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In the News - KS2 Reading Comprehension Lessons Bundle!
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In the News - KS2 Reading Comprehension Lessons Bundle!

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These whole class reading sessions aim to develop children’s fluency and comprehension skills, through reading a range of informative and age-appropriate non-fiction texts. The texts include an appropriate mix of topical/ current affairs-type news stories and more uplifting, light-hearted articles: -The Russia-Ukraine War; -Climate Change; -The World’s Oldest Land Animal; -Alyssa’s Revolutionary Cancer Treatment; -Sebbie Hall’s Random Acts of Kindness; -The Increasing World Population. The reading is followed by a series of activities aiming to develop children’s retrieval, explanation, inference, prediction and summarising skills. It also contains a vocabulary check immediately after the text is read to clarify any unfamiliar/ difficult language. The PowerPoint presentations guide teachers and students through each of the thought-provoking activities. The tasks are comprised of quick-check questions, solo thinking, pair/ group discussions and deeper thinking activities. The texts have been downloaded and reformatted as PDF and Word documents for ease of use, but the link for each original source is also provided on the first slide of the respective PowerPoint presentation. The sessions are best suited for children across key stage 2 (particularly years 4-6) although with minor adaptations they could feasibly be used with slightly younger and older year groups.
Living Things and their Habitats - Knowledge Retrieval Activities Big Primary Bundle!
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Living Things and their Habitats - Knowledge Retrieval Activities Big Primary Bundle!

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This resource offers a wide range of knowledge retrieval activities for every Living Things and their Habitats unit in the primary phase (Years 2, 4, 5 and 6). All of the key knowledge components are covered, including classification of animals, features of living things, classification of plants, key vocabulary and habitat changes. There are a wide range of interesting and thought-provoking activities (there are over 90 slides of activities in total) which help children to secure all of the important information from the unit. Research-approved activities include: -Quick Fire Questions; -Picture Stimulus; -Retrieval Grid; -Fill in the Blank; -Vocabulary Busters; -Fact Dump; -Rank 5; -Detective/ Questioning Tasks; -Anagrams; These resources have been tried and tested in the classroom and have proven successful in helping children to consolidate key information within this unit.
Romeo and Juliet Lesson Bundle!
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Romeo and Juliet Lesson Bundle!

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This engaging, varied, and informative scheme of learning is designed to help students gain understanding, assessment skills, and key interpretations of William Shakespeare's tragedy 'Romeo and Juliet.' Made up of a wide-range of interesting and exciting lessons, students should complete this scheme having gathered vital skills in: interpreting the significant meanings of the text, understanding the writer's ideas within the text, identifying the traits of key characters, settings, and themes, understanding dramatic and language devices, and relating the text to its social and historical context. Stimulating, visual, and easily adaptable, these lessons provide suggested learning objectives and outcomes for students of a wide-range of abilities - The vast majority of tasks are differentiated to allow for different abilities and needs in your classroom. Each lesson loosely follows this logical learning journey to ensure that students learn in bite-size steps: - Engaging - Defining/ Understanding - Identifying/Remembering - Analysing/ Creating - Peer or self evaluating. All of the lessons are interactive, employ a variety of different teaching and learning methods and styles, and are visually-engaging. Resources, worksheets, and lesson plans are all provided.
Frankenstein Lesson Bundle! (All Lessons, Resources, Plans, Everything!)
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Frankenstein Lesson Bundle! (All Lessons, Resources, Plans, Everything!)

