Owl Babies planning that I used when I had a mixed Year 1/2 class. Learning objectives include: to write a book review (Y2 - to use alliteration) to write speech bubbles (Y2 - to use inverted commas) to understand that the feelings of characters change throughout the story to describe a setting

This is English planning I created when I had a mixed Year 1 and Year 2 class. This is based on the story of The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch. Lesson objectives covered are: to describe a setting (Y2 - describe a setting using commas for a list) to use question marks correctly to write super sentences (Y2 - to use adverbs correctly) to write a newspaper report

Lesson plans that I used when teaching a mixed Year 1/2 class when learning about pirates - using the story The Night Pirates. Lesson objectives covered: to make a story map to design a setting to describe a setting to use alliteration to create a wanted poster

A 3 week block of 15 lessons about the story, Handa’s Surprise. This planning unit looks at: describing words ensuring that sentences make sense writing sentences with capital letters, finger spaces and full stops phonics reading practise (ahead of the phonics screen check) identifying characters in a story sequencing / retelling a story planning a story writing a story NB - I am unable to provide the resources for the planning as they are from a subscription website.

The second week of a unit I did on Anthony Browne books in Year 2. This week, we used the books Willy the Wizard and The Tunnel as teaching texts. Learning objectives covered this week: to hot seat a character to describe a character at different points in the story to retell the story of Willy the Wizard to describe a character at different points of the story to retell the story of The Tunnel

This is week 1 planning on The Great Fire of London. During this week’s planning the learning objectives covered are: to retell the events of the great fire of London, using fronted adverbials to describe a setting using the senses to write a diary entry NB - not all resources are included as some resources were taken from a subscription website.

The second week block on the unit I did about Puff the Magic Dragon. Learning objectives this week include: to write a letter to Puff the magic dragon to describe a setting using the senses to create a new character to describe a new character

The first week of planning and resources that I used when we covered Puff the Magic Dragon. Learning objectives covered within this week are: to create a fact file about a character from the text to retell the story of Puff the Magic Dragon using fronted adverbials to write speech for a character to write a set of instructions

This is the third week block I did on our Anthony Browne unit using the story The Tunnel. Learning objectives covered throughout this week are: to use the correct verb to use double -ly ending sentences to plan the ending of a story to re-write a different ending to a story

An English block about the Katie Morag books beginning with Katie Morag delivers the mail. Objectives covered within this planning unit are: to use verbs and adverbs to hot seat a character from Katie Morag to use the correct punctuation within a sentence to use 2A sentences to retell a story to use 2A sentences to describe characters

The second week from The Emperor’s New Clothes unit in Year 2. This week’s lessons focus on: using adverbs in our writing writing a letter using conjunctions to change verbs to the past tense to plan how we could change the end of a traditional tale to change the end of a traditional tale

The second week of the Lighthouse Keeper’s lunch planning and resources that I used whilst teaching a Year 1/2 class. Lesson objectives covered this week are: to put words in alphabetical order (Y2 - to use a dictionary) to retell the story using fronted adverbials to plan a story to write a story

The first week of a unit based around The Emperor’s New Clothes. This is a block of 5 lessons for the week and the learning objectives are: To re-order the story of the Emperor’s new clothes To understand the role of different characters within a story To use a more interesting word than ‘said’ To use adverbs in our writing To describe characters from the story using adjectives

The second week of planning used for a Year 1/2 mixed class when learning about Owl Babies. Learning objectives include: to punctuate sentences correctly to plan a story to write a story

A differentiated plan with differentiated resources focusing on creating a potion. A 1 off stand alone lesson to engage children with their English work during Halloween.

A unit of 12 lessons about toys with some resources included (NB - not all resources can be included as they are from subscription websites). The learning objectives covered within this topic planning are: History - describing toys (old and new) History - write a page for an information book History/Computing - design an old toy using the laptop Science - Investigate pushes and pulls Science - Investigate bubbles Computing - use software to dress a teddy Computing/Art - draw our favourite teddy DT - Make a bed for a toy DT - Make a blanket for our bed Art - draw a toy (using techniques to make the toy look realistic) Art - design and build a role play area Maths - make a graph of our favourite toys

This is a block of 11 lessons all centered around the film Toy Story 2. The planning tells you which part of the film to watch and where up to before each lesson. There are resources included within this package that link to the lesson plans. Lessons focus on: sentences containing capital letters, finger spaces and full stops hot seating a character writing a missing poster describing a character using adjectives describing a ‘baddie’ retelling a story

A 6 week topic plan based on pirates, covering Year 1 objectives. Only comes with a few resources due to copyright on other resources. Learning objectives covered throughout this unit are: DT - making a pirate hat DT - investigating ship designs DT - make a boat that floats ICT - making a treasure map ICT - use ICT to create an underwater image History - ordering famous ships on a time line Science - investigate sounds Geography - name the 5 oceans Geography - name the countries that make up the UK Geography - design a map Geography - use a map Science - compare fish and humans Science - draw a fish from observation

A short unit (4 lessons which can be spread over 5 if needed) Learning objectives for this block are: knowing the letters of the alphabet using alphabetical order using a dictionary to find words

A 1 week unit looking at instruction writing in Year 1 (focused on making pizzas). The objectives covered within this planning unit are: identifying instructions giving instructions reading and following instructions writing instructions

A block of 6 lesson plans with resources. These 6 lessons are ideal for Autumn term or for low ability children (able to only write a simple sentence). These lessons are focused on comparing new and old toys and use the story ‘Old Bear’. Lessons focus on: labelling writing a list writing a caption