The activity sheets are structured around the narrative, non-fiction and poetry blocks of the new literacy Framework. The content comes from common Year 6 fiction and non-fiction themes. The activities are designed to support work done across the curriculum as well as in literacy teaching. The activities follow the main literacy priorities in Year 6 and are designed to be used flexibly. They are intended to be used with an adult: it would be pointless for the child to do them alone. Much of the learning is in the interaction. Each activity sheet has a clear focus and advice to the adult as well as the child. There are four main types: • Understanding and engaging with texts; • Shaping texts; • Sentence structure and punctuation; • Spelling. Each unit contains a mixture of the activity types. We’d love to hear how you’re getting on with these resources. Please leave us a review.

Royal Weddings Lesson Plans – a new Cross-curricular pack, with a range of lesson plans, activity and ideas that support work right across the national curriculum – from history, literacy and ICT to maths, music, art and design and RE. The example free download, contains a planning chart (with national curriculum links) and photocopiables for KS1, KS2 upper and lower. If you want more info go to: www.karascope.com. Also some other free downloads, primary topic ideas and lesson plans.

FREE Poetry in Motion resource pack includes: - 1) Drafting and Presentation, 2) Trees and Woodlands 3) Be Verbose with Verbs! Based on actual poetry work carried out by Roger Butts – a former primary school teacher, headteacher, advisor and lover of the outdoors. The activities encourage children to look carefully and closely for specific details, which will not only help them to understand and appreciate their environment but, helps them to create an effective and lasting image to convey their ideas and emotions. Many of the ideas can be taught at any primary age group, as different age groups or abilities will produce different outcomes from the same stimuli Leave a review

FREE Phonics Resource takes a look at the long E sound. Designed for KS2 children who didn’t quite grasp phonics in KS1 … although perfect for any child who needs phonics help. If you want more, there is an interactive CD (PHONICS to SPELLING by Charlotte Raby) that is filled with excellent phonic activities, games etc. But for now, this a great resource to help instil phonics in a fun and memorable way. Like the resource? Leave us a review

This sample provides a week of Phonics Planning for Phase 3 from LCP's full Phonics Planning 2 Teaching Resource. </br> It has a table detailing how to teach the relevant material and supplementary sheets for conducting activities. Gives a feel for tried and tested Phonics Planning methods.

Get 15 sheets or the whole book via our TES shop 5 sheets with Answers Alphabet – to put words into alphabetical order. Root Words – to extend my vocabulary using root words. Homophones – to investigate homophones. Noun Phrases – to expand single nouns to noun phrases. Adjectives – to identify adjectives not placed next to a noun. . Taken from: Grammar and Creativity for Year 5 Good writing may start with an exciting idea, but it needs structure to make sense to a reader. Grammar provides a framework on which to display the imagination. Writing brings together individual expression and an understanding of the rules that allow our language (any language) to make sense. This book has been written with the view that grammar and creativity go hand in hand to produce good writing. Developing children’s understanding of the basics of English will encourage their literary adventures. The range of activities here has been designed to excite interest as well as guide children and teachers through the rules. Leave a review

The activity sheets are structured around the narrative, non-fiction and poetry blocks of the new literacy Framework. The content comes from common Year 4 fiction and non-fiction themes. The activities are designed to support work done across the curriculum as well as in literacy teaching. The activities follow the main literacy priorities in Year 4 and are designed to be used flexibly. They are intended to be used with an adult: it would be pointless for the child to do them alone. Much of the learning is in the interaction. Each activity sheet has a clear focus and advice to the adult as well as the child. There are four main types: • Understanding and engaging with texts; • Shaping texts; • Sentence structure and punctuation; • Spelling. Each unit contains a mixture of the activity types. We’d love to hear how you’re getting on with these resources

The activity sheets are structured around the narrative, non-fiction and poetry blocks of the new literacy Framework. The content comes from common Year 3 fiction and non-fiction themes. The activities are designed to support work done across the curriculum as well as in literacy teaching. The activities follow the main literacy priorities in Year 3 and are designed to be used flexibly. They are intended to be used with an adult: it would be pointless for the child to do them alone. Much of the learning is in the interaction. Each activity sheet has a clear focus and advice to the adult as well as the child. There are four main types: • Understanding and engaging with texts; • Shaping texts; • Sentence structure and punctuation; • Spelling. Each unit contains a mixture of the activity types. Let us know how you are getting on with the resource- leave us a review.

The activity sheets are structured around the narrative, non-fiction and poetry blocks of the new literacy Framework. The content comes from common Year 2 fiction and non-fiction themes. The activities are designed to support work done across the curriculum as well as in literacy teaching. The activities follow the main literacy priorities in Year 2 and are designed to be used flexibly. Each activity sheet has a clear focus and advice to the adult as well as the child. There are four main types: • Understanding and engaging with texts; • Shaping texts; • Sentence structure and punctuation; • Spelling. Each unit contains a mixture of the activity types. We would love to know how your getting on- leave us a review

The activity sheets are structured around the narrative, non-fiction and poetry blocks of the new literacy Framework. The content comes from common Year 1 fiction and non-fiction themes. The activities are designed to support work done across the curriculum as well as in literacy teaching. The activities follow the main literacy priorities in Year 1 and are designed to be used flexibly. They are intended to be used with an adult: it would be pointless for the child to do them alone. Much of the learning is in the interaction. Each activity sheet has a clear focus and advice to the adult as well as the child. There are four main types: • Understanding and engaging with texts; • Shaping texts; • Sentence structure and punctuation; • Spelling. Each unit contains a mixture of the activity types.

