These bright and engaging worksheets encourage children to revise and practise the standard features needed when writing limericks. The sheets offer five different challenges, under the headings understand, explain, challenge, test and apply. These can be completed during a single lesson, spread over a number of sessions, or used for homework. The questions encourage creative responses as well as revision, and use interesting images to spark children’s imaginations.

Determiner meaning A determiner is a word which introduces a noun. It goes before the noun and provides further detail. The resource This bright, appealing PDF grammar worksheet is an excellent way to practise and revise using determiners in year 4. This primary resource is divided into five sections: Understand Choose the correct determiner to finish each sentence; insert determiners to complete each sentence; write three sentences using one determiner from each column. Challenge Look at the pictures and write a sentence about each one, trying to use a different determiner each time. Test Circle the determiners; identify the correct position for determiners; tick sentences that include determiners. Explain Using your own words, explain what a determiner is, using examples. Give an example of how a determiner can change the meaning of a sentence. Apply Imagine that you are walking along a beach when you find a message in a bottle. Who wrote it? What does the message say? What did you do? Write a short story about your discovery. Use a range of determiners in your story. Choose ones which emphasise parts of the text. The 15-minute challenge features activities that include SATs-style questions and opportunities for creative writing responses, with eye-catching images as prompts. National Curriculum English programme of study links: Children will learn to use expanded noun phrases to convey complicated information concisely in a manner appropriate to the context.

This set of worksheets allows KS2 children to explore more ambitious vocabulary for their own writing. Each task - understand, explain, challenge, test, apply - explores how choosing more powerful synonyms for everyday verbs can change the meaning of a sentence, and give writing more impact. Perfect for home learning, as an exercise before an independent writing task, and as a way to challenge more able learners in lower year groups, the worksheets are bright and engaging, using eye-catching images to fire children’s imaginations, and giving them the opportunity to apply their knowledge in creative writing activities.

This pack contains 11 interactive posters to inspire more effective writing from children in Years 3, 4, 5 and 6. Each features an everyday (‘boring’) verb, or verb phrase, surrounded by more powerful synonyms, illustrated with eye-catching images. There are two versions of each poster - labelled and unlabelled - as well as pupil worksheets so children can come up with their own synonyms and find, or draw, illustrations for them.

This KS2 grammar resources features a wide range of sentences using adverbial phrases for connection, which children in Year 3 and 4 can use as models for their own writing. Because they are not all fronted adverbials, the sentences will be useful for children in Year 5 and 6, too. The sentences are available in two versions: For the table – pupil reference sheets show all of the model sentences on 2 mats which can be kept on tables and referred to during lessons. Additional versions are provided which separate the sentences into easily trimmable columns. This enables you to provide a pupil with a smaller group of phrases at a time. For display – the sentences are presented at a larger size so they can be used as part of a wall display. Also included are: Adverbial phrases worksheets x 3 - these contain different sentences that are missing words or phrases, for children to complete Adverbial phrases set - the words and phrases can be cut out individually, then sorted into different categories using the grid provided Adverbial phrases grid - children can use this to classify and sort different types of adverbial phrases

A KS2 non-fiction text on the Artemis space programme, which aims to use the Moon as a stepping stone on the journey to send astronauts to the planet Mars. This can be used as part of a guided reading session or as homework. Also included are 14 comprehension questions covering the different reading skills of data retrieval, inference and the use of vocabulary.

Revise Year 6 grammar terms using this fun and challenging tarsia game - perfect for home learning or classroom use! A tarsia is a simple jigsaw puzzle, in which small equilateral triangles fit together to form one, giant triangle. Here, children need to match grammatical terms with model sentences to complete three separate puzzles. Templates are also included to allow children to come up with their own model sentences, and create new grammar puzzles for their classmates.

This classic texts challenge pack provides a quick burst of comprehension practice - ideal for morning work, a short reading session or even sparking an interest in a classic text. Each challenge includes a brief extract from a classic text with a range of reading challenge questions focusing on the key skills of inference, information retrieval and vocabulary use. The classic texts in this pack are: The Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum Five Children and It, by E. Nesbit The Wind in the Willows, by Kenneth Graham

Each challenge includes a brief extract from a classic text with a range of reading challenge questions focusing on the key skills of inference, information retrieval and vocabulary use. The classic texts in this pack are: The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling The Railway Children by E. Nesbit Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting

This classic texts challenge pack provides a quick burst of comprehension practice - ideal for morning work, a short reading session or even sparking an interest in a classic text. Each challenge includes a brief extract from a classic text with a range of reading challenge questions focusing on the key skills of inference, information retrieval and vocabulary use. The classic texts in this pack are: The stories included are: Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens The War of the Worlds, by H.G. Wells

This KS2 lesson plan uses The Balaclava Story by George Layton to support the teaching of story structures and plans, as well as enhancing children’s skill at analysing texts, retrieval and inference. The pack includes a lesson plan, planning grids, supporting images and unfamiliar vocabulary cards for sorting and display. You will need a copy of The Fib, by George Layton - a collection of short stories of which The Balaclava Story is the first.

Enhance your KS2 classroom displays with this set of 14 colourful posters based around Year 3 spelling patterns. Each poster shows the spelling pattern surrounded by 8 eye-catching images illustrating words that use that pattern. As well as the completed posters, the pack includes: posters where the example illustrations aren’t labelled, so children can be challenged to identify the missing words; posters showing the spelling pattern only, so children can add their own example words and pictures; individual elements of the posters, which can be cut out and assembled as part of any larger wall display, and added to by the children.

These worksheets, covering the ‘s’ sound spelt ‘sc’, are an excellent way for children in Years 3 and 4 to revise and practise these spelling patterns. The worksheets include five different activities in which children look at spelling patterns, identify misspelt words and apply their spellings in context. They can be used within lessons, as an assessment or as a homework task.

This Year 2 spelling revision pack contains 25 worksheets, each covering a different Key Stage 1 spelling pattern. Once children have found all the hidden words in the grid, they should then identify the common spelling pattern. Two versions of each sheet are included - one with the list of words that children need to find, and one without. Answer sheets for all the word searches are also included.

This spelling Bingo game is a fun way to support children in Year 4 and above to practise and master key spelling patterns. The game can be played as a class or in small groups.

There are six different word searches in this pack. One version provides a list of the words pupils are looking for, while in a more challenging version children have to find the words without guidance. They are also asked to identify the spelling patterns. A second worksheet features activities to help children explore the spelling patterns and vocabulary further, and in different contexts.

This spelling Bingo game is a fun way to support children in Year 6 to practise and master key spelling patterns. The game can be played as a class or in small groups.

These biography posters list key facts about famous civil rights activists, and are perfect for inspiring writing activities in your KS2 classroom - especially biographical recounts. Influential figures from history and the present who feature in the set include: Harriet Tubman Malala Yousafzai Martin Luther King Jr. Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi Nelson Mandela Rosa Parks

This powerful KS2 grammar resources pack provides everything you need to teach a series of five lessons on fronted adverbials, culminating in an extended writing task where children can use their grammatical understanding in context.

This powerful KS2 grammar resources pack provides everything you need to teach a series of five lessons on prepositional phrases, culminating in an extended writing task where children can use their grammatical understanding in context.