A medium term plan for learning about World War II. It includes full lesson plans; differentiation for greater depth and SEN children; learning objectives linked to the NC; activities for the children to do including cross-curricular writing and examples of resources, such as books and websites, that can be used in lessons to support learning. It runs alongside my RE unit about the Holocaust, which you can purchase from my author page. They could be put together as one big History unit.

A full 4 weeks worth of lessons for teaching the chapter book Skellig. This is a fantastic book that the children really enjoy as it is mysterious. There is also a film you can show them. Lesson plans include starters to develop vocabulary and linked to SATs, main input, differentiated activities, learning intentions and success criteria.

Comprehension questions for years 5/6 for the whole of the book Skellig. Useful when teaching this as a whole class text in English or as a guided reading book. Questions are written in the year 6 SATs style and focus mainly on inference and vocabulary.

Full set of planning for RE - teaching year 5/6 pupils about what the Holocaust was, how it affected Jewish (and other) people and what we can learn from the mistakes made today. Includes learning objectives, teaching sequence and activity ideas.

A unit of work to introduce children from year 3 or 4 to Judaism. Includes learning intentions, success criteria, teaching points and activity ideas. Could last a whole term. Lots of AT1 and AT2 learning.

A half-termly unit of work to introduce children to Sikhism. Includes learning intentions, teaching points and suggested activities. There is also a preparation lesson for visiting a Gurdwara.

A unit of work to introduce children to Hinduism in year 3 or 4. Could last a whole term. Includes learning intentions, success criteria, teaching ideas and suggestions for activities. Plenty of scope for teaching both AT1 and AT2

A unit of work that could last a term for years 5 or 6 based around the 5 Pillars of Islam. Included are learning intentions, success criteria, suggested teaching points and ideas for activities. Lots of scope for teaching and learning through AT1 and AT2.

RE unit of work to introduce year 1 or 2 children to who Christians believe Jesus was through his parables. Includes learning intentions, teaching points and suggested activities. Lots of AT1 and AT2 learning and active tasks such as drama.

A unit of work for year 1 or 2 pupils to introduce them to who Christian thought Jesus was. Lasts for around a half-term. Includes learning intentions, teaching points and suggested activities. Lots of AT1 and AT2 learning through the stories that Jesus told and the idea of his disciples as trusted friends.

Two weeks of English planning based on the book Rose Blanche. This is an amazing picture book that is perfect for children learning about World War II. It has a lot of pictures in it and so is perfect for EAL children. It also contains lots of inference (show and not tell) and really helps them to develop their vocabulary. The plan includes starters, main activities, differentiation, learning intentions and success criteria.

Four weeks planning for the book Street Child. Works well when combined with the Victorians topic. Includes starters, main input, activity ideas, key questions and plenaries.

A full 2 week set of lesson plans for biographies in which the children explore and write their own biography based on the life of Scrooge. Great Christmas unit! Includes starters, grammar, main input and activities, resources and plenaries. Also includes differentiation and a planning sheet.

A great assembly that I used to introduce my school’s health week in which the children had to guess how much sugar was in each drink and then we looked at what too much sugar can do to the body. All information is on the powerpoint and it’s ready to use.

Fantastic resource if you are leading staff training on how to plan English lessons. Includes the 3 stages of planning and how to plan the whole unit, including immersion in texts and producing good-quality writing at the end. Includes ideas of text types to plan for in each key stage and ideas for activities and making English fun.

This is a great resource if you are leading any training on whole class reading. It gives you ideas about how to teach the skills for reading and how to set up comprehension questions for a text based on different a different skill each day. It also includes resource ideas, a break-down of each day and how to build in reading for pleasure.

Great resource for training primary school staff how to teach spelling lessons. Includes ideas for lessons on making spelling fun and how you need to be teaching it - rules, activities etc.

A whole scheme of work for year 5 or 6 that could last a whole term based around Buddhism. Included is a powerpoint which tells the story of the life of the Buddha in child-friendly speak. Includes learning intentions, success criteria, teaching points and suggested activities.

A whole scheme of work that could last for a term based around justice and freedom. Focuses on different religions and was designed to be a transition unit from year 6 to 7 for RE. Includes learning intentions and success criteria, suggested teaching ideas and activities for each lesson. Ideas for both AT1 and AT2 learning.