This engaging and thought-provoking series of lessons has been devised to provide students with a well-rounded, secure understanding of Katherine Rundell’s 'Rooftoppers.’ Ten resource sets are included, each of which will take approximately 2-3 lessons to deliver. Chapters 1-3 Chapters 4-6 Chapters 7-9 Chapters 10-12 Chapters 13-15 Chapters 16-18 Chapters 19-21 Chapters 22-25 Chapters 26-28 Chapters 29-31 The comprehensive and colourful PowerPoint presentations guide students through a wide range of activities, including those designed to enhance the following skills: retrieval, understanding vocabulary, inference, explanation, summarising, sequencing, analysis and deeper thinking activities. Additional worksheets and templates are also provided where needed for some of the creative tasks. All of the resources and tried and tested in real classrooms, catalysing excellent outcomes. The resources are suitable for students across KS2 (I originally used them with year 5 and 6 classes).

THIS BUNDLE CONTAINS ALL OF THE LAND ART LESSONS IN ADDITION TO THE COMPREHENSIVE KNOWLEDGE ORGANISER! The 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. The lessons guide teachers and learners through the entire unit. It is composed of four double length lessons focusing on: Researching/ Understanding this type of art; Exploring and Developing Ideas; Creating Evaluating Each lesson contains an eye-catching and comprehensive PowerPoint presentation, in addition to any physical worksheets/ activity resources needed (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. The lessons guide teachers and learners through the entire unit. It is composed of four double length lessons focusing on: Researching/ Understanding this type of art; Exploring and Developing Ideas; Creating Evaluating Each lesson contains an eye-catching and comprehensive PowerPoint presentation, in addition to any physical worksheets/ activity resources needed (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.

These clear, detailed and visually-appealing resources offer a complete reference point for planning, learning and revising all areas of ‘Physical Geography’ within the KS2 Geography National Curriculum. The knowledge organisers included are: -Biomes -Climate Zones -Earthquakes -Mountains -Rivers -Volcanoes -The Water Cycle The physical geography area of the KS2 National Curriculum requires children to 'describe and understand key aspects of climate zones, biomes and vegetation belts, rivers, mountains, volcanoes and earthquakes, and the water cycle. The organisers are separated into logical compartments, based on the key curriculum expectations, providing learners with a clear and complete understanding of the concepts. Each resource is designed to be printed onto either A4 or A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use.

These clear, detailed and visually-appealing knowledge organisers offer a complete reference point for students securing place knowledge as a part of their geography study, enabling them to compare and contrast the East of England with other regions of the world. The organisers are designed to help children to learn the relevant place, human and physical geography knowledge from the KS2 Geography National Curriculum: -understand geographical similarities and differences through the study of human and physical geography of a region of the United Kingdom and another European region/ region from North/South America. -physical geography, including: climate zones, rivers, mountains, volcanoes and earthquakes -human geography, including: types of settlement and land use, economic activity including trade links, and the distribution of natural resources including energy. The organisers included in the bundle compare The East of England and the following regions: -European region: Andalusia -European region: Bavaria -North American region: California -South American region: Patagonia -Other region: Comparing Siberia The resources are designed to be printed onto either A4 or A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use.

This engaging and purposeful series of lessons helps to equip children with a secure understanding of different explorers from across history. Each of the lessons are extremely comprehensive (I initially taught them over two lessons each) and are guided by a clear and colourful PowerPoint presentation. The lessons included are: Introduction to Explorers Christopher Columbus Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Amelia Earhart Neil Armstrong Comparing Explorers Throughout the series of lessons, children gain an understanding of how context, technology and attitudes have changed the role of explorers over time. Knowledge recall activities, think pair share, and a blend of group and independent activities are features of the unit. All of the worksheets, activities and templates needed to teach the lessons are provided. In the past, I have used these resources with children in lower KS2 (higher attaining years 3 and 4) but they could easily be used with upper KS2 - the key learning is aligned with curriculum expectations for KS2 history. All images are licensed for commercial use.

