Hello! We're creating resources for busy primary school teachers. All our writers are themselves experienced KS1 and KS2 professionals and we design our resources to be as appealing and accessible as possible.
Hello! We're creating resources for busy primary school teachers. All our writers are themselves experienced KS1 and KS2 professionals and we design our resources to be as appealing and accessible as possible.
A pack to support the introduction or review of teaching the 3 times table to a class or group. This pack contains:
PowerPoint – this can be used during one lesson or used over a number of teaching sessions. Its slides include:
Visual Introduction – a visual explanation of how the 3 times table uses repeated counting.
Rote – practice for 3 times table recall.
Practice questions – questions on the recall of multiplication and division facts related to the 3 times tables.
Investigation – Questions related to the rules of the 3 times tables and real-life problems involving the 3 times table.
A cheat sheet – reminding pupils of a rule for the 3 times table.
Activity Booklet. This contains:
A 3 times table practice tube
3 differentiated activity sheets. These include practice, questioning and problem-solving questions. The sheet for more able pupils includes links to other areas of maths.
1 rapid-recall sheet of 60 3-times table questions.
1 rapid-recall sheet of 60 multiplication and division questions relating to the 3 times table. * An investigation related to the 3 times table.
A pack to support the introduction or review of teaching the 4 times table to a class or group. This pack contains:
PowerPoint – this can be used during one lesson or used over a number of teaching sessions. Its slides include:
Visual Introduction – a visual explanation of how the 4 times table uses repeated counting.
Rote – practice for 4 times table recall.
Practice questions – questions on the recall of multiplication and division facts related to the 4 times table.
Investigation – Questions related to the rules of the 4 times tables and real-life problems involving the 4 times table.
A cheat sheet – reminding pupils of a rule for the 4 times table.
Activity Booklet. This contains:
A 4 times table practice tube
3 differentiated activity sheets. These include practice, questioning and problem-solving questions. The sheet for more able pupils includes links to other areas of maths.
1 rapid-recall sheet of 60 4-times table questions.
1 rapid-recall sheet of 60 multiplication and division questions relating to the 4 times table.
An investigation related to the 4 times table.
A pack to support the introduction or review of teaching the 6 times table to a class or group. This pack contains:
PowerPoint – this can be used during one lesson or used over a number of teaching sessions. Its slides include:
Visual Introduction – a visual explanation of how the 6 times table uses repeated counting.
Rote – practice for 6 times table recall.
Practice questions – questions on the recall of multiplication and division facts related to the 6 times table.
Investigation – Questions related to the rules of the 6 times table and real-life problems involving the 6 times table.
A cheat sheet – reminding pupils of a rule for the 6 times table.
Activity Booklet. This contains:
A 6 times table practice tube
3 differentiated activity sheets. These include practice, questioning and problem-solving questions. The sheet for more able pupils includes links to other areas of maths.
1 rapid-recall sheet of 60 6-times table questions.
1 rapid-recall sheet of 60 multiplication and division questions relating to the 6 times table. * An investigation related to the 6 times table.
A pack to support the introduction or review of teaching the 9 times table to a class or group. This pack contains:
PowerPoint – this can be used during one lesson or used over a number of teaching sessions. Its slides include:
Visual Introduction – a visual explanation of how the 9 times table uses repeated counting.
Rote – practice for 9 times table recall.
Practice questions – questions on the recall of multiplication and division facts related to the 9 times table.
Investigation – Questions related to the rules of the 9 times table and real-life problems involving the 9 times table.
A cheat sheet – reminding pupils of a rule for the 9 times table.
Activity Booklet. This contains:
A 9 times table practice tube
3 differentiated activity sheets. These include practice, questioning and problem-solving questions. The sheet for more able pupils includes links to other areas of maths.
1 rapid-recall sheet of 60 9-times table questions.
1 rapid-recall sheet of 60 multiplication and division questions relating to the 9 times table.
An investigation related to the 9 times table.
Inspire discussion and writing in your primary class with these six KS1 interactive display posters on pets. Each poster contains statistics and interesting facts about the animals. Additional bubbles are provided so that the children can add their own facts and expand the posters. The sheets include these animals:
Dogs
Cats
Rabbits
Fish
Tortoises
Hamsters
This pack contains 8 interactive posters illustrating Year 2 spelling concepts.
Each poster shows a spelling pattern surrounded by eight images. Each image illustrates a word that includes the same spelling pattern.
There are two versions of each poster. Posters with text – the images on these posters are labelled with the word they are illustrating. Posters without text – the images on these posters are not labelled so that children can look at the pictures and try and identify the words they represent and the spelling pattern or patterns common to them all.
There are also graphics for you to make your own posters, which can be cut out and arranged in different patterns on the classroom wall.
The spelling rules illustrated in these posters are:
‘ff’, ‘ll’, ‘ss’, ‘zz’ and ‘c’ words
-nk words
Syllables
-tch words
Words that end in the ‘v’ sound
Adding ‘s’ and ‘es’ to words
Adding -ed, -ing and -er
Adding -er and -est
This pack contains 16 interactive posters illustrating Year 4 spelling concepts.
