A set of activities looking at the Iron Age and the Celts in Britain, consisting of an informative Powerpoint, printables and display resources. POWERPOINT (26 PAGES): Description of different aspects of Iron Age life including Sources of information Iron Age Britain Iron Age people & tribes Iron Age life Buildings: Hill Forts Art and Culture Religion Battle Arrival of the Romans IRON AGE WORKSHEETS: (for recording research) Iron Age sites recording sheet Iron Age tribes in the local area Iron Age art and culture Iron Age farming Iron Age hill forts Iron Age tribal kingdoms Topic covers (x2) For topic books Iron Age writing border sheets (x2; lined and unlined) IRON AGE DISPLAY: A4 title A-Z lettering in a metallic iron background The Iron Age banner Iron Age artefacts Iron Age border for display boards

A set of lessons investigating different aspects of Geography in Gweta / Botswana: POWERPOINTS AFRICA - LOCATION IN THE WORLD: Looks at the location of Africa in relation to the UK, and the rest of the world. It names the continents and oceans of the world, and places in Africa the children may be familiar with. It ends with an interactive quiz on the continents and oceans. BOTSWANA - LANDSCAPE: Looks at the topography of Botswana, and different landforms - the Kalahari Desert, the Okavango Delta, the Makgadikgadi Pans; rivers, and savannah. BOTSWANA - CLIMATE: Explains how Botswana is located in the tropics, and how this affects the climate. It shows average minimum and maximum monthly temperatures, and average monthly rainfall totals BOTSWANA - ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES: Looks at the main problems facing Botswana - drought and desertification, and the solutions underway. BOTSWANA - PARKS AND RESERVES: The Chobe National Park, the Nxai Pan National Park, and the Central Kalahari Game Reserve. BOTSWANA - FACTS AND INFORMATION: Looks at the history of Botswana, agriculture, food, school, crafts, and homes, plus fast facts about the flag, coat of arms, population, capital city, borders, currency, language, and religion. GWETA AND BOTSWANA - NATURAL RESOURCES: Investigates diamond mining, agriculture, and crafts, with a look at teh Gweta Natural Resources Trust and how they are supporting local villages. GWETA - WHAT IS IT LIKE?: Shows the location of Gweta, with lots of pictures to study. WORKSHEETS (PDF) AFRICA MIND MAP - to find out what the children already know ROUTE PLANNING - a blank world map for the children to plan their route from home. TEMPERATURE AND RAINFALL GRAPHS - For the children to study and answer questions. TEMPERATURE AND RAINFALL GRIDS - For the children to convert into graphs.

5 POWERPOINTS: Introduction to pronouns: Explains what pronouns are and gives an example of what text would look like if they were not used. It ends with an activity where the children read the sentences to see which pronoun should be used to aid cohesion and avoid repetition. Pronoun practice: Exercise to see which pronouns should be used where. Personal pronouns: A study of personal pronouns eg I/my/mine Demonstrative pronouns: A look at this, these, that and those Reflexive pronouns: A study of reflexive pronouns such as he/himself, with exercises to think of sentences containing them. PRINTABLE PDF FILES: Complete the pronoun matrix Find the pronouns ( x 3): Read the stories and find the pronouns. Indefinite pronouns: For display Missing pronouns (x 2): Read the story and fill in the missing pronouns Pronoun count: To use when reading to see which pronouns are the most common. Pronoun list Who am I: Picture cards for the children to describe using possessive pronouns

An overview of weather and seasons, to use alongside the individual spring, summer, autumn and winter packs.

This is a set of 42 resources: PowerPoints, display and role play activities. PRINTABLES: ROLE PLAY masks / puppets for the following nursery rhymes: Baa baa black sheep (black sheep, dame, master and sack) Hey Diddle Diddle (cat, cow, dog, dish and spoon) Goosey Goosey Gander (Goose and old man) Humpty Dumpty (Egg) Jack and Jill (2 versions, one colour, one black and white) Hickory Dickory Dock (mouse) Peter Peter (pumpkin) Incy wincy spider Twinkle Twinkle little star Wee Willie Winkie Plus a variety of girl / boy / woman and man masks DISPLAY: A-Z Lettering with a nursery rhyme theme Nursery Rhyme 3 page banner Nursery Rhyme border Sheep number line to 20 Nursery Rhymes large lettering Nursery Rhymes colouring book - with 15 different nursery rhymes Nursery Rhyme colourful posters with an A4 heading, displaying one rhyme per A4 page. The rhymes are: Baa Baa black sheep Doctor Foster Goosey Goosey Gander Hickory Dickory Dock Incy Wincy Jack be nimble Little Jack Horner Little Boy Blue Mary, Mary Old King Cole Polly put the kettle on Ride a cock horse Rock a bye baby Sing a song of sixpence There was an old woman Three Blind Mice POWERPOINTS: 16 individual animated Nursery Rhyme PowerPoint presentations: 1 2 Buckle my shoe Baa Baa Black sheep Goosey Goosey gander Hey Diddle Diddle Hickory Dickory Dock Humpty Dumpty Incy Wincy Spider Jack and Jill Mary had a little lamb Old King Cole Sing a song of sixpence The Owl and the Pussycat The Three little kittens This little piggy Twinkle Twinkle PLUS Nursery Rhyme Collection: (In PowerPoint format, with Sassoon font; each rhyme is on 1 page) Goosey Goosey Gander Hey Diddle Diddle Humpty Dumpty Hickory Dickory Dock Jack and Jill Jack Spratt Jack be nimble Jack Horner Little Miss Muffet Little Bo Peep Little Boy Blue Mary Mary Old Mother Hubbard Peter Peter Polly put the kettle on Ring o' Rosies Rock-a-bye baby There was an old woman Three Blind Mice Twinkle Twinkle Wee Willie Winkie

