Bring your English curriculum to life with this carefully crafted Explore and Engage unit, based on ‘The Tree and the River’ by Aaron Becker, designed to captivate primary pupils through a powerful, thought-provoking picture book. Perfect for the start of the academic year for pupils in Y1 – Y6, the children will create their own poetry and write about their hopes for the future.

‘The Tree and the River’ is a highly engaging teaching sequence that immerses children in a compelling story world, using rich visual and thematic stimuli to develop oracy, reading and writing in purposeful and meaningful contexts. The unit is designed to support all learners, promoting confidence through talk, shared ideas and scaffolded learning. A folder of editable MS Word resources are also provided with the unit plan.