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Our popular resources have been tried and tested in hundreds of classrooms.
Planning and resources for primary teachers from http://www.ks2history.com. Our history topics include Stone Age to Iron Age, Romans, Anglo-Saxons, Victorians, Shang Dynasty etc and the list is expanding each month, with literacy units to link to the topics too.
Our popular resources have been tried and tested in hundreds of classrooms.
Romans in Britain: 10 lessons for KS2
A fully-resourced unit of 10 history lessons for KS2, covering the Roman Britain topic.
WHAT YOU GET
10 detailed lesson plans
10 Powerpoint files
Teachers’ notes including curriculum coverage
Pupil activity sheets for all lessons
**** About the Unit****
The ten sessions in this unit aim to give an overview of the history of Roman Britain, including the main events of the period and the way in which Britain changed as a result. A focus is given to the impact of the Roman occupation, to its legacy on modern Britain and to gaining an appreciation of the evidence that forms our understanding of this period of world history.
Aims of the unit
To gain an overview of the impact of the Roman Empire on Britain, including its lasting legacy
To consider how different historical sources help us to know about Roman Britain
To research what it might have been like to live in Britain during the period of Roman occupation.
** Lessons in the Unit**
Where did the Roman Empire come from?
How did the Roman army help to expand the Roman Empire?
What was Britain like before the Romans invaded?
How did Britain become part of the Roman Empire?
Who was Boudica and how did she rebel against the Romans?
What did the Romans build after they settled in Britain?
What were houses like in Roman Britain?
What can archaeological sites tell us about Roman Britain?
How did bathhouses provide leisure for Romans in Britain?
What lasting impact did the Romans leave in Britain?
This pack contains everything you need to teach this unit, including differentiated activity ideas so that it can be adapted to the needs of your class. The Powerpoint text is also editable.
This resource is brought to you by KS2History.
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A fully-resourced unit of 10 history lessons for KS2, covering the Stone Age to Iron Age topic. This KS2History planning pack includes 10 detailed lessons plans, each with accompanying pupil resource sheets and Powerpoint slides.
The ten sessions in this unit aim to give an overview of the period from the Stone Age to the Iron Age in Britain and to highlight some of the major changes during this period. There is an emphasis on allowing pupils to consider the sources of evidence that form our understanding of this period of British history.
The aims of the unit for pupils are:
To gain an overview of the major changes in Britain from the Stone Age to the Iron Age
To consider how we know about a historical period without written sources
To research what it might have been like to live in Britain during this period
This pack contains everything you need to teach this unit, including differentiated activity ideas so that it can be adapted to the needs of your class.
The planning pack covers the following lessons:
What does prehistory mean?
How did hunter-gatherers survive in the Stone Age?
What was Stone Age cave art?
What kind of sources tell us about the Stone Age?
What was Skara Brae?
Why are there so many mysteries about Stonehenge?
How did bronze replace stone in the Bronze Age?
What do grave goods tell us about the Bronze Age?
What was life like in an Iron Age hill fort?
What was Iron Age art like?
This pack is brought to you from KS2History resources.
This resource includes 1 x PDF file (containing all lessons and resources) and 10 x separate PPT files.
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Updated for 2020 - This is a Powerpoint presentation to be used by teachers meeting with parents and carers to explain the Y6 SATS/KS2 assessments.
The presentation covers the following topics:
What are the SATS tests?
How do the tests take place?
How are the tests graded?
The Reading Test (including sample questions)
The GPS Tests (including sample questions)
The Maths Tests (including sample questions)
Other Assessments
How can I help my child?
Time for Questions
Link to useful downloadable resources.
The text is editable so that you can adapt this information to suit your own school.
We hope that this free resource is helpful for your SATS information evening as you prepare your pupils for their SATS 2020.
Check out our other SATS resources including practice questions:
Y6 SATS Question Generator: Reading (with 100 practice questions!)
and
Y6 SATS Question Generator: Grammar, Punctuation & Vocabulary (with 100 practice questions!)
