This engaging and thought-provoking double-lesson resource aids students in developing a secure understanding of the chapter 5 of Anne Holm’s ‘I Am David.’ In this section of the text, David struggles to integrate himself into life in the Italian family’s home and he overhears the conversation between Giovanni and Elsa. The comprehensive and colourful PowerPoint presentation enables students to understand the text through: -Retrieving information; -Inferring and deducing hidden meanings; -Empathising with characters. The sessions include a range of retrieval, vocabulary, inference, explanation and deeper thinking activities. A clear, colourful and comprehensive PowerPoint presentation guides students through the learning. The lesson also includes an answer key for the retrieval questions, and model answer ideas for the more detailed responses. A character profile template is provided (in both Word and PDF) for the main creative activity. There’s a lot here (17 slides filled with questions and activities) so I would recommend breaking into two lessons. The lessons are suitable for students in either upper KS2 or lower KS3, depending upon the individual context of the school and students. I originally used them with year 6 children.

This engaging and thought-provoking double-lesson resource aids students in developing a secure understanding of the chapter 2 of Anne Holm’s ‘I Am David.’ In this section of the text, David begins to enjoy living on the edge of an Italian town, only to be served a stark reminder of his continuing vulnerability. The comprehensive and colourful PowerPoint presentation enables students to understand the text through: -Retrieving information; -Inferring and deducing hidden meanings; -Linking the story to its context. The sessions include a range of retrieval, vocabulary, inference, explanation and deeper thinking activities. A clear, colourful and comprehensive PowerPoint presentation guides students through the learning. The lesson also includes an answer key for the retrieval questions, and model answer ideas for the more detailed responses. There’s a lot here (17 slides filled with questions and activities) so I would recommend breaking into two lessons. The lessons are suitable for students in either upper KS2 or lower KS3, depending upon the individual context of the school and students. I originally used them with year 6 children.

This engaging and thought-provoking double-lesson resource aids students in developing a secure understanding of the chapter 3 of Anne Holm’s ‘I Am David.’ In this section of the text, David develops his knowledge and his resourcefulness, as he learns a range of ways to survive. The comprehensive and colourful PowerPoint presentation enables students to understand the text through: -Retrieving information; -Inferring and deducing hidden meanings; -Explaining key ideas about characters and plot events. The sessions include a range of retrieval, vocabulary, inference, explanation and deeper thinking activities. A clear, colourful and comprehensive PowerPoint presentation guides students through the learning. The lesson also includes an answer key for the retrieval questions, and model answer ideas for the more detailed responses. There’s a lot here (17 slides filled with questions and activities) so I would recommend breaking into two lessons. The lessons are suitable for students in either upper KS2 or lower KS3, depending upon the individual context of the school and students. I originally used them with year 6 children.

This engaging and thought-provoking double-lesson resource aids students in developing a secure understanding of the chapter 1 of Anne Holm’s ‘I Am David.’ In this section of the text, David escapes the camp, makes a vast journey by foot, van and boat, and then observes the beauty of the world for the first time. The comprehensive and colourful PowerPoint presentation enables students to understand the text through: -Making predictions; -Retrieving information; -Inferring and deducing hidden meanings. The sessions include a range of retrieval, vocabulary, inference, explanation and deeper thinking activities. A clear, colourful and comprehensive PowerPoint presentation guides students through the learning. The lesson also includes an answer key for the retrieval questions, and model answer ideas for the more detailed responses. There’s a lot here (17 slides filled with questions and activities) so I would recommend breaking into two lessons. The lessons are suitable for students in either upper KS2 or lower KS3, depending upon the individual context of the school and students. I originally used them with year 6 children.

This engaging and purposeful series of lessons enables children to gradually develop towards creating their own land art/ Earth sculptures. The resources were originally created to guide children towards creating art in the school grounds and a local forest, but the resources can easily be adapted to fit your own particular local landscapes. This third lesson helps children to: -Revisit what land art is and understand its key features; -Understand the key skills needed to create land art; -Apply these skills to their own land art; -Use llight and filters to capture their land art effectively. The lesson follows an eye-catching and comprehensive 16-slide PowerPoint presentation. Children are taught the key creating skills that they will need to use in assembling their art piece. They are also taught about the basic photography/ edit features that they can use to enhance their artwork (the icons that they are taught are aligned with those that would be found on ipads and most other tablet/ digital camera devices). These lessons were originally created for children in year 2, but may be adapted for slightly older and younger year groups.