Each poster shows a spelling pattern surrounded by eight images. Each image illustrates a word that includes the same spelling pattern.
There are two versions of each poster. Posters with text – the images on these posters are labelled with the word they are illustrating. Posters without text – the images on these posters are not labelled so that children can look at the pictures and try and identify the words they represent and the spelling pattern or patterns common to them all.
There are also graphics for you to make your own posters, which can be cut out and arranged in different patterns on the classroom wall.
The spelling rules illustrated in these posters are:
in- prefix
im- prefix
il- prefix
ir- prefix
sub- prefix
inter- prefix
super- prefix
-ation suffix
endings which sound like -shun
words ending with the /g/ sound spelt –gue and the /k/ sound spelt –que
homophones and near homophones
words with the ‘s’ sound spelt ‘sc’
possessive apostrophes
Inspire discussion and writing in your primary class with these six KS1 interactive display posters on dinosaurs. Each poster contains statistics and interesting facts about dinosaurs. Additional bubbles are provided so that the children can add their own facts and expand the posters. There are blank posters too so you can customise and create your own display.
The posters include these dinosaurs:
Tyrannosaurus Rex
Triceratops
Stegosaurus
Pteradactylus
Diplodocus
Ankylosaurus
This pack contains 5 interactive posters illustrating Year 6 spelling concepts.
Each poster shows a spelling pattern surrounded by eight images. Each image illustrates a word that includes the same spelling pattern.
There are two versions of each poster. Posters with text – the images on these posters are labelled with the word they are illustrating. Posters without text – the images on these posters are not labelled so that children can look at the pictures and try and identify the words they represent and the spelling pattern or patterns common to them all.
There are also graphics for you to make your own posters, which can be cut out and arranged in different patterns on the classroom wall.
The spelling rules illustrated in these posters are:
Adding suffixes beginning with vowel letters to words ending in -fer
Use prefixes involving the use of a hyphen
Homophones and other words which are often confused
Uncommon or ambitious vocabulary
Etymophagy and morophology
These spelling review worksheets provide an excellent way to test and practice adding suffixes that begin with a vowel to words with more than one syllable.
The worksheets include 5 different activities in which children look at spelling patterns, identify misspelt words and apply their spellings in context.
The worksheets are suitable for Year 3 and Year 4 pupils and older SEN or EAL pupils. They can be used within lessons, as an assessment or as a homework task.
This pack contains 14 interactive posters illustrating Year 2 spelling concepts.
Each poster shows a spelling pattern surrounded by eight images. Each image illustrates a word that includes the same spelling pattern.
There are two versions of each poster. Posters with text – the images on these posters are labelled with the word they are illustrating. Posters without text – the images on these posters are not labelled so that children can look at the pictures and try and identify the words they represent and the spelling pattern or patterns common to them all.
There are also graphics for you to make your own posters, which can be cut out and arranged in different patterns on the classroom wall.
The spelling rules illustrated in these posters are:
The ‘j’ sound spelt ‘ge’ and ‘dge’ at the end of words, and sometimes spelt as ‘g’ elsewhere in words before ‘e’, ‘i’ and ‘y’
The ‘s’ sound spelt ‘c’ before ‘e’, ‘i’ and ‘y’
The ‘n’ sound spelt ‘kn’ and ‘gn’ at the beginning of words
*The ‘r’ sound spelt ‘wr’ at the beginning of words
The ‘ul’ sound spelt –le at the end of words
The ‘ul’ sound spelt –el at the end of words
The ‘ul’ sound spelt –al at the end of words
Words ending –il
The ‘ai’ sound spelt ‘y’ at the end of words
Adding –es to nouns and verbs ending in ‘y’
Adding –ed, –ing, –er and –est to a root word ending in ‘y’ with a consonant before it
Adding the endings – ing, –ed, –er, –est and –y to words ending in –e with a consonant before it
Adding –ing, –ed, –er, –est and –y to words of one syllable ending in a single consonant letter after a single vowel letter
These spelling word worksheets provide a great way to practise and review the Year 5 and 6 words from the National Curriculum Spelling List.
All of the Year 5 and 6 spelling words are covered across five challenging worksheets, each containing three different types of spelling check challenges, including anagrams and cryptic clues.
This KS2 inspiration pack will help children develop quality writing around a spooky story theme.
In order for children to write engaging stories, they need to be able to visualise the settings and objects they might use in their tales. The image prompts in this pack will give pupils lots of ideas to work with and details that will make their stories and characters come alive. There are also some short example texts to help them on their way.
The pictures in this pack are grouped into sets, allowing the children to describe characters, settings and objects in detail.
