Topic Packs
Topic Packs resources
Cross-curricular themed week packs — Pirates, Space, Dinosaurs, Romans and more. One theme woven through English, maths, science, art and history.
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Books for Black History Month — KS1 to KS2
Picture books, chapter books, and biographies for Black History Month — across age ranges, with notes on what each book covers. Calibrated for primary classrooms with diverse and not-yet-diverse cohorts alike.
World Book Day — Themed Week Pack
A full week of activities for World Book Day. Includes character-day costume guide that doesn't require parents to buy anything, classroom reading rituals, book-recommendation systems for reluctant readers, and a class story-writing project that builds across the week.
Anti-Bullying Week — Themed Week Pack
A five-day pack for Anti-Bullying Week (mid-November UK, October US). Avoids the common pitfalls of one-week awareness without follow-through. Structured around what bullying actually IS, what to do if you see it, what to do if you're targeted, and how to build a class culture where bullying struggles to take root.
Ancient Greece — Themed Week Pack
A five-day cross-curricular pack on Ancient Greece — gods, Olympics, philosophy, democracy, daily life. Designed for KS2 history, with literacy, art, and PE links. Twelve activities, four worksheets, fact-files on the major figures, and a Greek-day finale.
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Books for Black History Month — KS1 to KS2
Picture books, chapter books, and biographies for Black History Month — across age ranges, with notes on what each book covers. Calibrated for primary classrooms with diverse and not-yet-diverse cohorts alike.
Minibeasts & Insects — Themed Week Pack
Five-day pack on minibeasts (UK term) and insects more broadly. Includes a school-grounds bug hunt, classification work, life cycles (butterfly, ladybird, ant), and the role of pollinators. Outdoor-learning friendly.
World Book Day — Themed Week Pack
A full week of activities for World Book Day. Includes character-day costume guide that doesn't require parents to buy anything, classroom reading rituals, book-recommendation systems for reluctant readers, and a class story-writing project that builds across the week.
Earth Day & Sustainability — Themed Week Pack
Cross-curricular pack for Earth Day (April 22) and broader sustainability topics. Honest about climate change without being doom-laden. Includes practical action projects, energy audits children can do at home, fact-files on climate action, and a class sustainability plan.
Pirates! — Cross-Curricular Themed Week
A full week of pirate-themed lessons covering English, maths, geography, art and music — one theme, five days, every subject.
Trees & Plants — Themed Week Pack
Five-day cross-curricular pack on trees and plants. Includes tree identification, photosynthesis demystified, planting activities, the difference between trees and other plants, and forest ecology. Outdoor-learning friendly.
Under the Sea — Cross-Curricular Themed Week
An ocean-themed week for early years and KS1 — sea creatures, ocean zones, shape sorting, fishy writing and a class aquarium display.
Weather & Climate — Themed Week Pack
Five-day pack on weather (day-to-day) and climate (long-term patterns). Includes weather measurement, the water cycle, climate zones around the world, extreme weather, and climate change at primary level.
Anti-Bullying Week — Themed Week Pack
A five-day pack for Anti-Bullying Week (mid-November UK, October US). Avoids the common pitfalls of one-week awareness without follow-through. Structured around what bullying actually IS, what to do if you see it, what to do if you're targeted, and how to build a class culture where bullying struggles to take root.
Dinosaurs! — Cross-Curricular Themed Week
A week of dinosaur-themed lessons covering science, English, maths, art and history — palaeontology, prehistoric timelines, and creative writing.
Oceans & Marine Life — Themed Week Pack
Five-day pack on oceans (the four big oceans, marine zones, sea creatures, ocean threats and conservation). Distinct from 'Under the Sea' — focuses on oceans as ecosystems and on threats like plastic pollution and overfishing. Suitable for KS1 to lower KS2.
Project: Build a Mini Zoo (Year 1-2)
A 3-week cross-curricular project for Y1-2: children plan, build and present a mini zoo. Integrates animal science, writing, maths (ticket pricing), art and speaking.
Castles & Knights — Cross-Curricular Themed Week
Medieval castles week — defence design, knight life, heraldry, and creative writing about life inside the walls.
Deserts — Themed Week Pack
Five-day pack on the world's deserts — what makes a place a desert (it's not just heat), the major deserts, animal and plant adaptations, human cultures of the desert, and desertification.
Olympics! — Cross-Curricular Themed Week
A week of Olympic-themed lessons — ancient and modern Games, geography of host cities, athletics maths, and a class mini-Olympics on Friday.
