A KS1 (Year 1 and 2) history lesson which teaches children about the history of Teddy Bears. This lesson teaches children about the history of Teddy Bears and how they have changed over time, this includes their design and materials. The lesson also teaches children about the origins of the Teddy Bear and why they were first created. This resource is a powerpoint presentation and is a useful resource in teaching the history of Teddy Bears as it chronologically examines a teddy bear on each slide. For each slide there are opportunities for children to discuss and for teachers to lead the conversation. This resource also includes a PDF worksheet for children to order which Teddy Bears were made first. There are different versions of this worksheet as some children find it hard to cut and stick so there is one version where the picture is already on the timeline. How I use this resource: This resource is a powerpoint which is shared at the front of the class with the children. The task is to be completed in small groups so children can complete their sentences with an adult. If you are interested in the complete unit of Toys past and present planning click the link below! https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12978657

A set of toy cards for children in KS1 (Year 1 and 2) for use in games. This set can be used as part of continuous provision in KS1 as children can play games such as SNAP with the cards that are given. Alternatively, the children can sort the cards into toys from the past or the present and discuss the different materials the toys are made from. How I use this resource: This resource is a booklet which is to be printed for the children for continuous provision. Teachers can choose to use the booklet as a 1:1 activity with children or choose for the children to complete the booklet independently. If you are interested in the complete unit of Toys past and present planning click the link below! https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12978657

A Google Classroom header which is decorated for a toys past and present unit. This resource is to be used as a banner for your Google Classroom for children to know that you are learning about toys. This banner could also be used as a social media banner so that parents know what you are learning in the upcoming term. How I use this resource: This resource is to be used as a banner for your Google Classroom for children to know that you are learning about toys. If you are looking for toys planning and want to save time doing your planning then click on the link below for our complete toys unit! [https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12978657]

A set of differentiated worksheets for children in KS2 (mainly Year 3 and Year 4) to practice their ability to add 1,10 and 100 to a number. Adding to a number can be a difficult skill for the children to master so this resource is differentiated to meet all the children’s needs. Each skill of adding 1, 10 and 100 is broken down into: Adding with base ten below 100. Adding below 100. Adding above 100. Adding crossing a 100. Focused on the challenge of the inverse operation - children having the output but not the input. This booklet asks these questions for: Adding 1. Adding 10. Adding 100. This resource has 19 pages worth of questions: 6 for each objective and a bonus page at the end with assessment questions on all three skills. Each page features at least 4 questions on each page (with the exception of the first page) to ensure that children have enough chance to be fluent in the skill. Since the worksheets sequence each other children can easily finish one worksheet and move onto another worksheet without any low-level disruption in the class. How I use this resource: This resource has 19 pages so prior to the lesson I would assess the children’s knowledge and print off each page accordingly. Remember that children may finish one page and want to progress onto another page. Alternatively, this resource could be used as a booklet and all the booklet could be printed for the children to work in independently as an assessment tool. If you want a taster of this worksheet the adding 1 part of this booklet is free. To assess this learning you may [enjoy the adding 1, 10 and 100 Google Form Quiz to assess the children’s knowledge of this skill.] (http://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12979417) This quiz is self marking and will mean that you will assess your children’s progress once their quiz is complete, leaving you with spare time!

A primary history lesson which teaches children about their grandparents toys from the past. This lesson to investigate different toys in this lesson by looking at their materials and the use of technology in past toys. This lesson explicitly looks at the changing of materials from the different eras as children should have looked at modern toys and their parents toys. This resource is a powerpoint presentation and is a useful resource in exploring grandparents’ toys through questioning of the pupils. It is a discussion led lesson. It also includes a PDF worksheet for children to draw a toy and explain why they would want to play with that given toy. This worksheet is differentiated and scaffolded through the support of sentence stems and has a different version with a crinkly newspaper background. How I use this resource: This resource is a powerpoint which is shared at the front of the class with the children. This lesson works best if you ask children to bring in toys or provide toys as a school, this would allow a more hands on feel to the lesson. The task is to be completed in small groups so children can complete their sentences with an adult. If you are interested in the complete unit of Toys past and present planning click the link below! https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12978657

A set of prompts to remind members of school staff the core 5 questions to ask when using restorative practice in a restorative conversation. These prompts are lanyard size so will fit in anyone’s lanyard. With schools moving increasingly towards a positive regard/restorative practice to behaviour in classrooms, it is key that staff are reminded of the core questions behind restorative conversations. When children have had an incident it is key that adults ask the right questions to understand why that child has made the choice that they have. That’s where this resource is helpful. This resource has 1 page which can be seen in the preview and outlines 5 key questions to ask a child after a behaviour incident during a restorative conversation. These are: What happened? What were you thinking at the time? What have you thought about since? Who has been affected by what you have done? In what way? What do you think you need to do to make things right? All of these questions are used to guide children into repairing what happened and ensuring that next time the same choice is not made. How I use this resource: This resource can be printed and shared with all members of staff in your school, from teachers to office staff. They can be laminated and placed in your lanyard so that everyone knows the right thing to say when a behaviour incident happens. If you are interested in whole school history planning click here.

