Three example fairy tale newspaper reports - Rapunzel, Goldilocks and the Three Bears and The Three Little Pigs. Includes examples of: Catchy headings, Brackets, dashes and commas for parenthesis, Use of fronted adverbials, Use of formal language, Use of direct speech

I have used this as a text to learn in Talk for Writing with a Year 4 class. Skills include: Standard English, Fronted adverbials, Commas after fronted adverbials, Expanded noun phrases, conjunctions and a range of sentence structures.

A full booklet containing questions about Butterfly Lion by Michael Morpurgo. Includes Vocabulary, inference, predict, explain and retrieve questions. It also includes Inference discussion questions based on questions based on the book.

An alien classification ideal for introducing classification of living things to a Year 4 class. Covers the following statement from the Year 4 Living things and their habitats in the Science curriculum: explore and use classification keys to help group, identify and name a variety of living things.

A short story based on Michael Morpurgo’s book ‘Beowulf’. Used as a model text in Talk for Writing. Ideal for a Year 4 class. Includes expanded noun phrases, singular and plural possessive apostrophes, expanded noun phrases and direct speech using speech punctuation.

A Reading Comprehension suitable for Year 6 or KS3 students based on Maya Angelou’s ‘Still I Rise Poem’ A selection of exam style questions with 2 and 3 mark questions. Answers also included in resource.

An excellent resource to improve wellbeing in your classroom and create a culture of kindness. The pupils nominate a peer who has done something kind to be read out by the teacher and/or displayed in class.

A 3 paragraph model text of story opening based on Lewis Carroll’s ‘Alice in Wonderland’ Includes the following writing skills: metaphors, conjunctions, fronted adverbials and punctuated direct speech. Ideal for teaching a Year 4 class.

Some spelling games I’ve used with LKS2 children to encourage spelling improvement, and get them thinking about which letters will fit into certain size boxes.

100 high frequency words in bubble writing to colour in or paint. I have found this an effective way of helping LKS2 children catch up to their peers with the 100 high frequency words.

A phonics comic containing the following phase 3 sounds: qu, ng, ee, sh and ch. The comic also includes the following high frequency words: I, the, go, to and was This resource is designed for Year 1 readers or Year 2 readers who require some extra support.

A sorting activity for words that would be used with the determiners a/an. A page of Halloween themed words/expanded noun phrases and a page of Bonfire night themed words/expanded noun phrases. Ideal for Year 3 or 4 children learning how to use a/an correctly.

An Amazon Rainforest animal themed ‘a or an’ sorting activity. Contains a mixture of a or an words and an exception word- unique. Ideal to support grammar teacher of the use of the determiners a or an.

This ‘a/an’ sorting game has an Amazon rainforest theme and is perfect to cover the Year 3 grammar objective of differentiating between the use of the determiners a or an.

A great game for Year 3 children to play to help them use the determiners a and an correctly. Contains a page of Halloween themed ‘a/an’ words and a page of Christmas themed ‘a/an’ words.

A worksheet which makes children think about the concept of a fraction. The children have to identify if the quantity, shape or object is a fraction or a whole. I have used this with LKS2 children as an introduction to our fractions topic

A persuasive model text to encourage readers to Visit Kenya. Includes the following writing skills: Heading and subheadings, similes and metaphors, possessive apostrophes, expanded noun phrases and conjunctions.

This is a short comic containing the ‘oa’ and ‘ai’ digraph. It is the perfect length for Year 1 readers or Year 2 readers who require some extra support. This also contains the tricky words ‘the’ and ‘was’

An activity to support teaching of the conjunctions so that, because, however and but. Children to cut and place the Bonfire Night themed sentences into the correct places or can be pre chopped by the teacher if preferred.

An ‘a or an’ sorting activity. One page of bonfire night words/expanded noun phrases and one page of Christmas themed words/expanded noun phrases. Ideal for Year 3 or 4 children.