Climate Change - Non-Fiction Unit (5 lesson, 83-slide PowerPoint presentation with 19 worksheets) This unit of work uses the topic of climate change to help develop key non-fiction reading and writing skills at UKS2 and lower KS3. It introduces climate change through text, video and diagrams and contains a range of differentiated reading and writing activities. Contents include: Differentiated reading comprehension activities (Gold, Silver and Bronze). Exploring the features of non-chronological reports (layout, language, facts and statistics). Planning, editing and writing a non-chronological report. Writing a letter (formal and non-formal writing, layout and language, audience and purpose). Developing key spelling skills within the context of the unit. Creating a news report (layout, language, audience, etc) about climate change. Writing to persuade – exploring persuasive advertisements and creating a persuasive ad. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more KS2 non-fiction resources: Volcanoes - Non-Fiction Reading and Writing Unit Autobiography Unit Retrieving and Recording Information Boy - Roald Dahl’s Autobiography

Calculating Angles on a Straight Line - Year 5 In this KS2 geometry teaching resource, pupils will learn how many degrees are in a straight angle and how to work out missing angles using their existing knowledge of angle facts. This lesson covers the year 5 curriculum objectives in the maths programme of study (Geometry - properties of shape) and supports the White Rose small steps guidance for year 5 - Summer - Block 2 - Geometry - properties of shape. Content includes: Angles on a straight line recap How to calculate missing angles on a straight line explanation Calculating missing angles on a straight line class activity 3 differentiated worksheets with answers ‘Calculating Angles on a Straight Line - Year 5’ is editable so teachers can adapt the resource to meet their individual teaching needs. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below for similar Year 5 geometry resources: Measuring Angles in Degrees - Year 5 Measuring Angles with a Protractor - Year 5 Drawing Lines and Angles Accurately - Year 5 Calculating Angles Around a Point - Year 5

Comparing Weight - Year 1 In 'Comparing Weight - Year 1' pupils practise describing and comparing the weight of different objects as per the curriculum objectives of the year 1 programme of study (Measurement). This colourful and animated PowerPoint presentation includes interactive activities, a link to some comparing weight videos and 3 accompanying worksheets. As with all our PowerPoint teaching resources, ‘Comparing Weight - Year 1’ is completely editable so that teachers can adapt, alter and revise it as much or as little as required.

The Silver Sword is a complete 17 lesson teaching unit with a 161 slide editable PowerPoint presentation, 30 worksheets and a lesson by lesson overview. It contains a range of lessons, tasks and activities designed to develop knowledge and understanding of the historical context, plot, characters, language and themes of Ian Serraillier’s The Silver Sword. Resources include: Analysis of the main characters Challenging extension activities for G and T pupils A range of engaging starter and plenary activities Historical context research activity Discussion of key themes Developing inference and deduction skills Empathetic writing – Ruth’s diary Speaking and Listening task - Hotseating to develop character knowledge and understanding Analysing Ian Serraillier’s use of language, symbolism and structure Writing a book review

Shape Rockets - EYFS In this EYFS/KS1 teaching resource pupils practise recognising, naming and describing common 2-D shapes. This colourful and animated PowerPoint presentation includes: Naming shapes and their characteristics activity Recognising shapes activity with accompanying worksheet 1 worksheet with answers A make your own shape rocket activity sheet ‘Shape Rockets - EYFS’ is completely editable so that teachers can adapt each slide to suit their individual teaching needs.

Understanding Negative Numbers - Year 6 This Year 6 maths teaching resource includes a PowerPoint and differentiated worksheets for independent learning, to guide your class through the curriculum objectives of the Year 6 maths programme of study (Number - number and place value). In ‘Understanding Negative Numbers - Year 6’ pupils count forwards and backwards through zero and learn how to find intervals across zero. The worksheets contain varied fluency, reasoning and problem solving to reinforce and consolidate the children’s learning. The resource contains two lessons, which support the White Rose Small Steps guidance, and are designed to support a mastery approach to teaching maths. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below for similar Year 6 number and place value resources: Number and Place Value - Year 6 Number and Place Value Challenge Cards - Year 6 Comparing and Ordering Numbers - Year 6 Numbers to Ten Million - Year 6 Place Value - Year 6 Place Value to Millions - Year 6 Rounding Numbers - Year 6 Rounding Whole Numbers - KS2

