Fantastic Mr Fox - CONVERSATIONS 2 worksheets. Focus: To write out a conversation. Worksheet 1: Deciding what to steal. Mr Fox and his wife are talking about what they are going to steal from Boggis, Bunce or Bean! Have a go at writing their conversation. Worksheet 2: How to KILL Mr Fox. Boggis, Bunce and Bean are talking about their plans to KILL Mr Fox! Have a go at writing their conversation. Fully editable.

Attached is a 9-slide PowerPoint of the traditional tale, ‘The Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing’. On slide 2, there is a ‘new vocabulary’ matching activity to complete before reading the story. Fully editable and adaptable for all ages (particularly 7+)

Follow the 5 basic ‘pre-cursive’ letter stages (displayed in this PowerPoint) and watch your student’s begin their journey to cursive writing. Handwriting practice sheets also included - fully editable! No handwriting scheme necessary. Slide 3: Holding your pencil correctly Slide 4: The 5 pre-cursive stages Slide 5: The 5 pre-cursive stages (to stick in books) Slide 6: Bookmarks showing the pre-cursive letters Slide 8: Stage 1 Slide 9: Stage 2 Slide 10: Stage 3 Slide 11: Stage 4 Slide 12: Stage 5

A simple instructional sheet for younger children to follow when they are buddy/paired reading. 1 page. Fully editable.

Attached is a 1-page worksheet to complete before you start reading Kensuke’s Kingdom. Ideal for whole class, group work or one-to-one teaching. I will keep adding activities in the coming weeks. Fully editable and ideal for 9+

Attached is a fully editable 9-page oral screening form to assess English proficiency. The aim of this screening form is to establish a student’s basic English language proficiency, to identify a student who requires EAL, EFL, ESL support and to identify topic areas a student may need to develop. Before carrying out the screening form, it is helpful to say to the child, ‘During the task, I will circle some areas that you find a bit tricky. This is to help me know which areas I need to focus on in class so that I can make your English even better!’ By saying this, the child will be reassured (and put at ease) from the start. . The following 23 topic areas are assessed: Colours Numbers (0 – 9) Numbers (10 – 20) Body parts Head / Face Clothes Household objects School Shapes Action words Domestic Animals Weather words Food - Basics Food - Fruit Food - Vegetables Fast food Wild Animals Gardening Positional Words Days of the week Times of the day Months of the year Professions / Jobs

A fully editable 9-page EAL screening form. The aim of this screening form is to establish a student’s basic English language proficiency; to identify a student who requires EAL, EFL, ESL support and to identify topic areas a student may need to develop. Before carrying out the screening form, it is helpful to say to the child, ‘During the task, I will circle some areas that you find a bit tricky. This is to help me know which areas I need to focus on in class so that I can make your English even better!’ By saying this, the student will be reassured from the start. . The following 23 topic areas are assessed: Colours Numbers (0 - 9) Numbers (10 – 20) Body parts Head / Face Clothes Household objects School Shapes Action words Domestic Animals Weather words Food - Basics Food - Fruit Food - Vegetables Fast food Wild Animals Gardening Positional Words Days of the week Times of the day Months of the year Professions / Jobs

BIG WRITE: Christmas Eve. Ideal for 5+ Planning sheet and writing template attached. Fully editable.

Creative Writing! A 2-page, Pokémon model text (short story). Will Pokémon and his ‘new’ friend overcome the challenges they face? Ideal for Year 2 or Year 3. 365 words. Fully editable.

Make your own VCOP Pyramid with this resource. Simply cut out the 4 triangles and paste together. These can then be used as a desk-top reminder/reference point for the children. There are 5 “bands” on each of the 4 pyramids and the lower down the pyramid you go, the more sophisticated the writing becomes. Fully editable.

2 writing mats for younger learners to refer to when writing stories. Just print out and use. Bright and colourful. Fully editable.

Do you want to start BIG WRITING in your school? If so, follow this simple 4-page information booklet. The booklet is divided into the following sections: Philosophy, How to begin, Big Writing Environment, Rewards, Big Writing Files, Snappy Starters/Quick Fire/Power VCOP Starters, Talking, Rainbow Writing, Finger Tapping & Colours. Ideal for staff training or simple reference. Fully editable.

Year 1 to Year 6 Writing Genres from 2010.

Why not adapt the original story by using this versatile activity booklet. Instead of LRRH delivering cakes to Grandma, why not have Joey the pizza delivery boy delivering pizza to Grandpa Joe. Full examples given. 3-pages (page 1 = adapted characters, page 2 = adapted setting, page 3 = plan). Fully editable.

Resource 1: Students must correctly punctuate the sentences. Resource 2: Students must rewrite the sentences by putting in the missing capital letters and full stops. Resource 3: Capital letters practice sheet. Resource 4: A small presentation introducing capital letters (and a small activity to complete). Ideal for 5+ (depending on ability).

Activity 1 - Worksheet: 24 mistakes to highlight in a passage: 9 missing capital letters. 7 missing full stops. 3 missing commas. 4 missing speech marks. 1 missing exclamation mark! . Activity 2 - Worksheet: 32 mistakes to correct in the passage: 10 spelling mistakes. 19 punctuation errors. 3 new lines missing (for new speakers) . Activity 3: Self assessment sheet for student’s to refer to when proofreading their work. . All answers provided. Fully editable worksheets.

A lovely introduction to FABLES! Ideal for 5 - 11 years. 14 slides. Contents: Introducing fables, characters in fables, Aesop’s fables, 2 examples to read, story breakdown, morals AND an activity to do.

Punctuation PowerPoint. 20 slides. Ideal for 5 - 9 years. Slide 3: End marks Slides 5 and 6: Full stops Slide 7: Question marks Slide 8: Exclamation marks Slides 9 to 15: Activity: What end mark should be used? Slide 16: What to remember! Slides 17 and 18: The colon Slides 19 and 20: The Comma

3 letter writing templates: Formal writing templates (x2) Informal writing template Fully editable.