Volcanoes - Non-Fiction Reading and Writing Unit (56-slide PowerPoint presentation with 14 worksheets) This engaging resource will develop children’s knowledge of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius through several English reading and writing activities. The PowerPoint includes a number of individual, paired and group activities which will encourage discussion and focus on language choices for writing. Ideal for UKS2 or LKS3. Learning outcomes include: Find and retrieve comprehension skills Dictionary activities Poetry First person recounts. And lots more!

This is the second of three GCSE lessons on the Ghost of Christmas Present from Stave 3 of A Christmas Carol. It focuses on the following passage: From: ‘”Come in!” exclaimed the Ghost…’ down to: ‘“A tremendous family to provide for,” replied Scrooge’. The lesson begins with a starter activity which asks learners to read and reflect on a short passage explaining the origins of the term Plenty’s horn. Following on from this, learners will read the above passage, focusing on: How Dickens presents Scrooge as he enters the room Why the Ghost has ‘more than eighteen hundred brothers’ The significance of Scrooge’s response to the Ghost at the end of the passage. Learners will then examine two images. One of these is the John Leech illustration of the Ghost of Christmas Present from 1843. The other is a drawing of Old Christmas from December 1842. Learners will consider the similarities and differences between the two images and suggest inferences that can be made about the Ghost based on the image of Old Christmas. The lesson concludes with a brief learning review. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more GCSE resources for Stave 3 of A Christmas Carol: A Christmas Carol - The Ghost of Christmas Present A Christmas Carol - The Ghost of Christmas Present Part 3 A Christmas Carol - The Cratchits Part 1 A Christmas Carol - The Cratchits Part 2 A Christmas Carol - The Cratchits Part 3 A Christmas Carol - The Cratchits Part 4 A Christmas Carol - The Cratchits Part 5 A Christmas Carol - Tiny Tim A Christmas Carol - Fred’s Christmas A Christmas Carol - The Market Scene A Christmas Carol - The Miners and the Lighthouse A Christmas Carol - Ignorance and Want

Division with Remainders - Year 3 In this maths teaching resource, pupils practise dividing 2-digit numbers by a 1-digit number with a remainder. This Year 3 maths teaching resource has been created following the White Rose Small Steps guidance for year 3 - Spring - Block 1 - Multiplication and Division. The resource consists of 1 lesson, including a PowerPoint presentation and differentiated worksheets for independent learning, to guide your class through the curriculum objectives of the Year 3 maths programme of study (number - multiplication and division). The worksheets contain varied fluency, reasoning and problem solving to reinforce and consolidate the children’s learning. Content includes: Varied fluency and reasoning and problem solving interactive class activities 3 differentiated varied fluency and reasoning and problem solving worksheets with answers ‘Division with Remainders - Year 3’ is completely editable giving teachers the freedom to adapt the resource to suit their individual teaching needs. Click on the images from the PowerPoint presentation to view the resource in more detail. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below for similar resources: Introducing Dividing 2-Digits by 1-Digit - Year 3 Correspondence Problems - Year 3 Scaling - Year 3 Related Calculations - Year 3 Comparing Statements - Year 3

A Christmas Carol - The Ghost of Christmas Present (PowerPoint and worksheets) This is the first of a two-part GCSE lesson on the Ghost of Christmas Present at the beginning of Stave 3. Please note that it focuses on the following passage: From: ‘Awaking in the middle of a prodigiously tough snore…’ down to, ‘…as he came peeping around the door’. The lesson begins with a differentiated ‘Do Now’ task which asks learners to consider a range of characters they have met so far from the perspective of a Christian. Following on from this, learners read the above passage, focusing on: How Dickens presents Scrooge in this extract How Dickens presents Scrooge’s home in this extract Our initial impression of the Ghost of Christmas Present and how Dickens achieves this. Learners will then consider how Scrooge’s room is transformed under the influence of the Ghost of Christmas Present. This task uses an illustration of the room as the basis for differentiated questioning. The lesson concludes with learners identifying five things they have learnt during the lesson. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more GCSE resources for Stave 3 of A Christmas Carol: A Christmas Carol - The Ghost of Christmas Present Part 2 A Christmas Carol - The Ghost of Christmas Present Part 3 A Christmas Carol - The Cratchits Part 1 A Christmas Carol - The Cratchits Part 2 A Christmas Carol - The Cratchits Part 3 A Christmas Carol - The Cratchits Part 4 A Christmas Carol - The Cratchits Part 5 A Christmas Carol - Tiny Tim A Christmas Carol - Fred’s Christmas A Christmas Carol - The Market Scene A Christmas Carol - The Miners and the Lighthouse A Christmas Carol - Ignorance and Want

