Just finished this assembly with my Y5 class, it went so well and they loved it. It involves an ‘X factor’ style show where each Greek god auditions to be king of the gods, whilst telling the audience a little bit about the Ancient Greeks. It involves throwing confetti at the audience, a dance routine to music from Disney’s Hercules, and a boy dressing up as Cheryl Cole…if you want. Adapt and use as you want. Enjoy.

This is an overview of a cross-curricular plan for a topic I taught entitled Bienvenido a Mexico. The matrix does not include Maths and English. The Science, RE and PE are also planned separately, but I tried to relate as much as I could across the subjects to the topic of Mexico and I sourced a variety of resources. It focuses on the history of the Aztec and Maya people and architecture. Every lesson might not be appropriate for your class, but it will at least give you a skeleton for your termly planning.

This is an overview of a cross-curricular plan for a topic I taught entitled Crime and Punishment. The matrix does not include Maths and English. The Science, RE and PE are also planned separately, but I tried to relate as much as I could across the subjects to the topics of the Tudors in Autumn 1 and The Victorians in Autumn 2. I sourced a variety of resources from videos on Vimeo and Youtube, to newspaper articles to my own made up ones. Every lesson might not be appropriate for your class, but it will at least give you a skeleton for your termly planning.