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Download our popular ten-lesson unit of work based on reading and writing instructional texts with a Romans theme. Pupils will make a chocolate Roman road and then create instructions based on becoming gladiator champions!
The ten lessons in this unit aim to give children the opportunity to understand the features of instructions as a genre. In the first week, children will engage with the text type by following instructions to make edible Roman roads out of biscuits, chocolates and custard! There is also a grammar focus on using prepositions and imperative verbs. In the second week, pupils will use drama to develop ideas and extend their vocabulary. They will then plan their own set of instructions about becoming Roman gladiator champions and they will then have the opportunity to draft, edit and present their final instructions.
The English objectives covered in this unit are:
- To give and follow verbal instructions
- To use prepositions
- To read and follow written instructions
- To identify how language, structure and presentation contribute to meaning
- To use a range of imperative verbs
- To prepare a group performance
- To make a plan for my writing
- To write my own instructions
- To edit my writing
- To make decisions about how to present my writing
The PDF file contains ten lesson plans and all accompanying pupil resources. Perfect to link literacy and history in your Romans topic!
You may also like:
Roman Britain Planning Pack
Escape from Pompeii Literacy Planning Pack
Romans Planning Bundle of all three planning packs
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SATS 2020 - 100 SPAG questions organised by topic to revise for the KS2 tests. This is a helpful revision tool for the Y6 SPAG test. The tool can be used all year round to prepare students for the requirements of the 2020 SATS or as a last minute revision activity.
Get ready for the 2020 KS2 grammar assessments with this SATS Question Generator! Covering all of the grammar content domains, you can use this SATS revision resource to practise the different types of questions that might come up in the grammar paper.
Select one of the following modes:
- Choose a particular grammar domain or topic to revise
- Random mode, giving you a mixture of all types of questions
The SATs revision resource is perfect for teachers to use as morning work, lesson starters or revision sessions or alternatively for pupils to practise independently at school or at home. Each slide contains a new question in the style of the SATS GPS test paper and an answer to reveal. <
This is a must-have resource for Y6 pupils working towards their GPS SATS tests!
You might also like our similar resource: Y6 SATS Question Generator: Reading
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Christmas Performance Poetry for KS1 or KS2.
A five-lesson literacy unit of poetry planning, based on performing Christmas poetry. The planning is adaptable for Key Stages 1 and 2, with ideas included for how to use it younger or older classes.
In this unit, pupils will read the poem ‘Sly Santa Claus’ and they will consider how the sounds and language patterns come alive when the poem is read aloud, particularly focussing on the use of verbs and onomatopiea. Children will work towards creating their version of the Christmas poem and turning it into an effective performance.
The aims of the unit for pupils are:
• To listen to a classic Christmas poem being read aloud
• To identify verbs and onomatopoeic phrases
• To prepare a poetry performance by planning actions or props
• To perform a poem to an audience
• To identify successful features of a performance
The PDF file contains 5 full literacy lesson plans, copies of the poem and all accompanying pupil resources.
Looking for something a bit different for your Christmas poetry activity? This Christmas Kennings lesson will make a fun English activity ready for Christmas time and the resulting pieces of work create a fab festive classroom display!
In this Christmas literacy lesson, pupils will learn about what kennings are and practise using them with a festive twist! Then they will make their own kenning poem about Christmas trees and turn it into a fantastic colourful kenning tree ready for a Christmas classroom display!
The Powerpoint provided guides you though the full lesson, including time to discuss ideas and vocabulary. Then pupils can use the templates and instructions provided to make their own colouring kenning trees.
This resource includes:
- A full lesson powerpoint
- A resource pack including teacher instructions and templates for the activity.
This is a fun activity easily adapted for KS1 or KS2.
Please note that due to terms of use in the images used, the Powerpoint file is not editable.
Please follow the steps below to access your files:
1. Return to this page.
2. Scroll to the files included within the resource listed under the header ‘Files Included’/‘All Files’. You may need to click on the ‘See all Resources’ to view them all.
