Planning and Activities
Non-fiction
English Year 3 Spring Reports
Harry Potter and Hogwarts
Read reports about Harry Potter studio tours. Understand features of reports; study conjunctions, prepositions and adverbs. Look at Hogwarts students’ school reports.
The planning and resource documents for each session in this English block are free to all users.
Unit 1 Core: Read reports, analyse features and write short NCR
(suggested as 4 days)
Back to Lockdown?
If your class or school is having to close for a while, these materials provide a home dimension as well as a clear route map outlining what to teach online, and what to practise at home.
With TA/Tutor
These materials are for a TA or Tutor to use with a small group of children or one child.
They support the learning in class in this unit.
Notes are provided for teacher and TA/Tutor.
Coming soon!
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Texts
Generally Harry Potter books, especially Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J K Rowling
Websites
Harry Potter tour from www.YouTube.com
Harry Potter Studio Tour from www.wbstudiotour.co.uk
Presentations
PowerPoint on Features of Reports
Unit 2 SPAG: Identify conjunctions; add information about time, cause and place
(suggested as 3 days)
Planning and Activities
Back to Lockdown?
If your class or school is having to close for a while, these materials provide a home dimension as well as a clear route map outlining what to teach online, and what to practise at home.
With TA/Tutor
These materials are for a TA or Tutor to use with a small group of children or one child.
They support the learning in class in this unit.
Notes are provided for teacher and TA/Tutor.
Coming soon!
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Texts
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone - JK Rowling
Film
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
Presentations
Grammar PowerPoint: Clauses and Conjunctions
Unit 3 Composition: Read and write formal structured reports (school reports)
(suggested as 3 days)
Planning and Activities
Back to Lockdown?
If your class or school is having to close for a while, these materials provide a home dimension as well as a clear route map outlining what to teach online, and what to practise at home.
With TA/Tutor
These materials are for a TA or Tutor to use with a small group of children or one child.
They support the learning in class in this unit.
Notes are provided for teacher and TA/Tutor.
Coming soon!
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Texts
Harry Potter books, especially Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J K Rowling
Presentations
PowerPoint: Features of Reports
Unit 4 SPAG: Using prepositions and adverbs to indicate time, place and cause
(suggested as 4 days)
Planning and Activities
Back to Lockdown?
If your class or school is having to close for a while, these materials provide a home dimension as well as a clear route map outlining what to teach online, and what to practise at home.
With TA/Tutor
These materials are for a TA or Tutor to use with a small group of children or one child.
They support the learning in class in this unit.
Notes are provided for teacher and TA/Tutor.
Coming soon!
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Texts
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
Websites
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - First Quidditch Match (Part 1 of 2) from www.YouTube.com
Quidditch World Cup in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire from www.YouTube.com
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - The Quidditch Match from www.YouYube.com
Presentation
Grammar PowerPoint: Prepositions and Adverbs
Unit 5 Composition: Write a report about a school using the features of non-chronological reports.
(suggested as 4 days)
Planning and Activities
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Texts
Harry Potter books
Presentations
PowerPoint on Features of Reports