Rocks & Fossils — Themed Week Pack
Five-day pack on rocks, the rock cycle, and fossils. Includes a rock identification activity, the three rock types, fossil formation, and famous fossil discoveries. Strong fit for KS2 science geology curriculum.
The Human Body — Cross-Curricular Themed Week
A week exploring the human body — skeleton, organs, senses, growth — across science, English, maths, art and PE.
Topic Immersion Week: The Romans (Year 3-4)
A complete 5-day Romans immersion week for Y3-4 — collapsed timetable, daily themes (history, writing, art, maths, end-of-week banquet), with all session plans included. Ready to deliver.
Ancient China — Themed Week Pack
Five-day pack on Ancient China — the early dynasties, the Great Wall, inventions that changed the world, the Silk Road, and the Terracotta Army. Often missing from primary curricula despite being one of the most influential ancient civilisations.
Ancient Egypt — Cross-Curricular Themed Week
Five days exploring Ancient Egypt — pyramids, hieroglyphics, mummies, gods and the Nile. Pulls together history, English, maths and art.
Ancient Greece — Themed Week Pack
A five-day cross-curricular pack on Ancient Greece — gods, Olympics, philosophy, democracy, daily life. Designed for KS2 history, with literacy, art, and PE links. Twelve activities, four worksheets, fact-files on the major figures, and a Greek-day finale.
Anglo-Saxons — Themed Week Pack
Five-day pack on the Anglo-Saxons — who they were, why they came, kingdoms, daily life, conversion to Christianity. Includes Beowulf storytelling, Sutton Hoo discovery, and Anglo-Saxon riddles. KS2 national curriculum aligned.
Antarctic Explorers — Cross-Curricular Themed Week
Survival, courage and ice — the heroic age of Antarctic exploration. Scott, Shackleton, Amundsen and what we know about the frozen continent today.
Black History Month — Themed Week Pack
Cross-curricular pack for Black History Month, structured around figures, themes, and contexts often missed in primary curricula. Includes lessons on Mary Seacole, Stormzy, NASA's hidden figures, the Bristol bus boycott, and contemporary Black British achievement. Designed to be honest, age-appropriate, and not tokenistic.
Mountains & Volcanoes — Cross-Curricular Themed Week
A week of geography, science and English exploring how mountains form, why volcanoes erupt, and the people who climb the highest peaks.
Project: Design a Sustainable City (Year 3-4)
A 4-week cross-curricular project for Y3-4: children design a sustainable city. Integrates geography, science, persuasive writing, maths and engineering thinking.
Rainforest! — Cross-Curricular Themed Week
A week exploring the world's rainforests — geography, ecology, persuasive writing, and the urgent issue of deforestation.
Rivers! — Cross-Curricular Themed Week
Five days exploring rivers — how they form, the world's great rivers, water cycle science, and the people who live along them.
Romans! — Cross-Curricular Themed Week
Roman empire week — Roman numerals, Latin roots, mosaics, gladiators and the legacy of Rome in our world today.
Space! — Cross-Curricular Themed Week
A full week of space-themed lessons — English, maths, science, art and computing all woven around the solar system, astronauts and exploration.
Stone Age! — Cross-Curricular Themed Week
Travel back to a time before writing — Stone Age tools, cave painting, hunter-gatherers and the agricultural revolution.
The Tudors! — Cross-Curricular Themed Week
A week exploring Tudor England — Henry VIII and his six wives, daily life, food, exploration, and the famous Spanish Armada.
Topic Immersion Week: Ancient Egyptians (Y3-4)
A 5-day immersion week on Ancient Egypt for Y3-4 — pyramids, mummies, gods, hieroglyphs. Cross-curricular plan integrating history, English, maths, art and DT. Pairs with our Egyptians KO.
Topic Immersion Week: The Romans (Y3-4)
A 5-day immersion week on the Romans, integrating history, English, maths, art, DT and PE. Each day has a clear theme. Pairs with our Romans Knowledge Organiser.
Vikings! — Cross-Curricular Themed Week
Norse explorers week — Viking life, longships, runes, sagas and the surprising places Vikings reached.
Project: Launch a Business (Year 5-6)
A 5-week cross-curricular project for Y5-6: children invent, plan, market and pitch a small business. Integrates maths (budgeting, profit), English (persuasion, branding), DT (product design) and PSHE (entrepreneurship).
The Mayans! — Cross-Curricular Themed Week
Step into the world of the Mayans — astronomers, mathematicians and pyramid builders of Central America. A civilisation often overlooked in European-focused curricula.
World War 2 — Cross-Curricular Themed Week
A sensitive, age-appropriate week on World War 2 — focused on the home front, evacuation, rationing and ordinary people's lives. Includes English, history and DT.