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I am a primary school teacher and assistant head. I love my job and my aim is to produce high quality teaching resources that motivate learners and make life easier for teachers! All of my resources are ready to teach, differentiated and easy to adapt. I don't make resources just to sell, all uploads have been made to be used in my own classroom. Therefore, I can vouch for their suitability, pitch and quality.

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I am a primary school teacher and assistant head. I love my job and my aim is to produce high quality teaching resources that motivate learners and make life easier for teachers! All of my resources are ready to teach, differentiated and easy to adapt. I don't make resources just to sell, all uploads have been made to be used in my own classroom. Therefore, I can vouch for their suitability, pitch and quality.
Richard III news reports FULL WEEK OF PLANNING AND RESOURCES
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Richard III news reports FULL WEEK OF PLANNING AND RESOURCES

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This is a full week of detailed planning , based around King Richard the third, and the discovery of his body in Leicester. The final lesson also uses Michael Morpurgo’s Story linking the Leicester cup win to Richard! On the planning, there is a link to a fully adaptable Prezi presentation which accompanies the planning. Linked to my other Wars of the Roses resources and planning, as they were taught as part of a cross curricular topic (the plan also stands alone though) Tes paid licence
PIG HEART BOY YEAR 6 - LESSON 9 - TO DEVELOP A CHARACTER TONE AND VOICE
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PIG HEART BOY YEAR 6 - LESSON 9 - TO DEVELOP A CHARACTER TONE AND VOICE

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A complete lesson, PowerPoint and resources for the book ’ PIG HEART BOY’ by Malorie Blackman. Differentiated 3 ways. The lesson focuses on developing a character tone and voice (and maintaining it) This is lesson 9 in a series of 14. The whole scheme of work is available here: The whole scheme includes a cold and a hot task, and culminates in the class writing a dilemma story This scheme was incredibly engaging and produced brilliant pieces of writing. All images sourced from Pixabay.
The boy in the striped Pyjamas - Narrative writing SOW - Lesson 11 (contrasting characters)
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The boy in the striped Pyjamas - Narrative writing SOW - Lesson 11 (contrasting characters)

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A complete lesson, PowerPoint and resources for the book ’The Boy In The Striped Pyjama’s ’ By John Boyne This is a lesson that asks children to apply their understanding of the characters from the novel. This is lesson 11 in a series of 12. The whole scheme of work is available. The whole scheme includes 12 full lessons, each fully resourced, and including a detailed PPT. The scheme culminates in the class writing a short story, along a similar theme to the original text, using all of the descriptive techniques learned and developed during the series of lessons. The unit begins with a cold task, and ends with the short story planning and writing (hot task) This scheme was incredibly engaging and produced brilliant pieces of writing. Images sourced from Pixabay.
The boy in the striped Pyjamas - Narrative writing SOW - Lesson 2 (cold Task )
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The boy in the striped Pyjamas - Narrative writing SOW - Lesson 2 (cold Task )

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A complete lesson, PowerPoint and resources for the book ’The Boy In The Striped Pyjama’s ’ By John Boyne This is a lesson that creates a piece of writing for assessment purposes at the start of the unit (Cold Task). It is based on the short film ‘A German in The Woods’ from the literacy Shed. The task is differentiated for GDS and EXS students. This is lesson 2 in a series of 12. The whole scheme of work is available. The whole scheme includes 12 full lessons, each fully resourced, and including a detailed PPT. The scheme culminates in the class writing a short story, along a similar theme to the original text, using all of the descriptive techniques learned and developed during the series of lessons. The unit begins with a cold task, and ends with the short story planning and writing (hot task) This scheme was incredibly engaging and produced brilliant pieces of writing. Images sourced from Pixabay.
WONDER by  RJ Palacio    FIRST PERSON NARRATIVE SOW    COLD TASK (Lesson 1 of 7)
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WONDER by RJ Palacio FIRST PERSON NARRATIVE SOW COLD TASK (Lesson 1 of 7)

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A complete lesson, PowerPoint and resources for the book ’WONDER ’ By R.J. Palacio This is a cold task lesson, which results in the children writing a first person narrative linked to the text. This is lesson 1 in a series of 7. The whole scheme of work is available. The whole scheme includes 7 full lessons, each fully resourced, and including a detailed PPT. The scheme culminates in the class writing a first person narrative, linked to the original text, using all of the features learned and developed during the series of lessons. The unit begins with a cold task, and ends with planning and writing a diary entry (hot task) This scheme was incredibly engaging and produced brilliant pieces of writing. Images sourced from Pixabay. WOnder clipart used with permission from ‘21st century teacher’ all rights reserved. Images must not be copied or sold.
PROGRESSIVE TENSE POETRY - Year 6 - COMPLETE REVISION   LESSON
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PROGRESSIVE TENSE POETRY - Year 6 - COMPLETE REVISION LESSON

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A complete lesson that revises the use of all tenses taught in KS2 (Simple, perfect and progressive) It is perfect for SATS revision or to apply an understanding of how to vary tenses in writing. The lesson runs through the different types of tenses, and gives PPT based tasks which ask the children to apply each of the tense changes. The final activity is a ‘slow write’ type poem that uses the progressive tenses (past, present and future) All images from PIXABAY
Earth Day   Complete Lesson  KS1    Planet v Plastics
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Earth Day Complete Lesson KS1 Planet v Plastics

