A powerpoint describing and explaining some aspects of trench warfare and life in the trenches of the Great War. Several of the slides are designed to accompany Michael Morpurgo's book Private Peaceful and explain some of the terminology from it. Photos have been tempered to be appropriate for KS2. Also mentions the long lasting after effects of war on the landscape and on the people who fought.

Just made this maths quiz for a mixed ability maths group to use on Hallowe'en. It features a range of measurement questions with both Harry Potter and more general witchy questions. Plan to let the children work in mixed ability teams and use a range of resources to help them solve the problems.

A range of fun measuring activities as homework. It should be possible for most children to be able to find the measurements without a lot of measuring equipment and in all of their homes. A nice one for getting families involved in the learning.

This is a play and powerpoint designed to work together. The play can be read by able readers and used to describe the events leading up to the discovery of the tomb by Howard Carter. The lesson started in the classroom but at the point when the tomb was opened (slide 16) I moved the class to a small learning mentor room which I had decorated with rich materials and artefacts and had them crawl into the room through a pop-up tunnel. We finished the play and the slides in there as the room got hotter and hotter - a memorable session.

A range of practical measuring activities with a magical theme. Used this with a mixed ability Yr4 class and have never seen them more engaged or excited by maths learning - especially the potion making. It had to match the colour of mine (used 4 different food colours) and was a 'de-gnoming' potion. Groups of 4 all chose a magical team name - fab!

This is a range of activities designed to celebrate the Olympic Games. ( I have made 2 versions of the booklet - the first is very pretty but the file is huge and takes ages to download!) There are data handling tasks, investigations and lots of using and applying maths skills to be employed in this exciting booklet. All examples of athletes are taken from real Olympians - some of the results in have been altered slightly to make the investigation more useful and varied. I may add a point system and award medals too! Enjoy!

A powerpoint explaining some of the religious changes during the Tudor period with an accompanying timeline to illustrate the changes and the dangers!

This is a range of practical weighing and measuring activities linked to traditional tales. Will require a bit of setting up but a great lesson for book week or World Book day. Enjoy! NB I am planning to make the ginger bread dough before hand but let them roll it and cut it out - there is only so much mess..... Also, water can be substituted for porridge!

Tudor linked maths to work on data handling. Pupils have to plan the supplies for a long sea voyage based on three different ranks of sailor, all of whom are entitled to different rations. Enables data handling on a range of scales with ever increasing quantities. Best to start with one type of sailor and build up to all three and then all men at each rank. Done gradually it makes for an exciting project using lots of data handling skills.

A powerpoint and flashcards with name and images of fuit and veg in French. Powerpoint contains a game of noughts and crosses so that pupils have to remember the names of the fruit in order to be able to call out and play.

A set of sorting cards to start pupils thinking about how to classify animals. This pack includes lesson ideas, suggestions for furthering understanding.There is also a ppt for explaining the thinking to get the children going - but don't go too far to start with - let them do the thinking! These cards are multi-functional - they can be used for sorting, classifying and for display! I have used this one resource for at least three good science lessons - and I think they have more scope too!

This is a great exercise in learning. Pupils study the contours of a hill and then recreate it. Using the step by step power-point learn what contours mean and then cut out each layer of a hill before constructing it. Included in the pack is a document with two different 'mountains' but it would be more 'real' for your pupils to create hills local to them.

Presentation explaining how Henry VIII came to be married to Catherine and some information about his break with Rome and marriage to Anne Boleyn. To go with it there is a worksheet for the children to illustrate to demonstrate their understanding of the events and a sheet for LA kids to use connectives as an extra activity.

By using a simple power point to explain adjectives, pupils practice using them, then identify them in a range of excellent character descriptions. Characters described by Dickens, JK Rowling, Ibbotson, Lemony Snicket and Rosemary Sutcliffe are examined and adjectives highlighted. Pupils are inspired to write better character descriptions of their own!

This is a detailed presentation with images and questions to fire a thirst for knowledge about World War 2. In particular this is World War 2 on the home front and the things which affected children - evacuation , rationing, air raids, the black out. Through use of questions children are challenged to imagine how the war would affect people their age. The accompanying question sheets allows them to record their understanding of events and also could be used to provoke further questions and research.

A great introduction to Romans in Britain . A powerpoint with images and ideas to fire children's enthusiasm for history. Lots of starting questions designed to encourage them to pursue their own independent research. This resource can be linked to your own region in Britain to be made relevant for the pupils in your class. Includes a work sheet for pupils and a teacher's information sheet.

A powerpoint detailing some of the major characters of the Victorian era. Engineers, inventors and authors who changed the way we live today. This is a great starting point for the topic, providing lots of scope for independent research and interest. Also included is a map of the British Empire from 1897 . One of the worksheets contains answers for teacher's benefit, whilst the other is blank for pupils to make notes. The sheet could be used as a treasure hunt, with the slides printed and placed around the room for the children to find the answers.

A detailed powerpoint for display featuring the major events, discoveries and inventions of the Victorian era. This offers plenty of information as starting points for enquiry and independent research and will enable pupils to have gain a grasp as to the dramatic developments of the age.

This lesson is designed to inspire children to become history detectives. Using a range of 'lost property' items, contained in bags and suitcases, children learn to piece together clues to gain an understanding of the kind of person they belonged to. An excellent starting lesson for any history topic. The presentation introduces the idea of looking for clues, looking at two different rooms to think about what kind of person lives there. In with the detailed lesson plan there is a sheet with differentiation for lower ability pupils, a rationale and learning objectives which are linked to the new NC. Has been used very successfully to introduce Romans but would work equally well with other topics This lesson was graded outstanding when I taught it! Good luck!

This is a powerpoint and accompanying 'front cover' to start off the yr 4 topic of Keeping Warm. The pictures in the powerpoint are intended to make the children distinguish between hot, warm and cold and then they can complete the sheet to make a front cover in their books, for the start of the topic, by drawing images related to the subheadings. None of the topic descriptors really seemed to fit!

Using the KS2 maths objectives, pupils are challenged to answer questions from all areas of maths covered in a typical term. They are encouraged to traffic light each section to indicate their level of confidence and then to reflect upon the areas in which they need further support. An extremely useful document which enable pupils to recognise their own strengths and weaknesses and also to inform teachers' planning for the following terms.