Inspire discussion and writing in your primary class with these six KS1 interactive display posters on pets. Each poster contains statistics and interesting facts about the animals. Additional bubbles are provided so that the children can add their own facts and expand the posters. The sheets include these animals: Dogs Cats Rabbits Fish Tortoises Hamsters

These Year 2 spelling review worksheets, covering ‘a’, ‘or’ and ‘ar’ sounds after ‘w’, are an excellent way to revise and practise these words. 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 pupils and older SEN or EAL pupils. They can be used within lessons, as an assessment or as a homework task.

This pack contains 8 interactive posters illustrating Year 2 spelling concepts. Each poster shows a spelling pattern surrounded by eight images. Each image illustrates a word that includes the same spelling pattern. There are two versions of each poster. Posters with text – the images on these posters are labelled with the word they are illustrating. Posters without text – the images on these posters are not labelled so that children can look at the pictures and try and identify the words they represent and the spelling pattern or patterns common to them all. There are also graphics for you to make your own posters, which can be cut out and arranged in different patterns on the classroom wall. The spelling rules illustrated in these posters are: ‘ff’, ‘ll’, ‘ss’, ‘zz’ and ‘c’ words -nk words Syllables -tch words Words that end in the ‘v’ sound Adding ‘s’ and ‘es’ to words Adding -ed, -ing and -er Adding -er and -est

These Year 5 and Year 6 review worksheets, covering ‘ough’ words, are an excellent way to revise and practise spelling. 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 5 and Year 6 pupils and older SEN or EAL pupils. They can be used within lessons, as an assessment or as a homework task.

This pack contains seven interactive posters illustrating Year 5 spelling concepts. Each poster shows a spelling pattern surrounded by eight images, each of which demonstrates a different spelling pattern. A version of the posters without text is also included, so that children can look at the pictures and add their own labels, once they have indentified the correct word. And there are posters without pictures or text which can be used as templates for pupils to develop their own spelling wall displays. The spelling rules illustrated in these posters are: word endings which sound like ‘shush’ spelt -cious or -tious word endings which sound like ‘shul’ spelt -cial or -tial words ending in -ant, -ance/-ancy, -ent, -ence/ -ency words ending in -able and -ible also -ably and -ibly words containing the letter-string ‘ough’ words with ‘silent’ letters Words with the /i:/ sound spelt ei after c

Use these KS2 reading comprehension worksheets to teach your children about the Loch Ness Monster. The text covers Scottish folklore, sighting, photographs and modern day interest. 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 spelling Bingo resource pack is a fun way to support children in Year 5 and above in practising key spelling patterns. The game can be played as a class or in small groups. Included in this pack are: 30 bingo cards, each containing 16 words containing spelling patterns from Year 2. 1 tick-list to mark off the spelling patterns called out. The spelling patterns covered in this pack include: ge and dge sound s sound spelt c before e, i and y n sound spelt kn or gn at the beginning of words r sound spelt wr l or el sound at the end of a word spelt -le l or el sound spelt el at the end of words The l or el sound spelt al at the end of words Words ending -il ai sound spelt y at the end of words Add -es to nouns and verbs ending in -y adding -ed, -ing, -er and -est to a root word ending in -y with a consonant before it Adding the endings – ing, –ed, –er, –est and –y to words ending in –e with a consonant before it Adding –ing, –ed, –er, –est and –y to words of one syllable ending in a single consonant letter after a single vowel letter The /ɔ:/ sound spelt a before l and ll The u sound spelt o The long e sound spelt –ey The /ɒ/ sound spelt a after w and qu The ur sound spelt or after w The /ɔ:/ sound spelt ar after w The zh sound spelt s The suffixes –ment, –ness, –ful , –less and –ly Contractions The possessive apostrophe (singular nouns) Words ending in –tion Homophones and near-homophones

This spelling Bingo resource pack is a fun way to support children in Year 3 and above in practising key spelling patterns. The game can be played as a class or in small groups. Included in this pack are: 30 bingo cards each containing 9 words containing a Year 3 spelling pattern. 1 tick-list to mark off the spelling patterns called out. The spelling patterns covered in this pack include: dis- prefix mis- prefix re- prefix un- prefix Add suffixes beginning with vowel letters to words of more than one syllable. Add the suffix -ly Words with endings sounding like ‘zh’ and ‘ch’ Words with endings which sound like ‘zhun’ Homophones Words containing the ‘i’ sound spelt ‘y’ elsewhere than at the end of words Words containing the ‘u’ sound spelt ‘ou’ Words with the ‘k’ sound spelt ‘ch’ Words with the ‘sh’ sound spelt ‘ch’ Words with the ‘sh’ sound spelt ‘ch’ Words with the ‘ay’ sound spelt ‘ei’, ‘eigh’ or ‘ey’

These spelling word worksheets provide a great way to practise and review the Year 5 and 6 words from the National Curriculum Spelling List. All of the Year 5 and 6 spelling words are covered across five challenging worksheets, each containing three different types of spelling check challenges, including anagrams and cryptic clues.

This writing review worksheet is an excellent way to revise and practise using assonance in KS2. It contains examples of assonance and 5 different assonance challenges which can be used during one lesson or spread over a number of teaching sessions. Questions encourage creative responses as well as revision, and include interesting images to stimulate ideas.

