Lesson objective: To compare and classify geometric shapes based on their properties and sizes and find unknown angles in any triangles.
In this lessson, students will recap 2d shapes and their properties such as lines of symmetry and parallel lines. They will look closely at the different types of triangles and will play ‘Who am I?’ guessing the different shapes. They will then learn how to calculate missing angles in triangles and to consider the properties of the different triangles when doing so.
3 levels of differentiated activity sheets are then provided as well as answer sheets.
Duration: 1-2 hours.
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In this lesson, students will work towards the objectives: To describe the movement of the Earth and other planets relative to the sun in the solar system and to describe the sun, Earth and moon as approximately spherical bodies.
They will first learn about how the Solar System formed before learning how we know that the planets are spherical. After this, they will be tasked to explain what they have learnt so far. Following this, they will learn about how the planets orbit the Sun and will be tasked to demonstrate this by creating a Solar System from toilet roll and fruit.
The presentation- with links to online video clips and an activity sheet are all provided.
This lesson is intended for Year 5 students but can easily be modified for all KS2 and KS3 students.
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In this lesson, students will compare the lives of rich and poor Victorian children. They will learn what jobs poor Victorian children did through videos and reading and will undertake research on each of these: ideas will be given.
They will also learn about how the lives of Victorian children were changed as a result of the actions of Dr Barnardo and Lord Shaftesbury and will be tasked to write a persuasive letter to Queen Victoria arguing for the rights of Victorian children.
All resources for this lesson are provided.
This lesson is intended for KS2 but can easily be modified to suit KS3.
At its height, the Roman Empire ruled over much of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. In this lesson, students will investigate how the Roman Empire finally fell. They will learn what an ‘empire’ is. How far the Roman Empire spread, where it covered at its peak and the events that led to its fall.
As an activity they will complete questions on the text read and plot the events of the fall on a timeline. They will also write a script to serve as the commentary to the video clip of Rome’s rise and fall.
This lesson is intended for KS2 students but can easily be modified to suit KS3.
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A help sheet to support children identify and use prepositions in their writing.
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This presentation was given as a staff training on the importance of reading. It incorporates my own research on the importance of intrinsic motivation and the benefits reading can bring. This is a FREE resource- enjoy!
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In this unit of work students will explore:
Impressionism
Pointillism
Surrealism
Abstract Art
Pop Art
This unit of work comes with an engaging presentation and detailed medium term plan. Great for KS2 and KS3 students.
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In this lesson, students will identify common factors and common multiples. They will learn what a highest common factor is, a lowest common multiple and will problem solve with factors and multiples.
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In this lesson, students will learn what the metric and imperial units of measurement are and will relate these to objects in real life contexts. They will learn how to convert between the two and during the activity will practise this skill. They will also complete word problems and be encouraged to produce a poster as a help sheet for themselves.
The activity sheets come in 3 different levels and answer sheets are provided.
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This lesson focuses on 3 NC objectives:
Increase their familiarity with a wide range of books, including myths, legends and traditional stories, modern fiction, fiction from our literary heritage, and books from other cultures and traditions
Check that the book makes sense to them, discussing their understanding and exploring the meaning of words in context
Draw inferences such as inferring characters’ feelings, thoughts and motives from their actions, and justify inferences with evidence
Pupils will learn the background and context of the tale and then read it as a class. A teacher’s version is attached which gives ideas of questions to pose throughout reading. Following this, pupils will answer a range of comprehension questions requiring them to infer, deduce, retrieve and evaluate.
In this lesson students will learn to interpret and construct line graphs and use these to solve problems. They will look at when line graphs are used, how they are structured and they will how to draw their own.
3 differentiated worksheets of past SATs questions provided with answers.
Duration: 1 hour
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In this lesson, pupils will learn how to translate and reflect shapes in a 4-quadrant axis. They will then complete a number of past SATs questions which require them to use their reasoning and problem solving skills.
