This is a humanities (geography) lesson based on a journey to Mars. We read and write co-ordinates to identify aliens and travel across the surface of Mars. We revise the first quadrant and then concentrate on all four quadrants. This lesson runs alongside a Maths unit where children create their own diary on Mars to document mathematical findings and a Literacy unit where they write their own non-chronological report on Mars. This unit is aimed at children at an age 9-11 level (Year 5 & 6 in England and Wales). The unit’s context revolves around a mission to Mars. Pre-lesson preparation is provided with four short animations from an astronaut’s first-person point of view as he or she travels to, lands and is marooned on Mars, making the lesson come alive. PowerPoints provide structure, modelling, examples and explanation. Optional IT links are provided. There is a lesson plan which includes: suggested links to curriculums; notes to provide background information; optional pre lesson preparation; starter, main, groups and plenary sections with suggested timings (please change depending on your class); sections of the lesson are linked to Blooms taxonomy; Talk time suggestions; PowerPoint presentations to support teaching; differentiated group activities with extra ideas for early finishers; consideration of, and reference to, different learning styles; pictures and actions provided for key terms; and independent activities that are planned to aim to allow the teacher to support or extend an assessment group within the lesson Plans and PowerPoints are detailed and thorough to provide teaching structure, if needed, for the whole, or parts, of the lesson. An alternative streamlined PowerPoint is also provided. Thankyou, Team Teaching Alive P.S.- See PowerPoints for any copyright info. P.P.S.- PowerPoints and PDFs are read only but there is no problem with any requests for changes (within reason).

In this lesson we investigate the difference in temperatures on Mars. This can be extended to increase and decrease in temperature questions. An investigation option also provides an extension to add and subtract positive and negative numbers. Questions and activities are written in consideration of national assessments and national curriculum levels. This lesson is in preparation for children to create their own diary on Mars to document mathematical findings. It is aimed at children at an age 10-11 level (Year 6 in England and Wales). The unit’s context revolves around a mission to Mars. Pre-lesson preparation is provided with four short animations from an astronaut’s first-person point of view as he or she travels, lands and measures temperatures on Mars, making the lesson come alive. A further animation set the context of being marooned on Mars. PowerPoints provide structure, modelling, examples and explanation. Optional IT links are provided as well as, as mentioned, an optional investigation activity for an ability group. There is a lesson plan which includes: suggested links to curriculums; notes to provide background information; optional pre lesson preparation; starter, main, groups and plenary sections with suggested timings (please change depending on your class); sections of the lesson are linked to Blooms taxonomy; Talk time suggestions; PowerPoint presentations to support teaching; differentiated group activities with extra ideas for early finishers; consideration of, and reference to, different learning styles; pictures and actions provided for key terms; and independent activities that are planned to aim to allow the teacher to support or extend an assessment group within the lesson Plans and PowerPoints are detailed and thorough to provide teaching structure, if needed, for the whole, or parts, of the lesson. An alternative streamlined PowerPoint is also provided. Thankyou, Team Teaching Alive P.S.- See PowerPoints for any copyright info. P.P.S.- PowerPoints and PDFs are read only but there is no problem with any requests for changes (within reason).

This is a lesson in a unit based on a non-chronological report on Mars. In this lesson we memorise and re-call the second two sections of the report (the atmosphere and climate sections) in preparation for children to write their own report at the end of the unit. A starter provides report maps to memorise and re-call the first two sections of the report (the introduction and terrain sections). It is aimed at children at an age 10-11 level (Year 6 in England and Wales). The unit’s context revolves around a mission to Mars. To prepare for the lesson, a PowerPoint is provided with links to three animations (from an astronaut’s first-person point of view as he or she travels and lands on Mars) to make the report come alive. Report maps are provided (pictures and text) for children to memorise and re-call sections using movements, expression and actions. There is also a link to an on-line lesson to support with actions. There is a lesson plan which includes: • suggested links to curriculums; • notes to provide lesson information and context; • starter, main, groups and plenary sections with suggested timings (please change depending on your class); • sections of the lesson linked to Blooms taxonomy; • talk time suggestions; • PowerPoint presentations to support teaching; • mixed group activities with extra ideas for early finishers; • consideration of, and reference to, different learning styles; and • independent activities that are planned to aim to allow the teacher to support or extend an assessment group within the lesson. Plans and PowerPoints are detailed and thorough to provide teaching structure, if needed, for the whole, or parts, of the lesson. An alternative streamlined PowerPoint is also provided. Thankyou, Team Teaching Alive P.S.- See PowerPoints for any copyright info. P.P.S.- PowerPoints and PDFs are read only but there is no problem with any requests for changes (within reason).

