English

User Guide
Welcome to Twinkl PlanIt
This is our scheme of work for the National Curriculum
for English.
To help you save time we have designed resources to meet many
of the aims in English. They have been created by our teachers and
designed by our creative team to provide you with everything you
need.
In this guide you will find information about a range of different
areas:

• Writing;
• Guided Reading;
• Spelling, punctuation and grammar (SPaG);
• Spelling.
•
In each area you will find information about how our packs have
been created for you, with both flexibility and creativity in mind.
This overview is your guide and should cover any questions you
have. If there is something you need help with then please don't
hesitate to get in touch.

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English Writing
This is our scheme of work for the National Curriculum
for Writing.
To help you save time we have designed resources to meet many
of the aims in Writing. They have been developed by our teachers
and designed by our creative team to provide you with everything
you need.
Each topic is covered by a flexible scheme of work including an
area overview, a topic web, a set of additional resources as teaching
aids and display materials, home learning tasks and special WriteIt
lesson packs. The aims in Writing are covered throughout the topic
packs, making links to spelling, punctuation and grammar where
appropriate, and could be used at any point in the year. Each
lesson pack includes a detailed lesson plan, a lesson presentation,
creative differentiated lesson activities and any other resources you
may need.

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What Is in a PlanIt Area of Writing?
For each area of Writing there is...

Topic Overview Additional Resources WriteIt Pack

Topic Web Home Learning

A range of genres...

Each genre contains...

Multiple Lesson Packs

Lesson Plan each containing...
Lesson Presentation

and sometimes....

Word Mats, Writing Frames,

Activity Sheets Success Criteria Grids
Genre Checklists etc.

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What Goes into a PlanIt Lesson Plan?
Each lesson pack contains a lesson plan as a pdf document. Text can be copied from the plan to your own planning
format. The lesson plan is split into two main sections to help with your planning.

Αrea Name Lesson Name

Resources: Any resources you
need will be listed here.
Preparation: Here you will find
everything that needs preparing
Aim: The text in red is the 2014 before the lesson.
NC aim. The green text gives
you a child friendly aim for the
lesson.

You'll find Twinkl resources in

blue and bold, hyperlinks are
also underlined.
Learning Sequence: Takes
you through the lesson step
by step.

You'll find key assessment

Our icons tell you the type of opportunities in green in the
activity involved for each part learning sequence.
of the lesson. You can find out
more about these at the bottom Differentiation is indicated by 1,
of the page. 2 or 3 stars.

These titles in bold match the The egg timers tell you how
relevant slides in the lesson long that part of the lesson
presentation.. should last; short, medium or
long. If you don’t have time for
the full lesson, this might help
you select individual parts.

Footer: This tells you which area the lesson comes from, where the lesson comes within the
area, and if the lesson stands alone or is linked in a series with other lessons.

English | Year Group | Topic Genre | Lesson Name | Lesson #of #

Lesson Plan Icons

Short Medium Long
Individual Talk Partners
Duration of Activity

Pairs Teacher Led

Low Medium High
Differentiation
Group Work

Or look for green text in

Assessment Whole Class
the learning sequence.

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What Goes into a PlanIt Lesson Presentation?
Each lesson pack has a lesson presentation, available as a PowerPoint or interactive whiteboard file. The presentation
frames the learning sequence as outlined on the lesson plan, providing information, posing questions and setting tasks.

Each presentation has the same 3 slides at the beginning;

Slide One: PlanIt title slide with the Slide Two: Child-friendly title slide. Slide Three: Child-friendly aim and
subject and the area title. The footer You might choose to start your lesson success criteria.
of the slide will match the lesson plan. with this slide.

Slide titles in the lesson presentation correspond You'll find the corresponding icon in the top
with the bold titles in the learning sequence in the right-hand corner. There is a key to the icons
lesson plan. at the bottom of the page.

The success criteria slide will be repeated

at the end of each presentation to facilitate
assessment.

