Mortal Engines: Topic Overview This is a hand drawn topic overview designed for the book Mortal Engines. Although it is English based, it covers ALL areas of the curriculum for Key Stage 2. This would be very suitable for secondary school learners too.

Dr What and The Victorians: A Class Assembly (30+ Parts) A Dr Who themed assembly designed for your class to perform in an assembly.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: A Class Assembly (30+ parts) Here is a complete rhyming assembly based around the story of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

Space - The First Man on The Moon: Class Assembly (30+ Parts) Here you will find a script for a whole class assembly designed for 30+ children to perform

Here we have a fully editable assembly based around how chocolate is made - Harvesting - Fermenting - Drying - Roasting - Cracking and Winnowing - Grinding and Conching - Tempering - Moulding - Wrapping

The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe: Medium Term Plans and Overview All planned holistically: PSED Creative Development Creative, Language and Literacy Knowledge and Understanding of The World Maths Physical Development

Writing Character Descriptions: A Presentation A presentation on how to write a good character description, including discussion on Similes, Metaphors, Adjectives etc

Book Review Template A really simple bok review template to be used in the classroom or in your school library.

Street Child and The Victorians: A Topic Overview Here is a hand drawn topic overview for the book Street Child and links heavily to The Victorians topic. It covers all areas of the primary curriculum and can be used in any Key Stage 2 classroom.

Hansel and Gretel: A Class Assembly This is a class assembly designed to retell the tale of Hansel and Gretel.

Victorian Schools: A Class Assembly (30+ parts) Here you will find a Victorian Themed Assembly for your class to perform.

Kenning: What is a Kenning? Define what a kenning is Say something about the history of kennings Work out what some kennings refer to

Bombs and Blackberries - Comprehension, Guided Reading, Speaking and Listening Three sessions based on Bombs and Blackberries. Ready to cut up and use in the sessions.

The Iron Man - Comprehension, Guided Reading, Speaking and Listening 4 sessions based on the book.

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With the announcement of Microsoft’s purchase of Minecraft EDU, we know that this addictive game is going to be around for much longer now we can access it in schools safely and easily. Many colleagues I’ve met have shunned the idea of using what is ultimately ‘a game’ in the classroom, but after watching how engaged the children who are playing it are, we’ve got to tap into that engagement; haven’t we? Of course we have. I've being playing around with the idea of using MinecraftEDU in school for a while now and this term I'm finally going to start crafting in class. But how can it inspire my children to create, test, explain, solve problems and work collaboratively? I'm lucky to have a 7-year-old son at home who has started this journey with me and together we've come up with some super ideas for how we could use Minecraft at school. I managed to survive my first night on Survival mode and I'm now the proud owner of several diamonds, crafted myself a diamond sword (my son was very jealous), but I did unfortunately die when lava fell on my head - don't mine vertically, lesson learned

Dawn Wind: Saxon Planning Overview Here you will find a hand drawn topic overview for The Saxons, linking with the book Dawn Wind and Beowulf. It is designed to be used as a guide for a terms worth of work.

Topic Plan: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe (Holistic Plan) This is a hand drawn overview of a terms worth of work from The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. It covers all areas of the curriculum and was originally used in Year 3, but the ideas would be suitable for Key Stage 2.