Part-whole Models - Year 1 In ‘Part-whole Models - Year 1’ pupils are introduced to the concept that a whole group of objects can be composed of two or more parts and use a part-whole model to represent this. This helps pupils’ make the connections between addition and subtraction. ‘Part-whole Models - Year 1’ supports the White Rose small steps guidance for Year 1 - Autumn - Block 2 - Addition and Subtraction. Content includes: Animated PowerPoint presentation Activities to support the teaching of this small step with 3 accompanying worksheets 1 further worksheet with answers ‘Part-whole Models - Year 1’ is fully editable, allowing teachers the freedom to adapt the resource to meet all their teaching requirements. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below for similar Year 1 White Rose addition and subtraction resources: Parts and Wholes - Year 1 Writing Addition Number Sentences - Year 1 Fact Families - the eight facts - Year 1 Number Bonds Within 10 - Year 1 Systematic Number Bonds Within 10 - Year 1 Number Bonds to 10 - Year 1 Addition - Adding Together - Year 1 Addition - Adding More - Year 1 Addition Problems - Year 1 Finding a Part - Year 1 Subtraction - finding a part - Year 1 Fact Families - Addition Facts - Year 1 Subtraction - Taking Away and Crossing Out - Year 1 Subtraction - Taking Away - Year 1 Subtraction on a Number Line - Year 1 Add or Subtract 1 or 2 - Year 1 Year 1 Addition and Subtraction within 10 Bundle

Subtraction - finding a part - Year 1 In ‘Subtraction - finding a part - Year 1’ pupils use their knowledge of number bonds within 10 to find missing parts and represent their findings using subtraction sentences. This maths teaching resource supports the White Rose small steps guidance for Year 1 - Autumn - Block 2 - Addition and Subtraction. Content include: Animated PowerPoint presentation Activities to support the teaching of this small step with 4 accompanying worksheets 1 further worksheet with answers ‘Subtraction - finding a part - Year 1’ is fully editable, giving teachers the freedom to adapt the resource to meet all their teaching requirements. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below for similar Year 1 White Rose addition and subtraction resources: Parts and Wholes - Year 1 Part-whole Models - Year 1 Writing Addition Number Sentences - Year 1 Fact Families - the eight facts - Year 1 Number Bonds Within 10 - Year 1 Systematic Number Bonds Within 10 - Year 1 Number Bonds to 10 - Year 1 Addition - Adding Together - Year 1 Addition - Adding More - Year 1 Addition Problems - Year 1 Finding a Part - Year 1 Fact Families - Addition Facts - Year 1 Subtraction - Taking Away and Crossing Out - Year 1 Subtraction - Taking Away - Year 1 Subtraction on a Number Line - Year 1 Add or Subtract 1 or 2 - Year 1 Year 1 Addition and Subtraction within 10 Bundle

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Lesson One (14-slide editable PowerPoint teaching resource with 2 worksheets) This lesson introduces pupils to Mark Haddon’s award-winning novel, ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time’. After completing a differentiated ‘Do Now’ starter activity, pupils undertake a worksheet that introduces them to autism and Asperger’s Syndrome and what these concepts might mean for the narrator, Christopher Boone. Pupils then go on to complete a range of differentiated questions in response to the first chapter. The lesson concludes with a true or false activity that tests pupils’ recollection of some of the lesson’s key ideas. Suggested answers are provided for all tasks. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Bundle 1 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Bundle 2 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Unit of Work

Bayonet Charge - AQA GCSE Power and Conflict Poetry Anthology This two-lesson mini-unit covers Ted Hughes' 'Bayonet Charge' in detail. Designed for GCSE pupils studying AQA Power and Conflict poetry, this resource explores the poem in depth and explains how to compare it to other poems from the anthology. The resource is made up of a 53-slide editable PowerPoint presentation and 6 accompanying worksheets. The lessons contain the following: Lesson One Context – A brief outline of World War One, trench warfare and going 'over-the-top'. First Reading – A reading of ‘Bayonet Charge’ with glossary and comprehension / consolidation questions - answers included. Language and imagery – Analysing 'Bayonet Charge' in detail. Exploring language and answering questions that delve deeper. Model answers provided. Essay Writing – An essay question to assess students' initial understanding of the poem. An example response is included. Lesson Two Imagery - Analysing Hughes' use of imagery. Themes – Exploring the themes of 'Bayonet Charge'. Structure and Form – How Hughes uses form, structure, rhythm and rhyme. The GCSE exam – Comparing ‘Bayonet Charge’ with ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade' and explaining how to write a comparison essay in the exam. This is a comprehensive resource containing a range of activities, however it can also be edited, personalised and differentiated to suit your teaching needs.

