This 4-5 week unit of persuasive writing is based around the book ‘The Curse of the Maya.’ It links perfectly with the Ancient Maya Civilisation topic. It includes 4-5 weeks of writing planning based around the book and the children eventually write a leaflet to persuade people to visit Guatemala and a persuasive letter to the British government. The planning includes grammar, spellings, teaching and outcome which is differentiated as needed for greater depth and SEND children. It also includes all of the resources I have made myself. Unfortunately, I cannot include resources such as the smartboards due to copyright, but if you buy this resource and you want them, then just leave your email address in a review and I can send them over to you.

This is an English 4 week unit of work based on the book ‘Wonderscape’ for the last half-term for year 6. It is focused around transition activities and planned in the way that children will learn English at secondary school. It includes starters, spellings, main teaching, differentiated activities and plenaries. There are some resources included. I have smartboards for each unit but I can’t upload them due to copywrite. If you purchase this unit and would like them, please leave your email address in the comments and I will email them all to you.

This resource is based around the following pages from the book Young, Gifted and Black: Mary Seacole, Matthew Henson, Ava Duvernay, Bessie Coleman, Barack and Michelle Obama, George Washington Carver and Malorie Blackman. It is 5 days of reading based around the following skills: fluency, vocabulary, retrieval and inference. The resource includes answers and a differentiated version for lower ability children, which has snippets of the text of it to support these children in reading. The resource also includes LO and how to teach each lesson. I can’t put the text on here, but you can find it online or leave your email address in the comments and I can send it to you.

This is a week’s worth of reading activities based around Act 1, Scene 1 of the Tempest. I can’t upload the text, but you can find it online or leave me your email address in the comments and I’ll send you it on email. The work is based around 5 days of activities around the reading skills - fluency, vocabulary, retrieval and inference and includes a mini-comprehension at the end. I have also included a lower ability version for children who might struggle with this which has snippets of the text included to support.

This is a whole English lesson on the perfect progressive tense, aimed at year 6. It includes a smartboard with definitions and worked examples and a worksheet to practice this tense with answers and a differentiated sheet for children working below the year group. It’s hard to find anything on the internet for this part of grammar which is why I created it! I have also exported and uploaded the smartboard as a PDF in case your do not have notebook software.

This English unit of work runs over 6 weeks and is based around the book ‘Stories from the Silk Road.’ It is the best way that I have found to enliven the topic ‘Islamic Civilisations’ and ensure that children learn deeply about it and this year, we taught it online, so it works well remotely. The plans include starters, main teaching, activities and differentiation, and I have uploaded all of the worksheets that I made to go alongside the unit. I can’t upload the smartboards due to copyright laws, so if you buy the unit and want these, leave me a comment with your email address and I can send them over to you.

This powerpoint trains staff how to teach children to read fluently and explores what it takes to be a fluent reader, including the end of year expectations for years 2 and 6. It has ideas for activities that staff can do to help children become fluent readers, including a punctuation game. It also goes through what a greater depth reader looks like and shows staff how to write questions for greater depth readers and stretch and challenge them. There is also a bit at the end about the explicit and implicit teaching of vocabulary.

This is a knowledge organiser for World War II. It includes a basic timeline, key vocabulary, leaders and a map of the allies and axis (I’ve had to delete the image as I don’t own it but it’s easy to find one on the internet!). I’ve also uploaded a differentiated one for SEND children. This can be used as an assessment guide, but also for parents and children to learn some basics about WWII at home.

This is a full medium term plan for sewing worry monsters. It could serve as Art or DT. The plan includes full lessons; differentiation for extending greater depth children and supporting SEND children; activities to complete; learning objectives and ideas for how to sew the worry monster. It’s a great activity for year 5/6 children when they first move into their new year group and it’s something they can keep.

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 scheme of work based around religion in the local community for year 5/6 children. Based on Nottinghamshire, but could be adapted to suit any local area. Includes learning objectives, teaching input and independent activities including support for SEN and challenge for the more able.

This is a 3 lesson unit based around religious scripture. Children explore scripture from different religious such as the 10 Commandments and the 5 precepts of Buddhism and explore how these rules help religious people to live. They then create their own precepts and words of wisdom from what they have learnt. There is also opportunity for children to research the lives of religious people such as Gandhi and Martin Luther King, and explore how they put their beliefs into action.

A unit of art - 3/4 lessons long based around the title ‘Who I am.’ Children learn how to sketch self-portraits using photos of themselves; practice printing using different medium and work on their colour mixing and pairing skills. This culminates in a multi-media piece whereby they use all of their skills to create a picture of themselves with a layered background of 2 tone colours and prints with their self-portrait. This links well to PSHE and to the book Wonder.

Three lessons based around the question ‘What can we learn from great leaders and inspiring examples in today’s world?’ The unit explores what qualities inspirational leaders have and then explores religious leaders such as Gandhi and Buddha and how they put their beliefs into action. The unit includes objectives, main teaching input, activities and differentiation to support SEN pupils and stretch the challenge the most able.

This is a 5 week block of planning based around the book Wonder. It includes writing a diary entry and letter, based on the experiences of Auggie within the book. Planning includes the resources used, grammar starters, main teaching and activities, and differentiation for the more able and SEN pupils. There is development time and reading before writing to enable children to write in the style of August. Great for informal writing and capturing the writer’s voice.

Full set of planning for writing horror stories based on the graphic novel and the novel Silverfin (young bond) by Charlie Higson. Fully differentiated with starters that link to grammar and resources to go with the lessons. The unit explores the features, language and structure of horror stories using the text and then culminates in the children writing their own horror story using the first few pages of the graphic novel Silverfin. Especially great for getting reluctant boys engaged!

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 great resource for sending home to parents of children who are studying The Islamic Civilisation. Gives them a timeline and background information on some of the most important people from this era. It also has key vocabulary from this topic with definitions on it. Great resource to start off the topic.