These varied and engaging resources have been designed to enhance the learning of John Boyne’s ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas.’ They are perfect for aiding and developing comprehension, and also gaining a secure understanding of the social and historical context of the novel. Included in this resources bundle are: - The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas Comprehension Activities Booklet - 21 pages of comprehension activities aligned with the text; - The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas Holocaust Lesson - Enabling students to link the text to its social and historical context; - The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas Pointless Game - A fun and interactive way of securing understanding of the text. The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas Knowledge Organiser/ Revision Mat - An hugely detailed resource aiding revision of all aspects of the novel! All images are licensed for commercial use, and are cited at the end of presentations and in separate documents.

These resources are designed to help students gain understanding, assessment skills, and key interpretations of Alfred, Lord Tennyson's vivid power and conflict poem: The Charge of the Light Brigade. Students will complete this learning having gathered vital skills in: interpreting the significant meanings of the poem, understanding the poet's ideas/messages within the poem analysing the features of form and structure, considering settings and themes, and understanding Tennyson's language devices. The bundle contains: - The comprehensive and engaging lesson, - The visually-appealing and informative knowledge organiser/ revision mat, - The 16-page comprehension booklet; - A range of resources to prepare your students for critically comparing poems. The lessons included are interactive, employ a variety of different teaching and learning methods and styles, and are visually-engaging. Resources, worksheets, and lesson plans are all provided.

These clear, detailed and visually-appealing knowledge organisers offer complete reference points for students learning or revising knowledge relating to each of the following ancient history topics: Ancient Egypt; Ancient Greece; The Romans. Each organiser contains a number of comprehensive sections explaining the key elements of the topic, timelines detailing key times and events, diagrams and images to visually aid understanding, and key facts to extend the learning of higher attaining students. The resources are designed to be printed onto A3, and are provided as both PDFs and Word documents (so that you can edit should you wish to). All images used are licensed for commercial use and are cited on a separate document (included).

These resources are designed to help students gain understanding, assessment skills, and key interpretations of Thomas Hardy’s ‘The Man He Killed.’ Students will complete this learning having gathered vital skills in: interpreting the significant meanings of the poem, understanding the poet’s ideas within the poem, analysing the features of form and structure, considering settings and themes, and understanding Hardy’s language devices. The bundle contains: The comprehensive and engaging lesson, The visually-appealing and informative knowledge organiser/ revision mat, The 16 page comprehension booklet; A range of resources to prepare your students for critically comparing poems. The lessons included are interactive, employ a variety of different teaching and learning methods and styles, and are visually-engaging. Resources, worksheets, and lesson plans are all provided.

This engaging, varied, and informative bundle of lessons is designed to help students gain a valuable understanding of a range of WWI poetry. Each of the poems are widely studied, with many being from the Literary Heritage bank, and most being fixtures in examination board anthologies. They all deal with the destructive and horrific nature in different and original ways. Made up of a wide-range of interesting and exciting lessons, students should complete this scheme having gathered vital skills in: interpreting the significant meanings in poems, understanding the writer’s ideas within poems, understanding the social and historical context of World War 1, and analysing features of content, language, and structure. Stimulating, visual, and easily adaptable, these lessons provide suggested learning objectives and outcomes for students of a wide-range of abilities - The vast majority of tasks are differentiated to allow for different abilities and needs in your classroom. Each lesson loosely follows this logical learning journey to ensure that students learn in bite-size steps: - Engaging - Defining/ Understanding - Identifying/Remembering - Analysing/ Creating - Peer or self evaluating. All of the lessons are interactive, employ a variety of different teaching and learning methods and styles, and are visually-engaging. Resources, worksheets, and lesson plans are all provided for the following poems: -Bayonet Charge - Ted Hughes -Mametz Wood - Owen Sheers -Dulce et Decorum est - Wilfred Owen -The Falling Leaves - Margaret Postgate Cole In addition to this, the lesson on comparing poems is also included - essential for exam technique!

