Where there is a detailed planning exemplification, you should read it and consider the suitability of it for the children in your class and in relation to your own ideas for this unit of work. You need to think about how you can adapt the exemplification to meet the needs of your situation and children. To do that, you can evaluate the exemplar planning in the light of your initial thoughts for the unit.

Here is how to access the exemplar planning:

1. Using the horizontal menu: select Literacy [View]
2. Using the Left hand menu: select Planning [View]
3. Select Year 5 [View]
4. Select Narrative [View]
5. Select Unit 2 [View]
6. Select Objectives [View]
   • Suggested learning objectives for the unit are listed. You need to check that they are appropriate for the needs of your class. You also need to adapt and amend the teaching sequence based around these objectives. You should think about how this will need to be adapted for your class and the groups of children within it.
7. Select Prior learning [View]
   • The planning exemplar makes certain assumptions about prior learning.
   • You need to consider the extent to which your children have attained this prior learning and, where there are gaps, what strategies you will need to employ and what amendments you will need to make to the exemplar planning.
8. Select Teaching sequence [View]
   • This is where the phases of the learning and teaching sequence are set out in detail.
   • You should read the whole sequence through so that you have a clear view of where it is leading and how the activities support the outcome. After that you should be able to decide what you feel is suitable and what need adapting.
   • Next you should check the detail for suitability in terms of
     • your internal thoughts
     • your children's prior learning
     • any changes you have made to the objectives
     • resources that you have and practicalities
     • opportunities further to apply ICT
9. Select Assessment [View]
   • Here can be found suggestions for building assessment into the teaching sequence. They can help you to see the steps in the children's learning towards the unit outcome. You could use these suggestions to support planned opportunities for assessment and adapt them as necessary for your class.
   • Select Children's targets [View]
10. • These are suggestions for targets to share with children. These could be really supportive for your target setting because of the language and the way they are phrased.
11. Select Key aspects of learning [View]
    • This section maps learning in this unit Key aspects of learning. They can help you to make sure that you have an appropriate balance in your teaching and learning over time.
12. Select Resources [View]
    • These are links to ICT resources that are freely available to support the teaching sequence.
    • You can download interactive white board resources which are in a suitable format for you and then easily amend them to meet the needs of your class.