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This unit of work is a great talk4writing non chronological report text to learning all about the Romans. Week one KS2 yr3-yr 5 as taught in a mixed year group class. The initial introductory text is based on the Celts in preparation for writing a non chronological write about the Romans. Week one is to learn all about the Celtic way of life text through the story map and answer questions about the text. The three following weeks can be purchased separately or as a block unit. Included in the week one NCR The story map is attached in this week one package, Reading comprehension Celtic report highlighting the grammar features Week two is to change the Celtic Britain report text to writing about the Roman Army and their way of life. Information used about the Roman army is sourced Grammar exercises are also sourced Week three is to plan and prepare own independent writing about as aspect of Roman life. Box up plan Week four is to complete independent writing. Box up plan revised grammar key ingredients for writing an effective report

This lesson has been written for upper KS 2. The crux of the lesson is to find out as a class how water and nutrients are transported in the body to where they are needed. Also to gain an understanding of how blood has a function on the body and the role within the body; as well as understanding what the body’s circulatory system is responsible for and how it transports materials throughout the entire body. Discussions can also be generated on possible illnesses that are caused if the body doesn’t function adequately. Opportunities to invite st. Johns ambulance to offer talks to pupils can be arranged. (see website in web site links) Other First aid lesson plans can be found on this site. This lesson offers a good understanding on why water is vital to us humans, and how nutrients are transported around the body from the water we drink. Look out for the advanced water transportation lesson in the coming week. This lesson would be ideal to be taught over several days. files included: ppp lesson plan teacher background notes website list teaching resources Feed back and reviews would be appreciated

This science lesson is for upper KS2 and grades 5-8 Pupils will learn and successfully describe the process of the digestive system, identifying and naming the parts of the digestive system through interactive games and using an outline of the body draw and annotate what they know happens to food when they’ve eaten it. From shared learning and class activities of the lesson pupils should be able to label and identify parts of the digestive system correctly. Also thinking about the questions asked in the power point and how to answer key questions using the stem sentence approach; A summary of children’s learning is to write a clear explanation of the function of each part of the digestive system and how the digestive system works. Thank you in advance for taking the time to review my lesson. :-)

KS2 Yr5-Yr6 English – Why we should eat a balanced diet – A Balanced Argument This block of lesson gives pupils an opportunity to revise what a balanced argument is, revising vocabulary and key features of writing a balanced argument. There is a prequel lesson where pupils can have a class/ group debate on different questions about Junk food. Following this lesson there are five lessons that will give pupils ideas to plan, write and edit their own balanced arguments on Why we should eat a balanced dirt. Ideas for writing their own arguments could come from the prequal lesson questions pupils debated about as well.

This lesson is for upper KS2 Where pupils will learn all about making comparisons and connections between early civilizations and today. By the end of the lesson pupils will be able to compare and contrast how early civilizations have developed socially and culturally over time. This lesson allows pupils to explore Stone Age man through watching a number of video clips of how hunter gatherers lived in Neolithic times and how farming developed through the ages looking into the similarities and differences of Neolithic man to modern day man. This lesson will give opportunities to many questions being asked from the pupils to find answers to, and thinking about the era they would prefer to live in.

This lesson is suitable for upper kS2 Giving opportunities to research the principles of what a balanced diet is. Understand the reasons why we should eat a balanced diet, by explaining what a balanced diet consists off. By the end of the lesson pupils will be able to give an explanation of a well balanced and healthy diet through the ‘eat well’ plate; successfully categorise the different types of food that make up our diet. Explain what the proportions are; and how we should eat them, recall the differences of good and bad fats and identify processed sugars and natural sugars in food sources. With a focus on teaching Healthy food and exercise involves a balanced diet and keeping fit. Refer the teaching notes and websites. Independent/groups activities include placing foods correctly on the eatwell plate using the word vocabulary document. (Use hoops for the different food groups) Independently design a day’s menu that has the entire food groups in.

This lesson is designed for upper KS 2 The crux of this lesson is thinking about our diet and lifestyle and the impact it has on the human body. Asking the question ‘What is obesity?’ With further investigations and watching clips on fat and how it affects the body; what diseases and health implications are there on the human body when consuming too much bad fat. This lesson can also be purchased in a bundle with L2 why we should eat a balanced diet? & PE, Numeracy and PSHE Circuit Fitness, as there are links across all these lessons and would make an ideal mini cross curricular unit of work that KS 2 children will enjoy.

