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Planning and resources for primary teachers from http://www.ks2history.com. Our history topics include Stone Age to Iron Age, Romans, Anglo-Saxons, Victorians, Shang Dynasty etc and the list is expanding each month, with literacy units to link to the topics too. Our popular resources have been tried and tested in hundreds of classrooms.

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Planning and resources for primary teachers from http://www.ks2history.com. Our history topics include Stone Age to Iron Age, Romans, Anglo-Saxons, Victorians, Shang Dynasty etc and the list is expanding each month, with literacy units to link to the topics too. Our popular resources have been tried and tested in hundreds of classrooms.
Stone Age to Iron Age Reading Comprehension Bundle
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Stone Age to Iron Age Reading Comprehension Bundle

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This Stone Age to Iron Age Reading Comprehension Bundle contains 3 reading comprehension activities designed for lower KS2. They can be used for guided reading, whole class reading, homework activities or individual comprehension based on the Stone Age topic. This topics covered are: 1. Iron Age Hill Forts Recount 2. Skara Brae (A Stone Age settlement) 3. Stone, Bronze & Iron Ages - Information Text Each pack contains the text, two pages of questions, an additional challenge and an answer key. #lovehistory
Recipe for a Great School Year - New Year version
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Recipe for a Great School Year - New Year version

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Recipe for a Happy New Year: New Year 2018 Activity Updated especially for New Year 2018! Recipe for a Happy New Year (including full lesson Powerpoint and all templates) - a fun new year project and display for your classroom! Please follow the instructions at the bottom of this description to download all of your files. Here is a fun activity to help your pupils think about what will make this new year successful! Pupils will create a recipe for a happy new year (the writing activity is included in the Powerpoint lesson provided) and then they can use the templates to turn it into a fabulous baker craft, perfect for display! This resource includes: - A full lesson powerpoint including discussion points and a differentiated writing activity. - A teacher instruction pack - A template pack for making the back to school chef craft This is an easy, fun activity perfect for the primary classrooms! Please note that due to terms of use in the images used, the Powerpoint file is not editable. Please follow the steps below to access your files: 1. Return to this page. 2.Further down the page you’ll see the files included within the Resource listed under the header ‘Files Included’. You may need to click on the ‘See all Resources’ to view them all. 3. Use the individual download arrow icons found to the left of each of the file names for each separate file.
Beowulf - Constrasting Settings Activity
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Beowulf - Constrasting Settings Activity

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An activity to help pupils describe 2 contrasting settings from the story of Beowulf. Pupils will use the diagram to record words and phrases from the Danish moors outside Heorot and the warm feasting hall inside the palace.
KS2 -  Editing My Writing Toolkit
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KS2 - Editing My Writing Toolkit

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This is a really useful sheet to use with pupils when they are editing their writing. They colour in each piece of the puzzle as they edit their work. Designed for Year 3 & 4, but could also be used with other year groups.
Beowulf Activity - Tension Mountain Diagram
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Beowulf Activity - Tension Mountain Diagram

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This is an activity designed to help pupils understand how tension mounts in the story Beowulf. Focusing on the scene where Beowulf journeys through the lake to battle Grendel's Mother, pupils should discuss where each card should be placed on the diagram to show how tension is built and relieved by the storyteller.
Year 3 and 4 -  Literacy Planning Bundle   (30 Lessons)
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Year 3 and 4 - Literacy Planning Bundle (30 Lessons)

