A complete, engaging, imaginative, creative writing or Big Writing stimuli lesson that can be applied to many different writing genres. Children view PowerPoint then discuss ideas and plan by answering the thought provoking questions which enable a wealth of ideas to be generated for the writing. Planning sheet has space for 5 sense descriptions, VCOP elements and purpose, audience and genre notes to help meet the new 2014 curriculum. Starter activity plus 2 widths of line guides/writing sheets included plus optional paragraph planning sheet, custom art sheet and self-assessment plenary activity mean that this lesson's length is flexible and could easily last for 2 hours if you wanted it to and comes with 3 different options in the teachers' notes for delivery over 1,2 or 3 lessons. Lesson is aimed at KS2 but can be used for more able KS1, or KS3 as it is differentiated by outcome. Children will need some historical knowledge of the era.

This fantastic, fun, challenging, cross-curricula lesson is packed with learning and has elements of: computing, history, writing and speaking and listening, built into a lesson centred around independent learning and research. Children will be using and applying the historical learning they acquire creatively, as they work through the challenges of the lesson. An optional competitive element, combined with the fun of potentially becoming a Time Detective (and earning a Time Detective badge) create added motivation and increased engagement towards the learning. Children research in a holistic way building up a bigger picture of life the time period and then present their creations providing you with an assessment opportunity and a chance to decide the winners. The lesson ideal for either the beginning, middle or end of a history topic or unit. Can be done in an hour but better over two, contains starter and plenary. Made for KS2 but accessible to more able KS1 and less able KS3

Designed to be adaptable and flexible in length to suit your needs, this challenging yet engaging mini-project contains 12 separate & complete activities for your class to undertake that result in them designing a new piece of children's literature. Packed with learning, creativity and the demonstration of acquired skills, the project is designed to keep your class occupied and learning for an entire day, with minimal input from you, but could even be extended over a longer period of time. The project is audience and purpose driven with children engaging in research, independent learning, planning, writing, speaking and listening, art, design and creative problem solving activities. Designed for pairs or 3’s in upper KS2, and to provide engagement and challenge for even the brightest members of the class whilst being accessible to all. Suitable also for KS3 and higher ability Y4. All images from openclipart.org or owned by tftf

Cave painting but with a difference...Starter, teaching input and reflective plenary instructions all included on the PowerPoint. Full colour real cave painting images in A4 and A5 size, reflective self-evaluation worksheet and writing extension activity for early finishers all included in the Learning Activities pack. This stunning, yet easy to teach, cross-curricula lesson will be memorable for your class for years to come and can potentially create huge, beautiful works of art for display - but with very little mess! This is no ordinary cave painting/art lesson as children will use and develop a wide range of artistic and cognitive skills as they are required to copy the style yet also creatively imagine what else might be there. Full instructions included in the concise Teachers' Notes.

This complete lesson could produce some stunning results for display and is very easy to teach. It comes with extension activity ideas for any early finishers and reflective self-evaluation sheets are also included for a plenary activity. Brief PowerPoint introduction introduces learning objectives and links to 2 videos demonstrating suitable skills for the lesson. Perfect for any age as differentiated by outcome. Part of a 6 lesson art & DT unit designed to match local area study, nature or woodland topics - available to buy from the TES. Also suitable for a discrete art lesson any time of year.

This complete 6 lesson unit comes with an editable medium term plan plus 6 separate individually created lesson packs, each one with its own PowerPoint presentation. Everything you need for a half term's worth of art is here that matches perfectly with a local area study or a nature/woodland/habitat topic. Children will build sculptures, take photographs, paint, use sketchbooks, draw with a variety of mediums and stimuli and use a wide range of materials that are commonly found in schools or easily accessible. There is also a lesson where children get to experiment and create completely original pieces of art from their imagination. Every lesson has cross-curricula elements including: reading comprehension, writing and DT, plus they all come with a reflective self-evaluation sheet, everything is designed to perfectly compliment the new 2014 curriculum and the lessons will work with any age group but are designed for KS2.

