Created as part of a drive on resiliency, independence and growth mindset with a Star Wars theme to engage students.

Used during a drive on vocabulary, spelling and oracy by a successful History Department. The spelling mat includes nine activities that are designed to improve spelling and use of key historical terminology with an achievement point hierarchy that is easily changed to meet a schools’ reward policy. Very effective after a list of key spelling mistakes has been made or asfter a spelling test.

This worksheet was designed to help KS3 understand how to analyse differing interpretations and then form structured judgements based on the evidence.

This resource is for school leaders, departments or lead practitioners looking to improve whole school written accuracy. Created by the lead teacher of whole school written accuracy and presentation. This issue includes discussion points to reflect on and practical strategies to implement to improve whole school written accuracy.

Used as part of a department wide drive on increasing enagement, vocabularly and accuracy of spelling, across all pupils but particularly by creating competition for boys. History themed visuals.

Easy to use worksheet to cover the six main rebellions against the Normans where students are asked to take AO1 knowledge and transform it into AO2 explanation and analysis. Challenge section to recognise themes throughout the rebellions. Great for revision or as a homework to recap learning. Easy to differentiate and accessible for LAP, MAP and HAP. One page history for the following events: Welsh Border Rebellion, 1067 Revolt of Eustace, 1067 Exeter revolt, 1068 York Uprising, 1069 Hereward Ely rebellion, 1070 Revolt of the Norman earls, 1075

Easy to differentiate activity that covers mutiple topics on one seminar reading sheet. Great for teaching content for the first time, used as a seminar reading homework followed up with a content quiz or as a revision one sheet history. Covers the role of four factors of development (war, government, chance and role of the individual of the individual) and the roles of eight influencial people (Louis Pasteur, Robert Kock, Edward Jenner, John Tyndall, Florence Nightingale, Lionel Beale, William Farr and Joseph Lister) in the fight against germs.

This 20 minute activity develops pupils understanding of the etymological origins of words which has been shown to accelerate reading and spellings ages of pupils whilst building their confidence with more sophisticated vocabulary. This is one session of six that aims to develop pupils’ understanding of words that have the suffix ‘cracy’. They are asked to deconstruct the words into their Greek roots enabling them define the words which they then use to complete and fill the gap activity, eventually tackling the final task which is a word grid. This comes with a teacher instruction slide at the start of the PowerPoint making it easy to follow and differentiate/personalise.

This 20 minute activity develops pupils understanding of the etymological origins of words which has been shown to accelerate reading and spellings ages of pupils whilst building their confidence with more sophisticated vocabulary. This is one session of six that aims to develop pupils’ understanding of words that have the prefix 'Photo-’. They are asked to deconstruct the words into their Greek roots enabling them define the words which they then use to complete and fill the gap activity, eventually tackling the final task which is a word grid. This comes with a teacher instruction slide at the start of the PowerPoint making it easy to follow and differentiate/personalise.

This 20 minute activity develops pupils understanding of the etymological origins of words which has been shown to accelerate reading and spellings ages of pupils whilst building their confidence with more sophisticated vocabulary. This is one session of six that aims to develop pupils’ understanding of words that have the suffix ‘-ology’. They are asked to deconstruct the words into their Greek roots enabling them define the words which they then use to complete and fill the gap activity, eventually tackling the final task which is a word grid. This comes with a teacher instruction slide at the start of the PowerPoint making it easy to follow and differentiate/personalise.

This 20 minute activity develops pupils understanding of the etymological origins of words which has been shown to accelerate reading and spellings ages of pupils whilst building their confidence with more sophisticated vocabulary. This is one session of six that aims to develop pupils’ understanding of words that have the prefix/suffix ‘-graph’. They are asked to deconstruct the words into their Greek roots enabling them define the words which they then use to complete and fill the gap activity, eventually tackling the final task which is a word grid. This comes with a teacher instruction slide at the start of the PowerPoint making it easy to follow and differentiate/personalise.

This 20 minute activity develops pupils understanding of the etymological origins of words which has been shown to accelerate reading and spellings ages of pupils whilst building their confidence with more sophisticated vocabulary. This is one session of six that aims to develop pupils’ understanding of words that have the prefix 'auto’. They are asked to deconstruct the words into their Greek roots enabling them define the words which they then use to complete and fill the gap activity, eventually tackling the final task which is a word grid. This comes with a teacher instruction slide at the start of the PowerPoint making it easy to follow and differentiate/personalise.

