Need quality examples of newspaper reports for KS2? These newspaper articles are based on true stories but have been modified for children in KS2 - most suitable for Years 4, 5 or 6. There are 4 articles and each one has a different newspaper name, date and focus. Each report uses the features of a newspaper article (as expected for KS2 children in the UK).

Setting Description with Scaffolding for Upper KS2 (Year 5 &6) This activity is for children in Year 5 and 6, who are looking to write about a setting. It contains 3 different colour images about different types of settings. Each setting contains a scaffolded structure to aid children to reach the same level of description. Additionally, there is a peer and self review slip which states objectives you may expect to see related to setting descriptions (figurative language techniques). Each one of the skills has an example next to them so children can see good examples of each skill. The slip also allows for other students to leave feedback on the review slip (this is another Yr5 expected skill - to leave feedback for others).

This handout will help children to structure their playscript writing. It contains skills for Upper Key Stage 2 (Year 5 and 6). The examples link with the story Wolves in the Walls but can be used with a variety of texts. It helps to identify the features of a playscript and structure the writing skills to encourage the pupils to engage with skills that they may usually find difficult or lack confidence with. There are 3 sheets in total. 1 x heavily modelled examples. 1 x partially modelled examples. 1 x blank boxed up sheet for recording own ideas on.

This newspaper example aims to show how Year 5 and 6 writing objectives can be put into a newspaper report. Using Kensuke’s Kingdom as the newspaper report focus. The point where Michael and Stella (the dog) fall off the boat during a storm and the newspaper is written as a way of reporting the boy’s disappearance. There are two versions of the same article. One is written as a whole page of a newspaper report. The second is partly written with the idea being that you could give the less partial version as a way of getting pupils to edit and improve it. The resource also comes with a target board with different writing objectives to encourage children to include a variety of different skills. Finally a toolkit for newspaper report writing in KS2 which contains a self and peer checklist for pupils to check against.

This handout will help children to structure their diary writing. It contains skills for Upper Key Stage 2 (Year 5 and 6). It helps to identify the features of diary writing and structure their use of writing skills. The examples link with the poem, The Highwayman but can be used with a variety of texts. There are 3 sheets in total. 1 x heavily modelled examples. 1 x partially modelled examples. 1 x blank boxed up sheet for recording own ideas on.

This handout will help children to structure their newspaper (non-chronological) report writing. It contains skills for Upper Key Stage 2 (Year 5 and 6). The examples link with Kensuke’s Kingdom storyline. It helps to identify the features of newspaper and structure the writing skills to encourage the pupils to engage with skills that they usually find difficult or lack confidence with. There are 3 sheets in total. 1 x heavily modelled examples. 1 x partially modelled examples. 1 x blank boxed up sheet for recording own ideas on.

This resource is aimed at children in Year 2 or 3. There are two activities for children to apply their understanding to - conjunctions and imperative verbs. They are separate from each other so children who only need one of them can focus on the one skill they need or do both. The tasks build in difficulty as they progress through the activities. Answer sheet include.

This worksheet provides questions around verbs and their tenses. There are 3 levels of activities which require pupils to show their understanding in different ways. This worksheet uses the characters from the book, The Escape Room by Christopher Edge but could be used without any knowledge of the book. Best aimed at Year 4 and Year 5 children. It comes with answers too.

A planning sheet to help with writing persuasive writing in Year 5 or 6. The boxes provide a structure for children to come up with their own use of specific writing skills with an example in each box for them to use for support. There are different levels of support in the boxes for two ability levels of need. This is perfect for any one who needs a little structure to support including a range of skills within their work which meet the Year 5 and 6 writing standards.

Perfect for any teacher who is getting their pupils to write a report on the life of Sir David Attenborough. An A4 page of facts about Sir David Attenborough provides a fairly detailed snapshot of his family members, his filming successes, personal achievements and some random facts too. There is a basic and an advanced planning structure sheet for children to use to support writing a non-chronological (biographical) report about one of the world’s most recognised voice’s life. There is also a skills based writing mat which can be used to encourage children to include Upper Key Stage 2 writing skill objectives. 1 x fact sheet 1 x basic structured sheet 1 x advanced structured sheet - (Scaffold) 1 x writing mat with skill examples - (Scaffold) 1 x blank writing skills mat for children to record own examples within their plans.

