UK based Primary Educators who are passionate about teaching learning across the EYFS/KS1/KS2 ages and stages. We have developed tried and tested resources/planning that are 'ready to go' but can be adapted to suit individual needs when and where necessary.
UK based Primary Educators who are passionate about teaching learning across the EYFS/KS1/KS2 ages and stages. We have developed tried and tested resources/planning that are 'ready to go' but can be adapted to suit individual needs when and where necessary.
This Year 2 unit of work focuses on Samuel Pepys Dairy that he kept to record the events of the Great Fire of London. This weeks worth of planning timetables: Mon - SPaG lesson (verbs), Tues - Freeze frame/snap shots of scenes described in the diary, Wed - Identifying features of a Diary entry using Samuel Pepys as an example, Thur - Planning own diary entry of the first two days of the fire breaking out and Fri - The Big Write of their own diary entry.
The resources included: Lesson plans, verbs worksheets, Samuel Pepys Diary (PowerPoint presentation), diary writing questions and a diary features checklist.
This planning could always be adapted for the use in other year groups.
This pack contains mixed year 1/2 planning covering maths, English and some topic learning as well.
This pack includes: weekly lesson plans, medium term plans, the long term plan and the whiteboard notebook files to accompany.
This Year 5 English planning focuses on 'Letter Writing'. This unit explores the format and design of an informal/formal letter, exposes the children to the language used in letter writing and finally scaffolds the learning to allow the children to write their own letter.
Here is a weeks worth of planning focussing on teaching Traditional Tales to year 2. The particular story that this planning focuses on is Hansel and Gretel. The plan includes the learning objectives, success criteria and differentiation.
This pack contains 3 weeks worth of planning that focuses on the teaching of the unit ‘Stories by the Same Author’. The chosen author within this planning is Julia Donaldson and is aimed at a KS1 Year 2 age phase.
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This pack contains a lesson for the story of ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’. This was used in an interview lesson successfully and passed with flying colours. It could be adapted to suit different classes, abilities and purposes.
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These can be used with KS3 and some lower ability KS4 to consolidate what they should already know from KS2. The pupils complete the homework and each lesson they will complete a spelling test and then spend time peer marking the completed homework and consolidating the skills they are still struggling with from a variety of worksheets.
Each homework pack consists of different task/learning/activities, including:
Plural and singular/homophones/past, present, future tense. Each section is formatted the same with a spelling test, dictionary and vocabulary work and comprehension - some include extended writing.
Some sections of text from the list with comprehension: Pride and Prejudice/Wuthering Heights/Never Let Me Go. There are also some grammar exercises on the following: Semicolons/Apostrophes/Past, present, plural and singular and plural verbs.
Revisiting the idea of sentence structure and the effect of different types of sentences. It also addresses some ideas behind metalanguage and using this to understand feedback and improve work. Looking at literally and figuratively. Briefly exploring the world of idioms and how we can use this figurative language to unpick analysis. I have also included a section on how to write a PEARL paragraph - some may use PEE and PEA. Point, Evidence, Analysis, Reader Response and Link / Language (choosing a secondary quote or linking it to social and historical context). There are sections from Harry potter and Alice in Wonderland for comprehension and analysis. Also included the next round of alphabet synonyms.
It includes a section revising apostrophes, specifically looking at contractions and omitted letters. More metalanguage. Prepositions. 2 x extracts and comprehension questions on Pole 2 Pole by Michael Palin. A section on voice - active and passive and 1st/2nd/3rd person in storytelling. There are also the usual suspects - spelling lists, dictionary tasks, self-assessment and extended writing.
This a handwriting worksheet with just the grid lines so you can writing on the board and get the children to follow or write in your own words and photocopy as you please.
A complete English lesson that is based around Alan Peat’s Some ; others Sentences. This planning is suitable for use in KS2 classes. The planning is differentiated into 3 different levels.
This folder contains a Literacy game suitable for use with Higher KS2/KS3/KS4 classes. The game is based on Pointless! the popular TV gameshow. The questions are based various English/Literacy areas including: Homophones, Terminology, Famous literary faces, etc.
This pack contains 2 weeks of planning ideal for Year 2 that focuses on Fantasy Stories using the story of the Snow Dragon by Vivian French. This pack contains 2 weekly plans, the story as a notebook file and some resources that support the planning.
This Year 2 lesson pack focuses on the teaching and learning of non-chronological reports. This weeks worth of planning includes the weekly lesson plan and some example non-chron reports about animals.
This pack contains 3 weeks worth of planning on the unit - Fiction 1 - based around the book Dogger. The pack contains 3 weekly plans and some basic images to go with the story/plans. This planning can be used with ‘Stories with Familiar Settings’ units of work due to the story setting.
This spelling list follows the New National Curriculum and shows the lists of words that Year 2 children need to know by the end of the year. We have split them into Autumn, Spring and Summer as spelling focus points for each term.
