A 3-4 week unit based on the book ‘The Egyptian Cinderella’. Great cross curricular links to Ancient Egypt. The final outcome is the children writing their own traditional tale set in a different culture. Follows the T4W approach of immitation/innovation. Includes: -T4W/story map to learn the text -Boxing up the text/five-part story structure Inverted commas for dialogue Paragraphs Comprehension (ERIC) Similes Fronted Adverbials Complex sentences (FANBOYS) Writing a story opening, build up, problem, resolution and ending My children loved learning about this story and writing their own traditional tales.

A short poetry unit which we are using to start off our WWII history topic. Looking at some example war poems including ‘Flanders Fields’, ‘Christmas Truce’, ‘The Wound In Time’, ‘High Flight’ & ‘A Gunner’s Day’. COLD TASK - Write a poem about Life in Lockdown LI: To analyse and comment on a poem. (ERIC) LI: To use a thesaurus to find antonyms and synonyms. LI: To use similes and metaphors. LI: To use personification for effect. LI: To plan and write a poem. LI: To edit and perform a poem. COLD TASK - Narrative

A Year Five unit of work on quest stories inspired by Beowulf. (We used a short copy in class as our model text, and read the book by Michael Morpurgo alongside the unit). Three weeks worth of lessons as we used two lessons to write the story, one to edit and improve, and one to write a final copy. Please note For two of the lessons, one on dialogue and one on character description, I used Twinkl PPTs (NOT included) so a Twinkl subscription is beneficial, however you can always just add to the slides. Lesson objectives as below… LI: To write a story with an imaginary creature. (cold task) LI: To memorise a text to help support my writing. (T4W) LI: To understand the meaning, structure and features of a story. LI: To identify the 5 part story structure. LI: To write different story openings using description, action and dialogue. x2 LI: To develop a character description. x2 (TWINKL PPT ON SUPERLATIVE/COMPARATIVE) LI: To create atmosphere through my use of language. LI: To use dialogue in my writing. (INVERTED COMMAS PPT) LI: To plan a quest story. LI:To write a quest story. LI: To edit and improve a quest story. The slides are a Smart Notebook file, not a PPT. There is also a PDF version of the slides but this is, of course, not editable.

Two week unit based on ‘Ning Nang Nong’ but a Stone Age take on the poem. Main focus is on language - prepositional phrases, noun phrases, rhyme. Touches on onomatopoeia/alliteration when looking at features - this could be expanded and be two separate lessons if you wanted to make the unit longer. We’ve used this as a stepping stone to historical fiction. Cold task - writing a poem based on The Stone Age Learn ‘On a Grassy Hill’ - story map Identifying key features Noun phrases Prepositional phrases Rhythm and rhyme (creatiing a whole-class rhyming dictionary) Planning a poem (with scaffold) Writing Stone Age poem Perform poem to class. Each day there is a ‘teacher slide’ to explain each lesson. All resources included. PLEASE NOTE: I do not have PPT on my mac. I have copied the pages from the Smart Notebook file onto Keynote and have exported this into ppt. I therefore do not know what the formatting is like in this format. -This works best if you are able to use the Notebook file-

‘Tweet about your learning’. Fantastic as an end of unit summary or stuck on a class noticeboard for children to add to during the week to celebrate the weeks learning and achievements. Available as editable word document or ready to print PDF.

Topic overview and three weeks worth of plans for ‘All About Me’ unit. Covers the different Early Learning Outcomes. Mathematics, EAD, PSED, Physical, Communication and Language, Literacy/Phonics, Understanding the World. Fun activities and ideas and engaging adult led activities.

A knowledge organiser appropriate for year 5/6 learning on the Maya.

Watercolour reading quotes great for a reading display or book corner! 10 quotes on a5, can be blown up bigger.

A short one week unit looking at diary entries inspired by Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. This could be expanded by using separate lessons to draft and then write their entries and then an extra lesson to edit and ‘publish’. Aimed at KS2, went down a hit with my Year Six class. Lessons include: Cold task - To write a diary entry. To explore the features of a diary entry. To explore a characters thoughts and feelings. To write a setting description Hot task - To plan and write a diary entry. Files include the Smart Notebook file, a pdf version of these slides, an example diary entry, unit targets for cold and hot tasks.

Drawing inspiration from Letters from the Lighthouse and Goodnight Mr Tom, the outcome of this unit is to write a story containing a flashback. LI: To write a story with a flashback (cold task) LI: To investigate and use a range of fronted adverbials. LI: To write a story opening. LI: To evoke an emotive response through my writing. LI: We are accurately punctuating dialogue. LI: To write a flashback. LI: To create a character description (missing person poster) LI: To plan a story with a flashback. LI: To draft a story with a flashback. LI: To edit and improve my work. LI: To publish my work. Work format is as a smart notebook file. I have provided a PDF of the slides also.

