2 weeks (8 lessons) of planning and resources for teaching Instructions to Year 2 or Year 3. All of the resources needed for the lesson plans are included.
A PDF and an editable version of each file is included.
Lesson 1 & 3 - Giving instructions verbally
Lesson 2 - Writing in the second person
Lesson 4 - Comprehension on How To Make Salmon Sandwiches
Lesson 5 - Comprehension on How To Go Fishing
Lesson 6 & 8 - Writing instructions
Lesson 7 - Nouns, verbs and adjectives
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Please note: the planning refers to VCOP. If you do not use VCOP, the planning will need some adjustments, but the resources can be used with any system or strategy for teaching writing.
You can find more English lesson plans and teaching resources on the Save Teachers’ Sundays website.
Adding and subtracting fractions worksheets, lesson plans and model:
two lesson plans (one suitable for trainees) on adding and subtracting fractions
4 differentiated worksheets (3 with diagrams; 1 without diagrams)
examples to use at the start of the lesson
There is a PDF of all of the files and an editable version of each file.
You can find more KS2 Maths lesson plans, worksheets and teaching resources on the Save Teachers’ Sundays website.
KS1 Islam lesson plan, PowerPoint and worksheets.
There is a PDF and an editable version of the worksheets.
You can find more planning and teaching resources for teaching Islam to KS1 on the Save Teachers’ Sundays website.
Please note: This lesson was updated on 30th August 2022. If you downloaded it before this date, please download and use the updated files.
The Bible KS1 lesson plan, information text and worksheets. This lesson is best suited to Year 2 or lower KS2.
There are two versions of the information text - one of them has the key sentences highlighted to make it easier for the children to find the key information.
There is a PDF of all of the files and an editable version of each file.
Changes in British farming lesson plan, PowerPoint and worksheets.
There is a PDF of all of the files and an editable version of each file (you just need to delete the watermark logo from each of the editable files).
You can find more KS1 Geography lesson plans, worksheets and teaching resources on the Save Teachers’ Sundays website.
Note: This lesson was updated on 21st August 2020. Please download the most recent version of it if you bought it before this date. Please also use the lesson plans that are not in the ‘Combined’ file.
Evolution timeline KS2 lesson plan and worksheet.
There is a PDF of all of the files and an editable version of each file (you just need to delete the watermark logo from each of the editable files).
You can find more KS2 Science lesson plans, worksheets and teaching resources on the Save Teachers’ Sundays website.
Note: This lesson was updated in August 2020. Please download the most recent version of it if you bought it before this date. Please also use the lesson plans that are not in the ‘Combined’ file.
Tsunamis KS2 lesson plan and worksheet / activity (How a tsunami happens).
There is a PDF of all of the files and an editable version of each file.
You can find more KS2 Geography lesson plans, worksheets and teaching resources on the Save Teachers’ Sundays website.
Please note: This lesson was updated on 29th August 2022. If you bought it before this date, please download and use the updated files.
KS1 Islam planning and resources. Each lesson plan has every resource needed to teach it:
Lesson 1) Introduction to Islam
Lesson 2) Life of Muhammad
Lesson 3) Five Pillars of Islam
Lesson 4) The Gregorian and Islamic calendars
Lesson 5) Ramadan
Lesson 6) Eid-ul-Fitr and other holy days
Lesson 7, 8 & 9) Mecca, the Hajj and Eid-ul-Adha
Lesson 10) The Qur’an
Lesson 11) Mosques
Lesson 12) Islamic art
There is a PDF and an editable version of every file.
Lessons 4, 5, 7, 8 and 9 require reading and so will be more suited to Year 2 / lower KS2.
You can find more KS1 RE lesson plans, worksheets and teaching resources on the Save Teachers’ Sundays website.
3 weeks (12 lessons) of planning and resources for teaching Recount Texts to Year 2 or Year 3. All of the resources needed for the lesson plans are included.
A PDF and an editable version of each file is also included.
