Great Fire of London - Unit of Work AND All Resources! A superb, fully editable unit of work with all activities provided. Every activity is embedded onto a 100-slide PowerPoint. Videos, diary extracts, worksheets and more! Just follow the step-by-step unit of work and PowerPoint. Ideal for pupils in Year 2, Year 3 or Year 4. 10+ lessons available. Unit of work attached. Main objectives covered in unit: To know where London is in the world. To explain how to travel to London. To describe features of London. To describe key features of houses and streets in the 17th century. To describe what happened in the Great Fire of London. To sequence events correctly. To write a report. To design an art project showing the Great Fire. To read extracts from the diary of Samuel Pepys. To describe events of the Great Fire. To identify key vocabulary related to the Great Fire of London. To recall key events in first person.

Full assembly script attached. 5 - 11 years 20 minutes long (approx.) This assembly was praised by visiting inspectors so I hope you like it. All music required is attached + optional PowerPoint (you may want to display some of the images during the assembly).

The Plague - Unit of Work & PowerPoint UOW & PowerPoint attached. ALL activities are fully integrated in a 30-slide PowerPoint presentation. Approximately 6 - 8 hours of lessons & learning. Ideal for Year 2 - Year 4 students. . **Learning intentions covered: ** To make links between the past and present To learn about the plague To describe images from the past To imagine and explain the impact of an untreatable disease To explain how a traditional rhyme is linked to our history To explain the role of a Plague Doctor To investigate HOW the plague was passed from one person to another To examine and perform roles and responsibilities of people during the plague To review and assess learning To draw a flea-infested rat . Fully editable.

An EASY way to introduce Fractions to your class . 30 slides Ideal for 5+ (depending on ability) Also included are 2 halves and quarters worksheets . Contents: . Reading Fractions Writing Fractions Mixed Numbers Fractions of a Number Equivalent Fractions Ordering Fractions

For every positive change you make in your life, something else changes for the better. A lovely Christian-based assembly to promote positivity and happiness. Approximately 20 minutes in length. Ideal for 6 to 11 years. 14 slides - fully editable and easy to deliver. . Order of slide show: Title Slide: “Making Positive Changes to Your Life”. Slide 2: A brief introduction. Slides 3 to 9: Five positive changes you can make in your life. Slide 10: A positivity chart! The children can track their own positivity progress using this chart. Just print off slide 10 and give it to the class teachers (or children) after the assembly. Slide 11: An interactive and inspirational story of happiness and positivity. Slide 12: Follow-up questions from the video. Slide 13: A ‘Thank You’ song (with music and lyrics). Slide 14: A prayer of thanks.

IRON MAN ASSEMBLY Probably the most successful and ambitious KS2 Assembly I’ve put together … the children loved it and performed superbly! Age range: 7+ Number of scenes: 6 Is it editable? YES Pages: 10 8 music attachments: The assembly is accompanied by 8 pieces of music (you just have to press play). The script is an adaptation of the original story (but follows the same storyline) and is divided into the following scenes: Scene 1: The coming of the Iron Man Scene 2: The rebuilding of the Iron Man Scene 3: Encounter with the farmers Scene 4: The trap! Scene 5: The return of the Iron Man and the scrapheap Scene 6: The Space-Being from outer space

THE ROMANS A Unit of Work (adaptable), a list of vocabulary and a 60-slide PowerPoint covering: Slide 3: Who were the Romans? Slide 7: Roman Slaves & Roman Citizens Slide 10: Roman Towns Slide 21: Roman Clothing Slide 34: The Roman Army Slide 45: Roman Conquest of Britain Slide 53: Roman Shields & Army Tactics

THE VIKINGS - POWERPOINT AND ACTIVITIES Attached is a 39-slide PowerPoint (with integrated activities) divided into the following sections: Historical Timeline and Timeline Task A Journey through Time Viking Transport Viking Clothes Viking Warriors and Raids Viking Homes Viking Alphabet Viking Gods Also attached is a creative writing task, a Triremes PowerPoint and a Viking booklet. Ideal for 7+ and ALL resources are fully editable.

Samuel Pepys’ Diary and The Plague A 2-page booklet containing facts and questions about Samuel Pepys’ diary and the Great Plague. Ideal for 7+ (depending on ability) Fully editable

IRON MAN - Fully editable DT Project! In small groups, enjoy designing and making an IRON MAN. . Attached is the following: A note home to parents requesting materials. Iron Man design sheet. Iron Man task sheet. Iron Man assessment sheet.

A nice introduction to Tally Charts and Pictograms. 18 slides Ideal for KS1

Romans ‘Mosaics’ DT Project Presentation + integrated step-by-step activities. A fantastic project! 13 slides. Fully editable.

