useful for a tutorial or a history lesson. The quiz is on a ppt - so can be delivered to the whole class at the samr time - it is followed up with a discussion about VE Day. VE Day timeline - this timeline contains 20 key events of 1945 leading to victory in Europe. Each event is on a separate sheet and contains an explanation and a colourful image - will need space for 20 sheets of A4 to go around the classroom. VE Day wordsearch/quiz - can be used as a starter or an extension activity. An alternative lesson - was Dresden justified or was it a war crime? Using sources and extended writing.

These resources are useful for classroom or corridor display in any classroom in either primary or secondary schools. They are bright; colourful and aid learning/building wider knowledge. Command terms display - 20 command terms, each with definitions of each term and an image to make them eye catching. Each can be laminated on either A4 or A3 and pupils can use them to understand what they are being asked to do. Person of the week display - a picture and a description of a key person for each week of the academic year. Can be changed each week to create an changing display. A key event in history - picture and description - for each day of the academic year. Can be changed daily to introduce knowledge of an ever growing number of key events to students. Timeline for VE day.

This bundle contains an assembly/lesson plus 5 quizzes/word searches for students in key stages 1-3 for Christmas. They cover the religious and cultural Christmas traditions, and are useful as 20-30 minute fun activities/competitions at the end of term.