Writing - Season Poetry - Autumn - Senses Star - Lesson 3 - KS1/KS2 With the National Curriculum in mind, I have created this season-based lesson. As reinforced by the National Curriculum, children should experience high-quality discussions on a wide range of poems and learn the poetry tools to create their own. The season focus for this lesson is Autumn, with mention of the Halloween and 5th of November. Many detailed pictures and videos are attached (leaves, types of leaves, natural views of the process of autumn, chocolates, candied apples). Click on the link on the first page, and slowly go through the slides. Try using detailed words for inspiration and encourage discussion of some photos to share descriptive words (cinnamon rolls- sweet/soft/fluffy, leaf- dry/crunchy/crisp). Included in this pack is a fully editable PowerPoint with a learning objectives and and task to create a senses star. The purpose of the senses star is to encourage children to use their senses to create a list of relevant words to expand enrich their work. There are 51 slides. Learning Objective: To create a senses star using imagery and audio.

Victorians - Victorian Inventions (KS2) This lesson discusses the major Victorian inventions and inventors that helped fuel the industrial revolution. It includes a Victorian timeline of inventions. 5 British Victorian Inventors, Alexander Graham Bell, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, James Starley, Sarah Guppy and George Jennings. This lesson is in PowerPoint format and can be taught as it is or changed to suit individual classes. Detailed PowerPoint Lesson with 13 slides. This lesson comes with a suggested activity or task that is also attached. The task for this lesson, Children can choose two pictures of Victorian inventions and then fill in a detective/investigative worksheet. Now updated to include a research article to save time. Learning objectives • To learn about Victorian inventions and how they have impacted our lives today

Writing - The Great Fire of London - Writing a Diary Entry - Lesson 5 - KS1 With the National Curriculum in mind, I have created a high-quality history lesson with a task attached about the 1666 Great Fire of London. The National Curriculum puts forward that history education should help children gain a chronologically secure knowledge, understanding of the past of the wider world. It should also inspire children’s curiosity to know more about the past and empower them to be confident historians. This lesson focuses on writing a diary entry. Children will look at a previous diary entry written so they could identify key features of a diary entry. This lesson focuses on writing/boxing up their own entry. I would break this lesson into a planning phases using these slides and then a follow up lesson focusing on writing their diary entry out using their plan onto their writing books. Included in this pack is a fully editable PowerPoint with a learning objectives and and task to writing a diary entry with a date, feelings, verbs, adjectives, names, and the past tense. There are 10 slides. Learning Objective: To begin to write a diary entry

Writing - The Great Fire of London - Samuel Pepys Diary Recount - Lesson 4 - KS1 With the National Curriculum in mind, I have created a high-quality history lesson with a task attached about the 1666 Great Fire of London. The National Curriculum puts forward that history education should help children gain a chronologically secure knowledge, understanding of the past of the wider world. It should also inspire children’s curiosity to know more about the past and empower them to be confident historians. This lesson focuses on Samuel Pepys’ Diary Recount. Children will listen to 3 different diary entries about the Great Fire of London inspired by Samuel Pepys’ Diary Recount. Children will discuss what a diary is used for and how we know about Great Fire of London. Included in this pack is a fully editable PowerPoint with a learning objectives and and task to identify a number of diary features such as date, feelings, verbs, adjectives, names, and the past tense. There are 8 slides. Learning Objective: To learn how history is recorded

Writing - The Great Fire of London - What happened after the fire? - Lesson 6 - With the National Curriculum in mind, I have created a high-quality history lesson with a task attached about the 1666 Great Fire of London. The National Curriculum puts forward that history education should help children gain a chronologically secure knowledge, understanding of the past of the wider world. It should also inspire children’s curiosity to know more about the past and empower them to be confident historians. This lesson focuses on learning about what happened after the Great Fire of London. The slides include the story of the Great Fire of London. Why the fire spread quick? Due to the flammable material used in construction. What happened after? The new rules that were implemented after the fire. A few examples of how construction changed. Building Changes that are discussed are London Bridge and Pudding Lane. Also discussed is King Charles II’s efforts to stop the fire. He appointed Sir Christopher Wren to lead the reconstruction of London. King Charles II’s proclamation. Sir Christopher Wren is also introduced. Included in this pack is a fully editable PowerPoint with a learning objectives and and task to design and make a reconstruction of London after the 1666 fire. There are 19 slides. Learning Objective: To learn about what happened after the Great Fire of London To design non-flammable housing structures

