PLEASE NOTE: File is a flipchart suitable for use with ActiveInspire but can be used online or amended to suit other programs. Oracy assembly format or guide. Includes a step by step useful guide of how to carry out an oracy assembly. Ideal for introducing oracy assemblies in phase groups or whole school.

Pirate themed character description worksheet including marking ladder. Ideal for a key stage 1 class. Includes a word bank to support the children in developing related vocabulary.

2 week Performance Poetry planning perfect for year 3/4. Includes build up to understanding and performing poetry and then moving onto writing their own poem using a frame based on a popular poem style. My year group responded very well to this planning and thoroughly enjoyed producing their own poems and performing them to one another. They also loved playing critics and had fun evaluating their own performances as well as those of others. Planning is in the form of a flipchart and includes other necessary resources. Marking ladders for work to be completed are included as well as a modelled text which can be used to model to the children how their poems might sound.

Pirate themed character description worksheet. Differentiated using work banks for children who require more support in developing ideas.

Maths planning for the first two weeks of a new academic year. Some good AFL activities and introduction to new maths teaching moving from early years to Key Stage 1.

Party invitation encouraging the use of commas when creating lists. Ideal for use when teaching pirates as a topic.

Ideal for a teacher in year 1. Includes a full week's worth of English and Maths planning including some PSHE for the afternoons. English work is based around the poem titled Cats by Eleanor Farjeon.

1 week of English planning linked to pirates including Character descriptions, creating own pirate characters and creating pirate invitations. Perfect to inspire children in writing using the theme of pirates.

5 Weeks unit of work based on the theme of Pirates. Includes ideas for activities and Learning objectives for each day in the 5 weeks. Perfect for KS1 teachers - Saves lots of time where planning is concerned. Offers ideas for additional activities to bring the learning to life such as a pirate treasure hunt and pirate day activities.

Lower Key Stage 2 guided reading planning teaching children the skill of making connections when reading including text to text connections, text to self connections and text to world connections. The flipchart teaches the children how to make connections using a range of different activities.

Guided reading planning for Lower Key Stage 2. Four lessons based on the skill of inference. Includes worksheet for teaching the objective to the whole class as well as a follow up activity. Planning is all on a flipchart.

Two weeks of Maths planning for the start of the year. Perfect to allow children to explore new mathematical concepts and expectations and ideal for the teacher to be able to carry out assessments of their children's abilities. Includes counting activities, reading and writing numbers, using mathematical equipment correctly, odd and even numbers etc.

Design your own pirate worksheet including marking ladder for Key Stage 1 children

Unit of work on formal method for subtraction. Works alongside my planning for addition. Includes the flipchart planning and all the worksheets for a whole week’s worth of lessons. Saves lots of time and thinking too. Also includes a mini green bubble challenge which acts as a form of assessment at the end of the week’s teaching to assess what the children have learnt and retained.

Planning for a unit of work based on Addition with some subtraction. Works alongside the unit of work on Subtraction which is sold separately. Flipchart includes a week of work on addition and some subtraction. Begins with mental addition and subtraction with some use of Singapore Bar method and then moving into the formal method of addition for year 3/4. Includes worksheets and reasoning challenges adapted from the White Rose Scheme of work.

Short unit of work based on food chains with oracy links. Leads to an explanation text about food chains. Includes modelled text on the flipchart. Exploratory learning to being with leading to teacher taught session to consolidate learning.

2 weeks of guided reading teaching for LKS2 linked to understanding vocabulary. Includes vocab strategies and multiple meaning words. Activities are based on optional year 4 SATs style papers called Feet First. Screen grabs are on the flipchart but the file hasn’t been attached to avoid copyright issues. The tasks are all based on this document which can be downloaded quite easily online.

Handwriting for the autumn term to support your children to develop a thesaurus and help them use a wider vocabulary within their own writing. Planning begins with synonyms and builds to use of show don’t tell strategies. File is an Activeinspire flipchart but also includes a PDF version of the flipchart file.

Handwriting for Key Stage 2 using Fronted adverbials - ISPACE Files include an Activeinspire flipchart and a PDF version. Please ensure you have these programs before you download the file. Activeinspire can be accessed or downloaded for free online.

A discussion assembly to start the year off in any year group but one provided is tailored to suit Key Stage 2. Includes the rules of speaking with others, rules of listening and a ready made set of discussion guidelines that can be adapted to suit your own classes. Used to set the ground rules for discussion assemblies and as a reminder at intervals (if required). Has been used successfully by many at a school for some years now. PLEASE NOTE: The file is in flipchart form, ideally for ActiveInspire, but can be used in other programs with some adaptations.