These Y2 spelling review worksheets provide an excellent way to test and practice words where the long ‘i’ sound is spelt ‘y’. The worksheets include 5 different activities in which children look at spelling patterns, identify misspelt words and apply their spellings in context. The worksheets are suitable for Year 2 and older SEN or EAL pupils. They can be used within lessons, as an assessment or as a homework task.

This pack contains posters and cards illustrating 19 different prepositions to support activities in KS2 GPS lessons. There are two versions of each poster: Labelled – each image is accompanied with the preposition it is illustrating. Unlabelled – the pictures appear without text. Children can then be challenged to identify the preposition each poster represents There are four sizes of each poster: Table use – these cards can be used at a table to support writing. Completed poster – these SPaG posters can go straight onto your classroom wall. The image is accompanied by a label. Blank poster – the posters here are blank and ready for your class to add their own text in the speech bubbles provided. These can then be arranged around the poster. Giant poster – a large version of the blank poster. This can be printed off in four parts and assembled to create a larger display. Blank speech bubbles are also included in the pack.

This lower KS2 grammar resource provides everything you need to teach five 15-minute lessons on the present perfect tense. As well as learning how to identify the present perfect tense, children are challenged to come up with creative responses in their writing to this area of grammar, with colourful images included to help inspire their work. The five SPaG lessons are designed to be taught across one week. Alternately, you may wish to teach the sessions in larger chunks, spread over a longer period of time or intersperse them with different grammar, punctuation and spelling lessons. The resources included in this pack are: PowerPoint Present perfect tense worksheets Image cards Writing plan Upleveling sentences worksheet

This KS2 grammar resource provides everything you need to teach five 15-minute lessons on subordinating conjunctions. As well as learning how to break down and indentify the different parts of a sentence, children are challenged to come up with creative responses in their writing to this area of grammar, with colourful images included to help inspire their work. The five SPaG lessons are designed to be taught across one week. Alternately, you may wish to teach the sessions in larger chunks, spread over a longer period of time or intersperse them with different grammar, punctuation and spelling lessons. The resources included in this pack are: PowerPoint Subordinating conjunction worksheets Clause cards Writing plan Uplevelling sentences worksheet

This KS2 grammar resource provides everything you need to teach five 15-minute lessons on coordinating conjunctions. As well as learning how to join clauses with coordinating conjunctions, children are challenged to come up with creative responses in their writing to this area of grammar, with colourful images included to help inspire their work. The five SPaG lessons are designed to be taught across one week. Alternately, you may wish to teach the sessions in larger chunks, spread over a longer period of time or intersperse them with different grammar, punctuation and spelling lessons. The resources included in this pack are: PowerPoint Coordinating conjunctions worksheets Clause cards Writing plan Uplevelling sentences worksheets

Enhance your KS2 classroom displays with this set of 28 posters, each of which shows synonyms for common words, accompanied by an eye-catching image, encouraging children to choose more ambitious vocabulary for their own writing. The common words covered in this pack, with the ‘instead of… use…’ message, are: *said (for nine different moods) *walk (for five different moods) *big *small *funny *nice *happy *sad *good *great *bad *scary *pretty *ugly *smart *old

This KS2 grammar resource provides everything you need to teach five 15-minute lessons on expanded noun phrases. As well as learning how to identify and construct expanded noun phrases, children are challenged to come up with creative responses in their writing to this area of grammar, with colourful images included to help inspire their work. The five SPaG lessons are designed to be taught across one week. Alternately, you may wish to teach the sessions in larger chunks, spread over a longer period of time or intersperse them with different grammar, punctuation and spelling lessons. The resources included in this pack are: PowerPoint Expanded noun phrase worksheets Noun cards Upleveling sentences worksheets

This synonym card pack helps children to experiment with using different synonyms to make their writing more interesting. There are 14 sets of 8 synonym cards in this pack, and two larger synonym groups for ‘walk’ and ‘said’. The synonyms can be cut out and given to children or groups of pupils. Each set of synonym cards is available in two sizes, and blank versions are also provided so that children can add their own synonyms to grow a group. The synonym ladders included in this pack can be used to group the synonyms according to intensity, with the loudest, largest or more intense version of that synonym at the top of the scale.

Use this KS2 grammar game to help children learn how to use and create similies in their writing. The pack contains sentence cards which are designed to support children in creating similes. They have been divided into two sections: blue and yellow. The blue section contains the start of similes where a comparison is set up. The yellow section contains examples of similes where the comparison is made. Children can explore and match up the different sets to experiment with the effect.