Lesson Presentation Icons

Individual Group Work Talk Partners

Pairs Whole Class Assessment

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 Our Activity Sheets
Our activity sheets are provided in .pdf format and .doc format.

This box is for the lesson aim.

An editable version where you
Differentiation is indicated by the can add your own aim is also
star system. provided. The three circles
are for optional self or teacher
assessment.
e.g. traffic light colours or
shading 1, 2 or 3.
Activity Sheet Icons

Low Medium High

The footer will let you know

which area and lesson the
activity sheet is from.

Home Learning
For each curriculum aim, differentiated home learning activities
are provided.

What’s in an Additional Resources Pack?

Each topic of Writing features a PlanIt additional resources pack,
which has everything you need to teach a range of Writing skills
for that topic. Each pack contains different resources ideal for the
genre and year group concerned. This pack also includes a wide
range of display questions, genre posters and images to create an
eye-catching Writing display in your classroom.

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What’s in a PlanIt Topic Web
Each topic of Writing also features a PlanIt Topic Web, which has everything you
need to create links between Writing and other areas of the curriculum. This
topic web identifies the aims from subjects in the 2014 National Curriculum and
makes planning easier and more creative for teachers in your school.

What Is a PlanIt WriteIt Lesson?

PlanIt WriteIt lessons and resources have been devised to create an independent writing opportunity for children, with
minimal teacher input. The activity sheets are not differentiated because they have been created for writing assessment
purposes. Each PlanIt WriteIt pack is based on one of the genres covered in the topic. These packs are structured
to deliver lessons mirroring the learning that has already taken place, whilst providing assessment opportunities and
sometimes checklists for teachers.

The Big Challenge: Children

are introduced to the
The Big Plan: Children are given assessment challenge.
time to plan their work, using a
given structure
The Big Challenge: Children
independently begin the
The Big Check: Children are
assessment challenge.
encouraged to check through their
writing.

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English Guided Reading
This is our scheme of work for the 2014 National
Curriculum for Reading.
To help you save time, we have designed packs to meet the aims in
reading. They have been developed by our teachers and designed by
our creative team to provide you with everything you need to teach
high-quality guided reading in a twenty to thirty-minute time slot,
regardless of the style of guided reading used in your school.

Each text is covered by a series of guided reading packs and an

assessment pack. These include flexible activity plans, child-friendly
activity cards to aid independence, corresponding activity sheets that
progress in difficulty, vocabulary and key phrases word cards, and a
reading questions prompt sheet.

The National Curriculum aims in reading are covered through the

reading skills identified in each activity plan. The assessment pack also
gives further detail on how each guided reading pack addresses these.

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What Is in a Guided Reading Pack?

Activity Packs
each containing...

Reading Questions Activity Plan

Prompt Sheet

Activity Sheets

and sometimes....

Activity Cards

Word Cards

Photo cards, games and other resources

Assessment Pack

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What Goes into a PlanIt Activity Plan?
Each guided reading pack contains an activity plan as a pdf document. If desired, the text within it could be copied to your
school’s own planning format. The activity plan is split into two main sections to help you with your planning.
Text Name
Reading Skill: The text in purple
is the reading skill, which is taken
from:
• National curriculum aims;
• Content Domain descriptors from
statutory reading assessment
guidance documents;
• General English skills essential to
making progress in reading.
The green text gives you a child-
friendly reading skill for the
lesson.
Related Activities: These six
possible activities build on or
around the reading skill focus.
These can be used in a carousel-
style lesson or as whole-class
development activities as
required. All activity plans include
a punctuation and grammar
activity, a comprehension activity
and a vocabulary activity. Key
stage 1 plans also include a
phonics activity in every plan.
These activities are independent
of one another, so can be
selected according to what is
needed within your own class. All
activities feature a Challenge!
activity for deeper learning.
Activity Plan Number
Vocabulary and Key Phrases
Prior Learning: This explains
what the children must already
know before attempting this
reading task.
Reading Task: This outlines the
reading needed to teach the skill.
Reading Questions: These
questions build on or around
the reading skill focus. Deeper
reading questions lean more
towards higher-order thinking
skills.
You'll find Twinkl resources in
blue and bold, hyperlinks are
also underlined.
These titles in bold match the
child-friendly activity cards.
This symbol indicates that this
activity can be understood
even if the reading task has
not been completed. Most
related activities require that
the reading task will have been
completed first.
Footer: This tells you which area the lesson comes from and where the lesson comes within the
area, and if the lesson stands alone or is linked in a series with other lessons.
English | Year Group | Guided Reading | Book Title: Activity Plan #of #
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How to Use a Guided Reading Pack
Reading Skills
Throughout the guided reading activity plans the reading skills being developed are
taken from:

