Fantastic Mr Fox - DESCRIBING MR FOX! Focus: To describe. Great activity once you’ve read chapter 2 (Mr Fox). Activity description: Write 6 words to describe Mr Fox (e.g. cunning, handsome, clever etc.) then write about him in the space below. Fully editable.

Focus: Capital letters and full stops. 2 activity booklets. 4 pages in total. Resource 1: A 2-page activity booklet that focuses on capital letters and full stops. Answers provided. Resource 2: A 2-page activity booklet that focuses on capital letters and full stops. Answers not provided. Suitable for younger learners (5 - 9 years). Fully editable.

Focus text: ZOO by Anthony Browne. Attached is a 56-slide PowerPoint with 16 worksheets. Audio video plus a video about zoo animals included. Ideal for Year 2 or above, depending on ability. Fully editable. 4 weeks of learning.

Focus: Capital letters and full stops. 2 activity booklets. 4 pages in total. Resource 1: A 2-page activity booklet that focuses on capital letters and full stops. Answers provided. Resource 2: A 2-page activity booklet that focuses on capital letters and full stops. Answers not provided. Suitable for younger learners (5 - 9 years). Fully editable.

A FANTASTIC WRITING TOPIC TO DO WITH YOUR CLASS! A 57-slide PowerPoint with integrated animations and writing activities. 15 lessons - to be taught over 3 weeks. All activities are fully editable. Learning objectives, story, worksheets, video links and more. Ideal for Year 2 or Year 3. . LEARNING OBJECTIVES COVERED (The children will…) . Describe MR BIG. Describe what makes someone happy and sad. Answer questions about the beginning of MR BIG. Learn more about the word ‘avoid’. Sequence sentences correctly. Correct MR BIG sentences. Describe story settings. Order/sequence settings. Describe mountain gorilla activities. Compare two things. Write comparative sentences using however, but and whereas. Correct comparative sentences. Learn some new words and their meanings. Use a dictionary. Make a story map for one section of a story. Adapt part of a story. Plan a story. Write a story. Read a story aloud.

A fully editable 9-page EAL screening form. The aim of this screening form is to establish a student’s basic English language proficiency; to identify a student who requires EAL, EFL, ESL support and to identify topic areas a student may need to develop. Before carrying out the screening form, it is helpful to say to the child, ‘During the task, I will circle some areas that you find a bit tricky. This is to help me know which areas I need to focus on in class so that I can make your English even better!’ By saying this, the student will be reassured from the start. . The following 23 topic areas are assessed: Colours Numbers (0 - 9) Numbers (10 – 20) Body parts Head / Face Clothes Household objects School Shapes Action words Domestic Animals Weather words Food - Basics Food - Fruit Food - Vegetables Fast food Wild Animals Gardening Positional Words Days of the week Times of the day Months of the year Professions / Jobs

Punctuation PowerPoint. 20 slides. Ideal for 5 - 9 years. Slide 3: End marks Slides 5 and 6: Full stops Slide 7: Question marks Slide 8: Exclamation marks Slides 9 to 15: Activity: What end mark should be used? Slide 16: What to remember! Slides 17 and 18: The colon Slides 19 and 20: The Comma

A simple template to use when planning your weekly English lessons. Fully editable.

Follow the 5 basic ‘pre-cursive’ letter stages (displayed in this PowerPoint) and watch your student’s begin their journey to cursive writing. Handwriting practice sheets also included - fully editable! No handwriting scheme necessary. Slide 3: Holding your pencil correctly Slide 4: The 5 pre-cursive stages Slide 5: The 5 pre-cursive stages (to stick in books) Slide 6: Bookmarks showing the pre-cursive letters Slide 8: Stage 1 Slide 9: Stage 2 Slide 10: Stage 3 Slide 11: Stage 4 Slide 12: Stage 5

Play script writing template A 2-page versatile play script writing template. Fully editable.

Theme: Fairytale characters. 4 pages of activities. Activity: Write each character’s speech (in the speech bubbles provided) then write out the sentences in full using speech marks. Fully editable.

Mobile Phones Debate, Text, Questions and Writing Task Should children use mobile phones or should they be banned in schools? This 4-page activity booklet raises this important issue. Fully editable.

A 59-slide animated PowerPoint AND set of worksheets - the majority of which are related to ‘The Great Kapok Tree’ by Lynne Cherry. The PowerPoint focuses on WRITING TO PERSUADE with the last few slides dedicated to advertisements. 10 integrated and exciting activities. Fully editable. Ideal for Year 3 or Year 4. 10 days of activities. Over 20 hours of planning!

A great planning and writing sheet for Mr Men / Little Miss stories. 2 page booklet. Also attached is a ‘blank’ 8-page Mr. Men book for your children to publish their stories onto. Fully editable.

Iron Man Poetry Unit of Work + Resources Attached is a fully editable 1-week Iron Man Unit Plan (this can easily be extended to 2 or 3 weeks). Genre: Poetry. Focus Text: The Iron Man by Brenda Williams. A 36-slide PowerPoint complements the unit of work - just click through each slide. All of the activities/resources are in the slide show - just print off the relevant slides. Optional homework task also included. . Objectives for each lesson: LESSON 1: To describe the Iron Man; To perform verses of the Iron Man; To rewrite verses of the original text. LESSON 2: To compose poetry verses describing the ‘Return of the Iron Man’; To perform poetry using a set criterion. LESSON 3: To create a character profile sheet of the Iron Man using rhyming words; To choose and describe a pretend job The Iron Man might do on his ‘home’ planet; To compose and write a poem based on the Iron Man’s pretend job using rhyming couplets. . Please note: Each lesson is designed to last approximately 1 to 2 hours (this all depends on the age and ability of your class).

3 letter writing templates: Formal writing templates (x2) Informal writing template Fully editable.

A 9-slide PowerPoint that explaims simple, compound and complex sentences. Slide 1: Title. Slide 2: 3 types of sentences. Slide 3: Simple sentence. Slide 4: Compound sentence. Slide 5: Activity: Add ‘and’, ‘but’, or ‘or’ to make each pair of simple sentences into a compound sentence. Slides 6 - 8: Complex sentences. Slide 9: Activity: Underline the main clause in each of the sentences. Appropriate for 7 - 11 years. Fully editable.

Features of a Play Script - PowerPoint. 6 slides. Example play script given. Each slide highlights a feature of a play script … setting the scene, omission of speech marks, stage directions and use of dialogue. Fully editable.

Mr Men - character profile worksheets 2 character profile worksheets. Fully editable.