We are a team of two sisters who specialise in primary education. We are determined to create resources of the highest standard that can be used without further preparation. Our lessons and assemblies have been designed to challenge children of all levels within a creative, engaging and inspiring context. Explore our shop to find lesson packs for languages, art and religious education, plans for assemblies and numerous high-quality resources to help you teach phonics, mathematics and literacy
We are a team of two sisters who specialise in primary education. We are determined to create resources of the highest standard that can be used without further preparation. Our lessons and assemblies have been designed to challenge children of all levels within a creative, engaging and inspiring context. Explore our shop to find lesson packs for languages, art and religious education, plans for assemblies and numerous high-quality resources to help you teach phonics, mathematics and literacy
This is a presentation on the founder of the Suffragette movement, Emmeline Pankhurst.
The presentation covers Emmeline’s childhood, the suffrage movement, her protests, her imprisonment and the results of the movement. The last part of the presentation includes some interesting questions to provoke discussion.
Please note there are no photos of Emmeline Pankhurst included, owing to copyright restrictions.
Use this as part of a lesson or for an assembly for ages 5 - 11.
This is a presentation on Mother Teresa (Saint Teresa of Calcutta).
The presentation covers Mother Teresa’s early life, becoming a nun, her work with the poor and sick in India, her achievements and legacy and a selection of her quotes. The last part of the presentation includes some interesting questions to provoke discussion.
Use this as part of a lesson or for an assembly for ages 5 - 11.
This is a presentation on the inspirational pilot, Amelia Earhart.
The presentation covers Amelia’s childhood, her early flying experiences, her flying records, what happened to her in the end and how she is remembered. The last part of the presentation includes some interesting questions to provoke discussion.
Use this as part of a lesson or for an assembly for ages 7 - 14.
This is a presentation on Queen Victoria.
The presentation covers Victoria’s birth and childhood, Victoria becoming queen, Victoria and Albert, Victoria as Queen, the Empire under Victoria and changes during Victorian times. The last part of the presentation includes some interesting questions to provoke discussion.
Use this as part of a lesson or for an assembly for ages 5 - 14.
A selection of 6 presentations on a variety of black figures from the past two centuries, perfect for using during Black History Month.
The slideshows cover prominent figures who have had a variety of roles in history.
Included are:
Benjamin Zephaniah
Mary Seacole
Mo Farah
Nelson Mandela
Rosa Parks
Serena Williams
A selection of 6 presentations and an assembly, perfect for using during Black History Month.
The slideshows cover prominent figures who have had a variety of roles in history.
Included are:
Benjamin Zephaniah
Mary Seacole
Mo Farah
Nelson Mandela
Rosa Parks
Serena Williams
The assembly is designed to be used as an introduction to Black History Month. It is a 16 page presentation and accompanying plan and covers prehistory, ancient civilizations, 18th and 19th century Britain and an introduction to the figures mentioned above.
A great pack for introducing the topic of black history to KS2, KS3 or KS4.
This is a presentation on the nurse, Mary Seacole.
Use it as part of a lesson or for an assembly for KS1, KS2 or KS3.
The presentation covers her childhood, her first adventures around the world, her experiences in the Crimean war and her legacy. The last part of the presentation includes some interesting questions to provoke discussion.
An inspirational nurse, who would be perfect to study during Black History Month.
A slightly altered version of this presentation is also included as part of the Year 2 five lesson Literacy Unit:
/teaching-resource/mary-seacole-year-2-literacy-5-lesson-plan-history-11539566
This is a presentation on the civil rights activist, Rosa Parks.
Use it as part of a lesson or for an assembly for KS1, KS2 or KS3.
The presentation covers life in Alabama in the 1950s, the Montgomery city buses, the bus boycott and how Rosa is remembered. The last part of the presentation includes some interesting questions to provoke discussion.
Please note there are no photos of Rosa Parks included, owing to copyright restrictions.
An inspirational activist, who would be perfect to study during Black History Month.
