Christmas Rules
This English scheme of work for Key Stage Two gets the children to identify and model how to structure and format sets of instructions for families and groups of friends to follow when celebrating Christmas. The class can list imperative verbs to use at the start of an instruction to compel the reader to perform an action.
Party Games
Read and write sets of instructions about how to play a range of different games at a party held to celebrate Christmas
Boxing Day
Write and present sets of instructions that a family can follow to explain some of the special ways of celebrating Christmas together on Boxing Day
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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