Worksheets on both translation and reflection are provided with the mark schemes.
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This lesson focuses on 3 NC objectives:
-Draw inferences such as inferring characters’ feelings, thoughts and motives from their actions, and justify inferences with evidence
-Ask questions to improve their understanding
-Retrieve, record and present information from non-fiction
Pupils will look at a short extract from the text and be asked to infer what the text is about. They will then read the text as a class with the teacher posing questions throughout. They will then complete comprehension questions on the text before ‘hot-seating’ the subject of the biography to better understand their life.
This lesson is suitable to KS2 children but can easily be modified to suit KS3.
This lesson focuses on 3 NC objectives:
-Identify how language, structure and presentation contribute to meaning
-Participate in discussions about books that are read to them and those they can read for themselves, building on their own and others’ ideas and challenging views courteously
-Read books that are structured in different ways and read for a range of purposes
Pupils will first discuss formal and informal vocabulary before reading two versions of a school letter to parents. As a class, both texts will be compared with pupils asked which is most appropriate. Their task is then to write their own letter as a headteacher explaining an incident in school using the formal letter as a WAGOLL.
This lesson is suitable to KS2 children but can easily be modified to suit KS3.
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This lesson focuses on 3 NC objectives:
-Draw inferences such as inferring characters’ feelings, thoughts and motives from their actions, and justify inferences with evidence
-Prepare poems and plays to read aloud and to perform, showing understanding through intonation, tone and volume so that the meaning is clear to an audience
-Continue to read and discuss an increasingly wide range of fiction, poetry, plays, non-fiction and reference books or textbooks
In this lesson, pupils will learn what Blood Brothers is and will read the text as a class with questions posed by the teacher. They will then complete comprehension questions on the text and will continue the next part of the playscript. An example of how to do this is provided for them.
This lesson is suitable to KS2 children but can easily be modified to suit KS3.
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This lesson focuses on 3 NC objectives:
-Make comparisons within and across books
-Increase familiarity with a wide range of books, including myths, legends and traditional stories, modern fiction, fiction from our literary heritage, and books from other cultures and traditions
-Identify and discuss themes and conventions in and across a wide range of writing
Pupils will revisit the fairytale they remember and will watch the film trailer considering how it has been adapted. They will then read the Brothers Grimm version considering how it differs to the modern version and what it can suggest about the time in which it was written.
This lesson is suitable to KS2 children but can easily be modified to suit KS3.
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This lesson focuses on 3 NC objectives for Reading:
-Continue to read and discuss an increasingly wide range of fiction, poetry, plays, non-fiction and reference books or textbooks
-Provide reasoned justifications for their views
-Recommend books that they have read to their peers, giving reasons for their choices
In this lesson, pupils will read the first chapter of Holes and predict what might happen in the rest of the story. They will then complete a range of comprehension questions on the first chapter. Following this, they will watch the trailer for the film version to get an idea of the rest of the story and will look at an example book review based on the book. They will use this example review to help them then complete a book review for their own chosen book.
This lesson is suitable to KS2 children but can easily be modified to suit KS3.
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In this pack of activities, you will get the following task sheets in a 26 page booklet!
All about ‘me’ activity sheets
General getting to know my class and classroom sheets
Maths from Year 4 recap
Science topics from Year 4 recap
English- holiday recount writing
Art task to sketch a portrait of your partner
DT teamworking task to build a structure using spaghetti and marshmallows
Geography local area research task
History ordering dates on a timeline
In this lesson, children will learn about the Palaeolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic Stone Age. They will understand how humans evolved over this period and facts such as what they lived in and what they ate. They will complete a short quiz on what they have learnt and be tasked to create their own timelines of the period until modern day with date cards.
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This lesson is intended for KS2 but can easily be modified to suit KS3.
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In this lesson students will learn how to find percentages of amounts and then how to problem solve with these.
Worksheet and answers provided.
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