This bundle contains all three of the ‘Comparing the UK and Italy’ lessons, in addition to the knowledge organiser. The lessons included are: 1.Key Human and Physical Geography Facts; 2.Climate and Biomes 3.Settlements, Resources and Trade The lessons contain interactive, colourful and detailed PowerPoint presentations, in addition to all of the worksheets/ templates needed for the activities. The series of lessons are designed to help children to learn the relevant place, human and physical geography knowledge from the KS2 Geography National Curriculum: -‘understand geographical similarities and differences through the study of human and physical geography of a region of the United Kingdom and a region in a European country;’ ‘physical geography, including: climate zones, rivers, mountains, volcanoes and earthquakes;’ -‘human geography, including: types of settlement and land use, economic activity including trade links, and the distribution of natural resources including energy.’ All images are licensed for commercial use.

These clear, detailed and visually-appealing resources offer a complete reference point for teachers, parents and children throughout the teaching and learning of all of the Year 3 maths blocks. Included are 10 organisers: -Addition and Subtraction -Fractions -Length and Perimeter -Mass and Capacity -Money -Multiplication and Division -Number and Place Value -Shape -Statistics -Time Each organiser contains clear sections covering the key learning areas, including an overview, the specific learning content, and important vocabulary. The knowledge is sequenced in alignment with the National Curriculum and most commonly-used mathematics schemes. Images are used to present and clarify ideas. The resources are designed to be printed onto either A3 or A4, and are provided as both PDFs and Word versions (so that you can edit if you want to).

These clear, detailed and visually-appealing resources offer a complete reference point for teachers, parents and children throughout the teaching and learning of all of the Year 4 maths blocks. Included are 11 organisers: -Addition and Subtraction -Decimals -Fractions -Length and Perimeter -Money -Multiplication and Division -Number and Place Value -Position and Direction -Shape -Statistics -Time Each organiser contains clear sections covering the key learning areas, including an overview, the specific learning content, and important vocabulary. The knowledge is sequenced in alignment with the National Curriculum and most commonly-used mathematics schemes. Images are used to present and clarify ideas. The resources are designed to be printed onto either A3 or A4, and are provided as both PDFs and Word versions (so that you can edit if you want to).

These whole class reading sessions aim to develop children’s readng fluency and comprehension skills, whilst simultaneously building their understanding of castles. The three sessions include the extracts/ texts and presentations for the whole class reading sessions on: -Alfred the Great Non-Fiction Reading; -Deadly Dangerous Kings and Queens - Karl Shaw; -Queen Elizabeth II Factfile Reading. Each whole class reading session contains a series of activities aiming to develop children’s retrieval, explanation, inference, prediction and summarising skills. There is also a vocabulary check immediately after each text is read to clarify any unfamiliar/ difficult language. The tasks are comprised of quick-check questions, solo thinking, pair/ group discussions and deeper thinking activities. The sessions are best suited for children across lower KS2, although with minor adaptations they could feasibly be used with slightly younger and older year groups. The resources are also suitable for home/ remote learning.

These engaging and purposeful lessons guide children towards creating their own Pablo Picasso cubism-style self portraits. Included is a complete series of six comprehensive lessons: Lesson 1: Self-Portraits -Define self-portraits and understand why they are important; -Reflect on the key meanings behind some of the world’s most renowned self-portraits; -Think about their own identity and consider how their features may be shown in self-portrait through colours, shapes and symbols. Lesson 2: Picasso and Cubism -Use effective research skills and a research template to find out key information about Pablo Picasso’s life; -Analyse cubist paintings and understand the key features of the cubist movement; -Consider how facial features can be presented in the cubist style. Lesson 3: Exploring Creative Ideas -Recall important facts about self-portraits, Picasso and cubism; -Consider how they can present each facial feature in the cubism style; -Reflect on the feeling, tone and effect of their sketches, deciding on which ideas to develop further in the next lesson; Lesson 4: Developing Creative Ideas -Consider, adapt and edit the use of lines and shapes in their designs/ sketches; -Develop the use of objects, symbols and colour in their work; -Put all of the ideas together from the sessions thus far to produce a final draft design. Lesson 5: Compositions -Understand the key term ‘composition’ and learn about their creative freedom to organise concepts on the page; -Create their compositions, following clear and precise instructions (provided); -Learn about different types of brushstrokes that were utilised by Picasso for effect within his own cubism self-portraits; Lesson 6: Evaluations -Act as ‘art critics’, expressing their likes and dislikes about art compositions; -Follow a precise success criteria (provided) to determine the success of their own and their partner’s compositions; -Put all of the ideas together from all of the lessons in the unit to comprehensively evaluate their own learning, using a provided framework. Included are eye-catching and comprehensive PowerPoint presentations which guide the learners through the project and provide a wealth of information. All worksheets, activity sheets and templates are provided in both Word and PDF. These lessons were originally created for children in years 5-6, but may be adapted for slightly older and younger year groups.