This engaging, varied, and informative scheme of learning is designed to help students gain a valuable understanding of the content, language, and structure features of ten war/conflict poems. In addition to this, the lesson on comparing poems is also included - essential for exam technique! Each of the poems are widely studied, with many being from the Literary Heritage bank, and most being fixtures in examination board anthologies. Made up of a wide-range of interesting and exciting lessons, students should complete this scheme having gathered vital skills in: interpreting the significant meanings poems, understanding the writer’s ideas within poems, understanding the social and historical contexts of the different wars/conflicts, and analysing features of content, language, and structure. Stimulating, visual, and easily adaptable, these lessons provide suggested learning objectives and outcomes for students of a wide-range of abilities - The vast majority of tasks are differentiated to allow for different abilities and needs in your classroom. Each lesson loosely follows this logical learning journey to ensure that students learn in bite-size steps: - Engaging - Defining/ Understanding - Identifying/Remembering - Analysing/ Creating - Peer or self evaluating. All of the lessons are interactive, employ a variety of different teaching and learning methods and styles, and are visually-engaging. Resources, worksheets, and lesson plans are all provided.

This huge resource pack contains highly stimulating, detailed, and informative whole-lesson resources for 18 different poems - each of the poems feature on the new GCSE poetry lists for the vast majority of examining boards. In addition to this, the lesson on comparing poems is also included - essential for exam technique! The poems included are largely from the Relationships and War/Conflict poetry lists. Individually, these resources are worth more than double the price of the bundle, meaning that you can make a considerable saving! Each lesson employs a wide range of teaching and learning strategies, with a large variety of interesting tasks and ideas. This pack contains a whole-lesson PowerPoint presentation for each poem, in addition to all of the worksheets, task resources, and lesson plans that you need to teach. Bayonet Charge - Ted Hughes Before You Were Mine - Carol Ann Duffy Dulce et Decorum est - Wilfred Owen In Paris with You - James Fenton Love's Philosophy - Percy Bysshe Shelley Mametz Wood - Owen Sheers Mother, Any Distance - Simon Armitage Neutral Tones - Thomas Hardy next to of course god america i - E.E. Cummings Out of the Blue - Simon Armitage Ozymandias - Percy Bysshe Shelley Poppies - Jane Weir Sonnet 116 - William Shakespeare The Charge of the Light Brigade - Alfred, Lord Tennyson The Falling Leaves - Margaret Postgate Cole War Photographer - Carol Ann Duffy What Were They Like? - Denise Levertov When We Two Parted - Lord Byron Comparing Poems! All images are licensed for commercial use, and are cited on the final slide of the presentations.

These clear, detailed and visually-appealing resources offer a complete reference point for children learning about people of discovery, including explorers, inventors and scientists. Included in this bundle are the following 11 knowledge organisers: Christopher Columbus; Neil Armstrong; Robert Scott; Captain James Cook; Marco Polo; Marie Curie; Isaac Newton; Albert Einstein; Charles Darwin; Alexander Graham Bell; Sir Francis Drake Each knowledge organiser contains comprehensive sections entitled: Overview; Key Times in their Life; Important Vocabulary; Timeline of their Life; Answers to the Important Questions; Top Ten Facts. The resources are designed to be printed onto A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use.

These clear, detailed and visually-appealing resources offer a complete reference point for children learning about monarchs and leaders, as a part of their history study. Included in this bundle are 8 knowledge organisers, spanning different eras, countries, genders and ethnicities: 1.Elizabeth I 2. Winston Churchill 3. Queen Victoria 4. Abraham Lincoln 5. Adolf Hitler 6. Nelson Mandela 7. Henry VIII 8. Julius Caesar Each knowledge organiser contains comprehensive sections entitled: Overview; Key Times in their Life; Important Vocabulary; Timeline of their Life; Answers to the Important Questions; Top Ten Facts. The resources are designed to be printed onto A3 or A4, and are provided as both PDF and Word versions (so that you can edit if you want to). They are most suitable for children in KS2 and KS3. All images used are licensed for commercial use.

