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Esio Trot - The Great Tortoise Plot - Complete Lesson!
This engaging and thought-provoking lesson is the third in a sequence of four lessons designed to accompany the reading and promote children’s comprehension of Roald Dahl’s ‘Esio Trot.’ This lesson covers the section of the text in which Mr Hoppy carries out his plot to create the appearance of Alfie ‘growing’ in an attempt to win Mrs Silver’s affection. It covers pages 34 to 49 in the Puffin version of the story.
The lesson is guided by a comprehensive and colourful PowerPoint presentation, and enables students to understand the text through:
-Retrieving information about the events and characters in this section of the story;
-Inferring and deducing hidden meanings, including key inferences about how Mr Hoppy carefully carries out his plan;
-Identifying and understanding Roald Dahl’s use of different types of vocabulary.
The sessions include a range of retrieval, vocabulary, inference, explanation and deeper thinking activities. A clear, colourful and comprehensive PowerPoint presentation guides students through the learning.
The lessons are most suitable for children in upper KS1 or lower KS2, depending upon the individual context of the class - they have been tried and tested in the classroom with both year 2 and year 3 children.
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Esio Trot - Mr Hoppy's Idea - Complete Lesson!
This engaging and thought-provoking lesson is the second in a sequence of lessons designed to accompany the reading and promote children’s comprehension of Roald Dahl’s ‘Esio Trot.’ This lesson covers the section of the text in which Mr Hoppy has an idea to help Alfie the tortoise to ‘grow’ and win Mrs Silver’s heart. It covers pages 16 to 33 in the Puffin version of the story.
The lesson is guided by a comprehensive and colourful PowerPoint presentation, and enables students to understand the text through:
-Retrieving information about the events and characters in this section of the story;
-Inferring and deducing hidden meanings, including key inferences about the sincerity of Mr Hoppy’s plan;
-Explaining key ideas, including how they think Mr Hoppy’s plan will work.
The sessions include a range of retrieval, vocabulary, inference, explanation and deeper thinking activities. A clear, colourful and comprehensive PowerPoint presentation guides students through the learning.
The lessons are most suitable for children in upper KS1 or lower KS2, depending upon the individual context of the class - they have been tried and tested in the classroom with both year 2 and year 3 children.
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Esio Trot - The Story Beginning - Complete Lesson!
This engaging and thought-provoking lesson is the first in a sequence of lessons designed to accompany the reading and promote children’s comprehension of Roald Dahl’s ‘Esio Trot.’ This lesson covers the beginning of the story (up to the end of page 15 in the Puffin version of the text).
The lessons are guided by a comprehensive and colourful PowerPoint presentation, and enables students to understand the text through:
-Making predictions about the story;
-Retrieving information about the events and characters in the story opening;
-Inferring and deducing hidden meanings, including what they have learnt about Mr Hoppy’s character from the opening section of the text.
The sessions include a range of retrieval, vocabulary, inference, explanation and deeper thinking activities. A clear, colourful and comprehensive PowerPoint presentation guides students through the learning. A worksheet/ template is also provided for the creative character profile activity (in both Word and PDF format).
The lessons are most suitable for children in upper KS1 or lower KS2, depending upon the individual context of the class - they have been tried and tested in the classroom with both year 2 and year 3 children.
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Land Art/ Earth Art - Big Bundle!
THIS BUNDLE CONTAINS ALL OF THE LAND ART LESSONS IN ADDITION TO THE COMPREHENSIVE KNOWLEDGE ORGANISER!
The engaging and purposeful series of lessons enables children to gradually develop towards creating their own land art/ Earth sculptures. The resources were originally created to guide children towards creating art in the school grounds and a local forest, but the resources can easily be adapted to fit your own particular local landscapes.
The lessons guide teachers and learners through the entire unit. It is composed of four double length lessons focusing on:
Researching/ Understanding this type of art;
Exploring and Developing Ideas;
Creating
Evaluating
Each lesson contains an eye-catching and comprehensive PowerPoint presentation, in addition to any physical worksheets/ activity resources needed (in both Word and PDF).
These lessons were originally created for children in year 2, but may be adapted for slightly older and younger year groups.
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Land Art/ Earth Art - Knowledge Organiser!
This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for students learning about land art as a part of their art and design study.
It contains comprehensive sections on:
-Overview;
-Styles and Techniques;
-Significant Places/ Artists;
-Creative Ideas and Examples;
-Key Vocabulary;
-Timeline of Land Art.
This resource can be adapted for all ages, but has been used in the past to support art units for children in years 2-4.
The resource is designed to be printed onto A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use and are cited on a separate document (included).
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Land Art/ Earth Art Project - Complete Lesson Bundle!
This engaging and purposeful series of lessons enables children to gradually develop towards creating their own land art/ Earth sculptures. The resources were originally created to guide children towards creating art in the school grounds and a local forest, but the resources can easily be adapted to fit your own particular local landscapes.
