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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Money Multiplication
Explain and model how to use standard written calculation methods to multiply money amounts in pounds and pence when solving number problems
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Sport Teams
Explain and model how to use brackets and dashes to add extra information to sentences describing how to play sports and games as part of a team
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Summer Art Projects
Develop and refine art and design skills when modelling, sketching, sculpting and painting to produce art work on the theme of the summer
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Design Challenges
Practise working with a range of different materials and construction techniques to create products to match selected success criteria