This engaging and purposeful series of lessons enables children to gradually develop towards creating their own land art/ Earth sculptures. The resources were originally created to guide children towards creating art in the school grounds and a local forest, but the resources can easily be adapted to fit your own particular local landscapes. This first lesson helps children to: -Understand what land art is and identify its key features; -Explore the materials and methods used by land artists; -Share personal responses about the artworks that they observe; -Begin exploring materials in their local area. Included is an eye-catching and comprehensive 19-slide PowerPoint presentation, and hard copies of the artworks to explore (in both Word and PDF). These lessons were originally created for children in year 2, but may be adapted for slightly older and younger year groups.

This engaging and purposeful series of lessons enables children to gradually develop towards creating their own land art/ Earth sculptures. The resources were originally created to guide children towards creating art in the school grounds and a local forest, but the resources can easily be adapted to fit your own particular local landscapes. This second lesson helps children to: -Revisit what land art is and understand its key features; -Learn about some of the environmental issues that are important to land artists; -Explore their own creative ideas, considering subject matter, materials, methods and their key messages; -Responding to feedback and further developing their creative ideas. The lesson follows an eye-catching and comprehensive 19-slide PowerPoint presentation. These lessons were originally created for children in year 2, but may be adapted for slightly older and younger year groups.

This engaging and thought-provoking double-lesson resource aids students in developing a secure understanding of the chapters 3 to 4 of Roald Dahl’s ‘George’s Marvellous Medicine.’ The chapters covered in these lessons are ‘George Begins to Make the Medicine’ and ‘Animal Pills.’ The lessons are guided by a comprehensive and colourful PowerPoint presentation, and enables students to understand the text through: -Retrieving information; -Explaining key meanings; -Sequencing events. The sessions include a range of retrieval, vocabulary, inference, explanation and deeper thinking activities. A clear, colourful and comprehensive PowerPoint presentation guides students through the learning. There’s a lot in the session (18 slides in total) so I would recommend breaking into two lessons. The lessons are most suitable for children in upper key stage 1 or lower key stage 2, (they have been used in the past with children in years 2 and 3) but they could also be adapted for slightly older and younger year groups.

This engaging and thought-provoking double-lesson resource aids students in developing a secure understanding of the chapters 1 to 2 of Roald Dahl’s 'George’s Marvellous Medicine.’ The chapters covered in these lessons are ‘Grandma’ and ‘The Marvellous Plan.’ The lessons are guided by a comprehensive and colourful PowerPoint presentation, and enables students to understand the text through: -Making predictions; -Retrieving information; -Inferring and deducing hidden meanings. The sessions include a range of retrieval, vocabulary, inference, explanation and deeper thinking activities. A clear, colourful and comprehensive PowerPoint presentation guides students through the learning. A worksheet/ template is also provided for the creative medicine activity (in both Word and PDF format). There’s a lot in the session (20 slides in total) so I would recommend breaking into two lessons. The lessons are most suitable for children in upper key stage 1 or lower key stage 2, (they have been used in the past with children in years 2 and 3) but they could also be adapted for slightly older and younger year groups.

This engaging and thought-provoking lesson resource aids students in developing a secure understanding of the chapters 17 to 21 of Roald Dahl’s ‘The Twits.’ The chapters covered in these lessons are ‘The Great Upside-Down Monkey Circus’, ‘The Roly-Poly Bird to the Rescue’, ‘No Bird Pie for Mr Twit’, ‘Still No Bird Pie for Mr Twit’ and ‘Mr and Mrs Twit Go Off to Buy Guns.’ The lessons are guided by a comprehensive and colourful PowerPoint presentation, and enables students to understand the text through: -Retrieving information; -Inferring and deducing hidden meanings; -Empathising with characters. The sessions include a range of retrieval, vocabulary, inference, explanation and deeper thinking activities. A clear, colourful and comprehensive PowerPoint presentation guides students through the learning. The session ends with a hot-seating activity, for which example questions are provided. There’s a lot in the session (17 slides in total) so I would recommend breaking into two lessons. The lessons are most suitable for children in lower key stage 2, (they were originally made for children in year 3) but they could also be adapted for slightly older and younger year groups.