The lessons guide teachers and learners through the entire unit. It is composed of four double length lessons focusing on:
Researching/ Understanding this type of art;
Exploring and Developing Ideas;
Creating
Evaluating
Each lesson contains an eye-catching and comprehensive PowerPoint presentation, in addition to any physical worksheets/ activity resources needed (in both Word and PDF).
These lessons were originally created for children in year 2, but may be adapted for slightly older and younger year groups.
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Land Art/ Earth Art Project - Lesson 4 - Evaluating!
This engaging and purposeful series of lessons enables children to gradually develop towards creating their own land art/ Earth sculptures. The resources were originally created to guide children towards creating art in the school grounds and a local forest, but the resources can easily be adapted to fit your own particular local landscapes.
This fourth and final lesson helps children to evaluate their land art through:
-Thinking about what they planned to achieve in my land art;
-Considering the process and outcome of my land art;
-Weighing up the strengths and development areas within my land art piece.
Included is a clearly-structured evaluation template and an eye-catching and comprehensive PowerPoint presentation - in combination these resources guide children towards producing thorough and thoughtful evaluations of their land art compositions.
These lessons were originally created for children in year 2, but may be adapted for slightly older and younger year groups.
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Land Art/ Earth Art Project - Lesson 3 - Creating!
This engaging and purposeful series of lessons enables children to gradually develop towards creating their own land art/ Earth sculptures. The resources were originally created to guide children towards creating art in the school grounds and a local forest, but the resources can easily be adapted to fit your own particular local landscapes.
This third lesson helps children to:
-Revisit what land art is and understand its key features;
-Understand the key skills needed to create land art;
-Apply these skills to their own land art;
-Use llight and filters to capture their land art effectively.
The lesson follows an eye-catching and comprehensive 16-slide PowerPoint presentation. Children are taught the key creating skills that they will need to use in assembling their art piece. They are also taught about the basic photography/ edit features that they can use to enhance their artwork (the icons that they are taught are aligned with those that would be found on ipads and most other tablet/ digital camera devices).
These lessons were originally created for children in year 2, but may be adapted for slightly older and younger year groups.
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Land Art/ Earth Art Project - Lesson 2 - Exploring and Developing Ideas!
This engaging and purposeful series of lessons enables children to gradually develop towards creating their own land art/ Earth sculptures. The resources were originally created to guide children towards creating art in the school grounds and a local forest, but the resources can easily be adapted to fit your own particular local landscapes.
This second lesson helps children to:
-Revisit what land art is and understand its key features;
-Learn about some of the environmental issues that are important to land artists;
-Explore their own creative ideas, considering subject matter, materials, methods and their key messages;
-Responding to feedback and further developing their creative ideas.
The lesson follows an eye-catching and comprehensive 19-slide PowerPoint presentation.
These lessons were originally created for children in year 2, but may be adapted for slightly older and younger year groups.
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Land Art/ Earth Art Project - Lesson 1 - Researching!
This engaging and purposeful series of lessons enables children to gradually develop towards creating their own land art/ Earth sculptures. The resources were originally created to guide children towards creating art in the school grounds and a local forest, but the resources can easily be adapted to fit your own particular local landscapes.
This first lesson helps children to:
-Understand what land art is and identify its key features;
-Explore the materials and methods used by land artists;
-Share personal responses about the artworks that they observe;
-Begin exploring materials in their local area.
Included is an eye-catching and comprehensive 19-slide PowerPoint presentation, and hard copies of the artworks to explore (in both Word and PDF).
These lessons were originally created for children in year 2, but may be adapted for slightly older and younger year groups.
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KS3 History Knowledge Organisers Bundle!
These clear, detailed and visually-appealing resources offer a complete reference point for students learning or revising knowledge relating to 20 KS3 history topics, including:
The Norman Conquest
The Crusades
King John and the Magna Carta
The Black Death
The Peasants’ Revolt
The Hundred Years’ War
The Wars of the Roses
The Interregnum
The Glorious Revolution
The Transatlantic Slave Trade
The French Revolution
The British Empire
Women’s Suffrage
World War I
The Inter-War Years
World War II
Indian Independence and Partition
The Holocaust
The Cold War
Extending Understanding of the Iron Age
Each organiser contains a number of comprehensive sections to guide learning and revision including:
Overview/ summary;
Annotated maps/ diagrams;
Timelines;
Breakdown of key events;
Important individuals/ leaders;
Key vocabulary
Important facts/ dates
The resources are designed to be printed onto either A3 or A4, and are provided as both PDF and Word versions (so that you can edit if you want to).
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The Glorious Revolution - Knowledge Organiser/ Revision Mat!
This detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for students learning or revising knowledge of The Glorious Revolution. It contains comprehensive sections on:
-Overview;
-Key Events - James II ascends to the throne; Birth of James Francis Edward Stuart, Invitation to William of Orange, William lands in Britain, Mary and William become joint monarchs;
-Key People - King James II, Mary II, William of Orange, James Edward Francis Stuart, Henry Sydney, Arthur Herbert;
-Important Locations;
-Timeline of Events;
-Subject Vocabulary.
