Lancashire Professional Development Service helps educational settings like schools and academies to realise the full potential of their children and young people, by providing professional training, bespoke consultancies and inspiring resources. All of our curriculum resources are designed by highly experienced teaching and learning consultants.
Lancashire Professional Development Service helps educational settings like schools and academies to realise the full potential of their children and young people, by providing professional training, bespoke consultancies and inspiring resources. All of our curriculum resources are designed by highly experienced teaching and learning consultants.
’Read and Respond’ unit to support home learning in English and Literacy, Year 2 - Week 11: Zoo.
This resource includes an electronic set of plans for parents for English and Literacy in Year 2.
These newly created exciting ‘Read and Respond’ units will support home learning in English and Literacy. The ‘mini units’, available for Years 1-6 inclusive, provide daily English lesson plans and have been designed for you to send home to parents on a weekly basis. (Reception guidance for Literacy is also available, though in a slightly different format).
All the plans use text extracts freely downloadable from LoveReading4Kids, Oxford Owl or websites with free audio recordings.
Week 11 topic for Year 2: Zoo.
It is suggested that each unit is sent to parents with an accompanying letter as a way of the class teacher personally introducing the unit of work. This will provide the teacher with the opportunity to address any particular sections of the plan, provide supporting materials (e.g. a writing frame) where appropriate and/or make reference to any prior learning. An editable example of how this might look is also included.
A message from our Senior English Consultant Nicola Martin:
HOT OFF THE PRESS!
Lancashire Primary English and Literacy team
Home Learning Read and Respond Units
Summer 2 overview - Available now!
Due to popular demand, the Primary English and Literacy team have created a second overview of units to support schools, teachers, parents and children.
This follows on from an overview produced for Summer 1 including 6 weeks of plans for Reception to Y6. You may not have used the full suite yet due to this being a 5 week half term!
The Summer 2 overview includes 4 weeks of plans from Reception to Y6 which can be used at home or in school.
As in previous weeks, an example letter is included which teachers can send to parents in order to provide additional guidance, or to tailor the units to particular classes.
Many schools have been enhancing the units in the following ways:
-Providing word banks to support each day or week
-Teachers reading aloud some of the stories, poems and texts and sending via an online platform/school website so the children can ‘see and hear’ them
-Designing additional activities linked to the suggested texts to make links across the curriculum
We hope the units continue to be useful and please share any feedback on our Facebook page….
Twitter feed…. @lancsliteracy @lpds or by emailing
Nicola.martin@lancashire.gov.uk
Senior Consultant for Primary English and Literacy
’Read and Respond’ unit to support home learning in English and Literacy, Year 3 - Week 11: Monster Mayhem.
This resource includes an electronic set of plans for parents for English and Literacy in Year 3.
These newly created exciting ‘Read and Respond’ units will support home learning in English and Literacy. The ‘mini units’, available for Years 1-6 inclusive, provide daily English lesson plans and have been designed for you to send home to parents on a weekly basis. (Reception guidance for Literacy is also available, though in a slightly different format).
All the plans use text extracts freely downloadable from LoveReading4Kids, Oxford Owl or websites with free audio recordings.
Week 11 topic for Year 3: Monster Mayhem.
It is suggested that each unit is sent to parents with an accompanying letter as a way of the class teacher personally introducing the unit of work. This will provide the teacher with the opportunity to address any particular sections of the plan, provide supporting materials (e.g. a writing frame) where appropriate and/or make reference to any prior learning. An editable example of how this might look is also included.
A message from our Senior English Consultant Nicola Martin:
HOT OFF THE PRESS!
Lancashire Primary English and Literacy team
Home Learning Read and Respond Units
Summer 2 overview - Available now!
Due to popular demand, the Primary English and Literacy team have created a second overview of units to support schools, teachers, parents and children.
This follows on from an overview produced for Summer 1 including 6 weeks of plans for Reception to Y6. You may not have used the full suite yet due to this being a 5 week half term!
The Summer 2 overview includes 4 weeks of plans from Reception to Y6 which can be used at home or in school.
As in previous weeks, an example letter is included which teachers can send to parents in order to provide additional guidance, or to tailor the units to particular classes.
