This English scheme of work for Key Stage One gets the children to explain and model how to compose recounts using time adverbials to sequence the events in family visits to familiar and unfamiliar locations. The class can select sentences and vocabulary to structure diaries and recounts of different events.

Swimming Pool

Read and write a personal recount about a family visit to a swimming pool or other leisure attraction in the local area to relate the sequence of events

Zoo Encounters

Plan and write a personal recount of a family visit to a zoo describing encounters with some of the different animals that could be seen in this location

Mountain Expedition

Plan and write a personal recount to describe a visit to a mountain landscape as part of a family holiday using time adverbials to sequence events

Sea Voyage

Plan and write a diary entry to describe a voyage as a member of the crew on a tall ship that is sailing across an ocean in the world

  • Counting Back

    Counting Back

    Practise using the number technique of counting back to solve and complete a range of abstract and contextual subtraction calculations

  • Mother Nature

    Mother Nature

    Explore how mother nature can provide nourishment, protection and support to all living things in different habitats and environments

  • Digraphs Word Sums

    Digraphs Word Sums

    Investigate the spellings and meanings of different sets of words with a range of initial consonant digraphs

  • Van Gogh

    Van Gogh

    Investigate and replicate the work and painting style of a famous artist from the past by producing a matching landscape of the school building