This engaging and thought-provoking series of lessons has been devised to provide students with a well-rounded, secure understanding of Mark Hatton’s 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time. The entire novel is broken down in to 7 double lesson packs, meaning that there is a total of 14 individual activity sets here. The Opening Chapters (2-19); Chapters 23 to 47 Chapters 53 to 83 Chapters 89 to 113 Chapters 127 to 157 Chapters 163 to 197 The End of the Novel (199 to 233). The comprehensive and colourful PowerPoint presentations guide students through a wide range f activities, including those designed to enhance the following skills: retrieval, understanding vocabulary, inference, explanation, summarising, sequencing, analaysis and deeper thinking activities. The lessons are suitable for students in either KS3 or KS4, depending upon the individual context of the school and students.

This engaging and thought-provoking series of lessons has been devised to provide students with a well-rounded, secure understanding of Michelle Magorian’s 'Goodnight Mister Tom.’ The entire novel is broken down in to 10 double (and in some cases triple) lesson bundles, meaning that there is a total of 23 individual activity sets here - one for each chapter of the text. -Chapters 1-2 - Meeting and Little Weirwold -Chapters 3-4 - Saturday Morning and Equipped -Chapters 5-6 - Chamberlain Announces and Zach -Chapters 7-8 - An Encounter Over Blackberries and School -Chapters 9-10 - Birthday Boy and The Case -Chapters 11-13 - Friday, The Show Must Go On and Carol Singing -Chapters 14-15 - New Beginnings and Home -Chapters 16-17 - Search and Rescue -Chapters 18-20 - Recovery, The Sea and Spooky Cott -Chapters 21-23 - Back to School, Grieving and Postscript The comprehensive and colourful PowerPoint presentations guide students through a wide range f activities, including those designed to enhance the following skills: retrieval, understanding vocabulary, inference, explanation, summarising, sequencing, analaysis and deeper thinking activities. The lessons are suitable for students in either KS3 or upper KS2, depending upon the individual context of the school and students.

This ‘The Iron Man’ big bundle contains all of The Iron Man lessons, plus the detailed knowledge organiser and the 20-page comprehension activities booklet! The engaging and thought-provoking lessons aid students in developing a secure understanding of each of the chapters: -Chapter 1: The Coming of the Iron Man -Chapter 2: The Return of the Iron Man -Chapter 3: What’s to be Done with the Iron Man? -Chapter 4: The Space-Being and the Iron Man -Chapter 5: The Iron Man’s Challenge. In each lesson, children are guided through the lesson via a colourful and comprehensive PowerPoint presentation, which includes a range of thought-provoking activities and model examples/ answers. The tasks are comprised of retrieval, vocabulary, inference, summarising, explaining and deeper thinking activities. Templates are also provided for a number of the creative activities. There’s a lot in the each lesson and so you may wish to either select the content that is pertinent to you/ your class or spread each lesson resource over two sessions. The resources are ideally pitched for children in lower KS2, but could feasibly be used with slightly older or younger children, depending upon the individual context of the school and students.

This ‘Goodnight Mister Tom’ big bundle contains all of the Goodnight Mister Tom lessons, plus the detailed knowledge organiser and the 20-page comprehension activities booklet! The entire novel is broken down in to 10 double (and in some cases triple) lesson bundles, meaning that there is a total of 23 individual lesson activity sets here - one for each chapter of the text. -Chapters 1-2 - Meeting and Little Weirwold -Chapters 3-4 - Saturday Morning and Equipped -Chapters 5-6 - Chamberlain Announces and Zach -Chapters 7-8 - An Encounter Over Blackberries and School -Chapters 9-10 - Birthday Boy and The Case -Chapters 11-13 - Friday, The Show Must Go On and Carol Singing -Chapters 14-15 - New Beginnings and Home -Chapters 16-17 - Search and Rescue -Chapters 18-20 - Recovery, The Sea and Spooky Cott -Chapters 21-23 - Back to School, Grieving and Postscript The comprehensive and colourful PowerPoint presentations guide students through a wide range f activities, including those designed to enhance the following skills: retrieval, understanding vocabulary, inference, explanation, summarising, sequencing, analaysis and deeper thinking activities. The lessons are suitable for students in either KS3 or upper KS2, depending upon the individual context of the school and students.