This KS2 grammar resource provides everything you need to teach five 15-minute lessons on punctuating direct speech. As well as learning about punctuating direct speech, children are challenged to come up with creative responses in their writing to this area of grammar, with colourful images included to help inspire their work. The five SPaG lessons are designed to be taught across one week. Alternately, you may wish to teach the sessions in larger chunks, spread over a longer period of time or intersperse them with different grammar, punctuation and spelling lessons. The resources included in this pack are: Teacher notes PowerPoint Punctuating direct speech challenge worksheet Reporting clause cards Writing plan Upleveling writing sheet Jack and the Beanstalk story sheet

42 different idioms (a piece of cake, open a can of worms) are presented with exciting and arresting images. The idioms and their meanings are also provided on separate cards, so children can be challenged to match each idiom to its definition, which makes for a great group work activity in KS2 English lessons. Also included are completed idiom cards that can be used for classroom display.

This Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling review worksheet is an excellent way to revise and practise using questions in Year 2. The worksheets are divided into five different types of activity, including writing challenges and GPS sample test questions. Children will need to investigate and define different uses of questions, and there are images to prompt creative written responses.

Teach children how to write amazing science fiction stories with this KS2 text types resource pack. There are sheets to help pupils plan against success criteria, instructions on the ingredients of science fiction tales, two detailed model texts and a story planner to help children structure their stories. The four sections to the resource are: A sci-fi text writing prompt mat Inspiring images to help children build a convincing sci-fi world A sci-fi text writing plan Two example sci-fi texts

Use these KS2 comprehension worksheets to learn about the history of the Mary Celeste. This non-fiction text tells the story of the ship from its first voyage under the name of the ‘Amazon’ through to its ill fated end. A set of comprehension questions are included, which tackle key reading skills such as inference and retrieval. This pack is also a great prompt for writing scary stories.

Use these KS2 reading comprehension worksheets to teach your children about the civil rights activist Nelson Mandela. The text covers Mandela’s early life as a lawyer, the introduction of apartheid and Mandela’s imprisonment and release, before his election as president. A set of comprehension questions are included, which tackle key reading skills such as inference and retrieval. This is a great resource for topics of famous lives, key historical figures and Black History Month.

Use these KS2 reading comprehension worksheets to teach your children about the Abominable Snowman. The text covers sighting and photographs, related geography and famous explorers who claim to have seen evidence of its existence. A set of comprehension questions are included, which tackle key reading skills such as inference and retrieval. This pack is also a great prompt for writing scary stories.

This KS2 story writing inspiration pack will help children develop quality writing around a science fiction theme. The image prompts in this pack will give pupils lots of ideas to work with and details that will make their stories and characters come alive. There are also some short example texts to help them on their way. The pictures in this pack are grouped into sets, allowing the children to describe characters, settings and objects in detail. The resources include: A pupil planning booklet with images and space for text Planning sheets where children can develop characters, settings and objects for their stories Images to use as posters

The images in this pack are designed to support children in developing their inference skills. Children can practise making inferences based on the visual clues in the pictures provided, and using evidence to support their answers. This pack contains: PowerPoint The powerPoint models how to construct inferences from an image and use evidence to support these. Inference Question cards Children can be provided with cards as individuals, or they can be shared in groups, in order to prompt discussion. Inference Recording sheets These sheets include an image from which children must draw inferences. Space is included for children to include their inferences, and the evidence they have to support these. A space at the top is available for children to add a title for their image. Inference images Each of the inference images is available as a poster. These can be placed on display or shared with groups of children during reading discussions.

This KS2 historical settings inspiration pack will help children develop quality writing around a Victorian theme. In order for children to write stories set in a particular period of history, they need to be able to know enough about the setting to distinguish it from life in their own time. The image prompts in this pack will give pupils lots of ideas to work with and details that will make their stories and characters come alive. There are also some short example texts to help them on their way. The pictures in this pack are grouped into sets, allowing the children to describe characters, settings and objects in detail. The resources include: A pupil planning booklet with images and space for text Planning sheets where children can develop characters, settings and objects for their stories Images to use as posters

This teaching resource is a great support for reading, analysing and writing Greek legends in KS2. It contains fact sheets on: The major Greek gods Mythical creatures Settings in Greek mythology Magical artefacts"