Year 2 Science - Plants Unit. This units consists of 5 weeks of planning with resources. It will give you a sequence of lessons that include observing, fair testing, sorting and classifying. You will see very interesting, engaging and fun resources to get young children thinking like scientists, researching like Darwin, and following their own lines of inquiry. This bundle of resources is well differentiated, allows opportunities of using the outdoors. There are plenty of opportunities for assessment at the end of the unit and good use of concept maps to introduce the topic to find out what children already know at the start. Suitable for the new Science Curriculum to help children ask questions, plan an investigation and think about follow up inquiry lessons they would like to find answers for. Please like this resource and thank you in advance for choosing it. I am sure it will go down a treat with your class.

Guided Reading Year 2. Whole class teaching and group discussion. This is as outstanding resource for you to use with your whole class. It has been cleverly organized and written so that all children can access the wonderful story. The resource is designed to be taught as a whole a class activity. The teacher supports reading of the text and children answer questions collaboratively, and learn from each others responses. Teachers are required to teach skimming and scanning techniques, read around the word, answer literal and clue questions, as well as evaluative summary questions. The resource has high expectations of all children and builds high level vocabulary. This will support you to show evidence of greater depth text. It s important to have class copies of text for group discussion.

An excellent Mental Maths activities resource with over 40 slide powerpoint suitable for Year 2 end of key stage. This resource can be used alongside teaching of the national curriculum. It is designed to give further evidence of the TAF statements for working At the expected and Greater depth. Teachers should aim to teach these mental strategies for children to build fluency in calculations. Suitable for the new Maths curriculum. Differentiated activities also allow children working towards to access this resource and develop confidence with mental maths e.g. using bonds and doubles. The slides include adding and subtracting 2 digit with 1 digit. Adding and subtracting 2 digit with 2 digit (with and without regrouping). Adding and subtracting with tens. Also slides for multiplying, (including sequencing) dividing, using known facts, adding doubles with money, halving money, using bonds to 10/20 and 100. Enjoy and please a comment

Poetry for Year 2 focussing on grammar features including varied sentence types. Children can use visuals to support their learning to develop language to describe Christmas imagery. They then use the words to create a structured poem with a statement, exclamatory sentence with How…, a question, command and finally a statement that contains a simile. This will create a great opportunity for children to engage with poetry, learn, perform and enjoy. The lesson matches the demands of the new English curriculum for 2014 for written and spoken language. Although this is a seasonal poem, it can be used as a starting to point to change and innovate to any topic of choice. The structure would still apply to any chosen subject e.g. animals or seasons. Please remember to review. Thank you.

Year 1 and 2 SPAG. The all important suffix endings display for the grammar washing line in the classroom. This is a very eye-catching and visual way to display all the suffixes that the children need to be able to spell and use accurately in their writing to secure working at the expected standard. The suffixes are written in bubble writing and have the common suffix ending words written inside them. They will make an excellent and immediate display. It is suitable for classes from year 1 to year 3. It currently stands proudly on display in all our KS1 class rooms. The bubble writing suffix’s available are - ment, -ed, -ly, -ing, ness, -er, est, er, less. Please leave a review as you will find this resource a must in your classroom to support spelling and meet the expected standard on the interim framework! ENJOY and thanks for downloading

Year 2 English Grammar Expectations within writing An excellent classroom Grammar display for pupils to access throughout their lessons in English. Can be used on teacher’s working wall or on the washing line. The resource supports learning grammar terminology and gives clear examples about the meaning of terminology. There are also examples given in context e.g how to use co-ordinating conjunctions in a sentence that has two independent clauses. Ideally each page should be blown up to A3 size so it is visible to all children. It can also be reduced to have a set on each table for the children to have easy access to. The grammar washing line supports children to edit and evaluate their own work which is part of the standards.

A fantastic Great Fire of London Guided Reading Information Text Unit. This unit supports comprehension of children working at the expected level as well as greater depth in year 2. Children will have the opportunity to read short extracts and answer retrieval, looking and inference questions. They are also required to summarize the text in their own words. More able readers are expected to read at greater length - which are leaflet style texts and separate questions. Following how the fire started, the children learn more about the Duke (future King Charles II) and learn about his bravery to help out in the fire. Finally they learn about the Monument to understand how we remember historical events from the past. They also follow through to finding out about a famous person from the past - Sir Christopher Wren (who designed many churches and buildings to help re-build the fire). This is a superb unit that can be used alongside the science planning for GFOL and inquire about how to make the best secret ink for Samuel Pepys to write a message to King Charles. See the shop for resources and science Materials topic. It is highly recommended (albeit optional) to visit St Paul’s Cathedral or the Monument if you are a London based school. Suitable to evidence TAF for reading in year 2 and the new English curriculum. Enjoy and I hope you find it useful.

