A huge pack of topic-specific vocabulary. Each topic has 20 words linked to that topic. Topics include: Stone Age to Iron Age Ancient Romans Anglo-Saxons Vikings Ancient Greeks Ancient Sumer Indus Valley Ancient Egypt Shang Dynasty Early Islam Ancient Maya Kingdom of Benin Note: Please allow ‘Macros’ when prompted - these are just to allow the buttons to work properly.

An entire UNIT OF WORK for the new Computing curriculum, looking at: - what networks are, - how they are made, - how the Internet works, - data protection and encryption - and touching on E-Safety. Includes Medium and Short Term Planning, professional PowerPoint presentation for the whole unit, ALL worksheets and EXEMPLAR photographs for ease of understanding. Simple reference system - L1 means Lesson 1, L2 - Lesson 2 etc. ALL necessary worksheets for each lesson are highlighted on the Short Term Planning in Yellow in both the Resources column and when describing the activities. Most worksheets are editable to suit. This has been successfully delivered to Y3, but could it be used for most of KS2 if they have not yet looked at it. Please review and rate.

An interactive PowerPoint linked to Cause and Effect across a number of popular topics studied in KS2. NOTE: Please read the SETUP INSTRUCTIONS file first to allow Macros/Content when prompted in the yellow banner at the top of the PowerPoint before starting the presentation. This is simply to allow the ‘Random’ buttons to work. Each Cause and Effect can be brought in separately and the pictures brought in and out as required. Random Causes and Effects can be generated within each section or each one can be chosen individually from the Overview menus for each topic. Text can be edited to include your own, but adding or deleting slides will affect the buttons. These can be altered in Visual Basic if you have an understanding of it.

An editable and printable display of the KS2 historical periods. Measures roughly 1.3m wide by 60cm high. Print out and add the periods on that you want as you do them or just print the entire timeline as a single display. To print full size, Export the file as a PDF, then when Printing, chose the Poster option and it will split it into A4 pieces of paper that can be trimmed and stuck together.

This is a worksheet used for looking at the British Empire in 1901 during the Victorian Era, showing the extent of the Empire, SOME of the countries within the Empire and SOME of those countries’ exports into Great Britain. NOTE: Children should be taught that Pakistan was NOT a country at this point and wasn’t officially recognised as its own country until 1956. The inclusion of it is to highlight the area as being under British control as many pupils will be familiar with it in the modern sense. SOME of the smaller countries and islands are virtually impossible to see on the map due to sizing, such as Cyprus. This resource was made during my first placement in my training year many moons ago and was an attempt to link geography with the topic of the Victorians, using an atlas and the internet after simply being told to do a ‘geography lesson about the Victorians’.

This PowerPoint gives a brief introduction into some of the traditions that the Victorians introduced or revived. The dinosaurs and helicopter racing were purely to keep the children entertained and alert! There is also a role play at the end for children to come up with based on research and interpretation.

An interactive PowerPoint game showing the decisions that hunter-gatherers and farmers might have to make to survive. Teaches children about cause, effect and consequence in a fun, interactive way. NOTE: Please view the SETUP INSTRUCTIONS FIRST so that the scoring system works properly. The supporting worksheet allows children to record their actions to create some writing afterwards.

A small PPT to show how information is sent and received through the Internet, containing a link to a video and a diagram I have made explaining the process described in the video. This is to coincide with the new Computing Curriculum for Year 3.

An ENORMOUS interactive PowerPoint with over 150 significant individuals from history, grouped by career. (Please ‘Allow Content’ within the yellow banner at the top when you first open it or the buttons won’t work!) You can reveal however much information you want about them and use this to test your class on how much they remember. Can they guess who it is before revealing the name or picture? Use it to learn about significant individuals throughout history at your own pace. Topics include: Scientists and Inventors Women Significant Black Individuals Sports Leaders Activists The Arts Explorers You can select individuals completely randomly or individually within their group. As it is a PowerPoint, you can edit the content of the slides if there are people on there that you wanted to include (DO NOT ADD OR DELETE SLIDES - this will disturb the slide numbers and their groupings!) Please leave a review if you find this useful. This has been a labour of love from Hayley and myself and we are very proud of it. Please let us know if you find anything that doesn’t work correctly and we will fix it as soon as we can.

A simple worksheet where children decide which is the correct spelling of each given word, then use these words in their own sentences to reinforce the learning. Dictionary skills can be used to double check spellings.

A differentiated worksheet using 4 and 8-point compasses to locate various countries around Europe.

A fun game of dice cricket with PowerPoint to explain the rules and scorecards for multiple games on each sheet.

A simple but effective bank of over 100 terms linked to history. Either Words or Definitions can be revealed first, with the other one being explained or guessed by the children.

An enormous interactive resource of over 500 slides that lists 8 disciplinary skills and concepts for most topics across the National Curriculum, helping to tackle these skills in your own topics. Examples are given for nearly every skill and topic. Great as a starter or plenary for KS1 and KS2. Setup instructions included so that the buttons work correctly. You can watch an overview video of the resource here: www.history-rocks.com/history-skills-and-concepts

144 questions based on times tables and division facts for UKS2. One column is for answering, the other is for marking.

A collection of lessons using the free game-creating program Kodu that teaches children how to program and code simple algorithms and debug their own creations. This set of planning includes lots of simple instructions and builds in complexity in each lesson, revisiting ideas and scaffolding from ideas already used. Includes some commands to follow.

A simple PowerPoint explaining how mirrors work, showcasing an enormous mirror in a Norwegian town that receives no sunlight. Also features a task for children to do on black paper with yellow and white pencils.

A short PPT to show how you can create Nonsense Creatures by slamming two animals together! The word Bigglywiff was designed to get the children (Y3) thinking about what it could mean (animal, place, person?), as this was their first time looking at Nonsense Poems.

50 questions based around the Ancient Greeks where up to 5 teams can play and keep track of their scores within the quiz. Questions can be generated randomly or you can move through them in sequence. Clicking/tapping on the name of the team will play a sound effect and give them 10 points. The first team to reach 100 points wins the game, which is done automatically. Great for revising and embedding facts and knowledge to build on long-term learning. Questions can be edited as it is in PowerPoint to suit your own curriculum. NOTE: DO NOT add or delete slides if you are unfamiliar with basic coding as this will affect the buttons and cause problems with the slides that may appear. Just EDIT existing slides if necessary. NOTE: Please ‘Allow/Enable Content’ in the yellow banner when you first open it to allow the scores and buttons to work properly.

Here is some information on the possible uses for Stonehenge to be used as a starting point for a Y3 debate.

Experience what it was like to be a Roman Emperor by trying to balance to the needs of the Military, the Senate and the Populace! Each decision will result in a positive or negative consequence. Allow one faction to become too dissatisfied and they will turn against you! (-30 points or more) If the scores end in a tie between 2 factions, the children should choose the faction that they feel deserves their support the most. Also, remind the children NOT TO SAVE at the end as this will affect the scores of the next person playing it. NOTE: Please read the Setup Instructions first to make sure that the scoring system works correctly. Macros are only used for the scoring system.