This engaging and thought-provoking lesson resource aids students in developing a secure understanding of the chapters 13 to 16 of Roald Dahl’s ‘The Twits.’ The chapters covered in these lessons are ‘Mr Twit Gets a Horrid Shock’, ‘The House, The Tree and The Monkey Cage’, 'Hugtight Sticky Glue’ and ‘Four Sticky Little Boys.’ The lessons are guided by a comprehensive and colourful PowerPoint presentation, and enables students to understand the text through: -Retrieving information; -Inferring and deducing hidden meanings; -Anaysing the writer’s use of language. The sessions include a range of retrieval, vocabulary, inference, explanation and deeper thinking activities. A clear, colourful and comprehensive PowerPoint presentation guides students through the learning. The session ends with a thought-provoking creative activity. There’s a lot in the session (18 slides in total) so I would recommend breaking into two lessons. The lessons are most suitable for children in lower key stage 2, (they were originally made for children in year 3) but they could also be adapted for slightly older and younger year groups.

This engaging and thought-provoking lesson resource aids students in developing a secure understanding of the chapters 22 to 25 of Roald Dahl’s ‘The Twits.’ The chapters covered in these lessons are ‘Muggle-Wump has an Idea’, ‘The Great Glue Painting Begins’, ‘The Carpet Goes on the Ceiling’, and ‘The Furniture Goes Up.’ The lessons are guided by a comprehensive and colourful PowerPoint presentation, and enables students to understand the text through: -Retrieving information; -Inferring and deducing hidden meanings; -Empathising with characters. The sessions include a range of retrieval, vocabulary, inference, explanation and deeper thinking activities. A clear, colourful and comprehensive PowerPoint presentation guides students through the learning. There’s a lot in the session (18 slides in total) so I would recommend breaking into two lessons. The lessons are most suitable for children in lower key stage 2, (they were originally made for children in year 3) but they could also be adapted for slightly older and younger year groups.

This engaging and thought-provoking lesson resource aids students in developing a secure understanding of the chapters 26 to 29 of Roald Dahl’s ‘The Twits.’ The chapters covered in these lessons are ‘The Ravens Swoop Over’, ‘The Twits are Turned Upside Down’, ‘The Monkey Escape’, and ‘The Twits Get the Shrinks.’ The lessons are guided by a comprehensive and colourful PowerPoint presentation, and enables students to understand the text through: -Retrieving information; -Inferring and deducing hidden meanings; -Summarising the events in the text. The sessions include a range of retrieval, vocabulary, inference, explanation and deeper thinking activities. A clear, colourful and comprehensive PowerPoint presentation guides students through the learning. A storyboard template is also provided (in both Word and PDF) for the deeper-thinking summarising task. There’s a lot in the session (18 slides in total) so I would recommend breaking into two lessons. The lessons are most suitable for children in lower key stage 2, (they were originally made for children in year 3) but they could also be adapted for slightly older and younger year groups.

This engaging and thought-provoking lesson resource aids students in developing a secure understanding of the chapters 5 to 8 of Roald Dahl’s ‘The Twits.’ The chapters covered in these lessons are ‘The Glass Eye’, ‘The Frog’, The Wormy Spaghetti’ and ‘The Funny Walking Stick.’ The lessons are guided by a comprehensive and colourful PowerPoint presentation, and enables students to understand the text through: -Retrieving information; -Inferring and deducing hidden meanings; -Explaining ideas. The sessions include a range of retrieval, vocabulary, inference, explanation and deeper thinking activities. A clear, colourful and comprehensive PowerPoint presentation guides students through the learning. The session ends with a creative activity in which students write instructions for an original Twits prank. There’s a lot in the session (18 slides in total) so I would recommend breaking into two lessons. The lessons are most suitable for children in lower key stage 2, (they were originally made for children in year 3) but they could also be adapted for slightly older and younger year groups.

This engaging and thought-provoking lesson resource aids students in developing a secure understanding of the chapters 9 to 12 of Roald Dahl’s ‘The Twits.’ The chapters covered in these lessons are ‘Mrs Twit has the Shrinks’, ‘Mrs Twit gets a Stretching’, 'Mrs Twit goes Ballooning up’ and ‘Mrs Twit comes Ballooning down.’ The lessons are guided by a comprehensive and colourful PowerPoint presentation, and enables students to understand the text through: -Retrieving information; -Inferring and deducing hidden meanings; -Sequencing events from the story. The sessions include a range of retrieval, vocabulary, inference, explanation and deeper thinking activities. A clear, colourful and comprehensive PowerPoint presentation guides students through the learning. The session ends with a creative activity in which students write Mr Twit’s diary entry after pulling off his greatest trick yet. There’s a lot in the session (19 slides in total) so I would recommend breaking into two lessons. The lessons are most suitable for children in lower key stage 2, (they were originally made for children in year 3) but they could also be adapted for slightly older and younger year groups.