This is the spelling introduction (30 minutes) to a round robin rotation of activities in future sessions. We concentrate on strategies to spell problem words, tricky words and words with the suffixes –tial or -cial. The session is aimed at children at an age 10-11 level (Year 6 in England and Wales). It is a session in a unit based around a mission to Mars with Literacy, Maths and other Curriculum lessons planned. A PowerPoint is provided to recap strategies to spell problem and tricky words and introduce words with the suffixes –tial or -cial. There is also support in using read, sound, write, check to assess and learn spellings from a Fry sight word list by using a phonics chart to identify graphemes. Pictures and actions support identification of phonemes. There is a lesson plan which includes: • suggested links to curriculums; • notes to provide lesson support; • main, groups and plenary sections with suggested timings (please change depending on your class); • sections of the lesson linked to Blooms taxonomy; • PowerPoint presentations to support teaching; • differentiated group activities; • consideration of, and reference to, different learning styles; and • independent activities that are planned to aim to allow the teacher to support or extend an assessment group within the lesson. The plan and PowerPoint are detailed and thorough to provide teaching structure, if needed, for the whole, or parts, of the session. Thankyou, Team Teaching Alive P.S.- See PowerPoints for any copyright info. P.P.S.- PowerPoints and PDFs are read only but there is no problem with any requests for changes (within reason).

This is a dance lesson in a unit based on travelling to Mars. It is based around Yuri Gagarin and we will be planning and performing part 1 of a dance unison routine This lesson runs alongside a Maths unit where children create their own diary on Mars to document mathematical findings and a Literacy unit where they write their own non-chronological report on Mars. This unit is aimed at children at an age 9-11 level (Year 5 & 6 in England and Wales). The unit’s context revolves around a mission to Mars. Pre-lesson preparation is provided with three animations from an astronaut’s first-person point of view as he or she travels and lands on Mars, making the lesson come alive. PowerPoints provide structure, modelling, examples and explanation. There is a lesson plan which includes: suggested links to curriculums; notes to provide background information; optional pre lesson preparation; starter, main, groups and plenary sections with suggested timings (please change depending on your class); sections of the lesson are linked to Blooms taxonomy; Talk time suggestions; PowerPoint presentations to support teaching; differentiated group activities with extra ideas for early finishers; consideration of, and reference to, different learning styles; pictures and actions provided for key terms; and independent activities that are planned to aim to allow the teacher to support or extend an assessment group within the lesson Plans and PowerPoints are detailed and thorough to provide teaching structure, if needed, for the whole, or parts, of the lesson. An alternative streamlined PowerPoint is also provided. Thankyou, Team Teaching Alive P.S.- See PowerPoints for any copyright info. P.P.S.- PowerPoints and PDFs are read only but there is no problem with any requests for changes (within reason).

This is a science lesson based on travelling to Mars where we investigate mysterious patches on Mars’s surface. We sort materials and create check lists based on the properties of solids, liquids and gases. An investigation option also provides an extension to develop questions to sort problem materials leading on to learning about colloids. This lesson runs alongside a Maths unit where children create their own diary on Mars to document mathematical findings and a Literacy unit where they write their own non-chronological report on Mars. This unit is aimed at children at an age 9-11 level (Year 5 & 6 in England and Wales). The unit’s context revolves around a mission to Mars. Pre-lesson preparation is provided with four short animations from an astronaut’s first-person point of view as he or she travels and lands on Mars, making the lesson come alive. A further animation in lesson sets the context of experimenting on Mars. PowerPoints provide structure, modelling, examples and explanation. Optional IT links and an investigation activity are provided. There is a lesson plan which includes: suggested links to curriculums; notes to provide background information; optional pre lesson preparation; starter, main, groups and plenary sections with suggested timings (please change depending on your class); sections of the lesson are linked to Blooms taxonomy; Talk time suggestions; PowerPoint presentations to support teaching; differentiated group activities with extra ideas for early finishers; consideration of, and reference to, different learning styles; pictures and actions provided for key terms; and independent activities that are planned to aim to allow the teacher to support or extend an assessment group within the lesson Plans and PowerPoints are detailed and thorough to provide teaching structure, if needed, for the whole, or parts, of the lesson. An alternative streamlined PowerPoint is also provided. Thankyou, Team Teaching Alive P.S.- See PowerPoints for any copyright info. P.P.S.- PowerPoints and PDFs are read only but there is no problem with any requests for changes (within reason).

