The third week in a 3 week unit of ‘The Highwayman’ poem by Alfred Noyes. Includes all resources needed to teach this unit. Other weeks available for sale also from my shop. Ideal for an Upper Key Stage 2 class - currently being used on a Year 5 class.

The second week in a 3 week unit of ‘The Highwayman’ poem by Alfred Noyes. Includes all resources needed to teach this unit. Other weeks available for sale also from my shop. Ideal for an Upper Key Stage 2 class - currently being used on a Year 5 class.

The first week in a 3 week unit of ‘The Highwayman’ poem by Alfred Noyes. Includes all resources needed to teach this unit. Other weeks available for sale also from my shop. Ideal for an Upper Key Stage 2 class - currently being used on a Year 5 class.

A range of KS2 Free write lessons using images from Pobble 365 to inspire independant writing.

A unit of lessons all designed for pupils to write independant biographies about Charles Darwin. Aimed at Upper Key Stage 2. Works well with the Year 6 Cornerstones Unit ‘Darwin’s Delights’ or Victorians.

A series of lessons designed to encourage children to learn about the story of Oliver Twist, starting with experience lessons with drama, followed by scaffolded lessons using the Write Stuff approach and concluding with their own stories for independent writing. Ideal for a Year 5 or 6 cohort.

A series of 4 lesson plans focused around the book "Tuesday" by David Weisner. Includes differentiation, full success criteria, week outcomes, learning objectives, OMAs and plenarys.

The first week in a two week unit focusing on the film “The Alchemist’s Letter”. Each lesson provides guided writing opportunities to describe a scene, explore character’s emotions and explain how the machine works using drama and images. This then leads on to a second week (coming soon) where children explore two of the character’s memories, add their own happy memory to the machine and then explore morals before editting and refining. Aimed at Year 5 but can easily be used with a Year 6 class also.

A series of 5 lesson plans focused around the book "The Butterfly Lion" by Michael Morpurgo. Includes differentiation, full success criteria, week outcomes, learning objectives, OMAs and plenarys.

Week 1 of a 2 week unit on Fantasy Narrative writing for Upper KS2. Designed with different activities each lesson to build writing with modelled examples to structure writing. Week 2 coming soon!

A set of 4 lessons on PowerPoint around free verse poetry based on the topic of Space. Writing stimulus used is “The sea of tranquility” by Mark Haddon and Christian Birmingham (images of the story included). 3 way differentiation included as well as Grammar warm up activities.

A 7 lesson unit on mystery story writing linked to Ancient Egypt. Starts with setting descriptions, story planning, build up and action sequence with opportunities to edit and redraft throughout. Children can then free write their own endings to show a development in their writing from heavily scaffolded, removing some support in the middle of their stories to get a totally independant ending.

A set of 5 lesson plans focusing on the theme of Newspapers individually differentiated 4 ways in lines with ITAF statements showing clear progression of skills.

A set of 5 lesson plans focusing on the theme of Persuasion individually differentiated 4 ways in lines with ITAF statements showing clear progression of skills.

A set of 5 lessons using the Waitrose Robin Advert to create descriptive narrative. Uses ‘The Write Stuff’ approach by Jane Consadine for prompting and supporting with quality writing. Part of a 2 week set of lessons.

A series of 9 lesson plans focused around the book "Mortal Engines" by Phillip Reeve. Includes three way differentiation, chapter synopsis, input and potential for next lesson.

A set of 4 lesson plans focusing on the theme of Explanations individually differentiated 4 ways in lines with ITAF statements showing clear progression of skills with some key resources made by myself.

An upper KS2 set of plans based around the creation and study of newspapers focusing on the topic of Space and life aboard the International Space Station. All lessons come with links to useful pages, warm up grammar based activities and 3 way differentiation. All resources for these set of plans are also included.

A 4 week unit of work (20 lessons) aimed at Year 5 and 6 focusing on the topic of ‘Myths & Legends’. Includes 3 way differentiation as well as resources and suggested reading/websites that can link with this topic. Used effectively with a year 5 class, however can be adapted to suit Year 6 pupils.