This resource is aimed at encouraging children to upgrade sentences by editing existing ones with adjectives. The resource includes an adapted version too for children who need more support with editing. This editing task is mainly for the descriptive writing of a setting - specifically a seaside location. The task is aimed at children who have just started in Year 5 but this could be used in Year 4 to Year 6 depending on the ability of the children in your class. The sentences are loosely based around the story Malamander but could be used away from the book if you are looking at setting descriptions.

This resource provides 24 various and interesting images of settings. This is a Word doc that has 3 images and 3 writing boxes per page - to allow pupils to write their descriptions or notes next to the images. This is Pack 1. (Note- These are the same images that are in Pack 1 of the presentation version available on my site.)

This resource supports children with writing up a science investigation. They often need support with what the structure is, how to start each paragraph and what a good write up should contain and this supports each step. It is aimed at children in KS2 but could be adapted for specific parts of upper or lower KS2.

This handout will help children to structure their non-chronological report writing. It contains skills for Upper Key Stage 2 (Year 5 and 6). It helps to identify the features of non-chronological report writing and structured writing skills. This help sheet is great for encouraging children to attempt skills they lack confidence to use or who lack ideas of what they could include.

Perfect for any teacher who is trying to inspire their pupils to write a non-chronological report on the life of a significant person. Harry Kane has been a role model for thousands and achieved at the highest level of professional football. Two A4 pages of facts about Harry Kane provide a fairly detailed snapshot of his family members, his sporting achievements, interests and some random facts too. There is a basic and an advanced planning structure sheet for children to use to support writing a non-chronological (biographical) report about one of the world’s most prolific strikers. There is also a skills-based writing mat which can be used to encourage children to include Upper Key Stage 2 writing skill objectives. 2 x fact sheets 1 x basic structured sheet 1 x advanced structured sheet - (Scaffold) 1 x writing mat with skill examples - (Scaffold) 1 x blank writing skills mat for children to record their own examples within their plans.

Teach your pupils to use relative clauses (with pronouns) to meet the year 5 and 6 expected standards for writing in English. This resource is for teaching the skill practically and uses the popular legendary tale, Beowulf as a basis for the sentences. You have a starting sentence and then the children cut the paper and insert their own relative clause where they think it should go. There are different versions to help with scaffolding the task for different ability children -with some sentences with the relative pronoun clause starters already inserted and example help sheets given too. Additionally, there is a challenge sheet which is for children to write their own relative clauses by editing existing sentences and the task to identify where the relative clauses are in the sentence.

This resource is designed for children in Upper KS2 to have a writing checklist in front of them while they’re writing. When they have used the skill, they remove the slip which displays that specific skill. It means that they are motivated to demonstrate all the skills and can easily see their gaps. It’s great for motivating and targetting children during the editing process.

Help your students plan their own exciting pirate themed story. This gives the pupil ownership of their story without going too wild with their ideas. It’s like a menu of characters, settings and additional story content that can personalise their adventure. This structure is everything they need to get their ideas moving quickly so they can focus on the writing skills and how they want their story to progress.

This resource provides 24 various and interesting images of settings and a corresponding setting description. The descriptions use interesting vocabulary and should expose children to a wider base of vocabulary too. You can choose whether to display the text or the image (or both at the same time). There are also 25 teaching-related questions at the end of the PowerPoint which help to engage children with the writing techniques as well as give them the opportunity to add more, edit or practise various skills. This is Pack 1.

The resource would be useful for any teacher in Upper KS2 who is looking to get children to edit a setting description. It provides a paragraph and then a checklist for the skills they could show to improve it. There are two paragraphs for differentiation. A lower number of skills and a shorter passage to edit. A more age appropriate expected writing passage with more errors to correct and skills to include.