Writing - The Great Fire of London - How can we describe the 1666 fire? - Lesson 3 - KS1 With the National Curriculum in mind, I have created a high-quality history lesson with a task attached about the 1666 Great Fire of London. The National Curriculum puts forward that history education should help children gain a chronologically secure knowledge, understanding of the past of the wider world. It should also inspire children’s curiosity to know more about the past and empower them to be confident historians. This lesson focuses on the how we can describe a fire using our senses (vision, hearing, touch, feelings, taste and smell). Children will listen to the beginning of the 1666 Great Fire of London story (also included). Included in this pack is a fully editable PowerPoint with a learning objectives and and task to complete a senses star about fire. As a class, children will go through each of the senses and the class teacher will collect a few words and then children can fill in their senses star using the ones collected as inspiration. Children who require more support of the teaching slides provided for them so they could their own words with ones already included. There are 20 slides (Teaching slides, the 1666 story and fire imagery). Also included is a youtube video of a lit fireplace, allowing children to visualise a real fire. Note to teachers - please remind children of the dangers of a fire Learning Objective: To describe the Great Fire of London

Ancient Rome - Roman Inventions - Lesson 10 - KS2 With the National Curriculum in mind, I have created a high-quality history lesson with a task attached about the Ancient Romans. The National Curriculum puts forward that history education should help children gain a chronologically secure knowledge, understanding of the past of the wider world. It should also inspire children’s curiosity to know more about the past and empower them to be confident historians. This lesson focuses on the Romans inventions, development and spread such as the arch and vault in their architecture, concrete, Aqueduct, Sewer Systems, Roads, Towns, Julian Calendar, Roman Numerals, Latin, Newspapers, Postal Service, Roman Sculptures, Mosaics, Glassware, Roman Baths, Public Parks, Libraries, Roman Fruits & Vegetables, Wine and the screw press. Job profiles include Roman Entertainment (sports, theatre and public spectacles), Gladiator fights, Roman Police Officers (lictors) Roman firefighters (Vigiles), and Street Cleaners. This lesson can be split into two lessons; inventions and job profiles. This lesson is in PowerPoint format and can be taught as is or changed to suit individual classes. Detailed PowerPoint Lesson with 30 slides. This lesson comes with suggested activity or task that is also attached. The task for this lesson is to complete a investigate worksheet with an article. Learning objectives To learn about Roman inventions

Writing - The Great Fire of London Story - Lesson 1 - KS1 With the National Curriculum in mind, I have created a high-quality history lesson with a task attached about the 1666 Great Fire of London. The National Curriculum puts forward that history education should help children gain a chronologically secure knowledge, understanding of the past of the wider world. It should also inspire children’s curiosity to know more about the past and empower them to be confident historians. This lesson focuses on the Great Fire of London Story, what happened? Children will listen to the story first with pictures. Children are encouraged to follow along the story line. Children will learn about when the Great Fire of London occured 1666, and where it happened Pudding Lane, London, England. Thomas Farriner’s bakery is also mentioned. Included in this pack is a fully editable PowerPoint with a learning objectives and and task to sort the timeline of the Great Fire of London Story in the order of occurrence. There are two variations of the task, one to sort the pictures in order of occurrence and the second to also sort the pictures and then add a few sentences describing what is happening in each picture, There are 10 slides. Learning Objective: To learn about the Great Fire of London

