A good worksheet to use when you want students to focus on specific vocabulary related a fiction book they are reading. A versatile and fun challenge. 1 worksheet. Fully editable. Age: 6+ (depending on ability).

Activity: Make the word fan then choose an appropriate verb to complete each sentence. 18 sentences in total. Ideal for 5 - 9 years. 6 pages. Fully editable.

A very popular game to use! The game is called, ‘WHAT AM I?’ You can link this game with ANY topic, e.g. rainforest animals, toys, family members, rooms in a house etc. Just describe what it is you want to describe on 1 card and draw and label what it is you are describing on the other. The example shown is a parrot. You can use the cards in many ways. Here are 2 examples: Stick the answer card on the back of the description card and make a complete set of topic cards. How to play: Deal the cards. Take it in turns to read the description on the card shown to you. If you guess correctly, keep the card. If you guess incorrectly, you don’t get the card. The winner is the person who wins all the cards. Arrange the description cards on 1 side of a table and the answer cards on the other side. Match them up. I’ve attached a complete set of 10 ‘What am I?’ cards to print out and use. If you want a bigger set of cards, just print off a few more. The card template is fully editable so you can design them on a computer and print them off when you’re finished … this makes them look VERY professional. Your class will love this. They might even become more popular than TOP TRUMPS.

Ask your children to write a story about being shipwrecked. This activity could be linked to the story of ‘Kensuke’s Kingdom’, an island topic, feeling isolated and alone OR just taught as a discrete lesson. Attached is a helpful planning guide and template. The planning guide contains questions to consider, the layout of the story and some useful vocabulary. Fully editable and designed to make writing appealing to a younger audience. 2 pages. 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 PowerPoint stating features of writing. Slides 3 to 9: Deeper Features. Slides 10 to 13: Surface Features. Fully editable.

A fully editable and effective booklet to follow when teaching WRITING TO EXPLAIN. Page 1: Easy things for children to explain. Page 2: More tricky things for children to explain. Page 3: Writing to explain - writing guide/format to follow. Page 4: Writing to explain - writing frame (to complete).

Title of text: A Noise in the Night A great text to use if you are teaching speech marks. Fully editable.

2 slides. 8 target statements to check. Fully editable.

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

A 3-page homophones activity booklet. Suitable for 5 - 7 years. Fully editable.

A 3-page booklet to help children learn and practice the rules for adding er and est. Simple to follow and fully editable. Ideal for 7+

Speech bubbles (large and small) to cut out and use in lessons. 5 pages. Fully editable.

A useful booklet to practise note taking skills. 4 pages. Fully editable.

20 sentences to complete using the correct preposition ‘on’ phrase. All answers provided and fully editable. Ideal for 7+

qu words. Ideal for younger learners. 1 worksheet. Answers provided. Fully editable.

ng words. Ideal for younger learners. 1 worksheet. Answers provided. Fully editable.

Ideal for younger learners. 1 worksheet. Answers provided. Fully editable.

A great game to develop inference skills. 10 slides. Ideal age range: 8+ Fully editable. Instructions: One student will be chosen as ‘the guesser’. They will sit under the interactive whiteboard. The teacher will flash one word on the screen. Students in the audience will try to describe a time when they felt this way. They may NOT use the word on the screen! The guesser will try to guess the word on screen.

Do your student’s have difficulty using correct verb tenses in their speech and writing? This task will help you student’s practise saying and writing sentences correctly. Student Task: Record yourself saying 8 sentences. Each sentence must begin with a different sentence starter (listed on the worksheet). Choose your favourite 3 sentences, type them out and email them to … Very simple but effective. If you have a listening station (or more than 1) in school, record the children and play it back to them. Identify their mistakes and re-record. You can use a variety of recording devices - phone, iPad etc. 1 worksheet. Fully editable.