This pack includes guided reading plans for the following text: Cosmic by Frank Cottrell Boyce (Years 5/6) In total there are 18 guided reading lesson plans, covering each of the sections in the book. Each plan contains a 'reading and responding to the text' activity which is designed to be completed with the class teacher with the reading group. There are then follow up independent activities which the children can then complete during the remainder of the week. All of these activities are closely linked to the new National Curriculum objectives and these are listed at the beginning of each plan. Each plan also has a list of difficult words which the children can check the meaning of before the teacher led session, space to list the names of the children who are working on the text and a space for a teacher notes and evaluation. The plans have been written by an experienced primary school teacher and have been tried and tested in the classroom.

An essential resource for any primary classroom teaching the new National Curriculum. This display pack contains the follow: 1 x A4 Title page (with red border) 5 x A4 definition posters explaining what a metaphor is (with blue border) 9 x A4 posters giving examples of metaphors (with purple border) 6 x A4 posters asking questions about metaphors including find a word to complete a sentence (with green border) 2 x Vocabulary cards showing how sentences with metaphors can be constructed (with yellow border) 1 x A4 Poster with 10 examples of metaphors within a sentence. These examples are different to those shown in the purple bordered posters above. Great to use as a vocabulary mat (with yellow border)

An essential resource for any primary classroom teaching the new National Curriculum. This display pack contains the follow: 1 x A4 Title page (with red border) 4 x A4 definition posters explaining what a simile is (with blue border) 9 x A4 posters giving examples of similes (with purple border) 5 x A4 posters asking questions (with green border) 2 x Vocabulary cards showing how sentences with similes can be constructed (with yellow border) 1 x A4 Poster with 20 similes listed all on one page. Great to use as a vocabulary mat (with yellow border)

Year 5/6 Great at Grammar - Autumn Term Pack - newly updated to meet the demands of the New National Curriculum. We are pleased to announce that this resource has been updated to meet the demands of the new National Curriculum with the objective listed at the top of each activity. With the introduction of the new National Curriculum it is vitally important that grammar is taught throughout the school and is an integral part of the curriculum. This pack comes with 12 weeks of activities with five activities per week. These include activities which are linked to all aspects of the new grammar National Curriculum. At the top of each slide the learning objective from the National Curriculum is shown. There are also activities from the Year 3/4 National Curriculum which will serve as useful revision to the children. Each activity is only designed to take 5 minutes which means these activites are perfect to complete first thing in the morning or straight after lunch. Built up over the term the children will become grammar experts! These activities are aimed at children in years 5/6 and can be completed on paper or in books. These activities are provided in both PDF and PowerPoint format so they can be displayed on a whiteboard or printed out. Each page is decorated with a playful Clipart image thanks to our license with Clipart.com

A second pack of our new 'Can you describe me' range.A great resource to help with the teaching of descriptive writing. Included in this pack are 10 x A4 posters each showing a different character. Around the outside of the character are a number of key questions to help the child describe the character. Pictures range from monsters to human characters. All images provided thanks to our link with iclipart.com

This pack includes guided reading plans for the following text: Viking Boy by Tony Bradman In total there are 21 guided reading lesson plans, covering each of the sections in the book. Each plan contains a 'reading and responding to the text' activity which is designed to be completed with the class teacher with the reading group. There are then follow up independent activities which the children can then complete during the remainder of the week. All of these activities are closely linked to the new National Curriculum objectives and these are listed at the beginning of each plan. Each plan also has a list of difficult words which the children can check the meaning of before the teacher led session, space to list the names of the children who are working on the text and a space for a teacher notes and evaluation. The plans have been written by an experienced primary school teacher and have been tried and tested in the classroom.

An excellent teaching resource/aid which shows children the different types of connective and when it is appropriate to use them. This six poster pack includes: 1x A4 Title Page Poster 1x A4 Time Connective Poster with examples. 1x A4 In Addition Connective Poster with examples. 1x A4 Cause and Effect Connective Poster with examples 1x A4 Explaining Connective Poster with examples. 1X A4 Opposition Connective Poster with examples. The six A4 posters are colourfully designed and many of the poster include a clipart image - thanks to our link to iClipart. This pack is great to use as a display in the classroom or why not give the children these posters to have on their tables when they are required to use them?

