lessons List

A fun forest-themed lesson where children join Sammy the Squirrel to practise blends and rhyming, then roll dice to build silly sentences using nouns, verbs and adjectives. They extend their writing by adding where or how, helping develop grammar, sentence structure and creative writing skills.

Step into Sammy the Squirrel’s fun forest adventure! This lesson focuses on learning about rhyming as children listen to a story, spot rhyming words and answer comprehension questions. They then build confidence in writing by creating their own silly rhyming sentence to share with the forest friends.

In this lesson, students will begin with an engaging phonics warm-up focusing on the qu and ck sounds before reading a fun story about Lucky Duck featuring could, would, and should. They will strengthen spelling and comprehension skills, then apply their learning by writing their own creative questions about a character of their choice.

Students will read a fun story about Lucky Duck while exploring the special spelling pattern in should, would, and could. They’ll build comprehension skills, practise writing their own questions and sentences, and use their imagination to share ideas and possibilities

Get ready to persuade! Children read a persuasive text to identify the main argument and supporting details. They’ll then write their own paragraph about the best new recess activity, using AFOREST persuasive techniques to make their ideas exciting and convincing!

In this lesson, children explore why fun and creative breaks, like recess, can help them learn better and feel great. They’ll then write a persuasive argument to convince others why their ideas for the best breaks should be part of the school day!

Prepare for take-off! Children read about aeroplanes and practise summarising key information. They’ll then use what they’ve learned to write a clear, informative paragraph of their own—flying through the facts and landing a strong paragraph on the page!

In this aviation-themed lesson, children explore information texts by spotting key features like titles, subheadings, bold words, facts and captions. They’ll then practise identifying these features in a reading task before writing their own fact page, complete with subheadings, bold words and illustrations—ready for take-off!

Step into the newsroom, young magical reporters! Children read a news report about a mysterious event and answer tricky comprehension questions. They’ll then edit an eyewitness statement about a fantastical happening, spotting mistakes and practising writing like a true newsroom expert.

In this magical-themed lesson, children become fact-and-opinion reporters, learning how to tell the difference while exploring enchanted stories. They’ll then write their own fantastical news report using the 5Ws to share an epic, magical discovery!

Step into a world of superheroes and persuasive power! Children explore the powers of persuasive writing by reading a superhero text and spotting persuasive devices. They’ll then write their own superhero speech to convince the audience that their hero is the ultimate champion, practising argument, persuasion and creative expression.

In this superhero-themed lesson, children learn powerful persuasive devices like rhetorical questions and emotive words, then test their understanding in a fun quiz. They’ll finish by writing a persuasive piece to convince others which superpower is the very best, building confidence in opinion writing and persuasive language.

In this ocean-themed lesson, students start with a fun phonics challenge learning the digraphs sh, ch, and th, then explore a magical under-the-ocean story and answer questions about it. They finish by becoming ocean authors, using conjunctions to write longer, more exciting sea-themed stories.

Students dive under the sea to explore conjunctions—words like ‘and,’ ‘but,’ and ‘because’ that connect ideas. They then practise writing their own ocean-themed sentences, building grammar, writing, and sentence-structuring skills.

Students join Robo the Robot on a mission to find his voice! They practise reading with expression so they don’t sound like robots, listen for how characters should sound, and create fun speech for Robo in their own robot adventure.

In this robot-themed lesson, students discover the difference between reading like a robot—flat and monotone—and reading fluently with expression! They explore a robot story, put events in order and write bossy verbs to create fun robot commands.

Students explore a farm adventure with Farmer Flo, spotting phonics sounds, answering questions and writing lively sentences with action words—practising essential reading and writing skills through a fun, exciting story experience.

In this lesson, students become story detectives, practising inference skills while reading, then create their own farm adventure to solve a big problem—developing comprehension, reasoning and creative writing skills.

In this lesson, children will read an exciting story about a toy’s nighttime adventure, then write their very own toy escape story. They practise using descriptive adjectives to bring their ideas to life, building creative writing, vocabulary and storytelling skills.

Children explore information about toys while practising grammar skills. They learn to identify nouns and adjectives and use them to describe their favourite toy, building writing, vocabulary and descriptive skills

Step into an epic diary-writing adventure! In this lesson, students read Ben’s diary: “The Bubblegum Incident” and explore clues to understand his feelings. They then plan and write their own diary entry as a famous character, including funny, surprising or interesting moments.

In this fun lesson, children look at humorous pictures to explore cause and effect by working out what caused the chaos and what happened next. They’ll then write their own funny diary entry, adding thoughts, feelings and doodles like a real author.

Step into Carnival Chaos as children use inference skills to become story detectives and create the problem in an exciting adventure story filled with twists, turns and fun fairground drama.

Step right up to this carnival-inspired lesson! Children practise identifying the main idea using supporting details, then create vivid carnival descriptions using sensory language to make readers feel like they’re at the fair.