A set of PPT slides which act as a guide for teachers and children alike for fractions in Year 6 for SATS. In this guide each fractions based objective from the UK National Curriculum is covered to ensure that your class is prepared for SATS in Year 6. These objectives are shown as visual representations which can be embedded in your whole class teaching, on a display board in the classroom or as a printable scaffold for children to use on the tables. Objectives covered in this guide include: Recognising fractions from a shaded area. Finding equivalent fractions. Using equivalent fractions to find simplified fractions. Comparing fractions with similar and different denominators. Adding and subtracting fractions with the same denominator. Adding and subtracting fractions with different denominators. Finding fractions of amounts. Converting between mixed numbers and improper fractions. Multiplying fractions by fractions and whole numbers. Dividing fractions by whole numbers. For each of the above objective the resource outlines the title of the page and uses numerical and visual representations so that the children can understand what to do. As well as this there are easy to follow steps which can be referred to when modelling to pupils or which pupils can refer to when they are working independently. How I use this resource: This resource has 10 different objectives and can be used in different ways. This can be used as a display pack and printed, in colour, so that children can refer to the different scaffolds. This resource can also be used within your maths slides themselves, as a clear step to step guide for teachers on how to model. Finally, this pack could be printed and given to the children to take home to support home learning or on tables as an independent scaffold. If you like this resource and want more Year 6 SATS Fractions resources, click this link for the Year 6 SATS work booklet which assesses all the Year 6 Fraction National Curriculum objectives. Alternatively, if you are looking for history resources a great starting point for whole school planning is here

A set of differentiated worksheets for children in KS2 (mainly Year 3 and Year 4) to practice their ability to add 10 to a number. Adding 10 to a number can be a difficult skill for the children to master so this resource is differentiated to meet all the children’s needs. The worksheet has four pages which are: Adding 10 below 100 using base ten as a reference point Adding 10 below 100 Adding 10 above 100 Adding a hundred figure Focused on the challenge of the inverse operation - children having the output but not the input. This resource features at least 4 questions on each page (with the exception of the first page) to ensure that children have enough chance to be fluent in the skill. Since the worksheets sequence each other children can easily finish one worksheet and move onto another worksheet without any low-level disruption in the class. How I use this resource: This resource has five pages so prior to the lesson I would assess the children’s knowledge and print off each page accordingly. Remember that children may finish one page and want to progress onto another page. Alternatively, this resource could be used as a booklet and all the booklet could be printed for the children to work in independently as an assessment tool. If you like this resource make sure you give it a review and if you are interested in continuing with this resource there is a resource including this and adds 10 and 100 to a number too. You may also enjoy the adding 1, 10 and 100 Google Form Quiz to assess the children’s knowledge of this skill.

A set of PPT slides which act as an interactive toy shop with toys from the past and the present. This resource is a set of 8 pictures of different toys which, when clicked, zoom in on this toy with some information given on the toy. These toys range from a yo-yo to a doll, with toys from the past and the present. This resource is a powerpoint presentation and can be used on an interactive whiteboard as a game for the children to play with each different toy. How I use this resource: This resource is a powerpoint which is shared at the front of the class with the children. This may form part of a teacher’s continuous provision and can also be part of a guided session with a teacher. If you are interested in the complete unit of Toys past and present planning click the link below! https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12978657

A booklet which is to be used in continuous provision in Key Stage One to support pupil’s overall understanding of toys. This booklet makes links across the curriculum, in Maths, Writing and Art. Within Maths children can use their counting skills to ten and twenty as well as adding within ten using toys as a guide. In Writing the children are asked to label a series of toys whilst in Art the children are asked to draw their favourite toy. This resource is a PDF printable booklet which is to be used in continuous provision. This provision is when children are given different areas of the classroom to explore and learn in an independent way. Teachers can choose to use the booklet as a 1:1 activity with children or choose for the children to complete the booklet independently. How I use this resource: This resource is a booklet which is to be printed for the children for continuous provision. Teachers can choose to use the booklet as a 1:1 activity with children or choose for the children to complete the booklet independently. If you are interested in the complete unit of Toys past and present planning click the link below! https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12978657