Writing - The Great Fire of London - How did the Great Fire of London start? - Lesson 2 - KS1 With the National Curriculum in mind, I have created a high-quality history lesson with a task attached about the the 1666 Great Fire of London. The National Curriculum puts forward that history education should help children gain a chronologically secure knowledge, understanding of the past of the wider world. It should also inspire children’s curiosity to know more about the past and empower them to be confident historians. This lesson focuses on the how the Great Fire of London started, what caused the fire? Why did the fire spread? what does the word flammable mean? What are flammable materials? Thomas Farriner’s role in the Great Fire of London. Included in this pack is a fully editable PowerPoint with a learning objectives and and task to create a wanted poster for Thomas Farriner to help the Londoners find and report him to the police. A class activity of describing Thomas Farriner is included to ensure children have enough words to create descriptive sentences. Also included are a section of different sentence openers and a list of vocabulary that can be used when writing their own sentences. There are 12 slides. Learning Objective: To learn how the Great Fire of London started

Ancient Rome - Rich & Poor Romans - Lesson 13 - KS2 With the National Curriculum in mind, I have created a high-quality history lesson with a task attached about the Ancient Romans. The National Curriculum puts forward that history education should help children gain a chronologically secure knowledge, understanding of the past of the wider world. It should also inspire children’s curiosity to know more about the past and empower them to be confident historians. This lesson focuses on the differences in lifestyles of the rich and poor Romans. These slides discusses the social hierarchy of the Roman society (slaves, plebeians, patricians, senators, consuls and the emperor). The difference in work opportunities and jobs for the rich and poor. The differences in housing (Domus, Villa, Insulae and wooden huts). Also discussed in this lesson are the different furnishings rich and poor Romans had in their homes. Moving on, what did the Romans eat? the three main meals (Ientaculum, Prandium and Cena). The kinds of foods the rich romans ate. Their eating habits of eating while reclined on couches. Whereas the poor would have to rely emperors to supply free grain that could be made into bread or porridge to survive. The clothes the rich and poor Romans wore such as the toga, tunic, and stola. This lesson is in PowerPoint format and can be taught as is or changed to suit individual classes. Detailed PowerPoint Lesson with 28 slides. This lesson comes with suggested activity or task that is also attached. The task for this lesson is to complete a venn diagram to compare lifestyles of the rich and poor Romans. Learning objectives To learn about the difference in lifestyles of the rich and poor.

ESOL - Entry 1.2 - English - At Home - Lesson 2 - House Tour English for Speakers of other Languages (ESOL) refers to learning English as a new resident in an English-speaking country. ESOL classes can include areas such as survival English, functional language, specific speaking and listening skills, and sociocultural information. The purpose is to support learners whose first language is not English, helping them gain the communication skills needed to progress in the workplace, education and beyond. The focus for this lesson is learning how to describe different rooms in a home. To answer few questions related to the different rooms in a home and their purposes. How many rooms are in your home? What room do you eat in? Where do you prepare your food? What’s your favourite room? What room do you sleep in? This lesson introduces the different rooms and areas in a home/house like kitchen, dining room, living room, bathroom, bedroom, and garden. Included in this pack is a fully editable PowerPoint with a learning objectives and a task to label a house layout with the different rooms. There are 14 slides. Learning Objective: To learn how to describe different rooms in a home

ESOL - Entry 1.2 - English - At Home - Lesson 1 - I live… English for Speakers of other Languages (ESOL) refers to learning English as a new resident in an English-speaking country. ESOL classes can include areas such as survival English, functional language, specific speaking and listening skills, and sociocultural information. The purpose is to support learners whose first language is not English, helping them gain the communication skills needed to progress in the workplace, education and beyond. The focus for this lesson is learning how to describe where one lives. How to ask questions related to a person’s address. Where do you live? What city do you live in? Do you have neighbours? Do you live nearby? BONUS! This lesson comes with a Golden Balls inspired game show powerpoint about prepositional words such as beside, in, on and between. This will help when students will describe where they live? This lesson introduces features that are often seen on a map: school, house, flat, college, university, shop/supermarket, bus stop, train station, park, neighbour, and place of worship. Included in this pack is a fully editable PowerPoint with a learning objectives and a task to draw their own maps to go on and describe where they live to others. There are 22 slides. Learning Objective: To learn how to describe where one lives