A complete unit of work with all resources. 16 lessons. Age range: 6 to 9 years (depending on ability). Title: Explorers. Genre: Action/Adventure/Exploration. Model Text: The Enchanted Envelope. Stimulus/Hook Text: ‘Whatever Next’ by Jill Murphy. Cold and Hot Task included. . Resource 1: A complete Unit of Work. Ideal for 6 to 9 years. 16 lessons (4 to 5 weeks of lessons). The unit plan is divided into 3 main sections: Imitation, Boxing Up and Innovation. Cold and Hot task ‘suggested activities’ included. Fully editable. . Resource 2: An ‘Explorers’ text called ‘The Enchanted Envelope’. 548 words (2 pages). Genre: Action / Adventure / Exploration. The text is divided into 4 main parts: Introduction, Build-up, Main section and Ending. Difficult vocabulary highlighted. Fully editable. . Resource 3: A picture stimulus and ‘Hook’ text. Picture and Audio Text included. . Resource 4: 3 sets of ‘What does it Mean?’ worksheets. On each worksheet, students have to read the sentence (or phrase) from the text, guess what it means and find the actual meaning. These worksheets are excellent for introducing new vocabulary. Fully editable. . Resource 5: A storyboard for one of the activities. Fully editable . Resource 6: An innovation activity booklet. 6 pages - 5 worksheets. Fully editable.

Teach your students TIME with these versatile analogue and digital time sheets. Ask your students to show o’clock times, half past times etc. or write in the digital times and ask your students to draw the hands on the clock.

**Maths warm up or plenary! ** Can your students make the target number before the time runs out? Music from ‘Countdown’ A fun start or end to any maths lesson (nice link to TIME)

**TIME DIARY ** Great activity to make your students more familiar with 12hr and 24hr time. Students write down what they normally do in a whole day. Great to find out about your student’s home/work/life balance too. Fully editable

Chinese New Year will be celebrated on Saturday 10th February 2024 Attached is a fully updated Chinese New Year whole school assembly. I used something similar during an OFSTED inspection and the inspectors made a special mention about how interactive, inclusive and enjoyable it was … the school went on to achieve an ‘OUTSTANDING’ report. . Duration of assembly: 15 minutes (approx.) . Included in your purchase is a 27-slide PowerPoint to display and refer to whilst delivering your assembly AND an assembly manual. The assembly begins by wishing the children ‘Happy New Year’ in Chinese … ‘Gong Hey Fat Choy!’ (on slide 2). . PowerPoint contents: . Slide 3: Some basic facts about China (ending with the fact that China is famous for Kung Fu). Slide 4: A video of Bruce Lee performing some Kung Fu. Slide 5: If you have a child(ren) in your school who practice Kung Fu, ask them to perform a small routine in front of the school … there is also some appropriate music on this slide for the child(ren) to perform to … just click on the picture and the music will begin. Slides 6 - 9: These slides explain the Chinese Zodiac. It tells the children that it is the ‘YEAR OF THE DRAGON’. On Slide 7, there is a link to a short Chinese New Year cartoon for the children to watch. Slides 10 - 23: This is a lovely story for you (or some children) to read aloud … it’s about a family preparing for Chinese New Year. On slide 20 there is also a link to a dragon/lion dance video (attached). Slides 24 - 27: Sing the song ‘Gong xi, Gong xi’ (which means “Congratulations!”). English lyrics/music provided PLUS Chinese lyrics/music too! . HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR 2024!

A fantastic Maths Challenge! ANSWERS provided! Learning Intention: To investigate time zones and to calculate flight times. Activity: Students have to calculate the arrival time (UK and local time at destination) for each flight. For the highest achieving students, they have to use the 2 websites provided to calculate flight times and time zone differences as well as generating their own flights! Almost every parent commented on how exciting and challenging this homework challenge was and the students loved it! PDF and Word formats available so fully editable. Please note: Depending on the time of year, the flight times on the activity sheets may vary by 1 HOUR. This is because of daylight saving times (when the UK clocks move forwards/backwards by 1 hour ). You don’t need to worry about this, just use the times written on the activity.

Various TIME challenges … the children love them! Activity: Students must time and record how long it takes to complete each challenge … just give each group a stopwatch and off you go. Tried and Tested. Fun for all! Fully editable.

Lots of ‘Time’ questions - times shown in analogue and digital. O’clock, Half past, quarter past and quarter to times. Appropriate for all ages, particularly 5 - 9 years. Also attached is a second PowerPoint (with 38 slides) where students have to say the times shown in digital form.