Christmas Grammar Activities (PowerPoint and worksheets) ‘Christmas Grammar Activities’ is a fun upper KS2 / lower KS3 SPaG resource which helps pupils revise key grammar knowledge and skills with a fun Christmas theme. The games, quizzes and activities cover the following SPaG skills: Word types, tenses, prepositions, prefixes, tricky spellings, homophones, synonyms and antonyms, modal verbs, pronouns, determiners, relative clauses, subordinate clauses, and active and passive voice.

A Christmas Carol - Belle’s Family (PowerPoint and worksheets) This GCSE lesson explores how Belle’s family is presented in Stave 2. It also allows pupils to reflect on how Scrooge has changed throughout the course of Stave 2. There is a differentiated starter activity which encourages revision of some of the key ideas in Stave 2. Following this, students will read from, ‘”No more!” cried Scrooge’, down to ‘…he sank into a heavy sleep’, thinking about: How the lives of Scrooge and Belle contrast How Dickens presents Belle’s family And how Dickens presents Scrooge’s reaction to this ‘shadow’. Students will then reflect on the lessons that Scrooge has learnt in Stave Two as a result of the ‘shadows’ presented to him. This activity involves linking characters, ‘lessons’ and quotations and there are two different ways of approaching it, depending on the ability and needs of your class. The lesson concludes with a learning review which asks learners to think of words to describe Scrooge at the beginning, the middle and the end of Stave 2. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more GCSE resources for Stave 2 of A Christmas Carol: A Christmas Carol - The Ghost of Christmas Past A Christmas Carol - Scrooge’s Childhood A Christmas Carol - Old Fezziwig A Christmas Carol - Fezziwig and Scrooge A Christmas Carol - Scrooge and Belle

Introducing Dividing 2-Digits by 1-Digit - Year 3 In this maths teaching resource, pupils practise dividing a 2-digit number by a 1-digit number by partitioning into tens and ones and sharing into equal groups. They begin dividing with no exchanges or remainders and progress to dividing with exchanges. This Year 3 maths teaching resource has been created following the White Rose Small Steps guidance for year 3 - Spring - Block 1 - Multiplication and Division. The resource consists of 1 lesson, including a PowerPoint presentation and differentiated worksheets for independent learning, to guide your class through the curriculum objectives of the Year 3 maths programme of study (number - multiplication and division). The worksheets contain varied fluency, reasoning and problem solving to reinforce and consolidate the children’s learning. Content includes: Varied fluency and reasoning and problem solving interactive class activities 3 differentiated varied fluency and reasoning and problem solving worksheets with answers ‘Introducing Dividing 2-Digits by 1-Digit - Year 3’ is completely editable giving teachers the freedom to adapt the resource to suit their individual teaching needs. Click on the images from the PowerPoint presentation to view the resource in more detail. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below for similar resources: Division with Remainders - Year 3 Correspondence Problems - Year 3 Scaling - Year 3 Related Calculations - Year 3 Comparing Statements - Year 3