This essential display pack consists of seven A4 posters diplaying the seven new areas of learning in the foundation stage. The titles on the posters are: Understanding the world Mathematics Physical Development Literacy Expressive Arts and Design Personal, Social and Emotional Development Communication and Language

Year 5/6 Super at Spelling - Autumn Term Pack. With this termly pack you will receive 12 weeks of spelling words and associated activities. These will be emailed to you all in one go. With the introduction of the new spelling, grammar and punctuation test at the end of KS2 and the new National Curriculum our spelling resource is an absolute essential. This pack comes with 12 weeks of activities with a set of spelling words and three activities per week.The resource is organised around the new National Curriculum and includes: Weeks 1,3,5,7,9 and 11 10 spelling words to learn based on a spelling pattern or sound as recommended in the new National Curriculum. Activity 1 - 10 sentences with missing words. Children to write out the sentences including the correct spelling word. Activity 2 - Anagrams. The spelling words have been scrambled up and the children need to unscramble and then write out correctly. Activity 3 - Wordsearch. The spelling words are hidden in a wordsearch and the children need to find them. Weeks 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 10 spelling words from the new National Curriculum statutory word list or words from previous SATs tests. Activity 1 - Definitions. Children need to match the correct spelling word with the correct definition. Activity 2 - Missing vowels. The spelling words are jumbled up and the children need to add the missing vowels to correctly spell each word. Once completed they have to write them out in alphabetical order. Activity 3 - 100 word writing challenge. A visual prompt is given and the children need to include as many of the spelling words as they can in only 100 words. Each activity is designed to take between 10 and 30 minutes and can either be built into the curriculum or given as homework activities. The spelling words and activities are aimed at children in years 5/6 and can be completed on paper or in books. These activities are provided in both PDF and PowerPoint format so they can be displayed on a whiteboard or printed out. Each page is decorated with a playful Clipart image thanks to our license with Clipart.com.

This is a simple concept which is designed to provide opportunities for children to write. In this pack are 6 weeks of writing prompts with 5 prompts included each week - one for each day. The writing prompts are only supposed to take children 5-10 minutes to complete and they should only aim to write 3 or 4 sentences. However the sentences they write should be of high quality and the children should aim to include a range of connectives, sentence starters, vocabulary and punctuation. At the end of the session it is recommended that the teacher provides an opportunity for the children to share what they have written. Examples of prompts included are: I was very disappointed when… If you looked under my bed, you would find… If I could go anywhere in the world, I would go to… If I was the teacher, I would… These writing prompts are provided in both PDF and PowerPoint format so they can be displayed on a whiteboard or printed out. Each page is decorated with a playful Clipart image thanks to our license with Clipart.com These writing activities are aimed at children in years 3 - 6

This Teach, Practise, Extend PowerPoint resource focuses on the use of an ellipsis. In total there are three slides: Slide 1 (teach) - Definition and explanation of how an ellipsis is used with examples given. Slide 2 (practise) - Children are asked to work with a partner to create a story opening which uses an ellipsis. An example is given as a model for the children. Slide 3 (extend) - Children are given a passage from James and the Giant Peach where all the punctuation has been lost. Children need to write the paragraph out adding in the punctuation including an ellipsis. The resource is colourfully designed and can clearly be seen from a distance making it ideal to display on the Interactive Whiteboard. It is also extremely good value for money, providing you with a straightforward and highly effective teaching resource. Great for a lesson starter, revision or early morning activity! The slides can be edited to suit the needs of your class but this resource, including the images must not be distributed to others without our permission.

This Teach, Practise, Extend PowerPoint resource focuses on question marks and exclamation marks In total there are three slides: Slide 1 (teach) - Definition and explanation of how to use a question mark and an exclamation mark. Examples of each are given. Slide 2 (practise) - Children have to decide whether to put an exclamation mark or question mark at the end of 13 sentences. Slide 3 (extend) - Children are asked to copy out a passage and add in the missing exclamation marks and question marks. The resource is colourfully designed and can clearly be seen from a distance making it ideal to display on the Interactive Whiteboard. It is also extremely good value for money, providing you with a straightforward and highly effective teaching resource. Great for a lesson starter, revision or early morning activity! The slides can be edited to suit the needs of your class but this resource, including the images must not be distributed to others without our permission.

This Teach, Practise, Extend PowerPoint resource focuses on how personification is used in writing. In total there are three slides: Slide 1 - Definition of personification with examples accompanied by an explanation of why it is personification. Slide 2 - Children to read a poem and pick out all the examples of personification and then copy them out. Slide 3 - Five objects/people that the children need to personify. Children then have to write a poem of their own that includes personification. The poem is started for them to complete. The resource is colourfully designed and can clearly be seen from a distance making it ideal to display on the Interactive Whiteboard. It is also extremely good value for money, providing you with a straightforward and highly effective teaching resource. Great for a lesson starter, revision or early morning activity! The slides can be edited to suit the needs of your class but this resource, including the images must not be distributed to others without our permission.