This writing review worksheet is an excellent way to revise and practise using idioms in KS2. It contains examples of idioms and 5 different idiom challenges which can be used during one lesson or spread over a number of teaching sessions. Questions encourage creative responses as well as revision, and include interesting images to stimulate ideas.

This pack contains a variety of Key Stage 1 spellings split into different spelling patterns. Children can be given sets of word cards and asked to discuss the common spelling patterns, before sorting the cards into groups. It’s a hands-on way to revise and improve pupils’ understanding of key spellings. The spelling patterns covered in the Year 2 spelling test are: ge and dge sound s sound spelt c before e, i and y n sound spelt kn or gn at the beginning of words r sound spelt wr l or el sound at the end of a word spelt -le l or el sound spelt el at the end of words The l or el sound spelt al at the end of words Words ending -il ai sound spelt y at the end of words Add -es to nouns and verbs ending in -y adding -ed, -ing, -er and -est to a root word ending in -y with a consonant before it Adding the endings – ing, –ed, –er, –est and –y to words ending in –e with a consonant before it Adding –ing, –ed, –er, –est and –y to words of one syllable ending in a single consonant letter after a single vowel letter The /ɔ:/ sound spelt a before l and ll The u sound spelt o The long e sound spelt –ey The /ɒ/ sound spelt a after w and qu The ur sound spelt or after w The /ɔ:/ sound spelt ar after w The zh sound spelt s The suffixes –ment, –ness, –ful , –less and –ly Contractions The possessive apostrophe (singular nouns) Words ending in –tion Homophones and near-homophones

This pack contains a variety of Upper Key Stage 2 spellings split into different spelling patterns. Children can be given sets of word cards and asked to discuss the common spelling patterns, before sorting the cards into groups. It’s a hands-on way to revise and improve pupils’ understanding of key spellings. The Spelling patterns covered in the year 5 spelling pack are: Spell word endings which sound like ‘shus’ spelt -cious or -tious Spell word endings which sound like ‘shul’ spelt -cial or -tial Spell words ending in -ant, -ance/-ancy, -ent, -ence/ -ency Spell words ending in -able and -ible also -ably and -ibly Spell words containing the letter-string ‘ough’ Spell some words with ‘silent’ letters Words with the /i:/ sound spelt ei after c

This Year 5 spelling patterns pack contains 10 spelling worksheets each related to a different KS2 spelling pattern. On each sheet, children need to search through a word grid and find hidden words. Once they have found all the words, should then identify the common spelling pattern. Two versions of each worksheet are available - one with the list of words that children need to find, and one without. Answer sheets for all the word searches are also included.

These KS2 reading comprehension worksheets include lots of information about Neil Armstrong and the Apollo moon missions, telling the story of Apollo 11 and other Apollo missions that came before and after. The resource can be used as part of a guided reading session or as homework. Also included are 12 comprehension questions covering the different reading skills of data retrieval, inference and the use of vocabulary.

Retell the story of Christmas using this bright and colourful sequencing cards resource for the primary classroom. The pack contains eight images which retell Mary and Joseph’s journey to Bethlehem and the birth of Jesus. Children can cut out the eight images, place them in sequence and write a description of each image underneath. There are two ways in which to use the images: As a worksheet: once completed, all of the images can be glued onto an A4 worksheet. As a display: an A4 version of each image is available, with the option to add text. These images can then be arranged to make a class or hall display.

These reading challenges provide a quick burst of comprehension practice, ideal for morning work, a short reading session or even sparking an interest in a classic text. Each section contains a classic poem by Robert Louis Stevenson, with a range of reading challenge questions focusing on the key reading skills of inference, information retrieval and the use of language. The poems included are: From a Railway Carriage My Shadow The Land of Story-Books

A pack designed to support teaching reading skills in preparation for the end of KS2 SATs reading test. It should be used in conjunction with the 2018 KS2 reading test materials. This pack contains: Lesson plans The pack is made up of three lessons. Each of these focuses on a different reading skill, and prepares children for the test by enabling them to gain confidence in these key areas. The children complete simple activities based on that skill before answering practice questions. Following a review of the question answers, the children can then complete the relevant questions on the past SATs paper. Lesson 1 – 2b – Retrieve and record information / identify key details from fiction and non-fiction. Lesson 2 – 2a – Give / explain the meaning of words in context. Lesson 3 – 2d – Make inferences from the text / explain and justify inferences with evidence from the text. Practice questions and additional resources are included for each lesson. PowerPoint A slideshow to support the teaching of the three reading lessons.

This KS2 reading comprehension resource tells the tale of how Robin Hood thwarted the Sheriff’s trap and won an archery competition, claiming the golden arrow. It can be used to test comprehension skills and as a model text for writing activities. The text is accompanied by 20 reading comprehension questions (with answers provided on a separate sheet). These questions target key comprehension skills such as retrieving information, making inferences and understanding unfamiliar vocabulary. A planning sheet is included to help children map out their own piece of writing inspired by the model text.

Not just classroom wallpaper! This pack contains seven interactive posters illustrating different coordinating conjunctions. Each poster uses an amusing or interesting image accompanied by word balloons to explain a GPS concept. Blank balloon templates and display resources enable you to use the children’s own ideas or to add to the existing examples.