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This engaging, varied, and informative scheme of learning is designed to help students gain a valuable understanding of Mary Shelley's horror classic 'Frankenstein.' The lessons enable students to gain a comprehensive understanding of the key features of plot, character, context, and language, in addition to considering the key themes and ideas running throughout the text. All of the resources that you need are included in the bundle: informative and engaging whole lesson PowerPoints, worksheets, activities, and lesson plans. The bundle is made up of a wide-range of interesting and exciting lessons, including: - The Context of Frankenstein; - Victor Frankenstein - The Tragic Hero; - Shifting Narrative Viewpoints: - Shelley's Description of the Monster; - The Monster's Murders - Justified? Stimulating, visual, and easily adaptable, these lessons provide suggested learning objectives and outcomes for students of a wide-range of abilities - The vast majority of tasks are differentiated to allow for different abilities and needs in your classroom. Each lesson loosely follows this logical learning journey to ensure that students learn in bite-size steps: - Engaging - Defining/ Understanding - Identifying/Remembering - Analysing/ Creating - Peer or self evaluating. All of the lessons are interactive, employ a variety of different teaching and learning methods and styles, and are visually-engaging.
The Woman in Black Lesson Bundle!
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The Woman in Black Lesson Bundle!

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This engaging, varied, and informative scheme of learning is designed to help students gain understanding, assessment skills, and key interpretations of Susan Hill’s ghost story ‘The Woman in Black.’ Made up of a wide-range of interesting and exciting lessons, students should complete this scheme having gathered vital skills in: interpreting the significant meanings of the text, understanding the writer’s ideas within the text, analysing key characters, settings, and themes, and understanding Hill’s language devices. Stimulating, visual, and easily adaptable, these lessons provide suggested learning objectives and outcomes for students of a wide-range of abilities - The vast majority of tasks are differentiated to allow for different abilities and needs in your classroom. Each lesson loosely follows this logical learning journey to ensure that students learn in bite-size steps: - Engaging - Defining/ Understanding - Identifying/Remembering - Analysing/ Creating - Peer or self evaluating. All of the lessons are interactive, employ a variety of different teaching and learning methods and styles, and are visually-engaging. Resources, worksheets, and lesson plans are all provided.
Power and Conflict Poetry Comprehension Activity Booklets Bundle!
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Power and Conflict Poetry Comprehension Activity Booklets Bundle!

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These 16-page resource booklets contain a wide range of challenging and engaging comprehension activities for use throughout the reading of all 15 of the ‘Power and Conflict’ poems in the newest exam board anthologies. Teachers have found the activities particularly useful throughout teaching, or for exam revision or guided reading sessions. They are perfect for aiding the progress of students towards meeting the key English Literature assessment objectives - suitable for all examining bodies. Students have found these resources extremely engaging, and it is clearly highlighted within each task regarding which assessment strands the task is designed to demonstrate. Each booklet is provided in both Word (to allow for easy editing) and PDF (to ensure for consistency of formatting between computers). Activities across the booklets are as consistent, to provide an equal understanding of each poem, and include (amongst many others): ‘Analysing Context’ - helping students to ‘Show understanding of the relationships between texts and the contexts in which they were written.’ ‘Analysing Subject Matter, Language and Structure’ - to help students to ‘Analyse the language, form and structure used by a writer to create meanings and effects, using relevant subject terminology where appropriate.’ ‘Diary Entry’ - to help students to ‘Use a range of vocabulary and sentence structures for clarity, purpose and effect, with accurate spelling and punctuation. Make an informed personal response, recognising that other responses to a text are possible and evaluating these.’ ‘The Speaker’ - to help students to ‘Read, understand and respond to texts. Students should be able to: maintain a critical style and develop an informed personal response use textual references, including quotations, to support and illustrate interpretations.’
Formal Letters, Informal Letters and Emails - Big Bundle!
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Formal Letters, Informal Letters and Emails - Big Bundle!

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These engaging and detailed resources have been designed to make the learning of formal letter, informal letter, and email writing easily accessible, engaging and interesting for all children. Throughout each lesson, students learn to improve their skill at using appropriate and imaginative content, language and structural choices depending upon the purpsoe and audience of different letters/ emails. Each lesson contains a comprehensive whole lesson PowerPoint, all the resources that you will need, and a lesson plan. The pack also includes writing mats for each of the writing forms, to help students build their extended writing skills. All images are licensed for commercial use, and are cited on the final slide of the PowerPoints.
OCR Conflict Poetry Knowledge Organisers Huge Bundle!
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OCR Conflict Poetry Knowledge Organisers Huge Bundle!