This Teach, Practise, Extend PowerPoint resource focuses on alliteration In total there are four slides: Slide 1/2 (teach) - Definition and explanation of what alliteration is together with examples. Slide 3 (practise) - Children read a poem and have to identify all the examples of alliteration. Slide 4 (extend) - Children are asked to write an alliterative sentence about 5 different objects/things. They are then asked to write an alliterative poem about a subject of their choice. The resource is colourfully designed and can clearly be seen from a distance making it ideal to display on the Interactive Whiteboard. It is also extremely good value for money, providing you with a straightforward and highly effective teaching resource. Great for a lesson starter, revision or early morning activity! The slides can be edited to suit the needs of your class but this resource, including the images must not be distributed to others without our permission.

This Teach, Practise, Extend PowerPoint resource focuses on pronouns. In total there are three slides: Slide 1 - Definition of a pronoun with examples of different types of pronouns and how they are used to replace nouns in a sentence. Slide 2 - Ten sentences where the children need to underline the pronouns. Slide 3 - Four sentences where the children need to choose an appropriate pronoun to replace the repeated noun. Then four sentences where the children need to choose the most appropriate pronoun to complete the sentence. The resource is colourfully designed and can clearly be seen from a distance making it ideal to display on the Interactive Whiteboard. It is also extremely good value for money, providing you with a straightforward and highly effective teaching resource. Great for a lesson starter, revision or early morning activity! The slides can be edited to suit the needs of your class but this resource, including the images must not be distributed to others without our permission.

This Teach, Practise, Extend PowerPoint resource focuses on nouns. In total there are three slides: Slide 1 - Definition of a noun, proper noun and common noun with examples. Slide 2 - Ten sentences where the children need to underline the nouns in the sentences. Slide 3 - Children read a paragraph and then have to identify the nouns and place them in a table under the headings of common and proper nouns. The resource is colourfully designed and can clearly be seen from a distance making it ideal to display on the Interactive Whiteboard. It is also extremely good value for money, providing you with a straightforward and highly effective teaching resource. Great for a lesson starter, revision or early morning activity! The slides can be edited to suit the needs of your class but this resource, including the images must not be distributed to others without our permission.

This Teach, Practise, Extend PowerPoint resource focuses on verbs. In total there are three slides: Slide 1 - Definition of a verb with examples of verbs and further examples of how verbs are written within a sentence. Slide 2 - Ten sentences where the children need to underline the verbs. Slide 3 - Ten sentences which contain very simple verbs. The children need to uplevel and improve them by adding more interesting, descriptive verbs. The resource is colourfully designed and can clearly be seen from a distance making it ideal to display on the Interactive Whiteboard. It is also extremely good value for money, providing you with a straightforward and highly effective teaching resource. Great for a lesson starter, revision or early morning activity! The slides can be edited to suit the needs of your class but this resource, including the images must not be distributed to others without our permission.

With the introduction of the new spelling, grammar and punctuation test at the end of KS2 and the new National Curriculum our spelling resource is an absolute essential. This pack comes with 12 weeks of activities with a set of spelling words and three activities per week.The resource is organised around the new National Curriculum and includes: Weeks 1,3,5,7,9 and 11 10 spelling words to learn based on a spelling pattern or sound as recommended in the new National Curriculum. Activity 1 - 10 sentences with missing words. Children to write out the sentences including the correct spelling word. Activity 2 - Anagrams. The spelling words have been scrambled up and the children need to unscramble and then write out correctly. Activity 3 - Wordsearch. The spelling words are hidden in a wordsearch and the children need to find them. Weeks 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 10 spelling words from the new National Curriculum statutory word list. Activity 1 - Definitions. Children need to match the correct spelling word with the correct definition. Activity 2 - Missing vowels. The spelling words are jumbled up and the children need to add the missing vowels to correctly spell each word. Once completed they have to write them out in alphabetical order. Activity 3 - 100 word writing challenge. A visual prompt is given and the children need to include as many of the spelling words as they can in only 100 words. Each activity is designed to take between 10 and 30 minutes and can either be built into the curriculum or given as homework activities. The spelling words and activities are aimed at children in years 3/4 and can be completed on paper or in books. These activities are provided in both PDF and PowerPoint format so they can be displayed on a whiteboard or printed out. Each page is decorated with a playful Clipart image thanks to our license with Clipart.com,