• the National curriculum aims;

• Content domain descriptors from statutory reading assessment guidance;
• General English skills essential to making progress in reading.

Reading Skills (taken from the content domains):

KS1

• 1a. Draw on knowledge of vocabulary to understand texts.

• 1b. Identify and explain key aspects of fiction and non-fiction texts, such as
characters, events, titles and information.
• 1c. Identify and explain the sequence of events in texts.
• 1d. Make inferences from the text.
• 1e. Predict what might happen on the basis of what has been read so far.

KS2

• 2a. Give/explain the meaning of words in context.

• 2b. Retrieve and record information/identify key details from fiction and non-
fiction.
• 2c. Summarise main ideas from more than one paragraph.
• 2d. Make inferences from the text/explain and justify inferences with evidence
from the text.
• 2e. Predict what might happen from details stated and implied.
• 2f. Identify/explain how information/narrative content is related and contributes
to meaning as a whole.
• 2g. Identify/explain how meaning is enhanced through choice of words and
phrases.
• 2h. Make comparisons within the text.

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How to Use a Guided Reading Pack
The Learning Sequence
Each activity plan is aimed at a 20-30 minute time slot for your reading lesson needs. The plan describes the reading skill
focus for the lesson, what to read and suggested questions for developing this reading skill. This can be used in a small
teacher focus group or in a whole class setting as required.
Then there are six possible activities to build on or around the reading skill focus. These can be used in a carousel-style
lesson or as whole-class development activities as required.
All activity plans include a punctuation and grammar activity, a comprehension activity and a vocabulary activity, all
linked to the reading taking place in the lesson. Key stage 1 plans include a phonics activity in every plan.

Option 1: Carousel (with Option 2: Carousel (with Option 3: Whole Class

focus on one text) focus on multiple texts) Teacher-Led

Whole class introduction:

Teacher focus Small group: key questions. Small group: key questions. reading text and discussing
key questions.

Children work on activities

Children work on activities as Children work on activities as
for their group’s text as
required. Tasks progress in required. Tasks progress in
Independent difficulty during the activity
required. Tasks progress in
difficulty during the activity
difficulty during the activity
and include a challenge. and include a challenge.
and include a challenge.

The range of choice for the six independent related activities allows the flexibility to opt in and out according to your
guided reading style and your class’s needs.

Six activites to build on or KS1 includes a phonics activity.

around the reading skill focus.

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Our Activity Sheets
Our activity sheets are provided in .pdf format.

Parts A and B
indicate the level of
challenge that this
activity presents.

Part B is progressively
more challenging than
Part A and is followed
by an additional
Challenge! activity
to extend learners’
thinking.

The footer will let you

know which Activity
Pack the activity sheet
is from.

Our Activity Cards

Our activity cards have been written in a child-friendly way so
that children can pick up the card you choose for them, read and
understand their task. The aim for these cards is that they require
minimal teacher input to facilitate independence in a task. sk.

Our Reading Questions Prompt Sheet

Our reading questions prompt sheets have been written to answer the questions
posed in the Activity Plan. Where a range of answers is possible, an example
answer is provided. These are intended to make the teaching of reading easier
for teachers, but also to support teaching assistants and supply teachers.

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What’s in an Assessment Pack?

Assessment Pack
each containing a...