A Christmas Carol - Scrooge and Belle (19-slide editable PowerPoint teaching resource with 2 worksheets) This GCSE lesson allows students to explore the end of Scrooge’s relationship with Belle in Stave 2. It begins with a differentiated ‘Do Now’ task which encourages revision of some of the key ideas in Stave One. Following on from this, learners will read from, ‘His former self turned down the lamps…’ down to ‘”One shadow more!”, thinking about: Why Belle chose to end her relationship with Scrooge; how Dickens presents Scrooge in this passage and how our understanding of Scrooge’s character is developed as a result of what Dickens reveals in this part of the book. There is also a detailed analysis of two of the passage’s more complex ideas, including Scrooge’s worship of the ‘golden idol’. Learners will then complete a ‘how far do you agree?’ activity involving a differentiated range of statements on the subject of Scrooge and Belle’s breakup. The lesson concludes with a learning review which asks learners to summarise why Scrooge and Belle broke up in no more than 15, 10 or 5 words. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more GCSE resources for Stave 2 of A Christmas Carol: A Christmas Carol - The Ghost of Christmas Past A Christmas Carol - Scrooge’s Childhood A Christmas Carol - Old Fezziwig A Christmas Carol - Fezziwig and Scrooge A Christmas Carol - Belle’s Family

The BIG 2019 Christmas quiz is the perfect end of year KS3 or KS4 activity. The 2019 Christmas Quiz for KS3/KS4 is made up of eight rounds which include Celebrity Santa, Christmas music, Christmas TV ads, 2019, anagrams, Christmas knowledge and a whole lot more. The BIG 2019 Christmas Quiz for KS3/KS4 includes a 100+ slide PowerPoint presentation with all the questions and answers. The PowerPoint also has links to a Christmas music video quiz and a Christmas TV ads quiz. There are also student answer sheets for each round in PDF format. The BIG 2019 Christmas Quiz for KS3/4 is lots of fun and all questions have been created with KS3/KS4 age pupils in mind. Have fun and have a Merry Christmas!

Macbeth - The Extract Question (Edexcel / Pearson GCSE English Literature) (45-slide PowerPoint presentation with 9 worksheets) This PowerPoint-based teaching resource offers a detailed, step by step guide to the Edexcel / Pearson GCSE English Literature examination extract question on Macbeth. The resource works through a demonstration of how to analyse an extract, before asking students to apply their learning in a range of individual and paired activities. Visual images are used to extend the range of ways students can engage with an extract as well as a number of active learning methods to secure learning and aid easier recall on future tasks. The lessons and activities within this resource are engaging, well-paced and fully differentiated.

Multiplying 2-Digits by 1-Digit - Year 3 In this maths teaching resource, pupils practise multiplying a 2-digit number by a 1-digit number (with exchanges). Children continue to use their knowledge of repeated addition to represent a 2-digit number multiplied by a 1-digit number using pictorial representations. This Year 3 maths teaching resource has been created following the White Rose Small Steps guidance for year 3 - Spring - Block 1 - Multiplication and Division. The resource consists of 1 lesson, including a PowerPoint presentation and differentiated worksheets for independent learning, to guide your class through the curriculum objectives of the Year 3 maths programme of study (number - multiplication and division). The worksheets contain varied fluency, reasoning and problem solving to reinforce and consolidate the children’s learning. Content includes: Varied fluency and reasoning and problem solving interactive class activities 3 differentiated varied fluency and reasoning and problem solving worksheets with answers ‘Multiplying 2-Digits by 1-Digit - Year 3’ is completely editable giving teachers the freedom to adapt the resource to suit their individual teaching needs. Click on the images from the PowerPoint presentation to view the resource in more detail.

A Christmas Carol - Fezziwig and Scrooge (15-slide PowerPoint presentation and 7 worksheets) This GCSE lesson enables learners to build on their understanding of how Dickens juxtaposes Scrooge and Fezziwig in the novella. It follows on directly from the previous lesson, ‘Old Fezziwig’ and assumes that learners have read from ‘The Ghost stopped at a certain warehouse door…’ down to ‘”…That’s all.”’ To begin with, there is a differentiated ‘Do Now’ worksheet task which includes a true or false activity on the events of Stave Two thus far. For further challenge, learners will correct the five false statements and write a list, from memory, of the things they have learnt about the Ghost of Christmas Past. Following on from this, learners will revisit the magazine-style quiz they undertook in the previous lesson and use these ideas to contrast Scrooge and Fezziwig as employers. The lesson concludes with a learning review that asks learners to identify four different ways in which Scrooge and Fezziwig are different. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more GCSE resources for Stave 2 of A Christmas Carol: A Christmas Carol - The Ghost of Christmas Past A Christmas Carol - Scrooge’s Childhood A Christmas Carol - Old Fezziwig A Christmas Carol - Scrooge and Belle A Christmas Carol - Belle’s Family

