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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.