Unit of work based on the book “Mr Gumpy’s Outing”. The unit includes a planning overview for a character description based on using a variety of verbs and a newspaper report. Targeted at Year 1 level. The unit includes some of the resources needed. Other resources to support can be found on Twinkl. Learning objectives are included for each lesson and the overview sequences the lessons. 24 lesson ideas in total.

Reading comprehension questions based on the book The Tear Thief. there are 14 question mats altogether, linked to each page in the book. The questions are a mix of vocab, retrieval, prediction and inference. Suitable for Year 1 and 2. Suggested answers also included for each mat.

The purpose of this unit is to re-write the Jungle Book story in the children’s own words. The unit makes use of visual aids through some youtube videos. There are 17 lesson overviews for this unit and examples of what the children could produce are included to give you an idea of expectations and these can also be used to aid shared writing. This is a good unit to do at the start of the year in either year 5 or 6 as it helps the children to focus on the skills of writing in detail, writing shorter sections each day as opposed to writing a full piece over 1 or 2 lessons. Everything needed to teach this unit is included in the pack or is linked to except the Jungle Book story itself, which can be downloaded online or a physical copy purchased.

I created this Explorers History topic for Year 1 but it could easily be adapted for other year groups. It includes a powerpoint for each lesson with a task for the children to complete. Worksheets for lessons were they are needed has also been included. There are 6 lessons overall. Each lesson looks at a different type of explorer.

This complete unit based around the topic ‘Iceland’ covers English, Geography. History and Art lessons. The unit includes a lesson overview, suitable resources and links to resources and Learning objectives. English lessons included 1 fiction and 1 non-fiction text. Art includes a drawing lesson and a painting lesson. Geography focuses on volcanoes, human geography, including: types of settlement and land use, economic activity including trade links, and the distribution of natural resources including energy, food, minerals and water. History focuses on the Viking and Anglo-Saxon struggle for the Kingdom of England to the time of Edward the Confessor. Lessons can be adapted to suit any KS2 class. 30 lessons are outlined in this unit overview.