Year 2 Reading and Writing- poetry New English Curriculum This fabulous resources has an array of classic poetry with comprehensions. The sound collector has differentiated comprehension for higher ability (working at greater depth) and then differentiated down so that all the class can access and enjoy classic poetry. Children answer literal, inference and evaluative questions about the poem. After that , they spend a day creating their own verses using similar pattern structures. There are also other many fun and enjoyable poems to learn and perform by Roger McGough, and Valerie Bloom- such as The River, and other sound poems. Children can recite these, perform them and offer opinions about them. Children will learn how to identify rhyming words and generate their own. They will understand language techniques used by the poet and create their own verse. This resource can also be used as a poetry unit during English main teaching or guided reading. It will be good evidence for greater depth reading and writing. Thank you in advance for choosing this resource. Find other great reading and writing units in the shop to save you planning time and get a work life balance.

First day back activities for KS1 and lower KS2. Editable versions included for you to be able to make the resource fit for purpose and age group. Bingo game - Find someone in the class who has… Maths game - All about me Poetry - First Day back Acrostic Poetry Would you rather editable game Pupils and teachers will get to know each other using these fun games and activities. Nice ice breakers and engaging way to get to know more about your pupils. Here to help you save your teacher Sundays Hope you have a good year ahead with your new class. Follow the author for new updates @thisisrehanafazil

Key Stage Art and Design Tessellation 2 Lesson Design your own tessellation tile lesson and powerpoint. Pupils are inspired by the work of artist Escher. Pupils will understand how a tessellation tile is created using a geometric shape like a square. Pupils will cut into the shapes and then reassemble them on opposing sides. Pupils can make varying tessellating tiles that may look like different animals like dogs, fox, fish, or bird in the style of Escher. Or they may choose to keep their design abstract form. Pupils will need a square card to create their tessellation tile. Video links included. SEN differentiation included Step by step visual guide included Final outcome examples shown on ppt. Suitable for the Art and Design curriculum in Key Stage 2, year 3 and 4 in particular. Can be easily adapted for upper key stage by thinking about positive and negative spaces in final design to create optical illusions. To simplify - the lesson can be used by giving precut card tiles to students so they can create a tessellation and add their own repeating patterns to create animal faces. Thank you for choosing this resource.

Back to school and part of meet your new class activities. This resource is an ‘Ice berg goal setting’ or Target setting activity for the new academic year. Suitable for all Primary age students as it has been differentiated. It is aimed at setting new targets for the year- such as reading, writing, maths, or other personal targets such as behaviour or learning ( e.g. resilience, mindset). The pupils decide on a target and then think about everything they will need to do to achieve this. There are examples given in the resources Powerpoint for writing and maths too. Teachers can amend according to their year group and even decide if pupils will choose a range of targets. Templates for icebergs available with line and without lines. SEN and LA task is differentiated with caption and visual pictures of achievable tasks. Thank you for choosing this resource and I wish you a happy academic year.

KS2 Drawing Art 6 weeks Unit Pupils will learn the following Draw inspiration from history Observe Caves of Lascaux Take notes of animal and human drawings in stone age caves Understand what the symbols represent in the caves and how they may have been created Draw animals and humans in proportion Understand hand prints made in caves Recreate own symbols to represent modern day life e.g Black lives matter Plan and create a composition drawing of Stone Age hunting Work in groups and on large scale drawings Complete 6 weeks planning and medium term overview available with resources. Suitable for year 3 and year 4 art and the national curriculum unit for Art and Design and drawing. Follow the author for more updates on new planning @thisisrehanafazil

This is a comprehensive list of words with contractions that can be used for classroom display. They in large print and categorised into word families for easy identification around the classroom. This is a useful display for children as they are no longer allowed to be given too much spelling support from the teacher. There are a couple of poems to embed the contracted words that children could use to learn poetry for pleasure. I have found this a invaluable aid to teach spelling to reach the expected standards in English. Suitable for the new curriculum. I hope you found this resource useful as I haven't found anything appropriate for contracted words as yet. I didn't want any more banners and flags in the room. The words are very large but could be made more accessible if photocopied on to A3.

Remote Learning English Writing Tasks This resource has been designed to support parents and teachers because it sets the same task for all pupils for their writing. It is suitable for all pupils across the school and the teachers can vary the success criteria for them. The outcomes will vary according to the age and ability of the child. Pupils can even work together with siblings and share ideas during this difficult times. Each writing unit has been pitched to Year 3 and the grammar features will need to be adjusted for each year group. You will find; A high quality teacher example of each type of genre/text type has been included for pupils as a good model of writing. The genres covered are Book review, Poetry, Diary, Letter, Narrative, Non fiction, Recound based on short film Best suited for remote learning and home school learning during Lockdown or if pupils are self isolating at home. Excellent feedback has been received by parents who found this way more accessible. Keep safe and visit my instagram for more suggested ideas for reading and writing in year 2 and year 3. Thank you for visiting my shop and I hope it saves you hours of planning time.

