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I am an ex-primary head teacher and English, Maths and History specialist. I've mostly worked in KS2, often in Year 6. Although for the last two years, I've been working in Year 1, which has been delightful! All the resources have been used successfully with children in a range of schools all over the country. I am constantly reviewing and updating my resources. Please follow me to ensure that you have the most up to date versions of the resources you buy.

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I am an ex-primary head teacher and English, Maths and History specialist. I've mostly worked in KS2, often in Year 6. Although for the last two years, I've been working in Year 1, which has been delightful! All the resources have been used successfully with children in a range of schools all over the country. I am constantly reviewing and updating my resources. Please follow me to ensure that you have the most up to date versions of the resources you buy.
Life in Tudor times - 5 x 2 comprehension sets.
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Life in Tudor times - 5 x 2 comprehension sets.

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A five comprehension pack designed to support work on the Tudors. There are two comprehensions per topic, one for Higher and Middle Ability children, a second for those of lower ability. The comprehensions can be used as stand-alone lessons or set as homework. Each comprehension consists of glossary work on words in text, comprehension questions tied to each text, and either an imaginative piece of writing (HA/MA) or a summary and matching activity (LA). Comprehensions cover: Life in Tudor Times Law and Order The Break with Rome The Spanish Armada Tudor Childhood.
Michael Morpurgo - Private Peaceful six sessions of Guided Reading / Whole class activities
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Michael Morpurgo - Private Peaceful six sessions of Guided Reading / Whole class activities

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A series of questions, answers and reading journal activity based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests or written comprehensions. LOs To understand how an author uses flashbacks to tell a story. To understand what life was like a hundred years ago. To understand how different viewpoints affect a narrative. To form your own opinions about the main characters and their interaction with a bully. To gain an understanding of how ordinary soldiers felt about one another in the Great War. To understand how a character’s actions can be viewed in different ways.
Michael Morpurgo - War Horse - 7 sessions of Guided Reading / Whole class activities
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Michael Morpurgo - War Horse - 7 sessions of Guided Reading / Whole class activities

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A series of questions, answers and reading journal activity based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests or written comprehensions. LOs To be able to scan and skim pages to find evidence from a text. To be able to understand the relationship between characters To infer and interpret information from a text. To understand how the author shows the similarities between the German and English soldiers. To understand how and why an author links characters’ fates together. To respond to a completed text.
The Anglo Saxons and the Normans - were they so different?
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The Anglo Saxons and the Normans - were they so different?

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Who’s who? Do you know your Anglo Saxon from your Norman? LO: To understand historical concepts such as continuity and change, cause and consequence, similarity, difference and significance, and use them to make connections and draw contrasts (KS2) LO: To apply the above to the study of an aspect or theme in British history that consolidates and extends pupils’ chronological knowledge from before 1066 (KS3) A complete activity to help children understand the similarities and differences between the Anglo Saxon and Normans invaders and settlers in Britain between the fall of the Roman Empire and the early medieval period. The activity consists of: Teaching Input: 1. A powerpoint identifying the key similarities and differences between the Anglo Saxons and Normans including information about their: - Origins - settlements - everyday lives - lives of women and children - laws and punishments - beliefs - stories and legends - legacy. This can either be run as an introduction, or shared with children in groups or pairs. Independent Task: 2. A sorting activity consisting of a series of statements which apply to Normans, Anglo Saxons, both, or neither. (This includes a fact sheet for teacher use, providing the correct answers and a series of websites which provide additional source information) 3. A set of different templates to allow you to choose how this information is then represented. Challenge / Extension / AG&T Using websites listed, children could try to find additional information about both peoples. Plenary Mark with the children, getting them to identify which description applies to which people. Pose and discuss the statement The Norman invasion destroyed more than it created.
The Tudors  Monarchs - 5 x 2 comprehensions
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The Tudors Monarchs - 5 x 2 comprehensions

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A five comprehension pack designed to support work on the Tudors. There are two comprehensions per monarch, one for Higher and Middle Ability children, a second for those of lower ability. The comprehensions can be used as stand-alone lessons or set as homework. Each comprehension consists of glossary work on words in text, comprehension questions tied to each text, and a sequencing activity based on key dates during the monarch's reign. Comprehensions cover, in chronological order: Henry VII Henry VIII Edward VI Mary Elizabeth I
The Victorians - in two hours
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The Victorians - in two hours

