A desktop 'mat' for pupils to use to check punctuation and some aspects of grammar. Suitable from year 3 onwards.

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 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.

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.

Worksheets that teach pupils how to use apostrophes to replace missing letters.

Use to teach how to use speech marks.

An interactive activity with follow on worksheets and lists.