Week 1 Day 1 - Giving a verbal recount
Week 1 Day 2 - Recount comprehension (on a recount of a holiday)
Week 1 Day 3 - Sequencing a recount
Week 1 Day 4 - Connectives as sentence openers
Week 2 Day 1 - Writing the beginning of a recount
Week 2 Day 2 - Time connectives
Week 2 Day 3 - Writing the middle of a recount
Week 2 Day 4 - Recount comprehension (on a recount of a school trip)
Week 3 Day 1 - Writing the final part of a recount
Week 3 Day 2 - First and third person
Week 3 Day 3 & 4 - Writing an entire recount
(The Save Teachers’ Sundays logo can be quickly and easily deleted from the editable files once purchased)
Please note: the planning refers to VCOP. If you do not use VCOP, the planning will need some adjustments, but the resources can be used with any system or strategy for teaching writing.
You can find more English lesson plans and teaching resources on the Save Teachers’ Sundays website.
Year 5 Living Things and Their Habitats planning and resources. Each lesson plan has every resource needed to teach it:
Lesson 1) Parts of a Flower
Lesson 2) Process of Sexual Reproduction in Plants
Lesson 3) Asexual and Sexual Reproduction in Plants
Lesson 4) Wind Pollination and Insect Pollination
Lesson 5) Self-Pollination and Cross Pollination
Lesson 6) Sexual Reproduction in Animals
Lesson 7) How an Embryo and a Foetus Develop
Lesson 8) Comparing Different Animal Life Cycles
Lesson 9) Researching and Presenting on Different Animal Life Cycles
Lesson 10) Famous Naturalists and Animal Behaviourists
- 10 Weeks Plans included for the whole unit.
There is a PDF of all of the files and an editable version of each file.
You can find more Year 5 Science lesson plans, worksheets and other teaching resources on the Save Teachers’ Sundays website.
Note: This unit was updated on 16th August 2022.
3 weeks (12 lessons) of planning and resources for teaching Explanation Texts to Year 2. All of the resources needed for the lesson plans are included.
The content for the lessons is based on the topic of Life Cycles.
A PDF and an editable version of each file is included.
Lesson 1 & 2 - Researching and presenting about different animals’ life cycles
Lesson 3 - Comprehension on the Life Cycle of a Honeybee
Lesson 4 - Using commas in a list
Lesson 5 - Comprehension on the Human Life Cycle
Lesson 6 - Alphabetical order and using a dictionary
Lesson 7 - Paragraphing
Lesson 8 - Writing an explanation text about the Life Cycle of a Chicken
Lesson 9 - Writing an explanation text about the Life Cycle of a Turtle
Lesson 10 - Proofreading and Sentence construction
Lesson 11 - Making notes to use to write an explanation text
Lesson 12 - Writing an explanation text
(The Save Teachers’ Sundays logo can be quickly and easily deleted from the editable files once purchased.)
Please note:
the planning refers to VCOP. If you do not use VCOP, the planning will need some adjustments, but the resources can be used with any system or strategy for teaching writing.
this unit was updated on 19th September 2022. If you bought it before this date, please download and use the updated files.
You can find more English lesson plans and teaching resources on the Save Teachers’ Sundays website.
Year 2 Living things and their habitats planning and resources. Each lesson plan has every resource needed to teach it:
Lesson 1) Characteristics of all living things - Plants and Animals
Lesson 2) Living, dead and never alive
Lesson 3) Online activities on food chains
Lesson 4) Identifying producers, consumers and decomposers
Lesson 5) Identifying mini-beasts in their micro-habitats school trip
Lesson 6) Data handling
Lesson 7) Habitats and adaptations
- Living things and their Habitats lesson ideas.
- 7 Weeks Plans included for the whole unit.
There is a PDF of all of the files and an editable version of each file (you just need to delete the watermark logo from each of the editable files).
You can find more Year 2 Science lesson plans, worksheets and other teaching resources on the Save Teachers’ Sundays website.
Note: This unit was updated on 22nd May 2022. Please download the most recent version of it if you bought it before this date.
Year 3/4 English - writing a book review lesson plan and other resources:
- writing a book review lesson plan.
- writing a book review model review.
- writing a book review writing frame.
There is a PDF of all of the files and an editable version of each file (you just need to delete the watermark logo from each of the editable files).
You can find more KS2 English lesson plans, worksheets and teaching resources on the Save Teachers' Sundays website.