This unit of work offers a fun work out where you will find a six week programme with warm ups, main exercises and cool downs. Station cards with photos to demonstrate the exercise and teaching points. If your a supply teacher and need a PE lesson, this would make a great stand alone lesson as all resources are prepared and ready to use. See Keep fit Circuit Plan weeks one to six for background information. Any feedback and comments would be greatly appreciated.

This lesson is ideally for upper KS2, but can also be adapted for KS3 Geography - Seasons - Understand and gain knowledge on impact of seasonality on food production around the world. By the end of the lesson children would be able to: summarise and give an explanation why foods are grown in seasons. Identify the climates and locations where food is grown, reared, caught and produced. To locate where food is exported in the world. This lesson entails using search technologies effectively, appreciate how results are selected and ranked and be discerning in evaluating digital content. To use technology safely, respectfully and responsibly.

These three lessons are suitable for upper KS2 and can be adapted for KS3 Included in these three lessons are lesson plans, and two PPP , resources and weblinks including an opportunity for Children to interview a local farmer as well as watch the BBC programme – Jimmy’s Farm Heroes 2008 (1 hour in length), making notes about what is affecting todays farmers the most. Students in Lesson 1 will compose questions to ask a farmer and interpret his/her answers In Lesson 2 students will understand the link between land use and economic activity.(Summary of Farmers interview is Lesson 2) This time allows children to summarize questions asked to a local farmer or from the video watched in part 2 of lesson one. By the end of lesson 1 they will be able to ask open ended questions. Interpret information from different sources and evaluate, from interviewing, that there are physical and human characteristics that affect farming. By the end of lesson 2 children will successfully identify land use; Identify the effect of land use on economic activity. As well as identify the distribution of food from its origin. Included is a photo of some notes the class teacher took when interviewing a local Cornish Farmer. Lesson three - Farm to Fork This lesson follows on from Farming in the UK interviewing local farmers; giving opportunities for researching different types of farming, expressing views and opinions on farming and how food ends up on our plates. Answering questions: do you know where our food comes from? As a nation should we be supporting our local farmers? There are links to a number of numeracy lessons on how far food travels from farms to end up on the supermarket shelves. Websites provide information on locations of locally sourced food products, and who these farmers sell their produce to. It is not just dairy, rearing animals, crop growing; fishermen are also farmers, catching fish to sell at markets and restaurants. This lesson provides opportunities for discussion on farming life and the produce that is sold to supermarkets and other sources for profit.

These lessons are suitable for upper KS2. Opportunities are given to pupils to think of their favourite meals writing down the ingredients needed, checking the recipe and given a budget to role play buying the ingredients across different supermarkets. Pupils would also gain an understanding of VAT, working out the VAT on food produce. Towards the end of the week, pupils will be given a budget to plan a week’s family menu, and evaluate the prices across the different supermarkets constructing tally charts, pie charts and graphs to evaluate the data collected. The four days of lessons are all prepared on one PPP listing all resources and website needed for teaching. Two characters Charlie and Lee have been used to ask questions to the children or giving a statement that the children will have to answer using stem sentences (that you are using in your class) in giving their explanations and reasonings Feedback and comments would be appreciated, Thank you in advance.

This science lesson has been written to follow on from ‘nutrients found in water’. part one that expands the children’s knowledge in how water is used within the body and the function of the muscles when there isn’t enough water in the body. This lesson has been written primarily for KS 3, however can be taught to upper ks 2 to advanced pupils who have a in depth knowledge of the human body.

Updated Lesson plan with Brand new resources! This science lesson has been planned for lower KS2 but can be used for the teaching in upper KS2 as well. Giving opportunities for children to learn all about the muscular system in humans,that there are three types of muscles in the body and their function, how the muscles move in performing different actions and the terms/ vocabulary used in describing these actions with a series of fun activities which will reinforce learning. The lesson that follows The Muscular System is the skeletal system. You can find this lesson in my shop.