National Curriculum Aims Spreadsheet

All guided reading assessment packs contain a National Curriculum aims spreadsheet, which contain three tabs:
Reading Skills Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar

• This specifies which reading skills have been covered
across the reading packs for this text.
National Curriculum Aims
• This demonstrates how these aims are covered within
the activity plans.
• This details the aims covered if you choose to use
the punctuation and grammar tasks from the activity
plans. They cover SPaG aims for the featured year
group and the previous year group to enable children
to independently revisit their spelling, punctuation and
grammar learning. Year 6 spreadsheets also include
aims taken from the grammar, punctuation and spelling
framework, allowing the chance to revisit learning from
previous year groups as a recap.

also containing...

to record each child/ to record your class’s

group’s progress within progress against the
each of the guided reading skills in an
reading sessions. electronic format.

Guided Reading Record Reading Skills Questions

to give you extra

an editable version
question prompts to
of the Reading Skills
address each of the
and Assessment
reading skills.
spreadsheet.

Reading Skills and Editable Reading Skills

Assessment Spreadsheet and Assessment

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English SPaG
Our scheme of work for the National Curriculum for
Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar.
To help you save time we have put together complete lesson packs
for the National Curriculum. These packs have been developed
by teachers and designed by our creative team to provide you
with everything you need to teach the spelling, punctuation and
grammar objectives in one handy download.
Each lesson pack includes a detailed lesson plan, a lesson
presentation, creative differentiated lesson activities and
an assessment activity. A handy poster is also included for
display purposes.

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SPaG Lesson Packs

Lesson Pack
each pack contains...

and sometimes....
Lesson Plan Lesson Presentation

Games Adult Guidance

Success Criteria Grids Differentiated Activity Sheets

Display Poster Mini Test or Quiz

The Learning Sequence

Each SPaG Lesson Plan Consists of 5 Sections
The first three sections, Introductory Activity, Independent Focused Activity and Review Activity function either
together as a complete lesson plan, or as stand-alone learning activities for small group intervention or morning work.
Two additional activities, the Consolidation Activity and Assessment/Application Activity, have also been added for
extra exploration of the learning aim.

Option One Option Two Option Three

1. Introductory Activity 1. Introductory Activity 1. Introductory Activity

2. Independent Focused Activity
2. Independent Focused Activity 2. Independent Focused Activity
3. Review Activity

3. Review Activity 3. Review Activity

4. Consolidation Activity
4. Consolidation Activity 4. Consolidation Activity

5. Assessment/Application Activity 5. Assessment/Application Activity 5. Assessment/Application Activity

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What Goes into a SPaG Plan?
Each lesson pack contains a lesson plan as a pdf document. Text can be copied from the plan to your own lesson
planning format. Our SPaG lessons are split into five different sections to offer maximum flexibility to suit your needs.

Lesson Name Resources: Any resources you need will be listed

here. The Lesson Pack is the full folder of resources
that is included for each lesson.
Aim: Text in red is the 2014 NC
aim and the green text gives a
child friendly aim for the lesson.
Preparation: Here you will find
everything that needs preparing
before the lesson.

You'll find Twinkl resources in

blue and bold, hyperlinks are
also underlined.
1. Introductory Activity:
You'll find key assessment
This introduces the concept.
opportunities that address the
success criteria in green in the
2. Independent Activity: learning sequence.
Allows children to practise
applying their new learning. Differentiation is indicated by 1,
2 or 3 stars.

3. Review Activity: This

summarises and reinforces 4. Consolidation Activity: An
children's learning. extra opportunity for children to
practise applying their learning.

Our icons tell you the type of

activity, see below. 5. Assessment/Application
Activity: This helps you to
These titles in bold match the test the depth of children’s
relevant slides in the lesson understanding and learning.
presentation..

Footer: This tells you which unit the lesson comes from.

