Welcome to the Lead and Learn Hub — a trusted space for school leaders and teachers.
Explore a growing collection of CPD training packs, writing units, and classroom resources designed to support both leadership development and effective teaching.
Created by an experienced teacher and school leader with over 20 years in education, and a holder of the NPQH (National Professional Qualification for Headship), every resource is thoughtfully designed, classroom-tested, and ready to use.
Welcome to the Lead and Learn Hub — a trusted space for school leaders and teachers.
Explore a growing collection of CPD training packs, writing units, and classroom resources designed to support both leadership development and effective teaching.
Created by an experienced teacher and school leader with over 20 years in education, and a holder of the NPQH (National Professional Qualification for Headship), every resource is thoughtfully designed, classroom-tested, and ready to use.
This complete 3-week fiction writing unit supports Year 5 and 6 pupils in writing a suspenseful warning tale. Carefully structured across fifteen lessons, the unit builds from reading and analyzing a model text, through shared innovation, to planning and writing an independent narrative.
This Eighteen resources include detailed planning, engaging model texts, grammar in context, comprehension tasks, and everything needed to develop confident and creative writers. Fully aligned with the National Curriculum for upper Key Stage 2.
What is included:
3 weeks of daily lesson plans with learning objectives, differentiation and plenaries
Cold writing task to assess starting points
Model text and innovated example
Boxing-up grids and planning templates
Power Point slides for all lessons
Sentence-level grammar tasks linked to the model
Vocabulary activities and matching tasks
Reading comprehension questions and SAT s-style assessment
Writing toolkit and success criteria checklists
Annotated model activities and full model script for each paragraph stage
Hot write crib sheet and visual prompts
Skills covered:
Creating suspense and building tension
Expanded noun phrases, powerful verbs and figurative language
Varying sentence structure and using punctuation for effect
Paragraph cohesion and narrative structure
Planning, drafting, editing and presenting a polished final piece
Perfect for use across a half-term, this resource provides a structured and supportive journey from reading to independent writing. Editable Word and Power Point files included for easy adaptation.