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Host of the podcast Happy Classroom Happy Life! Selling mainly KS2 resources.

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Host of the podcast Happy Classroom Happy Life! Selling mainly KS2 resources.
Year 2/3 column addition - 4 complete lessons. NCETM and White Rose inspired.
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Year 2/3 column addition - 4 complete lessons. NCETM and White Rose inspired.

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This small unit of work covers the following learning objectives: Identify the addends and sum Identify place value Add using column addition (intended as a practical lesson, not in books) Add using column addition Each lesson follows the lesson outline and structure of: Revisit Address Misconception Vocabulary Focus Guided Practice Talk Task Deepen Independent Practice (this slide uses a now/next/last template to support independence) Next Steps The printouts that are provided follows a clear pogression. The tasks are labelled as ‘fluency/ problem solving/ reasoning’. #mastery #mathsmastery #ncetm #maths #primarymath #whiterose #year2 #year3 #columnmethod #addition #columnaddition #stemsentence#diagnosticquestion
KS2 anti-racism lesson
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KS2 anti-racism lesson

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This lesson explicitly addresses racism that may have been happening in your school or class. The learning objective is to understand what racism is. The first slides focuses on what racism is and has a link to a child friendly youtube video to answer this question. The next few slides focus on identity and how someone’s identity is who they are and many of these qualities you cannot change ie. skin colour, sexual orientation, likes, dislikes etc. One of the slides addresses the fact that just because someone has a different preference or quality to you doesn’t mean it effects you personally. We are all different but that does not matter - we all have the same community and need to work together. There is another link to a Youtube story ‘a kids book about racism’ by Jelani Memory. We then look at WHY someone might grow up with racist views ie. parents, closed-minded etc. We then discuss how you can be racist without realising ie. saying certain words or stereotyping. We then look at quotes and we address why those comments are racist. The next few slides show motivational posters to stop racism which are a discussion point. I have attached Twinkl’s racism scenario cards which is what my class responded to in their books. #racism #anti-racism #racist #anti-racist #pshe #inclusivity #equality #diversity#equalityanddiversity
Year 4 Decimals Unit - NCETM and mastery inspired
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Year 4 Decimals Unit - NCETM and mastery inspired

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Here are 3 high-quality lessons on decimals which is intended to follow on straight after the children have been taught a unit on fractions. A unit of fractions is available in my TES shop. The following learning objectives are covered: Lesson 1: Compare decimals (this is a practical lesson with plenty of visuals and explorative activities) Lesson 2: Order decimals (this lesson compares and orders decimals using a variety of contexts such as measurement) Lesson 3: Identify decimal equivalents to fractions (this is a practical lesson with matching activities) Each lesson Powerpoint follows the same maths lesson structure of: Revisit Address Misconceptions Vocabulary Focus Guided Practice Talk Task Deepen Independent Task The ‘Independent Task’ slide has a ‘Now, Next, Last’ visual to promote children’s independence in completing their tasks. The Powepoint is infused with STEM sentences, different representations, practical activities, fluency, and reasoning tasks. #decimals #decimalsfractions #fractions #year4 #NCETM #mastery #unit #
Self portraits: Cubism and Wool Painting Inspired
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Self portraits: Cubism and Wool Painting Inspired

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Lesson 1: Analysis and looking at the work of Alice Bailly and Pablo Picasso. Info about the artists with key questions to answer based on their work. Comparison task. (For KS1, this can be done whole class and stuck into books. KS2 independent work) Lesson 2: Children explore cubism skills by understanding what cubism is and drawing a selection of random objects through a cubist lens. Lesson 3: Children explore wool painting and have an opportunity to explore different patterns and styles of wool painting. Lesson 4: Children create their own cubism self-portraits. They add a section of wool painting to the art.
Loss and Bereavement Lessons Unit
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Loss and Bereavement Lessons Unit

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I taught this to a Year 4 class but this can be used from Year 4 - Year 6. This will support children in knowing how to cope with loss and exploring this and strategies to support them. Included in this are the tasks and links to stories on Youtube so you do not need the physical book yourself.
KS2 Art portrait PowerPoint
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KS2 Art portrait PowerPoint

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Suitable for all KS2. One Powrpoint document that can be used over a period of weeks for many art lessons based on portraits. explanation of a portrait famous examples of portraits Analysis questions of famous portraits Step by step guide to drawing part of the human face - proportions, eyes, nose, mouth, ears Body proportion
Which type of chocolate melts the quickest? Science experiment
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Which type of chocolate melts the quickest? Science experiment

