A group of international students is visiting your school. Plan a healthy picnic to welcome them.

Introduction

Rise and Shine is a six-level primary course that develops language alongside global citizenship and future skills. Fun characters, relatable stories and real-life videos support clear, child-friendly learning objectives that motivate pupils on their English learning journey. Clear, structured lessons build to a fi nal unit project and off er real opportunities to achieve, track and measure progress, encouraging pupils to think about and take ownership of their own learning. Rise and Shine provides a unique toolkit to support teachers in identifying and addressing the needs of every pupil. Clear, measurable outcomes that pupils can see and celebrate motivate them to engage with the new experience of language learning. Targeted support and achievable activities mean that every pupil has a chance to thrive and teachers can address challenges such as mixed ability and special educational needs.

Course principles

A sense of purpose Rise and Shine has been designed with deliberate progress in mind. Every activity and lesson builds towards a clear objective and a fi nal unit project that gives every pupil their Time to shine. Structured lessons support pupils in acquiring the knowledge, language and tools they need as they work towards their Time to shine. Each unit of Rise and Shine follows fi ve stages, each comprising one or two lessons. The stages are clear to pupils and support them in understanding exactly how far they have come and where they are heading on their learning journey. This learning journey is signposted to pupils by coloured progress path in the Pupil’s Book.

Wonder

activities that spark interest, draw on prior knowledge and set out the quest for the unit

Imagine

imaginative stories and activities that encourage cognitive engagement

6 A group of international students is visiting your school. Plan a healthy picnic to welcome them. 1 What are you going to have for a starter? 2 What are you going to have for the main course? 3 What are you going to have for dessert? 7 Share your ideas with your group. 8 Design your picnic menus. A step-by-step approach Rise and Shine builds confi dence in using English through a learning cycle of exposure, recognition, controlled practice and freer practice. Each activity is designed to support pupils to build on what they have already learnt and work towards a clear task at the end of each stage of the unit. The I can shine box consolidates the learning of each stage into an activity explicitly linked to the learning objective. This gives pupils the opportunity to pause and refl ect on how confi dent they feel with the material in an age-appropriate way. These activities build to the fi nal Time to shine task at the end of 9 Present your picnic menu to the class. the unit, where pupils are supported through the steps to create and present a project of their own. Clear progress and accessible learning outcomes Rise and Shine is built on the Global Scale of English, which helps pupils understand exactly what they are learning and why. It is designed so that pupils are always aware of I can plan a meal and talk about a healthy menu I made. their learning goals for the unit and are able to chart their progress at the end of each stage of the unit through a clear I can shine activity. Unit project A healthy picnic Rise and Shine is also designed for use in inclusive and mixed-ability classrooms. It helps all pupils achieve their learning goals, while recognising that this will look diff erent for diff erent pupils. Activities and lessons are structured to be increasingly challenging to allow all pupils to achieve. Rise and Shine recognises that teachers need their time to shine, too! Ideas to support and stretch individual pupils are off ered in each lesson, alongside clear teaching notes divided by lesson stage. Each I can shine activity is supported by a framework of Achieve, Adjust, Exceed to empower teachers to assess progress at each stage of the unit. Development of future skills and global citizenship

Wonder Imagine Build Grow Shine

Create

Start with ‘This is our…’ or ‘Look at our…’ Listeners then know what you’re going to talk about. Finish with an interesting sentence that listeners remember!

Time to shine!

10 Make a class display. Vote for your favourite healthy picnic. This is our healthy picnic menu! We ate sushi for a starter and then we had fi sh tacos and salad for the main course. We cut a watermelon, some Shine on! pears and some kiwis. We made a fruit Find a real menu. salad for dessert. It was delicious! What healthy food can you see?

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Our healthy picnic menu Main course

Fish tacos and salad:

peppers, peas and onions Starter Sushi: fi sh, vegetables and rice Dessert Fruit salad: watermelon, pears and kiwis M02_RS_PB6_5607_M02.indd 19 6/10/21 5:18 PM

Build

Grow

Shine

meaningful language input and practice, providing direction and support, with a strong focus on building communication skills and confi dence

real-world content that opens pupils’ eyes through a global citizenship objective and provides opportunities to relate language back to their own lives

a fi nal unit project broken down into diff erentiated steps to allow every pupil to showcase their achievements English is more than just a school subject in the 21st century – it is a medium through which children learn about life, and global and local issues which are relevant to them. Rise and Shine supports and guides pupils on their own learning journey through dedicated helpers in each stage of the unit. Just like the characters in their favourite adventure stories, pupils face exciting tasks that help them build a greater understanding of themselves and the world around them, all the while working towards clear learning goals.