Transition Workbook Year 6 to Year 7 / Primary to Secondary / New School
This download is a Year 6 transition workbook for primary to secondary. It prepares pupils for the transition to a new school. It would also work for any pupil about to move schools to prepare them for the transition.
There are pages on timings of the day at their new school, rewards and consequences, how they will get there and the all important school dinner! Most of the information required could be found on the website for their new school.
Included: workbook (23 pages including front cover) editable (PowerPoint) version and also a PDF version for immediate printing.
Mayan Religion Lesson
This Mayan religion lesson focuses on the religious practices of the Ancient Maya. This complete lesson aims to cover a broad look at Ancient Mayan religion, covering areas vocabulary linked to Mayan religion, the Ancient Mayan gods, pilgrimages and rituals. Three worksheets are also included as part of the lesson.
Throughout the lesson, opportunities for reflection and partner talk are included to encourage pupil interaction. The worksheets are spread through the lesson, giving pupils the chance to revise and consider what they have been taught about Mayan religion.
What’s included?
25 page slideshow about Mayan religion
3 worksheets linked to the slideshow (and introduced in the slideshow, so children know what to do)
Want an informative and interesting assembly about the Coronation of King Charles and the Queen Consort? This assembly has been carefully put together to be full of information and about everything that will happen in the Coronation ceremony. There are also three worksheets which pupils can complete after the assembly, to help embed all that pupils have learnt about the Coronation.
Slides on:
When and where it will take place
The King’s procession
The procession inside the Abbey
The Recognition
The Coronation Oath
The Anointing
The Homage
The Sovereign’s Orb
The Sceptre
The Rod With the Dove
St Edward’s Crown
Crowing of The Queen Consort
Procession back to Buckingham Palace
Archbishop of Canterbury
Great Lord Chamberlain
The Pages of Honour
The Dean of Westminster
The Coronation Concert
What might be different from previous coronations?
3 worksheets included:
The parts of the ceremony
The sacred items
Writing a diary entry
Want an assembly to use during the National Walking Month of May? This assembly is all about the benefits of walking and how 10 minutes of brisk walking can be incorporated into our day. It covers some of the barriers we may experience in walking to school and how these could be overcome. There’s plenty of opportunity for discussion about the benefits and barriers.
During the assembly, pupils are introduced to case study pupils and encouraged to think of what they would say to these pupils so that they can see the value of walking.
There are then three worksheets which can be used to consolidate the main points from the assembly and to encourage pupils to reflect on what they have learnt.
Can be used to encourage walking to school or as part of a wider introduction to the benefits of walking.
Want something a bit different to use as a lesson starter or discussion prompt this World Oceans Day? This game is packed full of facts; it is a plastic pollution pairs activity focusing on effects of plastic pollution on our oceans. As the class click on a fact, an image of a sea creature is revealed beneath. They must find the matching piece of information to reveal the pair.
This activity would be great as part of an assembly on plastic pollution or as part of Eco Week.
Included: PowerPoint Presentation (pairs game)
Ancient Mayan Deities Lesson
This Ancient Mayan deities lesson teaches pupils about five of the most well-known Mayan gods and goddesses. There are then three activities for pupils to apply their knowledge of Ancient Mayan deities.
The deities covered are:
Itzamna
Chaac
Kukulcan
Kinich Ahau
Ix Chel
Pupils learn facts about each of the deities listed above, before applying their knowledge in the following activities:
Deciding which deity should win one of four ‘awards’ e.g. most powerful
Linking facts about the gods and goddesses
Designing a cloak for a deity
What’s included?
Lesson slides
3 worksheets
1 answer sheet for one of the worksheets
Profile sheet
A whole unit of work with all resources included. It consists of six presentations (one is an introduction and the other five are complete lessons) and four worksheets with opportunities for extra challenges to stretch more able pupils where appropriate. Pupils are tasked with coming up with a vegan dish which will compete with meat-based dishes on the school lunch menu.
The lesson teaches pupils to:
*Use internet search terms correctly
*Know the important components of a vegan diet
*Carry out market research to decide on final dish
*Cost a dish (for the whole school) and ensure good value for money
*Advertise the dish to fellow pupils
*Use persuasive language to encourage the catering manager to make the dish and fellow pupils to buy it
A variety of subjects are covered: DT, business studies, English and maths. The slides could be easily edited to suit the school and the desired outcome.
Could be used as a Year 6 enterprise project.
Maths Starters
This PowerPoint contains 5 maths esson starters with answers. Questions cover mass, ratio, time difference and date difference. Great for UKS2.
Extra challenges included on slides.
Father’s Day Writing Lesson Emotive Language
This download is a Father’s Day writing lesson to teach Key Stage 2 pupils how to improve their use of emotive language. Pupils can choose to write the emotive letter to their father (for Father’s Day) or a special person in their lives. Although their is a mention to Father’s Day at the beginning, the lesson is designed to be inclusive of all family types.
Pupils learn to elicit emotion through:
Using the power of three
Using superlative adjectives
Using abstract nouns
Using examples to illustrate points
Pupils are tasked with writing the letter to a special person in their lives (which could be their father) to tell them why they are special to them. There are three differentiated challenges to allow pupils to stretch themselves.