These whole class reading sessions aim to develop children’s comprehension skills whilst introducing them to an interesting range of texts focusing on the theme of the Stone Age. The three sessions include the extracts/ texts and presentations for the whole class reading sessions on: -Stig of the Dump - Clive King; -Wolf Brother -Michelle Paver; -Stone Age Non-Fiction Text - Who Were the First Britons? Each whole class reading session contains a series of activities aiming to develop children’s retrieval, explanation, inference, prediction and summarising skills. There is also a vocabulary check immediately after each extract is read to clarify any unfamiliar/ difficult language. The tasks are comprised of quick-check questions, solo thinking, pair/ group discussions and deeper thinking activities. The sessions are best suited for children in KS2 (I have used them before with children in years 3-4) although with minor adaptations they could feasibly be used with slightly younger and older year groups. The resources are also suitable for home/ remote learning.

These clear, detailed and visually-appealing resources offer a complete reference point for children learning about inspirational young people/ activists. This may be as a part of a cross-curricular study of heroes, study of ‘Significant Individuals’ in history, or as a part of a PSHE unit on positive contributions to society. The bundle contains organisers on: Greta Thunberg - Environmental Activist; Malala Yousafzai - Education/ Women’s Activist; Jaylen Arnold - Anti-Bullying Activist. Each knowledge organiser contains comprehensive sections entitled: Overview; Key Times in their Life; Important Vocabulary; Timeline of their Life; Answers to the Important Questions; Top Ten Facts. The resources are designed to be printed onto A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use.

This engaging and purposeful series of lessons helps to equip children with a secure understanding of different explorers from across history. Each of the lessons are extremely comprehensive (I initially taught them over two lessons each) and are guided by a clear and colourful PowerPoint presentation. The lessons included are: Introduction to Explorers Christopher Columbus Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Amelia Earhart Neil Armstrong Comparing Explorers Throughout the series of lessons, children gain an understanding of how context, technology and attitudes have changed the role of explorers over time. Knowledge recall activities, think pair share, and a blend of group and independent activities are features of the unit. All of the worksheets, activities and templates needed to teach the lessons are provided. In the past, I have used these resources with children in lower KS2 (higher attaining years 3 and 4) but they could easily be used with upper KS2 - the key learning is aligned with curriculum expectations for KS2 history. All images are licensed for commercial use.

These clear, detailed and visually-appealing resources offer a complete reference point for children learning about prominent writers - past and present. It is useful as a part of a history study of significant people over time, or an English study of famous writers. Included in this bundle are 8 knowledge organisers, spanning different eras, countries, genders and ethnicities: William Shakespeare Charles Dickens Beatrix Potter Maya Angelou Dr Seuss Roald Dahl Geoffrey Chaucer J.K. Rowling Each knowledge organiser contains comprehensive sections entitled: Overview; Key Times in their Life; Important Vocabulary; Timeline of their Life; Answers to the Important Questions; Top Ten Facts. The resources are designed to be printed onto A3 or A4, and are provided as both PDF and Word versions (so that you can edit if you want to). They are most suitable for children in KS2 and KS3. All images used are licensed for commercial use.

These clear, detailed and visually-appealing resources offer a complete reference point for children learning about activists and activism. It is useful as a part of a history study of significant people over time, or a PSHE/ Citizenship study of different activists and how they have changed the world. Included in this bundle are 8 knowledge organisers, spanning different eras, countries, genders and ethnicities: 1.Nelson Mandela 2. Mahatma Gandhi 3. Florence Nightingale 4. Dr. Martin Luther King 5. Rosa Parks 6. Greta Thunberg 7. Guy Fawkes 8. Emmeline Pankhurst Each knowledge organiser contains comprehensive sections entitled: Overview; Key Times in their Life; Important Vocabulary; Timeline of their Life; Answers to the Important Questions; Top Ten Facts. The resources are designed to be printed onto A3 or A4, and are provided as both PDF and Word versions (so that you can edit if you want to). They are most suitable for children in KS2 and KS3. All images used are licensed for commercial use.

