6 lessons includes plans and resources
The children will be encouraged to use reading journals to record their thoughts, predictions, questions and notes. To widen their experience they will be given opportunities to read extracts aloud and to watch excerpts from television or film adaptations. They will explore the relationships between characters and the language and techniques used to present these relationships and develop the plot. The children will work in pairs or groups, as well as a whole class and will discuss the techniques they use to help them understand the text, such as prediction, empathy and visualisation, using a story mountain. Finally, they will be supported in writing in the style of the author to rewrite a chapter or write a new one. These lessons use Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-94) as the focus text. It will be helpful to have begun reading it as a class before starting this unit and to have finished it before the third lesson. This will enable children to delve more deeply into the plot, characterisation, language and structure.
1 Treasure!• To use technical vocabulary to talk about pirates
Notes on ‘the old sea dog’ • To draw picture notes of the main parts of the story
3.Long John Silver • To study dialogue between main characters to recognise how character can affect their behaviour.
The book versus the film• To compare film and print versions of the same scene
5 Mapping the story • To outline key events in a story’s structure
A missing chapter • To continue a story in the style of the author
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Taken from our Year 2 Literacy Resource file.
The unit, Instructions, builds on work done in Year 1 and has three phases, with oral and written outcomes and assessment opportunities at regular intervals. The focus is on following and giving instructions. Children begin with an oral phase, followed by a recognising, reading and following phase, and finally progressing to the written production phase. Within this context, children begin to explore the key structural features of instructions and learn to select the appropriate register and style necessary for instructions. This unit uses many curriculum areas in order to give children as much variety as possible in the instructions they read, follow and compose.
Lesson 1 Listen and move
• To be able to listen to and follow oral instructions. • To recognise an instruction because of its language style. • To be able to give oral instructions telling someone how to move
Photo tableaux
• To listen to, follow and give oral instructions explaining how to position one’s body. • To be able to look at a photo of a person and work out how to make another person recreate the same pose.
3 Let’s make a smoothie!
• To follow instructions successfully to make a smoothie. • To identify the structure of an instructional text – in this case, a recipe. • To read and match instructions with pictures.
4 Mum’s birthday cake
• To consolidate the text structure. • To practise reading and understanding a text which describes a process
5 Writing instructions for making things with paper
• Recognise adjectives and nouns. • Be able to write numbered instructions. • Be able to extract a set of instructions from a report text.
6 Instructional texts
• To recognise instructional texts from the language, topic and layout. • To complete a chart with information about an instructional text
7 How do I get there?
• To use directions as a form of instruction. • To write and follow directions.
8 Looking at language
• To use directions in order to focus on written presentation, specifically spelling, collocations and punctuation.
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This lesson explores more deeply one of the five pillars discussed in the last lesson: prayer or salah. Islamic prayer takes place five times a day, each time taking about ten minutes. These compulsory prayers help Muslims keep God at the front of their thoughts and keep them from doing bad deeds. Other prayers
also take place at any time and these are called du’a and are often more personal prayers.
The thinking skills strategy of fact or opinion will be used in this lesson. This strategy is used when
material is controversial, such as the idea of a religious belief. It encourages people to think about what is a
fact, a belief or an opinion.
Learning objective
Learning about:
• To understand the importance of regular prayer
in a Muslim’s life; and to understand the beliefs
that teach the importance of regular prayer.
Learning from:
• To understand that what is truth to one religion,
may be considered to be an opinion to another
group of people.
Success criteria
Learning about:
• Pupils will be able to explain the importance of
prayer in the life of a Muslim and discuss how
prayer improves the life of a Muslim.
Learning from:
• Pupils will have considered facts and opinions
about prayers and be able to express their
own views about how different people might
categorise beliefs.
Links to the objective: Measure
• Understand and use the vocabulary related to length, mass and capacity. Compare two lengths, masses or capacities by direct comparison; extend to more than two. Measure using uniform non-standard units (e.g. straws, wooden cubes, plastic weights, yogurt pots), or standard units (e.g. metre sticks, litre jugs).
Shape and space
• Use everyday language to describe features of familiar 3-D and 2-D shapes, including the cube, cuboid, sphere, cylinder, cone…, circle, triangle, square, rectangle…, referring to properties such as the shapes of flat faces, or the number of faces or corners… or the number and types of sides.
