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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Fraction Lengths, Masses and Capacities
Practise using division number skills to calculate and record the fractions of different measurements for length, mass and capacity
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Story Changes
Explore different ways of changing characters, settings and events in a story by a significant children’s author
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Easter Viewpoints
Explore some of the main narrative events in the Easter story and suggest how different characters might have reacted to what happened to Jesus
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Viking Longships
Select, combine and adjust different graphic shapes to create the design that could be used on a replica Viking longship sail