This English scheme of work for Key Stage Two gets the children to practise using the correct text features when composing explanations about how and why different organs in the human body function. The class can explain how to use paragraphs when composing their explanations on different topics.

Tooth Decay

Compose a written explanation about some of the special methods that can be used to prevent tooth decay to publish in a dentist’s information leaflet

Human Body Organs

Plan and write an explanation to describe the function of an organ in the human body to show how and why it functions and supports different systems and processes

Food Digestion

Identify and model how to write an explanation to describe how and why food is digested in the human body for a range of different functions

  • School Grounds

    School Grounds

    Explain and model how to measure and calculate the perimeters and areas of different shaped locations around the school grounds

  • Rainforest Presentations

    Rainforest Presentations

    Select, manipulate and combine different forms of media to create a multimedia presentation about an aspect of life in a rainforest habitat

  • Flag Printing

    Flag Printing

    Practise and refine different techniques when printing colours, shapes and patterns to design flags to match specific locations

  • Angle Observations

    Angle Observations

    Identify, locate and classify examples of right, acute and obtuse angles that can be observed in a range of different shapes, objects and locations