This weekly plan is for a week's lessons on producing a Newsround report script on a particular topic. This really engaged the pupils, especially the 'letter 'from Newsround! We focused the news report on the Stockton to Darlington Railway as this was our history topic, however, you could do a report on whatever your children feel relevent!

First weeks plan and resources for Letters and Sounds phase 4 week 1. The week covers the phoneme blends of st, nd, mp, nt, nk, ft, sk and lt.

Two weeks planning on the Chocolate Monster by Pip Jones. Includes; two weeks planning, differentiated resources, smart notebook, powerpoint of the book and word mat. Covers grammar of using 'un' and making words plural.

Smart notebook for teaching ear, air and igh trigraphs with alien words and pictures for the children to spell.

A week’s planning and resources for writing a non-chronological report about chocolate. Written for a year 1 class. Includes; weekly plan, smart notebook. learning objectives, a simple text about chocolate and sentence starters.

Script for a dinosaur assembly. Includes facts about dinosaurs and a drama retelling the story of Tyrannosaurus Drip. This was used with a year 1 class.

Worksheet for children to spell words containing the ‘ay’ sound. I use these as an independent activity in guided reading.

Two week plan using the Jolly Postman as a stimulus. Best suited to a year 1 class.

Two week plan using the True Story of the Three Little Pigs as a stimulus. Most suited to a year 1 class.

Two weeks of planning around the story of Little Red Riding Hood created for a year 1 class.

Little Red Riding Hood Planning and Resources for two weeks. Includes; Powerpoint of the story, Smart Notebook and resources. Most suited to year 1.

Most suited to practise before year 2 SATs, however, would be good for finding out about chocolate for any year group.

Planning and resources for Oliver’s Vegetables. Including one week plan, comprehension questions, powerpoint of the book and sentence stems.

A comprehension text with questions about the Stockton to Darlington railway. Suitable for KS2. Good for learning about the history of transport, George Stephenson and the industrial revolution.

Planning and resources for phase 5 week 1. Includes the sounds ay, ie, ea, ou.

Full two weeks on the amazing book Chicken in the kitchen by Nnedi Okorafaror Planning. Book suitable for reception to year 3. Book set in Nigeria and will be good for a topic on the country.

A week’s planning and smart notebook for the ‘u-e’ ‘e-e’ and ‘o-e’ split digraph.

A two week plan based on the book The Jolly Pocket Postman by Janet and Alan Ahlberg. Most suited to KS1.

A two week English plan based on the books Katie and the Waterlilies and Katie and the sunflowers by James Mayhew. Most suited for KS1 pupils.

Differentiated worksheet focusing on adding the ‘ed’ suffix.