Writing - Season Poetry - Winter - Acrostic Poem - Lesson 4 - KS1/KS2 With the National Curriculum in mind, I have created this season-based lesson. As reinforced by the National Curriculum, children should experience high-quality discussions on a wide range of poems and learn the poetry tools to create their own. The season focus for this lesson is winter. Many detailed pictures are attached of snow, snowball, snowman, snow angel, snow fights, snow covered park/mountains, fireplace, hot drinks (hot chocolate), snow in the city and snow in London. With mention of the religious holidays that often occur in the winter months (Hanukkah, Christmas, and Diwali). Click on the link on the first page, and slowly discuss the imagery on the slides. Children will learn what an acrostic poem is? Children will then create a word mat using the letters W,I,N,T, E and R to later make an acrostic poem that spells Winter. Included in this pack is a fully editable PowerPoint with a learning objectives and and task to start writing an acrostic poem. There are 35 slides (mainly imagery). Also included in this resource pack is a filled word mat, a blank word mat, an acrostic poem template and an example of a WINTER acrostic poem in the powerpoint. Learning Objective: To write an acrostic winter poem

Ancient Rome - Roman Emperors - Lesson 3 - KS2 With the National Curriculum in mind, I have created a high-quality history lesson with a task attached about the Ancient Romans. The National Curriculum puts forward that history education should help children gain a chronologically secure knowledge, understanding of the past of the wider world. It should also inspire children’s curiosity to know more about the past and empower them to be confident historians. This lesson focuses the rulers of Ancient Roman. Roman emperors ruled ancient Rome. They made important decisions, like making new rules and taking care of big buildings. Some were really good leaders, while others had some problems. Roman Emperors discussed (Augustus, Tiberius, Nero, Vespasian, Trajan, Hadrian, Marcus Aurelius, Diocletian and Constantine). This lesson is in PowerPoint format and can be taught as is or changed to suit individual classes. Detailed PowerPoint Lesson with 14 slides. This lesson comes with suggested activity or task that is also attached. The task for this lesson is answer a research based worksheet using the article provided. Learning objectives To learn about the rulers of ancient Rome

Ancient Rome - Romans Build New Roads and Towns - Lesson 7 - KS2 With the National Curriculum in mind, I have created a high-quality history lesson with a task attached about the Ancient Romans. The National Curriculum puts forward that history education should help children gain a chronologically secure knowledge, understanding of the past of the wider world. It should also inspire children’s curiosity to know more about the past and empower them to be confident historians. This lesson focuses on the benefits of building roads and towns. Children will learn why roads where important to the Roman expansion. Words such as Archaeologists and ruins are thoroughly explained. Also discussed the layers/structure of a Roman road (Statumen, Rudus, Nucleus and Summum dorsum). Groma a Roman building tool is explained. Also included a few ancient Roman road remains in the UK. Importantly children will learn about Britannia before the Roman roads and after. Lastly children will learn about Roman towns and key amenities like public baths, markets, temples, public toilets, theatres, and administrative buildings. This lesson is in PowerPoint format and can be taught as is or changed to suit individual classes. Detailed PowerPoint Lesson with 20 slides. This lesson comes with suggested activity or task that is also attached. The task for this lesson is to complete a worksheet Roman roads and towns, children will plan and design their own Roman town. Learning objectives To learn about the reasons why Romans built roads and towns

Ancient Rome - Roman Gods & Goddesses - Lesson 12 - KS2 With the National Curriculum in mind, I have created a high-quality history lesson with a task attached about the Ancient Romans. The National Curriculum puts forward that history education should help children gain a chronologically secure knowledge, understanding of the past of the wider world. It should also inspire children’s curiosity to know more about the past and empower them to be confident historians. This lesson focuses on the Roman Religion, their beliefs such as polytheism and what it means. Roman household Gods, Lares and Penates. The Roman Gods & Goddesses (Jupiter, Juno, Mars, Venus, Mercury, Minerva, Diana & Neptune). This lesson includes a connection the Roman Gods & the names of the planets. Romans temples, Roman Festivals such as Saturnalia and Lupercalia. An introduction of Augurs, Roman priests. Also discussed briefly is the Roman beliefs of Afterlife and burial rituals. Christianity and the Romans, Emperor Constantine and Theodosius. This lesson is in PowerPoint format and can be taught as is or changed to suit individual classes. Detailed PowerPoint Lesson with 19 slides. This lesson comes with suggested activity or task that is also attached. The task for this lesson is to complete a profile on a Roman God and Goddess. Learning objectives To learn about Roman gods and goddesses

