This English scheme of work for Key Stage One gets the children to identify and model how to compose sets of instructions for families to follow when preparing pancakes to celebrate Shrove Tuesday. The class can practise composing lists to use in their instructions about different pancake toppings.

Favourite Pancakes

Explain and model how to use expanded noun phrases to describe some of the different toppings and fillings that can be added to pancakes to enjoy on Shrove Tuesday

Pancake Lists

Practise using commas to list some of the special toppings that can be added to different pancakes that families can enjoy eating on Shrove Tuesday

Pancake Recipe

Devise and sequence a set of instructions about how to prepare pancakes with different types of toppings to serve at a Shrove Tuesday party celebration

  • Garden Flowers

    Garden Flowers

    Identify and record how to use pictograms to organise and present information about some of the special flowers growing in a family garden

  • Clock Minutes

    Clock Minutes

    Read, match and record times to five minutes using analog and digital clock faces that can identify start times for different events and experiences

  • Springtime Sentences

    Springtime Sentences

    Explain and model how to compose and punctuate sentences using capital letters and full stops correctly to describe spring events and experiences

  • Family Visit

    Family Visit

    Read and write recounts of a family visit to a special location that also includes weather information