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

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 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

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 …

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

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

Get the full unit on TES https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/year-1-literacy-english-traditional-and-fairy-tales-unit-12322085 Taken from our Year 1 Literacy Resource File Includes lesson plan and all resources (including differentiated resources) as well as the story The Gingerbread Man LO: To be able to read with support and join in key phrases appropriately. • To be able to identify the main events in the story and put them in chronological order. Learning Outcomes: To have more secure knowledge of the characteristics of the genre. • Better ability to identify key incidents in the story and sequence them correctly. Leave a review

Background: Following the understanding gained of the importance of Allah and the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), this lesson looks at the beliefs of Islam. The five pillars of Islam provide a structure for Islamic daily spiritual life. Islam is like a house held up by five strong pillars with central themes of purification and sharing with others. Muslims must not only believe in the five pillars, but also act on their beliefs. Learning objective Learning about: • To know and understand the main beliefs of Islam and to consider the effect these beliefs have on the life of a Muslim. Learning from: • To reflect on what the main beliefs are that support their own life. Activity sheet included. Does not include images. Leave a review

Get 15 sheets or the whole book via our TES shop 5 sheets with answers Nouns – to understand the difference between common and proper nouns. Nouns – to identify collective nouns. Noun Challenge – to identify abstract nouns. Noun – to work with singular and plural nouns. Nouns – to investigate how nouns are part of word families. Noun Phrases – to expand nouns into noun phrases. . Taken from: Grammar and Creativity for Year 6 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

An excellent piece of children’s fiction, ideal for your primary school library, Scrimshaw is an engrossing fantasy adventure from international author Nazam Anhar that features pirates, rough seas and adventure. A fantastic journey into the realm of pirates and plunder, join Nathan as he voyages to far off lands and discovers a whole way of life that he never knew existed. Scrimshaw also provides the perfect opportunity for teachers to explore elements of history, geography and science in their literacy lessons, making it perfect for dynamic cross-curricular teaching. Leave a review.

Get the all 71 sheets via our TES shop 5 worksheets: Alphabet – to put words into alphabetical order. Dictionary – to understand that a dictionary gives the meaning of words. Word Families – to recognise members of a word family. Thesaurus – to use a thesaurus to find words with similar meanings. Thesaurus – to use a thesaurus to find words with similar meanings. Thesaurus – to use a thesaurus to find words with similar meanings. Taken from: Grammar and Creativity for Year 3 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

Taken from Unit 1 UKS2 Literacy file. Read chapter 4 ‘The Keeper of the Keys’ from Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by JK Rowling to the class. Put a plain cover on the book and do not reveal the title. Set the scene by reading a description of ‘the perfect place’ to stay from the penultimate page of chapter 3 beginning (he) ‘was pointing at what looked like a large rock way out to sea…’ .Explain to the children that as you are reading you would like them to the strategy of listening our for key features to help them decide which genre this story could be classed as. What clues are there? Leave a review.

Based on a theme, LCP’s daily home learning plans are here to help give parents ideas for fun and engaging activities for their children. Each day includes a mixture of independent and working with adult activities and a timetable to help structure the day. It includes all resources and hyperlinks. Day 6: Pirates links to Communication and Language, Expressive Arts and Mathematics DISCLAIMER: Website addresses are provided in this resource in order to offer additional information sources for teachers. It is not unknown for unscrupulous individuals or organisations to place highly unsuitable materials on websites to which children might have access. It is essential that teachers check the content of websites before allowing pupils to have access to them. In addition, although we try to suggest reliable sources, websites and the individual pages within them can sometimes be removed or have their website addresses changed by their owners. LCP cannot be held responsible for other organisations’ websites which are removed or changed, nor for the content of such websites. Leave a review.

Taken from Unit 1 UKS2 Literacy Resources File Horror stories have common features, such as: – a setting that is uncomfortable, creepy or scary. Often these are unusual places; – use of darkness and cold to unsettle the reader; – use descriptive words to create an atmosphere – appealing to all the reader’s senses; – create suspense through building up tension and sudden action; – suspense is built through long compound sentences and action is sudden and ‘jumpy’ conveyed through short, dramatic sentences; – dramatic endings and use of cliffhangers. - there will usually be a sinister, evil villain There is often an element of guesswork through clues given in the text. Who is bad – or carried out an evil deed – can be hidden and concludes with a moment of revelation; – include simplistic themes of right and wrong, and good over evil. This sheet is designed to prompt discussions on the features of a specific genre. Leave a review

A worksheet to run alongside any publication of Beowulf. Prompts children to look at the meaning of the words found in the text. Leave a review

The purpose of this topic is to ensure that children can greet each other by responding and saying ¡Buenos días!, ¡Hola! and ¡Adiós! It is also to familiarise children with new sounds and to encourage them to speak and practise customs, even if they make mistakes, in order to gain confidence. Learning objectives Children learn: to say hello (distinguish between formal (¡Buenos días!) and informal (¡Hola!)) to say goodbye (¡Adiós!) greeting customs Includes: Lesson Plans and Activity Sheets Includes 5 Activities

An activity to encourage children to think and collect alternative words for imperative verbs of direction. Taken from UKS2 Literacy Resources File Leave a review

Based on a theme, LCP’s daily home learning plans are here to help give parents ideas for fun and engaging activities for their children. Each day includes a mixture of independent and working with adult activities and a timetable to help structure the day. It includes all resources and hyperlinks. Day 5 Monsters links to Communication and Language and Expressive Art and Design All resources included. DISCLAIMER: Website addresses are provided in this resource in order to offer additional information sources for teachers. It is not unknown for unscrupulous individuals or organisations to place highly unsuitable materials on websites to which children might have access. It is essential that teachers check the content of websites before allowing pupils to have access to them. In addition, although we try to suggest reliable sources, websites and the individual pages within them can sometimes be removed or have their website addresses changed by their owners. LCP cannot be held responsible for other organisations’ websites which are removed or changed, nor for the content of such websites.

A crossword to use in conjunction with Treasure Island unit. Leave a review