Traditional Fables

This English scheme of work for Key Stage One gets the children to explore and model the events and characters that feature in traditional tales written as fables to teach the reader a moral lesson. The class can suggest and illustrate how a fable might change with some other characters and story settings.

The Hare and the Tortoise
Select and change some of the main characters in a retelling of a traditional fable story to illustrate how the narrative events might alter

Town and Country Mouse
Dramatise and retell a traditional story with animal characters that has been written as a fable to teach the reader a moral lesson related to the story narrative

The Dove and the Ant
Plan and write a story with animals as the central characters based on a fable read by the class which is used to teach the reader a moral lesson about life
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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