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 cross-curricular 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 1- Other units are available. Leave a review

Taken from Learning Outside the Classroom, Keystage Two 5 detailed Lesson plans varying in length: This project covered several areas of history and also had a strong focus on design and technology. In the project, an archaeologist gave the children different questions to investigate and answer, by travelling back in time using their own ‘time machines’. The historical times and places that they travelled to were: Iron Age Britain, Roman Britain, Viking Britain, ancient Egypt and ancient Greece. The sessions varied in length – some were single sessions, some were whole mornings or afternoons, and the fi nal session took place over a whole day. Leave a review

Want all four lessons? Get the full pack: In this unit, children explore an event that has been commemorated annually for over a 100 years. Children investigate the origins of Remembrance Day and how its significance has grown to incorporate conflicts up to the present day. Children who belong to service or refugee families may have direct, personal experiences of recent hostilities, and their schools will need to exercise sensitivity and discretion in teaching this topic. It is helpful if the children have considered other types of anniversaries and/or commemorations and used historical sources such as artefacts and photographs to ask and answer questions about the past. Although this focuses on Remembrance day the unit can be easily adapted to fit for VE day 1: Memories • To find out why people wear poppies at this time of year. • Explain why we wear poppies for Remembrance. Leave a review

In this unit, children explore an event that has been commemorated annually for over a 100 years. Children investigate the origins of Remembrance Day and how its significance has grown to incorporate conflicts up to the present day. Children who belong to service or refugee families may have direct, personal experiences of recent hostilities, and their schools will need to exercise sensitivity and discretion in teaching this topic. It is helpful if the children have considered other types of anniversaries and/or commemorations and used historical sources such as artefacts and photographs to ask and answer questions about the past. Although this focuses on Remembrance day the unit can be easily adapted to fit for VE day 1: Memories • To find out why people wear poppies at this time of year. • Explain why we wear poppies for Remembrance. Lesson 2: Remembrance Day • To discover what happens on Remembrance Day. • Understand what happens on Remembrance Day and why we commemorate it. Lesson 3: War memorials• To investigate the war memorial in our area. • To understand why we have war memorials. Lesson 4: Display• To create a Remembrance Day display. • Explain the importance of Remembrance Day. Leave a review

Full lessons also available on our TES shop 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. Leave a review

Get all the lessons and plans from our full unit, available in our TES shop 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. Leave a review

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 Mary Seacole. Lesson 3: Recording the life of a famous person. Leave a review

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.

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? Leave a review

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 Florence Nightingale. Lesson 3: Recording the life of a famous person: Why do we remember Florence Nightingale? Leave a review

This is a short unit that supports your local history teaching. It introduces the children to the idea of using the built environment as a historical source, introduces the concepts of old and new, and encourages them to think about the changes in their local area over time. It provides a wide range of opportunities for children to develop their spoken language. It is helpful if the children have: experience of recalling stories about the past; sequenced events on a time line; used everyday words relating to the passing of time; used pictures to find out about the past Includes lesson plans and all worksheets Lesson 1: Castles today Lesson 2: Lord John’s Castle Lesson 3: Let’s explore our local castle Leave a review

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). Leave a review

Get all 7 Geography Activities from our TES shop An extract of Pliny the Younger’s letter to his friend Cornelius Tactius, a Roman historian, recording his experience of the eruption of Vesuvius in 79AD. It could be used as part of Geography, History or within Reading. Taken from the KS2 Geography Resource file. Available as a PDF Leave a review

Based on a theme, LCP’s daily home learning plans are here to help give parents ideas for fun and engaging activities for their children. Each day includes a mixture of independent and working with adult activities and a timetable to help structure the day. It includes all resources and hyperlinks. Day 6 Titanic includes links to History, Art, DT, Writing and Reading, DISCLAIMER: Website addresses are provided in this resource in order to offer additional information sources for teachers. It is not unknown for unscrupulous individuals or organisations to place highly unsuitable materials on websites to which children might have access. It is essential that teachers check the content of websites before allowing pupils to have access to them. In addition, although we try to suggest reliable sources, websites and the individual pages within them can sometimes be removed or have their website addresses changed by their owners. LCP cannot be held responsible for other organisations’ websites which are removed or changed, nor for the content of such websites. Leave a review.

