This is a selection of lessons for year 4 based on writing a character description . The lessons are based on the book Percy Jackson and the Lightening Thief. The lessons look at comparing characters, retelling a story, writing a character description and then creating their own mythical creature and writing a description Resources in the attachment are the teaching resources for the lesson - the smartboards. You may wish to find additional resources for the children’s tables There are 4 lessons

This resource has a smartboard and it allows children through enquiry to identify the purpose of bones and skeleton. Includes a starter and practical activity including enquiry question to be answered at the end.

This smartboard is linked to the Victorian topic Street Child . The lessons are linked to writing for upper key stage 2. The smartboard focuses on: planning and writing a narrative -planning and writing a non chronological report on a victorian workhouse Lessons are two weeks worth of writing and allow for the pupils to meet end of key stage 2 objectives in writing

These series of lessons is based on Cliffhanger by Jacqueline Wilson. There are 5 lessons . The main focus is on reading to enable children to develop their skills in these areas: -prediction -impact of grammatical features -explore feelings of characters -draw inferences -skim and scan -draw information

This resource is used to train teachers in what is special educational needs and the different categorises of the new Code of Practice. The aim of the training is to: have an understanding of what is meant by SEND understand the different areas of SEND identify some of the key changes in the code of practice This is a series of training sessions- this is 1 of 2 sessions.

This resource is a lesson based on the SEAL unit Good to be Me. This lesson is to know the difference between being Proud and Boastful

This resource has 3 lesson plans based around relationships The success criteria are: -to identify when people can feel embarrassed and the emotions linked to this -understand embarrassment and how to deal with this -forgiving others

This resource is a powerpoint that can be used across the school with all teaching assistants. The focus is developing the TAs questioning ability and being able to focus on using open ended questions that develop enquiry.

This lesson is a smartboard and focuses on problem solving using the inverse. Outstanding lesson

This smartboard is based on homelessness in the UK and identifying the key factors that leads to this issue. The children plan and write their own letter to the government to highlight the issue and the need for the government to do more. Included is a model of a letter that meets the requirements of KS2 writing.

This assembly questions what is forgiveness and why we should forgive. It includes points for discussion, a video and story, Ideal for Key Stage 2

This resource is a series of lessons that aims to : -identify the features of a rap -complete a rap using poetic devices -write a rap Resource is in a notebook format Ideal for Lower KS2 but can be used with SEN groups for Upper KS2.

This smartboard focuses on the pupils using the video Alma from Literacy Shed as a basis. The pupils looked at how to use inverted commas correctly before writing a dialogue between Alma and a new character This smartboard allows the pupils to apply their skills of inverted commas.

This smartboard explores is a punishment always needed for every crime The lesson has a focus on History and explores the changes in crime and punishment over periods of time with a focus on Oliver Cromwell.

This smartboard prepares children for writing their own balanced argument. The lesson focuses on uplevelling a piece of work using the success criteria before writing the counter argument

This is a whole unit of work based on the human circulatory system. Each smartboard or powerpoint has a whole lesson with main activity and plenary. 6 lessons are included with the following content: The lessons focus on what blood is made of and the blood system works, function of the heart, double circulation and how it works, 2 lessons on writing an explanation of the human circulatory system , investigation analysis to find out more about the lungs and an investigation linked to heart rate activity This unit meets the objectives of year 6 science but also the writing objectives. All the lessons include all the resources needed. All you need to do is pick it up and teach !

This smartboard is teaching the children the difference between biased and balanced discussions. The lesson This lesson is complete with starter , main activity and plenary

This resource is Week 1 of English centred around the Jungle Book. The lessons focus on: -retelling the story of the Jungle Book -evaluate performances of retelling -to use explore imagery through illustration -to write a setting description -identify thoughts and feelings of characters

This is lesson 1 of a series of lessons: The aim of this lesson is to explore the emotional changes that occur during growing up. The pupils will: identify the various stages of a human life. understand that my emotions change over time. explain how to deal with my feelings in a positive way.

This resource focusing on using Cuisenaire rods and understanding the value of each rod. The introduction allows children to explore the resource using the smartboard and recognise different ways to make 20. Cuisenaire rods needed for practical lesson outstanding lesson.