Children develop collage skills as well as understanding of Tudor houses and materials used to build them as part of the Great Fire of London Topic. Children then look at paintings of the Great fire of london, thinking about secondary sources, and then paint atmospheric fiery pictures to form the background of a display. Very effective when all put together.

A simple powerpoint with basic facts about pointillism and seurat, to be a starting point for children's own work.

two more sheets to go with previous ones for this topic. Cut and stick sheet with pictures of physical and human features for children to sort plus drawing od Katie Morag's Island where children are instructed to colour physical features green and human features red. Good differentiation allowing children to choose how they show you what they know.

Simple double the number of spots and write the number sentence activity for 40-60 / ELG children

venn diagram sorting materials properties cut and stick kinaesthetic

Posters with suggested questions for each AF to help parents develop their questioning when hearing their children read.

worksheets and activities, with planning to link to Katie Morag topic, differentiateed activities for children to show their understanding of physical and human features of a landscape. Children choose which activity they would like to do - colour coding a drawing of Katie's Island, cutting and sticking different picutres of features into the correct column on a table, or using a sheet of useful words to write their own sentences to explain the difference between the two types of feature. Two other activity sheets are on here to use with this lesson as well, under physical / human

choosing a healthy balanced diet, planning well balanced meals and being able to explain their choices.

key things to remember when writing a letter and how to set it out

good, bad, nice, happy, sad - simple colourful posters with more exciting vocabulary, and example sentences.

Following a series of work on different types of poems (acrostic, rhyming and shape) children get to choose their favourite and write a really good poem in that style about Easter.

simple assembly ppt to form a visual support when reading the story of the Little Red Hen to a large group. Opportunities to recap main events in the story, and discuss the ideas of perseverance and how teamwork makes things easier.

worksheet for children to note exciting, interesting descriptive words, thinking about all their senses, to say what life in the trenches was like, working towards writing an imagined letter home from the trenches.

Worksheet to provide evidence for AF3 and 2 exploring how characters' actions can suggest character traits.

Simple now and then sentence writing activity for children to compare entertainment 100 years ago and now at the seaside. Second page has images for ideas, some may provoke discussion. Children can either choose two favourite / images to cut and stick on page 1 or copy them into the image boxes.

simple revision aid / poster for display

print and laminate capital letter ice cream cones and lower case ice cream scoops. Children can play games matching the correct pairs, also useful for display.

simple story map for children to plan their writing on, picking out important events from the story and choosing wow words to put in their writing.

IWB pages to work through to explain the difference between physical and human features of an environment. The last page has lots of different features hiding the words physical or human behind them depending on what they are, as a plenary to the lesson children can come up and say what type they think it s and why, then move the picture to reveal the correct answer.

Simple and colourful sheet to share with parents once children can read unfamiliar texts on sight and you are wanting to develop their comprehension and deduction skills. Simple information about the range or AFs in reading, and example questions to ask to get evidence of children's understanding for each AF. I am planning on giving these out at parents evening.