Focus: Animals, Animals including humans, Design and Technology, Employability, Ethical Awareness, Everyday Materials, Geographical skills and fieldwork, Human and physical geography, Living things and their habitats, Making Relationships, Managing Feelings and Behaviour, Mutual Understanding, Personal Health, Personal Understanding, Seasonal Changes, Self-confidence and Self-awareness, Working Scientifically. A fun-packed theme bursting with great learning opportunities for early years. Children are engaged and motivated to find out and think about water in a range of different scenarios. They explore and investigate all the ways we use water and consider what life must be like without this precious commodity. They learn how people got water in the past and how they used it. After splashing in puddles and making music with the rain it’s off to the seaside to spend some time at the shore. Then over and under the waves they go, messing about on boats with pirates, diving down deep to see the richness and variety of marine life. Download our FREE Curriculum Overview document for this theme: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/splish-splash-splosh-curriculum-coverage-overview-ks1-12468862

Focus: Animals, Citizenship, Design and Technology, Education for Sustainable Development, Employability, Geographical skills and fieldwork, Living things and their habitats, Measurement, Media Awareness, Personal Health, Personal/Mutual Understanding, Properties of Shapes, Statistics, Uses of Materials, Working Scientifically. An extensive and varied theme. Children investigate the materials used in building and explore the process of building a house. Comparing and contrasting homes in the past they deepen their understanding of how and why materials are used as well as how things change. They travel the world looking around the types of houses other children live in and learning about how these homes are ideal in their location. Download our FREE Curriculum Overview document for this theme: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/home-sweet-home-curriculum-coverage-overview-lks2-12468854

Focus: Citizenship, Empathy, Employability, Ethical Awareness, Geographical skills and fieldwork, Human and physical geography, Impact of War, Locational knowledge, Moral Character, Personal/Mutual Understanding, Place Knowledge, Refugees, World War II. Some concepts are too big for children to embrace. War is just one of them. However, they can empathise with other children so easily. In this theme, they learn about evacuation and rationing and how life during WW2 affected the children who lived through it. They also explore emotions and feelings in a safe and secure environment! Download our FREE Curriculum Overview document for this theme! https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/through-the-eyes-of-a-child-curriculum-coverage-overview-uks2-12468842

Focus: Animals, Citizenship, Design and Technology, Education for Sustainable Development, Employability, Ethical Awareness, Evolution and Inheritance, Geographical skills and fieldwork, Human and physical geography, Living things and their habitats, Locational knowledge, Media Awareness, Moral Character, Personal/Mutual Understanding, Place Knowledge, Plants, Statistics, Working Scientifically. It’s no longer relevant enough to just know where the rainforests are and what an ideal rainforest looks like. In this theme, children confront the reality of the ‘impact’ of global issues on these immensely important forests, the lungs of our world. They learn about the urgency for action if these amazing and diversely rich ecosystems are to survive man’s insatiable appetite for the products, they can plunder them for. What can each one of us do to have a real ‘impact’ ourselves? Download our FREE Curriculum Overview document for this theme! https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/impact-curriculum-coverage-overview-uks2-12468866

Focus: Citizenship, Diet and Nutrition, Digital Citizenship, Economic Awareness, Employability, Lifestyle Impact, Media Awareness, Personal Health, Personal/Mutual Understanding. Children learn how to be all kinds of “wise”. From internet wise, street wise and money wise to health wise. Children explore ways of keeping themselves safe and healthy. This theme also helps children moving on to secondary school education as it looks at the challenges facing them as they move on. Download our FREE Curriculum Overview document for this theme: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/are-you-wise-moving-on-curriculum-coverage-overview-uks2-12468861

Focus: Victorians, Ancient Greece, Design and Technology, Economic Awareness, Electricity, Employability, Ethical Awareness, History of Music, Light, Personal/Mutual Understanding, Roman Empire, Sound, Spiritual Understanding, The Shang Dynasty, Working Scientifically. Just how inventive the Victorians were and why is one of the features of this theme. Children learn how these early inventors and their great inventions still impact our lives today. They explore how, without the determination and ability of these people, we would not have many of the things we rely on today. They trace the development of the telephone from tin can to human appendage! A wonderful theme to engage all learners! Download our FREE Curriculum Overview document for this theme: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/invention-and-ingenuity-curriculum-coverage-overview-lks2-12468863

Focus: Cultural Understanding, Dance, Earth and Space, Economic Awareness, Employability, ICT Skills, Media Awareness, Personal and Mutual Understanding, Scientific Investigation, Setting Personal Target, Working Scientifically. Research about and exploration of the Solar System engage the children in this stimulating and exciting theme. They learn about our nearest neighbours in space and journey to real and imaginary planets in the footsteps of astronauts and astronomers. Our fixation with celebrities is also explored as children learn about positive role models and the pitfalls of fame. Download our FREE Curriculum Overview document for this theme: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/reach-for-the-stars-curriculum-coverage-overview-uks2-12468843