Racing to English Great resources for teaching English as an additional language. Free resource includes :- Set of photo cards and matching words. Picture Dictionary Sheet. Worksheets for oral and written work. If you are looking for a comprehensive English as an Additional language resource then see the full Racing to English resource on LCP’s website. For now, this is a great freebie that we wanted to share. Let us know what you think …

19 Home Learning sheets for Year 5 taken from our Homework Activities for Year 5 The activity sheets are structured around the narrative, non-fiction and poetry blocks of the new literacy Framework. The content comes from common Year 5 fiction and non-fiction themes. The activities are designed to support work done across the curriculum as well as in literacy teaching. The activities follow the main literacy priorities in Year 5 and are designed to be used flexibly. Each activity sheet has a clear focus and advice to the adult as well as the child. There are four main types: • Understanding and engaging with texts; • Shaping texts; • Sentence structure and punctuation; • Spelling. Each unit contains a mixture of the activity types.

Get 15 sheets or the whole book via our TES shop 5 sheets with Answers Alphabet – to put words into alphabetical order. Compound Words – to investigate compound words. Thesaurus – to use a thesaurus to improve my vocabulary. Nouns – to revise word classes – nouns. Nouns – to recognise abstract nouns. Taken from: Grammar and Creativity for Year 4 Good writing may start with an exciting idea, but it needs structure to make sense to a reader. Grammar provides a framework on which to display the imagination. Writing brings together individual expression and an understanding of the rules that allow our language (any language) to make sense. This book has been written with the view that grammar and creativity go hand in hand to produce good writing. Developing children’s understanding of the basics of English will encourage their literary adventures. The range of activities here has been designed to excite interest as well as guide children and teachers through the rules. Leave a review

This resource includes 1 text with activities and questions. Text title: Seaside The cards primarily address text-level objectives for each year group and focus specifically on reading comprehension of non-fiction texts. The cards are designed to encourage talk and develop listening and speaking skills. There is a main text on the front of each of the reading cards. The main text is followed by talk time , where there are open-ended questions, which are designed to stimulate a personal response to the issues raised and encourage children to think about the card’s theme. The questions encourage discussion between two to six people. Talk time questions that are preceded by a require children to refer back to the text and are suitable for prompting children’s written responses. The box contains an interesting fact related to the card’s theme. This should appeal to the children’s sense of wonder and fascination for the remarkable. The reverse side of each card carries things to do box. This contains activities and challenges that are designed to enable children to pursue the main theme still further. The activities are mainly practical in nature, so that all children can succeed, whatever their levels of literacy Leave a review

This resource includes 1 text with activities and questions. Text title: Snakes The cards primarily address text-level objectives for each year group and focus specifically on reading comprehension of non-fiction texts. The cards are designed to encourage talk and develop listening and speaking skills. There is a main text on the front of each of the reading cards. The main text is followed by talk time , where there are open-ended questions, which are designed to stimulate a personal response to the issues raised and encourage children to think about the card’s theme. The questions encourage discussion between two to six people. Talk time questions that are preceded by a require children to refer back to the text and are suitable for prompting children’s written responses. The box contains an interesting fact related to the card’s theme. This should appeal to the children’s sense of wonder and fascination for the remarkable. The reverse side of each card carries things to do box. This contains activities and challenges that are designed to enable children to pursue the main theme still further. The activities are mainly practical in nature, so that all children can succeed, whatever their levels of literacy Leave a review

Get all 7 Geography Activities from our TES shop An extract of Pliny the Younger’s letter to his friend Cornelius Tactius, a Roman historian, recording his experience of the eruption of Vesuvius in 79AD. It could be used as part of Geography, History or within Reading. Taken from the KS2 Geography Resource file. Available as a PDF Leave a review

Aim To help children recognise and appreciate the meaning of the word ‘rule’ Length: 25-30 minutes Learning outcomes Children should be taught: • to take part in discussions with one other person and the whole class; • to agree and follow rules for their group and classroom, and understand how rules help them. Resources • A large space to sit in a circle • Small whiteboards or number fans • A story about different animals, either published or created by the teacher. Leave us a review.

Taken from Literacy Year 1 Resource File WALT • Talk about what happened in the story. • Talk about the people in the story. 1 lesson with activity resources (does not include story) Activitiy overview: Listen to teacher’s introduction and to the story Oliver’s Vegetables and look at pictures. Answer questions, recall and order the events. Discuss Oliver’s character. This lesson is the first of six on the theme of stories about grandparents. It will be helpful if you can read other books on this subject to enrich the children’s experience and give them points for comparison. Approach the subject with sensitivity bearing in mind your children’s personal situations. Leave a review

Read the adjectives and verbs and sort the words into two groups. Comic, humerous or funny Scary, threatening or unpleasant. Taken from UKS2 Literacy Resources File Leave a review

This resource includes 1 text with activities and questions. Text title: Mozart The cards primarily address text-level objectives for each year group and focus specifically on reading comprehension of non-fiction texts. The cards are designed to encourage talk and develop listening and speaking skills. There is a main text on the front of each of the reading cards. The main text is followed by talk time , where there are open-ended questions, which are designed to stimulate a personal response to the issues raised and encourage children to think about the card’s theme. The questions encourage discussion between two to six people. Talk time questions that are preceded by a require children to refer back to the text and are suitable for prompting children’s written responses. The box contains an interesting fact related to the card’s theme. This should appeal to the children’s sense of wonder and fascination for the remarkable. The reverse side of each card carries things to do box. This contains activities and challenges that are designed to enable children to pursue the main theme still further. The activities are mainly practical in nature, so that all children can succeed, whatever their levels of literacy Leave a review