Two week unit based on ‘Ning Nang Nong’ but a Stone Age take on the poem. Main focus is on language - prepositional phrases, noun phrases, rhyme. Touches on onomatopoeia/alliteration when looking at features - this could be expanded and be two separate lessons if you wanted to make the unit longer. We’ve used this as a stepping stone to historical fiction. Cold task - writing a poem based on The Stone Age Learn ‘On a Grassy Hill’ - story map Identifying key features Noun phrases Prepositional phrases Rhythm and rhyme (creatiing a whole-class rhyming dictionary) Planning a poem (with scaffold) Writing Stone Age poem Perform poem to class. Each day there is a ‘teacher slide’ to explain each lesson. All resources included. PLEASE NOTE: I do not have PPT on my mac. I have copied the pages from the Smart Notebook file onto Keynote and have exported this into ppt. I therefore do not know what the formatting is like in this format. -This works best if you are able to use the Notebook file-

A 3-4 week unit based on the book ‘The Egyptian Cinderella’. Great cross curricular links to Ancient Egypt. The final outcome is the children writing their own traditional tale set in a different culture. Follows the T4W approach of immitation/innovation. Includes: -T4W/story map to learn the text -Boxing up the text/five-part story structure Inverted commas for dialogue Paragraphs Comprehension (ERIC) Similes Fronted Adverbials Complex sentences (FANBOYS) Writing a story opening, build up, problem, resolution and ending My children loved learning about this story and writing their own traditional tales.

A ‘Stig of the Dump’ inspired character description used as a model text to help demonstrate sentence starters, sentences of three, fronted adverbials and powerful verbs/adjectives. Links with topic work based on the stone age. "Stumbling to his feet, the musty, stale smell of damp clung to Barney’s nostrils. "

A set of lessons for DT explaining how to design, make and paint canopic jars. Includes: looking at patterns, shapes of jars and colours the Ancient Egyptians used. Making a jar using papermache and mod roc. Painting the jar. Super, hands on lessons inspiring creativity. Goes well after looking at the mummification process!

A unit exploring flashbacks within stories, drawing inspiration from the Harry Potter books. Taught to our Year Sixes as a three week unit. Lessons include: Cold Task - Write a story with a flashback To define and identify a flashback To write a flashback To write sentences containing relative clauses. To use a range of adverbials. To plan my own pensive memory. To write an example story opening. To accurately punctuate dialogue. To explore the language and techniques used within the Harry Potter books (ERIC/reading comp task) To include emotive language and memories. To include emotive language and memories. To plan a story opening. To write a story. To present my work in a different way/to edit.

A Year Five unit of work on quest stories inspired by Beowulf. (We used a short copy in class as our model text, and read the book by Michael Morpurgo alongside the unit). Three weeks worth of lessons as we used two lessons to write the story, one to edit and improve, and one to write a final copy. Please note For two of the lessons, one on dialogue and one on character description, I used Twinkl PPTs (NOT included) so a Twinkl subscription is beneficial, however you can always just add to the slides. Lesson objectives as below… LI: To write a story with an imaginary creature. (cold task) LI: To memorise a text to help support my writing. (T4W) LI: To understand the meaning, structure and features of a story. LI: To identify the 5 part story structure. LI: To write different story openings using description, action and dialogue. x2 LI: To develop a character description. x2 (TWINKL PPT ON SUPERLATIVE/COMPARATIVE) LI: To create atmosphere through my use of language. LI: To use dialogue in my writing. (INVERTED COMMAS PPT) LI: To plan a quest story. LI:To write a quest story. LI: To edit and improve a quest story. The slides are a Smart Notebook file, not a PPT. There is also a PDF version of the slides but this is, of course, not editable.

A song written for my class assembly about the Ancient Egyptians. Sang to the tune of Uptown Funk, it mentions stages of the mummification process and talks about how Pharaoh’s were the rulers of the land. Enjoy! x

Inside Out inspired emotions thermometer. Great to use for all ages. Relatable characters great to help the children pin point how they are feeling and start to use the language of different emotions. anger, disgust, fear, sadness & joy. Emotion labels, thermometer and arrow. Great to be laminated and placed on a desk or wall.

Set of four differentiated worksheets to allow children to practise reading and writing time in analogue and digital to o’clock and half past.

‘The adventure begins here’ lettering in a cloud-coloured font Balloons and hot air balloon basket to create a colourful door display or noticeboard for your classroom. Words on balloons include: readers mathematicians scientists explorers historians artists musicians writers learners sporty teamwork thinkers a friend respected important inspired risk takers dreamers supportive the future

Topic overview and three weeks worth of plans for ‘All About Me’ unit. Covers the different Early Learning Outcomes. Mathematics, EAD, PSED, Physical, Communication and Language, Literacy/Phonics, Understanding the World. Fun activities and ideas and engaging adult led activities.

