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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.

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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.
Victorians
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A fully-resourced unit of 10 history lessons for KS2, covering the Victorians 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 Victorian period 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 and to make links to modern times. The aims of the unit for pupils are: To gain an overview of the significance of the Victorian period within the wider narrative of British history To contrast everyday life during the Victorian period with modern British lifestyles. To consider some of the major changes and their effects during this period, including the impact of the Industrial Revolution and the railways, and to consider different perspectives on these changes. To study significant people and events during this period. To become familiar with historical sources and accurate vocabulary relating to the Victorian 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 or year group. The Powerpoint text is also editable. The planning pack covers the following lessons: Introduction to the Victorians Who was Queen Victoria? Which famous inventions came from the Victorians? What was the Industrial Revolution? How did the Victorians respond to the new railways? What was life like for working Victorian children? How did Lord Shaftesbury improve the lives of Victorian children? What were Victorian schools like? What kind of clothes did the Victorians wear? What was Victorian crime and punishment like? This pack is brought to you from Ks2history.com. #lovehistory #maymadness Once purchased, you can find this resource any time in the ‘My Downloads’ section of your account.
Y6 SATS: SPAG Revision
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Y6 SATS: SPAG Revision

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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 #helpwithsats
Anglo-Saxons Planning Pack
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Anglo-Saxons Planning Pack

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A fully-resourced unit of 10 history lessons for KS2, covering the Anglo-Saxon 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 Anglo-Saxon period 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 significant people and events during the Anglo-Saxon period in Britain. To contrast everyday life during the Anglo-Saxon period with modern British lifestyles. To consider broader historical themes of invading and settling before a time when Britain was unified under a single monarch. To become familiar with historical sources and accurate vocabulary relating to the Anglo-Saxon 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 Powerpoint text is also editable. The planning pack covers the following lessons: Who were the Anglo-Saxon invaders? Why did the Anglo-Saxons want to settle in Britain? What was it like in an Anglo-Saxon village? What kind of clothes did the Anglo-Saxons wear? How was Anglo-Saxon Britain ruled? Who was Alfred the Great? What was Anglo-Saxon food and drink like? How did the Anglo-Saxons write things down? How did the Anglo-Saxons find out about Christianity? What was the mystery of Sutton Hoo? This pack is brought to you from Ks2history. #lovehistory #maymadness You may also like our KS2 Beowulf Literacy Planning Pack.
SATS Reading Revision
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SATS Reading Revision

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SATS - 100 reading questions organised by content domain, created for SATS revision. This is a popular revision tool for the Y6 Reading SATS test! The resource can be used all year round to help prepare pupils for the requirements of the KS2 test or as a last minute revision tool. Get ready for the KS2 reading assessments with this SATS Question Generator! Covering all of the reading content domains, you can use this SATS revision resource to practise the different types of questions that might come up in the KS2 SATS paper. Select one of the following modes: - Choose a particular reading content domain to revise - Practise those tricky 3-mark questions where pupils often lose marks - Revise fiction/non-fiction/poetry questions - Random mode, giving you a mixture of all types of questions The SATs revision resource also includes handy hints and tips to help pupils in the test. 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 short passage in the style of the reading SATS papers and then a question to answer. This is a must-have resource for Y6 pupils working towards their reading SATS tests! You might also like our similar resource: Y6 SATS Question Generator: SPAG #helpwithsats
Christmas
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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. 3. Use the download arrow icons found to the left of each of the file names for each separate file.
Christmas Poetry Activities
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Christmas Poetry Activities

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Special offer: 25% off the normal price in our Christmas sale! These two fun poetry activities provide festive fun in primary classrooms in the run-up to Christmas! Both of these resources are adaptable for different year groups and include ready-to-teach Powerpoint lesson presentations and teacher resource packs. Please follow the download instructions at the bottom of the page to make sure you get all four of the files included in this resource. Problems downloading? Click here for download help. Activity 1: Christmas Tree Kennings 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. Activity 2: Christmas Riddles Uh-oh! There has been a mix-up in Santa's workshop and the cheeky elves have left clues about the presents instead of labelling them correctly! In this lesson, pupils will help Santa to solve the elves' riddles and then they will write their own riddles about Christmas presents. Follow the instructions to turn the riddles into fun lift-the-flap Christmas presents, perfect for a festive classroom display! The Powerpoint provided guides you though the full lesson, including time to discuss ideas and vocabulary. Then pupils can use the templates provided to plan their riddles and turn them into fun lift-the-flap pictures. Please note that due to terms of use in the images used, the Powerpoint files are 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. 3. Use the download arrow icons found to the left of each of the file names for each separate file.
Romans Instructions Planning Pack
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Romans Instructions Planning Pack