This resource bundle contains all of the ‘Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time’ lessons, the comprehension activities booklet and the knowledge organiser! The engaging and thought-provoking series of lessons has been devised to provide students with a well-rounded, secure understanding of the text. The entire novel is broken down in to 7 double lesson packs, meaning that there is a total of 14 individual activity sets here. The Opening Chapters (2-19); Chapters 23 to 47 Chapters 53 to 83 Chapters 89 to 113 Chapters 127 to 157 Chapters 163 to 197 The End of the Novel (199 to 233). The comprehensive and colourful PowerPoint presentations guide students through a wide range of activities, including those designed to enhance the following skills: retrieval, understanding vocabulary, inference, explanation, summarising, sequencing, analaysis and deeper thinking activities. The resources are suitable for students in either KS3 or KS4, depending upon the individual context of the school and students.

This ‘The Iron Man’ lesson bundle contains all of ‘The Iron Man’ lessons, which aid students in developing a secure understanding of each of the chapters: -Chapter 1: The Coming of the Iron Man -Chapter 2: The Return of the Iron Man -Chapter 3: What’s to be Done with the Iron Man? -Chapter 4: The Space-Being and the Iron Man -Chapter 5: The Iron Man’s Challenge. In each lesson, children are guided through the lesson via a colourful and comprehensive PowerPoint presentation, which includes a range of thought-provoking activities and model examples/ answers. The tasks are comprised of retrieval, vocabulary, inference, summarising, explaining and deeper thinking activities. Templates are also provided for a number of the creative activities. There’s a lot in the each lesson and so you may wish to either select the content that is pertinent to you/ your class or spread each lesson resource over two sessions. The resources are ideally pitched for children in lower KS2, but could feasibly be used with slightly older or younger children, depending upon the individual context of the school and students.

This lesson bundle contains all 9 of the Stig of the Dump lessons, which aid students in developing a secure understanding of each of the chapters: -Chapter 1: The Ground Gives Way -Chapter 2: Digging with Stig -Chapter 3: It Warms You Twice -Chapter 4: Gone A-Hunting -Chapter 5: The Snargets -Chapter 6: Skinned and Buried -Chapter 7: Party Manners -Chapter 8: Midsummer Night -Chapter 9: The Standing Stones In each lesson, children are guided through the lesson via a colourful and comprehensive PowerPoint presentation, which includes a range of thought-provoking activities and model examples/ answers. The tasks are comprised of retrieval, vocabulary, inference, summarising, explaining and deeper thinking activities. Templates are also provided for a number of the creative activities. There’s a lot in the each lesson and so you may wish to either select the content that is pertinent to you/ your class or spread each lesson resource over two sessions. The resources are ideally pitched for children in lower KS2, but could feasibly be used with slightly older or younger children, depending upon the individual context of the school and students.

This ‘Stig of the Dump Huge Bundle’ contains all of the Stig of the Dump lessons, plus the knowledge organiser and the comprehension booklet. A double-length lesson is provided for each of the chapters, enabling students to develop a secure understanding of the text: -Chapter 1: The Ground Gives Way -Chapter 2: Digging with Stig -Chapter 3: It Warms You Twice -Chapter 4: Gone A-Hunting -Chapter 5: The Snargets -Chapter 6: Skinned and Buried -Chapter 7: Party Manners -Chapter 8: Midsummer Night -Chapter 9: The Standing Stones In each lesson, children are guided through the lesson via a colourful and comprehensive PowerPoint presentation, which includes a range of thought-provoking activities and model examples/ answers. The tasks are comprised of retrieval, vocabulary, inference, summarising, explaining and deeper thinking activities. Templates are also provided for a number of the creative activities. There’s a lot in the each lesson and so you may wish to either select the content that is pertinent to you/ your class or spread each lesson resource over two sessions. The resources are ideally pitched for children in lower KS2, but could feasibly be used with slightly older or younger children, depending upon the individual context of the school and students.