• Talk about things that turn. Make whole turns and half turns. Use one or more shapes to make, describe and continue repeating patterns…
The overall aim is to help pupils to apply in a variety of situations the mathematics they have already learnt.The programme seeks to achieve this by teaching the strategies that will enable pupils to approach a variety of problems in a more logical and systematic way. The more specific aims of the programme are to promote the following:
• willingness to attempt problems and to persevere;
• confidence in one’s ability to solve problems;
• awareness of problem-solving strategies;
• awareness of the value of approaching problems in a systematic manner;
• ability to select appropriate solution strategies;
• ability to apply solution strategies accurately;
• ability to monitor and evaluate one’s thinking whilst solving problems.
The problems included:
1:Shape and Sizes
2. Obstacle Race
3. Scarves
4. Rabbits
Taken from Problem Solving Years KS1
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This unit addresses the topic of marriage in a way
that is appropriate for Key Stage 2 pupils. It begins
by looking in general terms at the idea of love and
relationships, then goes on to explore how some
of the major religions allow believers to make a
lifelong commitment to their partner and how
God’s blessing on this is represented in a marriage
ceremony. Non-religious commitment is also
discussed and addressed.
The individual circumstances of anyone in your
class for whom this is a sensitive topic should
be considered and discussed with their carers if
appropriate.
You will need to source video clips of Christian,
Jewish, Muslim and Sikh marriage ceremonies to
enhance the teaching of the lessons.
Prior learning: It is likely that pupils will have
studied friendship, families and perhaps other
relationships that are special to them. However, no
specific knowledge is required to access the unit.
Lesson length: The lessons are designed to last
approximately 75 minutes.
7 lesson unit includes all lesson plans and resource sheets
Lesson 1: Relationships
Lesson 2: Love
Lesson 3: Christian Weddings
Lesson 4: Jewish Weddings
Lesson 5: Arranged Marriage
Lesson 6: Sikh Wedding
Lesson 7: When relationships go wrong
3 lessons covering:
The Compass
How to use the compass
Directional language
Includes Lesson plans and work sheets
Lesson 1: The Compass and its uses
Learning objectives
Children should learn:
• the names of simple compass directions;
• simple locational language;
• to describe the location of features on a map
Lesson 2: Using the Compass
Learning objectives
Children should learn:
• the names of simple compass directions;
• simple locational language;
• to use simple maps;
• to plot a route on the ground.
Lesson 3: Using directional language
Learning objectives
Children can:
• begin to confidently use directional language.
Taken from LCP’s KS1 Geography Resource File
3 lessons including lesson plans and resources- What and where is Europe?
This has been written as two lessons as there is so much to learn about Europe. Lesson 1 will be the introduction, finding out about the continent as a whole, whilst Lesson 2 will concentrate on Europe related knowledge. The interactive games may be played in both lesson.
Lesson 1:What and where is Europe
Learning objectives
Children should learn:
• to begin to identify countries in Europe and their
major cities.
Success criteria
Children can:
• locate and understand that Europe is a continent
that has a number of countries and a range of
major cities
Lesson 3: Regions in Europe
Learning objectives
Children should learn:
• countries and capital cities in Europe;
• to work together to design a tour of a region of
Europe.
Success criteria
Children can:
• understand that Europe is a continent that has a
number of countries and can produce a tour of a
region in a country in this continent.
Taken from LCP’s LKS2 Geography Resource File
1 lesson Plan: The geography of the United Kingdom and its surrounding sea
All worksheets included.
Learning objectives
Children should learn:
• the names of the countries of the UK;
• the names of the four capital cities of the UK;
• to identify characteristics of the four countries
and capital cities.
Success criteria
Children should be able to:
• name the countries of the UK;
• name the four capital cities of the UK;
• identify characteristics of the four countries and
capital cities
Lesson taken from LCP’s KS1 Geography Resource File
The purpose of this topic is to ensure that children can greet each other by responding and saying
¡Buenos dÃas!, ¡Hola! and ¡Adiós! It is also to familiarise children with new sounds and to encourage them to speak and practise customs, even if they make mistakes, in order to gain confidence.
Learning objectives
Children learn:
to say hello (distinguish between formal (¡Buenos
dÃas!) and informal (¡Hola!))
to say goodbye (¡Adiós!)
greeting customs
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Lesson Plans and Activity Sheets
Includes 5 Activities
Ancient Greek theatre.