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THIS BUNDLE CONTAINS KNOWLEDGE ORGANISERS FOR ALL 15 OF THE OCR CONFLICT POEMS! These clear, detailed and visually-appealing knowledge organisers offer complete reference points for students learning or revising the following poems from the OCR ‘Power and Conflict’ anthology: Anthem for Doomed Youth - Wilfred Owen; Lament - Gillian Clarke; Honour Killing - Imtiaz Dharker; Envy - Mary Lamb Vergissmeinnicht - Keith Douglas Partition - Sujata Bhatt The Destruction of Sennacherib - Lord Byron There’s A Certain Slant of Light - Emily Dickinson The Man He Killed - Thomas Hardy A Poison Tree -William Blake What Were They Like? - Denise Levertov Phrase Book - Jo Shapcott The Prelude (Extract) - William Wordsworth Flag - John Agard Punishment - Seamus Heaney Each organiser contains a number of detailed, clear, and colourful sections explaining the key elements of the poem: Context; Line-by-Line Analysis; Poetic Devices/ Language Devices; Themes; Form/Structure; Poems for Comparison; The Poet’s Influences. The resources are designed to be printed onto A3, and are provided as both PDFs and Word documents (so that you can edit should you wish to). All images used are licensed for commercial use and are cited on a separate document (included).
GCSE Revision Cards Big Bundle!
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GCSE Revision Cards Big Bundle!

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These colourful, comprehensive, and well-structured revision cards have been creatively designed for students securing their understanding of: -Animal Farm; -Macbeth; -Romeo and Juliet; -A View from the Bridge. Each card is visually-appealing and highly-detailed, covering aspects of each feature including a full summary, cited quotations from the play, definitions/ examples, and a consideration of audience reactions. They are tried and tested, with teachers incorporating them in revision games, using them as essay writing aids, or utilising them as home revision aids. They are provided as both PDFs (to prevent formatting issues between computers) and as Word documents (for easy editing). The packs contain revision cards on each of the main: Characters, Features of Context, Events, Themes, and Devices. I have also included the revision cards templates so that you can create your own! For any questions or comments, please contact TandLGuru@yahoo.co.uk - Many thanks!
Subject Foundations in EYFS - Knowledge Organisers Bundle!
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Subject Foundations in EYFS - Knowledge Organisers Bundle!

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These clear, detailed and visually-appealing resources help to detail and categorise the EYFS foundation learning in each of the primary curriculum subject areas It is an important resource for EYFS teachers and parents, but also subject leaders, to aid them in the development of a clearly-mapped and well-sequenced subject curriculum across the school. This organiser groups the subject-related learning into the relevant EYFS areas of learning (e.g. Understanding the World, Expressive Arts and Design, Communication and Language, etc.) The resources are designed to be printed onto A3, and are provided as both PDF and Word documents (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use and are cited on a separate document (included).
Year 5 and 6 PSHE Knowledge Organisers Bundle!
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Year 5 and 6 PSHE Knowledge Organisers Bundle!

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These clear, detailed and visually-appealing resources offer a complete reference point for children, teachers and parents covering PSHE content at upper KS2 (Years 5 and 6). The organisers are clear, logical and fully meet the DfE’s new Relationships Education and Health Education statutory guidance Included are a total of 12 knowledge organisers (6 for Year 5 classes and 6 for Year 6 classes) covering all of the knowledge for the following units: -Me and My Relationships; -Being My Best; -Growing and Changing; -Keeping Myself Safe; -Rights and Responsibilities; -Valuing Difference The resources are designed to be printed onto A3, but can be printed onto A4, and are provided as both PDF and Word versions (so that you can edit if you want to).
Year 3 and 4 PSHE Knowledge Organisers Bundle!
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Year 3 and 4 PSHE Knowledge Organisers Bundle!