These engaging and thought-provoking resources aid students in developing a secure understanding of Roald Dahl’s ‘Boy: Tales of Childhood.’ The bundle contains all of the ‘Boy’ lessons, the detailed knowledge organiser, and the extensive (over 20-pages) comprehension activities booklet. There are 14 lessons in total, split into 7 double-lessons: -Chapters 1-2: Starting Point -Chapters 3-6: The Mouse Plot Chapters -Chapters 7-9: Visits to Norway -Chapters 10-13: St. Peter’s School -Chapters 14-17:In Trouble Again -Chapters 18-21: Repton School -Chapters 22-25: The Final Chapters The resource pack contains everything that you need to teach the lesson, including comprehensive and colourful PowerPoint presentations. Each session begins with a brief knowledge recall activity based on the prior chapters. Students then read and understand the new chapters, utilising retrieval, vocabulary, inference, explanation and deeper thinking activities. Clear, colourful and comprehensive PowerPoint presentations guide students through the learning activities. The lessons are suitable for students in either KS3 or upper KS2 (for advanced classes), depending upon the individual context of the school and students.

This engaging and thought-provoking series of lessons has been devised to provide students with a well-rounded, secure understanding of Roald Dahl’s ‘Matilda.’ Double and triple lessons are provided for each chapter, broken down into ten resource packs: Chapters 1 and 2 - ‘The Reader of Books’ and ‘Mr Wormwood, the Great Car Dealer’ Chapters 3 and 4 - ‘The Hat and the Superglue’ and ‘The Ghost’ Chapters 5 and 6 - ‘Arithmetic’ and ‘The Platinum Blond Man’ Chapters 7 and 8 - ‘Miss Honey’ and ‘The Trunchbull’ Chapters 9 and 10 - ‘The Parents’ and ‘Throwing the Hammer’ Chapters 11, 12, and 13 - ‘Bruce Bogtrotter and the Cake’, ‘Lavender’ and ‘The Weekly Test’ Chapters 14 and 15 - ‘The First Miracle’ and ‘The Second Miracle’ Chapters 16 and 17 - ‘Miss Honey’s Cottage’ and ‘Miss Honey’s Story’ Chapters 18 and 19 - ‘The Names’ and ‘The Practice’ Chapters 20 and 21 - ‘The Third Miracle’ and ‘A New Home’ The comprehensive and colourful PowerPoint presentations guide students through a wide range of activities, including those designed to enhance the following skills: retrieval, understanding vocabulary, inference, explanation, summarising, sequencing, analysis and deeper thinking activities. Additional worksheets and templates are also provided where needed for the creative tasks. All of the resources and tried and tested in real classrooms, catalysing excellent outcomes. The resources are suitable for students across KS2 (I originally used them with year 4 and 5 classes).

These whole class reading sessions aim to develop children’s comprehension skills, whilst introducing them to the novels of popular author Katherine Rundell. The five sessions include the extracts/ texts and presentations for whole class reading sessions on: -The Explorer -The Good Thieves -Rooftoppers -Impossible Creatures -The Wolf Wilder Each whole class reading session contains a series of activities aiming to develop children’s retrieval, explanation, inference, prediction and summarising skills. There is also a vocabulary check immediately after each extract is read to clarify any unfamiliar/ difficult language. The tasks are comprised of quick-check questions, solo thinking, pair/ group discussions and deeper thinking activities. The sessions are best suited for children with years 5-6, although with minor adaptations they could feasibly be used with slightly younger and older year groups. The resources are also suitable for home/ remote learning.

