A series of 4 lessons that focus on language collection, emotion, free verse poetry and creation for a classroom display. Based on the book ‘Moth’ by Isabel Thomas and Daniel Egneus. Aimed at Year 6 but can be used with any Key Stage 2 class.

A series of 4 lesson plans focused around the book "Tuesday" by David Weisner. Includes differentiation, full success criteria, week outcomes, learning objectives, OMAs and plenarys.

A set of 2 lesson plans focusing on the theme of Short Story Writing individually differentiated 4 ways in lines with ITAF statements showing clear progression of skills with some key resources made by myself. *This is in line with the Year 6 requirement that children write a short story towards submission of their SATs and moderation*

The first week in a two week unit focusing on the film “The Alchemist’s Letter”. Each lesson provides guided writing opportunities to describe a scene, explore character’s emotions and explain how the machine works using drama and images. This then leads on to a second week (coming soon) where children explore two of the character’s memories, add their own happy memory to the machine and then explore morals before editting and refining. Aimed at Year 5 but can easily be used with a Year 6 class also.

A unit of lessons all designed for pupils to write independant biographies about Charles Darwin. Aimed at Upper Key Stage 2. Works well with the Year 6 Cornerstones Unit ‘Darwin’s Delights’ or Victorians.

A Year 6 SATs revision lesson focusing primarily on conjunction usage. Uses some resources from Twinkl.

Week 1 of a 2 week unit on Fantasy Narrative writing for Upper KS2. Designed with different activities each lesson to build writing with modelled examples to structure writing. Week 2 coming soon!

The second week in a 2 week unit of non-chronological planning. Focuses on planning, writing first drafts and editting. Can be extended to then create a ‘Big Write’ piece based on their editted work.

A week long unit to tie in with a topic on Ancient Egypt. Children learn to write a diary entry as an Ancient Egyptian by collecting key facts and information, drama, looking at features of diaries before writing their own which they publish and produce.

A series of lessons designed to encourage children to learn about the story of Oliver Twist, starting with experience lessons with drama, followed by scaffolded lessons using the Write Stuff approach and concluding with their own stories for independent writing. Ideal for a Year 5 or 6 cohort.

A set of 4 lesson plans focusing on the theme of Letters of Complaint individually differentiated 4 ways in lines with ITAF statements showing clear progression of skills.

A presentation aimed at improving standards in Reading. Explores ways to develop children's love of learning, promote reading throughout the school, changing the way in which we teach reading, end of Key Stage expectations as of New Curriculum (2017). Could be adapted to suit an individual school (before upload this contained data about our school's end of year outcomes, percentage of pupils achieving age related or higher, pupil voice etc.)

A set of 4 lessons on PowerPoint around free verse poetry based on the topic of Space. Writing stimulus used is “The sea of tranquility” by Mark Haddon and Christian Birmingham (images of the story included). 3 way differentiation included as well as Grammar warm up activities.

A range of KS2 Free write lessons using images from Pobble 365 to inspire independant writing.

A one off lesson to baseline pupils using descriptive writing. Aimed primarily at Years 3 and 4, it uses the Write Stuff approach to break down the writing into smaller chunks, focusing on quality not quantity.

A series of 5 lesson plans focused around the book "The Butterfly Lion" by Michael Morpurgo. Includes differentiation, full success criteria, week outcomes, learning objectives, OMAs and plenarys.

A series of 9 lesson plans focused around the book "Mortal Engines" by Phillip Reeve. Includes three way differentiation, chapter synopsis, input and potential for next lesson.

A series of 5 lesson plans focused around the book "Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White. Includes three way differentiation, chapter synopsis, input and potential for next lesson.

A lesson designed to recap pupil’s understanding of word classes and applying them in a variety of ways before using knowledge to answer SATs based questions. Includes resources from Twinkl.

A Year 6 SATs revision lesson focusing primarily on use of past and present progressive tense. Uses some resources from Twinkl.