16 cards with iconic NZ landmarks / places. 16 cards displaying the regions of NZ. All cards have a reverse card design. A3 poster map of NZ included, showing the different regions. Students are to match the regions and landmarks on the NZ map.

12 worksheets focusing on prepositions, adverbs and conjunctions. These are designed to be quick, fun activities for your students whilst reinforcing their parts of speech knowledge.

21 flashcards displaying a verb at the top of the card. Students are to complete the sentence by replacing the ellipsis with the correct continuous tense verb. E.g. lurks becomes ‘is lurking’ A good exercise for expanding vocabulary as well as reinforcing present continuous tense rules.

60 sheets (120 altogether) of CVC words. The vowels are in place, students have to fill in the consonant letters either side. Each vowel set is colour co-ordinated.

30 colourful cards to help your students use (and spell) prepositions. Dinosaur themed. PDF file.

8 worksheets (PDF file) focusing on the classic confusing words / homophones. Answers included. Students have to match the words contained in the word bank at the top of the page into the boxes below.

18 pages in this PDF file. Used as a fun general knowledge of the world activity. Students read the postcard messages and based on the clues, match the written side of the postcard to the picture postcards. 7 written postcards, 7 picture postcards. 3 additional templates. One blank for students to design their own picture postcard; one with a written scaffold to help students write their own postcard ‘letter’ and one without written instructions but still has the lines in place for students to write on. This is a fun activity to introduce students to informal letter writing skills.

6 worksheets in this PDF file. Students have to match the picture to the short description given. Sheet 2: additional Greek god match up Sheet 3: Monster / creature match up Sheet 4: Women of the Greek myths Sheets 5: Match the monster to the conquering hero Sheet 6: Roman gods. Exactly the same as the Greek one except names have been interchanged. Ideal research or revision task for students who are studying the Greek myths and legends.

This resource is ideal if you are wanting your students to focus on language techniques or devices in poetry. John Parker’s Mr. Swash poem is easily accessible for younger students with obvious language techniques, particularly onomatopoeia, alliteration and repetition. The second page is designed to be an extension task for students as it asks them to explain structural techniques. Answers included.

8 worksheets on beginning blends by breaking down 4 letter words into sounds. This pack is designed to help students with their spelling skills. Students have to underline the correct letter that spells the item in the picture. Students then write the complete word at the end of the line. This is an excellent resource to help students with dyslexia.

31 questions designed to help students create a response to texts. Can be used as group discussion prompts or as sentence starters for a written response. I have colour-coded the cards into the following areas: Understanding the Text Perspectives Personal Opinion A different perspective Evaluating the Text Beyond the Text

4 page handout for students instructing them on designing a persuasive leaflet using specific language / techniques. The handout presumes the students are familiar with the persuasive and rhetorical devices used in advertising. This resource has been designed as an activity for students to show their understanding of these techniques. An example of a commentary is included that shows the students how to explain one layout feature and one persuasive or rhetorical feature and it’s intended effect on the audience.

A simple creative writing task that asks the students to focus on describing an action scene or situation. Bullet points help students understand what to include in their writing, whilst reminding them that a huge back story is not required for this specific task. Image prompt included.

13 worksheets designed to develop spelling skills. This resource complements the beginning blends worksheet pack also available. Students have to underline the correct letter in each box in order to spell the word, then write it in full on the line at the end. This is an excellent resource to help students with dyslexia.

20 worksheet pack that is designed to be an engaging activity for students whilst reinforcing word class / parts of speech knowledge. Worksheets include: Prepositions Collective nouns Possessive nouns Pronouns Abstract nouns Concrete nouns Co-ordinating conjunctions Sub-ordinating conjunctions Auxiliary verbs Interjections

29 cards that help scaffold your pupil’s learning of simple present tense. At the farm theme, 14 cards have the verb in brackets to help the students. They simply have to add an ‘s’. The remaining cards require the students to think of the verb required. Answer cards are included.

56 flashcards (28 pairs) displaying basic sentences using a prepositions. Students look at the picture of the and fill in the spaces within the sentences. Differentiated resource as the first card contains only the preposition that needs to be filled in. The second card contains the same picture but the preposition and the remainder of the sentence needs to be filled in. Answer sheet included. Ideal for helping students understand what a preposition is and basic sentence structure.

3 posters displaying Beginning Blends The first poster is a display page only (advert is only on a duplicate of the first poster you will download as a PDF. The posters are free of this display. General objects = Poster 1 Food = Poster 2 Animals = Poster 3

15 worksheets on Henry Slesar’s short story ‘Examination Day’. Ideal for ‘Do Now’ starter activities. PDF file Includes: Discussion questions Close language analysis Character presentations

10 worksheets focusing on Edmund and Edgar in King Lear. A copy of their first soliloquies, literary techniques treasure hunt, connecting the characters to themes and concepts in the play. Comparison chart of the brothers’ qualities. Ideal for ‘Do Now’ starter activities.