This English scheme of work for Key Stage Two gets the children to explore and model how to compose news reports using journalistic writing to outline some of the narrative events in a fiction story. The class can explain how to present answers to key questions in their news reports.

War of the Worlds

Practise converting an extract from a science-fiction story into a newspaper report to illustrate the main features of this style of writing

  • Living Things and Habitats

    Living Things and Habitats

    Identify, group and compare some of the different plants and animals that live in a variety of habitats around the world

  • Division Measurements

    Division Measurements

    Practise solving problems using division number skills to divide measurements for length, capacity and mass using a range of matching units

  • Long Division Sums

    Long Division Sums

    Explain and model how to use standard written methods for long division to solve problems when calculating the matching quotients including with remainders

  • Sport News

    Sport News

    Practise composing and publishing news reports to describe some of the special events that can happen at sporting competitions and tournaments