This is a 30 lesson (half termly) MTP for Upper Key Stage 2, based on Michael Morpurgo’s Kensuke’s Kingdom. The planning is divided into three stages. Stage One is really about reading as a reader, getting to know the text. Stage Two is about looking at the writer’s craft, studying the text and features of particular writing genres. Stage Three is about planning, writing and editing, based on the author’s craft and various genres. You will see that the planning goes through three main writing journeys, with some additional short writes along the way. Many of the activites don’t require resources as they are either using the text or written straight into English books. I haven’t attached other required resources as they are examples of text types etc. and you would need to source these depending on your children’s abilities. I have used this planning with excellent outcomes with several of my classes.

Practise reading words with the 'ai' digraph in this bingo style game. Win the game by being the first to cover all of your train carriages with counters. There are also separate word cards which could be used as flash cards, or print two copies and use them to play a pairs game. These resources are ideal for KS1. Black and white copies of both the resources are also available to help keep printing costs down.

Practise reading words with the 'oo' digraph in this bingo style game. Win the game by being the first to 'take' all your cookies and cover them with counters. There are also separate word cards which could be used as flash cards, or print two copies and use them to play a pairs game. These resources are ideal for KS1. Black and white copies of both the resources are also available to help keep printing costs down.

Practise reading words with the 'ea' digraph in this bingo style game. Win the game by being the first to cover all of your wealth with counters. There are also separate word cards which could be used as flash cards, or print two copies and use them to play a pairs game. These resources are ideal for KS1. Black and white copies of both the resources are also available to help keep printing costs down.

A fun way to practise reading words with the split digraph 'a-e'. Travel around the board, following the instructions, and race to be the first to collect 6 words cards. There are also separate word cards which could be used as flash cards, or print two copies and use them to play a pairs game. These resources are ideal for KS1. Black and white copies of both the resources are also available to help keep printing costs down.

A fun way to practise reading words with the split digraph 'i-e'. Win the game by being the first to cover all of your kites. There are also separate word cards which could be used as flash cards, or print two copies and use them to play a pairs game. These resources are ideal for KS1. Black and white copies of both the resources are also available to help keep printing costs down.

This game helps you to practise reading words which contain a 'j' sound, made with a 'g'. Have fun trying to be the first to cover all your gems. There are also separate word cards which could be used as flash cards, or print two copies and use them to play a pairs game. These resources are ideal for KS1. Black and white copies of both the resources are also available to help keep printing costs down.

Practise reading words with the 'oa' digraph in this bingo style game. Win the game by being the first to cover all of your boats with counters. There are also separate word cards which could be used as flash cards, or print two copies and use them to play a pairs game. These resources are ideal for KS1. Black and white copies of both the resources are also available to help keep printing costs down.

Practise reading words with the 'ey' digraph in this bingo style game. Win the game by being the first to cover all 6 of your keys with counters. There are also separate word cards which could be used as flash cards, or print two copies and use them to play a pairs game. These resources are ideal for KS1. Black and white copies of both the resources are also available to help keep printing costs down.

Play this bingo style game to practise reading words with the 'oi' digraph. Win the game by being the first to cover all of the coins in your money bag with counters. There are also separate word cards which could be used as flash cards, or print two copies and use them to play a pairs game. These resources are ideal for KS1. Black and white copies of both the resources are also available to help keep printing costs down.

A great way for children to practise reading words containing the 'dge' trigraph. In this bingo style game, be the winner by being the first to cover all the words on the bridge. There are also separate word cards which could be used as flash cards, or print two copies and use them to play a pairs game. These resources are ideal for KS1. Black and white copies of both the resources are also available to help keep printing costs down.

Fun, bright and colourful posters displaying all the Year Two phonics featured in the new 2014 curriculum.

Bright, colourful fish posters displaying all the Year One phonics from the new 2014 curriculum.

A simple, easy to use phoneme frame. It has narrow lines, making it a good frame for Year Two.

A simple, easy to use phoneme frame. It has wide spaced lines making it ideal for Year One children.

Bright, colourful fish posters displaying all the Year Two phonics from the new 2014 curriculum. These posters print two to an A4 sheet.

Bright, colourful flower posters, displaying all of the phonics for Year Two from the new 2014 curriclum.

Print out the bunting to colour and decorate yourself. It contains all the graphemes for Year Two.

A fun game which helps you to practise reading words with the 'igh' sound, spelt with a 'y'. Enjoy trying to be the first to cover all of your planes. There are also separate word cards which could be used as flash cards, or print two copies and use them to play a pairs game. These resources are ideal for KS1. Black and white copies of both the resources are also available to help keep printing costs down.

This game helps you to practise reading words which contain the 'j' sound, made with a 'ge' digraph. Roll the dice, follow the instructions and try to collect all of your luggage labels first. There are also separate word cards which could be used as flash cards, or print two copies and use them to play a pairs game. These resources are ideal for KS1. Black and white copies of both the resources are also available to help keep printing costs down. .