Many schools have been enhancing the units in the following ways:
-Providing word banks to support each day or week
-Teachers reading aloud some of the stories, poems and texts and sending via an online platform/school website so the children can ‘see and hear’ them
-Designing additional activities linked to the suggested texts to make links across the curriculum
We hope the units continue to be useful and please share any feedback on our Facebook page….
Twitter feed…. @lancsliteracy @lpds or by emailing
Nicola.martin@lancashire.gov.uk
Senior Consultant for Primary English and Literacy
’Read and Respond’ unit to support home learning in English and Literacy, Year 1 - Week 12: Robots.
This resource includes an electronic set of plans for parents for English and Literacy in Year 1.
These newly created exciting ‘Read and Respond’ units will support home learning in English and Literacy. The ‘mini units’, available for Years 1-6 inclusive, provide daily English lesson plans and have been designed for you to send home to parents on a weekly basis. (Reception guidance for Literacy is also available, though in a slightly different format).
All the plans use text extracts freely downloadable from LoveReading4Kids, Oxford Owl or websites with free audio recordings.
Week 12 topic for Year 1: Robots.
It is suggested that each unit is sent to parents with an accompanying letter as a way of the class teacher personally introducing the unit of work. This will provide the teacher with the opportunity to address any particular sections of the plan, provide supporting materials (e.g. a writing frame) where appropriate and/or make reference to any prior learning. An editable example of how this might look is also included.
A message from our Senior English Consultant Nicola Martin:
HOT OFF THE PRESS!
Lancashire Primary English and Literacy team
Home Learning Read and Respond Units
Summer 2 overview - Available now!
Due to popular demand, the Primary English and Literacy team have created a second overview of units to support schools, teachers, parents and children.
This follows on from an overview produced for Summer 1 including 6 weeks of plans for Reception to Y6. You may not have used the full suite yet due to this being a 5 week half term!
The Summer 2 overview includes 4 weeks of plans from Reception to Y6 which can be used at home or in school.
As in previous weeks, an example letter is included which teachers can send to parents in order to provide additional guidance, or to tailor the units to particular classes.
Many schools have been enhancing the units in the following ways:
-Providing word banks to support each day or week
-Teachers reading aloud some of the stories, poems and texts and sending via an online platform/school website so the children can ‘see and hear’ them
-Designing additional activities linked to the suggested texts to make links across the curriculum
We hope the units continue to be useful and please share any feedback on our Facebook page….
Twitter feed…. @lancsliteracy @lpds or by emailing
Nicola.martin@lancashire.gov.uk
Senior Consultant for Primary English and Literacy
’Read and Respond’ unit to support home learning in English and Literacy, Reception - Week 12: The Snail and the Whale.
This resource includes an electronic set of plans for parents for English and Literacy in Reception.
These newly created exciting ‘Read and Respond’ units will support home learning in English and Literacy. The ‘mini units’, available for Years 1-6 inclusive, provide daily English lesson plans and have been designed for you to send home to parents on a weekly basis. (Reception guidance for Literacy is also available, though in a slightly different format).
All the plans use text extracts freely downloadable from LoveReading4Kids, Oxford Owl or websites with free audio recordings.
Week 12 topic for Reception: The Snail and the Whale.
It is suggested that each unit is sent to parents with an accompanying letter as a way of the class teacher personally introducing the unit of work. This will provide the teacher with the opportunity to address any particular sections of the plan, provide supporting materials (e.g. a writing frame) where appropriate and/or make reference to any prior learning. An editable example of how this might look is also included.
A message from our Senior English Consultant Nicola Martin:
HOT OFF THE PRESS!
Lancashire Primary English and Literacy team
Home Learning Read and Respond Units
Summer 2 overview - Available now!
Due to popular demand, the Primary English and Literacy team have created a second overview of units to support schools, teachers, parents and children.
This follows on from an overview produced for Summer 1 including 6 weeks of plans for Reception to Y6. You may not have used the full suite yet due to this being a 5 week half term!
The Summer 2 overview includes 4 weeks of plans from Reception to Y6 which can be used at home or in school.
As in previous weeks, an example letter is included which teachers can send to parents in order to provide additional guidance, or to tailor the units to particular classes.
