A fully planned, resourced and ready to teach 4 week scheme of work for the play Free by David Grant, aimed primarily at Year 7 (but can be adapted to suit Year 8). Included is a unit overview, weekly lessons plans, a PowerPoint to accompany each lesson as well as all resources needed (differentiated ones included). All lessons cover reading, writing and spoken language skills.

Full 6 week scheme of work for the novel ‘Kensuke’s Kingdom’ by Michael Morpurgo. Included is: unit overview, detailed weekly short term plans, PowerPoint for each lesson along with all resources. Lessons cover reading, writing and spoken language skills. Lessons are aimed at Year 5/6 but can be easily adapted to suit other year groups. Planned and ready to teach!

A fully planned, resourced and ready to teach scheme of work for classic children’s fiction aimed primarily at Year 6 (but can be adapted to suit Year 5). The unit covers texts such as Oliver Twist, Treasure Island, Goodnight Mr Tom, The Hound of the Baskervilles and Alice in Wonderland. Included is a unit overview, weekly lessons plans, a PowerPoint to accompany each lesson as well as all resources needed (differentiated ones included). All lessons cover reading, writing and spoken language skills.

A fully planned, resourced and ready to teach scheme of work for the novel Wonder, aimed primarily at Year 7 (but can be adapted to suit Year 6). Included is a unit overview, weekly lessons plans, a PowerPoint to accompany each lesson as well as all resources needed (differentiated ones included). All lessons cover reading, writing and spoken language skills and also includes a reading and writing assessment.

A lesson that I put together for my new Year 7 class all about using imagination to picture the world in a different way through the art of poetry. The poems they produce are always fantastic! We study poetry in the Autumn term so this serves as a little introduction as to the sort of lessons we will be doing. My full poetry unit is on my page.

A lesson that I put together for my new Year 8 class all about WW1 trenches. We study War Poetry in the Autumn term so this serves as a little introduction as to the sort of lessons we will be doing.

A reading record I put together for my Y7, Y8 and Y9 pupils. Included is space for pupils to record what they are reading and comments (a reading log), recommended reads as well as reading activities for pupils to complete.

A reading record I put together for my Y5 and Y6 pupils. Included is space for pupils to record what they are reading and comments (a reading log), recommended reads as well as reading activities for pupils to complete.

A display sign I created for all staff in my school to put on their classroom doors to share with pupils what they ar currently reading. Used as part of our school’s drive for promoting reading for pleasure.

A general knowledge quiz I created to use with Year 8. Each class nominated 4 pupils to take part in each round and a prize was given at the end. Rules are included in the document.

I created a priority lunch pass for my Y8 form class as a reward for good behaviour, acts of kindness, top house pointer, etc. It entitles them and a friend to go on first sitting on any day of their choosing. They absolutely love these!

A fully planned, resourced and ready to teach scheme of work for the novel Cloud Busting, aimed primarily at Year 5 (but can be adapted to suit Year 6). Included is a unit overview, weekly lessons plans, a PowerPoint to accompany each lesson as well as all resources needed (differentiated ones included). All lessons cover reading, writing and spoken language skills and also includes a writing assessment.

A fully planned, resourced and ready to teach scheme of work for the novel The Tornado Chasers, aimed primarily at Year 6 (but can be adapted to suit Year 5). Included is a unit overview, weekly lessons plans, a PowerPoint to accompany each lesson as well as all resources needed (differentiated ones included). All lessons cover reading, writing and spoken language skills and also includes a writing assessment.

A handy self-relective review sheet for pupils to reflect on how well they have settled into their new form/tutor group. I use this for my Y8 pupils at the end of the Autumn term but it can be easily adapted to use with any year group at any point in the year.

A useful topic evaluation designed for pupils to reflect on their progress at the end of a topic/unit of work.

A document containing top tips for teacher/pupils in completing the reading and SPAG Y6 SAT test.

To help pupils recap key word classes in preparation for the SPAG test, I have created a simple PPT where pupils are given a sentence and then must label each word with its word class as well as identifying what type of sentence it is. It has proved extremely useful as a quick starter to a grammar lesson.

A fully planned, resourced and ready to teach scheme of work for The Circus of Nibblewick, aimed primarily at Year 5 (but can be adapted to suit Year 4 and 6). Included is a unit overview, weekly lessons plans, a PowerPoint to accompany each lesson as well as all resources needed (differentiated ones included). The unit focuses on the fictional town of Nibbleswick and their reaction to a circus coming to town. Lessons range from the history of the circus, circus acts and the controversy it causes to exploring argument writing features and writing a letter and creating advertising materials using presentational devices… All lessons cover reading, writing and spoken language skills and also includes a writing assessment.

A fully planned, resourced and ready to teach scheme of work forCrime and Detection, aimed primarily at Year 7 (but can be adapted to suit Year 8 and 9). Included is a unit overview, weekly lessons plans, a PowerPoint to accompany each lesson as well as all resources needed (differentiated ones included). The unit focuses on the detective fiction genre and lessons range from the causes of crime, features of detective fiction and detective stereotypes to exploring and analysing a range of texts and characters such as ‘Lamb to the Slaughter’ and Sherlock Holmes. All lessons cover reading, writing and spoken language skills and also includes a writing assessment.

A fully planned, resourced and ready to teach scheme of work for Travel Writing, aimed primarily at Year 8 (but can be adapted to suit Year 9). Included is a unit overview, weekly lessons plans, a PowerPoint to accompany each lesson as well as all resources needed (differentiated ones included). The unit looks at what travel writing is, its features and explores and analyses different forms including holiday brochures. Pupils then create their own holiday resort, designing a holiday brochure and resort map before then creating a persuasive pitch. All lessons cover reading, writing and spoken language skills and also includes a writing assessment and a reading assessment.