A complete lesson for stories with historical settings looking at making predictions

A fun activity teaching fractions using smartie tubes which can be extended to work on statistics by using tally charts and bar charts/pictograms/pie charts

A lesson around writing in character as Mr Willy Wonka writing the message that goes on the golden ticket

A simple but useful record sheet for guided reading sessions

A simple page that can be put up on the whiteboard in the morning so that when children enter the classroom they can see the date, daily reminders, key words, a visual timetable (I have used simple images as an example, these will need to be added independently), Objectives for the day and the task they are to complete upon entering the classroom

A writing task sheet and planning sheet for a writing assessment based on the story Cuda of the Celts, which can be bought online. An excellent book which shows aspects of Celtic history which we studied for historical settings. This resource can be adapted to other historical texts where two characters from different backgrounds meet.

A simple self/teacher assessment of success criteria for adding tension to stories. Can be edited to suit different abilities within different year groups

A simple self/teacher assessment of success criteria for using inverted commas. Can be edited to suit different abilities within different year groups

A simple self/teacher assessment of success criteria for performing stories, plays or poetry. Can be edited to suit different abilities within different year groups

A simple self/teacher assessment of success criteria for identifying past and present perfect tense. Can be edited to suit different abilities within different year groups

A selection of resources for Winter acrostic poems differentiated for different age groups or abilities. Included are: Simple lesson plan with a success criteria sheet Ideas plan for poem at two levels An example written to show what is expected Sheets for writing up the acrostics for Winter, Snowflake and Christmas

A collection of resources for teaching children about Evacuees including a research task, examples of letters, a comprehension activity and an activity based on what the children took with them

A complete and detailed Long term plan for Key Stage 1 and a separate one for Key Stage 2. Included in each document is the Attainment Target covered in each unit, the learning objectives which can be easily adapted to Can I challenges and then suggestions of how to teach the unit. The Key Stage 1 has been adapted to include I can statements in the assessment column but the KS2 one has been left blank for the school to choose how they want to adapt them.

The PowerPoint is a guide to how to write a People paragraph or character description for a story with the outcome being that the children can introduce characters to my writing through description of looks, personality and actions.

A complete lesson including all resources needed to introduce the unit of work Stories with historical settings

A complete lesson on Stories with historical settings looking at text interrogation where the children search for the features of historical settings

A complete lesson teaching Stories with historical settings looking at performing using intonation and body language

A PowerPoint based lesson guiding the children through a shared writing for introducing their characters in their people paragraph in their story with a historical setting

A lesson on writing a character evaluation of Villains in stories linked to Superheroes