A set of powerpoints and activities to teach verb prefixes such as dis-, de-, mis-, over- and re-, with a recap of previously learnt prefixes. POWERPOINTS: Prefixes un- dis- and mis-: Looks at the 3 prefixes; how they change the meanings of words; and words they can be added to. Changing words into negatives with prefixes: un, de, anti, dis and il Prefix meanings: 9 prefixes and their meanings Prefixes dis, de, mis, over, re and pre: Looks at each prefix and words containing them individually, so one can be taught per session. PRINTABLE FILES (PDF): Prefix list and meanings Prefix word list dis de mis over & re (word file) Wordsearch x 6 (un-, dis-, de-, mis-, pre- and re-) Change the paragraph to the opposite meaning using prefixes worksheet Definitions worksheets x 4 Definitions matching cards Extension work - more prefixes x 3 worksheets Negatives

POWERPOINTS: gue at the end of words que at the end of words PDF (PRINTABLE) RESOURCES: Look Write Cover Check x 2: For spelling practice Cards with words ending gue gue for the g sound worksheet Cards with words ending que que for the k sound worksheet que for the k sound picture worksheet que and gue wordsearch TEACHER RESOURCES: Word list Adaptable outline plan

A pack of resources to teach the spelling guidelines for Words ending in able, ably,ible and ibly POWERPOINTS able word endings ible word endings PDF (PRINTABLE) RESOURCES Look Write Cover Check able ably words Look Write Cover Check ible ibly words Word cards - able endings Word cards - ible endings Wordsearch - able and ible words Word endings ible or able worksheet x 2 Word lists

Resources to teach the spelling guidelines for word endings which sound like /ʃən/, spelt tion, sion, ssion, cian POWERPOINT: Endings tion sion ssion and cian: Goes through each ending, giving examples, exceptions and an activity to add each ending to different words. PDF (PRINTABLE) RESOURCES Look Write Cover Check x 4: For spelling practice of words with each ending 4 x worksheets, for each ending Wordsearch, containing all word endings Cards, containing words with each ending. Although every effort has been made to check wordsearches for unintentional inappropriate words, it is recommended that teachers double check them before giving to children. TEACHER RESOURCES Word list Adaptable outline plan

STONE AGE DISPLAY: A4 title A-Z lettering in a stone background The Stone Age banner Stone Age timeline Stone Age artefacts Stone Age border for display boards BRONZE AGE DISPLAY: A4 title A-Z lettering in a bronze background The Bronze Age banner Bronze Age timeline Bronze Age artefacts Bronze Age border for display boards IRON AGE DISPLAY: A4 title A-Z lettering in a metallic iron background The Iron Age banner Iron Age artefacts Iron Age border for display boards

A pack of resources to teach about words containing silent letters. POWERPOINTS Words with silent letter k Words with silent letter g Words with silent letter w Words with silent letter b Words with silent letter c Words with silent letter d Words with silent letter n Words with silent letter t Words with other silent letters Words with silent letter and unusual letter patterns PDF (PRINTABLE) RESOURCES Look Write Cover Check x 10: For spelling practice (Each one matches the words contained in each PowerPoint) Silent letters k g and w worksheet: Words to sort into which silent letter they contain Words with silent letter b worksheet: Jumbled words to rearrange then write a sentence. Words with silent letter c worksheet: Jumbled words to rearrange then write a sentence. Words with silent letters d and n worksheet: Jumbled words to rearrange then write a sentence. Words with silent letter t worksheet: Jumbled words to rearrange then write a sentence. Words with silent letters missing: To fill in then write a sentence.

