The Battle of Hastings took place on the 14th October 1066. This KS2 Rise and Read resource includes four reading activities focused on this famous day in history. It is suitable for use in Years 3 to 6 and could be displayed on the whiteboard as early morning work, used in reading or history lessons or even as a stimulus in assemblies. However you choose to use it, children will not only sharpen their reading skills but also learn more about British history.

The pack includes an information text, a diary, an image and a poem. These lead to questions which focus on a variety of reading skills: retrieval, vocabulary, summary, inference and prediction. There is also an assessment-style question which focuses on giving evidence from the text.

This resource does not require any printing, as it has been specially designed to be displayed on the whiteboard.