SPaG Plan Icons

Low Medium High Individual Talk Partners

Differentiation

Pairs Teacher Led

Or look for green text in

Assessment
the learning sequence. Group Work Whole Class

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What Goes into a SPaG Presentation?
Each lesson pack has a lesson presentation, available as a PowerPoint or interactive whiteboard file. The presentation
frames the learning sequence, providing information, posing questions and setting tasks.

Each presentation has the same 3 slides at the beginning;

Slide One: PlanIt title slide with the Slide Two: Child-friendly title slide. Slide Three: Contents slide that
subject and the unit title. The footer You might choose to start your lesson links directly to each section of the
of the slide will match the lesson plan. with this slide. presentation.

Slide titles in the lesson presentation correspond You'll find the corresponding icon in the top
with the bold titles in the learning sequence in the right-hand corner. There is a key to the icons
lesson plan. at the bottom of the page.

Every presentation will start and finish

with the success criteria slide to help
facilitate the children's assessment.

Lesson Presentation Icons

Individual Group Work Talk Partners

Pairs Whole Class Assessment

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Our Activity Sheets
Our activity sheets are provided in .pdf format and .doc format.

I can use inverted commas for direct speech.

The lesson aim is already typed
in this box. An editable blank
version is also provided. The
Differentiation is indicated by the
three circles are for optional self
star system.
or teacher assessment.
E.g. traffic light colours or
shading 1, 2 or 3.

Activity Sheet Icons

Low Medium High

The footer will let you know

which unit and lesson the
activity sheet is from.

What is SPaG Adult Guidance?

Adult guidance provides teachers with background knowledge and information
to assist with the lesson. The type of guidance in the pack will depend on the
lesson content.

SPaG Assessment
In addition to the lesson plan, presentation and activity sheets, all Planit SPaG lesson packs will contain success criteria
grids for easy assessment. The Application and Assessment Activity provides a test for years two to six, whilst year
one packs include a quiz or game. Application activities add an opportunity for children to demonstrate their newly
acquired SPaG skills.

Mini Test Quiz or Game Sucess Criteria Grids

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English Spelling
This is our scheme of work for the 2014 National
Curriculum for spelling. To help you save time we
have designed resources to cover all of the spelling
conventions, statutory spellings and many of the
common exception words that you need to visit
throughout Key Stages 1 and 2.
Our spelling packs have been developed by our teachers and
designed by our creative team to provide you with everything you
need to ensure breadth and coverage of all the National Curriculum
spelling requirements for each year group. The spelling packs also
make useful links to the word, sentence and punctuation objectives
from the National Curriculum 2014 English Appendix 2.
The Twinkl team have split the statutory requirements into half-
termly overviews with weekly lists of ten spelling words each linked
to one spelling rule. Each spelling convention is then covered by a
time-saving resource pack.
Wherever possible, the presentations and resources use the proper
terminology, e.g. phoneme, grapheme, digraph, trigraph, etc. It will
therefore be useful if children have experienced these terms when
they start these packs in Y1. We have included a useful PlanIt
Spelling Glossary for Teachers within the Year 1 packs.
Designed with flexibility in mind, the PlanIt spelling resources can
provide a full year’s worth of consecutive spelling lessons, or
alternatively could be used separately at any point in the year to
introduce or revise a specific spelling convention.

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Spelling Lesson Packs

Lesson Pack
each pack contains...

Poster Lesson Presentation

Spelling Lists Activity Sheet Word Search Look, Say, Cover, Write Handwriting
and Check Activity Sheet Practice Activities

Assess and Review Pack

Lesson Presentation each pack contains...

Spelling Activity Dictation Activities Activity Book Cloze Passages

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Our Spelling Presentation
Each lesson pack has a PowerPoint to introduce the spelling convention being covered. Each presentation will always
have an element of interactivity that will encourage pupils to engage in an individual, paired or group activity.

Our Spelling Poster

Our colourful poster is designed to illustrate the rule and related spelling words
that are to be covered – great as a point of reference on a spelling working wall.

Our Spelling Lists

Our photocopiable spelling lists are handy to stick into home learning books
or spelling journals. Available as an editable alt to allow for differentiation if
required.