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A great introductory activity or mini topic on the way that Victorian society changed during Victorian times. This mini topic uses the Market Place PowerPoint to present to your whole class a series round robin / market place / carousel activities. Each of six groups will have skim and scan, research and present information on one of the six following areas of interest: The Abolition of Slavery Child Labour The changing role of education in the lives of children The industrial revolution and its impact on Victorian life. The changing role of Women Workhouses and the Poor Law They will then gather information from the other five groups before answering a quiz based on this information. In addition to meeting the learning objectives, children will also develop turn taking, team work, collaborative research and effective presentation strategies. Learning Objectives: To organise and select relevant historical information from a range of sources. To devise and answer questions about the changes to society during the Victorian period. Learning Outcomes: To have researched and recalled this historical time period. To have explained to others and understood for themselves the impact of change on life in Britain.
The Victorians - the Abolition of Slavery - historical debate and investigation
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The Victorians - the Abolition of Slavery - historical debate and investigation

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Drawing on the new History Curriculum and focussing on Aims: Strands 4 and 5 this resource includes: A collection of ten quotes from contemporary sources, An explanation of five activities that can be carried out using these resources Planning Templates to support arguments and a chart to help summarise arguments about the Abolition of Slavery. Learning Objectives • To understand historical concepts such as continuity and change, cause and consequence, similarity, difference and significance, • To make connections, draw contrasts, analyse trends, frame historically-valid questions and create their own structured accounts, including written narratives and analyses • To understand the methods of historical enquiry, including how evidence is used rigorously to make historical claims, and discern how and why contrasting arguments and interpretations of the past have been constructed. Learning Outcomes: Pupils will be able to: • recognise and discern between arguments made for and against the Abolition of Slavery. • draw on primary resources to produce a reasoned debate on the pros and cons of slavery. • produce their own persuasive argument in favour (or against) the abolition of slavery. • produce a balanced argument on the advantages and disadvantages of slavery. • Produce their own written narrative of what led to the Abolition of Slavery
The Victorians - Votes for Women - historical debate and investigation
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The Victorians - Votes for Women - historical debate and investigation

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Drawing on the new History Curriculum and focussing on Aims: Strands 4 and 5 this resource includes: A collection of nine quotes from contemporary sources, An explanation of five activities that can be carried out using these resources Planning Templates to support arguments and a chart to help summarise arguments about the campaign for votes for women. Learning Objectives: • To understand historical concepts such as continuity and change, cause and consequence, similarity, difference and significance, • To make connections, draw contrasts, analyse trends, frame historically-valid questions and create their own structured accounts, including written narratives and analyses • To understand the methods of historical enquiry, including how evidence is used rigorously to make historical claims, and discern how and why contrasting arguments and interpretations of the past have been constructed. Learning Outcomes: Pupils will be able to: • recognise and discern between arguments made for and against allowing women the vote. • draw on primary resources to produce a reasoned debate on the pros and cons of allowing women the vote. • produce their own persuasive argument in favour (or against) allowing women the vote. • produce a balanced argument on the advantages and disadvantages of allowing women the vote. • Produce their own written narrative about the campaign for women to be allowed to vote.
Anglo Saxon Britain
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Anglo Saxon Britain

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A set of resources to enable you to bring the Anglo Saxon period to life. This includes a choice of two different sets of comprehension questions (the latter differentiated) , as well as two investigation type activities and a time line which can be used for display as well as at the start and end of the topic for assessment. Also inow ncluding a Time-line of British history to allow you to provide a context of where Anglo Saxon Britain fits in the larger history of the British Isles.
An Introduction to Roman Britain
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An Introduction to Roman Britain

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A collection of resources to prove a background to life in Roman Britain including two investigative activities and a collection of comprehensions which could be used for homework.
Tudor Mega Pack
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Tudor Mega Pack

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A collection of activities to facilitate Topic work on the Tudors with a particular emphasis on meeting objective one of the 2014 History curriculum.
Tudor Activity Pack
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Tudor Activity Pack

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A collection of English, Maths, Art & Design, History and Geography activities to provide a basis for a topic on the Tudors. Over 40 pages of resources and activities which include: Timelines, biographical and autobiographical writing, following instructions, prototyping and making Tudor artefacts, map work, skimming and scanning comprehension skills and internet research. NB Some of this work requires a copy of the Terrible Tudors to provide additional source materials
The Victorians - A complete Unit of Work
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The Victorians - A complete Unit of Work

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A complete Programme of work for teaching the Victorians in either Key Stage 2 or Key Stage 3. The pack includes Summary Planning providing a suggested sequence of teaching which includes Time-line work and a series of Historical Investigation and debate activities based using quotes from people alive in the Victorian times and Victorian novels. Additionally, there are ten comprehensions included that could be used as additional whole class activities or as homework.