A set of resources in pdf format to print and display. The pack consists of: 4 Different A4 titles: The Roman Empire and its impact on Britain / The Romans / The Roman invasion of Britain / The Roman Empire A-Z lettering: with blue 'Roman temple' background Banner x 2: With lettering 'The Roman Empire and its impact on Britain' and 'The Roman Empire' Border: Strips of border decorated with a Roman soldier for display borders,plus corners with 'SPQR'. Famous Romans posters (x 4): A heading plus one A4 sheet for each of the following; Julius Caesar, Emperor Claudius, Emperor Hadrian and Romulus (& Remus), with information about each person. Maps of Roman Britain posters (x 4): A heading, plus an old 4th century map of what Britain was thought to be like; A map of Iron Age tribes in Britain, a map of mining in Roman Britain and a map of Roman Britain in around AD 150 Roman artefacts posters (x 10; 2 on each A4 page): Heading, plus images of a Roman jug, an oil lamp, samian ware, aurus of Nero, a fresco, glassware, a mosaic, a military diploma, writing implements and copper and lead ingots. Roman Emperor posters (x 5): A4 heading, plus images of the first five Roman Emperors; Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Nero.Clausius Roman god posters (x 8): A4 heading plus the gods / goddesses Saturn, Jupiter, Juno, Janus, Neptune, Minerva, Mars and Vulcan. Photo pack of Roman sites in Britain: A heading plus an A4 page for each of the following; Bath, Hadrian's Wall, Richborough Fort, Great Witcombe Roman villa, Vindolanda, Venta Silurem, Anderitum, London Wall and Viroconium. Each photograph contains a map of the UK showing the location of each site. The Roman Army posters (x 8): Heading plus images of a legionary with his equipment and armour labelled, an aquilifer, archer, ballista, catapult, centurio, cavalry, cassis, cuirass, tunic, boot, scutum, pilum, standard and gladius. Timeline of the Roman Empire: An A4 sheet, showing the rise and fall of the Roman Empire from 750 BC to AD 500 Vocabulary display of the Roman Empire: Contains 2 words per A4 page, with an image and definition of the following words; Senate, legionary, republic, emperor, empire, civilization, citizen, Mediterranean, barbarian, archaeologist, military, plebeian, tribe, artefact, century, hostage, BC and AD

A pack of powerpoints and printable maps- includes mountain facts, climates, tourism, mountain environments, and the 7 continent summits. POWERPOINTS What and Where are mountain environments An introduction to the topic, showing photographs of different environments for the children to identify physical features. Introduces mountains, and mountain ranges; and locates the main areas on a world map. Mountains in the UK Shows a map of different mountain ranges in the UK, and gives a description of the 4 highest mountains in Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland. It ends with a task. Mountain areas of the world Shows the location of the main mountainous areas in each continent and describes the Seven Continent Summits in a fact-file style. It ends with a task.

Detailed explanations of how volcanoes are formed, how they erupt and where they are found, plus a case study of the 2010/2011 eruptions in Iceland. What are volcanoes? - Includes a historical background to the name volcano; explains what a volcano is; what they release; what they are like; what happens in an eruption; can they be predicted; and volcano facts. How and why volcanoes erupt - An explanation of: where magma comes from; tectonic plates; divergent and convergent plate boundaries; hot spots; and location of the world's volcanoes. Volcano classification - Identifies and explains the different ways in which volcanoes can be classified - Type of lava (runny or thick); Type of volcanic eruption (Hawaiian, Strombolian, Vulcanian, Pelean, or Plinian); Shape of volcano (focusing on just 2 types - Shield volcano, stratovolcano / composite, plus talks about under water volcanoes); and whether they are active, dormant or extinct. Volcano glossary - Explanations and pictures of vocabulary relating to volcanoes (Magma chamber, vent, conduit, flank, cone, lava flow, pyroclastic flow, ash cloud, volcanic bomb, crater, caldera) Living near a volcano - Looks at the reasons why people live near or on volcanoes, and asks the children to think about what hazards there could be. Are there volcanoes in Britain? - A brief explanation of volcanic activity in Britain, and examples of extinct volcanoes in England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. Volcano questions - 11 photographs of volcanoes and their effects, with questions. Make a volcano - instructions for making an eruption

A pack of powerpoint lessons, activities, games and display Powerpoint files: A pack of worksheets, activities, cards and display resources for a dinosaurs topic. ACTIVITIES Acrostic poem templates x 2 Bones - different lengths to use for sequencing activities Coloured bookmarks with dinosaurs - 4 different designs Black and white bookmarks - 8 different designs Cards - 9 cards with different dinosaurs on for matching/snap games Colouring scenes - 11 different designs containing different types of dinosaurs Counting dinosaurs - 12 different amounts of dinosaurs with space to write the number. Dinosaur eggs - different sizes for sequencing Dinosaur masks - black and white to colour Dinosaur masks (colour) Black and white dinosaur pictures - 13 simple line drawings to colour/cut out etc Dinosaur information cards - to fill in Dinosaurs - different sizes for sequencing (2 different designs) Finger puppet dinosaurs - small images for puppets 3 x dinosaur themed jigsaws Topic covers x 3 Wordsearch Writing border DISPLAY A4 heading Alphabet - 2 versions, one on an egg, the other on an image of a dinosaur hatching. A-Z lettering, plus numbers and punctuation, with a dinosaur background image Banner x 2 designs - large 3 page banners Border with dinosaurs to frame a display Clipart dinosaurs, for activities or display Dinosaur alphabet capitals (2 letters per page; the letters are inside the dinosaur body) Dinosaur skeletons - 5 different images Numberline - Dinosaur egg - to 20 with numerals and writing Numbers 1-100, with odd and even numbers different colours Posters - 10 A5 posters containing images and vocabulary Word mat - with vocabulary the children may need.