Year 4 States of Matter planning and resources. Each lesson plan has every resource needed to teach it:
Lesson 1) Classify Items as Solid, Liquid or Gas
Lesson 2) Evaporation, Condensation, Melting and Freezing
Lesson 3) States of Matter Terminology
Lesson 4) Crispy Chocolate Cakes
Lesson 5) Investigation on States of Matter 1
Lesson 6) Investigation on States of Matter 2
Lesson 7) Investigation on States of Matter 3
Lesson 8) The Water Cycle
8 Weeks Plans included for the whole unit.
Other State of Matter Lesson Ideas
There is a PDF of all of the files and an editable version of each file (you just need to delete the watermark logo from each of the editable files).
You can find more Year 4 Science lesson plans, worksheets and other teaching resources on the Save Teachers’ Sundays website.
Note: This lesson was updated on 29th August 2022. Please download the most recent version of it if you bought it before this date. Please also use the lesson plans that are not in the ‘Combined’ file.
Buddhism KS1 planning and resources. Each lesson plan has every resource needed to teach it:
Lesson 1 - Introduction to Buddhism
Lesson 2 - The Life of the Buddha
Lesson 3 - The Noble Eightfold Path
Lesson 4 - Five Moral Precepts
Lesson 5 - Buddhist temples
Lesson 6 - Buddhist monks
Lesson 7 - Buddhist prayer
Lesson 8 - Buddhist stories
Lesson 9 - Buddhist ceremonies
Lesson 10 - Buddhist Festivals: Wesak / Buddha Day
Lesson 11 - Buddhist pilgrimages
There is a PDF and an editable version of every file.
Lessons 5, 6, 7, 9 and 11 require reading and so will be more suited to Year 2 / lower KS2.
You can find more KS1 RE lesson plans, worksheets and teaching resources on the Save Teachers’ Sundays website.
The Qur’an lesson plan, PowerPoint and worksheets / activity.
There is a PDF of all of the files and an editable version of each file (you just need to delete the watermark logo from each of the editable files).
You can find more KS1 RE lesson plans, worksheets and teaching resources on the Save Teachers’ Sundays website.
Please note: This lesson was updated on 30th August 2022. If you bought it before this date, please download and use the updated files.
Gunpowder plot KS1 lesson plan and differentiated worksheets.
There is a PDF of all of the files and an editable version of each file.
You can find more KS1 History lesson plans, worksheets and teaching resources on the Save Teachers’ Sundays website.
Year 3 English - identifying rhetorical questions lesson plan and worksheet:
- identifying rhetorical questions lesson plan.
- identifying rhetorical questions worksheet.
There is a PDF of all of the files and an editable version of each file (you just need to delete the watermark logo from each of the editable files).
You can find more KS2 English lesson plans, worksheets and teaching resources on the Save Teachers' Sundays website.
Year 3 English - paragraphing lesson plan and worksheet:
- paragraphing lesson plan.
- paragraphing worksheet.
There is a PDF of all of the files and an editable version of each file (you just need to delete the watermark logo from each of the editable files).
You can find more KS2 English lesson plans, worksheets and teaching resources on the Save Teachers' Sundays website.
Worksheets (differentiated to 3 levels and with the answers) and a presentation about Complements to 1 for Year 5, as well as a link to some potential problem-solving extension activities unrelated to the topic of the lesson.
There is a PDF version and an editable version of each file.
Other Year 5 Maths resources
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12160846 - Numbers in Words
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12160851 - Place Value (Whole Numbers)
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12160854 - Ordering Whole Numbers
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12160859 - Rounding Whole Numbers
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12160861 – Place Value (Decimals)
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12163410 – Comparing Decimals and Fractions
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12163418 – Decimal Sequences
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12163429 – Rounding Decimals
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12163439 – Comparing and Ordering Decimals
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12163443 – Multiply and Divide by 10, 100 & 1,000
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12163455 – Column Addition
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12163587 – Column Subtraction
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12163589 – Column Addition and Subtraction
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12163592 – Add and Subtract By Partitioning
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12163597 – Negative Numbers
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12163601 – Addition and Subtraction Word Problems
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12163606 – Short Multiplication
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12163614 – Square and Cubed Numbers
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12163616 – Short Division