This engaging and purposeful series of lessons enables children to gradually build towards composing an effective, well-structured recount, based on a journey of their choice. This lesson bundle contains all six lessons from the series: -Lesson 1: What is a Recount? -Lesson 2: Vocabulary Building -Lesson 3: Developing Sentences -Lesson 4: Creating Cohesion -Lesson 5: Varying Sentences -Lesson 6: Editing and Redrafting In my experience, the lessons each take between 2 and 3 hours to deliver, so depending upon your own pace there is likely 12 lessons of content here. Each lesson contains an eye-catching and comprehensive PowerPoint presentation, in addition to any additional sheets, templates, or structure strips required for the lesson - everything needed to teach is included. A range of knowledge recall, think, pair, share, independent, and peer/self review activities are included to ensure that writing compositions are gradually enhanced over the course of the unit. These lessons were originally created for children in lower Key Stage 2 (Years 3 and 4), however, could easily be used for upper KS2 with only minor adaptations. The focus of the recount in these resources is a ‘journey’, but the resources have been made in a way that they can be easily adapted to your chosen topic/ subject matter.

THIS BIG BUNDLE INCLUDES ALL OF THE ‘SIGNIFICANT EXPLORERS’ LESSONS, IN ADDITION TO THE POPULAR KNOWLEDGE ORGANISER. The engaging and purposeful series of lessons helps to equip children with a secure understanding of different explorers from across history. Each of the lessons are extremely comprehensive (I initially taught them over two lessons each) and are guided by a clear and colourful PowerPoint presentation. The lessons included are: Introduction to Explorers Christopher Columbus Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Amelia Earhart Neil Armstrong Comparing Explorers Throughout the series of lessons, children gain an understanding of how context, technology and attitudes have changed the role of explorers over time. Knowledge recall activities, think pair share, and a blend of group and independent activities are features of the unit. All of the worksheets, activities and templates needed to teach the lessons are provided. The knowledge organiser supplements the lessons nicely, providing all of the key information for easy reference in one place (please note that due to space limitations, only a few of the explorers are referenced in detail on the organiser). The key learning is aligned with curriculum expectations for KS2 history. All images are licensed for commercial use.

These clear, detailed and visually-appealing resources offer a complete reference point for children learning about prominent writers - past and present. It is useful as a part of a history study of significant people over time, or an English study of famous writers. Included in this bundle are 15 knowledge organisers, spanning different eras, countries, genders and ethnicities: William Shakespeare Charles Dickens Beatrix Potter Emily Dickinson Lewis Carroll Maya Angelou George Orwell Dr Seuss Roald Dahl Oscar Wilde Geoffrey Chaucer J.K. Rowling Jane Austen Virginia Woolf William Wordsworth Each knowledge organiser contains comprehensive information about the writer, their career and their life, including sections entitled: -Overview; -Key Times in their Life; -Career -Important Vocabulary; -Timeline of their Life; -Answers to the Important Questions; -Top Ten Facts. The resources are designed to be printed onto A3 or A4, and are provided as both PDF and Word versions (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use.

These clear, detailed and visually-appealing lknowledge organisers offer a complete reference point for students securing place knowledge as a part of their geography study, enabling them to compare and contrast London with other regions of the world. The organisers are designed to help children to learn the relevant place, human and physical geography knowledge from the KS2 Geography National Curriculum: -understand geographical similarities and differences through the study of human and physical geography of a region of the United Kingdom and another European region/ region from North/South America. -physical geography, including: climate zones, rivers, mountains, volcanoes and earthquakes -human geography, including: types of settlement and land use, economic activity including trade links, and the distribution of natural resources including energy. The organisers included in the bundle compare London and the following regions: European region: Andalusia European region: Bavaria North American region: California South American region: Patagonia Other region: Comparing Siberia The resources are designed to be printed onto either A4 or A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use.

These clear, detailed and visually-appealing knowledge organisers offer a complete reference point for students securing place knowledge as a part of their geography study, enabling them to compare and contrast North West England with other regions of the world. The organisers are designed to help children to learn the relevant place, human and physical geography knowledge from the KS2 Geography National Curriculum: -understand geographical similarities and differences through the study of human and physical geography of a region of the United Kingdom and another European region/ region from North/South America. -physical geography, including: climate zones, rivers, mountains, volcanoes and earthquakes -human geography, including: types of settlement and land use, economic activity including trade links, and the distribution of natural resources including energy. The organisers included in the bundle compare North West England and the following regions: European region: Andalusia European region: Bavaria North American region: California South American region: Patagonia Other region: Comparing Siberia The resources are designed to be printed onto either A4 or A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use.

