This engaging and purposeful series of lessons helps to equip children with a secure understanding of different explorers from across history. Each of the lessons are extremely comprehensive (I initially taught them over two lessons each) and are guided by a clear and colourful PowerPoint presentation. The lessons included are: Introduction to Explorers Christopher Columbus Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Amelia Earhart Neil Armstrong Comparing Explorers Throughout the series of lessons, children gain an understanding of how context, technology and attitudes have changed the role of explorers over time. Knowledge recall activities, think pair share, and a blend of group and independent activities are features of the unit. All of the worksheets, activities and templates needed to teach the lessons are provided. In the past, I have used these resources with children in lower KS2 (higher attaining years 3 and 4) but they could easily be used with upper KS2 - the key learning is aligned with curriculum expectations for KS2 history. All images are licensed for commercial use.

THIS BIG BUNDLE INCLUDES ALL OF THE ‘SIGNIFICANT EXPLORERS’ LESSONS, IN ADDITION TO THE POPULAR KNOWLEDGE ORGANISER. The engaging and purposeful series of lessons helps to equip children with a secure understanding of different explorers from across history. Each of the lessons are extremely comprehensive (I initially taught them over two lessons each) and are guided by a clear and colourful PowerPoint presentation. The lessons included are: Introduction to Explorers Christopher Columbus Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Amelia Earhart Neil Armstrong Comparing Explorers Throughout the series of lessons, children gain an understanding of how context, technology and attitudes have changed the role of explorers over time. Knowledge recall activities, think pair share, and a blend of group and independent activities are features of the unit. All of the worksheets, activities and templates needed to teach the lessons are provided. The knowledge organiser supplements the lessons nicely, providing all of the key information for easy reference in one place (please note that due to space limitations, only a few of the explorers are referenced in detail on the organiser). The key learning is aligned with curriculum expectations for KS2 history. All images are licensed for commercial use.

This engaging and purposeful series of lessons enables children to gradually build towards composing an effective, well-structured recount, based on a journey of their choice. This lesson bundle contains all six lessons from the series: -Lesson 1: What is a Recount? -Lesson 2: Vocabulary Building -Lesson 3: Developing Sentences -Lesson 4: Creating Cohesion -Lesson 5: Varying Sentences -Lesson 6: Editing and Redrafting In my experience, the lessons each take between 2 and 3 hours to deliver, so depending upon your own pace there is likely 12 lessons of content here. Each lesson contains an eye-catching and comprehensive PowerPoint presentation, in addition to any additional sheets, templates, or structure strips required for the lesson - everything needed to teach is included. A range of knowledge recall, think, pair, share, independent, and peer/self review activities are included to ensure that writing compositions are gradually enhanced over the course of the unit. These lessons were originally created for children in lower Key Stage 2 (Years 3 and 4), however, could easily be used for upper KS2 with only minor adaptations. The focus of the recount in these resources is a ‘journey’, but the resources have been made in a way that they can be easily adapted to your chosen topic/ subject matter.

THIS ANCIENT GREEKS BIG BUNDLE CONTAINS ALL OF THE ANCIENT GREEKS LESSONS, PLUS THE DETAILED, VISUALLY-APPEALING KNOWLEDGE ORGANISER. The engaging and purposeful series of lessons has been designed to enable children to gain develop an in-depth understanding of Ancient Greece. There is a particular focus on the achievements of the Ancient Greeks and how these have influenced the world. Children are guided towards answering the enquiry question: ‘How have Ancient Greek achievements influenced the world?’ The lessons included are: Introduction to Ancient Greece Seafaring City-States Democracy and Law The Olympic Games Culture and Religion A Lasting Legacy In each lesson, the learning is guided by a clear and colourful PowerPoint presentation, which guides students through the step-by-step learning journey. Also included are all worksheets, templates and additional resources required to teach the lessons - everything needed to teach is included. In the past, I have used these lessons with children in lower KS2 (years 3 and 4), however this was an advanced class and these resources could easily be used with upper KS2. The key learning is aligned with KS2 curriculum expectations for history. All images are licensed for commercial use.