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These clear, detailed and visually-appealing resources offer a complete reference point for children, teachers and parents covering PSHE content at lower KS2 (Years 3 and 4). The organisers are clear, logical and fully meet the DfE’s new Relationships Education and Health Education statutory guidance Included are a total of 12 knowledge organisers (6 for Year 3 classes and 6 for Year 4 classes) covering all of the knowledge for the following units: -Me and My Relationships; -Being My Best; -Growing and Changing; -Keeping Myself Safe; -Rights and Responsibilities; -Valuing Difference The resources are designed to be printed onto A3, but can be printed onto A4, and are provided as both PDF and Word versions (so that you can edit if you want to).
Writing Poetry - KS1 Knowledge Organisers Bundle!
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Writing Poetry - KS1 Knowledge Organisers Bundle!

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These clear, detailed and visually-appealing resources offer a complete reference point for KS1 children when writing for a range of different poetry forms. The organisers are also perfect for teachers, parents and English subject leaders - aiding their planning and supporting of children’s knowledge development for the following poetry forms: -Acrostic Poems -Shape Poems -Diamantes -Haikus -Free Verse Poems Each organiser has a particular focus on the content, language and structural features required to write effective free verse poems. They generally contain the following distinct sections: -Overview of the poetry form; -Content: What to include, the five senses, communicating a message; -Language: Word choices, word types, alliteration and onomatopoeia, punctuation checklist and word mat; -Structure: Poem length, syllables, rhyme, line lengths, line breaks; -Key Vocabulary. The resources were designed to be printed onto A3 (however can also be printed in A4) and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to).
Buddhism - KS2 Whole Class Reading Bundle!
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Buddhism - KS2 Whole Class Reading Bundle!

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These whole class reading sessions aim to develop children’s comprehension skills when reading a range of texts related to Buddhsim. The three sessions include everything needed for whole class reading sessions on: -The Story of the Buddha; -Buddhist Monks and Worship (non-fiction text); -Buddhist Stories of Anger and Patience. The extracts/ texts needed for each session are included, in addition to a colourful, step-by-step PowerPoint presentation to guide you through each session. Each session contains a series of activities aiming to develop children’s retrieval, explanation, inference, prediction and summarising skills. There is also a vocabulary check immediately after each extract is read to clarify any unfamiliar/ difficult language. The tasks are comprised of quick-check questions, solo thinking, pair/ group discussions and deeper thinking activities. The sessions are best suited for children in KS2, although with minor adaptations they could feasibly be used with slightly younger and older year groups.
Natural Disasters Whole Class Reading Bundle!
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Natural Disasters Whole Class Reading Bundle!

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These whole class reading sessions aim to develop children’s comprehension skills when reading a range of texts related to the theme of natural disasters. The three sessions include the extracts/ texts and presentations for the whole class reading sessions on: -Fiction - Escape from Pompeii - Christina Balit -Non-Fiction - Tsunamis -Poetry - Blessing - Imtiaz Dharker The extracts/ texts needed for each session are included. Each session contains a series of activities aiming to develop children’s retrieval, explanation, inference, prediction and summarising skills. There is also a vocabulary check immediately after each extract is read to clarify any unfamiliar/ difficult language. The tasks are comprised of quick-check questions, solo thinking, pair/ group discussions and deeper thinking activities. The sessions are best suited for children in upper KS2 and lower KS3, although with minor adaptations they could feasibly be used with slightly younger and older year groups.
Descriptive Writing Huge Bundle! (All PowerPoints, Lesson Plans, Worksheets, Help-Sheets, Games, and More!)
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Descriptive Writing Huge Bundle! (All PowerPoints, Lesson Plans, Worksheets, Help-Sheets, Games, and More!)

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This giant bundle pack offers a comprehensive range of descriptive writing lessons, (everything that you will need for them - whole lesson PowerPoints, worksheets, lesson plans - everything) help-sheets, writing templates, and activities. Included are whole lesson resources for: -Amazing verbs and adverbs -Adventurous adjectives -Astonishing alliteration -Capturing the readers’ attention -Exceptional expanded noun phrases -Perfect personification and awesome oxymorons -Structuring and organising creative writing -Stupendous similes and miraculous metaphors -Wondrous writing - seven wonders of the world -Writing about Emotions -VCOP - vocabulary -VCOP - openers -VCOP - connectives -VCOP - punctuation All images are licensed for commercial use and are cited on the final slides of the PowerPoints.
CPD Training Sessions Bundle!
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CPD Training Sessions Bundle!

