Differentiated worksheets to compare and contrast different fairy tales - which features are the same and which are different?- Picking out new language to magpie. A good guided reading activity and feeds into the unit of work on fairy tales. Editable resources. Ideal for KS1 or lower KS2.

Ideal for KS 1/2 choose an appropriate time connective to make sense of sentences.

A humorous assembly that focuses on how schools and teaching have changed since 1960. A play-script that takes you on a journey through the decades up to modern day. Full of modern day historical facts. Suitable for KS 1/2 children An eight-page script on Microsoft word Approximately 10 - 15 minutes’ long Successfully tried and tested Cross curricula –, drama, speaking and listening, history, English.

60 questions on the text ‘The Butterfly Lion’ by Micheal Morpurgo. A selection of question types for each chapter. Covers inference, literal retrieval, evaluation, language and prediction questions. Suitable for KS 2 7 pages of questions written on Microsoft word. Suitable for guided reading sessions or English reading assessments.

Exactly what are the three main sentence structures? How can you tell which is which? Where do I include commas? This Presentation should help you to answer these questions with more confidence. A PowerPoint to explain the features of the three main sentence structures - simple, compound and complex. Ideal as a teaching tool for Key Stage 2 children or as a presentation to parents or staff as part of an English workshop.

8 various story openers covering the different genres. Tasks linked to the openers for children to complete in guided work or independently. Ideal for KS 2 children. Microsoft Word Document Focus on language and sentence effects.

7 Moral dilemmas to discuss in pairs or groups with prompt card. Problems that relate to everyday life for many children from bullying to temptations. An activity that encourages children and young people to consider their moral compass and make decisions based on consequences and what is right and wrong. A Microsoft Word document that can be easily edited. Ideal for upper KS 2 and 3 children.

This large time saving resource is ideal for lower key stage 2 children. It contains a very comprehensive PowerPoint presentation that takes the teacher through the lesson in place of a guided reading plan. There are twenty five sessions around 40 minutes each with starters, whole class tasks and independent differentiated activities for children to complete. The questions are linked to all the reading skills - inference, retrieval, prediction, comparison, langage in context and summary etc… There are five comprehension tasks throughout the book that reflect test style questions such as multiply choice. All the lessons have been tried and tested and work well. The tasks are ready to print off and use, you just need copies of the text The Worst Witch by Jill Murphy.

A play-script on the nativity story. Written in rhyming prose. Suggestions for traditional carols. A simple but effective way to tell the Christmas story. Suitable for KS 1/2 3-page script on Microsoft word. Approximately 10 – 15 minutes’ long. Links to RE, Poetry, English, Drama, Music.

A comical play-script ideal for end of year performances or drama club shows. A granddad reads his grandson his favourite story book ‘The Truth About Fairy Tales’ and they embark on an adventure into the Kingdom of Once Upon a Time. Visit the world of fairy tales, not as you quite remember them. This is an extended script of 15 pages on Microsoft word. It includes 6 additional pages on suggestions for music, dance, props and costumes. Tried and tested with great success. Ideal for KS1/2/3 children Approximately 1 hour in length plus interval Links to Drama, Speaking and listening and English

A first person account of the death of ‘The Highwayman’ from a solider’s perspective with tasks attached. Directly linked to the narrative poem ‘The Highwayman’ by Alfred Noyes. A modelled example of how to write of the events in the poem from a different viewpoint. Ideal as an example text for teacher exposition. Suitable for a guided reading text. Writing and reading tasks attached. Aimed at KS 2/ 3 children. A Microsoft Word Document.

A PowerPoint presentation on the various word classes - nouns, verbs, adverbs, adjectives, prepositions, pronouns, conjunctions and determiners. Ideal for KS1 and 2. Includes activities and a Quiz on word classes. The slides could be printed as a visual display. Two work sheets on Microsoft word differentiated on word classes. A lesson plan to help teach the activities. A set of large words to organise into a sentence.

A poem about the body and what it can do with a comprehension sheet. Ten questions largely focused on retrieval and language with a range of formats e.g. true or false, circling the correct options or ticking boxes etc… This resource links to the human body in science and ‘All About Me’ topic. Answer sheet provided. Ideal for KS1 or lower KS2 children.

A complete guided reading lesson with a PowerPoint presentation focusing on teaching language skills - exploring unfamiliar words and working out the meaning using known root (base) words and vocabulary in context. Shared activities to complete as you work through the PowerPoint. An original poem on pirates with historical accuracy to link to topic work suitable for KS1 or lower KS2. A differentiated comprehension on the poetry text with a range of question types covering many assessment focuses- retrieval , structure, language, inference and opinion. Answer sheets provided.

A worksheet with four different activities on identifying common homophones. Activity one - to find pairs of homophones. Activity two - to circle the correct spelling option in sentences. Activity three - to work out the missing homophones by solving the sentence clues. Activity four - to think of your own sentence clues for some common homophones. The sheets are editable. A suitable resource for Year 2, 3 and 4.

A complete unit of work for up to 4 weeks. Ideal for KS1 but also applicable to lower KS2. Covers a range of objectives including guided reading and SPaG skills. Focuses on the theme of fairy tales. Editable resources. A plan with 24 lesson ideas covering speaking and listening, reading skills and grammar and punctuation and writing objectives. An original poem focusing on the long vowel phoneme ‘e’ called ‘A Troll down the Street Called Pete.’ A differentiated expanded noun phrases work sheet with 3 activities. Differentiated worksheets on the long vowel phoneme ‘e’ detectives. Sequence the story differentiated worksheets on the fairy tale version of the poem and The Three Little Pigs. A factual description of trolls and where they originate from with new language. Three comprehensions with a variety of question types covering the key skills retrieval, inference, language and comparison. Answer sheets included. A role on the wall worksheet for a troll. A similes worksheet with three differentiated activities linking to the poem. A letter writing template for Pete the Troll. A worksheet on drawing and labelling the setting. A worksheet on bringing the characters to life with speech and thought bubbles. A differentiated character description template.

A planning sheet for a poem with a poster on key features of poetry and a writing template for ‘My Own Poem’. All editable resources. Ideal for KS1 or lower KS2.

A worksheet on testing a range of different materials for strength, absorbency, flexibility etc… in a table format. A worksheet on testing types of paper in a table format. A set of challenge cards to investigate uses of materials. All editable resources. Suitable for KS1 or lower KS2.

Build sentences by selecting two main clauses and a suitable conjunction. Pick two cards with simple clauses written on them. Choose a conjunction that would make sense in a sentence. conjunction cards, simple clauses and instructions provided.

A worksheet with ten sentences that do not have subject/ verb agreement. children need to identify the errors and rewrite the sentences correctly. Ideal for lower KS 2 grammar. A Microsoft Word document that can be edited.