Many schools have been enhancing the units in the following ways:
-Providing word banks to support each day or week
-Teachers reading aloud some of the stories, poems and texts and sending via an online platform/school website so the children can ‘see and hear’ them
-Designing additional activities linked to the suggested texts to make links across the curriculum
We hope the units continue to be useful and please share any feedback on our Facebook page….
Twitter feed…. @lancsliteracy @lpds or by emailing
Nicola.martin@lancashire.gov.uk
Senior Consultant for Primary English and Literacy
’Read and Respond’ unit to support home learning in English and Literacy, Year 3 - Week 12: Fun with film.
This resource includes an electronic set of plans for parents for English and Literacy in Year 3.
These newly created exciting ‘Read and Respond’ units will support home learning in English and Literacy. The ‘mini units’, available for Years 1-6 inclusive, provide daily English lesson plans and have been designed for you to send home to parents on a weekly basis. (Reception guidance for Literacy is also available, though in a slightly different format).
All the plans use text extracts freely downloadable from LoveReading4Kids, Oxford Owl or websites with free audio recordings.
Week 12 topic for Year 3: Fun with film.
It is suggested that each unit is sent to parents with an accompanying letter as a way of the class teacher personally introducing the unit of work. This will provide the teacher with the opportunity to address any particular sections of the plan, provide supporting materials (e.g. a writing frame) where appropriate and/or make reference to any prior learning. An editable example of how this might look is also included.
A message from our Senior English Consultant Nicola Martin:
HOT OFF THE PRESS!
Lancashire Primary English and Literacy team
Home Learning Read and Respond Units
Summer 2 overview - Available now!
Due to popular demand, the Primary English and Literacy team have created a second overview of units to support schools, teachers, parents and children.
This follows on from an overview produced for Summer 1 including 6 weeks of plans for Reception to Y6. You may not have used the full suite yet due to this being a 5 week half term!
The Summer 2 overview includes 4 weeks of plans from Reception to Y6 which can be used at home or in school.
As in previous weeks, an example letter is included which teachers can send to parents in order to provide additional guidance, or to tailor the units to particular classes.
Many schools have been enhancing the units in the following ways:
-Providing word banks to support each day or week
-Teachers reading aloud some of the stories, poems and texts and sending via an online platform/school website so the children can ‘see and hear’ them
-Designing additional activities linked to the suggested texts to make links across the curriculum
We hope the units continue to be useful and please share any feedback on our Facebook page….
Twitter feed…. @lancsliteracy @lpds or by emailing
Nicola.martin@lancashire.gov.uk
Senior Consultant for Primary English and Literacy
’Read and Respond’ unit to support home learning in English and Literacy, Year 2 - Week 12: Prepare to shrink to the size of an ant.
This resource includes an electronic set of plans for parents for English and Literacy in Year 2.
These newly created exciting ‘Read and Respond’ units will support home learning in English and Literacy. The ‘mini units’, available for Years 1-6 inclusive, provide daily English lesson plans and have been designed for you to send home to parents on a weekly basis. (Reception guidance for Literacy is also available, though in a slightly different format).
All the plans use text extracts freely downloadable from LoveReading4Kids, Oxford Owl or websites with free audio recordings.
Week 12 topic for Year 2: Prepare to shrink to the size of an ant.
It is suggested that each unit is sent to parents with an accompanying letter as a way of the class teacher personally introducing the unit of work. This will provide the teacher with the opportunity to address any particular sections of the plan, provide supporting materials (e.g. a writing frame) where appropriate and/or make reference to any prior learning. An editable example of how this might look is also included.
A message from our Senior English Consultant Nicola Martin:
HOT OFF THE PRESS!
Lancashire Primary English and Literacy team
Home Learning Read and Respond Units
Summer 2 overview - Available now!
Due to popular demand, the Primary English and Literacy team have created a second overview of units to support schools, teachers, parents and children.
This follows on from an overview produced for Summer 1 including 6 weeks of plans for Reception to Y6. You may not have used the full suite yet due to this being a 5 week half term!
The Summer 2 overview includes 4 weeks of plans from Reception to Y6 which can be used at home or in school.
As in previous weeks, an example letter is included which teachers can send to parents in order to provide additional guidance, or to tailor the units to particular classes.