The purpose of
this lesson is: to investigate the ancient Greek theatre.
Children should learn:
• to deduce information about an aspect of the Greek
way of life from pictures of buildings and texts;
• to combine information from several sources;
• about the role of the theatre in the way of life of the
Greeks;
• to structure work in the form of a play.
Class objective:
• to investigate ancient Greek theatre and what
happened there.
Children should be able to:
• recognize the main features of a Greek theatre;
• understand the religious connections between
theatre and religious festivals;
• find out the sorts of plays the Greeks liked and who
wrote them;
• contribute to the preparation and performance of a
play that demonstrates the key features of Greek
drama.
Includes full lesson plans and activities
The purpose of this lesson is: to discover why the landscape was crucial in the life of the ancient Egyptians
Children should learn:
• to make deductions about life in the past from
pictures of the landscape;
• how much of the life of Egypt depended on the
Nile.
Class objective:
• to discover the importance of the River Nile in
ancient Egypt.
Children should be able to:
• extract information about the landscape from
pictures;
• provide answers that show the relationship
between the geography of Egypt and the way of
life in the past.
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This unit covers: Knowing the importance of keeping healthy and clean; â– Managing own hygiene needs; â– Knowing where we can find germs; â– Identifying other times when we need to wash
Taken from our Building Blocks resource. Building Blocks is a modular series of resources offering Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) practitioners a source of fresh, fun activities linked to inspirational, childcentred themes, and providing comprehensive coverage of the different aspects of the Early Learning Goals
This unit is full with 6 pages full of a range of activities to teach your child about the importance of washing their own hands.
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Grammar and Creativity for Year 4
Good writing may start with an exciting idea, but it needs structure to make sense to a reader. Grammar provides a framework on which to display the imagination.
Writing brings together individual expression and an understanding of the rules that allow our language (any language) to make sense. This book has been written with the view that grammar and creativity go hand in hand to produce good writing. Developing children’s understanding of the basics of English will encourage their literary adventures. The range of activities here has been designed to excite interest as well as guide children and teachers through the rules.
The guide is organised in an incremental way, later tasks being built on earlier ones. Step by step, each exercise calls upon skills and terminology already explored. In this way, both the child and their teacher will develop a sense of the progress being made. At any particular age, of course, children will be working at different levels and may need either more fundamental or more challenging work set for them
The guide has three main sections: word, sentence (including punctuation) and text. Each section has an introductory page which can be enlarged to create an explanatory poster for display purposes. At the end, there is a glossary explaining the terminology used in the book, as well as an answer section.
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15 worksheets:
Alphabet – to put words into alphabetical order.
Dictionary – to understand that a dictionary gives the meaning of words. Word Families – to recognise members of a word family.
Thesaurus – to use a thesaurus to find words with similar meanings.
Thesaurus – to use a thesaurus to find words with similar meanings.
Thesaurus – to use a thesaurus to find words with similar meanings.
Adjectives – to identify adjectives.
Adjectives – to experiment with adjectives.
Adjectives Challenge – to experiment with adjectives.
Determiners – to know when to use a and an.
Prefixes – to understand what a prefix is and to recognise some common prefixes.
Prefix Challenge – to understand what a prefix is and to recognise some common prefixes.
Prefixes – to recognise some common prefixes.
Prefix Challenge – to identify and use other prefixes.
Suffixes – to identify and use the suffixes: ful and less.
Suffix – ful Word Search.
Taken from: Grammar and Creativity for Year 3
Good writing may start with an exciting idea, but it needs structure to make sense to a reader. Grammar provides a framework on which to display the imagination.
Writing brings together individual expression and an understanding of the rules that allow our language (any language) to make sense. This book has been written with the view that grammar and creativity go hand in hand to produce good writing. Developing children’s understanding of the basics of English will encourage their literary adventures. The range of activities here has been designed to excite interest as well as guide children and teachers through the rules.
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This unit covers Getting dressed and undressed with some adult help, including learning how to use zippers; â– Learning how to be independent in self-care; â– Naming and describing items of clothing; â– Knowing which types of clothes are suitable for different activities; â– Developing independence when going to the toilet.