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Download our popular Easter Performance Poetry unit for KS1. One week’s worth of literacy planning!
A five-lesson literacy unit of poetry planning for Years 1 and 2, based on performing Easter poetry and built around the KS1 English objectives.
In this unit, pupils will read a classic Easter poem about a fast white rabbit and they will consider how the sounds and language patterns come alive when the poem is read aloud, particularly reflecting on the use of verbs and similes. Children will work towards creating their version of the Easter poem and turning it into an effective performance, which could be used for an Easter assembly or celebration.
The aims of the unit for pupils are:
• To listen to a classic Easter poem being read aloud
• To identify verbs and similes
• To prepare a poetry performance including actions
• To perform a poem to an audience
The PDF file contains 5 full literacy lesson plans, copies of the poem and all accompanying pupil resources.
You may also like our other KS1 resources
Y2 English Bundle
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Going to Sea Poetry Pack
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Looking for English planning for Y3 and Y4?
This mega bundle contains 10 popular English planning units for Year 3 and 4 plus two seasonal extra units worth over £49 in total!
Save a lot of time and money with our super literacy bundle for lower KS2!
Download these popular ‘All About Me’ activities with a fidget spinner theme! Great for back to school or getting to know you transition activities!
The pack contains activities that can be used in the following ways:
1. An All About Me sheet for pupils to fill in the sections of the fidget spinners with pictures or words about their favourite foods, people, school activities etc.
2. A blank version of the above activity for teachers pupils to choose their own categories.
3. A game using real fidget spinners (if they have not been banned!) where pupils have until the spinner stops to talk about each category.
4. A multiple-choice quiz for pupils to make real and false answers about themselves using the fidget spinner templates.
5. A design-your-own fidget spinner activity.
Check out our other popular resources:
All About Me Time Capsule
Summer Performance Poetry
[Transition Day Activity Pack
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Get poetry flowing in every season with our bundle of popular resources of poetry to see you through the year! Spring, Summer, Autumn & Winter plus some seasonal extras are all covered in one handy bundle usually worth nearly £30!
Included in this pack:
- Spring Poetry
- Easter Poems
- Summer Poetry
- Seaside Poetry
- Summer Sports
-Autumn Poetry
-Bonfire Poems
-Christmas Poetry
-New Year Poetry
Download our most popular and well-loved planning packs from primary school, all in one brilliant mega bundle!
This is an excellent investment for primary teachers, subject co-ordinators and school leaders. All of our lessons are planned by outstanding teachers.
Download our Stone Age to Iron Age planning bundle containing our three very popular Stone Age planning packs for Year 3 or Year 4. Get a great head start with your planning for the Stone Age to Iron Age topic at a bargain price.
This Stone Age to Iron Age planning bundle includes the following:
Stone Age to Iron Age Literacy Planning
1. Stone Age Boy Planning Pack- two week literacy unit of work based on the book Stone Age Boy with a final written outcome of pupils writing their own Stone Age narrative.
2. How to Wash a Woolly Mammoth Planning Pack - two week unit based on the book How to Wash a Woolly Mammoth with a focus on reading and writing instructional texts.
Stone Age to Iron Age history planning:
3. Stone Age to Iron Age Planning Pack - complete planning and resource pack containing ten comprehensive history lessons and accompanying pupils resources and teacher guides.
***FREE BONUS Resources! 2 Reading Comprehension Packs*****
Check out our other Stone Age resources for Year 3 and Year 4:
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This popular 3D bonfire poetry lesson makes a fun literacy activity that is perfect in the run up to bonfire night or to go alongside fire topics.
This download includes all the resources you need, including a powerpoint presentation, a teacher guide and a pupil template pack.
Pupils will create a bonfire poem following the lesson Powerpoint, using similes and sensory descriptions to imagine a bonfire scene. Then they can use the templates to turn their poems into a fabulous 3D effect bonfire, making an excellent classroom display for bonfire night!