A lesson about where Egypt is in the world. Children identify which continent Egypt is in and looks at the key geographical features of Egypt. Children can use air dry clay to create the shape of Egypt and then paint on the features. Suggested resources: Google Earth, atlas, globe.

Aimed at Year Three, this Instructions unit is based on T4W’s ‘How to Build A Pyramid’. It includes learning the text, boxing up, experimenting with different instructions (I used examples of Twinkl instructions, but you could just google ‘origami instructions’ and see what comes up. Includes: Prepositions, Time conjunctions, Inperative verbs, Introduction, Exploring different instructions, Memorising a text, Planning/Writing. MTP contains key objectives and some notes. Notebook has slides, learning intentions and content, resources included.

Covers all Year Five place value objectives. Three weeks worth of lessons and resources. A few lessons require Twinkl tasks (not included) but can be adapted. These lessons are used to consolidate learning from the lesson before so are not 100% necessary but supplement the learning nicely. Most tasks offer a range of ‘mild’, ‘warm’ or ‘spicy’ tasks with an added option for an extension or probing question. Those three lessons which would benefit from a Twinkl membership are - Roman Numerals, Compare and order numbers, Place Value problems. Lessons are: Cold task LI: To represent numbers up to 1,000,000. LI: To add powers of 10, 100, 1000 and 10,000. LI: To subtract powers of 10, 100, 1000 and 10,000. LI: To compare and order numbers up to 1,000,000. x2 LI: To read and interpret negative numbers. LI: To round a number to the nearest 10, 100 and 1000. x2 LI: To read and write Roman numerals to 1000. x2 LI: To solve problems involving place value. x2 Hot task - Please note this is the same as the cold task, the title just needs to be changed.

LI: To know the names and order of the planets. Success Criteria: I can name all of the planets. I can find a way to help me remember them. I can identify and label the different planets. LI: To learn about the planets in our solar system. Success Criteria: I can identify the different planets. I can research facts about the different planets. I can present my research in a fact file. LI: To describe the movement of the Earth and other planets, relative to the Sun in the solar system. Success Criteria: I know the names and order of the planets in our Solar System. I can explain the difference between rotation and revolution. LI: To participate in a debate using my scientific understanding to explain my reasoning. Success Criteria: I can form an opinion based on research. I can share my ideas with others. I can listen and reflect on other peoples point of view. LI: To understand about gravity and its effects on Earth. # A Twinkl PPT for the debate lesson is useful to download if you have a Twinkl account, otherwise different sheets, books, internet for research.

Harry Potter themed tray labels. Including resources, subjects & blank ones. Perfect to be laminated to be used time and time again. PDF format means they are ready to print and go!

‘You can do great things’ lettering. I backed onto black card to make the words stand out even more.

Aimed at Year 5/6, this unit or work looks at a range of skills needed to compose effective non-chronological reports. Includes an example NCR on Hippogriffs to be used as a model text, hot and cold task unit targets, Smart Notebook slides. 12 lessons in this unit for Non-Chronological Reports. Content can be tweaked to focus on certain aspects of HP. We used a trip to the Warner Bros Studio Tour to research and collect information about Harry Potter. You may wish to add an extra lesson or two creating a lesson through research of books/internet to help develop note taking, etc. Lessons/LIs: Cold task: To write a NCR. To explore a non-chronological report (ERIC) To explore language and structural features of a non-chronological report. To compose effective and concise introductory paragraphs. To construct compound sentences using coordinating conjunctions. STAND ALONE ‘Extended Write’ - (focus on modal verbs) To start my sentences in different ways. To write well structured paragraphs. To plan a NCR. Hot Task: To write a NCR. (You may want to do this over two lessons to ensure content and quality). To edit and improve my writing. To publish a piece of work.

8 lessons focusing on WWII poetry. This is used with my Year Sixes but could work across KS2. Starters range from games to recapping nouns, synonyms and expanded noun phrases. Additional handwriting agreement lesson included. Lessons include: LI: To write a piece of poetry (cold task) LI: To explore a range of poems. LI: To use a thesaurus to find synonyms and antonyms. LI: To explore and use figurative language. LI: To class write a poem. LI: To plan a WWII inspired poem. LI: To write a WWII inspired poem. LI: To publish and perform a poem. Please note these lessons are in SMARTnotebook format. I have also included a PDF version of the slides.

Superhero tray labels (Marvel themed) for subjects and a wide array of classroom supplies.