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This bundle contains 6 weeks' worth of Literacy planning and resources for Year 3 and 4 based on the 2014 National Curriculum. It is made up of 3 separate 2-week unit plans from KSResources - narrative, poetry and instructions. Each unit also has focusses on Y3 and 4 grammar skills and contains all of the worksheets and activities that you need to accompany the full lesson plans. Unit 1: Narrative (10 lessons) A two-week unit of work for Years 3/4 based on the book 'Stone Age Boy', with full lesson plans and pupil resources. This unit uses drama, discussion and debate to help pupils to engage with the text and then gives them the opportunity to write and edit their own Stone Age narratives. There is also a grammar focus on using adverbials of time and place and a chance to develop thesaurus skills. Unit 2: Performance Poetry (10 lessons) A two-week literacy unit of poetry planning for Years 3 and 4, based on performing poems set in imaginary words and built around the new curriculum literacy objectives. In this unit, pupils will read and listen to magical world poems by Lewis Carroll and they will consider how the sounds and language patterns come alive when the poems are read aloud. Children will work towards creating their own magical poems set in imaginary worlds and then they will perform them aloud, adding sound effects. Unit 3: Instructions (10 lessons) The ten lessons in this unit aim to give children the opportunity to understand the features of instructions as a genre. In the first week, children will engage with the text type by following instructions to make edible Roman roads out of biscuits, chocolates and custard! There is also a grammar focus on using prepositions and imperative verbs. In the second week, pupils will use drama to develop ideas and extend their vocabulary. They will then plan their own set of instructions about becoming Roman gladiator champions and they will then have the opportunity to draft, edit and present their final instructions. All lessons and resources are created by Ofsted-rated outstanding teachers. Save valuable time with this bundle!
Instructions - Writing Plan
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Instructions - Writing Plan

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This resource contains a template that pupils can use when they are planning their own instructional texts. Pupils can record each step of their instructions in pictures or words. There is also space on the plan to record a title, an equipment list, useful imperative verbs, prepositions and other helpful details. This is a versatile resource that can be used for planning instructions for lots of different topics.
Our Class Poem - Back to School
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Our Class Poem - Back to School

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Very popular! This is a great one-off literacy activity and a wonderful teamwork project to help your class work together to make a class poem. You could use this as a great way to start a new year, as pupils come together in unity to create a new class poem using the letters in the name of their class. The pack contains a Powerpoint lesson, teacher instructions and pupil resources - everything you need for this fun poetry lesson, including warm up/getting to know you games and a fun teamwork project based on making and performing a class poem. The activity allows pupils to work together to make a class poem that spells out the name of their new class. The session is based around Edward Lear’s ‘Alphabet Poem’ and the activities include suggestions for adapting the lesson for KS1 or KS2. This resource is structured in the following way: 1. Fun warm up activities and games including name games, a classroom hunt activity, a paper-chain race and ‘Find Someone Who’ bingo. 2. A poetry time activity following the lesson Powerpoint to help the class to become familiar with Edward Lear’s ‘Alphabet Poem’. There are different options to adapt this for different age groups. 3. A group activity in which pupils create their own stanzas for the alphabet poem, using the letters that spell out your class name or their new teacher’s name. 4. A whole class performance of the new poem. Check out our other popular resource packs: All About Me Time Capsule Recipe for a Great School Year! Autumn Poetry Pack KS1 All About Me Fidget Spinner Pack Stone Age Boy Pack Please follow the steps below to access your files: 1. Return to this page. 2.Further down the page you’ll see the files included within the Resource listed under the header ‘Files Included’. You may need to click on the ‘See all Resources’ to view them all. 3. Use the download arrow icons found to the left of each of the file names for each separate file. Please note that due to terms of use in the images used, the Powerpoint file is not editable.
End of Year!
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End of Year!