This resource includes:
- A full lesson powerpoint including discussion points and a writing activity.
- A teacher instruction pack
- A template pack for making the 3D bonfire.
This is an easy, fun activity perfect for primary classrooms and one that can be adapted for KS1 or KS2.
Please note that due to terms of use in the images used, the Powerpoint file is not editable.
This two-week unit of English work, based on the book ‘The Great Kapok Tree’, works well alongside topics about rainforests, sustainability and Mayans. It can also be used as a standalone English unit. The resources are designed for Year 3 and Year 4.
The ten lessons in this unit use drama, discussion and creative activities to help pupils to engage imaginatively with the text. Pupils will become familiar with the structure of dilemma stories and then write and edit their own dilemma stories based on The Great Kapok Tree. There is also a grammar focus on using direct speech and plenty of activities designed to develop vocabulary.
The English objectives covered in this unit are:
- To retrieve information from non-fiction
- To design a ‘great tree’ setting
- To explore the structure of dilemma stories
- To punctuate direct speech correctly
- To use a range of speech verbs
- To use adverbs in dialogue (higher group)
- To identify persuasive devices
- To use a dictionary to find definitions
- To write a persuasive letter
- To prepare a group performance
- To plan a dilemma story
- To write my own dilemma story
- To edit and evaluate my writing
- To use a thesaurus
The PDF file contains 10 lesson plans and accompanying pupil resources.
Very popular Christmas resource! Get sorted for the festive season with three fun Christmas literacy activities for primary classrooms.
1. Christmas Riddles - a fun activity lesson where pupils write riddles about Christmas presents and then make a lift-the-flap present.
2. Christmas Tree Kennings - pupils learn what kennings are and use them to make a Christmas tree poem.
3.Christmas Performance Poetry - a five-day literacy unit leading up to a poetry performance, adaptable to different age groups.
Please follow the download instructions at the bottom of the page to make sure you get all of the 5 files (2 X PPT and 3 x PDF files) included in this resource. Problems downloading? Click here for download help.
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1. Return to this page and click on each resource to go to the product listing.
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3. Use the download arrow icons found to the left of each of the file names for each separate file.
Perfect for Anti-Bullying Week 2018! This Anti-Bullying iPhone Booklet makes a fun activity that helps pupils to think about some of the key issues about bullying and this year’s theme ‘Choose Respect’. All templates and Powerpoint slides required are included.
Pupils will create an iPhone-shaped booklet in which they write or draw to answer text messages about different issues relating to bullying.
The Powerpoint provided guides you though different discussion points and offers 3 different challenge levels for each question, allowing you to easily adapt this resource for your year group. Then pupils can use the templates provided to create their own antibullying booklets, making an excellent classroom display or handheld project to take home!
This resource includes:
- A full lesson powerpoint including differentiated discussion points
- A resource pack including teacher instructions and templates for the activity.
This is a fun and through-provoking activity easily adapted across KS1 and KS2.
Please note that due to terms of use in the images used, the Powerpoint file is not editable.
Looking for activities for the first week back with your new class? Updated for 2019.
Download this bundle of popular back to school activities for primary teachers getting to know their new classes!
New Class Activity Pack - pupils bond by working together to make a class poem
Time Capsule - pupils make an ‘All About Me’ time capsule to be sealed and opened again at the end of the school year
Recipe for a Great School Year - these recipes make a perfect classroom display.
The resources contain ideas for adapting the activities to suit older or younger classes in Ks1 or Ks2. Great for getting to know your new class in a fun and hands-on way.
Download our popular performance poetry units as a mega bundle!
This bundle is a great investment for school leaders and literacy co-ordinators to support teachers in teaching classic poetry eel across the school. Each unit builds up to a poetry performance.
Each of these planning packs includes full lesson plans and accompanying resources and is designed for the 2014 National Curriculum, with integrated SPAG objectives. All of our lessons are written by literacy experts and outstanding teachers.