In this exciting detective lesson, your child will use their CAM super-skills — spotting Clues, noticing Actions and working out Motives — to crack a short mystery. They'll work through fun multiple-choice questions at their own challenge level, with helpful tips along the way. Then they'll get creative, using the Ouch–Hmm–Boom writing method to bring a suspect's thoughts, feelings and behaviour dramatically to life. Critical thinking and creative writing all wrapped up in one thrilling lesson!

In this detective-themed lesson, children use Clues, Actions, and Motives (CAM) to explore a mysterious story about a missing medal. They’ll then write a secret letter from a suspect’s point of view, explaining their actions, feelings and revealing what really happened.

In this sweet-themed Candy Land adventure, children will learn how to use clues to make inferences and uncover hidden details in the story. They’ll then apply the ‘show, don’t tell’ technique to write the next part of the adventure, bringing their ideas and characters to life.

Step into the magical Candy Land adventure! Children will practise making inferences as they explore a sweet-themed story, then use their imagination to design and describe their own exciting new candy creation.

Children explore facts and opinions through alien and space-themed sentences. They practise persuasive writing by giving reasons with words like ‘should’ and ‘because,’ developing reasoning, decision-making and writing skills in an imaginative space adventure.

In this lesson, children read a funny alien story, practise comprehension and explore persuasive writing. They learn to give opinions and justify them using words like ‘should,’ ‘because,’ and ‘must,’ building key reasoning and writing skills in a fun, engaging way.

In this lesson, students travel to the Candy Kingdom to read a fun story, search for clues and learn about problems and solutions. They also practise the 'ck' spelling rule after a short vowel, then plan and write their own short candy-themed story about fixing a silly candy mess.

In this Candy Kingdom lesson, children practise reading comprehension, spelling ‘ck’ words and creative writing as they explore a story, solve clues and create their own candy factory rules—learning and imagination combined!

Join Dr. Bunsen on an exciting literacy mission! Children will read a mysterious story about a glowing bottle and explore how the author builds tension and suspense, then take over the story themselves, using short sentences, strong verbs and cliffhangers to keep readers hooked.

In this hands-on lesson, children help Dr Milo Bunsen recover the secret instructions for a Magnificent Medicine. They’ll practise reading and answering questions about instructions, then get creative by designing their own magical medicine and writing clear instructions for it—just like real scientists!

This fun songwriting lesson explores how a pop chorus uses emotion, imagery, and rhyme, before students write their own 4–6 line chorus and turn their ideas into a catchy mini hit.

In this lesson, children explore how songwriters paint pictures with words by using imagery, similes, and metaphors. They’ll learn how lyrics can make us feel the music, not just hear it, and practise creating their own vivid, creative lines like real songwriters.

Your child will learn to visualise while reading, meet Gurgle the Monster and create their own colourful creature using descriptive words—fun, imagination and writing all in one magical lesson!

In this exciting visit to Monster Land, children enjoy a fun story, play a monster phonics game and create their own monster adventure.

In this exciting piñata party lesson, children shake up letters to make new words, become reading detectives by finding who, what and where and write about a funny party moment using exciting descriptive words.

In this fun-filled piñata lesson, children strengthen reading skills by understanding simple sentences, discover surprise words and become sentence-building superstars using bright descriptive language.

In this Language Engineers lesson, students read a mystery story about a missing diamond and practise comprehension skills to understand what is happening. They then repair a broken manual by fixing punctuation, grammar and word choices. By the end, they understand how clear language helps readers make sense of a text.

In this fun language engineering lesson, students become word detectives, hunting down boring verbs and swapping them for powerful action words! They’ll read short messages, spot weak verb choices and upgrade them to make writing more vivid and exciting. By the end, learners will understand how strong verbs can completely transform a text and bring stories to life in a more engaging way.

In this lesson, children read a thrilling pirate storm story and practise visualising to create pictures in their minds of the action. They’ll use the 5Ws (who, what, where, when and why) to write vivid, detailed sentences that make the storm and pirates come to life.

In this pirate-themed lesson, children read an exciting story to explore how events in a story are connected and how one event can lead to another. They’ll then turn simple sentences into treasure-worthy super sentences by adding who, what, where, when and why, helping them create more detailed and exciting writing.

In this fun, buzzing lesson, children identify beginning sounds, explore how ‘but’ can change a story about Buzzy the bee, and practise writing their own sentences using ‘but’.

In this bright, bee-themed lesson, children identify beginning sounds, search for details in a story about a busy bee and practise writing sentences using the word ‘because’.

In this exciting space adventure, children learn about short and long vowel sounds, practise putting events in order and become story captains by writing their own space tale.

In this fun space mission, children spot long and short vowel sounds and create their own alien character through drawing and writing.