This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for children in year 3 (and their teachers and parents) to support their learning about online safety. The organiser aligns with each of the ‘Education for a Connected World’ strands: -Self-Image and Identity; -Online Relationships; -Online Reputation; -Online Bullying; -Managing Online Information; -Health, Wellbeing and Lifestyle; -Privacy and Security; -Copyright and Ownership. A section at the bottom of the page lists the key vocabulary relating to online safety that children should be able to define and exemplify at this stage. The resource is bright and engaging, utilising images, acronyms and diagrams to support understanding of key concepts. The resource is designed to be printed onto either A4 or A3, and is provided as both a PDF (to protect formatting) and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use.

This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for children in year 5 (and their teachers and parents) to support their learning about online safety. The organiser aligns with each of the ‘Education for a Connected World’ strands: -Self-Image and Identity; -Online Relationships; -Online Reputation; -Online Bullying; -Managing Online Information; -Health, Wellbeing and Lifestyle; -Privacy and Security; -Copyright and Ownership. A section at the bottom of the page lists the key vocabulary relating to online safety that children should be able to define and exemplify at this stage. The resource is bright and engaging, utilising images, acronyms and diagrams to support understanding of key concepts. The resource is designed to be printed onto either A4 or A3, and is provided as both a PDF (to protect formatting) and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use.

This engaging and thought-provoking lesson resource aids students in developing a secure understanding of the chapters 1 to 4 of Roald Dahl’s ‘The Twits.’ The chapters covered in these lessons are ‘Hairy Faces’, ‘Mr Twit’, Dirty Beards’ and ‘Mrs Twit.’ The lessons are guided by a comprehensive and colourful PowerPoint presentation, and enables students to understand the text through: -Making predictions; -Retrieving information; -Inferring and deducing hidden meanings. The sessions include a range of retrieval, vocabulary, inference, explanation and deeper thinking activities. A clear, colourful and comprehensive PowerPoint presentation guides students through the learning. A worksheet/ template is also provided for the creative character creation activity (in both Word and PDF format). There’s a lot in the session (19 slides in total) so I would recommend breaking into two lessons. The lessons are most suitable for children in lower key stage 2, (they were originally made for children in year 3) but they could also be adapted for slightly older and younger year groups.

This engaging and thought-provoking double-lesson resource aids students in developing a secure understanding of chapters 12 and 13 of Roald Dahl’s ‘George’s Marvellous Medicine.’ The chapters covered in these lessons are ‘Marvellous Medicine Number Two’ and ‘Marvellous Medicine Number 3.’ The lessons are guided by a comprehensive and colourful PowerPoint presentation, and enables students to understand the text through: -Retrieving information; -Inferring hidden meanings; -Making predictions. The sessions include a range of retrieval, vocabulary, inference, explanation and deeper thinking activities. A clear, colourful and comprehensive PowerPoint presentation guides students through the learning. There’s a lot in the session (17 slides in total) so I would recommend breaking into two lessons. The lessons are most suitable for children in upper key stage 1 or lower key stage 2, (they have been used in the past with children in years 2 and 3) but they could also be adapted for slightly older and younger year groups.

This engaging and thought-provoking double-lesson resource aids students in developing a secure understanding of chapters 14 and 15 of Roald Dahl’s ‘George’s Marvellous Medicine.’ The chapters covered in these lessons are ‘Marvellous Medicine Number Four’ and ‘Goodbye Grandma.’ The lessons are guided by a comprehensive and colourful PowerPoint presentation, and enables students to understand the text through: -Retrieving information; -Inferring hidden meanings; -Summarising events. The sessions include a range of retrieval, vocabulary, inference, explanation and deeper thinking activities. A clear, colourful and comprehensive PowerPoint presentation guides students through the learning. A storyboard template is also provided for the creative activity (in both Word and PDF). There’s a lot in the session (18 slides in total) so I would recommend breaking into two lessons. The lessons are most suitable for children in upper key stage 1 or lower key stage 2, (they have been used in the past with children in years 2 and 3) but they could also be adapted for slightly older and younger year groups.