This engaging and thought-provoking series of lessons has been devised to provide students with a well-rounded, secure understanding of Roald Dahl’s ‘George’s Marvellous Medicine.’ Double and triple lessons include questions and resources for each chapter. Chapters 1 and 2 - ‘Grandma’ and ‘The Marvellous Plan’ Chapters 3 and 4 - ‘George Begins to Make the Medicine’ and ‘Animal Pills’ Chapters 5, 6 and 7 - ‘The Cook-up’, ‘Brown Paint’ and Grandma Gets the Medicine Chapters 8 and 9 - ‘The Brown Hen’ and ‘The Pig, The Bullocks, the Sheep, the Pony and the Nanny-goat.’ Chapters 10 and 11 - ‘A Crane for Grandma’ and ‘Mr Kranky’s Great Idea.’ Chapters 12 and 13 - ‘Marvellous Medicine Number Two’ and ‘Marvellous Medicine Number Three.’ Chapters 14 and 15 - ‘Marvellous Medicine Number Four’ and ‘Goodbye Grandma.’ The comprehensive and colourful PowerPoint presentations guide students through a wide range of activities, including those designed to enhance the following skills: retrieval, understanding vocabulary, inference, explanation, summarising, sequencing, analysis and deeper thinking activities. Additional worksheets and templates are also provided where needed for the creative tasks. All of the resources and tried and tested in real classrooms, catalysing excellent outcomes. The resources are suitable for students in upper KS1 and lower KS2 (I originally used them with year 2 and year 3 classes).

These whole class reading sessions aim to develop children’s comprehension skills, whilst introducing them to the novels of popular author Emma Carroll. The eight sessions include the extracts/ texts and presentations for whole class reading sessions on: -Escape to the River Sea; -Frost Hollow Hall; -In Darkling Wood; -Letters from the Lighthouse; -Secrets of a Sun King; -Sky Chasers; -The Girl Who Walked on Air; -When We Were Warriors. Each whole class reading session contains a series of activities aiming to develop children’s retrieval, explanation, inference, prediction and summarising skills. There is also a vocabulary check immediately after each extract is read to clarify any unfamiliar/ difficult language. The tasks are comprised of quick-check questions, solo thinking, pair/ group discussions and deeper thinking activities. The sessions are best suited for children in upper KS2, although with minor adaptations they could feasibly be used with slightly younger and older year groups. The resources are also suitable for home/ remote learning.

This ‘Matilda’ big bundle contains all of the Matilda lessons, plus the detailed knowledge organiser and the 20-page comprehension activities booklet! The entire novel is broken down in to 10 double (and in some cases triple) lesson bundles, meaning that there is a total of 21 individual lesson activity sets here - one for each chapter of the text. Chapters 1 and 2 - ‘The Reader of Books’ and ‘Mr Wormwood, the Great Car Dealer’ Chapters 3 and 4 - ‘The Hat and the Superglue’ and ‘The Ghost’ Chapters 5 and 6 - ‘Arithmetic’ and ‘The Platinum Blond Man’ Chapters 7 and 8 - ‘Miss Honey’ and ‘The Trunchbull’ Chapters 9 and 10 - ‘The Parents’ and ‘Throwing the Hammer’ Chapters 11, 12, and 13 - ‘Bruce Bogtrotter and the Cake’, ‘Lavender’ and ‘The Weekly Test’ Chapters 14 and 15 - ‘The First Miracle’ and ‘The Second Miracle’ Chapters 16 and 17 - ‘Miss Honey’s Cottage’ and ‘Miss Honey’s Story’ Chapters 18 and 19 - ‘The Names’ and ‘The Practice’ Chapters 20 and 21 - ‘The Third Miracle’ and ‘A New Home’ The comprehensive and colourful PowerPoint presentations guide students through a wide range of activities, including those designed to enhance the following skills: retrieval, understanding vocabulary, inference, explanation, summarising, sequencing, analysis and deeper thinking activities. Additional worksheets and templates are also provided where needed for the creative tasks. All of the resources and tried and tested in real classrooms, catalysing excellent outcomes. The resources are suitable for students across KS2 (I originally used them with year 4 and 5 classes).

This ‘The Twits’ big bundle contains all of the Matilda lessons, plus the detailed knowledge organiser and the 20-page comprehension activities booklet! The engaging and thought-provoking series of lessons has been devised to provide students with a well-rounded, secure understanding of the text. Each of the lessons include a wide range of activities, questions and resources for each chapter of the story. The activities are divided into 7 double lesson packs, meaning that there are at least 14 lessons included (perhaps more, depending upon the individual class and context). The comprehensive and colourful PowerPoint presentations guide students through a wide range of activities, including those designed to enhance the following skills: retrieval, understanding vocabulary, inference, explanation, summarising, sequencing, analysis and deeper thinking activities. Additional worksheets and templates are also provided where needed for the creative tasks. All of the resources and tried and tested in real classrooms, catalysing excellent outcomes. The resources are most suitable for children in lower KS2, although with minor adjustments they could be used for slightly younger and older year groups.