8 Activities for Years 1 or 2 linked to the study of 1950’s Britain.
Activity 1: My Kitchen Today
Activity 2: Understanding a 1950’s Kitchen
Activity 3: Let’s Go Food Shopping in the 1950’s
Activity 4: Favourite Food now and then
Activity 5: New Toy, Old Toy (Sort the cards into the box 2 sheet activity).
Activity 6: Draw your home
Activity 7: Understanding the Names of Different Homes
All worksheets can be done as homework or for home learning.
Taken from the KS1 History Resources File (available to purchase on our website).
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5 worksheets to inspire learning and encourage geographical curiosity both at home or at school. Focused on a location study: South Wales. Taken from Keystage 2 Geography Resource File.
Available as PDF to print.
These worksheets include:
Rainfall and Temperature in the UK worksheet
Climate Statistics in Cardiff
Types of Coal
The Railway Children Comprehension
Reading a Map (Distrubition of Iron and Steel in South Wales)
2 full lessons with Flipbook, Worksheet and Resources
Learning objectives
Children should learn: • to recognise and identify a range of common materials • to consider why particular materials are used to make items
Learning outcomes
Children will be able to: • say whether some objects are made of plastic, wood, metal or rock • say why an item might be made with a particular material
Lesson centered around grouping objects of the same material
Learning objectives
Children should learn: • about some properties of common materials such as hardness and transparency
Learning outcomes
Children will be able to: • state one or two characteristics of a range of common materials
Prompts children to consider some properties of a set of objects and to read information from their tables.
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This unit links to the lives of significant individuals in the past who have contributed to national and international achievements in the Programme of Study and considers the key historical enquiry question, How do we find out about Florence Nightingale? It introduces the children to the idea of historical sources, introduces the concepts of old and new, and encourages them to think about the life and times of a famous person. The approach used could be applied to the study of other famous people. It provides a wide range of opportunities for children to develop their spoken language. It is helpful if the children have: ordered events in time and used everyday terms about the passing of time; answered questions about people/ events in the past using pictures and written sources; recounted episodes from stories about the past; looked for similarities and differences between today and the past.
Lesson 1: How do we find out about a famous person?
Lesson 2: The story of Queen Elizabeth I.
Lesson 3: Recording the life of a famous person: Why do we remember Queen Elizabeth I?
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7 activities to support the understanding of the Naples and Campania Region as part of a location study aimed at Keystage 2 children.
Activity 1: Where is Italy?
Activity 2: The Regions of Italy
Activity 3: Base Map of Naples and the Campania Region
Activity 4: Reading Train Timetables: Circumvesuviana line table (The train around the Bay of Naples).
Activity 5: Holiday Brochure
Activity 6: Understanding Volcanoes- The Vesuvius Crater
Activity 7: A Section Through a Volcano.
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An excellent piece of children’s fiction, ideal for your primary school library, Scrimshaw is an engrossing fantasy adventure from international author Nazam Anhar that features pirates, rough seas and adventure.
A fantastic journey into the realm of pirates and plunder, join Nathan as he voyages to far off lands and discovers a whole way of life that he never knew existed.
Scrimshaw also provides the perfect opportunity for teachers to explore elements of history, geography and science in their literacy lessons, making it perfect for dynamic cross-curricular teaching.
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As the story has a repetitive structure, it should be accessible to children who are secure at Letters and Sounds Phase 4 and familiar with some aspects of Phase 5. The following vowel digraphs and trigraphs are included and could be revisited as part of your phonics sessions: Phase 3: ‘oa’, ‘ai’, ‘oo’, ‘ur’, ‘ar’, ‘er’, ‘igh’, ‘air’ Phase 5: ‘a-e’, ‘ay’, ‘ie’, ‘i-e’, ‘ea’, ‘ou’
Taken from Make Phonics Fun: Summer. For each topic covered there are two pages of practical teacher’s notes offering activity ideas to help you make the best use of the resources and texts provided. Activities are clearly signposted to indicate whether they are most suitable for shared, guided or independent reading sessions and, where relevant, opportunities for writing and for developing speaking and listening skills are also highlighted.
The book makes frequent references to the phases of Letters and Sounds.
Each topic within Make Phonics Fun is supported by a range of lively and appealing pupil texts – including original stories, fascinating non-fiction and quality poetry.
There are two photocopiable activity sheets for each topic, providing a range of fun things to do – from reading games which involve listening for specific phonemes, to sequencing activities and track games providing sounding out and blending practice
At the heart of each topic within this book is a carefully selected list of 40 real and pseudo words (20 words for Section 1 and 20 words for Section 2), building a word bank, from topic to topic and term to term, that
will cover the broad range of grapheme-phoneme correspondences that the children should be familiar with by the time they approach the end of Year 1
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Isambard Kingdom Brunel was a famous engineer who lived in Victorian times. He was a very good engineer and he won a competition to build a bridge over the River Avon. This bridge became the Clifton Suspension bridge.