A set of geography resources looking at where Tocuaro is and what it is like there. POWERPOINTS Tocuaro mind map: For the beginning of the topic, to record what the children already know. Where is Tocuaro?: Shows the location of Tocuaro, in relation to the UK, Europe, and the rest of the world. What is Tocuaro like?: Photographs of life in and around Tocuaro, for the children to look at to find information. What is it like to live in Tocuaro?: Photographs of a Mexican family, different types of jobs and activities, food, dining, school, and traditional costumes. Is life in Mexico similar to life in the UK?: Photographs showing different aspects of life in Tocuaro and Mexico - street scenes; church; market stalls; crafts; houses; children; high street; washing clothes, and cooking. PRINTABLE RESOURCES (PDF) How to get to Tocuaro: A world map for the children to draw a route from their home town to Mexico. What is it like in Tocuaro: Three versions for different abilities - to write down what they think Tocuaro is like. Similarities and Differences: Worksheet for writing lists of similarities and differences. Mask template x 3: For the children to design their own mask.

A set of resources looking at life during WWI with a medium term plan. 1 Britain before the war Powerpoint looks at: The monarchy and the British Empire Women Rich and poor Houses and homes Fashion Travel and transport Entertainment School Activity: Images of life before WWI 2 Causes of the war Powerpoint looks at: What is war? What were the causes of the First World War? Activity: Blank map of Europe to label the countries involved in WWI 3. World War I timeline Powerpoint gives an overview of the main battles and events that occured in World War One. Activity: A blank timeline for the children to do further research for a display. 4. What was life like for soldiers in the First World War? Powerpoint looks at: The Western Front Trenches and Trench Warfare Trench Foot Lice Rats Shell Shock Food Prisoners of war Dogs Hospitals Remembrance Day Activity: Excerpts from a book by C. Leroy Baldridge 5. The Armed Forces Powerpoint briefly looks at the Royal Navy, the Army, and the Air Force during the war. 6. Life in Britain - The Home Front The 50 page PowerPoint can be split into separate lessons: Defence of the Realm Act Women during the war Life for children during the war Recruitment and conscription Food shortages Air raids Propaganda Armistice Day Plus an A4 heading and a 4 page title for display.

A set of resources to teach the spelling rule: The /dʒ/ sound spelt as ge and dge at the end of words and sometimes spelt as g elsewhere in words before e, i and y

A set of 9 powerpoint files looking at life during WWII: The Second World War: An introduction to the causes The Blitz: Description of what it was, and what happened during the bombings. Why were children evacuated?: The reasons why What was it like to be an evacuee: Experiences of children, with web-links What did people eat during the war?: Explains why rationing occurred, what kinds of food/meals people had. Women in WW2: What jobs women did What did children & adults do in WW2: Ways of life and pastimes What was it like for people who fought in WWII: Lots of pictures to look at and think about what life was like for soldiers. Children of WW2: Thought-provoking pictures. VE Day: A recap of the main events of WWII and what happened on VE day.

A set of powerpoints showing photographs of the most popular toys of the pre-50s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s and modern toys; an introduction to the history of toys - going back to dolls in Ancient Greece to computers today; a look at portraits of children from the past playing with toys; a sorting toy activity into old and new, and an old poem about the wonders of a toy shop. There are also 4 maths powerpoints looking at addition and subtraction in the toy shop, with cards to print for games. The activities include: An acrostic poem template Animal cut-out templates to join together to make a moving toy Colouring sheets Pictures of new/old teddy Puppets for role play Russian doll set to print and laminate for size ordering 6 x Santa lists to use around Christmas A thaumatrope template with instructions 3 x cover templates for a topic book Toy sorting cards - to sort into different materials/ properties. Toys from the past questionnaire to take home to fill in with parents. A copy of an old book 'What shall we do next' from 1907 full of games and activities that children played The Wonderful Toymaker fairy tale to read An outline planning document with cross curricular links that can be adapted. DISPLAY Old toys display - photographs Children's portraits playing with toys Toys banner Toys heading Toys in the past heading Toys timeline