Introducing Multiplying 2-Digits by 1-Digit - Year 3 In this maths teaching resource, pupils are introduced to multiplying a 2-digit number by a 1-digit number (no exchange). Children use their knowledge of repeated addition to represent a 2-digit number multiplied by a 1-digit number using pictorial representations… This Year 3 maths teaching resource has been created following the White Rose Small Steps guidance for year 3 - Spring - Block 1 - Multiplication and Division. The resource consists of 1 lesson, including a PowerPoint presentation and differentiated worksheets for independent learning, to guide your class through the curriculum objectives of the Year 3 maths programme of study (number - multiplication and division). The worksheets contain varied fluency, reasoning and problem solving to reinforce and consolidate the children’s learning. Content includes: Varied fluency and reasoning and problem solving interactive class activities 3 differentiated varied fluency and reasoning and problem solving worksheets with answers ‘Introducing Multiplying 2-Digits by 1-Digit - Year 3’ is completely editable giving teachers the freedom to adapt the resource to suit their individual teaching needs. Click on the images from the PowerPoint presentation to view the resource in more detail.

A Christmas Carol - Old Fezziwig (20-slide PowerPoint teaching resource with 6 worksheets) In Stave 2, Dickens introduces his readers to Scrooge’s antithesis as an employer, Old Fezziwig. This GCSE resource enables learners to gain an insight into the scriptural basis for this important character. It includes: A differentiated ‘Do Now’ worksheet task in which learners reflect on the significance of three passages from scripture and how Dickens alludes to them in Stave One. Learners will then read from, ‘The Ghost stopped at a certain warehouse door…’ down to ‘”…That’s all”’, thinking about how Dickens presents the character of Fezziwig and Scrooge’s relationship with him. For greater challenge, learners will also reflect on how Scrooge has failed to live up to the example that Fezziwig set for him. Following on from this, learners will undertake a magazine-style quiz from both Scrooge’s and Fezziwig’s perspective. The quiz is entitled ‘Are you a good, Christian employer?’ and encourages learners to think about how Dickens uses the character of Fezziwig to illustrate that one can be both a capitalist and a Christian. The lesson is fully differentiated (Gold, Silver and Bronze tasks) and concludes with a learning review. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more GCSE resources for Stave 2 of A Christmas Carol: A Christmas Carol - The Ghost of Christmas Past A Christmas Carol - Scrooge’s Childhood A Christmas Carol - Fezziwig Vs Scrooge A Christmas Carol - Scrooge and Belle A Christmas Carol - Belle’s Family

Climate Change - Non-Fiction Unit (5 lesson, 83-slide PowerPoint presentation with 19 worksheets) This unit of work uses the topic of climate change to help develop key non-fiction reading and writing skills at UKS2 and lower KS3. It introduces climate change through text, video and diagrams and contains a range of differentiated reading and writing activities. Contents include: Differentiated reading comprehension activities (Gold, Silver and Bronze) Exploring the features of non-chronological reports (layout, language, facts and statistics) Planning, editing and writing a non-chronological report Writing a letter (formal and non-formal writing, layout and language, audience and purpose) Developing key spelling skills within the context of the unit Creating a news report (layout, language, audience, etc) about climate change Writing to persuade – exploring persuasive advertisements and creating a persuasive ad

Functional Skills English – Level 1 (10 lesson unit which includes an 84-slide editable PowerPoint and 4 worksheets) This comprehensive teaching unit covers everything required by Level 1 Functional Skills English. It focuses on creating a product or service and then making an investment pitch (similar to TV’s ‘Dragons’ Den’) and an advertisement. It includes a range of activities that help develop key communication skills and covers Speaking, Listening, Reading and Writing. Contents include the following: An introduction to Functional Skills with video Observing, speaking and listening skills – watching videos of business pitches and discussing them Developing communication skills for later life - working in small groups to create a business idea and develop a pitch Activities to improve writing skills– how audience affects a text, writing for different purposes, exploring advertisements and persuasive writing Reading and comprehension skills – studying advertisements and writing answers Creating an advertisement Drafting and developing ideas in pairs And more! Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more English Functional Skills resources: Functional Skills Entry Level 1 Functional Skills Entry Level 2 Functional Skills Entry Level 3 Functional Skills Level 2

