This resource is on the topic of Saint George and The Dragon legend. A great introduction to myths and legends. Aimed at: KS1/2 The legend of St. George the dragon-slayer is on PowerPoint. The Presentation includes whole class activities and comprehension questions. Children are encouraged to participate in discussion about the story and check their understanding. The second PowerPoint Presentation explains what mythical stories are and why they were told (6 Slides). The third PowerPoint Presentation is on different dragons for whole class activity and to prepare children for their worksheet activity. The resource also contains:- Flexible detailed lesson plans covering 3 lessons (includes learning objectives and plenaries). Each PowerPoint slide is referred to in the lesson plans. Lesson 1: Children are presented with the legend of St. George and then there are 7 comprehension questions. The Myths Presentation is also referred to set the story in context. Differentiated worksheets - With support - LA children read, cut/paste sentences to match pictures; MA/HA write sentences for each picture using time words. Extension: Complete George’s Day Factsheet (colour in/3 questions). Lesson 2: The lesson focus is adjectives. Children review describing words using the Dragons Presentation. Build a word bank of adjectives; model sentence for describing dragon on Slide 12). Differentiated Activity 1 - LA children label the dragon and then write simple sentences after colouring it in. MA/LA - Draw/colour in their dragon and write sentences describing it. Early finishers: Print off one or two dragon slides for children to describe. Lesson 3: Retelling myth in own words. Quick review of the story. Children draft their story and also use their description of their dragon in the previous lesson to add into the story. There is a worksheet to write up the final draft.

UPDATED with quick Answer Sheet for Partner A/Partner B cloze activity. There is a variety of reading comprehension worksheets and cloze activity to choose from relating to Saint George’s Day. A useful addition to topic work. Aimed at: KS1/Lower KS2 <strong>Differentiated Worksheet activities include:</strong> - Close reading of text and answering questions - Scan for specific answers - Inference There is a worksheet on George Cross and George Medal. Many people think there is a link but the worksheet gives children the opportunity to explain why people would think there is a link as they are medals of bravery. Both medals depict St George slaying a dragon. - Tick box - multiple choice questions - Cloze activities - Drawing/colouring - Dictionary work - Short writing tasks - Sorting jumbled sentences and then add capitals and punctuation with Answer Sheet. - Sorting jumbled words - Cooperative partner work - Partner A and Partner B work together to read and complete the missing words on their worksheets. File Type: Choice of Word format or PDF

This resource contains a display of Roman numbers and words. Use as a lesson starter for recalling Roman numbers. Print and laminate flashcards for repeated use. Thank you for visiting my shop!:)

There is some basic information about the Crimean War - opportunity for children to research more and how it prompted two pioneering nurses to go to the Crimea to use their nursing skills. Please adapt Information Sheet to suit needs of pupils to complete the missing information in Worksheet 1. Worksheet 2 is Cross-curricula - Geography link - See how many countries the chn can label by comparing Worksheet 2 with labelled map of the world. Literacy link - children choose adjectives to describe the nurses and write sentence using 'because'.

Labelling the 4 countries of the UK - Flag of St George, St Andrew, St Patrick & the Welsh Dragon - The Union Jack Flag to colour in. Differentiated Worksheets - Unscramble the four cities and correctly match them to the countries. There is basic information on the UK and the development of the UK flag together with worksheets. Please adapt to suit lessons. The cut/paste activity has been taken from Curriculum Bank (Scholastics) - Geography KS1 Text. I have not included Southern Ireland as part of the UK. The location of Southern Ireland is shown so that educators and children can see where Northern Ireland is located. New editable worksheets added and Presentation