‘Sonnet 29 - I Think of Thee’ contains a comprehensive 28-slide PowerPoint-based GCSE teaching resource with 8 accompanying worksheets. This two-lesson mini unit, aimed at middle-ability GCSE learners, enables students to explore ‘Sonnet 29’ by Elizabeth Barrett Browning in detail. The first lesson introduces students to the sonnet form and explores key terms that they will need in order to analyse ‘Sonnet 29’. After a differentiated ‘Do Now’ activity, students undertake tasks that cover the concept of syllables, feet and metre, and the difference between the Petrarchan and English sonnet form. The lesson concludes with a brief ‘true or false’ activity as a learning review. In the second lesson, students apply what they have learnt to an analysis of Browning’s sonnet. After a similarly differentiated ‘Do Now task’, they work in pairs to explore ‘Sonnet 29’, considering how both language and structural methods shape meaning in the poem. At the end of the lesson, students fill in an ‘exit ticket’ that will help teachers to gauge how confident their students feel in their understanding of ‘Sonnet 29’. Suggested answers are provided for all tasks. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below for more AQA Anthology Poetry - Love and Relationships resources: When We Two Parted Love’s Philosophy Porphyria’s Lover Neutral Tones The Farmer’s Bride Eden Rock Mother, Any Distance Before You Were Mine Walking Away Follower Letters From Yorkshire Winter Swans Singh Song! Climbing My Grandfather AQA GCSE Anthology Poetry Love and Relationships Pack

The Farmer’s Bride by Charlotte Mew (18-slide editable PowerPoint-based teaching resource with 3 worksheets) This lesson (aimed at GCSE students) explores ‘The Farmer’s Bride’, by Charlotte Mew. The lesson begins with a differentiated ‘Do Now’ activity which encourages students to consider what the poem might be about by looking at a series of relevant images. Following this, students explore contextual information relating to the poet Charlotte Mew. For the main activity, learners complete a differentiated, double-sided worksheet that enables them to explore Mew’s use of form and language in the depiction of the farmer’s marriage. The lesson concludes with a brief learning review that asks students to write a tweet summarising the poem. Suggested answers are provided for all tasks. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below for more AQA Anthology Poetry - Love and Relationships resources: When We Two Parted Love’s Philosophy Porphyria’s Lover Sonnet 29 – ‘I think of thee!’ Neutral Tones Eden Rock Mother, Any Distance Before You Were Mine Walking Away Follower Letters From Yorkshire Winter Swans Singh Song! Climbing My Grandfather AQA GCSE Anthology Poetry Love and Relationships Pack

Eden Rock This two-lesson mini-unit explores Charles Causley’s ‘Eden Rock’ in detail. Designed for GCSE pupils studying the AQA Love and Relationships cluster, this resource looks at the poem in depth and explains how to compare it to other poems from the anthology. The resource is made up of a 57-slide editable PowerPoint presentation and 7 accompanying worksheets. The two lessons contain the following: Lesson One Context – A brief outline of Charles Causley’s life and factors that may have inspired the poem. First Contact – An initial reading of ‘Eden Rock’ with a glossary included. Comprehension questions with answers. Exploring Meaning – Analysing ‘Eden Rock’ in detail. Exploring key imagery and answering questions that delve deeper. Model answers provided. Essay Writing – An essay question to assess initial understanding. An example answer is included. Lesson Two Themes – Analysing the themes of ‘Eden Rock’ - parent/child relationships, memory, distance and death. Language – Exploring Causley’s use of language. An analysis of imagery and a line-by-line examination of the poem, with questions and answers. Structure and Form – How Causley uses the first-person perspective, caesura, rhyme and enjambment. The GCSE Exam – Comparing ‘Eden Rock’ with ‘Neutral Tones and ‘Mother, Any Distance’. Model answers included. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below for more AQA Anthology Poetry - Love and Relationships resources: When We Two Parted Love’s Philosophy Porphyria’s Lover Sonnet 29 – ‘I think of thee!’ Neutral Tones The Farmer’s Bride Mother, Any Distance Before You Were Mine Walking Away Follower Letters From Yorkshire Winter Swans Singh Song! Climbing My Grandfather AQA GCSE Anthology Poetry Love and Relationships Pack

Letters From Yorkshire This free to download two-lesson mini-unit covers Maura Dooley’s ‘Letters From Yorkshire’ in detail. Designed for GCSE pupils studying AQA’s Love and Relationships poetry, this resource explores the poem in depth and explains how to compare it to other poems from the anthology. The resource is made up of a 45-slide editable PowerPoint presentation and 4 accompanying worksheets. The two lessons contain the following: Lesson One Context – A brief outline of Maura Dooley and influences behind the poem. First Reading – An initial reading of ‘Letters From Yorkshire’ with a glossary included. Comprehension questions with example answers. Language and imagery – Analysing ‘Letters From Yorkshire’ in detail. Exploring key imagery and answering questions that delve deeper. Model answers provided. Essay Writing – An essay question to assess initial understanding. An example answer is included. Lesson Two Themes – Analysing the themes of ‘Letters From Yorkshire’ – family relationships, nature, distance and longing Structure and Form – How and why Dooley uses free verse and enjambment. The GCSE Exam – Comparing ‘Letters From Yorkshire’ with other poems from the anthology. Model answer included. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below for more AQA Anthology Poetry - Love and Relationships resources: When We Two Parted Love’s Philosophy Porphyria’s Lover Sonnet 29 – ‘I think of thee!’ Neutral Tones The Farmer’s Bride Eden Rock Mother, Any Distance Before You Were Mine Walking Away Follower Winter Swans Singh Song! Climbing My Grandfather AQA GCSE Anthology Poetry Love and Relationships Pack

