This teaching sequence has been specifically designed to support small-group transition teaching. We recognise that the move from Early Years to Year 1 can be challenging, as children adapt to a more formal learning environment and the increased demands of the Key Stage 1 curriculum. These adapted sequences provide a balance between Year 1 curriculum expectations and an age-appropriate, play-based approach, supporting effective English learning during this transition period.

Write a spell to become…
(a unicorn, a princess, a superhero, invisible, a frog, a witch, a wizard, a dragon, a giant man-eating spider…)

• Read accurately by blending sounds in unfamiliar words containing GPCs that have been taught.
• Saying out loud what they are going to write about.
• How words can combine to make sentences.
• Sequencing sentences to form short narratives.