Ancient Greek News

This English scheme of work for Key Stage Two gets the children to investigate how to format and structure reports to publish in newspapers illustrating some of the historical events that happened during the Ancient Greek civilization. The class can explain how to present answers to key questions in their news reports.

Greek Battles
Explain and model how to compose a news report to present facts and information about some of the different battles between city states that occurred during the Ancient Greek civilization

Spartan Herald
Practise composing and presenting a newspaper story to illustrate and describe a fictional historical event that could have occurred in Ancient Greece

Athens Times
Identify and illustrate how to compose a news report to present information about what happened in the myth of Theseus and the Minotaur from Ancient Greece
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Recycled Art
Explore how to shape and combine different recycled materials to produce a sculpture reflecting the theme of recycling
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Decimal Values
Investigate and record how to compare the values of different decimal numbers by the positions of their tenths, hundredths and thousandths digits
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Threes and Fours
Learn and recall the number facts in the three and four times tables to utilise when solving abstract and contextual problems involving multiplication and division calculations
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Four Seasons
Explain and model how to select and manipulate descriptive vocabulary to use when composing different types of poems about each season of the year