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These CPD sessions offer engaging and original approaches to introducing or revisiting a range of effective pedagogical strategies. Grounded in educational research, these sessions are interactive, well-structured, and have been successfully tried and tested. The aim of each CPD session is to develop the knowledge, skills, and strategies needed in order to utilise in practice in each key area, and as an aid in achieving these aims, the trainer is supported with: -Colourful, engaging, and comprehensive PowerPoint presentations; -Videos for analysis of key techniques; -A wide range of interactive resources for CPD activities; -Instructions and plans to assist delivery. All images and videos are licensed for commercial use, and are cited on the final slide of each PowerPoint.
Writing for Different Forms Huge Bundle!
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Writing for Different Forms Huge Bundle!

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These engaging, varied, and informative lessons are designed to help students build their skills at writing for a number of different forms, through utilising a range of sophisticated and original language ideas, tasks, and techniques. Included in this bundle are lessons focusing on: - Diary Writing; - Recount Writing; - Writing Autobiographies; - Writing Newspaper Articles; - Writing Reviews; - Writing to Argue/Persuade; - Travel Brochure Writing; - Travel Writing: Constructing Imaginative Content; - Travel Writing: Crafting Imaginative Language; - Travel Writing: Creating Imaginative Structures; Also included are helpsheets for students to use when writing for a wide range of purposes (e.g. inform, explain, etc.) Stimulating, visual, and easily adaptable, these lessons provide suggested learning objectives and outcomes for students of a wide-range of abilities - The vast majority of tasks are differentiated to allow for different abilities and needs in your classroom. Each lesson loosely follows this logical learning journey to ensure that students learn in bite-size steps: - Engaging - Defining/ Understanding - Identifying/Remembering - Analysing/ Creating - Peer or self evaluating. All of the lessons are interactive, employ a variety of different teaching and learning methods and styles, and are visually-engaging. Resources, worksheets, and lesson plans are all provided - there is everything included that you need to teach!
Popular Fiction KS3 Comprehension Activity Booklets Big Bundle!
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Popular Fiction KS3 Comprehension Activity Booklets Big Bundle!

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This bundle contains 7 fantastic comprehension activity booklets - each is over 20 pages in length, and focuses upon a different popular classic text. This includes a text by Shakespeare, a play, fiction and non-fiction texts, as prescribed by the National Curriculum. The resource booklets contain a wide range of age-appropriate, engaging, and meaningful activities - perfect for use throughout class reading of texts or equally in guided reading sessions. They are perfect for aiding the progress of children towards meeting the KS3 comprehension expectations within the National Curriculum framework. Children love learning from these resources, whilst they are also of great use to teachers, as there is explicit information within each task regarding which comprehension strands the task is designed to demonstrate. There are booklets included for the following texts: - The Woman in Black - The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas - Private Peaceful - Anne Frank - Diary of a Young Girl - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime - Stone Cold - Much Ado About Nothing There are a huge range of activities! A PDF of each booklet is also provided, to prevent formatting issues.
KS1 PSHE Knowledge Organisers Bundle!
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KS1 PSHE Knowledge Organisers Bundle!

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These clear, detailed and visually-appealing resources offer a complete reference point for children, teachers and parents covering PSHE content at KS1. The organisers are clear, logical and fully meet the DfE’s new Relationships Education and Health Education statutory guidance Included are a total of 12 knowledge organisers (6 for Year 1 classes and 6 for Year 2 classes) covering all of the knowledge for the following units: -Me and My Relationships; -Being My Best; -Growing and Changing; -Keeping Myself Safe; -Rights and Responsibilities; -Valuing Difference The resources are designed to be printed onto A3, but can be printed onto A4, and are provided as both PDF and Word versions (so that you can edit if you want to).