English Functional Skills – Entry Level 3 (7 lesson unit of work which includes a 126-slide editable PowerPoint and 20 worksheets) This comprehensive teaching unit covers everything required by Entry Level 3 Functional Skills English. It includes a range of activities that help develop key communication skills. The unit covers Speaking, Listening, Reading and Writing. Contents include the following: An introduction to Functional Skills with video Observing, speaking and listening skills – watch a video, take part in discussion and answer questions Developing communication skills for later life EL3 key words spelling tests Developing awareness of and engagement with current affairs – the environment Activities to improve writing skills– punctuation practice, writing for different purposes, using subject verb agreement accurately, how to paragraph Reading and comprehension skills – reading an article about plastics pollution and writing answers Writing an email Redrafting written work to create a good impression And more! Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more English Functional Skills resources: Functional Skills Entry Level 1 Functional Skills Entry Level 2 Functional Skills Level 1 Functional Skills Level 2

A Christmas Carol - Scrooge’s Childhood (20-slide PowerPoint and 3 worksheets) In Stave 2 the Ghost of Christmas Past encourages Scrooge to reflect on the time that he was abandoned at boarding school by his emotionally-distant father. This GCSE resource enables learners to explore Dickens’ presentation of this unhappy time in Scrooge’s life. It includes: A differentiated Do Now task in which learners must make three different, valid sentences relevant to Stave One using the words contained in three separate grids. Learners will then read from, ‘Scrooge reverently disclaimed any knowledge…’ down to ‘…and the streets were lighted up’, thinking about why Scrooge was unhappy at boarding school, how Dickens presents Scrooge’s unhappiness and the effects of this experience on Scrooge’s emotional development. Following on from this, learners will undertake a differentiated task that encourages them to consider the significance of three different characters from the stories that Scrooge read as a child. This could be done in pairs. The lesson concludes with a 3-2-1 learning review. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more GCSE resources for Stave 2 of A Christmas Carol: A Christmas Carol - The Ghost of Christmas Past A Christmas Carol - Old Fezziwig A Christmas Carol - Fezziwig and Scrooge A Christmas Carol - Scrooge and Belle A Christmas Carol - Belle’s Family

KS1 Maths Teaching Activities: Wanda Witch’s Spells - Money Problems In this year 2 maths teaching resource, pupils add and subtract money as per the curriculum objectives of the year 2 programme of study (Measurement). They practise solving money problems by helping Wanda Witch buy the ingredients for her wonderful spells. Content includes: Finding the cost of each spell and the amount of change from 50p activity Finding the cost of each spell and the amount of change from 50p worksheet 'Wanda Witch’s Spells - Money Problems’ is editable so that teachers can adapt the resource to use with all abilities.

Related Calculations - Year 3 In this maths teaching resource, pupils use known multiplication and division facts to solve other problems. They understand that if one of the numbers in the calculation is ten times bigger (100 times bigger for challenge work) then the answer will be ten times bigger. This Year 3 maths teaching resource has been created following the White Rose Small Steps guidance for year 3 - Spring - Block 1 - Multiplication and Division. The resource consists of 1 lesson, including a PowerPoint presentation and differentiated worksheets for independent learning, to guide your class through the curriculum objectives of the Year 3 maths programme of study (number - multiplication and division). The worksheets contain varied fluency, reasoning and problem solving to reinforce and consolidate the children’s learning. Content includes: Varied fluency and reasoning and problem solving interactive class activities 3 differentiated varied fluency and reasoning and problem solving worksheets with answers ‘Related Calculations - Year 3’ is completely editable giving teachers the freedom to adapt the resource to suit their individual teaching needs. Click on the images from the PowerPoint presentation to view the resource in more detail. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below for similar resources: Division with Remainders - Year 3 Introducing Dividing 2-Digits by 1-Digit - Year 3 Correspondence Problems - Year 3 Scaling - Year 3 Comparing Statements - Year 3