These engaging and thought-provoking lessons aid students in developing a secure understanding of every chapter of Katherine Rundell’s ‘The Explorer!’ The double and triple-lesson resources are well-sequenced, and include: Chapters 1-2 - ‘Flight’ and ‘The Green Dark’ Chapters 3 and 4: ‘The Den’ and ‘The River’ Chapters 5 to 7: ‘Food (Almost)’, ‘Fire’ and ‘The Raft’ Chapters 8 to 10: ‘Maiden Voyage’ to Abacaxi’ Chapters 11-13: ‘The Monkeys and the Bees’ to ‘Smoke’ Chapters 14-16: ‘On the River’ to ‘The Ruined City’ Chapters 17-19: ‘The Explorer’, ‘The Trap’ and ‘Tarantulas’ Chapters 20-22: ‘Twice-Fried Osieau Spectacle’ to ‘The Vow’ Chapters 23-26: ‘Explorer School’ to ‘Behind the Vines’ Chapters 27-31 - ‘The Green Sky’ to the End of the Story Each session includes a range of retrieval, vocabulary, inference, explanation and deeper thinking activities. A clear, colourful and comprehensive PowerPoint presentation guides students through the learning for each lesson. Worksheets/ templates are also included where needed (both as Word and PDF documents). Each lesson also includes an answer key for the retrieval questions, and model answer ideas for the more detailed responses. The lessons are suitable for students across KS2 (with only minor adaptations, I have used the resources in the past with children from years 3 to 5).

THIS ‘BIG BUNDLE’ CONTAINS ALL OF ‘THE EXPLORER’ LESSONS, PLUS THE KNOWLEDGE ORGANISER AND THE COMPREHENSION BOOKLET. It contains all that you need to deliver a complete unit of learning alongside reading Katherine Rundell’s ‘The Explorer.’ The engaging and thought-provoking lessons aid students in developing a secure understanding of every chapter. The double and triple-lesson resources are well-sequenced, and include: Chapters 1-2 - ‘Flight’ and ‘The Green Dark’ Chapters 3 and 4: ‘The Den’ and ‘The River’ Chapters 5 to 7: ‘Food (Almost)’, ‘Fire’ and ‘The Raft’ Chapters 8 to 10: ‘Maiden Voyage’ to Abacaxi’ Chapters 11-13: ‘The Monkeys and the Bees’ to ‘Smoke’ Chapters 14-16: ‘On the River’ to ‘The Ruined City’ Chapters 17-19: ‘The Explorer’, ‘The Trap’ and ‘Tarantulas’ Chapters 20-22: ‘Twice-Fried Osieau Spectacle’ to ‘The Vow’ Chapters 23-26: ‘Explorer School’ to ‘Behind the Vines’ Chapters 27-31 - ‘The Green Sky’ to the End of the Story Each session includes a range of retrieval, vocabulary, inference, explanation and deeper thinking activities. A clear, colourful and comprehensive PowerPoint presentation guides students through the learning for each lesson. Worksheets/ templates are also included where needed (both as Word and PDF documents). Each lesson also includes an answer key for the retrieval questions, and model answer ideas for the more detailed responses. The lessons are suitable for students across KS2 (with only minor adaptations, I have used the resources in the past with children from years 3 to 5).

These clear, detailed and visually-appealing knowledge organisers offer a complete reference point for students securing place knowledge as a part of their geography study, enabling them to compare and contrast Scotland with other regions of the world. The organisers are designed to help children to learn the relevant place, human and physical geography knowledge from the KS2 Geography National Curriculum: -understand geographical similarities and differences through the study of human and physical geography of a region of the United Kingdom and another European region/ region from North/South America. -physical geography, including: climate zones, rivers, mountains, volcanoes and earthquakes -human geography, including: types of settlement and land use, economic activity including trade links, and the distribution of natural resources including energy. The organisers included in the bundle compare Scotland and the following regions: -European region: Andalusia -European region: Bavaria -North American region: California -South American region: Patagonia -Other region: Comparing Siberia The resources are designed to be printed onto either A4 or A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use.