Engaging, fun and challenging complete lesson. Demarcating sentences with full stops and question marks. Children learn about full stops, questions and question marks and identify the correct punctuation to finish sentences. They then work through 4 activities designed to develop their understanding using different skills. They identify, create and explain, with the more able going on to a challenging extension activity. There is also a fun activity in there too that your class will love. Self/peer-assessment plenary is also included to really help cement the learning in their minds and potentially make marking easier for you too. Suitable for KS1, less able KS2 and SEN or EAL children. Teachers' notes and answers included.

A complete, engaging, imaginative, creative writing or Big Writing stimuli lesson that can be applied to many different writing genres. Great for inspiring reluctant writers or filling a few hours in your class with fun yet challenging learning activities. Children first discuss their ideas and then plan their work. Planning sheet has space for 5 sense descriptions, VCOP elements and purpose, audience and genre notes to help meet the new 2014 curriculum. Starter activity 2 widths of line guides/writing sheets included plus optional paragraph planning sheet, custom art sheet and self-assessment plenary activity mean that this lesson's length is flexible and could easily last for 2 hours if you wanted it to and comes with 3 different options in the teachers' notes for delivery over 1,2 or 3 lessons. Lesson is aimed at KS2 but can be used for more able KS1, or KS3 as it is differentiated by outcome.

Everything you need for a complete SPaG lesson that teaches children all about prepositions of cause. Designed to meet the new 2014 curriculum and contains: starter activity; easy to understand teaching input; learning activities and a peer-assessment plenary designed to spark discussion and increase engagement in this somewhat dry aspect of grammar! The learning activity is differentiated by the extension work. This lesson is a great way to meet the new and challenging grammar requirements for lower KS2 in an engaging and easy to teach way.

Fun yet challenging complete lesson created for Year 5 SPaG but will work with any KS2 age class and designed to meet the new 2014 curriculum requirements. Comes with 3 levels of unique & engaging differentiated activities/worksheets plus a further extension activity if required. Starter and engaging teaching input with lots of questioning included on the PowerPoint and 2 plenary options simply explained in the concise teachers' notes. Suitable for expanding vocabulary and openers for VCOP lessons too. Adaptable for individual or partner work and suitable for any upper KS2. This fantastic lesson contains loads of learning for all levels of ability and transforms a potentially dry and boring learning objective into a fun and engaging learning experience for all. All images used through creative commons C.O

This fantastic, fun, challenging, cross-curricula lesson is packed with learning and has elements of: computing, history, writing and speaking and listening, built into a lesson centred around independent learning and research. Children will be using and applying the historical learning they acquire creatively, as they work through the challenges of the lesson. An optional competitive element, combined with the fun of potentially becoming a Time Detective (and earning a Time Detective badge) create added motivation and increased engagement towards the learning. Children research in a holistic way building up a bigger picture of life the time period and then present their creations providing you with an assessment opportunity and a chance to decide the winners. The lesson ideal for either the beginning, middle or end of a history topic or unit. Can be done in an hour but better over two, contains starter and plenary. Made for KS2 but accessible to more able KS1 and less able KS3

Designed to be adaptable and flexible in length to suit your needs, this challenging yet engaging mini-project contains 11 separate & complete activities for your class to undertake that result in them creating a business. Packed with learning, creativity and the demonstration of acquired skills, the project is designed to keep your class occupied and learning for an entire day, with minimal input from you, but could even be extended over a longer period of time. The project is audience and purpose driven with children engaging in research, independent learning, planning, persuasive writing, speaking and listening, art édesign and creative problem solving activities. Designed for pairs or 3’s in upper KS2, and to provide engagement and challenge for even the brightest members of the class whilst being accessible to all. Suitable also for KS3 and higher ability Y4. All images either sourced from openclipart.org or owned by tftf.

