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Santa’s Workshop
This English scheme of work for Key Stage Two gets the children to plan and write an explanation to describe how Santa Claus prepares for Christmas including using apostrophes to indicate possession in sentences. The class can identify special vocabulary to use when writing an explanation and not a narrative story.
Plan and write an explanation to describe how Santa Claus prepares for Christmas including using apostrophes to indicate possession in sentences
Lesson One : Santa’s Sleigh
Identity and describe how to compose an explanation text about how Santa might make different preparations to get his sleigh ready for Christmas
Lesson Two : Reindeer Equipment
model how to use apostrophes for possession in sentences to describe some of the equipment that can be used by Santa’s reindeer
Lesson Three : Elves’ Tools
Practise using apostrophes for possession in sentences to describe some of the different tools that can be used by the elves in Santa’s workshop
Lesson Four : Christmas Eve
Identify and record how to write different sentences to use in explanations to describe how and why Santa makes preparations for Christmas
Lesson Five : Christmas Preparations
Draft and edit an explanation to describe how Santa makes different preparations to deliver presents around the world at Christmas
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Rounding Hundreds
Explain and model how to round some different numbers to the nearest hundred based on the place values of the digits in each number
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Rounding Tens
Identify and record how to round some different numbers to the nearest ten based on the place values of the digits in each number
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Classic Animal Stories
Investigate the structure and content of classic works of fiction by significant authors with animals as the main characters
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Cities, Towns and Villages
Research and present the history of a range of different buildings and people that are part of the local community using a school exhibition