The resources include:
A pupil planning booklet with images and space for text
Planning sheets where children can develop characters, settings and objects for their stories
Images to use as posters
This writing review worksheet is an excellent way to revise and practise using onomatopoeia in KS2 English lessons. It contains examples of onomatopoeia and 5 different onomatopoeia challenges which can be used during one lesson or spread over a number of teaching sessions.
Questions encourage creative responses as well as revision, and include interesting images to stimulate ideas.
These KS2 reading comprehension worksheets include lots of information about Neil Armstrong and the Apollo moon missions, telling the story of Apollo 11 and other Apollo missions that came before and after. The resource can be used as part of a guided reading session or as homework.
Also included are 12 comprehension questions covering the different reading skills of data retrieval, inference and the use of vocabulary.
This Year 4 science resource enables teachers to review learning following a topic on living things and their habitats in Lower Key Stage 2. It covers areas on the science curriculum including habitats, cold and warm blooded animals and classification trees.
The worksheet is split into sections that check children’s scientific vocabulary, understanding, and their ability to explain, predict and deduce what is happening in difference scientific scenarios.
This pack contains six SATs-style spelling tests – perfect for assessment at the end of each half term. Each test contains 20 questions and an answer sheet. A question overview grid indicates which spelling patterns are covered by each question so that you can see which spelling patterns need further support.
The spelling patterns covered on the Year 3 spelling test are:
Use more prefixes.
Add suffixes beginning with vowel letters to words of more than one syllable.
*Use the suffix -ly
Spell words with endings sounding like ‘zh’ and ‘ch’
Spell words with endings which sound like ‘zhun’ e.g. division, decision
Spell homophones
Spell words that are often misspelt (English Appendix 1)
Spell words containing the ‘i’ sound spelt ‘y’ elsewhere than at the end of words e.g. myth, gym
Spell words containing the ‘u’ sound spelt ‘ou’
Spell words with the ‘k’ sound spelt ‘ch’ e.g. scheme, school, echo
Spell words with the ‘sh’ sound spelt ‘ch’ e.g. chef, machine
Spell words with the ‘ay’ sound spelt ‘ei’, ‘eigh’ or ‘ey’ e.g. eight, they
The Wild West idioms in this pack are a fun and interactive way to practise reading inference skills. For example, if in the Wild West is ‘stringing a whizzer’ it means they’re telling a tall tale. Children can also enhance their writing by adding idioms or extra detail to stories which take place in historical settings.
The pack contains:
Wild West phrase cards – the cards are presented on separate pieces of paper so that they can be shared amongst pupils in a group. Children can discuss the meanings of these phrases out of context. Also included are larger versions of the idioms so that they can be used for display.
Wild West phrase definitions – these definition cards can be matched up to the Wild West idioms. These definitions are available in a small size for sharing at a table, and also in a larger size for display.
Wild West phrase answer sheet – this sheet presents the Wild West idioms with their definitions.
Wild West phrase sentence worksheets – children can read the idioms in context and then try to infer their meaning. Two worksheets using different Wild West phrases are included.
Not just classroom wallpaper!
This pack contains seven interactive posters illustrating different coordinating conjunctions. Each poster uses an amusing or interesting image accompanied by word balloons to explain a GPS concept.
Blank balloon templates and display resources enable you to use the children’s own ideas or to add to the existing examples.
This spelling Bingo resource pack is a fun way to support children in Year 5 and above in practising key spelling patterns. The game can be played as a class or in small groups.
Included in this pack are:
30 bingo cards each containing 16 words containing spelling patterns from Year 5 and Lower Key Stage 2.
1 tick-list to mark off the spelling patterns called out.
The spelling patterns covered in this pack include:
dis- prefix
mis- prefix
re- prefix
un- prefix
add suffixes beginning with vowel letters to words of more than one syllable
add the suffix -ly
words with endings sounding like ‘zh’ and ‘ch’
words with endings which sound like ‘zhun’
homophones and near homophones
words containing the ‘i’ sound spelt ‘y’ elsewhere than at the end of words
words containing the ‘u’ sound spelt ‘ou’
words with the ‘k’ sound spelt ‘ch’
words with the ‘sh’ sound spelt ‘ch’
words with the ‘ei’ sound spelt ‘ei’, ‘eigh’ or ‘ey’
in- prefix
im- prefix
il- prefix
ir- prefix
sub- prefix
inter- prefix
super- prefix
anti-prefix
auto- prefix
-ation suffix
add endings which sound like ‘shun’ spelt -tion, -sion, -ssion, -cian
words ending with the ‘g’ sound spelt ‘gue’ and the ‘k’ sound spelt -que
words with the ‘s’ sounds spelt ‘sc’
place the possessive apostrophe accurately in words with regular plurals and in words with irregular plurals
-ous suffix
word endings which sound like ‘shuss’ spelt -cious or -tious
word endings which sound like ‘shul’ spelt -cial or -tial
words ending in -ant, -ance/-ancy, -ent, -ence/ -ency
words ending in -able and -ible also -ably and -ibly
words containing the letter-string ‘ough’
words with ‘silent’ letters