Stage 2 Year A NSW English COMPONENT A Teaching Bundle Unit 8 - Kicking Goals

English Component A Teaching Bundle

Designed to complement the NSW English Sample Unit of Work - Stage 2 Year A Unit 8 Theme, this comprehensive teaching bundle provides everything you need to deliver five full weeks of engaging, curriculum-aligned English lessons.

Mentor Texts:

• Kicking Goals with Goodesy and Magic by Anita Heiss, Michael O’Loughlin, Adam Goodes
• Diary of an AFL Legend by Shamini Flint

IMPORTANT NOTE: This is a growing bundle. Right now the following is available:

• Week 1 - 4 Teaching slides
• Complete unit of work - weekly view and lesson-by-lesson
• Complete workbook
• NSW Outcomes and Australian Curriculum V9 Outcomes

Still to come - Week 5 teaching slides 

This resource directly aligns with:

• NSW English Sample Units of Work (Department of Education)
• The Spelling Instructional Sequence
• The Handwriting and Digital Transcription Instructional Sequence
• The Grammar and Punctuation Instructional Sequence
• NSW English Syllabus
• Australian Curriculum V9

• Component A is designed to work across a wide range of NSW classroom contexts. Because no two classrooms are the same, all components are presented separately with no fixed sequence. Teachers determine the order and focus of lessons based on assessment and student need.
• All lessons follow an explicit teaching model, supporting clear instruction, guided practice, and independent application. This allows teachers to select and sequence lessons rather than follow a rigid program.
• Each component includes 20 lessons for Years 3 to 6, enabling targeted teaching where students need additional practice, such as vocabulary or skill reinforcement. The structure supports formative assessment and ongoing adjustment.
• The resource is easy to navigate. Teachers can move directly to their chosen component and lesson without rearranging slides, making it suitable for varied literacy schedules or schools teaching one unit per term.
• The breadth of choice reflects best practice in differentiation, supporting teacher judgement informed by ongoing assessment.

Why Teachers Love It

• Load-and-go: Everything is ready to teach with minimal prep.
• Engaging: Activities include interactive slides, digital games, joint construction, and open-ended writing tasks.
• Comprehensive: Covers all six Component A strands in depth with built-in assessment and reflection.
• Flexible: Open-ended activities allow you to adapt to your class context.

What's Included:

Written Unit of Work:

• Detailed lessons for all six Component A focus areas:

1. Vocabulary
2. Spelling
3. Reading Comprehension
4. Reading Fluency
5. Handwriting & Digital Transcription 
6. Creating Written Texts

• Structured into 4 lessons per week across 5 weeks = 120 lessons in this entire unit!!!
• Lessons follow the I Do, We Do, You Do explicit teaching model.
• Includes learning intentions, success criteria, assessment opportunities, reflection, and consolidation.
• Evidence-based practices with critical thinking, partner, group, and independent tasks.
• Differentiation through extension and fast-finisher opportunities.
• NSW English Syllabus and Australian Curriculum V9 outcomes in 2 separate units of work.

Comprehensive Teaching Slides

• Over 400 pages per week (more than 2,000 slides across the 5-week program).
• Interactive elements, joint construction opportunities, and built-in reflection prompts.
• Videos and online games embedded to make lessons engaging and interactive.
• Please note - The handwriting unit is only offered in NSW Pre Cursive Foundation Font

Please Note: These slides have been made in PowerPoint.

• To use in Google slides you will need to:
• Upload the PPT file to your Google drive first.
• Open in Google slide
• Click file - Save as Google slide.

Please note that some formatting, font issues may occur when using in Google slides as they were designed in PowerPoint.

Student Workbook

• A 300+ page workbook filled with activities directly aligned to the teaching slides.
• Includes writing prompts, comprehension tasks, critical thinking activities, and open-ended tasks adaptable to your classroom context.
• Promotes independent application of the concepts covered in lessons.

Google Sheet Unit Overview

• Outcomes and content points clearly mapped out.
• Weekly breakdown of lessons for quick planning and tracking.

How to Use:

Every classroom is unique, and the needs of your students will look different from those of other teachers. With this in mind, this resource has been designed to be flexible and adaptable, so you can tailor it to your class context. Not just this year, but in future years when your students’ needs may change again.

This comprehensive teaching bundle contains 120 detailed lessons. You can choose to follow the full sequence or select the lessons that best meet your students’ learning needs at any given time.

You will receive:

• A weekly overview of lessons for quick planning and pacing.
• A detailed, lesson-by-lesson unit of work that provides explicit instructions, guidance, and support for delivery.

The program is structured around recurring key concepts. This means you can adjust pacing depending on student progress. For example:

• If your class has already mastered modal verbs in the first two weeks, you may decide to move on and skip these lessons later.
• If students require additional consolidation, you can revisit these concepts in later weeks with the built-in review lessons.

This flexible structure ensures that no matter where your students are in their learning journey, you can confidently differentiate and adapt the program to suit their needs, ensuring that the delivery of Component A is explicit, aligned with the NSW English Syllabus outcomes, and helps you feel supported with high-quality lessons.

Stay tuned - this is just one of many comprehensive units available for the full school year!