Attached is an ideal writing assessment for Key Stage 2 or Key Stage 3 to complete at the beginning or end of year. Planning sheet and writing template provided. 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 simple template to use when planning your weekly English lessons. Fully editable.

Focus text: ‘The Iron Man’ (by Ted Hughes). 4 resources attached. The first resource is a simple 1-page storyboard divided into 5 chapters. Students need to summarise each chapter by writing a sentence and drawing a picture. Ideal for younger learners. The second resource is a 12-page booklet that summarises the story in 24 small sections of text. Great for creating play scripts, acting out, group work, sequencing or just illustrating. The third resource is a 6-page Iron Man booklet - similar to resource number 1 but in booklet form. The final set of resources are 5 worksheets (1 for each chapter) for your student’s to write their own summary (and picture). Ideal to use when reading this wonderful story with your class. All resources are fully editable.

Focus text: ‘The Iron Man’ (by Ted Hughes). 4 resources attached. The first resource is a simple 1-page storyboard divided into 5 chapters. Students need to summarise each chapter by writing a sentence and drawing a picture. Ideal for younger learners. The second resource is a 12-page booklet that summarises the story in 24 small sections of text. Great for creating play scripts, acting out, group work, sequencing or just illustrating. The third resource is a 6-page Iron Man booklet - similar to resource number 1 but in booklet form. The final set of resources are 5 worksheets (1 for each chapter) for your student’s to write their own summary (and picture). Ideal to use when reading this wonderful story with your class. All resources are fully editable.

Title: Hostile Territory Plot: You are in the US special forces and you have been given a dangerous mission to complete. Sentence starter: ‘Okay lads, we’re flying over the drop zone now … move into position!’ Planning and writing template attached. 7+ Fully editable.

A fully editable reading certificate. Just add the child’s name and print off.

A consonant blends mat to refer to when identifying consonant blends in words. I normally print this onto A3 and get the children to add words and pictures as they learn the blends. There is a crab and milk carton on the sheet to show the children 2 examples. Fully editable and ready to go.

*** i_e words ** Ideal for younger learners 1 worksheet Answers provided Fully editable

This bundle of 6 resources includes: A PowerPoint showing examples of what it means to explain. An explanation rubric. A ‘What is it?’ activity. A writing to explain 4-page activity booklet. A Cause and Effect PowerPoint. A 36-slide PowerPoint containing the following information: What are explanation texts? Identifying the subject in an explanation text. 6 Explanation texts: 1. Water pollution 2. The production of paper 3. Health and Beauty 4. How do volcanoes erupt? 5. What would happen if humans didn’t have bones? 6. What do muscles do? Layout of an explanation text Cause and effect – connectives, examples and activities. More explanation activities

Food Hygiene - PowerPoint A succinct but clear presentation about food hygiene. 10 slides. Good to use as a non fiction text for a one-off English lesson … also can be linked to healthy eating. Fully editable.

22 slides. Examples of subjects, verbs, active and passive sentences. The final 2 slides contain pairs of active and passive sentences. The children have to choose one pair of sentences, copy them down and explain why one is active and the other is passive. Fully editable.

Attached are a variety of slide shows for teaching CVC words to Early Years. 7 slide shows. Slide Show 1 = 7 slides Slide show 2 = 7 slides Slide show 3 = 28 slides Slide show 4 = 7 slides Slide show 5 = 11 slides Slide show 6 = 7 slides Slide show 7 = 5 slides

Can your student’s spot the spelling and punctuation errors in this Roman army passage? 8 spelling mistakes and 12 punctuation errors to find. Answers provided and fully editable. 2 pages in total.

An excellent PowerPoint to refer to when introducing and teaching pre-cursive handwriting. 14 slides. . CONTENTS: Slide 3: Holding your pencil correctly Slide 4: The 5 pre-cursive stages Slide 5: The 5 pre-cursive stages (to stick in books) Slide 6: Bookmarks showing the pre-cursive letters Slide 8: Stage 1 Pre-Cursive Letters Slide 9: Stage 2 Pre-Cursive Letters Slide 10: Stage 3 Pre-Cursive Letters Slide 11: Stage 4 Pre-Cursive Letters Slide 12: Stage 5 Pre-Cursive Letters . 5 ‘Practice’ worksheets (one for each pre-cursive handwriting stage) included.

Adjectives and Nouns Worksheet Students must write an appropriate adjective and noun in the table provided. Extension activity provided at the bottom of the worksheet. Fully editable.

Attached is a 17-slide Acrostic Poetry PowerPoint with 4 integrated activities and worksheets. 1 week of learning and activities. Ideal for 6+ (depending on ability). All resources are fully editable. The PowerPoint covers the following 6 areas: What is a poem? What is an Acrostic poem? Acrostic poem about you. Acrostic poem about school. Acrostic animal alliteration poem. Acrostic weather rhyming poem.

5 Story Planning Sheets attached. Suitable and adaptable for all ages. Fully editable.

** 3 - 4 week plan (Word and PDF). ** Huge PowerPoint presentation with integrated activities! ** This unit of work covers: character profiles, settings, vocabulary work, play scripts, treasure maps, story plans, writing frames and a writing assessment. ** Fully editable.

Similes and Metaphors Activity. Task One: Copy out the sentences and state whether the sentence is an example of a metaphor or simile. Task Two: Make up similes by finishing off the sentences. 7 - 11 years. Fully editable.