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Get 50% off this resource if you buy today by using code INNOVATE at checkout! End of School Year Activities. A bundle of three of our popular end of term activities! 1. End of term iPhone activity booklet. 2. Fidget Spinner All About Me activities (end of term/transition). 3. All About Me time capsules - fill these in at the end of term and pass on to the next teacher to be opened in a year's time! 3 great activities to have up your sleeve for the end of term! BONUS FREEBIE: Recipe for a Great School Year!
Stone Age Literacy Bundle
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Stone Age Literacy Bundle

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5 popular resources to support literacy linked to the Stone Age topic, designed for Y3/4. Problems downloading? Click here for download help Resources include: - Stone Age Boy Planning (2 week narrative unit) - How to Wash a Wooly Mammoth Planning (2 week instructions unit) - 3 x Stone Age top Iron Age reading comprehension activities.
Year 2 English Bundle
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Year 2 English Bundle

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This is a bundle of our most popular resources for Year 2 teachers to use to support English teaching.
KS2History Schools' Bundle
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KS2History Schools' Bundle

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This bundle contains all of our downloadable planning units, bundled together at a discount price! A great resources for schools, history co-ordinators or home educators looking to build a supply of tried-and-tested history resources. The following packs are included: Anglo-Saxons KS2 Pack Victorians KS2 Pack Stone Age to Iron Age KS2 Pack Romans in Britain KS2 Pack Benin Kingdom KS2 Pack Shang Dynasty KS2 Pack Stone Age Boy Literacy KS2 Pack How to Wash a Woolly Mammoth KS2 Pack Escape from Pompeii KS2 Pack Romans Instructions KS2 Pack Beowulf KS2 Pack The Great Kapok Tree KS2 Pack The Egyptian Cinderella KS2 Pack
Bronze Age Lesson Bundle
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Bronze Age Lesson Bundle

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Bronze Age Lesson Plans for KS2 The plans are taken from our popular Stone Age to Iron Age Resource Pack. Includes full lesson plans with Powerpoint slides and pupil resources/worksheets. 1. Introduction: What does Prehistory Mean? This lesson puts the Bronze Age in context by introducing the period of British history from the Stone Age to the Iron Age. Pupils will make a timeline to set this period into the wider context of British History and they will discover how we break up this period into distinct ages. 2. How did bronze replace stone in the Bronze Age? This lesson looks at the changes between the Stone Age and the Bronze Age, including the implications of the discovery of bronze and the process of how bronze was made. Pupils will find out why bronze was so important and they will create their own flowcharts to record the process of how it was made. 3. What do grave goods tell us about the Bronze Age? In this lesson pupils will find out about how people in the Bronze Age were buried alongside some objects that were important to them. Pupils will reflect upon how artefacts found in Bronze Age burial sites can give us information about what life was like in this period. This lesson also introduces the idea that not all artefacts survive over time and invites pupils to sum up their learning by exploring the grave of the Amesbury Archer. You may also like our other Stone Age planning resources: Stone Age Boy Literacy Planning How to Wash a Woolly Mammoth Literacy Planning Stone Age to Iron Age planning bundle of all 3 packs
Iron Age Lesson Bundle
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Iron Age Lesson Bundle

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Iron Age Lesson Plans for KS2. These plans belong to our popular Stone Age to Iron Age Resource Pack Includes full lesson plans with Powerpoint slides and pupil resources/worksheets. Topics include Iron Age hill forts and Iron Age art. 1 . Introduction: What does Prehistory Mean? This lesson puts the Iron Age in context by introducing the period of British history from the Stone Age to the Iron Age. Pupils will make a timeline to set this period into the wider context of British History and they will discover how we break up this period into distinct Ages. 2. What was life like in an Iron Age hill fort? Pupil will discover what life was like in an Iron Age hillfort in Britain. This lesson encourages pupils to engage imaginatively with this historical setting and reflect on how life in this period might have been different to life today, making a storyboard to record their ideas. As an extension activity pupils are challenged to find out about archaeological sites like Maiden Castle. 3. What was Iron Age art like? Pupils will consider what kind of artefacts tell us about life in the Iron Age. They will investigate the designs found in Celtic art and use these ideas to make their own Celtic design. You may also like our other Stone Age toiron Age planning resources: Stone Age Boy Literacy Planning How to Wash a Woolly Mammoth Literacy Planning Stone Age to Iron Age planning bundle of all 3 packs