Includes 6 pages of activity ideas
Taken from our popular resource Building Blocks. Building blocks is a modular series of resources offering Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) practitioners a source of fresh, fun activities linked to inspirational, childcentred themes, and providing comprehensive coverage of the different aspects of the Early Learning Goals.
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The LCP Primary Science Dictionary is an easy-to-use, alphabetically-arranged dictionary of scientific words, with lots of useful diagrams, photographs and illustrations. It will help students find out more about the science topics they study in class, improve their literacy skills as well as achieve a higher mark in their National Curriculum tests.
This is a really great resource aimed at primary KS1 & KS2 and is jam packed with 128 pages of scientific facts and information. A must have resource.
2 part lesson covering contours and relief specifically aimed at Year 3 pupils.
Includes lesson plans and resource sheets
Lesson 1:
Learning objectives
Children should understand:
• contours show the shape of the land (relief);
• how sea level is measured.
Success criteria
Children can:
• begin to understand how relief (the shape of the
land) is shown on OS maps;
• understand how sea level is assessed.
Lesson 2:
Learning objectives
Children should understand:
• there are two ways of representing height on an
OS map;
• contours show the shape of the land (relief);
• layer colouring is a third way of showing relief on
maps.
Success criteria
Children can:
• state how high above sea level a particular
feature is on an OS map;
• begin to understand how height and relief are
shown on OS maps.
Taken from LCP’s LKS2 Geography Resource File
5 Lessons including resources and lesson plans
Lesson 1: Where does water come from?
Learning objectives
Children should learn to:
• recognise the processes which make up the water
cycle;
• sequence the components of the water cycle;
• see that human uses of water are also part of the
water cycle.
Lesson 2: Where does water go?
Learning objectives
Children should learn to:
• understand what happens to rainfall when it
reaches the ground;
• undertake investigations in the field
Lesson 3: Weather around the world
Learning objectives
Children should learn to:
• investigate places;
• locate places using an atlas;
• describe what places are like in terms of weather
conditions;
• understand that different places experience
different weather/climate
Lesson 4: Where are hot and cold places found around the world?
Learning objectives
Children should learn:.
• to recognise broad global climate patterns;
• about weather and climate conditions around the
world
Lesson 5: Climate Patterns
Learning objectives
Children should learn to:
• describe the main climate patterns;
Taken from LCP’s LKS2 Geography Resource File
1x lesson with worksheets
Learning objectives
Children should learn:
• about the physical and human features of the
seaside;
• further develop their map and atlas skills.
Success criteria
Children can:
• identify human and physical features of the
seaside;use geographical vocabulary to talk
about the seaside;
• use maps/atlases/Internet to locate seaside
places
Taken from LCP’s KS1 Geography Resource File
Taken from our Upper Keystage 2 Literacy Resource File
Includes all lessons and resources
Lesson 1: Inside a story- LO: To identify a point of view
Lesson 2: 2 Ways into a story- LO: To identify how different stories are opened.
Lesson 3: Colin Thompson’s stories and characters- LO:Identify the main parts of a story and to create a character profile
Lesson 4:Tell me a story- LO:To experiment with writing in different styles.
Lesson 5: Comparing story openings by Michael Morpurgo- LO:Compare the openings of two stories by the same author and comment on what makes an effective opening.
Lesson 6 : Does Tomas Believe in Unicorns- LO:To explore characterisation through drama.
Lesson 7:Tomas and the librarian- LO: To use empathy to explore the character of Tomas
About this unit
There are six units on fiction in this file for years 5 and 6. The second unit focuses on the work of modern authors of children’s fiction. We have chosen to focus on Colin Thompson and Michael Morpurgo, but it is possible to repeat some of the activities using books by other authors with whom the children may be familiar, such as Roald Dahl and David Walliams. The children will examine the story structures and aspects of each author’s style and will have opportunities to write short stories of their own. They will be encouraged to explore various characters and situations through role play and will work towards writing and staging their own short plays. They will develop the habit of keeping a reading journal (on paper or screen) as a way of supporting and extending reading. The Michael Morpurgo lessons are more challenging and you may wish to use them later in Upper KS2 than those on Colin Thompson’s books.
The unit focuses on Books by Colin Thompson, for example The Paradise Garden, The Paperbag Prince, Falling Angels, Sid the Mosquito and other wild stories and I Believe in Unicorns and Why the Whales Came by Michael Morpurgo.
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