A full complement of work for Y5/6 classes linked to Reading and Writing based on Armin Greder’s ‘The Island’. It covers themes such as bullying, racism, inclusion/exclusion, xenophobia and refugees.This package includes a 105 slide PPT presentation with 2 weeks of lessons/work including planning and worksheets as well as 2 optional extra lessons at the end of the PPT! Writing opportunities with appropriate work sheets include: setting description; character description; cline - severity of language used; venn diagram to compare characters; compound and complex sentences; adverbs and adverbials; comprehension; sequencing; informal letter formal letter newspaper article and narrative writing. If you like these resources please leave a positive review for others, many thanks in advance.

This is a great 2 lesson intro to a fantastically interesting book that could be adapted for a much greater length of time. It has amazing illustrations which the children could spend hours analysing. It also stimulates some great discussion about whether children would want to live forever, if they could. This includes: Lesson plans for 2 in depth lessons (both word and PDF). PowerPoints for both lessons also in PDF format. Scanned copy of each page of the book. Lessons focus on: predictions, new vocabulary and shades of meaning - comparing the strength and weakness of synonyms. Using synonyms to create a character description. If you like these resources please leave a positive review for others, many thanks in advance.

A set of 3 x Y5/6 lessons about the book ‘After the Fall’ by Dan Santat. This is wonderful book about resilience and to get children thinking about a well known nursery rhyme and what may have happened next… Lesson outline: What might happen after the nursery rhyme ends? Static and dynamic characters. How do we get back after a fall? (resilience) This download includes: Plans Notebook slides - also converted to PDF All lesson files in both Word and PDF format for editing and ease of use. This also includes a scanned copy of the book for reference. If you like these resources please leave a positive review for others, many thanks in advance.

This is a set of 3 lessons for Y5/6 children to design and make a ‘pucker person’ based on themselves. Tights or stockings are used to create a head, stuffed with wadding whilst the mouth and nose are sewn. Googly eyes are glued on and a cardboard body is made using card and collage. Please find included in this pack: the PPT slides lesson planning template photos of completed products by Y5/6 children to use for inspiration. Enjoy! If you like these resources please leave a positive review for others, many thanks in advance.