Many schools have been enhancing the units in the following ways:
-Providing word banks to support each day or week
-Teachers reading aloud some of the stories, poems and texts and sending via an online platform/school website so the children can ‘see and hear’ them
-Designing additional activities linked to the suggested texts to make links across the curriculum
We hope the units continue to be useful and please share any feedback on our Facebook page….
Twitter feed…. @lancsliteracy @lpds or by emailing
Nicola.martin@lancashire.gov.uk
Senior Consultant for Primary English and Literacy
’Read and Respond’ unit to support home learning in English and Literacy, Year 4 - Week 12: Wallace and Gromit.
This resource includes an electronic set of plans for parents for English and Literacy in Year 4.
These newly created exciting ‘Read and Respond’ units will support home learning in English and Literacy. The ‘mini units’, available for Years 1-6 inclusive, provide daily English lesson plans and have been designed for you to send home to parents on a weekly basis. (Reception guidance for Literacy is also available, though in a slightly different format).
All the plans use text extracts freely downloadable from LoveReading4Kids, Oxford Owl or websites with free audio recordings.
Week 12 topic for Year 4: Wallace and Gromit.
It is suggested that each unit is sent to parents with an accompanying letter as a way of the class teacher personally introducing the unit of work. This will provide the teacher with the opportunity to address any particular sections of the plan, provide supporting materials (e.g. a writing frame) where appropriate and/or make reference to any prior learning. An editable example of how this might look is also included.
A message from our Senior English Consultant Nicola Martin:
HOT OFF THE PRESS!
Lancashire Primary English and Literacy team
Home Learning Read and Respond Units
Summer 2 overview - Available now!
Due to popular demand, the Primary English and Literacy team have created a second overview of units to support schools, teachers, parents and children.
This follows on from an overview produced for Summer 1 including 6 weeks of plans for Reception to Y6. You may not have used the full suite yet due to this being a 5 week half term!
The Summer 2 overview includes 4 weeks of plans from Reception to Y6 which can be used at home or in school.
As in previous weeks, an example letter is included which teachers can send to parents in order to provide additional guidance, or to tailor the units to particular classes.
Many schools have been enhancing the units in the following ways:
-Providing word banks to support each day or week
-Teachers reading aloud some of the stories, poems and texts and sending via an online platform/school website so the children can ‘see and hear’ them
-Designing additional activities linked to the suggested texts to make links across the curriculum
We hope the units continue to be useful and please share any feedback on our Facebook page….
Twitter feed…. @lancsliteracy @lpds or by emailing
Nicola.martin@lancashire.gov.uk
Senior Consultant for Primary English and Literacy
’Read and Respond’ unit to support home learning in English and Literacy, Year 6 - Week 9: Explorers and Adventurers part two.
This resource includes an electronic set of plans for parents for English and Literacy in Year 6.
These newly created exciting ‘Read and Respond’ units will support home learning in English and Literacy. The ‘mini units’, available for Years 1-6 inclusive, provide daily English lesson plans and have been designed for you to send home to parents on a weekly basis. (Reception guidance for Literacy is also available, though in a slightly different format).
All the plans use text extracts freely downloadable from LoveReading4Kids, Oxford Owl or websites with free audio recordings.
Week 9 topic for Year 6: Explorers and Adventurers part two.
It is suggested that each unit is sent to parents with an accompanying letter as a way of the class teacher personally introducing the unit of work. This will provide the teacher with the opportunity to address any particular sections of the plan, provide supporting materials (e.g. a writing frame) where appropriate and/or make reference to any prior learning. An editable example of how this might look is also included.
A message from our Senior English Consultant Nicola Martin:
HOT OFF THE PRESS!
Lancashire Primary English and Literacy team
Home Learning Read and Respond Units
Summer 2 overview - Available now!
Due to popular demand, the Primary English and Literacy team have created a second overview of units to support schools, teachers, parents and children.
This follows on from an overview produced for Summer 1 including 6 weeks of plans for Reception to Y6. You may not have used the full suite yet due to this being a 5 week half term!
The Summer 2 overview includes 4 weeks of plans from Reception to Y6 which can be used at home or in school.
As in previous weeks, an example letter is included which teachers can send to parents in order to provide additional guidance, or to tailor the units to particular classes.