This is a presentation on the tennis player, Serena Williams.
Use it as part of a lesson or for an assembly for KS2, KS3 or KS4.
The presentation covers her childhood, early success, hard times, achievements, family and quotes. The last part of the presentation includes some interesting questions to provoke discussion.
An inspirational athlete, who would be perfect to study during Black History Month.
This resource contains a comprehension pack on ‘Remembrance Day.’ There are four different comprehensions:
What is Remembrance Day?
The First Remembrance Day
Why do we wear poppies?
The History of the Poppy
It includes answers and is suitable for using with year 1.
Each comprehension contains a short piece of text (about 5 sentences) with words that can be sounded out. There are three trickier words which have pictures to help children work out what they say.
The text is followed by 5 simple questions.
There is also a powerpoint included in the pack containing a slide for each text so that you can go through the comprehensions before the children complete them. Each slide also contains 3 words that are trickier to sound out, with sound buttons underneath them.
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Year 2 Comprehensions - Remembrance Day
A bundle of three presentations on pioneering nurses, all of whom are mentioned as key historical figures in the KS1 history curriculum.
Included in the bundle are:
Florence Nightingale
Mary Seacole
Edith Cavell
The presentation on Edith Cavell covers Edith’s childhood, early career, war work and legacy.
The presentation on Florence Nightingale covers Florence’s childhood, early career, work during the Crimean War and ongoing legacy.
The presentation on Mary Seacole covers her childhood, her first adventures around the world, her experiences in the Crimean war and her legacy.
The last part of each presentation includes some interesting questions to provoke discussion or for further exploration.
Use these as part of a lesson or for an assembly for KS1 or KS2.
This is a presentation on Florence Nightingale, the pioneering nurse who fought for more hygienic hospital conditions during the Crimean War.
Use it as part of a lesson or for an assembly for KS1 or KS2.
The presentation covers Florence’s childhood, early career, work during the Crimean War and ongoing legacy. The last part of the presentation includes some interesting questions to provoke discussion or for further exploration.
A slightly altered version of the presentation is also available as part of the Year 2 five lesson literacy unit:
/teaching-resource/florence-nightingale-year-2-literacy-5-day-plan-history-12199874
This is a presentation on the nurse Edith Cavell, who sacrificed her own life for the soldiers she cared for in World War I.
Use it as part of a lesson or for an assembly for KS1 or KS2.
The presentation covers Edith’s childhood, early career, war work and legacy. The last part of the presentation includes some interesting questions to provoke discussion or for further exploration.
Please note: due to copyright reasons, no photos of Edith Cavell are included.
A slightly edited version of this presentation is also included as part of the 5 lesson year 2 literacy plan:
/teaching-resource/year-2-literacy-5-lesson-plan-edith-cavell-history-11541732
I updated this on the 6th May 2019, following the birth of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s baby boy! If you downloaded this last year please download again.
This year 2 SATs style booklet teaches the children about lots of royal baby facts, including bizarre traditions, royal baby names, royal baby christenings and royal baby clothes.
The booklets are based on the KS1 SATs reading paper and include 3 differentiated levels. There are a range of ‘what,’ ‘when,’ ‘who’ and ‘which’ questions, some multiple choice tick questions and some that require more detailed answers. Each booklet contains a title page with helpful words, followed by five pages of pictures and short written extracts to read and 2-3 questions per page. Answers are also included.
I have included colour and black & white versions of each of the 3 booklets. The preview pages show the title page and one of the comprehension pages, from the middle ability booklets.
PDF file format.
You might also like our Year 1 Royal Babies comprehension:
/teaching-resource/year-1-reading-comprehension-royal-family-royal-baby-3-levels-colour-and-black-and-white-12101659
This resource is a non-fiction comprehension activity for year 2. It is all about castles!