Our Activity Sheets Additional Resources

Our engaging activity sheets have an added Our Spelling Packs contain additional spelling
challenge task – ideal for reinforcement within the materials to revise and reinforce spelling patterns for
classroom or as a home learning task. all different types of learner...

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Our Assess and Review Packs
At the end of every half term, a supplementary pack of assess and review materials are also included where pupils are
able to revise all sixty words covered within the previous six weeks’ spelling packs.
These supplementary assessment materials are within each Bumper Spelling Pack and can be used at the end of every
half term within an assess & review week (or as required), which include teacher-led dictation passages and Mr Whoops
Spot the Mistake activities. These have been created to cater for all abilities levels and include some differentiated cloze
procedure activities for less-able children.

Are pupils able to write a selection of particular Can they help Mr Whoops spot his clumsy
spelling words in context within a dictated passage? spelling mistakes and help him make corrections
within a passage of text?

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Meet the Teacher Team Behind PlanIt
Helen
With a commitment to valuing the visual arts
within the primary classroom and beyond,
Helen strives to bring innovation and creativity
across the curriculum, particularly in English
and history.
Becky
With 15 years' teaching experience throughout
KS2, Becky has a passion for all things SPaG!
Her mission is to create innovative and useful
resources in an aim to cut down the average
teacher's impossible workload.
Sarah
Sarah has a wide range of experience over
more than 12 years, but her passion is for
fostering and devleloping a love of reading
in children. She is committed to writing
high-quality teaching and learning materials
that inspire and engage children from all
backgrounds.
Jo
With 13 years' experience teaching 4 to 11 year
olds, Jo believes passionately in the inclusion of
all children within education using creative and
‘hands on’ approaches.
Bethan
Bethan is an experienced teacher of 14
years, and has taught from Reception to
Year 6 in schools in both the West Midlands
and Devon. She is passionate about finding
creative ways to support children's learning.
Gemma
With 13 years’ experience as a primary teacher,
Gemma has led science, design and technology
and Healthy Schools. She has a passion for
igniting learning through a hands-on approach.
Victoria
Vicky is an experienced teacher who has been
subject leader for English, geography, Gifted and
Talented and Assessment. She likes to inspire
children through active projects which require
creative thinking.
Hannah
Hannah is an experienced primary teacher of 14
years. She loves finding creative and challenging
ways to inspire children's learning and has a
particular interest in English.
Liz
Liz has 20 years’ experience teaching 5-11
year olds in a variety of settings. She loves
inspiring children to be enthusiastic about
new languages.
Steve
With 15 years' primary teaching experience,
Steve has enjoyed roles in senior leadership,
assessment and mentoring. Specialising in
English and computing, He is also an author
and school governor.
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Meet the Teacher Team Behind PlanIt
Tess Andrew
Andrew has been in primary education for over
Tess is an experienced teacher who has
10 years and has taught from EYFS to Year 6. As
taught in a range of settings, both in the UK
English and Arts Subject Leader he is passionate
and abroad. She has held the responsibility
about cross curricular teaching and learning.
of leading English for many years in different
He is a Teacher Adviser for twinkl IMAGinE and
schools and is passionate about making
currently busy writing and illustrating a series of
English fun and engaging for all.
children's books.

Julian
Julian has 15 years experience as a primary
teacher including roles in senior leadership,
assessment and coaching. He is committed to
active and cooperative learning.
Jo
Jo is an English specialist with over 15 years'
experience of teaching in primary schools. She
loves using drama to inspire writing and has a
particular interest in boys' attitudes to writing.

Jemma
Helen
An experienced SEN teacher and SENCo for
From an inner city school in London to a village
5-13 year olds, Jemma has an MA Diploma
school in Yorkshire, Helen is a former SENCo who
in SEN and expertise in geography, English
has enjoyed 13 years teaching 6 to 11 year olds,
and PSHE. She loves visual resources and
focusing on a creative, cross curricular approach.
sign language.

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