A Christmas Carol - Ignorance and Want (30-slide editable PowerPoint teaching resource with 6 worksheets) This double GCSE lesson enables learners to explore the background to - and Dickens’ presentation of - Ignorance and Want in Stave 3. It begins with a choice of differentiated retrieval tasks as a Do Now activity. These tasks prompt recall of key ideas and quotations from Staves 1-3. Learners will then read from, ‘Much they saw and far they went’ down to the end of Stave Three. During their reading, learners are asked to reflect on: What we learn about Ignorance and Want and how Scrooge reacts to them What Ignorance and Want may represent in Victorian society What function these characters serve in the novella. Following on from this, learners will complete a worksheet that enables them to explore the background to Dickens’ creation of Ignorance and Want. This worksheet focuses primarily on Dickens’ experiences in the year 1843 and how they influenced his decision to write ‘A Christmas Carol’. After feedback, learning is reviewed and this constitutes the end of the first part of the lesson. In Part 2, the Do Now task asks learners to retrieve information from the previous lesson. After giving feedback, learners will then use a second worksheet to focus on the passage in question, responding to questions that prompt analysis of Dickens’ presentation of Ignorance and Want. Suggested answers for this and the Do Now task are included. Part 2 concludes with learners identifying what they knew, have learnt and would like to know about the characters of Ignorance and Want. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more GCSE resources for Stave 3 of A Christmas Carol: A Christmas Carol - The Ghost of Christmas Present A Christmas Carol - The Ghost of Christmas Present Part 2 A Christmas Carol - The Ghost of Christmas Present Part 3 A Christmas Carol - The Cratchits Part 1 A Christmas Carol - The Cratchits Part 2 A Christmas Carol - The Cratchits Part 3 A Christmas Carol - The Cratchits Part 4 A Christmas Carol - The Cratchits Part 5 A Christmas Carol - Tiny Tim A Christmas Carol - Fred’s Christmas A Christmas Carol - The Market Scene A Christmas Carol - The Miners and the Lighthouse

Counting in 25s - Year 4 In ‘Counting in 25s - Year 4’ pupils practise counting in multiples of 25. This teaching resource covers the year 4 curriculum objective in the maths programme of study and supports the White Rose small steps guidance for year 4 - Autumn - Block 1 - Place Value. Content includes: Activities to support the teaching of this small step with 2 accompanying worksheets 3 further differentiated worksheets with answer 'Counting in 25s - Year 4’ is editable allowing teachers to adapt the resource to meet the needs of each class they teach. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more Year 4 number resources: Counting in 25s to 500 - Year 4 Counting in 6s to 72 - Year 4 Counting in 7s Counting in 9s Counting in 1000s - Year 4

Number Bonds - The Story of 9 - Year 1 In this KS1 maths teaching resource pupils will practise number bonds for 9 as per the statutory requirements of the year 1 maths programme of study (Number - addition and subtraction). This colourful PowerPoint presentation includes: 1. An interactive activity 2. Timed quick fire quiz 3. Two accompanying worksheets 4. Ladybird and spots teaching aid, 5. Wall display 6. Colouring pages ‘Number Bonds - The Story of 9 - Year 1’ is editable so teachers can adapt the resource to meet their individual teaching needs.

Add and Subtract Numbers Mentally - Year 3 In this lower KS2 addition and subtraction teaching resource, pupils practise adding and subtracting numbers mentally, including: a 3-digit number and ones; a 3-digit number and tens; a 3-digit number and hundreds. This lesson covers the year 3 curriculum objectives in the maths programme of study (Number - addition and subtraction). Animated PowerPoint lesson with class activities and 1 accompanying worksheet 3 differentiated worksheets with answers ‘Add and Subtract Numbers Mentally - Year 3’ is editable so teachers can adapt the resource to meet their individual teaching needs.

The Letter ‘m’ - EYFS In this EYFS teaching resource pupils are introduced to the letter 'm’. This colourful and animated PowerPoint presentation includes: A letter ‘m’ introduction A letter ‘m’ activity with an accompanying worksheet A link to a letter ‘m’ song 1 further worksheet 1 alphabet colouring page 'The Letter ‘m’ - EYFS ’ is completely editable so that teachers can adapt the resource to suit their individual teaching needs.