A six-week unit of painting, suitable for Y3 - Y6. Covers colour mixing, wash, composition, layering, warm and cool colours; Focus artist - Hokusai (the Great Wave off Kagawa); Links with geography (earthquakes and volcanoes).

Geography Glossaries for each of the topics in the Primary Geography Curriculum. I have chosen ten essential key words that all children should know, use and remember for each geography topic. These could form the basis of fun and engaging tasks to support children’s geography vocabulary building.

Ancient Greece History Unit 6 week unit for KS2 What is a civilization? Compare Greeks with other civilizations Geography of Greece Greece then and now Greek gods and goddesses Athens vs Sparta Democracy End of unit assessment

Now with SATs style reading questions! This eight lesson reading unit uses the Marcia Williams version of Oliver Twist (although any suitable abridged version could be used instead, or indeed, the musical film). The unit also focuses on the historical context of the book, enabling children to visualise what life was like in Victorian England and for those living in workhouses. The life of Charles Dickens is also explored. The reading objectives covered are from the Y5 curriculum, but this unit could easily be adapted for years 3 - 6. All video links, text extracts and worksheets are included, so you’ll have everything you need, except the book itself.

A variety of resources to cover the Year 5 Science objective: I can compare and group together everyday materials on the basis of their properties including their [hardness, solubility, transparency], conductivity (electrical and thermal), and response to magnets. Three, practical investigations to cover ‘Working Scientifically’ objectives: Planning different types of scientific enquiries to answer questions, including recognising and controlling variables where necessary; Taking measurements, using a range of scientific equipment, with increasing accuracy and precision, taking repeat readings when appropriate; Recording data and results of increasing complexity using scientific diagrams and labels, classification keys, tables, scatter graphs, bar and line graphs; Reporting and presenting findings from enquiries, including conclusions, causal relationships and explanations of and degree of trust in results, in oral and written forms such as displays and other presentations; Identifying scientific evidence that has been used to support or refute ideas or arguments.

A series of lessons to cover some of the objectives for Living Things and their Habitats (Year 5). Included: Plant reproduction (dispersal, germination, pollination, fertilisation); Working scientifically: Investigation into factors affecting germination; Branched keys and classification. This work doesn’t include information on life-cycles, so this would need to be added in if teaching alongside.

A writing unit based on the book ‘Heroes’ by David Long. Includes work on relative clauses and cohesive devices. Suitable for Year 5 or 6. Also links with World War I History (as the focus stories are about war dogs).

Planning and resources for Earth and Space (Year 5 Science): A six-seven week unit of work that covers the National Curriculum objectives for Earth and Space.

The UK (Geography, Weather and Climate Overview): LO: I understand how the UK’s location affects its geography. What is the UK’s place in the wider world? Recap on prior locational/positional knowledge from previous years. Understand what is meant by the UK’s Temperate Maritime Climate. Latitude and Longitude in relation to the UK. UK weather and its influences. Countries in the UK.

Fantasy Narrative Writing Unit (Year 4, Year 5, Year 6): LO: In narratives, I can describe settings, characters and atmosphere. LO I can use figurative language such as similes, alliteration, metaphors and personification. Sentence structure includes: Fronted adverbials; Relative clauses; Subordinating clauses; Using common exception words. Based around the novel: 'The Legend of Podkin One-Ear by Kieron Larwood.

**A fully planned and resourced 6 week unit on ‘A Region in South America’, comparing it with a region in the UK (The Solent). Suitable for upper KS2 (Y5 and Y6) but easily adaptable for lower KS2. ** The unit follows a geographical enquiry cycle, with key questions throughout. Teaching strategies focus on visual tools and active learning, so that children ‘do geography’ rather than learning facts. Each lesson can be kept ‘short and sweet’ or you have the option to ‘explore deeper’ with discussion about all the key concepts. Covers the National Curriculum objective: ’ Understand geographical similarities and differences through the study of human and physical geography of a region of the United Kingdom, a region in a European country, and a region within North or South America’.

An alternative to the traditional tale of Little Red Riding Hood, this two-week (10 lesson) unit of work is based on the short animation ‘Red’. The themes in the animation are ‘never judge a book by its cover’ and ‘things aren’t always what they seem’. The writing outcome (a recount) focuses on consistency in sentence structure and the use of coordinating and subordinating conjunctions. It was created to address some of the common errors in writing I often see at the start of Year 5, but this resource would be suitable for Year 3 - Year 6.

For each geography topic, from Pre-school to Y6, I have defined 10 words. These were chosen with the topic’s key knowledge and the year group in which it is studied (related to the pupils’ developmental stage) in mind. These should be given to each pupil at the start of the unit, briefly discussed as a class and ‘RAGged’ by the pupil, providing an AfL snapshot of their prior knowledge. This information can be used by the teacher to adapt the coming lessons to embed the words (and their meanings) into pupils’ memories. The process will be completed again at the end of the unit, which will give a clear, visual measure of progress

Writing unit for Y4, Y5, Y6 (UKS2) Re-write the chapter in your own words Poseidon Gets Salty (how Athens got its name) Use informal language Cohesive devices Speech/dialogue to move the action along Formal/informal language Link to history (Ancient Greece) Mythology

Writing unit based on the otter poem in The Lost Words by Robert Macfarlane. Pupils write ‘An Encounter with an Otter’ . Suitable for UKS2, LKS2 (Y3, Y4, Y5, Y6). Resource includes: Planning; Lesson presentation with all resources; Planning sheet; Assessment sheet. Perfect if your class loves nature!

All you need to teach the UK to Years 5 or 6.

A range of Y5/6 spelling activities based around: -cial or -tial word endings; -cious or -tious word endings; –ant and –ance –ancy word endings; –ent and –ence –ency word endings.

A 6 week unit of work on the medium of printing. This unit would be suitable for years 3 - 6. Pupils will study a variety of contemporary artists working in print. Pupils will explore a range of printing techniques including printing with found objects, collagraph and foam board printing. The final outcome of the unit is a foam board print, based around your History, Geography or English topic.

Some general guidance given by a geography lead to the staff. Examples of adapted tasks in geography. A bank of geographical sentence starters.