As the story has a repetitive structure, it should be accessible to children who are secure at Letters and Sounds Phase 4 and familiar with some aspects of Phase 5. The following vowel digraphs and trigraphs are included and could be revisited as part of your phonics sessions: Phase 3: ‘oa’, ‘ai’, ‘oo’, ‘ur’, ‘ar’, ‘er’, ‘igh’, ‘air’ Phase 5: ‘a-e’, ‘ay’, ‘ie’, ‘i-e’, ‘ea’, ‘ou’ Taken from Make Phonics Fun: Summer. For each topic covered there are two pages of practical teacher’s notes offering activity ideas to help you make the best use of the resources and texts provided. Activities are clearly signposted to indicate whether they are most suitable for shared, guided or independent reading sessions and, where relevant, opportunities for writing and for developing speaking and listening skills are also highlighted. The book makes frequent references to the phases of Letters and Sounds. Each topic within Make Phonics Fun is supported by a range of lively and appealing pupil texts – including original stories, fascinating non-fiction and quality poetry. There are two photocopiable activity sheets for each topic, providing a range of fun things to do – from reading games which involve listening for specific phonemes, to sequencing activities and track games providing sounding out and blending practice At the heart of each topic within this book is a carefully selected list of 40 real and pseudo words (20 words for Section 1 and 20 words for Section 2), building a word bank, from topic to topic and term to term, that will cover the broad range of grapheme-phoneme correspondences that the children should be familiar with by the time they approach the end of Year 1 Leave a review

In this unit, children explore an event that has been commemorated annually for over a 100 years. Children investigate the origins of Remembrance Day and how its significance has grown to incorporate conflicts up to the present day. Children who belong to service or refugee families may have direct, personal experiences of recent hostilities, and their schools will need to exercise sensitivity and discretion in teaching this topic. It is helpful if the children have considered other types of anniversaries and/or commemorations and used historical sources such as artefacts and photographs to ask and answer questions about the past. Although this focuses on Remembrance day the unit can be easily adapted to fit for VE day 1: Memories • To find out why people wear poppies at this time of year. • Explain why we wear poppies for Remembrance. Lesson 2: Remembrance Day • To discover what happens on Remembrance Day. • Understand what happens on Remembrance Day and why we commemorate it. Lesson 3: War memorials• To investigate the war memorial in our area. • To understand why we have war memorials. Lesson 4: Display• To create a Remembrance Day display. • Explain the importance of Remembrance Day. Leave a review

The titles of the 5 texts include 1 Pop-up cards 2 Vote for me! 3 E-mail link 4 Easy pizzas 5 Life in Tudor times The cards primarily address text-level objectives for each year group and focus specifically on reading comprehension of non-fiction texts. The cards are designed to encourage talk and develop listening and speaking skills. There is a main text on the front of each of the reading cards. The main text is followed by talk time , where there are open-ended questions, which are designed to stimulate a personal response to the issues raised and encourage children to think about the card’s theme. The questions encourage discussion between two to six people. Talk time questions that are preceded by a require children to refer back to the text and are suitable for prompting children’s written responses. The box contains an interesting fact related to the card’s theme. This should appeal to the children’s sense of wonder and fascination for the remarkable. The reverse side of each card carries things to do box. This contains activities and challenges that are designed to enable children to pursue the main theme still further. The activities are mainly practical in nature, so that all children can succeed, whatever their levels of literacy Leave a review

The titles of the 5 texts include 1 Signs 2 Bubbles 3 Antarctica 4 Facts about bats 5 Using tallying to count The cards primarily address text-level objectives for each year group and focus specifically on reading comprehension of non-fiction texts. The cards are designed to encourage talk and develop listening and speaking skills. There is a main text on the front of each of the reading cards. The main text is followed by talk time , where there are open-ended questions, which are designed to stimulate a personal response to the issues raised and encourage children to think about the card’s theme. The questions encourage discussion between two to six people. Talk time questions that are preceded by a require children to refer back to the text and are suitable for prompting children’s written responses. The box contains an interesting fact related to the card’s theme. This should appeal to the children’s sense of wonder and fascination for the remarkable. The reverse side of each card carries things to do box. This contains activities and challenges that are designed to enable children to pursue the main theme still further. The activities are mainly practical in nature, so that all children can succeed, whatever their levels of literacy Leave a review