This engaging and purposeful series of lessons has been designed to enable children to gain develop an in-depth understanding of Ancient Greece. There is a particular focus on the achievements of the Ancient Greeks and how these have influenced the world. Children are guided towards answering the enquiry question: ‘How have Ancient Greek achievements influenced the world?’ The lessons included are: Introduction to Ancient Greece Seafaring City-States Democracy and Law The Olympic Games Culture and Religion A Lasting Legacy In each lesson, the learning is guided by a clear and colourful PowerPoint presentation, which guides students through the step-by-step learning journey. Also included are all worksheets, templates and additional resources required to teach the lessons - everything needed to teach is included. In the past, I have used these lessons with children in lower KS2 (years 3 and 4), however this was an advanced class and these resources could easily be used with upper KS2. The key learning is aligned with KS2 curriculum expectations for history. All images are licensed for commercial use.

These engaging and thought-provoking lessons aid students in developing a secure understanding of every chapter of Katherine Rundell’s ‘The Explorer!’ The double and triple-lesson resources are well-sequenced, and include: Chapters 1-2 - ‘Flight’ and ‘The Green Dark’ Chapters 3 and 4: ‘The Den’ and ‘The River’ Chapters 5 to 7: ‘Food (Almost)’, ‘Fire’ and ‘The Raft’ Chapters 8 to 10: ‘Maiden Voyage’ to Abacaxi’ Chapters 11-13: ‘The Monkeys and the Bees’ to ‘Smoke’ Chapters 14-16: ‘On the River’ to ‘The Ruined City’ Chapters 17-19: ‘The Explorer’, ‘The Trap’ and ‘Tarantulas’ Chapters 20-22: ‘Twice-Fried Osieau Spectacle’ to ‘The Vow’ Chapters 23-26: ‘Explorer School’ to ‘Behind the Vines’ Chapters 27-31 - ‘The Green Sky’ to the End of the Story Each session includes a range of retrieval, vocabulary, inference, explanation and deeper thinking activities. A clear, colourful and comprehensive PowerPoint presentation guides students through the learning for each lesson. Worksheets/ templates are also included where needed (both as Word and PDF documents). Each lesson also includes an answer key for the retrieval questions, and model answer ideas for the more detailed responses. The lessons are suitable for students across KS2 (with only minor adaptations, I have used the resources in the past with children from years 3 to 5).

These 16-page resource booklets contain a wide range of challenging and engaging comprehension activities for use throughout the reading of all 15 of the ‘Worlds and Lives’ poems. Teachers have found the activities particularly useful throughout teaching, or for exam revision or guided reading sessions. They are perfect for aiding the progress of students towards meeting the key English Literature assessment objectives - suitable for all examining bodies. Students have found these resources extremely engaging, and it is clearly highlighted within each task regarding which assessment strands the task is designed to demonstrate. Booklets are included for the following poems: A Century Later - Imtiaz Dharker; A Portable Paradise - Roger Robinson; A Wider View - Seni Seneviratne; England in 1819 - Percy Bysshe Shelley Homing - Liz Berry In A London Drawingroom - George Eliot Like An Heiress - Grace Nichols Lines Written in Early Spring - William Wordsworth Name Journeys - Raman Mundair On An Afternoon Train from Purley to Victoria, 1955 - James Berry Pot - Shamshad Khan Shall Earth No More Inspire Thee - Emily Bronte The Jewellery Maker - Louisa Adjoa Parker Thirteen - Caleb Femi With Birds You’re Never Lonely - Raymond Antrobus Each booklet is provided in both Word (to allow for easy editing) and PDF (to ensure for consistency of formatting between computers). Activities across the booklets are as consistent, to provide an equal understanding of each poem, and include (amongst many others): ‘Analysing Context’ - helping students to ‘Show understanding of the relationships between texts and the contexts in which they were written.’ ‘Analysing Subject Matter, Language and Structure’ - to help students to ‘Analyse the language, form and structure used by a writer to create meanings and effects, using relevant subject terminology where appropriate.’ ‘Diary Entry’ - to help students to ‘Use a range of vocabulary and sentence structures for clarity, purpose and effect, with accurate spelling and punctuation. Make an informed personal response, recognising that other responses to a text are possible and evaluating these.’ ‘The Speaker’ - to help students to ‘Read, understand and respond to texts. Students should be able to: maintain a critical style and develop an informed personal response use textual references, including quotations, to support and illustrate interpretations.’