English lesson plan

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Learning resource

Age: KS2 (age 7-9)

Activities for: A forest visit

Curriculum links:

  • Spoken word: Speaking audibly, giving descriptions, building vocabulary. Preparing and listening to poems, recognising different forms of poetry, participating in performances.
  • Reading: Comprehension (increasing familiarity with a wide range of books, including fairy stories, myths and legends).
  • Writing: Composition.

Forests provide plenty of inspiration to enable children to compose poetry and write stories. A forest visit also provides numerous topics suitable for non-fiction reading and writing.

Resource contents

  • pre-visit activities
  • a need-to-bring-checklist
  • printable materials
  • post-visit activities
  • discussion pointers

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