Taken from our PSHE KS1 Resource file. Lesson 1: Making choices Lesson 2: Dilemmas Lesson 3: Choosing a friend Lesson 4: How to play Lesson 5: Playing safe Lesson 6: Managing money Lesson 7: Money and talents Lesson 8: Looking at job choices In this unit of work the children will be taught to understand that we all have a right to our own opinion, which we express in the choices we make. Discussions throughout the unit will also help children to understand that their choices have different consequences, not only for themselves, but for other people around them. Even at an early age, there are real choices for children to make, for example, choosing healthy options at school meal-times and deciding what games to play. The lessons will also begin to cover and allow opportunities for discussion concerning how to use money wisely and how to explore related issues such as fairness; whilst encouraging the children to think about different career choices for the future. Leave a review

Taken from our EYFS/KS1 PSHE Resource File LO: To help us understand that the qualities we possess can be used to help other people. 30-45 mins Learning outcomes Children should be taught: • to take part in discussions with one other person and the whole class; • to think about themselves, learn from their experiences and recognise what they are good at; • to recognise how their behaviour affects other people; • to contribute to the life of the class and school To help us understand that the qualities we possess can be used to help other people. Leave a review

Taken from our Year 1 Literacy Resources File Includes lesson plans and differentiated resources 1- The Enormous Turnip LO: Listen to the story on tape and recall the events in order. • Understand about traditional stories and the oral tradition. • Contribute to dramatisation of the story 2- The Enormous Turnip LO:To be able to distinguish similarities and differences in different versions of the story. • To be able to suggest phrases and sentences to retell the story 3 The Anansi stories LO: To discuss the appearance, behaviour, characteristics and goals of characters. • To take part in acting scenes from the story in character, using expression and a clear voice 4 Anansi and boastful bullfrog LO: To be able to discuss the appearance, behaviour, characteristics and goals of a character. • To be able to write two or more sentences about Anansi 5 The Gingerbread Man LO: To be able to read with support and join in key phrases appropriately. • To be able to identify the main events in the story and put them in chronological order. 6 The Gingerbread Man – audio version LO: To discuss different versions of the same story. • To discuss differences between audio and written versions of a story. 7 The Gingerbread Man – the play LO: To recognise differences between playscripts and story texts and the reasons for them. • To read a playscript with appropriate expression 8 The Gingerbread Man – my story • To be able to plan a story. • To be able to write some sentences independently, using story language and phonic strategies This Unit covers ‘Traditional and fairy stories’. Before you start the lessons below, it is suggested you take 15–30 minutes each day for four or five days to read other traditional stories, including some from different cultures, to enrich the children’s experience of the genre. You could conclude these stories by asking some of the following questions: Who was the story about? Where did it take place? How did it start? What happened in the middle of the story? How did it end? What do you think the most important event was? You should also set out a display of appropriate books and tapes that the children may look at, listen to, read to themselves or borrow to share at home. Leave a review

Get the full unit on TES https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/year-1-literacy-english-traditional-and-fairy-tales-unit-12322085 Taken from our Year 1 Literacy Resource File Includes lesson plan and all resources (including differentiated resources) as well as the story The Gingerbread Man LO: To be able to read with support and join in key phrases appropriately. • To be able to identify the main events in the story and put them in chronological order. Learning Outcomes: To have more secure knowledge of the characteristics of the genre. • Better ability to identify key incidents in the story and sequence them correctly. Leave a review

Taken from our Year 2 Literacy Resource File Lessons include 1 The Boy Who Cried Wolf • To listen and respond to the story, considering whether the action is funny or serious. • To consider story themes and morals. • To write simple and compound sentences in relation to reason 2 Predicting the ending • To read with fluency, drawing on word recognition. • To predict the story ending. 3 Role-playing the villagers • To read with fluency, drawing on word recognition. • To predict the story ending/next incident. • To present parts of stories using drama 4 The boy’s perspective • To use drama to prepare for writing. • To identify characters. • To write an ending of the story. 5 The Three Billy Goats Gruff • To consider story themes and morals. • To empathise with characters. • To write simple and compound sentences 6 Role-playing the Three Billy Goats Gruff • To prepare and retell stories. • To present the story through drama. 7–8 Retelling the story • To retell stories using pictures as prompts. • To write using simple and compound sentences, and direct speech. This unit covers four weeks and focuses on traditional stories. The unit has two alternative outcomes. Children read and compare traditional stories and then work towards their own written version of a traditional narrative. They could also create a digital text combining words, images and sounds using presentation software Leave a review

