Attached are 42 ‘VCOP’ (fully editable) games and activity suggestions. . Resource 1: A 26-page booklet containing 26 VCOP games & activity-suggestions Page 3: VCOP Games (13 games) Page 7: Connectives ‘Quick Fire’ Activities (4 activities) Page 13: Openers Activity (1 activity) Page 15: Punctuation Activity (1 activity) Page 19: Vocabulary Activities (7 activities) . Resource 2: A 16-page booklet containing 16 VCOP games & activity-suggestions. A ‘mixture’ of VCOP activities . Resource 3: Also attached is a an activity for the children to make their own VCOP pyramid.

3 types of handwriting paper. Just print off and use.

PowerPoint Presentation - Simple features of a newspaper report: Headline. Opening Sentence. Main body of text. Photo. Caption. Final Sentence.

Assembly: Work Together, Learn Together. 15 - 20 minutes long. Song, discussion opportunities, short story script and prayer included. Preparation: Ask groups of children to demonstrate (through role play) how they work together, e.g. in the classroom (helping with tasks); at lunchtime (good manners) and on the playground (playing fairly). These role plays will be shown during the assembly. You will also need 2 broom handles (or metre sticks) for the story. Fully editable.

Making Inferences - worksheet. 1 page - fully editable. Ideal for 7+ (depending on ability).

A simple INFERENCING activity. Students must identify words or phrases in a text, guess the meaning of the word/phrase then find and draw the meaning. PDF and Word document attached (so fully editable).

Attached is a 10-slide PowerPoint you can use when teaching non-fiction. Before delivering this PowerPoint, put a selection of non-fiction books out on the children’s tables. Contents: Features of non-fiction texts. Activities to complete. Presenting facts in different ways. Finding information. Asking questions. Topics to research. Ideal for 5 - 9 years. Fully editable.

4 storyboards attached. Fully differentiated and fully editable. Storyboard 1: All writing and pictures provided (answers). Storyboard 2: 4 pictures and all writing provided (lower ability). Storyboard 2: 4 pictures but no writing provided (middle ability). Storyboard 3: No pictures or writing provided (higher ability).

Can your student’s find the punctuation and spelling errors in the attached Fantastic Mr. Fox passages. 2 differentiated activities - 1 easy and 1 hard. Fully editable. Answers provided

TREASURE ISLAND - Take your class on a real pirate adventure! Attached is 56-slide Treasure Island PowerPoint. PowerPoint contents: Characters. Setting. Transport. Tricky words in the story. Treasure Island - the story. Script template. Pirate pictures. Heroes and Heroines. Treasure Maps and Treasure Chests Character profiles. Writing your own pirate story. Also attached is a 3-week unit plan (fully editable), play script templates, Treasure Island - the story (a Robert Louis Stevenson adaptation),a short story example and a writing assessment. Fully editable.

A comprehensive Year 2 Literacy programme of study for the entire year, 8 pages. 30 units of work. Excellent coverage of Fiction, Non-Fiction & Poetry genres. All writing and reading objectives included. Fully editable.

Helpful for students to refer to throughout the year. Great for intervention too.

A 14-slide PowerPoint to refer to when introducing and teaching pre-cursive handwriting. Contents: 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 Pre-Cursive Letters. Slide 9: Stage 2 Pre-Cursive Letters. Slide 10: Stage 3 Pre-Cursive Letters. Slide 11: Stage 4 Pre-Cursive Letters. Slide 12: Stage 5 Pre-Cursive Letters. Also attached are 5 worksheets for your student’s to practise the pre-cursive letters. Fully editable.

3 differentiated brochure writing templates: Easy: Red background - much less writing + large spaces for pictures. Medium: White background - less writing + small spaces for pictures. Hard: Grey background - writing sections only. Also attached are 2 completed brochures (to use as shared texts). The themes of the brochures are ‘Holiday’ themes (England and Thailand). Appropriate and adaptable for all age groups. Fully editable.

What happens to ‘Grandma’ after she receives George’s Marvellous Medicine? Your student’s can use this worksheet to retell the events OR create their own marvellous reactions to the medicine! Fully editable.

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

Attached is a 1-page worksheet to complete before you start reading Kensuke’s Kingdom. Ideal for whole class, group work or one-to-one teaching. I will keep adding activities in the coming weeks. Fully editable and ideal for 9+

2 story path templates provided. Fully editable.

If you’ve been teaching your class about ‘The Stone Age’, then this BIG WRITE will complement your unit of work perfectly. Attached is a complete story plan and 2 sets of writing sheets (one with an opener and one without) for a story called ‘THE HUNT’. Story outline: You are a Stone Age hunter and your family rely on you for food. You set off on a hunt! Just follow the plan and you can’t go wrong! Fully editable!

A great game to use when teaching nouns, adjectives and verbs. Activity: Sort the 30 words (in the grid) into 3 groups (10 nouns, 10 adjectives, 10 verbs) Independent or paired-based activity. Fully editable (so you can change the words). Answers provided.