Focus: Animals, Citizenship, Design and Technology, Education for Sustainable Development, Employability, Ethical Awareness, Evolution and Inheritance, Geographical skills and fieldwork, Human and physical geography, Living things and their habitats, Locational knowledge, Media Awareness, Moral Character, Personal/Mutual Understanding, Place Knowledge, Plants, Statistics, Working Scientifically. It’s no longer relevant enough to just know where the rainforests are and what an ideal rainforest looks like. In this theme, children confront the reality of the ‘impact’ of global issues on these immensely important forests, the lungs of our world. They learn about the urgency for action if these amazing and diversely rich ecosystems are to survive man’s insatiable appetite for the products, they can plunder them for. What can each one of us do to have a real ‘impact’ ourselves? Download our FREE Curriculum Overview document for this theme: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/impact-curriculum-coverage-overview-lks2-12468850

Focus: British History, Cultural Understanding, Employability, Mutual Understanding, Personal Understanding, Scientific Investigation, Use of ICT, Working Scientifically. A hunt for evidence and primary sources engages children in this very interactive and interesting theme. Children find out how we know about Early Man as much as what we know. They see how evidence of different kinds is used in the jobs of many people. They set up scientific activities and experiments in a quest to prove hypotheses! Download our FREE Curriculum Overview document for this theme: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/prove-it-curriculum-coverage-overview-lks2-12468844

Focus: Victorians, Ancient Greece, Design and Technology, Economic Awareness, Electricity, Employability, Ethical Awareness, History of Music, Light, Personal/Mutual Understanding, Roman Empire, Sound, Spiritual Understanding, The Shang Dynasty, Working Scientifically. Just how inventive the Victorians were and why is one of the features of this theme. Children learn how these early inventors and their great inventions still impact our lives today. They explore how, without the determination and ability of these people, we would not have many of the things we rely on today. They trace the development of the telephone from tin can to human appendage! A wonderful theme to engage all learners! Download our FREE Curriculum Overview document for this theme: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/invention-and-ingenuity-curriculum-coverage-overview-uks2-12468856

We understand the difficulties in preparing for the return to school, and how overwhelming this can be. That is why we have developed our Back on Track Packs, to make life that little bit easier for you. Here you will have access to our KS 2 pack which is applicable to ages 6-8. Don’t forget to check out our FREE Early Years Pack, and our KS 1 Pack, applicable for learners aged 9+. Back on Track includes: Extensive resource pack designed specifically for the return to school in September. Includes sixty+ pages of tailored activities focusing on mindfulness, well-being, and readiness to learn. Monitoring and support resources. Bespoke Tracking and Monitoring document to assess each pupil’s emotional well-being, readiness to learn, and the need for intervention. Dedicated follow-up support. We are also offering the Foundation Stage Pack entirely free! The pack is designed to reintegrate the children back into the classroom following their time away. The program can be span 2-4 weeks depending on the needs of your children. Once complete, your children should have a greater awareness of the current climate, with a mindful, reflective, and positive perspective. The children will show readiness to learn and tackle our new learning environment with renewed vigor! Best of luck to you all at this challenging time. Firefly Minds Team

We understand the difficulties in preparing for the return to school, and how overwhelming this can be. That is why we have developed our Back on Track Packs, to make life that little bit easier for you. Here you will have access to our KS 1 pack which is applicable to ages 6-8. Don’t forget to check out our FREE Early Years Pack, and our KS 2 Pack, applicable for learners aged 9+. Back on Track includes: Extensive resource pack designed specifically for the return to school. Includes sixty+ pages of tailored activities focusing on mindfulness, well-being, and readiness to learn. Monitoring and support resources. Bespoke Tracking and Monitoring document to assess each pupil’s emotional well-being, readiness to learn, and the need for intervention. Dedicated follow-up support. We are also offering the Foundation Stage Pack entirely free! The pack is designed to reintegrate the children back into the classroom following their time away. The program can be span 2-4 weeks depending on the needs of your children. Once complete, your children should have a greater awareness of the current climate, with a mindful, reflective, and positive perspective. The children will show readiness to learn and tackle our new learning environment with renewed vigor! Best of luck to you all at this challenging time. Firefly Minds Team

This Firefly Minds Mindfulness resource comprises of more than 30 lesson plans broken into six weeks to embed mindful practices in your classroom: Week 1: Attention Week 2: Senses Week 3: Emotions Week 4: Thoughts Week 5: Strength and Resilience Week 6: Into practice