Competition: Win a topic day

From rivers to rainforests, castles to capital cities, topics offer the opportunity to explore the curriculum creatively. So, what better way to pull together what the children have learned than by holding a topic day? It may sound daunting, but holding such an event can be an effective way of engaging children, enabling them to become part of the topic and put different subjects in context. Playing knights of the round table or pirates of the sea will certainly enthuse!

There’s scope to include the whole school, a year group or just your class in a topic day by using Scholastic’s new Hot Topics series (£20 PB) that have project planners for ages 5–7, 7–9 and 9–11.

Every activity in the planner is backed up by differentiated lesson plans, background notes and photocopiables, so that you can pick and mix to meet your needs. Peter Riley, author of the Hot Topics series, visits schools to help them run a fantastic topic-themed day – see page 43 to enter our fantastic competition where you could win a school visit from Peter.