A complete 6-week scheme of work, based on the history of Ancient Greece. Written for a mixed year 4/5 class, but easily adapted Objectives covered include: The geography of the ancient world Greek daily life Life in Athens and Sparta School in Ancient Greece The Greek Alphabet. Please leave Feedback.

2 weeks of non fiction planning. All of the resources and a power point for each day are provided too. Written for year 5 as part of a wider topic on the black death.

A complete lesson, PowerPoint and resources for the legend of ‘Robin Hood’ This is lesson 6 in a series of 8. The whole scheme of work is available. The whole scheme includes 8 full lessons, each fully resourced, and including a detailed PPT. The scheme culminates in the class writing a legend based on Robin Hood. This scheme was incredibly engaging and produced brilliant pieces of writing.

A complete lesson with the LO: to discover the life and work of Charles Darwin. The first half of the lesson uses a Primary source (letter) to unpick who Darwin was and to ask questions about his character and motivations. During the second half of the lesson, the students will compile a timeline of his greatest achievements and life events. All resources are included, and although extra research could be included to expand the timelines, all the information about the main events in his life, are included in the resources. Charles darwin clipart is used under licence from Artifex : All other images from Pixabay or authors own.

A complete history lesson, including a plan, editable slides and all the resources to teach the objective: To know and understand the difficulties faced by the Windrush settlers when they arrived in Britain This is lesson five in a series of 5 about the Empire Windrush Please leave Feedback.

This is a full week of detailed planning , based around King Richard the third, and the discovery of his body in Leicester. The final lesson also uses Michael Morpurgo’s Story linking the Leicester cup win to Richard! On the planning, there is a link to a fully adaptable Prezi presentation which accompanies the planning. Linked to my other Wars of the Roses resources and planning, as they were taught as part of a cross curricular topic (the plan also stands alone though) Tes paid licence

A complete lesson, PowerPoint and resources for the book ’The Boy In The Striped Pyjama’s ’ By John Boyne This is a lesson that creates a piece of writing for assessment purposes at the start of the unit (Cold Task). It is based on the short film ‘A German in The Woods’ from the literacy Shed. The task is differentiated for GDS and EXS students. This is lesson 2 in a series of 12. The whole scheme of work is available. The whole scheme includes 12 full lessons, each fully resourced, and including a detailed PPT. The scheme culminates in the class writing a short story, along a similar theme to the original text, using all of the descriptive techniques learned and developed during the series of lessons. The unit begins with a cold task, and ends with the short story planning and writing (hot task) This scheme was incredibly engaging and produced brilliant pieces of writing. Images sourced from Pixabay.

A complete lesson, PowerPoint and resources for the book ’The Boy In The Striped Pyjama’s ’ By John Boyne This is a lesson that explores the contrasts between the 2 main characters This is lesson 10 in a series of 12. The whole scheme of work is available. The whole scheme includes 12 full lessons, each fully resourced, and including a detailed PPT. The scheme culminates in the class writing a short story, along a similar theme to the original text, using all of the descriptive techniques learned and developed during the series of lessons. The unit begins with a cold task, and ends with the short story planning and writing (hot task) This scheme was incredibly engaging and produced brilliant pieces of writing. Images sourced from Pixabay.

This is a 6 week fully resourced Scheme of work for art. It is ideal to teach alongside a unit on the Wars of the Roses or medieval/Tudor history. It explores illuminated letters and heraldry. All resources are included. I have also written a Prezi presentation for each lesson (link in the planning example here:https://prezi.com/cn4bglvxzvhm/art-wk-2/ Originally planned and taught alongside my SOW for the history of the Wars; available separately here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/wars-of-the-roses-history-full-scheme-of-work-11288411 Please leave feedback and enjoy!

A whole week of planning and resources, aimed at year 3/4. Linked to the Egyptian book of the dead. This week long unit really improved the writing in my class, taking the process step by step and modelling at each stage. They were then able to do the process independently in our subsequent units. The week opens by watching an animated version of the myth. Children then spend the week learning how to structure and write a 5 part action story, using description, showing not telling, suspense and detail. Designed to incorporate lots of shared writing and modelling as a class and in pairs.

A complete 8-week scheme of work, based on life in Ancient Egypt. Contains PPTs, planning and resources Written for a year 5 class, it is easily adapted. Objectives covered include: The geography of the ancient world Life in Ancient Egypt social structure Life along the Nile The Farming Year Scribes and Hieroglyphics The Valley of the Kings King Tutankhamen Please leave Feedback.

A 4 day unit of work, written for Year 6 as part of a wider topic on the sinking of the Titanic. The unit starts, as we meet a passenger who somehow mysteriously disappeared during the voyage. The children then went on to write the account of the mysterious Mary Butts. All resources are included, including a prezi here: https://prezi.com/dfb1ignzqaqg/mary-butts-titanic-mystery/ Please leave feedback

A full scheme of work, linked to the Caribbean and slavery. Very high quality - linked to the new curriculum. All resources and power points are included. originally planned for years 3 and 4 but easily adapted if necessary.

A complete lesson, PowerPoint and resources for the legend of ‘Robin Hood’ This is lesson 8 in a series of 8. The whole scheme of work is available. The whole scheme includes 8 full lessons, each fully resourced, and including a detailed PPT. The scheme culminates in the class writing a legend based on Robin Hood. This scheme was incredibly engaging and produced brilliant pieces of writing.

A complete lesson, PowerPoint and resources for the book ’The Boy In The Striped Pyjama’s ’ By John Boyne This is a lesson that teaches the background and context of the novel . This is lesson 1 in a series of 12. The whole scheme of work is available. The whole scheme includes 12 full lessons, each fully resourced, and including a detailed PPT. The scheme culminates in the class writing a short story, along a similar theme to the original text, using all of the descriptive techniques learned and developed during the series of lessons. The unit begins with a cold task, and ends with the short story planning and writing (hot task) This scheme was incredibly engaging and produced brilliant pieces of writing. Images sourced from Pixabay.

A complete lesson, PowerPoint and resources for the book ’The Boy In The Striped Pyjama’s ’ By John Boyne This is a lesson that teaches how emotive language is used to build empathy for characters and action. This is lesson 9 in a series of 12. The whole scheme of work is available. The whole scheme includes 12 full lessons, each fully resourced, and including a detailed PPT. The scheme culminates in the class writing a short story, along a similar theme to the original text, using all of the descriptive techniques learned and developed during the series of lessons. The unit begins with a cold task, and ends with the short story planning and writing (hot task) This scheme was incredibly engaging and produced brilliant pieces of writing. Images sourced from Pixabay.

A complete weeks worth of planning and resources. It is based around the novel 'Fire bed and bone' about the black death and the peasants revolt. Easy to adapt if the novel has not been used though (simply create a ballad about the black death instead) Prezi presentation and all resources also included.

A complete lesson, PowerPoint and resources for the legend of ‘Robin Hood’ This is lesson 4 in a series of 8. The whole scheme of work is available. The whole scheme includes 8 full lessons, each fully resourced, and including a detailed PPT. The scheme culminates in the class writing a legend based on Robin Hood. This scheme was incredibly engaging and produced brilliant pieces of writing.

A complete lesson, PowerPoint and resources for the legend of ‘Robin Hood’ This is lesson 3 in a series of 8. The whole scheme of work is available. The whole scheme includes 8 full lessons, each fully resourced, and including a detailed PPT. The scheme culminates in the class writing a legend based on Robin Hood. This scheme was incredibly engaging and produced brilliant pieces of writing.