‘Sharp Work Our Work is on Point’ display lettering with several different A4 prints that are perfect to be laminated and used to pin children’s best work on. My kiddies love this display and I added real succulents on the table infront of the display board.

16 different circuit activities. Including russian twists, sit ups, dinosaur nest, diy, skipping, sprinting, plank. Cards are ideal to be laminated and put across the playground or hall to create different circuit ‘stations’.

8 lessons focusing on WWII poetry. This is used with my Year Sixes but could work across KS2. Starters range from games to recapping nouns, synonyms and expanded noun phrases. Additional handwriting agreement lesson included. Lessons include: LI: To write a piece of poetry (cold task) LI: To explore a range of poems. LI: To use a thesaurus to find synonyms and antonyms. LI: To explore and use figurative language. LI: To class write a poem. LI: To plan a WWII inspired poem. LI: To write a WWII inspired poem. LI: To publish and perform a poem. Please note these lessons are in SMARTnotebook format. I have also included a PDF version of the slides.

A song based on The Stone Age, sang to Queen’s We Will Rock You. Perfect for a bit of fun, or in our case, our class assembly!

Unit of work aimed at Year Three - time. Differentiated resources for each lesson and lots of opportunity for AFL/talk partner work. Unit starts with a cold task that can be repeated at the end of the unit. Children make their own clocks at the start of the unit to help build familiarity. Before each lesson is a teacher slide with information about each lesson. Lots of extra activities and further extensions/probing questions. :) Cold Task – Time LI: To know the number of seconds in a minute and the number of days in each month and year. Success Criteria: -I know how many minutes are in an hour. -I can calculate how many hours in a week. -I can calculate how many days in a month. LI: To estimate a period of time. Success Criteria: -I know what estimate means. -I can make relevant estimations. I can justify my reasoning. LI: I can create and label a clock. Success Criteria: -I can label the hands on a clock. -I know what the marking on a clock are. -I can represent given times on my clock. LI: To read and write the time to quarter of the hour. Success Criteria: -I know how many minutes are in one hour. -I can recognise quarter past and quarter to on a clock. I know that the small hand is the hour hand. I know that the long hand is the minute hand. LI: To tell and show the time to the nearest minute using analogue clocks. Success Criteria: -I know what the different numbers and hands represent. -I can explain whether it is ‘past’ or ‘to’. -I can show the correct time on an analogue clock. LI: To read and show time on 12-hour and 24-hour clocks. Success Criteria: -I know there are 24 hours in a day. -I know that digital time has hours first, then minutes. -I can explain what time is shown on a digital clock. LI: To convert between digital and analogue clocks. Success Criteria: -I know the difference between analogue and digital. -I can explain how to convert between different clocks. I can successfully read different clock faces. LI: To solve problems involving time. Success Criteria: -I know what the word problem is asking me to do. -I can use a number line to see how much time has elapsed. -I can carefully check my answers. LI: To solve problems involving time. Success Criteria: -I can read a timetable. -I can answer simple questions. -I can use a number line to solve problems.

Link to history/The Ancient Egyptians. Investigate the mummification process and consolidate understanding of mummification. Children get to mummify their own apples, making predictions, comparing the experiment to what the Ancient Egyptians did and evaluating the experiment at a later date. (Can leave the apples as long as you like - we left them for 10 days!) Children love completing this experiment and are engaged the entire time! Materials needed: Small apples, antibacterial hand gel, table salt, bicarbonate of soda, plastic cups, paper towels, vegetable peeler, labels.

A unit exploring flashbacks within stories, drawing inspiration from the Harry Potter books. Taught to our Year Sixes as a three week unit. Lessons include: Cold Task - Write a story with a flashback To define and identify a flashback To write a flashback To write sentences containing relative clauses. To use a range of adverbials. To plan my own pensive memory. To write an example story opening. To accurately punctuate dialogue. To explore the language and techniques used within the Harry Potter books (ERIC/reading comp task) To include emotive language and memories. To include emotive language and memories. To plan a story opening. To write a story. To present my work in a different way/to edit.

Reading Folder great to have lots of important information all in one place! In PDF (not editable), Word and Pages format. Please note - fonts and pages will look different due to font types. Font types used are Shella Clean and KG Second Chances Sketch I laminate the front and back pages and then bind to make a super little booklet. Pages include: Front cover/back cover Daily reader checklist / frequent reader checklist Reader checklist (class) Reading Assessment (key curriculum objectives with checklist per term) - I use one per child. Guided Reading grouping Example guided reading rotations Key texts pages to record key books per term

Inside Out inspired emotions thermometer. Great to use for all ages. Relatable characters great to help the children pin point how they are feeling and start to use the language of different emotions. anger, disgust, fear, sadness & joy. Emotion labels, thermometer and arrow. Great to be laminated and placed on a desk or wall.

Watercolour ‘splatter’ growth mindset quotes - 13 in total.