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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 .
Y2 SATS:  SPAG Revision (KS1 Practice Questions)
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This is a helpful revision tool for the Y2 SPAG test. Get ready for the KS1 grammar assessments with this SATS Practice Question Generator! Covering all of the grammar content domains, you can use this SATS revision resource to help Year 2 pupils to get used to the different types of questions that might come up in the grammar paper. Alternatively you can use these questions to collect evidence for your teacher assessments. Select one of the following modes on the Powerpoint: 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 Y2 pupils working towards their KS1 GPS SATS tests!
Stone Age Planning Bundle
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Stone Age Planning Bundle

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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: You may also like: Stone Age Boy Literacy Planning How to Wash a Woolly Mammoth Literacy Planning - Stone Age Instructions Unit Stone Age to Iron Age Planning Pack #lovehistory
Bonfire Night - 3D Fire Poetry
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Bonfire Night - 3D Fire Poetry

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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.
Recipe for a Great School Year - New Year version
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Recipe for a Great School Year - New Year version

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Recipe for a Happy New Year: New Year 2018 Activity Updated especially for New Year 2018! Recipe for a Happy New Year (including full lesson Powerpoint and all templates) - a fun new year project and display for your classroom! Please follow the instructions at the bottom of this description to download all of your files. Here is a fun activity to help your pupils think about what will make this new year successful! Pupils will create a recipe for a happy new year (the writing activity is included in the Powerpoint lesson provided) and then they can use the templates to turn it into a fabulous baker craft, perfect for display! This resource includes: - A full lesson powerpoint including discussion points and a differentiated writing activity. - A teacher instruction pack - A template pack for making the back to school chef craft This is an easy, fun activity perfect for the primary classrooms! 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.Further down the page you’ll see the files included within the Resource listed under the header ‘Files Included’. You may need to click on the ‘See all Resources’ to view them all. 3. Use the individual download arrow icons found to the left of each of the file names for each separate file.
The Great Kapok Tree Planning (Rainforest)
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The Great Kapok Tree Planning (Rainforest)

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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.
Christmas Activities
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Christmas Activities

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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. Please follow the steps below to access your files: 1. Return to this page and click on each resource to go to the product listing. 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. 3. Use the download arrow icons found to the left of each of the file names for each separate file.
Anti - Bullying Week Activity
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Anti - Bullying Week Activity

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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.
Back to School
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Back to School

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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.
Seasonal Poetry
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Seasonal Poetry

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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
Back to School/New Year  2019
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Back to School/New Year 2019

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Three fun new year resources for primary classrooms! Start 2018 off in style with these fun activities that help pupils to think about the year ahead. 1. Recipe for a Happy New Year - a fun activity lesson where pupils reflect on what will make a successful year and creative a recipe to display. 2. Our Class Poem - a teamwork activity to bring your class together at the start of the year. They will create and perform a class poem. 3. Time Capsule - pupils create an ‘All About Me’ time capsule envelope to seal up and open again at the end of the year! Please follow the download instructions at the bottom of the page to make sure you get all of the files included in this resource. Problems downloading? Click here for download help. Please follow the steps below to access your files: 1. Return to this page and click on each resource to go to the product listing. 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. 3. Use the download arrow icons found to the left of each of the file names for each separate file.
Back to School: New Class Poem
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Back to School: New Class Poem

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PRIMARY back to school activities for meeting a new class. This is a great one-off literacy activity and a wonderful teamwork project to help your new class work together to make a class poem. In this getting to know you activity pupils work together to create a new class poem using the letters in the name of their class. The pack contains a Powerpoint lesson, teacher instructions and pupil resources - everything you need for this fun poetry lesson, including icebreaker games and a mini class performance at the end. The activity allows pupils to bond as they make a class poem that spells out the name of their new class. The session is based around Edward Lear’s ‘Alphabet Poem’ and the activities include suggestions for adapting the lesson for different ages and abilities across KS1 or KS2. This resource is structured in the following way: Fun teamwork activities and games including name games, a classroom hunt activity, a paper-chain race and ‘Find Someone Who’ bingo. A poetry time activity following the lesson Powerpoint to help the class to become familiar with Edward Lear’s ‘Alphabet Poem’. There are different options to adapt this for different age groups. A group activity in which pupils create their own stanzas for the alphabet poem, using the letters that spell out your class name or their new teacher’s name. A whole class performance of the new poem. Ideal for the first week back! Check out our other popular resource packs: All About Me Time Capsule Recipe for a Greatr School Year! Autumn Poetry Pack KS1 All About Me Fidget Spinner Pack Stone Age Boy Pack The resource contains 2 PDF files and 1 PPT. Please note that due to terms of use in the images, the Powerpoint file is not editable.
Year 3 / Year 4 English Planning Bundle
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Year 3 / Year 4 English Planning Bundle

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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!
SATS Presentation: Parent Meeting (Y6)
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SATS Presentation: Parent Meeting (Y6)

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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!) #helpwithsats