These reading challenge mats 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 mat contains a brief extract from a classic text with a range of reading challenge questions focusing on the key reading skills of inference, information retrieval and the use of language. The classic texts in this pack are: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll Dracula by Bram Stoker The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle

These Year 5 and Year 6 worksheets, covering silent letters, 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 Y6 pupils and older SEN or EAL pupils. They can be used within lessons, as an assessment or as a homework task.

This grammar, punctuation and spelling review worksheet is an excellent way to revise and practise using expanded noun phrases in Year 4 English lessons. The resources are divided into five different types of activity, including writing challenges and GPS sample test questions for KS2.

This Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling review worksheet is an excellent way to revise and practise using the -er and -est suffixes in Year 2. The worksheets are divided into five different types of activity for KS1 pupils, including writing challenges and GPS sample test questions. Children will need to define the -er and -est suffixes using their own words, and there are images and challenges to prompt creative responses.

Inspire discussion and writing in your primary class with these six KS1 interactive display posters on zoo animals. 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: elephants giraffes lions camels rhinos hippos

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.

These Y2 spelling review worksheets, covering the ‘k’ sound spelt ‘que’, 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.

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.

These spelling review worksheets, covering the ‘s’ sound spelt ‘c’, 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 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 review worksheets provide an excellent way to test and practice words where the ‘r’ sound is spelt ‘wr’. 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 writing review worksheet is an excellent way to revise and practise using metaphors in KS2. It contains examples of metaphors and 5 different metaphor 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 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 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

Use these KS2 reading comprehension worksheets to teach your children about the explorer Marco Polo. The non-fiction fact sheet includes information on subjects such as The Silk Road, Polo’s life in Cathay and his eventual return to Italy. A set of comprehension questions are included, which tackle key reading skills such as inference and retrieval. This is a great resource for topics on famous lives and famous explorers.

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.

Use these KS2 comprehension worksheets to teach your children about the civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. The resource looks at his early life, speeches and the political climate in which he lived. The resource can be used as part of a guided reading session or as homework and includes comprehension questions covering the different reading skills of retrieval, inference and the use of vocabulary. This pack is also a great prompt for PSHE lessons where children can discuss issues of equality, fairness and how to make a change.

These Year 3 and Year 4 review worksheets, covering words ending in -cian, -sion, -ssion, or -tion, are an excellent way to revise and practise these spellings. 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 3 and Year 4 pupils and older SEN or EAL pupils. They can be used within lessons, as an assessment or as a homework task.

These review worksheets for Years 3 and 4, covering words spelt with ‘ei’, ‘ey’ or ‘eigh’, are an excellent way to revise and practise these spellings. 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 3 and Year 4 pupils and older SEN or EAL pupils. They can be used within lessons, as an assessment or as a homework task.

These review worksheets for Years 5 and 6 provide an excellent way to practise spelling words with the -cial or -tial suffix. 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.