Special Places

This English scheme of work for Key Stage One gets the children to practise composing and presenting poems using descriptive vocabulary to illustrate some of the special places that can be found in the world. The class can model how to use the selected vocabulary to construct poems with different forms.

Forest Life
Select and use descriptive language to edit and change a poem describing some of the things that can be seen and experienced in a forest location

Seaside Visit
Select a range of descriptive vocabulary words to use when composing tongue twister poems about what can be seen and experienced during a visit to the seaside
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Sea Animals
Identify, describe and compare some of the different plants and animals that can be found living in a marine habitat including in the sea or on the beach
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Number Bonds to Twenty
Investigate and model how to use mental calculation techniques when working with concrete objects and diagrams to identify pairs of numbers that make sums to twenty
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Journeys Poems
Practise selecting powerful vocabulary words to use in poems that can describe some of the journeys made by families using different types of transport
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Special Places Poems
Practise composing and presenting poems using descriptive vocabulary to illustrate some of the special places that can be found in the world