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A complete lesson, written for KS1 (Year 1 and 2) all about the problems posed by plastic pollution. Children learn about the issues and then make a written pledge to improve plastic pollution in the future. Resource consists of a powerpoint presentation, with printable resources required for the lesson.
Earth Day Complete Lesson UKS2  Planet v Plastics
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Earth Day Complete Lesson UKS2 Planet v Plastics

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A complete lesson, written for UKS2 (Year 5 and 6) all about the problems posed by plastic pollution. Children learn about the issues in and around school and their local area Resource consists of a powerpoint presentation, with printable resources required for the lesson.
Earth Day  Planet V Plastic, A set of 4  complete lessons  EYFS to Year 6
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Earth Day Planet V Plastic, A set of 4 complete lessons EYFS to Year 6

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A Whole School set of complete lessons, written for the afternoon of Earth Day, pitched at each of the EYFS, KS1, LKS2 and UKS2 phases. They all touch on the problems posed by plastic pollution. Children learn about the issues and then undertake various tasks. Resource consists of a powerpoint presentation, with printable resources required for the lesson.
SKELLIG - Lesson 5 - Understanding perspective UPPER KS2
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SKELLIG - Lesson 5 - Understanding perspective UPPER KS2

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A complete lesson, PowerPoint and resources for the book ’ SKELLIG’ by David Almond. (lesson 5 in a series of 10). Differentiated 3 ways. The lesson focuses on how to use differing perspectives. The resources and PPT are fully editable wherever possible. The whole unit plan (10/11 lessons ) is inlcuded along with the resources for lesson 5. This scheme was incredibly engaging and produced brilliant pieces of writing in my year six class. All images sourced from Pixabay.
Diary Writing 3 - Personal Tone- CHARLIE MERRICK'S FOOTBALL  MISFITS - COMPLETE LESSON
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Diary Writing 3 - Personal Tone- CHARLIE MERRICK'S FOOTBALL MISFITS - COMPLETE LESSON

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A complete lesson, PowerPoint and resources for the book- CHARLIE MERRICK’S MISFITS in Fouls, Friends and Football! This lesson explores personal tone in diary entries, and links to the rest of the unit. It would also work well as a standalone lesson This is lesson 3 in a series of 8. Each lesson is available separately. The whole scheme of work is available here:[https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/charlie-merrick-s-friends-fouls-and-footballs-complete-scheme-of-work-8-days-11913484] Also includes the planning for the whole first week. The only resource not included is the book itself! The whole scheme includes a cold and a hot task, and culminates in the class writing a first person narrative based on the characters in the book All images sourced from Pixabay or authors own.
ALICE IN WONDERLAND  (To revise and identify the features of the fantasy genre) Lesson 1
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ALICE IN WONDERLAND (To revise and identify the features of the fantasy genre) Lesson 1

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Lesson 1 in a set of 4 lessons, covering narrative objectives for upper KS2. Children apply the learning in the final lesson when they write an additional chapter for the story. The lesson can be used as a standalone lesson, or used in conjunction with the other three. A detailed PowerPoint presentation and all resources are included. All original images (from book) are in the public domain, as are the text extracts. All additional images are from PIXABAY,
Ancient Olympics - Greek Playscripts
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Ancient Olympics - Greek Playscripts

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A 2 week plan, based on ancient greek play scripts. All of the resources are also here for you. Some have been adapted from elsewhere so thank you in advance for any inspiration received! I wrote this plan for my year 4 class but it is easily adapted for other year groups. Please comment if you have used it !
The London Eye Mystery - Lesson 2 - clauses and commas  FREE SAMPLE LESSON
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The London Eye Mystery - Lesson 2 - clauses and commas FREE SAMPLE LESSON

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A complete lesson, PowerPoint and resources for chapter 2 of the book ' The London Eye Mystery' by Siobhan Dowd Differentiated 3 ways. The lesson focuses on how to create a variety of sentence types and how to use the comma correctly. This is lesson 2 in a series of 14. The whole scheme of work is available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-london-eye-mystery-full-scheme-of-work-14-days-of-planning-presentation-and-resources-11696150 This scheme was incredibly engaging and produced brilliant pieces of writing. All images sourced from Pixabay.
Narrative Flashbacks linked to war
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Narrative Flashbacks linked to war

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I wrote this unit, based on animated short films to inspire boys writing in my year 6 class. \n\nThe planning focuses on narrative flashbacks and the building of pace and tension in story writing\n\nTwo of the films mentioned in the planning; 'The girl in the war&' and Germans in the woods are available free on the Literacy shed website.\nReplay is available on you tube.\n\nPlease leave feedback, it is useful and really appreciated - these plans are hard work!\n\nPlease comment and rate if you use it.
Street Child  part 1 of 2
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Street Child part 1 of 2

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Written for my year 6 class, children loved the text and really enjoyed the unit. Links perfectly with a Victorian history topic.
Fiction Revision week   - Tribal stories
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Fiction Revision week - Tribal stories

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A second week of narrative revision for upper KS2, based on The Immortal Monkey (a short animation available on the literacy shed WEBSITE) Includes all of the resources that I have made/gathered too. Written for year 6 but could easily be adapted Please comment if you use it :)