19 Home Learning sheets for Year 5 taken from our Homework Activities for Year 5 The activity sheets are structured around the narrative, non-fiction and poetry blocks of the new literacy Framework. The content comes from common Year 5 fiction and non-fiction themes. The activities are designed to support work done across the curriculum as well as in literacy teaching. The activities follow the main literacy priorities in Year 5 and are designed to be used flexibly. Each activity sheet has a clear focus and advice to the adult as well as the child. There are four main types: • Understanding and engaging with texts; • Shaping texts; • Sentence structure and punctuation; • Spelling. Each unit contains a mixture of the activity types.

Based on a theme, LCP’s daily home learning plans are here to help give parents ideas for fun and engaging activities for their children. Each day includes a mixture of independent and working with adult activities and a timetable to help structure the day. It includes all resources and hyperlinks. Day 4 The Greeks includes links to History, DT, Art, Writing, Reading and Science. All resources included. DISCLAIMER: Website addresses are provided in this resource in order to offer additional information sources for teachers. It is not unknown for unscrupulous individuals or organisations to place highly unsuitable materials on websites to which children might have access. It is essential that teachers check the content of websites before allowing pupils to have access to them. In addition, although we try to suggest reliable sources, websites and the individual pages within them can sometimes be removed or have their website addresses changed by their owners. LCP cannot be held responsible for other organisations’ websites which are removed or changed, nor for the content of such websites. Leave a review.

Daily home learning planners come with great activities and timetable to use with your child whilst home-schooling. Each day is fully planned to help parents. All activities come with appropriate links and are designed to be engaging and to keep your child focused. Some activities are independent. Whilst, others are designed to be completed with an adult. Each day is centered around a theme (For exmaple: The Romans) and activities are cross-curricular. Today’s lessons are a mixture of History, Art, Reading, Writing, DT and Science. DISCLAIMER: Website addresses are provided in this resource in order to offer additional information sources for teachers. It is not unknown for unscrupulous individuals or organisations to place highly unsuitable materials on websites to which children might have access. It is essential that teachers check the content of websites before allowing pupils to have access to them. In addition, although we try to suggest reliable sources, websites and the individual pages within them can sometimes be removed or have their website addresses changed by their owners. LCP cannot be held responsible for other organisations’ websites which are removed or changed, nor for the content of such websites. Like us? Leave us a review

Learning Outside the Classroom from LCP is a cross curricular resource providing teachers with fun outdoor activities and great ideas to engage KS2 (years 3, 4, 5 & 6) . This free outdoor learning resource pack takes a look at some of the subjects covered in Learning Outside the Classroom. A great intro or perfect to use on their own! Download and take a look. • Local Area as a Learning Environment • Iron Age • Collecting Invertebrates Also see KS1 Learning Outside the Classroom.

Olympic themed Activity Sheets for Lower KS2 (Years 3 /4) pupils. • ART: Design your own Greek pot • MATHS: Bejing Top Ten Medal Winners • HISTORY: Learn about 2 Great Olympians A set of 3 activity / worksheets for Years 3 and 4 (Lower KS2) with an Olympic theme. Activties come from LCP’s ‘Most Popular’ Olympic Games Resource File - a complete cross curricular resource for primary teachers.

Olympic Activity / Worksheets for KS1 &2 • HISTORY: Find the prizes that athletes won in the Ancient Olympics and the Modern Olympics. • ART: Create Olympic Medals • HISTORY: Match Ancient Olympic sports. A set of 3 Olympic themed activity worksheets for KS1. Activties come from LCP’s Olympic Games Resource - a complete cross curricular resource for primary teachers.