Writing Journey
What do you remember about writing from school? I enjoyed writing at school, especially creative writing. At my school we spent lots of...
What was the last book you read?
Simple writing task: Come up with five words to describe the last book you read Example -- Charlotte's Web: Farm Friendship Animals Life...
School of the future
Imagine your school in the future, what would it be like to go to school 70 years in the future in 2087? Uniform: Fabric adjusts to your...
Proverbs
Short sayings that express some traditionally held truth. Often metaphorical, alliterative (to be memorable) and many offer advice. Many...
Idioms
Phrase/ fixed expression that has a figurative or sometimes literal meaning, which are both different. It's raining cats and dogs....
KS2 Teaching Sequence Activity
Get children to watch book trailer/provide small insight to the text, then children to write their own blurb for the book (before reading...
Creative writing inspired by a collection of images
Task: write a story including an old lady, a crown, a ring, a bird cage, a key, a robber, the woods, a dove, a gnarled tree, a young...
Creative writing inspired by Lost and Found by: Oliver Jeffers
One day the doorbell rang and Lucy went to open the door. Nobody was there. She looked left, and then she looked right, but Lucy could...
Little Red Riding Hood
Poet: Roald Dahl Age: KS2 This poem is taken from the Revolting Rhymes collection, which takes familiar, popular fairy tales and...
The more it SNOWS
Poet: A. A. Milne Age: KS1 This poem is simple to follow and understand for young children, but also it is from Winnie the Pooh, so the...
