The National Curriculum states that children should be taught to identify seasonal and daily weather patterns in the United Kingdom and the location of hot and cold areas of the world in relation to the equator and the North and South Poles. Children should also be taught to use world maps, atlases and globes to identify the United Kingdom and its countries, as well as the countries, continents and oceans studied at this key stage. In this lesson children locate the polar regions of the Earth and learn about the weather and climate. Children take part in a polar regions quiz to test and consolidate this knowledge. Resources are also provided so that children can learn about polar bears in the Arctic and emperor penguins in Antarctica. What is included? Full lesson plan. PowerPoint for the lesson. Polar regions activity describing the location and climate of the polar regions (differentiated on three levels). Polar regions quiz. Links to YouTube videos for polar bears and emperor penguins. Polar bear fact sheets (class version and higher-ability extension). Emperor penguin fact sheets (class version and higher-ability extension). Files Included: Polar Regions: Single Lesson for Year 1/2 PDF file. Polar Regions: Single Lesson for Year 1/2 Lesson PowerPoint.

Children should be taught to name, locate and identify characteristics of the four countries and capital cities of the United Kingdom and its surrounding seas. Children should be taught to use world maps, atlases and globes to identify the continents and oceans studied at this key stage. This lesson allows children to identify the location of the United Kingdom and describe the location in relation to the wider world. Children complete a quiz about the United Kingdom. Children describe the location of the United Kingdom using a globe, maps and their quiz answers. What is included? PowerPoint for the lesson. Inflatable globe (NOT included). UK and the Wider World Quiz. Location description of the United Kingdom activity (differentiated on three levels). Map of the world outline. Map of the United Kingdom with countries, capitals, seas and oceans. Map of Europe with countries labelled. Files Included: United Kingdom and the Wider World: Single Lesson for Year 1/2 PDF File. United Kingdom and the Wider World Lesson PowerPoint.

The National Curriculum states that children should be taught to name, locate and identify characteristics of the four countries and capital cities of the United Kingdom and its surrounding areas. What are the differences between the United Kingdom, Great Britain and the British Isles? This single lesson for Year 1/2 contains activities to educate children about these differences. Children will use maps of the United Kingdom, Great Britain and the British Isles to improve their location knowledge and map skills. What is included? PowerPoint for the lesson. Differences between UK, British Isles and Great Britain map activity (differentiated). The United Kingdom quiz. Corners game answer cards. United Kingdom map outline. The British Isles map outline. Great Britain map outline. Files included: The United Kingdom: Single Lesson for Year 1/2 PDF file. The United Kingdom lesson PowerPoint.

The National Curriculum states that children should be taught to use basic geographical to refer to key physical features, including beach, cliff, coast, forest, hill, mountain, sea, ocean, river, soil, valley, vegetation, season and weather. Also children should be taught to use world maps, atlases and globes to identify the United Kingdom and its countries, as well as the countries, continents and oceans studied at this key stage. In this lesson children will learn about mountains. Firstly, children will label a mountain landscape and discuss the geographical terms. Children will then participate in a quiz about mountains. Children will learn about the highest mountains in each of the four nations. Children will label the locations of the highest mountains if each of the four home nations on a map of the United Kingdom. There are extension activities for the higher-achieving children. What is included? Full lesson plan. PowerPoint for the lesson. Labelled mountain landscape (differentiated on three levels) Mountain landscape extension questions for higher-achieving children. Mountains quiz! Photographs of mountains in the United Kingdom and fact cards. Map of the United Kingdom with labelled locations of its mountains (differentiated on three levels). Map of the United Kingdom with mountains labelled extension questions for higher-achieving children. Files included: Mountains of the United Kingdom: Single Lesson for Year 1/2 Lesson Plan in PDF file. Mountains of the United Kingdom: Single Lesson for Year 1/2 Lesson PowerPoint.

The National Curriculum states that children should develop knowledge about the world, the United Kingdom and their locality. They should understand basic subject specific vocabulary relating to human and physical geography and begin to use geographical skills, including first-hand observation, to enhance their locational awareness. In this lesson children define the difference between a route and a journey. Children participate in a quiz about routes and journeys. Children discuss their everyday journeys and research and record them. Children use a tally chart to record transport methods used to take everyday journeys. Children describe where they went on holiday and how they got there. Children research facts about migrating birds such as the osprey or swallow stating their migration routes.

About this unit: This is a ten-lesson unit of English work based on the reading and writing of a non-chronological report. It is intended for Lower Key Stage 2. This unit follows the 2014 National Curriculum objectives which are outlined below. The English objectives covered by this unit are highlighted in yellow. The ten lessons in this unit allow children to explore, discuss and understand a non-chronological report. During the first week, children will explore a non-chronological report based on Great Barrier Reef. Through guided and shared activities children will write their own version of this text ensuring they have included the correct language and organisational features. In the second week, children will carry out their own research into the Whitsunday Islands. Children will then apply what they have learned in the first week and plan, write and edit a non-chronological report based on the Whitsunday Islands and then they will write a non-chronological report independently. What is included? • A sheet with the National Curriculum English objectives for Y3/4 which are highlighted to help track and assess the progress of the class; to track coverage of the English curriculum and to show what objectives the unit covers. • NEW Printable child-friendly learning objectives for children’s books. • Non-chronological report planning for 10 days including possible science and geography cross-curricular links. • NEW Now includes a PowerPoint containing the lesson structure and learning activities for all 10 lessons of the unit which can be presented to the children. The PowerPoint design and content can be adjusted to suit the needs of a class. • A non-chronological report about the Great Barrier Reef which includes details of the general location of the Great Barrier Reef; details about what the Great Barrier Reef is made from; animals found at the Great Barrier Reef and threats faced by the Great Barrier Reef. • A non-chronological report about the Great Barrier Reef that has been simplified for lower-achieving children. • A glossary for the non-chronological report about the Great Barrier Reef. • Boxing-up plan for the non-chronological report about the Great Barrier Reef (differentiated on two levels but writing frame included for lower-achieving children). • Success Criteria for non-chronological reports (differentiated on three levels). • Non-chronological report about the Great Barrier Reef writing frame for lower-achieving children. • Boxing-up plan for research into the Whitsunday Islands (differentiated on three levels). Please Note: Great Barrier Reef: Non-Chronological Report Planning for Year 5/6 is also available on TES.

About this unit: This is a ten-lesson unit of English work based on the reading and writing of a newspaper discussion. It is intended for Upper Key Stage 2. This unit follows the 2014 National Curriculum objectives which are outlined below. The English objectives covered by this unit are highlighted yellow. The ten lessons in this unit allow children to explore, discuss and understand writing based on a newspaper discussion text. During the first week children will prepare and participate in a debate. A petition has been submitted to Lakeview Council which was organised by animal welfare officers. Children discuss and take part in hot seating activities to understand the viewpoints of different stakeholders. After these activities children prepare and participate in a debate on whether or not to close the zoo permanently. In the second week, children will discuss, plan and write a discussion based on the decision to close the zoo. A newspaper article has been published reacting to Lakeview Council’s decision. Through guided and shared activities children will write their own version of this text ensuring they have included the correct language and organisational features appropriate to a newspaper discussion text.