A pack of four animated PowerPoint presentations (89 slides) retelling the Christmas story. They are suitable for using as part of a lesson or for an assembly for children aged 4 -11. The story is split into the following parts: Angel Gabriel visits Mary An animated 22 page Powerpoint presentation retelling the first part of the Christmas story, when Angel Gabriel visits Mary (the annunciation). Jesus is born An animated 24 page PowerPoint presentation retelling the main part of the Christmas story, when Mary and Joseph travel to Bethlehem and Jesus is born. The shepherds visit the baby Jesus An animated 21 page PowerPoint presentation retelling the part of the Christmas story when the shepherds visit baby Jesus. The Wise Men visit Jesus An animated 22 page PowerPoint presentation retelling the end of the Christmas story when the Wise Men visit baby Jesus. The PowerPoints are not editable (Please click ‘Read only’ to open.) Some of the images are only revealed when the PowerPoints are played as slideshows with the animations. No further preparation needed. Versions of the PowerPoints are also included with our KS1 and KS2 lessons on the Christmas story: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks1-christmas-re-unit-4-lessons-11732497 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12506236

A collection of comprehension booklets for year 2 retelling the Christmas story. Each booklet tells a different part of the story and comes in 3 differentiated levels. They are all based on the reading SATs paper, containing a similar style of questions. They are also laid out in the same way as a SATs booklet to provide the children with greater experience. The story is split into the following sections: Angel Gabriel visits Mary The birth of Jesus The shepherds visit baby Jesus The Wise Men visit baby Jesus

***FANTASTIC VALUE*** A bumper pack of 18 comprehension booklets, perfect for using throughout the autumn term with your year 2 class. Each comprehension is differentiated 3 ways and is based on the KS1 SATs reading paper. The following themes are covered: Harvest Autumn Halloween Bonfire Night Christmas

A bundle of four comprehensions, which together tell the whole of the Christmas story. Each comprehension booklet is aimed at Lower Key Stage 2 (7-9 yrs). There are three differentiated booklets for each part of the story. The higher booklet has two pages of text for the children to read before they complete a range of questions based on a mixture of the KS1 and KS2 SATs papers. The middle and lower ability booklets have the text split into separate pages with questions on each page. The story is split into the following comprehensions: The Annunciation The birth of Jesus The shepherds visit Jesus The Wise Men visit Jesus PDF file format and editable Microsoft word format included in the price.

A bundle of 5 Christmas assembly plans, each accompanied by a PowerPoint with facts or a story. All 5 plans (pdfs) are clear and simple, so are perfect for using at the last-minute. The assemblies are interactive and relevant to the children’s lives. They involve children listening to anecdotes, acting out different scenarios, having discussions with partners and feeding back ideas. Each plan also contains an example prayer or reflection to finish with. The following assemblies are included in the bundle: Advent Angel Gabriel visits Mary (Annunciation) The birth of Jesus The shepherds visit Jesus The Wise Men visit Jesus (Epiphany) In total there are 19 pages of assembly plans and 105 slides of animated PowerPoints. The PowerPoints are not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open. Some of the images are only revealed when the PowerPoints are played as slideshows with the animations. No further preparation needed.

***FANTASTIC VALUE*** This resource contains 17 lesson plans and accompanying resources to teach children all about the Christian year. They can all be used individually or as a whole year's RE to teach about Christianity. They are suitable for ages 7 -11. The seven lessons are: Ash Wednesday/Start of Lent Lent - Giving Something Up Lent - Doing Good Deeds Palm Sunday The Last Supper Good Friday Easter Sunday Pentecost x 3 Harvest x 3 Angel Gabriel Visits Mary (Annunciation) The Birth of Jesus The Shepherds Visit Jesus The Wise Men Visit Jesus (Epiphany) Each pdf plan contains detailed instructions, a list of objectives for three levels of abilities, a list of resources and cross-curricular links. The lessons contain wide-ranging activities to maintain the children's interest, from poetry writing, to drama activities, to philosophical discussions. Each lesson contains a non-editable PowerPoint with a Bible story or relevant facts to help you teach the content of the lesson. There are also templates which can be used for the activities. No further preparation is required! Each lesson is also available individually or as part of smaller bundles for Lent, Easter, Pentecost, Harvest or Christmas.

This bundle contains three great lesson plans to teach children all about Lent. It is suitable for ages 5-7. The three lessons are: 1) Ash Wednesday/Start of Lent, 2) Lent - Giving Something Up; and 3) Lent - Doing Good Deeds. Each pdf lesson plan contains detailed instructions, a list of objectives for three levels of abilities, questions and answers for the children, whole class discussions and literacy activities for the children to do at their desks. Each lesson contains a PowerPoint with relevant facts and stories. (These are not editable. Click 'Read Only' to open them.) There are also templates which can be used for the activities so that no further preparation is required! Each lesson is also available individually.

A collection of non-fiction comprehension activities for year 2 about pancake day. Each booklet comes in 3 differentiated levels. They are all based on the reading SATs paper, containing a similar style of questions. They are also laid out in the same way as a SATs booklet to provide the children with greater experience. The following comprehensions are included: How to make a pancake What is Shrove Tuesday? Mardi Gras

A bundle of 7 comprehension packs , perfect for using with year 1 in the run-up to Christmas. Each pack contains four comprehension sheets, and an accompanying PowerPoint with a page for each text so that you can go through the comprehensions with your class before they complete them. The following comprehensions are included in the bundle: The Christmas story Christmas food instructions Christmas in France Christmas in Germany Christmas in Italy Christmas in Poland Christmas in Spain Please note, these comprehensions are also available as part of smaller and larger bundles.

A bundle of 4 Easter assemblies, perfect for using in the weeks leading up to Easter. Each assembly contains a pdf plan and a non-editable PowerPoint to help you tell the story. Please click ‘Read Only’ to open. There is a different theme for each assembly to help children think about the true meaning of Easter. The themes are covered through anecdotes and acting to help make each assembly relevant to the children’s lives. The following are included: Palm Sunday (choosing the right path theme) The Last Supper (betrayal theme) Good Friday (sacrifices theme) Easter Sunday (hope theme)

This resource is a bundle of activities perfect for using with your year 1 class in the days and weeks leading up to Easter. The bundle contains: Easter story comprehensions (4 pages) Spring comprehensions (3 pages) Maths activity booklet (20 pages) Phonics activity booklet (20 pages)