Encouraging our children to follow their dreams is something we always promote in our classes. There are so many inspirational men and women we can talk to our children about who have followed their dreams and achieved greatness.

International Women’s Day gives us the opportunity to talk to our class about women who have followed their beliefs and achieved wonderful things.

As you know, we love reading texts, and have selected a range of them which we hope you enjoy sharing with your class.

Key Stage 1

Key Topic Vocabulary – Florence Nightingale

his KS1 History Key Topic Vocabulary - Florence Nightingale activity allows children the opportunity to learn and consolidate key vocabulary based on the history topic of Florence Nightingale.

Key Stage 1

Non-Text Comprehension – Florence Nightingale

This Florence Nightingale non-text comprehension activity pack contains a range of resources based on an illustration of Florence Nightingale helping wounded soldiers during the Crimean War.

Key Stage 1

Year 2 Reading Skills – Diary of Mary Seacole

This Year 2 Reading Skills - Diary of Mary Seacole resource contains an extract from the diary of Mary Seacole during the Crimean War along with a range of questions covering each content domain.

Key Stage 1

Year 1 Reading Skills – Women at the Olympics

This Year 1 Reading Skills - Women at the Olympics resource contains an information text about the history of women at the Olympics, along with a range of questions covering each content domain.

Key Stage 1

Year 1 Reading Skills – Diary of Mary Anning

This Year 1 Reading Skills - Diary of Mary Anning resource contains extracts from Mary Anning's diary that discuss her discovery of fossils along with a range of questions covering each content domain

Key Stage 1

Reading Skills – Diary of Florence Nightingale

This Year 2 Reading Skills - Diary of Florence Nightingale resource contains an extract from the diary of Florence Nightingale during the Crimean War along with a range of questions.

Key Stage 2

Year 3 Reading Skills – Edith Cavell

This Year 3 Reading Skills - Edith Cavell resource provide a biography of the nurse Edith Cavell and her incredible role in World War 1 along with a range of questions covering each content domain.

Key Stage 2

Year 3 Reading Skills – Alice Ball’s Discovery

This Year 3 Reading Skills - Alice Ball's Discovery resource contains an extract from three diaries related to Alice Ball's discovery of a cure for leprosy, along with a range of questions.

Key Stage 2

Reading Skills – An Interview with Sophie Finch

This Year 4 Reading Skills - An Interview with Sophie Finch resource contains an interview of Sophie Finch, the recipient of the Inspirational Technician STEM award, as part of the Women in Science.

Key Stage 2

Year 4 Reading Skills – Caroline Herschel

This Year 4 Reading Skills - Caroline Herschel resource is part of the Women in Science focus and contains a biography of the astronomer Caroline Herschel along with a range of questions.

Key Stage 2

Year 5 Reading Skills – Good ol’ Jane Goodall

This Year 5 Reading Skills - Good ol' Jane Goodall resource contains a biography of primatologist and anthropologist Jane Goodall detailing her studies in Africa with chimpanzees.

Key Stage 2

Year 6 Reading Skills – Beatrice Shilling

This Year 6 Reading Skills - Beatrice Shilling resource contains a biography of British engineer Beatrice 'Tilly' Shilling's life including the creation and development of her most famous invention.

Key Stage 2

Year 6 Reading Skills – Faith in Fossils

This Year 6 Reading Skills - Faith in Fossils resource contains a narrative text detailing key events in the life of palaeontologist Mary Anning and her remarkable discoveries of dinosaur fossils.

Key Stage 2

Reading Skills – Counting on Katherine

This Reading Skills resource contains a range of questions about ‘Counting on Katherine' by Helaine Becker. The questions are organised into content domains.