Laminate the sheets and cut the cards out. Ask children to read the riddles and match them to the animals images. Quick and easy activity for KS1, lower ability KS2, EAL or SEND children. Opens up lots of discussion or further work learning about the different animals, where they come from, where they live, children’s likes/dislikes, naming the animals, etc.

A simple sheet for pupils to find a synonym and an antonym for given words.

Straightforward worksheet to practice adding the suffixes “-able” or “-ible” to complete sentences. Suitable for UKS2, KS3, EAL students. Could be used for starter, revision, booster or homework tasks. 16 varied sentences and a general rule. Answers included.

KS2 Literacy activity for group work or starter to encourage pupils to write complete sentences. Pupils play in pairs to construct sentences using nouns, verbs, conjunctions, adverbs, prepositions and adjectives. Instructions and dice nets to print out and assemble. Possible challenges included and cross-curricular link to maths. Can be linked to longer writing, topic writing or writing in a specific style.

A fun worksheet which reinforces which nouns can be classified as proper or common. Perfect for homework or a starter activity.

Straightforward English activity involving direct speech. Read the sentences and match the direct speech to the fairy tale character. Speaking and listening opportunities - Could involve lots of discussion around the characters or the speech itself. Most children will be familiar with all of these stories or they could be read out in class, linked to a Fairy Tale Topic. Suitable for KS1, LKS2, SEN, booster or homework.

Straightforward activity to read through the introductions written by 4 different children around the world and extract information into a table. Follow up by asking children to write their own introduction following the same pattern.

Straightforward KS1 or KS2 worksheet to sort adjectives into labelled “bags”. Starter, homework or booster activity. Suitable also for SEN or EAL pupils.

Straightforward activity to work out the months of the year from the clues and add them to the ladder. Once they have been listed, write them out in the correct order (January to December). KS1, LKS2, SEN or EAL activity.

Simple worksheet to practise using contractions in a variety of sentences. Convert the full words into contractions and the contractions into full words. Suitable for KS2/KS3 pupils and adult learners/ESL students.

Lots of ideas for inspiring your pupils to write about April themes - April Fool’s Day, Easter and the birth of Hans Christian Andersen.

A whole class game to practice vocabulary and/or spelling. Aimed at KS2 but could also be used with lower ability KS3 or SEN pupils. Pupils are divided into 2 teams and have to take turns to write a word on the board following the alphabetical list from A to Z. The first team to complete the list wins the points. Words required can be random, related to a particular topic or a phonic pattern, for example.

A range of short and longer writing ideas for pupils linked to Saint Patrick’s Day, Mother’s Day and general Spring. Grab their imagination and inspire them to write!

Revision lesson on homophones with use of BBC Bitesize activities for pupils to use in lesson or independently afterwards. Lower KS2 level words used. Paired activity.

Activity to ignite children’s writing. Ideal for KS2 and LS KS3 children who find it hard to write interesting sentences. Start with a boring sentence and “trade” words for more interesting ones. Once all four words have been “traded”, the child is left with many more interesting words to use to write amazing sentences, which can be compared directly with the original. Could be used as a starter or booster activity.

Lots of writing activities covering some of the main festivals or celebrations in May 2019. Ideal for homework, early morning work or fast finishers.

6 reading comprehension texts centered around the theme of animals: Squirrels, House Sparrows, Rats, Sheep, Horses and Pigs. Each has a short text and 10 questions involving word meanings, factual questions, inference and summarising. Perfect activity for a topic on animals, homework or general comprehension task.

A two page comprehension about a doctor’s surgery. The first involves reading a table involving appointment times. The second involves longer, inference questions and ends with writing an imaginary conversation between the doctor and a young patient. A good comprehension task also involving some simple maths or a homework task, encouraging students to think about the working life of a doctor.

A fun activity for students to work out the meaning of abbreviations used in texting. Students could then use the abbreviations to write a text message (on paper) to a friend to decipher. Useful as morning work, for fast finishers or just a time filler at the end of a busy week :) Answers provided.

A simple worksheet to revise prepositions or check pupil’s understanding. 10 simple sentences for pupils to fill in a preposition from the table which makes sense, although there are various options and not one definitive answer! Challenge for pupils to use the prepositions that have not already been used, to write another 5 sentences of their own. Suitable for revision, morning work, homework or short lesson observation activity.