This is a lesson based on being stranded on Mars. We experiment on the planet revising negative numbers by reading thermometers and ordering temperatures. An investigation option provides an extension to convert temperatures from Celsius to Fahrenheit with the plenary reversing the conversion. Questions and activities are written in consideration of national assessments and national curriculum levels. This lesson is in preparation for children to create their own diary on Mars to document mathematical findings. It is aimed at children at an age 10-11 level (Year 6 in England and Wales). The unit’s context revolves around a mission to Mars. Pre-lesson preparation is provided with three short animations from an astronaut’s first-person point of view as he or she travels and lands on Mars, making the lesson come alive. A further animation in lesson sets the context of measuring temperatures on Mars. PowerPoints provide structure, modelling, examples and explanation. Optional IT links are provided as well as, as mentioned, an optional investigation activity for an ability group. There is a lesson plan which includes: suggested links to curriculums; notes to provide background information; optional pre lesson preparation; starter, main, groups and plenary sections with suggested timings (please change depending on your class); sections of the lesson are linked to Blooms taxonomy; Talk time suggestions; PowerPoint presentations to support teaching; differentiated group activities with extra ideas for early finishers; consideration of, and reference to, different learning styles; pictures and actions provided for key terms; and independent activities that are planned to aim to allow the teacher to support or extend an assessment group within the lesson Plans and PowerPoints are detailed and thorough to provide teaching structure, if needed, for the whole, or parts, of the lesson. An alternative streamlined PowerPoint is also provided. Thankyou, Team Teaching Alive P.S.- See PowerPoints for any copyright info. P.P.S.- PowerPoints and PDFs are read only but there is no problem with any requests for changes (within reason).

This is a lesson based on a non-chronological report on Mars. We memorise and re-call the first two sections of the report (the introduction and terrain section) in preparation for children to write their own report at the end of the unit. It is aimed at children at an age 10-11 level (Year 6 in England and Wales). The unit’s context revolves around a mission to Mars. A PowerPoint is provided with links to three animations (from an astronaut’s first-person point of view as he or she travels and lands on Mars) to make the report come alive. Report maps are provided (pictures and text) for children to memorise and re-call sections using movements, expression and actions. There is also a link to an on-line lesson to support with actions. There is a lesson plan which includes: • suggested links to curriculums; • notes to provide lesson information and context; • starter, main, groups and plenary sections with suggested timings (please change depending on your class); • sections of the lesson linked to Blooms taxonomy; • talk time suggestions; • PowerPoint presentations to support teaching; • mixed group activities with extra ideas for early finishers; • consideration of, and reference to, different learning styles; and • independent activities that are planned to aim to allow the teacher to support or extend an assessment group within the lesson. Plans and PowerPoints are detailed and thorough to provide teaching structure, if needed, for the whole, or parts, of the lesson. An alternative streamlined PowerPoint is also provided. Thankyou, Team Teaching Alive P.S.- See PowerPoints for any copyright info. P.P.S.- PowerPoints and PDFs are read only but there is no problem with any requests for changes (within reason).

This is the handwriting introduction (30 minutes) to a round robin rotation of activities in future sessions. We concentrate on the top e letter join using a theme park analogy for formation and join. The session is aimed at children at an age 10-11 level (Year 6 in England and Wales). It is a session in a unit based around a mission to Mars with Literacy, Maths and other Curriculum lessons planned. In our Maths unit learners create their own diary on Mars to document mathematical findings and in our Literacy unit learners write their own non-chronological report on Mars. Short animations from an astronaut’s first-person point of view as he or she travels and lands on Mars are included in these units, making lessons come alive A PowerPoint is provided in this session with animated handwriting. We model letters and joins with learners joining in before an opportunity for independent practise. Different sizes of lines (with and without tracing) are provided using a sea, grass, clouds, sun analogy to support sizing. There is a lesson plan which includes: • suggested links to curriculums; • notes to provide lesson support; • main, groups and plenary sections with suggested timings (please change depending on your class); • sections of the lesson linked to Blooms taxonomy; • a PowerPoint presentation to support teaching; • differentiated group activities with extra ideas for early finishers; • consideration of, and reference to, different learning styles; and • independent activities that are planned to aim to allow the teacher to support or extend an assessment group within the lesson. The plan and PowerPoint are detailed and thorough to provide teaching structure, if needed, for the whole, or parts, of the session. Thankyou, Team Teaching Alive P.S.- See PowerPoints for any copyright info. P.P.S.- PowerPoints and PDFs are read only but there is no problem with any requests for changes (within reason).