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As part of the ‘States of Matter’ science topic for Year 4. Here is the powerpoint for the an experiment on which chocolate melts the fastest. Included are visuals, explanations and details of the experiment. You will need: cake tray to a cube of chocolate into. 1 small square of white chocolate, milk chocolate and dark chocolate. kettle to boil water tray THE EXPERIMENT: Place one square of chocolate in each cake section of the cake tray. Place the cake tray inside a tray. Boil the kettle and pour the water into the tray. Watch the chocolate melt. Which one turned into a liquid the quickest? Place the tray outside and see that it hardens back into a different shape
Spy Mission Job Application writing lesson  KS2
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Spy Mission Job Application writing lesson KS2

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used as a stimulus for writing a job application Spy Kids stimulus Smart notes goes through a process of thinking about what the children’s skills are, what experience in secret agent work they have done before (imaginative thinking) and shows appropriate letter structure.
The Railway Children Guided Reading Unit Activities
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The Railway Children Guided Reading Unit Activities

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Here are 8 lessons which goes from page 1 up to page 53 of the book. -Read the book to the children/Children read the chapters stated. Children complete the activity for the lesson. Answers included for easy marking. Made and completed for Year 4. Easily Adaptable.
Homework Bundle - Spellings and Times Tables - 9 weeks worth - Year 3 and 4
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Homework Bundle - Spellings and Times Tables - 9 weeks worth - Year 3 and 4

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9 weeks worth of homework! Each week consists of two sets - one for on track learners and one for ‘SEN’ learners. The SEN homework is slightly more visual and goes through the KS1 spellings. The on-track homework takes spellings from the Year 3/4 government spelling list. The homework is intended to be printed double sided with a times table task on one side and spellings on the other. The homework has the due date written on the top of the page which is due in on Fridays but this can easily be amended. #homework #timestables #multiplication #spelling #year3 #year4
Growth Mindset PSHE Unit
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Growth Mindset PSHE Unit

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5 ready to teach lessons. Just download and teach! This unit includes a PowerPoint with clear lessons. Included in the lessons are Youtube links to storybooks to support the learning. This unit of work is based off the book ‘Growth Mindset Lessons: Every child a learner’. The planning is taken from Year 2 but is flexible and would also suit Year 3 and year 4. Here are the lesson objectives: Lesson 1: work in a specific role and help a child with a fixed mindset. Lesson 2: identify and describe how we feel when we make a mistake and know which strategies can help us. Lesson 3: debate whether girls should be allowed to be engineers Lesson 4: explain what effort is Lesson 5: set a learning challenge and identify progress #growthmindset #pshe #resilience
Kasper Prince of Cats KS2 Guided Reading Planning
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Kasper Prince of Cats KS2 Guided Reading Planning

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Here are 16 lessons with tasks that go up to Chapter 6 of the book. Each Powerpoint consists of the following slides: Revisit Talk Task Vocabulary Focus Deepen Independent Activity Exit Pass This was aimed at Year 4 pupils but could be easily adapted. The planning goes over a few lessons per chapter so it can be studied in depth. My class loved this book and enjoyed the tasks that we did based around the text. #kasperprinceofcats #michaelmorpurgo #guidedreading #guidedreadingplanning #year3 #year4 #year5
The King Who Banned The Dark - Unit of work - Years 3,4,5 - CPLE Power of Reading Inspired
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The King Who Banned The Dark - Unit of work - Years 3,4,5 - CPLE Power of Reading Inspired

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This unit of work involves 5 lessons that are creative and go into depth in inferring from the text. This is a unit of work that works on inference and understanding the text. It mostly follows the plan from the CPLE Power of Reading planning for this book. The lessons have some writing opportunities, group work activities and drama/role-play activities. Lesson 1 - Infer from illustrations Lesson 2 - Write an encouraging letter Lesson 3 - Share my opinions about the character’s actions Lesson 4 - Explore the impact of language choic Lesson 5 - Ask questions Each lessons comes in its own Powerpoint. The book can be accessed online via Youtube. Each lesson has a section for a quick spelling practice that currently include Year 4 spellings but this can be easily changed. Each lesson has a short grammar warm up and ends with a word game.
KS2 Addition and subtraction revisit unit - year 3/4
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KS2 Addition and subtraction revisit unit - year 3/4

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Learning objectives: Identify place value Use column addition with regrouping Use column addition with regrouping Use column addition with regrouping twice Decide on mental or written strategies Solve addition problems Identify minuend and subtrahend Use column subtraction Use column subtraction Use column subtraction with one exchange Use column subtraction with one exchange Use column subtraction with one exchange Use column subtraction with two exchanges This is the unit of work is the unit I taught my class at the beginning of the year of Year 4 to recap and re-teach addition and subtraction and deepen further into exchanging. Each lesson follows the lesson structure of: Revisit slide Address misconception Vocabulary (needed for the lesson ie. addend plus added is equal to the difference) Focus Guided Practice Talk Task Deepen Independent Practice The independent practice slide has first/next/last’ sections to encourage children’s independence.
Ancient Maya Unit History Lessons
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Ancient Maya Unit History Lessons