This lesson is history - RE oriented for KS 3(Grade 6-8) but could be taught as a year 6 lesson. Pupils will learn all about how the Quakers had a different religious view to other Christian faiths. As well as Identifying how the Quakers helped the American slaves to their freedom? Lesson objectives have been differentiated : All – By studying, when did the Quakers form and what was their religious beliefs? Most - To identify the work the Quakers did in America to help free the African-American slaves. Some – To study the Quakers in Britain, and how they supported the British workers in the 19th century.

This lesson is an informative lesson with many facts about the skeletal system and its role in supporting the major organs in the body. Giving opportunities for pupils to ask specific and indepth questions using stem sentences in their answering. The learning objectives for this lesson is to ask own questions about the scientific phenomena of the skeletal system and to name and describe the functions of the skeletal system. The lesson is suitable for upper ks2 and year 7 and year 8 in ks3. Grades 7-8 Lesson file includes a lesson plan and ppp

This topic has been written for KS1 Elementary school all about How fashion has changed over time from the 19th century to the 21st century with a focus on Muslim clothing and how laws changed for women through the decades. Includes a 6 week block of lessons; power point presentations and fun activity work sheets which involve becoming fashion designers and opportunities to make your designs for the catwalk in week six. I taught this topic to my sisters children online earlier in the year which has successful outcomes.

Biography Talk4writing yr 6 Harriet Tubman and the Underground railway The following 4 weeks of English has been carefully thought-out and planned for primarily yr 6, but can be taught to yr 5 as well. The first week looks at the features of a biography, and recognising the key features and with this children will learn about a famous abolitionist Harriet Tubman and her biography through a text and a BBC clip. Interesting activities have been included based around grammar and a reading comprehension to retrieve information about the text. Included in week one are 5 lessons of PPP, Also included is an overview of Harriet Tubman’s life for key features - NOT A STORY MAP, but could be used to learn all about Harriet’s life. The second week offers opportunities for children to identify grammatical features in a biography, using the box up plan to help develop ideas, before composing ideas orally and in writing. The English lessons links to History, where children will research another abolitionist/civil right campaigner or a Quaker during the 19th Century. This research will give children a deeper understanding on what life as a slave working on a plantation was like in the United States of America or as a worker in Great Briton in the work houses in Victorian Briton. During this week, children will use the box up grid to develop ideas before starting to prepare a shared piece of writing on either famous person. The third week focuses on continuing a shared write putting together a complete biography aiming to write five paragraphs. Other fun activities include role playing a Historian of American History/slavery radio phone in. In week four children will choose and write independently a biography about another historical person from the Victorian era who have made a difference to our lives today. This four week block will link to a cross curricular topics of: The Victorians or 19th Century American history. Take the time to read the biography of Harriet Tubman by Dorothy Sterling before you teach the 4 week block or read it as a class book. I enjoyed reading Harriet’s biography.

Read and create Poetry This unit of work is for upper KS2. Lesson one starts with discussing how authors use language in poetry to capture the reader’s attention. Starting with synonyms and recapping what a synonym is. Asking pupils to write down on whiteboards what their interpretation of a synonym is. Lesson two continues with Identifying how language, structure and presentation contribute to meaning of a prose with a task; using personification and making kitchen utensils to life. As the weeks progresses, pupils will understand how to use personification, similes, synonyms in own writing; thinking how writing styles creates imagery. Pupils would take time reading different prose about food during the week and by the end of the week pupils would spend time refining and evaluating sentences using personification synonyms, metaphors, imagery and similes for impact. A review from this lesson would be appreciated.

KS 2 PE Athletics unit of work includes 7 lesson plans and instructions for the activities. Suitable for all KS2, Ideally for Yr5 - Yr6 Activities include running short sprints, long distances, hurdle jumping, long jumping, throwing, heaving and fling with a final lesson of a Multi Athletics Olympics

This lesson has been written for upper KS2. This lesson allows pupils to explore inventions of food and drink through the ages to modern day. A practical lesson where pupils will be able to blind taste test a range of white, milk and dark chocolate and rate the different chocolate; Opportunities to learn about The Cadbury story and talk through the benefits of cocoa and its impact on our lifestyles. The task would allow pupils to pick a medicine or vaccine, food or the pasteurization discovery from the past and research the person and produce a fact file. For example Louis Pasteur was a French microbiologist and chemist born on December 27, 1822 and died on September 28, 1895.