Useful activity for an engaging KS2 lesson on location knowledge focusing on UK cities. Both the clues and the map/key can be easily edited to change the locations etc. Also useful for introducing KS2 children to compass points. I have delivered the activity by spreading the clues around the classroom to make the activity more interactive.

Lesson flipchart and activity sheets for a year 3 lesson exploring the equator and briefly touching on seasons. Includes Activinspire flipchart, activity sheet and extension atlas activity.

2 extended lessons (2 hours each) based on the books ‘Journey’ and ‘Quest’ by Aaron Becker. Tasks include: Completing an emotions graph for the main character from ‘Journey’ Writing a first-person narrative in role Planning and writing an imaginative narrative inspired by ‘Quest’ Both lessons include links to videos showing the stories, opportunities for discussion and differentiated success criteria to accompany the writing opportunities. I created these for my Year 6 class, but the support and success criteria could easily be adapted to suit another KS2 class or KS3.

A set of multiplication and division word problem worksheets. Made to teach year 3 Inspire Maths as it seems there is a lack of similar resources out there. Variety of difficulty. Make sure you change the names etc. to make suitable.

A set of helpful sentence starters to support diary writing in Key Stage 2. Perfect for diary writing in Years 3-6.

Excel document with data and bar charts relating to the 32 countries in the tournament. Worksheet questions were used for a year 3 class, but can easily be edited to suit any age/ability. The Excel document is locked, so that children can use computers to view the bar charts, but can just as easily be printed and handed out.

Generic star of the week assembly certificate pdf. Easy to adapt to suit your school.

LKS2 balanced argument plans and resources using Mount Snowdon and the Roman army to introduce, plan and write a balanced argument. Included plan, flipchart, scaffolding and WAGOLL.

KS2 geography lessons, using the 2018 World Cup to locate nations and answer questions relating to KS2 geography curriculum.

KS2 Science lesson, perfect as part of a Year 5 forces unit. Children will use plasticine and marbles to investigate buoyancy and upthrust. Includes teaching slides and investigation scaffold for children.

A Science investigation lesson, suitable for KS2. Links well to working scientifically curriculum onjectives. “Is the length of all of someone’s fingers longer than one of their arms?” Children predict, measure, record and conclude independently. Pack includes: Teaching slides Investigation scaffold Hands template I’ve used this activity succesfully in Year 3 and Year 5!

A generic scaffold to support children in completing an investigation in Science. Can easily be edited to suit a range of activities.

A set of 5 writing lessons based on the short film ‘The Lighthouse’ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HfBbSUORvo&ab_channel=7even3hreeTv Suitable for KS2 and can be edited according to your students and year group. Printable resources are included on the PPT slides. These lessons could be extended to look at the functions of lighthouses, lighthouses around the world or into PSHE topics such as helping and empathising with others. If you like this resource, please have a look at my others, which include standalone writing lessons, Kensuke’s Kingdom, Holes and Maths projects.

Mini unit of learning (15+ lessons), which includes: an introduction to Shakespeare, life in Elizabethan England and Shakespearan language a summary of the story of The Tempest and related writing tasks to engage students in the play input and WAGOLL setting descriptions to build up to an extended writing task Could be expanded for pupils to write their own playscripts or look at Shakespeare’s other works If you liked this, please have a look at my other resources

A simple planning template to be used when planning a story. Can easily be adapted to add more details and/or support.

Generic pen licence certificate. Perfect for awarding pen licences in assembly.

Editable template grid for speaking activities, encouraging your pupils to use relevant and correct terminology. Can be edited to suit any topic or subject vocabulary. 1 slide large format to show on your presentation or interactive whiteboard, then a smaller, printable format for students to use (4 to a page).

Lesson presentation PPT includes 3 animated models of strategy for multiplying 2 2-digit numbers. Whole class “spot my Mistake” models a common misconception. 3-way differentiated fluency and problem solving independent activities.

Children can use the Google Arts & Culture app or website to explore the Space Shutte - Discovery. Adapted for use on Seesaw, but would work equally well in school or on Google Classrooms etc. The activity template explains where the children should look for clues to answer the questions for each section. pdf document to be set as template on Seesaw, with link provided in description: https://g.co/arts/zDQQUYE9uTZe95Ht6

Synonyms and shades of meaning KS2 and KS3 English A fully-editable template to create vocabulary lists of synonyms, in order of their intensity. This resource can be used for students to create their own vocabulary lists for writing and speaking, or to discuss the teacher’s examples. It is in a PowerPoint format for easy editing and printing.