A set of posters with 'tricks' to help them remember to how to spell: could, would and should, words containing 'ough and 'ight', believe, piece, because, does, people, separate, embarrass and friend. Suitable from year 3 onwards.

A PowerPoint presentation that explains how to use to, two and too. Interactive activity and worksheet. Suitable from year 3 onwards,

An interactive activity with follow on worksheets and lists.

A PowerPoint presentation in which each slide has a different question for groups of pupils to discuss. Questions include: 'If you were invisible for a day, what would you do?' and 'If you could change one of your family's rules, which would you change?' Suitable from year 3 onwards.

Idioms and their meanings.

Pupils use information books and/or dictionaries to match terms to definitions. Suitable from year 4 onwards.

Includes success criteria, adverts pupils can identify with, 'guess the slogan' activity and lesson ideas that lead pupil to creating an advert to persuade. Suitable from year 4 onwards.

Use to teach how to use speech marks.

Comprehension questions on the men's world records for long jump. Questions at three different levels with answer. Statistics for women's records too but no questions. Suitable for year 4 onwards. Goes nicely with INVESTIGATION: do children with longer legs jump further than children with shorter legs? also by joanneclarew

An eight page long PowerPoint presentation for shared reading. Suitable from year 4 onwards.

Suitable for shared reading at Christmas. Suitable from year 3 onwards.