Family Holidays

This English scheme of work for Key Stage One gets the children to practise writing personal recounts describing events and experiences that could happen on a family holiday to different locations around the world. The class can select sentences and vocabulary to structure diaries and recounts of different events.

Seaside Holiday
Read and write a personal recount describing some of the different things that could happen during a family visit to a seaside as part of a summer holiday

Royal Parade
Identify and model how to complete postcards to recount some of the things that could happen during a visit to London to watch a parade for a special royal occasion

Holiday Diary
Practise writing a personal recount to describe some of the special events and experiences that could happen during a family holiday to the French Alps
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Counting Back
Practise using the number technique of counting back to solve and complete a range of abstract and contextual subtraction calculations
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Mother Nature
Explore how mother nature can provide nourishment, protection and support to all living things in different habitats and environments
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Digraphs Word Sums
Investigate the spellings and meanings of different sets of words with a range of initial consonant digraphs
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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