First day back -Getting to know you activities. This resource is suitable to get to know your new class for any age group. Particularly suitably designed for KS2 although it can be edited for KS1. It also allows the teacher to introduce themselves to the pupils in a fun way. Teachers can play a variety of games to find out about their new class. Several activities are included for the course of 2 days that you can pick and choose from. Example Bingo card of questions. Pupils will write their answer (e.g how many pets do you have?) and then find other pupils in the class with the same answer. Teacher Introduction Would you rather? game Maths games including time tables songs MIndfulness games My targets All about me jigsaw Book review Mindful coloring Meditation Dream jars (can be about any subject or new topic) Resources and templates are included for teachers to print out and make class displays. Enjoy your first 2 days back getting to know your class. Follow the author on instagram for new updates. @thisisrehanafazil

Art and Design National Curriculum for key stage 2 Lesson and Plan written for year 3 and 4 Pupils will create a tessellating piece of work using inspiration from Escher. They will use geometric shapes in 2 simple or any other app that has shapes and fill tool colour options. Pupisl will repeat the 2d shapes and try to create an optical illusion of 3d piece of work. Lesson is differentiated 3 ways to suit the needs of different ability pupils in regards to using computing. Pupils will benefit from prior teaching and learning about the work of Escher and designing their own tessellation tiles. These lessons are available in the shop. Check you have suitable software like 2Simple or Googledraw before downloading this resource. This lesson can be differentiated for lower key stage pupils too. Many thanks for choosing this resource and I hope it saves you a lot of planning time.

This resource showing a range of collage techniques is suitable for all key stage 2. However, it was specifically written for a year 3 class. The resource shows the subject being studied - the architect Zaha Hadid who designed the Olympic London Aquatic Center. But this can be substituted to any other person or thing. The techniques include mosaic overlapping and layering cut work and tearing adding text and quotes positive and negative space The resources also indicates how to use digital media in art and design if this is an area of weakness in your curriculum,( CAD -computer aided design). Suitable for the national curriculum and art and design in KS2 and the objective - to use a range of media to create original pieces of work using inspiration and techniques learned from the masters (the greats). Remember these can be any artists or architects, designers, illustrators, of your choice including those from diverse and inclusive backgrounds. Thank you for choosing this resource.

The Day the Crayons Quit is a working at the expected standard reading text for Year 2. This guided reading unit is a wonderful text to use to engage reluctant readers. This reading unit is designed to support the new English Reading Framework. It is suitable for comprehension with looking, clue and thinking questions and encourages children to talk through their answers using a reciprocal approach. The resources have been designed for children to read a few letters at a time and answer literal and inference based questions. There are also other links such as poetry about crayons so that children can experience a range of genres and respond to them. Teachers can allow children to read letters written in the style of the book so there is a 'I quit' letter from the teacher for children to respond to. This work can help towards moderation and assessment purposes and evidence at the end of the year. The unit was taught over 3 weeks and includes visuals for additional activities such as predict what the crayons are saying in speech bubbles. Kindly leave a review and thank you for choosing this resource.

Year 2 Reading - Working at the expected level TAF. The Tunnel by Anthony Browne Guided Reading planning includes: Comprehension - Whole class Comprehension - Independent P4C questions Independent Learning Grammar tasks - Use commas in a list Synoyms including idioms and phrases Author choice of language and features of text Excellent bank of ideas to use alongside other resources available in the shop to compare stories by the same author. Please see the shop for ‘Into the Forest’ by Anthony Browne guided reading 2 weeks of planning. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/rehanafazil Enjoy this fabulous story and creative ideas to inspire reading for pleasure and meeting the standards at expected level in year 2. Suitable for the English Reading National Curriculum.

This is an excellent information planning 'All About Whales'. The inspiration for this was from the book the Snail and the Whales by Julia Donaldson. It's a boy friendly text and the children got to keep African snails in the classroom. Leading on from this they learnt an exemplar text about whales, imitated it and then innovated to write their own information text about snails. This unit was linked to grammar features from the new curriculum 2017- 18 for Year 2. It includes using targets to develop use of expanded noun phrases, conjunctions and varied openers. Children structured their writing according to the purpose using headings as questions. The resource includes six weeks of planning, a text map, exemplar text, tool boxing ideas and visuals to support the imitation stage. Please also see independent writing opportunities called Snail Riddles available in the shop that also link to this unit. Enjoy and please leave a comment.