Take a week or more off planning with this spooky blockbuster pack of incredibly engaging, cross-curricula learning all inspired by and based upon Halloween. Contains 4 separate PDF booklets that are well organised, professionally presented and designed to meet the new 2014 curriculum objectives. PDF booklets include: - Halloween English and Writing Pack : Designed to inspire writing across a range of genres with 7 "lesson-long" fun yet challenging tasks and prompts that will engage your class in their learning. You can choose which genre to apply each lesson/activity to, to match your class' current learning or ability. Also contains 3 Halloween writing frames. - Halloween Cross-Curricula Topic Pack: Contains worksheets for lessons based upon science, history, independent learning, internet research, art and design, writing, small group presentations, maths (multiplication, division and data handling/presentation), team work and a special party planning lesson involving many different skills and tasks. - (Our Favourite!) Halloween Creative Thinking Activity Book: 15 pages of stunning activities that your class will love, that have been designed to make children think creatively and imaginatively. A stunning resource to develop creative and artistic abilities and inspire writing, collaboration and discussion. - Halloween Colouring Book: 10 colouring pages based on Halloween - great for anytime but why not blow them up to A3, pair the children up, pick an art technique and let them create stunning, huge pictures for display? This is without a doubt one of our most stylish, creative and engaging packs yet, full of deeply engaging learning - we hope you enjoy it. All images sourced via Creative Commons CCO 1.0 Universal License

This 3 worksheet pack contains elements of differentiation and an engaging hook that will help children to complete the work with a real sense of purpose. Children evaluate what is important when compiling facts about Earth - this element is conducive to lots of discussion during the lesson input/introduction. Children are encouraged to present their fact file in a creative way but support materials are provided for those who find that sort of thing tricky. You could even use this lesson to inspire another lesson of creative or letter writing, based on the hook. Children will need access to research materials in order to complete this task. All images sourced and licensed via Creative Commons C.0

Do you want to keep your class occupied for hours with fun and educational games? If so, then this is the resource for you. 7 Versions are included plus a blank sheet so your class can make their own PLUS tips for playing all included! Your class will need to work in pairs or teams (or by themselves) to try and come up with a name for each category at the top of the sheet. Categories include: general knowledge, school life, popular culture, food and drink etc All accessible to children whilst also providing challenge and fun. With 7 versions plus a blank page this pack will keep your KS2 or KS3 class busy and learning for AGES - perfect for the end of term! Get your last week and a bit of maths planning done with this superb pack from bestselling primary authors The Future Teacher Foundation. If you are looking for more end of term solutions then we have lots of super fun and highly educational end of term resources that can be found by : CLICKING HERE All images either copyright owned by tftf or released through creative commons C.O.

This is not just any old countdown timer. It is a video that has professional quality sound designed climactic audio alongside fun number images, each one complete with mathematical information to aid the learning of number facts. This 10 second countdown timer enables teachers and other adults the chance to make any task completion into a fun game. See if your class can complete whatever task it is before the timer gets to zero and the alarm sounds! Give the first child or house (red, green etc) a reward for being the first to finish! Or even better the last house or child ready loses a point/merit if you are in the mood for making this game seriously fun and addictive for your class! Some Possible Uses Once your class gets used to it they will know that the timer means to stop what they are doing and silently sit still at zero, but you must heavily praise and reward compliance when you introduce it. • Get your class to put away their books and sit arms folded in silence ready for the next lesson to begin. • Get your class to finish tidying up after a messy creative lesson. • Time for the class to finish their sentence they are writing and put their pencil down and fold their arms in silence. • Time to carefully come down and sit on the floor or carpeted area to learn from the interactive whiteboard or hear a story. • Time to line up for assembly. • The last ten seconds of changing for P.E • Use it to signify the end of silent reading – you won’t even need to speak! • Use it as a quick time for a mini partner based discussion. Timer, audio and images copyright owned by The Future Teacher Foundation.