The lesson guides pupils through the planning and writing process, with teacher examples and tasks given along the way.
Included: PowerPoint teacher’s presentation and PDF version of the same presentation.
Healthy Eating Week 2019 Bundle
This download is a Healthy Eating Week 2019 Bundle. It contains all you need for Healthy Eating Week 2019. There are informative and engaging lessons with accompanying differentiated worksheets and an assembly to start the week.
Pupils learn:
*about vitamins and their sources
*about key food groups and their benefits
*about salt and sugar limits
*the components of a balanced diet
Included:
2 x teacher PowerPoints
3 x worksheets with 3 differentiated challenges
1 x assembly
Please note that some information from the assembly is repeated in one of the lessons in order to consolidate the knowledge before completing the worksheets.
Countdown Timer 30 Seconds Car Theme
This download is a 30 second countdown timer with a car theme. For use during timed classroom activities. Why not download this timer for a fun way to motivate your students?
Included: one PowerPoint with timed slide transitions acting as a 30 second timer (play slideshow and click on the first page to start the timer)
This game is a number bonds to 10 game. Ideal for whole class consolidation of number bonds. By clicking on each pair of number bonds, pairs of animals are revealed. The class can then see if they have found a correct number bond.
Included: Instructions and game (on one PowerPoint file)
Healthy Eating Week 2019 Complete Lesson Nutrition
This download is a Healthy Eating Week 2019 complete lesson. It includes an informative teacher presentation for use during Healthy Eating Week about the components of a balanced diet. The two worksheets are each differentiated three ways to allow all pupils to be challenged. The success criteria are reviewed at the end of the lesson.
Pupils learn about:
the different food groups and their nutritional benefits
foods which are included within the food groups
salt and sugar limits
Included: teacher PowerPoint and two differentiated worksheets
Healthy Eating Week 2019 Complete Lesson
This download is a Healthy Eating week 2019 complete lesson and worksheet on vitamins. The teacher PowerPoint teaches pupils about each of the vitamins in turn, explaining its role in keeping us healthy and food it can be found in. There is then a pupil worksheet to complete, where pupils must create a mini poster for each vegetable for a greengrocers, advertising the wonderful vitamins found in it.
Pupils learn:
what are vitamins?
names of key vitamins essential for a healthy diet
functions of these vitamins in keeping us healthy
food/drink containing each vitamin
There are three differentiated challenges on the teacher PowerPoint.
This would be an excellent lesson to use as part of the Healthy Schools curriculum.
Included: Teacher PowerPoint (editable + PDF version for immediate printing if required) and editable pupil worksheet.
Desertification Lesson
This download is a desertification lesson. Teach your students what desertification is and raise awareness of the global issue of desertification. This lesson will teach your students all they need to know about desertification.
Students learn:
What desertification is and how it differs from deserts
Causes of desertification
Consequences of desertification
What they can do to help reduce their carbon footprint
Included: Desertification lesson PowerPoint
Fronted Adverbials Lesson Presentation
This download is a fronted adverbials lesson presentation. It is designed to be clear, fun and informative. There are pupil tasks related to their learning about fronted adverbials throughout, as well as extra challenges. This fronted adverbials lesson will be both engaging and informative for your class.
Students learn:
What adverbials are
What fronted adverbials are
How to recognise fronted adverbials
How to use fronted adverbials
About appropriate use of fronted adverbials
Included: 1 x teacher PowerPoint
Growth Mindset Assembly
This download is a growth mindset assembly. Key terms related to growth mindset are explained clearly with examples. This assembly is interactive, fun and thought provoking. It is a great way to introduce growth mindset to students of different ages.
Pupils learn:
Definitions of key terms related to growth mindset
What a growth mindset is
About fixed mindsets
How to challenge some of their own/others misconceptions
Included: Assembly PowerPoint
American Independence Day Assembly / 4th July
This download is an American Independence Day / 4th July Assembly. This informative and fun assembly has interactive activities about American Independence Day and is packed full of well-explained facts. This resource is a great way to commemorate American Independence Day on 4th July.
Students learn:
About colonial America
About the history of American Independence Day
About the Founding Fathers of the USA
How American Independence Day is celebrated
Included:
1 x Independence Day Assembly PowerPoint
Women’s World Cup 2019 Quiz
This download is a Women’s World Cup 2019 quiz. There are 30 questions with multiple choice answers. It is interactive throughout: there are links to tell pupils if they are correct or incorrect, links back to the previous question if incorrect and to the next question if correct. Pupils will have fun learning more about the Women’s World Cup.
Examples of questions:
Which team won the 2015 World Cup?
How was the England World Cup team announced?
Which are the other teams in England and Scotland’s group?
How many points are awarded for a win in the group stages?
Which two teams have met twice in the final of the Women’s World Cup?
Sports Day Maths Worksheet Mean as an Average
This download is a statistics Worksheet focusing on finding the mean. It is designed for UKS2 upwards to challenge pupils’ knowledge of statistics and the mean as an average. There are 6 further extension tasks to really stretch your more able pupils. Answers are included on the second page.
Pupils:
*find the mean score for each event
*carry out a range of challenges to broaden their thinking around mean
Included: mean worksheet with challenges and answers (2 page document)