Authors and Letters PowerPoint. 45 slides with integrated activities. Ideal for 7+ Focused author: Quentin Blake. Students will learn to… Read and evaluate books. Persuade other people to read books. Write blurbs. Learn how to review and rate books. Write book reviews. Use persuasive language. Write postcards, letters and cards.

POWERPOINT PRESENTATION - 29 SLIDES A great way to introduce your class to ‘Myths and Legends’ and to get them to write their own Myth or Legend. Slide 3: What is Myth and Legend? Slides 4 - 5: Theseus and The Minotaur and Odysseus and Polyphemus texts. Slides 6 – 10: Examples of mythical creatures. Slide 11: The Minotaur character profile sheet. Slide 12: 6 mythical creatures/monsters to cut out and use for a character profile. Slide 13: A blank creature/monster character profile template. Slides 14 – 20: Examples of Heroes and Heroines. Slide 21: How to incorporate a Hero or Heroine into a story. Slide 22: Theseus character profile sheet. Slide 23: 6 mythical heroes /heroines to cut out and use for a character profile. Slide 24: A blank hero/heroine character profile template. Slides 25 – 29: Writing templates to plan and write a Myth or Legend.

22 EAL activities, strategies and games to help promote English proficiency within your classroom. Tried and tested.

BIG WRITE: Fairytale. Plan a fairytale with this picture planning sheet and writing template. Ideal for 6+ Fully editable.

BIG WRITE: Birthday Surprise. Ask the children to imagine they have a sister called ‘Daisy’. Soon it will be her birthday. Tell them that they want to buy her a surprise birthday gift. Just follow the planning sheet then complete the story. Planning sheet and writing template provided. 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.

BIG WRITE - Mr. Mean. Share the story, talk about Mr. Mean’s daily routine and brainstorm possible endings to the story … how does he stop being mean? Does he bang his head? Is somebody kind to him? Does a witch use a ‘kindness’ spell? Lots of ideas to choose from. Planning sheet and writing template attached. Fully editable.

BIG WRITE: Christmas Eve. Ideal for 5+ Planning sheet and writing template attached. Fully editable.

**MR BIG - 15 LESSONS - ALL RESOURCES! 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.

BIG WRITE: Jack and The Beanstalk. Genre: Fairy Tales. Planning sheet and story template provided. Age range: 5 -11 years. Fully editable.

A complete overview of learning for English. Years 1 to 6. Fully editable.

Primary National Strategy English overview - Year 2. Fully editable.

Year 1 Curriculum Overview - English. Fully editable.

A detailed English whole school overview. Years 1 to Year 6. Fully editable.

Help your student’s spell more effectively by giving them their own word book/dictionary. This book allows your student’s to record their own spelling mistakes so that they can focus on the words they get wrong. Ideal to give out at the beginning of the year (or term). Just print off and use.

This resource is ideal if you want to set up your own KS1 school library. Attached are 17 sets of “recommended” library books - for children aged 4 to 8 years. Box labels and notes home (reminding students to return their books) included. 25 pages in total. Fully editable.

A list of high frequency words for Reception and KS1. Fully editable.

** A lovely KS1 Assembly about the Alphabet. ** Appropriate 'IF' you do Jolly Phonics in your school! ** Fully editable.

A great way of celebrating a child’s birthday in your class! Celebrate a child’s birthday by allowing the class to “interview” the birthday child (hot seating). Then complete the birthday booklets (there are differentiated booklets for boys and girls). There is also a separate booklet for the ‘birthday child’ to complete. Once the booklets have been completed, just staple them together and send them home for the birthday child to keep. You can even make a front cover for all the birthday booklets (I’ve attached 14 to choose from - all editable). The children love this (and parents too). Fully editable.

An excellent writing resource to help your student’s improve their sentences. Children learn how to ‘upgrade’ their writing by adding adjectives, adverbs and conjunctions to a sentence. 2 worksheets (with examples), PowerPoint and display materials attached.