2 lessons with plans and resources Taken from our Year 5 and 6 Geography Flipbook Lesson 1: Making Waste Work Learning objectives Children should learn: • to investigate a local environmental issue • about issues associated with landfill sites Learning outcomes Children will be able to: • understand how change affects the local area • communicate opinions on landfill sites Activity: You are going to make a written proposal to ask the headteacher to give you permission to start a recycling scheme. Lesson 2: Recycling Learning objectives Children should learn: • about the types of rubbish we throw away • about the need for recycling in order to reduce rubbish Learning outcomes Children will be able to: • understand the difference between re-use and recycling • discuss what needs to be considered when setting up a recycling scheme Activity:Imagine that you are an education officer for Friends of the Earth. You are against the proposal for a new landfill site in the local area. • Design a T-shirt for children to wear in the campaign against a new landfill site. Leave a review

5 lessons with resources This non-fiction unit focuses on reading, writing, and giving oral instructions. There is emphasis on creating concise, precise instructions and on using the imperative form of verbs. This unit has close links to Fiction Unit 5 and uses the text and characters from Treasure Island as the basis for the lessons. 1 Long John Silver says… • To be able to follow instructions and to understand that instructions must be clear and precise. It is imperative that you Understand… • To define and use imperative verbs 3.Battleships• To write clear instructions and to recognise imperative verbs Buried treasure • To write clear instructions. 5 Treasure Island • To gather information and write clear instructions. • To write extended instructions. Leave a review

The Three Billy Goats Gruff- one lesson with resources (includes text) WALT • Say what we think about why characters in stories do the things they do. • Understand the characters’ feelings. • Use adjectives which describe feelings. Activity: • Shared reading of the text. • Pairs of children respond to the story: Was it right to trick the troll? How did the troll feel? • Take feedback and scribe and categorise responses. • List troll’s feelings and make a list of feeling adjectives. • To develop oral skills. • To write lists with adjectives. Leave a review

Taken from our Year 2 Literacy Resource file. The unit, Instructions, builds on work done in Year 1 and has three phases, with oral and written outcomes and assessment opportunities at regular intervals. The focus is on following and giving instructions. Children begin with an oral phase, followed by a recognising, reading and following phase, and finally progressing to the written production phase. Within this context, children begin to explore the key structural features of instructions and learn to select the appropriate register and style necessary for instructions. This unit uses many curriculum areas in order to give children as much variety as possible in the instructions they read, follow and compose. Lesson 1 Listen and move • To be able to listen to and follow oral instructions. • To recognise an instruction because of its language style. • To be able to give oral instructions telling someone how to move Photo tableaux • To listen to, follow and give oral instructions explaining how to position one’s body. • To be able to look at a photo of a person and work out how to make another person recreate the same pose. 3 Let’s make a smoothie! • To follow instructions successfully to make a smoothie. • To identify the structure of an instructional text – in this case, a recipe. • To read and match instructions with pictures. 4 Mum’s birthday cake • To consolidate the text structure. • To practise reading and understanding a text which describes a process 5 Writing instructions for making things with paper • Recognise adjectives and nouns. • Be able to write numbered instructions. • Be able to extract a set of instructions from a report text. 6 Instructional texts • To recognise instructional texts from the language, topic and layout. • To complete a chart with information about an instructional text 7 How do I get there? • To use directions as a form of instruction. • To write and follow directions. 8 Looking at language • To use directions in order to focus on written presentation, specifically spelling, collocations and punctuation. Leave a review

Get the full unit via our website: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/year-2-english-literacy-explanation-5-lesson-unit-life-cycles-12330576 Includes Lesson plan and Worksheets WALT • Read and follow a text about the life cycle of a plant. • Know what a glossary is. This long lesson links to the topic of plants and how they grow by introducing the children to a variety of seeds. It may be preferable to spread the lesson over two sessions, using the Glossary activities on the second day. Children will complete an investigative study, which will form the basis upon which they will learn how to read and compose explanatory texts. Leave a review

