Retell the story of Christmas using this bright and colourful sequencing cards resource for the primary classroom. The pack contains eight images which retell Mary and Joseph’s journey to Bethlehem and the birth of Jesus. Children can cut out the eight images, place them in sequence and write a description of each image underneath. There are two ways in which to use the images: As a worksheet: once completed, all of the images can be glued onto an A4 worksheet. As a display: an A4 version of each image is available, with the option to add text. These images can then be arranged to make a class or hall display.

This KS1 grammar and sequencing resource will teach KS1 children the story behind the Chinese Zodiac. They will have the opportunity to become familiar with traditional tales and retelling these, sequencing events in a story, and using adjectives to create noun phrases. The pack could be used over a series of lessons, or during a topic day linked to Chinese New Year. English objectives covered are: becoming familiar with a wide range of stories and retelling these; sequencing events in a story; using expanded noun phrases for description Resources included are: The Great Race story Puppets to cut out for retelling the story Story sequencing cards Adjectives worksheet linked to the story Teacher’s notes

Use these KS2 comprehension worksheets to learn about UFOs: in particular, Britain’s most famous UFO incident – the encounter at Rendlesham Forest. This non-fiction text looks at definitions of UFOs, and the sightings at the military air base in Rendlesham. A set of comprehension questions are included, which tackle key reading skills… This pack is also a great prompt for writing science fiction or scary stories.

This writing review worksheet is an excellent way to develop children’s descriptive writing skills when it comes to creating mood. There are a number of activities that help children understand the effect their writing has on the reader, which can be taught in a single lesson or spread over a number of sessions. There are images to give children ideas for their writing, and sections of model text that demonstrate how an author’s choices can change the mood of the text. It’s a great way to revise previous learning, and to experiment with new ideas.

This teaching resource is a great support for reading, analysing and writing Greek legends in KS2. It contains fact sheets on: The major Greek gods Mythical creatures Settings in Greek mythology Magical artefacts"

Teach children how to write amazing science fiction stories with this KS2 text types resource pack. There are sheets to help pupils plan against success criteria, instructions on the ingredients of science fiction tales, two detailed model texts and a story planner to help children structure their stories. The four sections to the resource are: A sci-fi text writing prompt mat Inspiring images to help children build a convincing sci-fi world A sci-fi text writing plan Two example sci-fi texts

42 different idioms (a piece of cake, open a can of worms) are presented with exciting and arresting images. The idioms and their meanings are also provided on separate cards, so children can be challenged to match each idiom to its definition, which makes for a great group work activity in KS2 English lessons. Also included are completed idiom cards that can be used for classroom display.

Use this KS2 grammar game to help children learn how to use and create similies in their writing. The pack contains sentence cards which are designed to support children in creating similes. They have been divided into two sections: blue and yellow. The blue section contains the start of similes where a comparison is set up. The yellow section contains examples of similes where the comparison is made. Children can explore and match up the different sets to experiment with the effect.

This Greek myth, retelling the tale of the Minotaur and how it was defeated by the Greek hero Theseus, can be used to test reading comprehension skills in KS2. It also provides a model text and prompts for writing activities. The text is accompanied by 17 reading comprehension questions. These questions target key comprehension skills such as retrieving information, making inferences and understanding unfamiliar vocabulary.

Help children learn how to spell the words from the Year 3 and Year 4 word lists with these crosswords. Not only are these a fun way to test and improve children’s spelling skills, the clues help to clarify word meanings, developing vocabulary and enabling children to use these words more confidently in their writing. The pack contains six crosswords and answer sheets are included.

This writing review worksheet is an excellent way to develop children’s understanding and use of cohesive devices within paragraphs. There are a number of activities that demonstrate different types of cohesive writing, and challenge students to rewrite passages to improve the flow. There are images to included to help inspire children’s writing, as well as prompts and partial sentences for them to complete. It’s a great way to revise previous learning, and to experiment with new ideas.

This Y6 grammar resource provides everything you need to teach five 15-minute lessons on powerful verbs. Starting by looking at a speech by Barack Obama, this resource pack helps children analyse how cohesive devices can be used effectively in pieces of persuasive writing. There are other texts to compare and contrast, prompts for children’s own writing, and a planning sheet for pupils’ work. The five SPaG lessons are designed to be taught across one week. Alternately, you may wish to teach the sessions in larger chunks, spread over a longer period of time or intersperse them with different grammar, punctuation and spelling lessons. The resources included in this pack are: PowerPoint Hands Off Our Libraries texts Cohesion within paragraphs worksheet Persuasive writing transition cards Persuasive writing prompts Persuasive writing plan Classroom pet text

Each challenge includes a brief extract from a classic text with a range of reading challenge questions focusing on the key skills of inference, information retrieval and vocabulary use. The classic texts in this pack are: The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling The Railway Children by E. Nesbit Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting

This lyrical retelling of the Greek myth about the master craftsman Daedalus and his son, Icarus, can be used to test comprehension skills and as a model text for writing activities. The text is accompanied by 19 reading comprehension questions. These target key comprehension skills such as: retrieving information, sequencing, predicting, making inferences and understanding unfamiliar vocabulary. A planning sheet is included, so that children can produce their own Greek myth, using the model text for structure.

The activities in this pack help KS2 children understand the subtle differences between adjective synonyms so that they can use them accurately in their own writing.

This pack contains all you need to teach a Year 1 lesson on writing simple sentences, or to revise the topic with pupils. It includes: colourful posters for teaching a word sort activity worksheets for children to practise and apply their new grammar knowledge

These worksheets, covering possessive apostrophes with plural words, are an excellent way for children in Years 3 and 4 to revise and practise these spelling patterns. The worksheets include five different activities in which children look at spelling patterns, identify misspelt words and apply their spellings in context. They can be used within lessons, as an assessment or as a homework task.

These worksheets, covering the suffixes -ness and -ment, are an excellent way for children in Year 2 to revise and practise these spelling patterns. The worksheets include five different activities in which children look at spelling patterns, identify misspelt words and apply their spellings in context. They can be used within lessons, as an assessment or as a homework task.

This bright, appealing grammar worksheet is an excellent way to practise and revise using adjectives in Year 2. It is divided into five sections: understand, challenge, test, explain and apply. Activities include SATs style questions and opportunities for creative writing responses, with eye-catching images as prompts.

The activities in this pack help KS2 children understand the subtle differences between adjective synonyms so that they can use them accurately in their own writing. They include cards for sorting, and cloze procedure worksheets. This primary resource pack includes: Description synonyms worksheet Each page contains synonyms for a different word, such as ‘big’, ‘young’ and ‘loud’, and children need to fill in the blanks in sentences using the synonyms where they fit best Description synonyms answer sheet Description synonyms word cards Printable PDFs to cut out and use Teacher notes What is a synonym? A synonym is a word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word or phrase. Synonym examples Nice and kind Big and large Tiny and minute Quick and fast Smelly and stinky Thrilling and exciting National Curriculum English programme of study links Students will learn how words are related by meaning as synonyms and antonyms [for example, big, large, little].