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This is a unit of work for three History lessons on Ancient Maya. They include: The Mayan creation story Mayan Gods What were Ancient Mayan homes like? There are a range of activities such as drawing, designing, researching and creating a fact file.
How to find gold by Viviane Shwarz - Unit of planning - CPLE Power of Reading inspired
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How to find gold by Viviane Shwarz - Unit of planning - CPLE Power of Reading inspired

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This is a unit of work that part follows CPLE Power of Reading planning. Week 1: Power of reading Week 2: Writing cycle (a structured approach that builds children up for a large piece of writing, including learning a new SPAG skill and applying it to writing) Week 3: Power of reading Week 4: Writing cycle. Power of reading inspired work includes a range of creative and engaging lessons to get children interested and enjoying the story. There are 12 full lessons but this can be extended into 16 lessons (see below). Here are the learning objectives of each lesson: Lesson 1: Make inferences about a character (intro to the book and discussion of characters) Lesson 2: Respond to an illustration (children create their own treasure map similar to in the story) Lesson 3: Sequence events in a story and make predictions Lesson 4: Use commas when writing lists (this will be applied to writing instructions) Lesson 5: Plan instructions (WAGOLL of set of instructions included and planning sheet) Lesson 6: Write instructions (WAGOLL of set of instructions included) Lesson 7: Visualise a character from the story (children create their own sea-monster like in the story) Lesson 8: Visualise a character and a setting from the story (children cut out their sea monster and place onto a setting they have designed to create a page for the story in the book) Lesson 9: Gather descriptive vocabulary (based on their sea creature and setting designs) Lesson 10: Use an apostrophe for contraction (this will be applied to diary writing) Lesson 11: Plan a diary entry (WAGOLL and planning sheet included) Lesson 12: Write a diary entry (WAGOLL included) 2 more lessons can easily be added after Lesson 6. This can be a lesson on editing their writing and then publishing their work. 2 more lessons can be added after lesson 12 for editing and publishing. The book is available online on Youtube so the physical book is not necessarily needed in order to follow this planning. Lesson slides are well thought-out and include slides on key vocabulary, SPAG starters, spelling practice opportunities and now/next/last slides. #ks1 #unitofplanning #unitofwork #english #englishunit #howtofindgold #cple #powerofreading #vivianeschwarz #year2 #spag #writing #reading #instructionwriting #diarywriting
Understanding Christianity: Incarnation
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Understanding Christianity: Incarnation

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Here are Powerpoint slides of four lessons based on the planning from Understanding Christianity. This is aimed at Years 1 and 2. In this unit there is a variety of activities such as creative art activities as well as a writing task. This is ready to download and teach. The learning objectives for each lesson are as follows: Pre-unit task objective: Ask questions about Incarnation (engage) Lesson 1:engage in the idea that Christians believe that Jesus is God and that he was born as a baby in Bethlehem. In this session children will learn that Jesus is God in a different form. They will learn the Nativity story and how special it was that Jesus was coming. They will order the nativity story. They will then look at art work of the stable scene and create their own. (enquire) Lesson 2: enquire about how the Bible showed Jesus was extraordinary and that he came to bring good news. Children will explore the Incarnation panel of the Big Frieze and see where the nativity story falls in the bigger picture of the Bible. Children will then reflect on how Mary would have felt when Angel Gabriel appeared to her to tell her the news. Children will write their own diary entry as Mary. (explore) Lesson 3: explore how Christians celebrate Jesus’s birth and that Advent is a time for Christians to get ready for Jesus’s birth. Children will do a mindmap of Christmas and all of the traditions they know to do with Christmas. They will then watch a video all about Christmas traditions for Christians and learn what Advent is. Using this knowledge they will write an acrostic poem for ‘Advent’. Provided are Christian/Christmas related words of each letter in ‘advent’. After this children have the chance to create a Christmas card (or winter card for those who do not want to participate) for someone in a care home in the hope that it brings joy, something Christians like to spread at Christmas. Lesson 4: evaluate and express our learning on Incarnation. Children will reflect on what they have learnt and answer 3 key questions about this topic. Included: The Powerpoint for the whole unit with all of the links required inside. Sheets to be stuck into books for each session - each with a learning objective and explanation about what was taught in each session. A cover page for the unit of work to go into books. #understandingchristianity #RE #christian #creation #incarnation #christmas #nativity #jesus #unit #religion #religiouseducation #God #Bible