A primary history lesson which teaches children about their parents toys from the past. This lesson to investigate different toys in this lesson by looking at their materials and the use of technology in past toys. These include toys like football and building toys like blocks. From this unit and lesson the children should know about modern toys and their parents’ toys so that next lesson when they look at their grandparents toys they can see the change and continuity in toys. This resource is a powerpoint presentation and is a useful resource in exploring parents’ toys through questioning of the pupils. It is a discussion led lesson. It also includes a worksheet which children are to complete with their favourite toy, and how the toy was treated. How I use this resource: This resource is a powerpoint which is shared at the front of the class with the children. This lesson works best if you ask children to bring in toys or provide toys as a school, this would allow a more hands on feel to the lesson. The task is to be completed in small groups so children can complete their sentences with an adult. If you are interested in the complete unit of Toys past and present planning click the link below! https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12978657

A primary history lesson which teaches children about modern day toys from the present. This lesson to investigate different toys in this lesson by looking at their materials and the use of technology in current toys. In future sessions these toys will be compared to old toys with comparisons drawn to different materials and colours used. This resource is a powerpoint presentation and is a useful resource in exploring modern day toys through questioning of the pupils. It is a discussion led lesson. It also includes a task which asks children to pick a toy which is their favourite and explain why. To support in this task there is a scaffold of different sentence stems which provide children with a starting point to their sentence. How I use this resource: This resource is a powerpoint which is shared at the front of the class with the children. This lesson works best if you ask children to bring in toys or provide toys as a school, this would allow a more hands on feel to the lesson. The task is to be completed in small groups so children can complete their sentences with an adult. If you are interested in the complete unit of Toys past and present planning click the link below! https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12978657

A primary history lesson which teaches children about toys from past and present. This lesson to investigate different toys in this lesson by looking at their materials and the use of technology in new toys. This resource is a powerpoint presentation and is a useful resource in exploring the similarities and differences between different toys. It also includes a page of toys which can be used as cards for children to sort into past and present or old and new. How I use this resource: This resource is a powerpoint which is shared at the front of the class with the children. The cards which accompany this resource can be cut and sorted on tables with children. If you are interested in the complete unit of Toys past and present planning click the link below! https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12978657

A knowledge organiser for the KS1 history unit for toys past and present. This knowledge organiser is a great resource for an overview for what the children are going to learn in the toys past and present unit. This includes learning about toys in the present as well as learning about older toys that parents and grandparents would have played with. This resource has 1 page which can be seen in the preview and covers: What children should know Historical skills the children are going to learn Key objectives for the children to learn Key historical concepts for the unit Key Vocabulary How I use this resource: This resource can be printed and stuck in children’s books to indicate a new unit of history learning. This resource could also be highlighted and annotated to assess children’s progress through the unit. If you are interested in the KS1 Toys past and present unit, click the link below! https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12978657

A medium term plan for KS1 children for the toys past and present unit of planning which covers changes within living memory. Within this medium term plan lessons such as modern day toys, parents toys and grandparents toys are covered. This resource features 6 lessons in the unit and includes for each: Teacher Information Historical Concepts Key Vocabulary Hook Learning Task Plenary How I use this resource: This resource can be printed or used online. This resource is to be used as an outline for the planning you make around the topic of toys past and present. If you are looking for toys planning and want to save time doing your planning then click on the link below for our complete toys unit! [https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12978657]

A primary history curriculum progression map for those teachers who are in the UK. This curriculum progression map states which topics to teach when as well as explaining the rationale for these decisions. This resource also covers historical concepts: substantive, disciplinary and historical skills, explains each in detail and gives examples of each. This resource is a booklet which has 13 pages. It covers: what history topics each year should teach, links to the National Curriculum, explanations of historical concepts and how these concepts link to our planning. How I use this resource: This resource is a leaflet/handbook which can be printed and shared with teachers in your school if you are using the Learning Through Time Curriculum. If you are interested in the Learning Through Time curriculum our first complete unit of planning is finished for Toys past and present. Click the link below to see! [https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12978657]

A primary history curriculum overview for those teachers who are in the UK. This overview states what units should be taught and in which years, to cover the National Curriculum and the new OFSTED framework. The sessions have also been ordered to ensure that the events are in chronological order as much as possible to build understanding for pupils. This resource has 1 page which can be seen in the preview and outlines 3 history topics for each year group, from Year 1 to Year 6 in a primary school curriculum in the UK. How I use this resource: This resource can be printed and shared with teachers in your school if you are using the Learning Through Time Curriculum. If you’re starting out with us I would recommend you have a look at our curriculum booklet which explains in detail our curriculum as well as outlining key concepts in history. [https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12931884]