Many schools have been enhancing the units in the following ways:
-Providing word banks to support each day or week
-Teachers reading aloud some of the stories, poems and texts and sending via an online platform/school website so the children can ‘see and hear’ them
-Designing additional activities linked to the suggested texts to make links across the curriculum
We hope the units continue to be useful and please share any feedback on our Facebook page….
Twitter feed…. @lancsliteracy @lpds or by emailing
Nicola.martin@lancashire.gov.uk
Senior Consultant for Primary English and Literacy
This resource includes an electronic set of plans for parents for English and Literacy from Reception to Year 6.
These newly created exciting ‘Read and Respond’ units will support home learning in English and Literacy. The ‘mini units’, available for Years 1-6 inclusive, provide daily English lesson plans and have been designed for you to send home to parents on a weekly basis. (Reception guidance for Literacy is also included, though in a slightly different format).
All the plans use text extracts freely downloadable from LoveReading4Kids, Oxford Owl or websites with free audio recordings.
Week 9 topics include: Alien Invasion ( R ), To Infinity and Beyond (Y1), Poetry Festival (Y2), Up Up and Away (Y3), Water Water (Y4), World War Two - Part Two (Y5) Explorers and Adventurers part two (Y6).
It is suggested that each unit is sent to parents with an accompanying letter as a way of the class teacher personally introducing the unit of work. This will provide the teacher with the opportunity to address any particular sections of the plan, provide supporting materials (e.g. a writing frame) where appropriate and/or make reference to any prior learning. An editable example of how this might look is also included.
’Read and Respond’ unit to support home learning in English and Literacy, Year 1 - Week 10: Bare necessities.
This resource includes an electronic set of plans for parents for English and Literacy in Year 1.
These newly created exciting ‘Read and Respond’ units will support home learning in English and Literacy. The ‘mini units’, available for Years 1-6 inclusive, provide daily English lesson plans and have been designed for you to send home to parents on a weekly basis. (Reception guidance for Literacy is also available, though in a slightly different format).
All the plans use text extracts freely downloadable from LoveReading4Kids, Oxford Owl or websites with free audio recordings.
Week 10 topic for Year 1: Bare necessities.
It is suggested that each unit is sent to parents with an accompanying letter as a way of the class teacher personally introducing the unit of work. This will provide the teacher with the opportunity to address any particular sections of the plan, provide supporting materials (e.g. a writing frame) where appropriate and/or make reference to any prior learning. An editable example of how this might look is also included.
A message from our Senior English Consultant Nicola Martin:
HOT OFF THE PRESS!
Lancashire Primary English and Literacy team
Home Learning Read and Respond Units
Summer 2 overview - Available now!
Due to popular demand, the Primary English and Literacy team have created a second overview of units to support schools, teachers, parents and children.
This follows on from an overview produced for Summer 1 including 6 weeks of plans for Reception to Y6. You may not have used the full suite yet due to this being a 5 week half term!
The Summer 2 overview includes 4 weeks of plans from Reception to Y6 which can be used at home or in school.
As in previous weeks, an example letter is included which teachers can send to parents in order to provide additional guidance, or to tailor the units to particular classes.
Many schools have been enhancing the units in the following ways:
-Providing word banks to support each day or week
-Teachers reading aloud some of the stories, poems and texts and sending via an online platform/school website so the children can ‘see and hear’ them
-Designing additional activities linked to the suggested texts to make links across the curriculum
We hope the units continue to be useful and please share any feedback on our Facebook page….
Twitter feed…. @lancsliteracy @lpds or by emailing
Nicola.martin@lancashire.gov.uk
Senior Consultant for Primary English and Literacy
Written by Alison Kirk (Associate Consultant for Art and Design), Art and Design Progression from LPDS builds on the Lancashire Key Learning for Art and Design by introducing suggested Year Group Expectations within each of the separate areas of media that children should work with across Early Years and the Primary phase.
It exemplifies progression in the eight areas covered.
Schools should aim to cover up to 3 different media types each year, and ensure wide coverage of media across each age phase (EYFS/KS1, LKS2 and UKS2).
Therefore, the expectations within any given year group should be considered alongside those of the adjacent year group in the same age phase.
The aim of these documents was to specify the key learning in reading and writing for each year group and match statements to show progression from Year a into Year b.