Get the full unit: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/year-2-english-literacy-information-texts-unit-skimming-and-scanning-12330609 This lesson focuses on the features or signposts of information texts. It will lead the children to use the skill of skim-reading to help them to evaluate the usefulness of information texts and to speed up their investigative reading. The more fun the children have within this lesson, the easier they will find it to use and appreciate the skill they are learning. Depending on the class dynamic, this lesson could be made into one big competition with time limits and/or point systems for each activity. WALT • Spot and talk about different parts of information texts, so we can use them to help us find specific information. • Make up questions about a topic and learn to skim read, so we can find out the general idea of the text. Leave a review

Taken from Year 2 Literacy Resource File This unit is closely linked to the curriculum areas of natural science, geography and history. The children begin by learning and practising skimming, scanning and gist-reading skills using a variety of texts. They then focus on a main topic (the life of a famous person) and practise close reading and note-taking. This leads them on to posing questions about the life and times of the person: in this case, Pocahontas. They then carry out the necessary research to answer their questions and, finally, compose a collaborative information text on the topic. This text is divided into chapters with sub-headings, and also incorporates images. The children will build on work in Unit 2 by producing a glossary to go with their information text 1 A review of information texts • To review and assess prior knowledge of information texts. • To talk about what information a specific text contains 2 Skimming• To focus on the form and organisational features of information texts. • To use skim-reading to read for gist and to evaluate the usefulness of a text. • To review question forms. • To identify and describe the uses of different parts of an information text. 3 Scanning• To develop scanning skills when reading non-fiction information texts. • To find key words in a text. • To match subheadings to sections of a text. 4 Pocahontas • To research and write an information text based on an historical topic. • To practise notetaking and close reading of a text. • To navigate an online text. • To use an online glossary. • To use notes to answer questions about the text. • To understand a text about a famous person. 5 Selecting information • To research a specific topic area and collate information in order to collaboratively compose an information text. • To pose questions. • To record the information using an appropriate method 6 Writing an information text • To use research in order to put together an information text. • To maintain purpose, narrative tense and information text features in composition. • To use images to aid written text. Leave a review

Fun, interactive assembly to promote healthy and safe choices. Full Assembly script and key questions Aims • To teach the children about the importance of choosing healthy options. • To emphasize that it is not always easy to make the safe or healthy choice. • To remind the children that we are lucky to be in a position where we can make choices. You will need: • 10 pieces of A3 white paper and a thick black marker pen. • An overhead projector, a plain piece of acetate, and a suitable pen for writing on the acetate. • 10 children to hold up the answers.

Free Lesson Plan and resource Learning objective: • To know how we celebrate and how religious people celebrate family occasions Success Criteria • To describe their own family celebrations and show awareness of other families’ celebrations: how they are similar or different

6 lesson plans with resource sheets About this unit: As we learn about other people, what makes them tick and how they live their lives, we need to consider ourselves and how we experience things. This gives us a confident base from which to explore. This unit encourages people to: • think about how they were welcomed into the world • talk about things that they like • consider who they belong to • know about events in their lives • consider their feelings • celebrate these events and feelings creatively. This unit sets the tone for RE in Year 1: a time for sharing thoughts and feelings in a supportive, trusting atmosphere where we are not afraid to say what we think. Lesson length: Each lesson is designed to take one hour. Expectations At the end of this unit most children will: • be able to express what they feel about themselves with confidence. Some children will have made less progress and will: • need support expressing their thoughts. Some children will have progressed further and will: • be able to express what they feel about themselves with confidence and understand enough about others to sum up their thoughts too.

This is a whole-term unit containing 12 lessons, with the first six lessons focusing on the beliefs that many Muslims hold, and the following six lessons looking at ‘belonging’ in the Islamic faith. As part of this unit of work, it will be necessary to visit a mosque and invite in a visitor from the Muslim community. If it is impossible to visit a mosque in your locality, use an online virtual tour. Learning within this unit will be enhanced if examples of artefacts are available for pupils to experience. Prior learning: Although there may not have been systematic teaching on Islam before this unit, pupils should have studied rites of passage within Islam and Muslim views of creation. Lesson length: The lessons are designed to last approximately 75 minutes Lessons consist of: 1 The final prophet of Islam 2 The Bilal mystery 3 The five pillars of Islam 4 Islamic Prayer 5 The Qur’an 6 Good advice 7 A mosque 8 Hajj 9 What is Zakah 10 Fasting and Feasting 11 Should Ahmed go to war? 12 Learning from Islam