This unit links to the lives of significant individuals in the past who have contributed to national and international achievements in the Programme of Study and considers the key historical enquiry question, How do we find out about Isambard Kingdom Brunel? It introduces the children to the idea of historical sources, introduces the concepts of old and new, and encourages them to think about the life and times of a famous person. The approach used could be applied to the study of other famous people. It provides a wide range of opportunities for children to develop their spoken language. It is helpful if the children have: ordered events in time and used everyday terms about the passing of time; answered questions about people/ events in the past using pictures and written sources; recounted episodes from stories about the past; looked for similarities and differences between today and the past.
Lesson 1: How do we find out about a famous person?
Lesson 2: The story of Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
Lesson 3: Recording the life of a famous person.
3 worksheets focuses on the teaching of adverbs
Sheet 1: to revise adverbs of manner
Sheet 2: to revise adverbs of time, frequency and place.
Sheet 3: to investigate how adverbs can affect adjectives
Taken from Grammar and Creativity Year 6 (by LCP)
Clear sheets that have instructions so easily to follow.
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Who were the Celts?
Learning objectives Learning outcomes
The purpose of this lesson is:
for the children to develop a clear understanding of who the Celtic people
were.
Children should learn:
• to select and record information about Celtic ways
of life;
• about aspects of life in Celtic Britain, using a variety
of sources.
Class objective:
• to find out about the Celts
Children should be able to:
• select relevant information from a number of
sources;
• record relevant information about the Celtic way of
life
Includes Lessons Plan and resources for activities
2 lessons covering UK Counties and Major Cities
Lesson 1: Counties in the UK
Learning objectives
Children should learn:
• the UK is divided into countries and counties.
Success criteria
Children can:
• understand that the countries in the UK are
divided into counties and can name some of the
counties.
Lesson 2: Major Cities in the UK
Learning objectives
Children should learn:
• about the major cities in the UK.
Success criteria
Children can:
• understand that there are a number of major
cities in the UK and can name and locate them.
Taken from LCP’s LKS2 Geography Resource File
Each unit contains Activity ideas packed with facts, suggestions for different abilities and for working both in and out of the classroom, one Activity sheet, two Visual resources and a photocopiable Factsheet. Supporting the units are two Timelines, a World War I Glossary and two Maps of Europe showing how the geographical landscape and country boundaries changed as a result of the war.
It provides an example of creative and effective crosscurricular planning, taking a key historical event as a starting point for meaningful, subject-focused activities. All the activities and resources included are matched to the requirements of the NEW Primary Curriculum (implemented September 2014) and are designed to be flexible, and used to follow ideas for English and Foreign Languages Years 5 & 6 so that teachers can choose to use them in their entirety, as a complete project framework, or as a dip-in resource bank of ideas.
There are 6 units. This is unit 6- Other units are available.
Lesson 1: World War I fashions – Military wear
Lesson 2: World War I fashions – Civilian wear
Lesson 3:Design innovation
Lesson 4: Amazing vehicles
Lesson 5: Political art
Lesson 6: Political art – Propaganda posters
Lesson 7: Political art – Three-dimensional morale boosters
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Taken from -RE Resource File RE Resource File Key Stage 2 Years 3 Key Stage 2 Years 3 & & 4
Includes:
Introduction
Unit resources
Medium-term plan
Lesson 1: What does a baby need?
Lesson 2: What is sin?
Lesson 3: Christian baptism
Lesson 4: Muslim birth ceremonies
Lesson 5: Sikh birth ceremonies
Lesson 6: Making comparisons
All lesson plans and printable activities included
This unit is designed as an introduction to Religious Education at Key Stage 2. It introduces pupils to some of the religions they will study during their four years in Key Stage 2. All religions treat the birth of a new life as special and celebrate its importance in different ways. In the religions covered in this unit, God is acknowledged to have an important role in the creation and safe delivery of a new life and is thanked for the new baby. Prior learning: The class will have spent time in Key Stage 1 studying religious belief and practice. This unit will build on their previously gained understanding. Lesson length: The lessons are designed to last approximately 60–70 minutes.
At the end of this unit most children will: • Be able to explain the meaning behind the symbols and actions in the different birth ceremonies. • Be able to explain the importance of committing the baby to the community of God. Some children will have made less progress and will: • Be able to share their own experiences of babies and explain what some people believe are babies’ spiritual needs. Some children will have progressed further and will: • Be able to explain similarities and differences between the themes in the different birth ceremonies.
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About this unit
This unit looks at what it means to belong to
something, whether it be a community, class, club,
country, team, family, circle of friends and so on,
and the need to show that belonging through joint
activities or lifestyle, dress or behaviour.
