Monday 14th September 2026
Morning work:
Identify the noun, verb, adjective and adverb in each sentence.
- The enormous elephant walked slowly across the field.
- Sarah carefully opened the heavy door.
- The excited children ran quickly towards the playground.
- A bright butterfly landed gently on the flower.
Challenge: Write two of your own sentences containing all four word classes.
RIC
Thousands of years ago, there lived a half man, half god named Hercules. When he was younger, a curse was put on Hercules that forced him to do terrible things. When the curse was finally broken, he wanted to be forgiven for the things that he had done. He was told to visit King Eurystheus who would give him 12 difficult tasks to complete to earn forgiveness.
For the first two tasks, Hercules was asked to defeat the Nemean lion and the Lernaean hydra. These were two powerful beasts that had been terrifying the local people. Next, King Eurystheus challenged him to catch an incredibly fast deer. It took Hercules a whole year to catch the animal but he was eventually successful and asked for the next task.
R - What was Hercules asked to do for the first two weeks?
I - How do you think Hercules felt when he was under the curse? Use evidence from the text.
C - Can you identify effective adjectives in the text?
Monday 14th September 2026
LC: To identify key words and phrases in a text.
Good readers identify what is really important ...key words… phrases… sentences… ideas
- If you Google the word sport, you will get 3 million sites! So as we read, trying to sort out what is important and what is not is really important.
- As we read we come across... key words… phrases… sentences… or ideas. Not everything in a book has equal value. We have to puzzle out what are the key words and pay special attention to them.
Think aloud. What’s important?
There may not be right and wrong answers!
Whole Class
A Yorkshire man, aged 24, finds buried treasure during his walk with his labrador.
A London teenager has sold a mobile app he first invented in his bedroom for between £20 and £40 million.
Nick D’Aloisio, 17 said he would probably buy a new computer and trainers after Yahoo bought his new software yesterday.
Independent
Read the text below and highlight any key words, phrases and important information.
Adapted
Monday 14th September 2026
LC: to infer a character's thoughts and feelings from their actions and justify with evidence from the text.
Grammar Warm Up
Choose one of the images to make an effective noun phrase using
adjectives + noun + prepositional phrase
Let's read to the end of the story and find out what happens.
Adapted:
LC: To make simple inferences on a character's actions.
Explain orally and then in simple sentences why the prince is sad? What has he done?
14.09.26
LC: To be able to compare numbers to 1 000 000 using pictorial representations and proportionality.
Adapted
LC: To count to 100
Tuesday 15th September 2026
LC: To know what Christians believe about the origins of sin.
What do you know about the word sin?
What do you understand it to mean?
Christians believe that God created the world from nothing.
The story of the creation is found in the Old Testament of the Bible.
There are two different versions of the story.
However, Christians do not think it is important how God created the world, as this is beyond their imagination, just that he did.
Let’s remind ourselves of the story.
“God saw the world was good.”
What would a good world be like?
Now let's learn about the second creation story.
VIDEO - Adam and Eve (Genesis 2-3)
Some Christians believe that the story in the Bible is the literal truth.
Some Christians believe the story is a metaphor – a story told to help explain a more complex idea.
The Story of The Fall
(Genesis 3)
Literal – What might Christians believe about the cause of sin and temptation in the world today?
Metaphorical – Who/what might each aspect of the story represent?
Now complete this task independently using all the ideas you have gathered.
Adapted:
Now sort the creation story:
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