This 20 minute activity develops pupils understanding of the etymological origins of words which has been shown to accelerate reading and spellings ages of pupils whilst building their confidence with more sophisticated vocabulary. This is one session of six that aims to develop pupils’ understanding of words that have the prefix ’geo’. They are asked to deconstruct the words into their Greek roots enabling them define the words which they then use to complete and fill the gap activity, eventually tackling the final task which is a word grid. This comes with a teacher instruction slide at the start of the PowerPoint making it easy to follow and differentiate/personalise.

Easy to use as starters and plenaries throughout Norman British Depth topic and then consolidate for revision for 16 different question across three question types. Excellent for revision of Norman topic, GCSE question types and AO1, AO2 and AO4. Exam Questions Covered: (AO1/AO2) Write an account of the Battle of Hastings resulted in a Norman victory. (8 marks ) (A01/AO2) Explain the importance of William tightening of his grip on English land. 8 marks (AO1/AO2) Explain the importance of William’s leadership to the outcome of the Battle of Hastings. (8 marks) AO1/AO2) Explain the importance of William’s leadership to the outcome of the Battle of Hastings. (8 marks) (AO4) How convincing is interpretation A as a depiction of the William’s leadership? (8 marks ) (AO1/AO2) Explain the importance of William’s treatment of the Saxons immediately after the Battle of Hastings. (8 marks) (AO4) How convincing is interpretation A as a depiction of the Battle of Hastings? (8 marks ) (AO1/AO2) Write an account of how William consolidated his grip on English land . (8 marks ) (AO1/AO2) Explain the importance of William’s castle building. (8 marks) Evaluation: How convincing is Interpretation A as a depiction of the Harrying of the North? (8 marks ) (AO1/AO2) Write an account of how William changed military service and government to extend his power. (8 marks ) (AO1/AO2) Explain what was important about the development of towns under the Normans. (8 marks) How convincing is Interpretation A as a description of Norman castle building (8 marks ) (AO4) How convincing is interpretation A as a depiction of a Norman castle? (8 marks ) (reduced support) (AO4) How convincing is interpretation A as a depiction of the William’s leadership? (8 marks ) (reduced support) (AO4) How convincing is interpretation A as a depiction of the Battle of Hastings? (8 marks ) (reduced support)

Easy to use lesson on how war involving Britain and the US led to developments in the use of penicillin with key exam criteria, deconstructed models and an exam style question. Scaffold to allow pupils to write a sharply-focussed response that shows detailed knowledge of Britain’s role in the development of penicillin showing the complexities of change and the relationship between cause and consequence. Easy to differentiate and can be used with MAP and LAP pupils.

Easy to use lesson on how war involving Britain and the US led to developments in the use of penicillin with key exam criteria, deconstructed models and an exam style question. Scaffold to allow pupils to write a sharply-focussed response that shows detailed knowledge of Britain’s role in the development of penicillin showing the complexities of change and the relationship between cause and consequence. Easy to differentiate and can be used with MAP and LAP pupils.

For History Teachers teaching Normans to KS3. Includes interactive feudal pyramid, card sort, challenge tasks, differentiated questions with challenge tasks, link word starter and a slide for a recap starter for the following lesson. Works well in a staged curriculum working towards GCSE Normans topics.

These resources are for lead practitioners, humanities teachers and literacy coordinators to improve the standard of written accuracy and academic writing in students' work within subjects or whole school. Could be applied from KS2-KS5. This resource has been used within a successful History Department where academic writing is emphasised from Y7 through till Y11. It has also been highlighted in whole school CPD.

This worksheet was created to improve students' ability to deconstruct words to better their understanding. I have used this is a secondary school but the National Curriculum non-statutory spelling guidance suggest that the teaching of etymology should be included in primary school teaching. This sheet works well as a reference when glued in the books or put on the desks during comprehension or spelling tasks. When the size is increased it makes a good wall display. I have used this as a starter for lessons where the students need to deconstruct a key word to find its meaning. Works well whole school and across all subjects.

A4 revision sheet for the Black Death in England. The information is broken down into AO1 and the various skills of AO2 (change, continuity, cause, consequence, significance and comparison). Can be used for AQA, Edexcel and OCR. Can be used as an information sheet to introduce the Black Death or as a revision sheet.