The booklet is based on the KS1 SATs reading paper and includes 3 differentiated levels. There are a range of ‘what,’ ‘how,’ ‘who’ and ‘why’ questions, some multiple choice tick questions and some that require more detailed answers. The activity is also laid out in a similar way to the SATs booklets, with four pages of pictures and short written extracts to read and 3-4 questions per page. Answers are also included.
All of the PDF booklets are in the zip file. There is a colour and black & white version for each level.
This resource contains 5 comprehension activities all about dinosaurs. They are suitable for using with year 1 or lower ability year 2.
They each contain a short piece of text with words that can be sounded out. There are three trickier words which have pictures to help children work out what they say.
The text is followed by 5 simple questions.
There are three differentiated levels. There is a colour and black & white version of each level.
There are five different topics:
What were dinosaurs?
Diplodocus
Triceratops
Tyrannosaurus Rex
What happened to all the dinosaurs?
There is also a PowerPoint included in the pack containing a slide for each text from the middle ability so that you can go through the comprehensions before the children complete them. Each slide also contains 3 words that are trickier to sound out, with sound buttons underneath them. Answers are also included.
PDF file format.
You might also be interested in our Year 2 comprehensions on dinosaurs:
Year 2 Reading Comprehension - Dinosaurs
This resource is a non-fiction comprehension activity for year 2. It is all about dinosaurs!
There are 3 differentiated levels. There are a range of ‘what,’ ‘how,’ and ‘why’ questions, some multiple choice tick questions and some that require more detailed answers. The higher and middle ability booklets each have five pages of pictures with short written extracts to read and 4 questions per page. The lower ability booklet has five pages of pictures with simpler passages and 3-4 questions per page. Answers are also included.
There is a colour and black & white booklet for each of the three levels.
PDF file format
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Year 2 Dinosaur Maths - All Topics
Year 1 Comprehensions - Dinosaurs - 3 Levels
A pack of 20 year 2 SATs style non-fiction comprehensions.
This is the second pack we have uploaded and contains a wide range of topics, including:
Asian countries (x3)
Habitats (x3)
Historical figures from the history curriculum (x4)
Space (x2)
How tos (x5)
Living things (x3)
Each booklet comes in 3 differentiated levels. They are all based on the reading SATs paper, containing a similar style of questions and a similar layout. Perfect to use in the run-up to SATs as either a start of day activity, a main part of a lesson or to send home to parents for children to practise at home.
PDF file format and editable Microsoft word format included in the price.
A bundle of activities for using on International Women’s Day or during Women’s History Month this March.
The bundle contains:
International Women’s Day Quiz (PowerPoint - click ‘Read only’ to open)
International Women’s Day Assembly
100 years of voting in Britain presentation
All suitable for using with KS3 or KS4.
Save 40% compared to buying each separately.
Teach your KS1 class about every Christian celebration and festival throughout the year, with this bumper lesson pack.
Each lesson plan contains detailed instructions, a list of objectives for three levels of ability, a list of resources and cross-curricular links.
All lessons are highly interactive. They contain a huge variety of activities, such as poetry writing, art and drama. The lessons are:
1 and 2 - Harvest
3 - Angel Gabriel visits Mary
4 - The birth of Jesus
5 - The shepherds visit Jesus
6 - The Wise Men visit Jesus
7 - Ash Wednesday
8 - Lent: Giving something up
9 - Lent: Doing good deeds
10 - Palm Sunday
11 - The Last Supper
12 - Good Friday
13 - Easter Sunday
14, 15 and 16 - Pentecost
Each lesson contains an animated PowerPoint with a Bible story or relevant facts to help you teach the content of the lesson. (These are not editable. Click 'Read Only' to open. Some of the images only appear when the PowerPoints are played as slideshows.) There are also templates which can be used for the literacy and art activities.
All of the resources for the lessons are in the zip files.
In total there are 149 pages of lesson plans, templates and worksheets (pdfs) and 284 slides of animated PowerPoints.
Perfect to help you teach an entire year's worth of Christianity, with no further preparation!
Save over 40% compared to buying each lesson separately.
