KS2 History Early Islamic Civilisation / Empire and how it spread, why it was important and compares with Anglo Saxon Britain. Each lesson has a historical skill focus. Please Rate :)
L1 - Chronology - Where does Early Islamic Civilisation fit into the chronology of ears?
L2 - Enquiry - What were the factors which led to the spread of Islam?
L3/4 Interpretation - What can we learn about early Islamic civilization from the way they set up the capital at Baghdad?
L5 - Interpretation - What was life like in Baghdad for its citizens? This lesson compare Anglo Saxon Britain as the same point in time.
I struggled to find anything when I was given this topic - so I researched and created my own flips and resources.Each lesson has differentiated questions and task.
The Children enjoyed the topic and the History deep dive with OFSTED praised the lesson sequencing and knowledge being taught. Any issues please let me know.
Full resourced unit of work on South America: Brazil and the Amazon.
Full geography progression of skill
L1- To Identify geographical features of a continent
L2 - TO identify the human and geographical features of different countries, noting their differences
L3 - To explore Brazil’s different ecosystems
L4 - To identify the layers of the Amazon Rainforest
L5 - To understand the impact humans are having on the Amazon Rainforest
L6 - Review of Learning
PSHE resource for World Mental Health DAy - can be used for PSHE lessons. Resources at the end of Powerpoint.
This is not themed or following the WMHD themes
During remote/online learning I taught maths to a class which wasn’t mine. I taught Ratio to a mixed Year 5/6 class.
Here are the Powerpoints I made
L1: introduction to ratio
L2-5 - range of fluency , problem solving and reasoning
Each Powerpoint has a review of prior learning . Please rate :)
Grammar Handbooks for Staff:
Covers Grammar concepts with examples
subordinating conjunctions
Co-ordinating conjunctions
Passive voice
Subjunctive voice
Modal verbs
Embedded Relative clauses
Punctuation to Avoid ambiguity
Subordinating clause
Fronted adverbials
Apostrophes
Colons
Parenthesis
Prepositions
Homophones, homonyms and homographs
Determiners
Nouns
Tenses
Semis Colons
Expanded noun phrase
Inverted commas
Top Grammatical Errors for Staff, with examples:
THEIR / THERE / THEY’RE
PRACTISE VS PRACTICE
TO VS TOO
WHOSE VS WHO’S
BROUGHT VS BOUGHT
HE’S VS HIS
CURRENT VS CURRANT
AFFECT VS EFFECT
BORROW VS LEND
OBTAIN VS ATTAIN
ADVISE VS ADVICE
LICENSE VS LICENCE
IMPLICIT VS EXPLICIT
INSURE VS ENSURE VS ASSURE
SATs Preparation Range of non-fiction and Fiction Comprehension with mark scheme
SATs Style tests
Separate vocabulary and inference SATS questions for some of the texts.
Suitable for Year 6 or Year 5 guided reading lessons or assessment.
All with mark scheme
Collection of lessons and resources , for Y6, covering Hinduism: their beliefs , creation story , Gods and Diwali. Please rate :)
L1: Introduction into Hinduism
L2: Hindu Creation Story
L3: Hindu Gods , importance and significance
L4: Avatars in Hinduism and how they represent Brahman
L5: Diwali Story and its importance to Hindu’s
Powerpoint on making Diva Lamps
A teacher made SATs style comprehension test for an extract from Dickens’ Hard Times. A range of retrieval , vocabulary and inference questions. Complete with mark scheme. Suitable for Year 5 / 6 or Year 7.
This fiction resource has teacher written Year 6 SATS style questions and a reading comprehension SATS style, separate vocabulary questions and separate inference questions. All come with mark scheme.
This resource is a teacher written Year 6 SATS style non-fiction reading comprehension with a SATS style tests, separate vocabulary questions and separate inference questions. All come with mark scheme.
KS2 Year 3 / Year 4 Lesson on fact and opinion using Macbeth as a stimulus.
Practical lesson with lots of discussion and mixed ability group work
I used the Simpson’s as characters for Macbeth
Please rate :)
Mixed maths lesson for Year 5 and 6 on Mean with differentiated resources and challenge
Prepared for observation lesson.
Could be used for lower attainers in Year 7. Please rate :)
Guided reading lesson on retrieval for Year 5 / Year 6 with resources. SATS style. Teacher made.
Text is at the end of the Powerpoint to print.
Please leave a review - it would be greatly appreciated.