The Key Learning statements should help to focus whole class teaching and could be considered as unit objectives. They will enable teachers to plan for mixed age classes by examining the progression and match of statements.
The aim of these documents was to specify the key learning in reading and writing for each year group and match statements to show progression from Year a into Year b.
The Key Learning statements should help to focus whole class teaching and could be considered as unit objectives. They will enable teachers to plan for mixed age classes by examining the progression and match of statements.
The aim of these documents was to specify the key learning in reading and writing for each year group and match statements to show progression from Year a into Year b.
The Key Learning statements should help to focus whole class teaching and could be considered as unit objectives. They will enable teachers to plan for mixed age classes by examining the progression and match of statements.
A systematic, synthetic phonics catch up planning programme following on from Red Rose Letters and Sounds.
This planning programme has been developed, evaluated and refined, using the expertise of effective classroom practitioners and phonics experts at LPDS.
The intent behind the programme is to provide rigorous and thorough planning to enable children in Year 2 and KS2, who are falling behind, to catch up with their phonic knowledge and application in reading and writing.
The programme includes:
• a baseline diagnostic screening for blending and segmenting sentences;
• an overview of the Phase 4 and Phase 5 Grapheme Phoneme Correspondences covered;
• carefully sequenced 12 weeks planning focusing on Phase 4 and the high value Grapheme Phoneme Correspondences from Phase 5;
• comprehensive daily lesson planning following the revisit/review, teach, practise and apply phonic teaching sequence;
• an opportunity to revisit all of Phase 2, 3, 4 and 5 Tricky Words, High Frequency Words and Common Exception Words (both decodable and non-decodable);
• word banks that directly match the teaching of focused graphemes. Plus, additional words to broaden vocabulary and to provide stretch and challenge;
• application opportunities planned throughout to ensure blending and segmenting of words and sentences;
• a detailed games document; and
• a comprehensive assessment tool which includes frequent reflection checkpoints.
These on-entry assessment materials will support practitioners to set up appropriate classroom provision, including resources, within the reception classroom, to enable them to make relevant observations of what children know, understand and can do on entry to school.
The materials offer prompts across all seven areas of learning and development and the characteristics of effective learning.
Sample activities are provided across six areas of provision to support practitioners to engage children in open-ended but purposeful activities.
These materials can be used alongside other baseline assessment activities, and will support early years practitioners in making an accurate judgement of a child’s skills, knowledge and understanding on entry to reception.
Written by the Lancashire Professional Development Service (LPDS) Teaching and Learning Consultants, these assessment materials are directly linked to the expectations of the National Curriculum and will enable class teachers and senior leaders to track the progress and attainment of children against ‘End of Year Expectations’ in the Foundation Subjects.
These materials have been written to inform planning and support high quality teaching and learning across the primary phase whilst at the same time providing a simple and time effective method of assessing the learning of children from Years 1 to 6 in the Foundation Subjects.
Written by the Lancashire Professional Development Service (LPDS) Teaching and Learning Consultants, these assessment materials are directly linked to the expectations of the National Curriculum and will enable class teachers and senior leaders to track the progress and attainment of children against ‘End of Year Expectations’ in the Foundation Subjects.
These materials have been written to inform planning and support high quality teaching and learning across the primary phase whilst at the same time providing a simple and time effective method of assessing the learning of children from Years 1 to 6 in the Foundation Subjects.
Written by the Lancashire Professional Development Service (LPDS) Teaching and Learning Consultants, these assessment materials are directly linked to the expectations of the National Curriculum and will enable class teachers and senior leaders to track the progress and attainment of children against ‘End of Year Expectations’ in the Foundation Subjects.
These materials have been written to inform planning and support high quality teaching and learning across the primary phase whilst at the same time providing a simple and time effective method of assessing the learning of children from Years 1 to 6 in the Foundation Subjects.
Written by the Lancashire Professional Development Service (LPDS) Teaching and Learning Consultants, these assessment materials are directly linked to the expectations of the National Curriculum and will enable class teachers and senior leaders to track the progress and attainment of children against ‘End of Year Expectations’ in the Foundation Subjects.
These materials have been written to inform planning and support high quality teaching and learning across the primary phase whilst at the same time providing a simple and time effective method of assessing the learning of children from Years 1 to 6 in the Foundation Subjects.