The resource is designed to be printed onto either A4 or A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). It can be used for a wide range of year groups, but was originally designed to support study at KS3.
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The Interregnum - Knowledge Organiser/ Revision Mat!
This detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for students learning or revising knowledge of The Interregnum in England. It contains comprehensive sections on:
-Overview;
-Key Events and Periods - The Execution of Charles I, Estbalishment of the Republic, The Protectorate under Oliver Cromwell/ Richard Cromwell and the Reinstatement of the Monarchy.
-Key People - Oliver Cromwell, Charles I, John Lambert, Richard Cromwell, General George Monck, and Charles II.
-Important Facts;
-Timeline of Events;
-Subject Vocabulary.
The resource is designed to be printed onto either A4 or A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). It can be used for a wide range of year groups, but was originally designed to support study at KS3.
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The Partition of India - Knowledge Organiser/ Revision Mat!
This detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for students learning or revising knowledge of Indian Independence and the Partition of India. It contains comprehensive sections on:
-Overview;
-Indian Independence Information - The British Empire, The Indian National Congress, The Salt March, The Muslim League, and Independence and Partition;
-Key People - Mahatma Gandhi, Winston Churchill, Clement Atlee, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Jawaharlal Nehru, Lord Mountbatten;
-Maps and Key Details;
-Subject Vocabulary
The resource is designed to be printed onto either A4 or A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). It can be used for a wide range of year groups, but was originally designed to support study at KS3.
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The Inter-War Years - Knowledge Organiser/ Revision Mat!
This detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for students learning or revising knowledge of The Inter-War Years. It contains comprehensive sections on:
-Overview;
-Major Events - The Treaty of Versailles, March on Rome Coup, The Wall Street Crash, Hitler Becomes Chancellor, The Spanish Civil War;
-Timeline of Major Events;
-Key People - Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Joseph Stalin, Herbert Hoover, General Franco, Amelia Earhart;
-Reasons for Economic Hardships;
-Reasons Behind the Rise of Dictators.
Key subject vocabulary is also provided for easy reference. The resource is designed to be printed onto either A4 or A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). It can be used for a wide range of year groups, but was originally designed to support study at KS3.
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Women's Suffrage - Knowledge Organiser/ Revision Mat!
This detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for students learning or revising knowledge of Women’s Suffrage. It contains comprehensive sections on:
-Overview;
-Major Events - The 1866 Petition, The Formation of the Suffragists and the Suffragettes, the Cat and Mouse Act and 1918 and 1928 Representation of the People Acts;
-Timeline of Major Events;
-Key People - Millicent Fawcett, Emmeline Pankhurst and Emily Davison;
-Top Women’s Suffrage Facts.
Key subject vocabulary is also provided for easy reference. The resource is designed to be printed onto either A4 or A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). It can be used for a wide range of year groups, but was originally designed to support study at KS3.
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The Wars of the Roses - Knowledge Organiser/ Revision Mat!
This detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for students learning or revising knowledge of The Wars of the Roses. It contains comprehensive sections on:
-Overview;
-Major Events - Battles of St. Albans, Towton, Tewkesbury, Readeption of Henry VI and Battle of Bosworth Field.
-Timeline of Major Events
-Key People - Henry VI, Richard of York, Earl of Warwick, Edward IV, Richard III and Henry Tudor/ Henry VII
-Family Tree of Houses of York and Lancaster
Key words and ideas are underlined for easy reference. The resource is designed to be printed onto either A4 or A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). It can be used for a wide range of year groups, but was originally designed to support study at KS3.
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I am David - Anne Holm - Big Bundle!
This bundle contains all of the ‘I am David’ double lessons, the detailed knowledge organiser, and the 22-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 story, with a double-lesson provided for each chapter. It includes all of the lesson questions, activities and any worksheets/ templates needed.
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. Each double-lesson also includes a deeper thinking task or creative task and an opportunity to reflect upon the stated lesson objectives.
All of the resources are tried and tested in real classrooms, catalysing excellent outcomes. The resources are suitable for students across upper KS2 and lower KS3 - I have used them in the past with children in both years 5 and 6.
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I am David - Anne Holm - Knowledge Organiser!
This detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for teachers, parents and students learning or revising Anne Holm’s 'I am David.’ It contains comprehensive sections on:
Context;
Section by Section Summary;
Main Characters;
Themes;
Literary Devices;
Further Reading.
All key words and ideas are compartmentalised for easy reference. The resource is designed to be printed onto A3 or A4, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use.
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I am David - Anne Holm - Lesson Bundle!
This engaging and thought-provoking series of lessons has been devised to provide students with a well-rounded, secure understanding of Anne Holm’s ‘I am David.’ A double-lesson is provided for each section of the text, including all of the lesson questions, activities and any worksheets/ templates needed.
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. Each double-lesson also includes a deeper thinking task or creative task and an opportunity to reflect upon the stated lesson objectives.
All of the resources are tried and tested in real classrooms, catalysing excellent outcomes. The resources are suitable for students across upper KS2 and lower KS3 - I have used them in the past with children in both years 5 and 6.