ESOL - Entry 1.2 - English - At Home - Lesson 4 - My Property English for Speakers of other Languages (ESOL) refers to learning English as a new resident in an English-speaking country. ESOL classes can include areas such as survival English, functional language, specific speaking and listening skills, and sociocultural information. The purpose is to support learners whose first language is not English, helping them gain the communication skills needed to progress in the workplace, education and beyond. The focus for this lesson is learning how to learn how to express ownership with regards to personal property, house, jewellery, collectibles, electronics and vehicles. To also answer few questions related to who owns what. What is the most prized item that you own? Can you name three items that you own? What would you like to own one day? Included in this pack is a fully editable PowerPoint with a learning objectives and a task to list your own properties (things you own) and complete a task identifying who owns what. There are 14 slides in total. Learning Objective: To learn how to express ownership

ESOL - Entry 1.2 - English - At Home - Lesson 3 - My Room English for Speakers of other Languages (ESOL) refers to learning English as a new resident in an English-speaking country. ESOL classes can include areas such as survival English, functional language, specific speaking and listening skills, and sociocultural information. The purpose is to support learners whose first language is not English, helping them gain the communication skills needed to progress in the workplace, education and beyond. The focus for this lesson is learning how to describe different items in a bedroom such as dresser, dressing table, bedside table, desk and chair, bed, ensuite, wardrobe, shelves and window. To answer few questions related to different items/furniture found in a bedroom. What furniture do you have in your room? If you could, what would you change in your room? Is your room big or small? Are you tidy or untidy? Included in this pack is a fully editable PowerPoint with a learning objectives and a task to label different items/furniture. There are 16 slides in total. Learning Objective: To learn how to describe different items in a bedroom

Writing - Season Poetry - Autumn - Acrostic Poem - Lesson 5 - KS1/KS2 With the National Curriculum in mind, I have created this season-based lesson. As reinforced by the National Curriculum, children should experience high-quality discussions on a wide range of poems and learn the poetry tools to create their own. The season focus for this lesson is Autumn, with mention of the Halloween and 5th of November. Many detailed pictures and videos are attached (leaves, types of leaves, natural views of the process of autumn, chocolates, candied apples). Click on the link on the first page, and slowly discuss the imagery on the slides. Children will learn what an acrostic poem is? Children will then create a word mat using the letters A,U,T,M and N to later make an acrostic poem that spells Autumn. Included in this pack is a fully editable PowerPoint with a learning objectives and and task to start writing an acrostic poem. There are 54 slides. Also included in this resource pack is a filled word mat, a blank word mat, an acrostic poem template and an example of a AUTUMN acrostic poem in the powerpoint. Learning Objective: To write an autumn acrostic poem.

Ancient Egypt - Inventions - Lesson 8 - KS2 With the National Curriculum in mind, I have created a high-quality history lesson with a task attached about the Ancient Egyptians. The National Curriculum puts forward that history education should help children gain a chronologically secure knowledge, understanding of the past of the wider world. It should also inspire children’s curiosity to know more about the past and empower them to be confident historians. This lesson focuses on the ancient Egyptian inventions such as Cosmetic Make-up, Jewellery, Wigs, High Heels, Toothpaste, Medicine, Surgical Instruments, the Police, Lock & Key, Clocks (Obelisk & Clepsydra), the Calendar, Chairs, Tables, Senet, Throw stick, Shadoof, the Sickle and Ox-drawn Plough This lesson is in PowerPoint format and can be taught as is or changed to suit individual classes. Detailed PowerPoint Lesson with 22 slides. This lesson comes with suggested activity or task that is also attached. The task for this lesson is to complete a investigate worksheet. Learning objectives To learn about ancient Egyptian inventions.