Swept Up is a resource for 7 - 11 year olds. The short story is about a child who works as a chimney sweep and is set in Victorian England. The resource comprises of the short story (formatted to be printed back-to-back on an A4 sheet of paper and folded to make a booklet) and a sheet of written comprehension questions set on the story. The questions are divided into those needing a simple answer, those needing a more detailed answer and those with an open ended answer. The resource can be used in English lessons to improve comprehension skills or as part of a topic on Victorian England to illustrate the life of working Victorian children.

Alone in the Dark is a resource for 7 - 11 year olds. The short story is about a child who works down a coal mine and is set in Victorian England. The resource comprises of the short story (formatted to be printed back-to-back on an A4 sheet of paper and folded to make a booklet) and a sheet of written comprehension questions set on the story. The questions are divided into those needing a simple answer, those needing a more detailed answer and those with an open ended answer. The resource can be used in English lessons to improve comprehension skills or as part of a topic on Victorian England to illustrate the life of working Victorian children.

We’re Too Rich is a resource for 7 - 11 year olds. The short story is about a child who is from a wealthy family but regrets not being able to join in with the less well off children and is set in Victorian England. The resource comprises of the short story (formatted to be printed back-to-back on an A4 sheet of paper and folded to make a booklet) and a sheet of written comprehension questions set on the story. The questions are divided into those needing a simple answer, those needing a more detailed answer and those with an open ended answer. The resource can be used in English lessons to improve comprehension skills or as part of a topic on Victorian England to illustrate the life of working Victorian children.

Lovely Violets is a resource for 7 - 11 year olds. The short story is about a child who works selling flowers and is set in Victorian England. The resource comprises of the short story (formatted to be printed back-to-back on an A4 sheet of paper and folded to make a booklet) and a sheet of written comprehension questions set on the story. The questions are divided into those needing a simple answer, those needing a more detailed answer and those with an open ended answer. The resource can be used in English lessons to improve comprehension skills or as part of a topic on Victorian England to illustrate the life of working Victorian children.

A Powerpoint presentation teaching the features of a newspaper report. The presentation explains the features and shows them in an imaginary newspaper report. There are activities for the children to undertake and the information for them to write a report of their own. Also available are a set of templates, planning sheets and prompt sheets to go with this presentation which can be printed out or used electronically in lessons. A set of imaginary newspaper reports to use with children so they can identify the features of the reports or edit them. A set of comprehension questions to go with these reports.

Pete’s Late Again is a resource for 7 - 11 year olds. The short story is about a child who loves trains and is set in Victorian England. The resource comprises of the short story (formatted to be printed back-to-back on an A4 sheet of paper and folded to make a booklet) and a sheet of written comprehension questions set on the story. The questions are divided into those needing a simple answer, those needing a more detailed answer and those with an open ended answer. The resource can be used in English lessons to improve comprehension skills or as part of a topic on Victorian England to illustrate the life of working Victorian children.

It’s My Fault is a resource for 7 - 11 year olds. The short story is about a child who works in a spinning mill and is set in Victorian England. The resource comprises of the short story (formatted to be printed back-to-back on an A4 sheet of paper and folded to make a booklet) and a sheet of written comprehension questions set on the story. The questions are divided into those needing a simple answer, those needing a more detailed answer and those with an open ended answer. The resource can be used in English lessons to improve comprehension skills or as part of a topic on Victorian England to illustrate the life of working Victorian children.

A worksheet designed to be used with MS Excel or similar spreadsheet application to practice finding the average of a list of figures and creating a chart. The figures are temperatures in Castries, St Lucia.

A set of imaginary newspaper reports that can be used with children to identify the features of a newspaper report. They are based on real newspaper reports but written for children.

The Shoeshine boy is a resource for 7 - 11 year olds. The resource comprises of the short story (formatted to be printed back-to-back on an A4 sheet of paper and folded to make a booklet) and a sheet of written comprehension questions set on the story. The short story is about a young black boy who tries to be a shoeshine boy but has trouble with an irate customer and a gang of mocking children. He is finally helped to enter Dr Barnardo’s school. The questions are divided into those needing a simple answer, those needing a more detailed answer and those with an open ended answer. There are also some teacher’s notes. The resource can be used in English lessons to improve comprehension skills or as part of a topic on Victorian England to illustrate the life of working Victorian children.

A set of templates and planning sheets to be used to aid the teaching of how to write a newspaper report. The templates may be printed out and written on or used electronically for typing on.