These whole class reading sessions aim to develop children’s comprehension skills, whilst introducing them to the novels of popular children’s author Emma Carroll The three sessions include the extracts/ texts and presentations for the whole class reading sessions on: -Secrets of a Sun King -Letters from the Lighthouse -Frost Hollow Hall Each whole class reading session contains a series of activities aiming to develop children’s retrieval, explanation, inference, prediction and summarising skills. There is also a vocabulary check immediately after each extract is read to clarify any unfamiliar/ difficult language. The tasks are comprised of quick-check questions, solo thinking, pair/ group discussions and deeper thinking activities. The sessions are best suited for children with years 4-6, although with minor adaptations they could feasibly be used with slightly younger and older year groups. The resources are also suitable for home/ remote learning.

This series of interesting and engaging lessons aims to equip children with a solid understanding of the life and significance of Florence Nightingale. Included are 4 double lessons, offering over 8 hours of learning content. The lessons included are: Introduction to Florence Nightingale Florence Nightingale - Comparing Historical Sources Creating Florence Nightingale Timelines Comparing Florence Nightingale with other Significant Individuals In each lesson, the learning is guided by a clear and colourful PowerPoint presentation, which guides students through logical, step-by-step activities. There are also clear hyperlinks for the video resources, and engaging, well-structured worksheets for the activities. In the past, I have used these lessons with children from across KS1 (years 1 and 2) however, with some adaptations they may be suitable for older year groups. All images are licensed for commercial use.

These 16-page resource booklets contain a wide range of challenging and engaging comprehension activities for use throughout the reading of a range of Thomas Hardy’s poems. Teachers have found the activities particularly useful throughout teaching, or for exam revision or guided reading sessions. They are perfect for aiding the progress of students towards meeting the key English Literature assessment objectives - suitable for all examining bodies. Students have found these resources extremely engaging, and it is clearly highlighted within each task regarding which assessment strands the task is designed to demonstrate. The resources are provided in both Word (to allow for easy editing) and PDF (to ensure for consistency of formatting between computers). Activities within each booklet include (amongst many others): ‘Analysing Context’ - helping students to ‘Show understanding of the relationships between texts and the contexts in which they were written.’ ‘Analysing Subject Matter, Language and Structure’ - to help students to ‘Analyse the language, form and structure used by a writer to create meanings and effects, using relevant subject terminology where appropriate.’ ‘Diary Entry’ - to help students to ‘Use a range of vocabulary and sentence structures for clarity, purpose and effect, with accurate spelling and punctuation. Make an informed personal response, recognising that other responses to a text are possible and evaluating these.’ ‘The Speaker’ - to help students to ‘Read, understand and respond to texts. Students should be able to: maintain a critical style and develop an informed personal response use textual references, including quotations, to support and illustrate interpretations.’

These resources are designed to help students gain understanding, assessment skills, and key interpretations of Beatrice Garland’s’ conflict poem: ‘Kamikaze.’ Students will complete this learning having gathered vital skills in: interpreting the significant meanings of the poem, understanding the poet’s ideas within the poem, analysing the features of form and structure, considering settings and themes, and understanding Garland’s language devices. The bundle contains: -The comprehensive and engaging lesson, -The visually-appealing and informative knowledge organiser/ revision mat, -The 16 page comprehension booklet; -A range of resources to prepare your students for critically comparing poems. The lessons included are interactive, employ a variety of different teaching and learning methods and styles, and are visually-engaging. Resources, worksheets, and lesson plans are all provided.