<p>A range of low-resource art challenges I have been setting for my children. Each challenge is on one PDF, gives a brief overview of the task/technique/artist along with examples of the work and realistic examples of what the children’s could look like. Hopefully a time saver for someone. :)</p>

<p>Two week-long biography work booklets to support children learning at home during the closures due to Covid-19.</p> <p>Children recap key features before children are tasked with planning and writing a biography about themselves (but in 3rd person) in week 1 and about a fictional character in week 2. Each section has a WAGOLL and then a space to complete their own, with a checklist using must/should/could. At the end there’s word banks for those that might need further support.</p> <p>First booklet recaps key features (using a biography offered for free here: <a href="https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/writing-a-biography-6413084">https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/writing-a-biography-6413084</a>)</p> <p>2 more weeks around Non-Chronological Reports, which can follow on from this, can be found here:</p> <p><a href="https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/non-chronological-report-work-booklets-distance-learning-12305985">https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/non-chronological-report-work-booklets-distance-learning-12305985</a></p>

<p>Two week-long NCR work booklets to support children learning at home during the closures due to Covid-19.</p> <p>Children recap key features before children are tasked with planning and writing a NCR about Electricity in week 1 and about their favourite animal in week 2. Follows on from and links to Biography work here:</p> <p><a href="https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/biography-work-booklets-distance-learning-12288876">https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/biography-work-booklets-distance-learning-12288876</a></p> <p>Each section has a WAGOLL and then a space to complete their own, with a checklist using must/should/could. At the end there’s word banks for those that might need further support.</p>

<p>FORM: NEWSPAPER<br /> PURPOSE: TO INFORM<br /> AUDIENCE: PARENTS (VIA A NEWSLETTER)</p> <p>A 3 week unit (11 lessons plus hook) looking at chronological reports. The final outcome is a newsletter to parents informing them of a dragon attack on the school. The slides are designed so that there’s a WAGOLL for each extended writing task, and then a word bank slide to model writing on a WB or flipchart paper using this.</p> <p><strong>Please note:</strong></p> <ul> <li>All documents are in PowerPoint and the font used is Twinkl (available from Twinkl’s website if you have a subscription). If you do not use this font, there will be formatting issues.</li> <li>Starter activities are ‘back to basics’ - recapping KS1 objectives.</li> <li>The hook requires use of an augmented reality app in your own setting (I use action movie on Apple but others are available).</li> <li>There is so no planning session, as we plan to use the police report from the hook day.</li> <li>Most of the examples are orginal or adapted from NewsRound, however I have used this resource in my slides, which can be found for free on TES here:</li> </ul> <p><a href="https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/newspaper-report-goldilocks-and-the-three-bears-11487237">https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/newspaper-report-goldilocks-and-the-three-bears-11487237</a></p>

<p>Two week-long narrative work booklets to support children learning at home during the closures due to Covid-19.</p> <p>Children recap key features before children are tasked with planning and writing a narratives inspired by Oliver Jeffers ‘Lost and Found’ - one closely hugging the text, the other more open.</p> <p>Each section has a WAGOLL and then a space to complete their own, with a checklist using must/should/could. At the end there’s word banks for those that might need further support.</p>

<p>This is a ‘50 things to do before you leave’ checklist which supports our enrichment curriculum. This is designed for an infant school but could be updated/edited to be for a primary.</p> <p>The font is ‘Ink Free’ which is standard on Microsoft word, and has been mocked up with a fictional school.</p> <p>Hopefully it’s helpful to anyone who has been tasked with the same.</p>

<p>FORM: POETRY (CINQUAIN)<br /> PURPOSE: TO ENTERTAIN<br /> AUDIENCE: PARENTS (VIA PERFORMANCE POETRY RECITAL)</p> <p>A 1 week unit (4 lessons) looking at cinquains. The final outcome is a poem to be recited at a parental engagement event. Short and sweet, this is a good unit to revisit word classifications with.</p> <p><strong>Please note:</strong></p> <ul> <li>All documents are in PowerPoint and the font used is Twinkl (available from Twinkl’s website if you have a subscription). If you do not use this font, there will be formatting issues.</li> <li>Starter activities are ‘back to basics’ - recapping KS1 objectives.</li> </ul>

<p>A short narrative unit which followed on from a science unit looking at the human digestive system, so children had a great deal of knowledge about this to draw upon.</p>