The unit explores belonging to:
• a family
• a school
• other groups
• the local community
• our country
• the world.
People of particular life stances or groups will
be valuable in sharing their experiences and
showing any clothing and artefacts that signal their
belonging and pride in that. Where opportunities
arise for adding this feature to the lessons, make
the most of them!
Lesson length: Each lesson is designed to take one
hour. (Lesson 3 will take longer if the group works
outside to gather photographs.)
Expectations
At the end of this unit most children will:
• understand the importance people attach to
belonging to a group, and be able to name a
religious and secular group.
Some children will have made less progress and will:
• be able to talk about the groups they belong to.
Some children will have progressed further and will:
• be able to explain why people belong to religious
groups, naming some
1 lesson plan with resource sheets
Learning objectives
Children learn:
• the names of the continents;
• the names of the oceans;
• the difficulties of representing the globe on a
map.
Success criteria
Children should be able to:
• name and locate the seven continents and five
oceans
Skills and processes
Locational knowledge:
• Name and locate the seven continents and five
oceans.
Human and physical geography:
• Recognise the Equator and North and South Poles.
Geographical skills and fieldwork:
• Use a globe to identify continents and oceans.
Taken from LCP’s KS1 Geography Resource File
1 lesson covering the distinction between human and physical features
Includes Worksheets
Learning objectives
Children can:
• distinguish human from physical features in the
landscape;
• begin to understand that the distinction between
human and physical is not always clear.
Success criteria
Children should be able to
• recognise physical and human features in the
environment;
• use geographical vocabulary to describe physical
and human features
Taken from LCP’s KS1 Geography Resource File
3 lessons including lesson plans and resources- What and where is Europe?
This has been written as two lessons as there is so much to learn about Europe. Lesson 1 will be the introduction, finding out about the continent as a whole, whilst Lesson 2 will concentrate on Europe related knowledge. The interactive games may be played in both lesson.
Lesson 1:What and where is Europe
Learning objectives
Children should learn:
• to begin to identify countries in Europe and their
major cities.
Success criteria
Children can:
• locate and understand that Europe is a continent
that has a number of countries and a range of
major cities
Lesson 3: Regions in Europe
Learning objectives
Children should learn:
• countries and capital cities in Europe;
• to work together to design a tour of a region of
Europe.
Success criteria
Children can:
• understand that Europe is a continent that has a
number of countries and can produce a tour of a
region in a country in this continent.
Taken from LCP’s LKS2 Geography Resource File
Aim :To explain the nature and causes of stress and to examine different ways of coping with it.
A 30-45 minute lesson that covers…
Learning outcomes Children should be taught:
• to talk and write about their opinions … ;
• to … discuss … topical issues, problems … ;
• to reflect on … social … issues, using imagination to understand other people’s experiences;
• what makes a healthy lifestyle, including the benefits of exercise … what affects mental health, and how to make informed choices;
• where individuals, families and groups can get help and support
Like this lesson? The Key Stage Two edition has been completely re-written by expert authors and freshly illustrated. The files are packed with engaging lessons and practical ideas covering a wide range of topics such as: feelings and relationships, health and hygiene, living in a global community, life in Britain today, and good and active citizenship. The lessons in these units dip into sex education and British values in a safe and age-appropriate manner.
The Key Stage Two File is so packed with great information that it has been split into two files (Part 1 and Part 2), both suitable for all year groups, but covering different topics.
Each file contains several units which include a Teacher’s Guide, Medium-Term Plan, and up to fifteen lessons ranging from 20 to 90 minutes.
Each plan provides the teacher with the lesson aim, list of resources needed, learning outcomes, differentiation and suggests any cross-curricular links with other parts of the National Curriculum.
2 part lesson covering contours and relief specifically aimed at Year 3 pupils.
Includes lesson plans and resource sheets
Lesson 1:
Learning objectives
Children should understand:
• contours show the shape of the land (relief);
• how sea level is measured.
Success criteria
Children can:
• begin to understand how relief (the shape of the
land) is shown on OS maps;
• understand how sea level is assessed.
Lesson 2:
Learning objectives
Children should understand:
• there are two ways of representing height on an
OS map;
• contours show the shape of the land (relief);
• layer colouring is a third way of showing relief on
maps.
Success criteria
Children can:
• state how high above sea level a particular
feature is on an OS map;
• begin to understand how height and relief are
shown on OS maps.
Taken from LCP’s LKS2 Geography Resource File
1x lesson with worksheets
Learning objectives
Children should learn:
• about the physical and human features of the
seaside;
• further develop their map and atlas skills.
Success criteria
Children can:
• identify human and physical features of the
seaside;use geographical vocabulary to talk
about the seaside;
• use maps/atlases/Internet to locate seaside
places
Taken from LCP’s KS1 Geography Resource File