Hello! We're creating resources for busy primary school teachers. All our writers are themselves experienced KS1 and KS2 professionals and we design our resources to be as appealing and accessible as possible.
Hello! We're creating resources for busy primary school teachers. All our writers are themselves experienced KS1 and KS2 professionals and we design our resources to be as appealing and accessible as possible.
This resource pack provides opportunities for year 2 pupils to develop comprehension and writing skills in preparation for SATs and end of year assessments. It is part of a collection of resources, covering a variety of fiction and non-fiction texts, and includes a model text with questions and answers, plus a fully resourced writing task. A PowerPoint is also provided.
This resource pack provides opportunities for year 2 pupils to develop comprehension and writing skills in preparation for SATs and end of year assessments. It is part of a collection of resources, covering a variety of fiction and non-fiction texts, and includes a model text with questions and answers, plus a fully resourced writing task. A PowerPoint is also provided.
This resource pack provides opportunities for year 2 pupils to develop comprehension and writing skills in preparation for SATs and end of year assessments. It is part of a collection of resources, covering a variety of fiction and non-fiction texts, and includes a model text with questions and answers, plus a fully resourced writing task. A PowerPoint is also provided.
This resource pack provides opportunities for year 2 pupils to develop comprehension and writing skills in preparation for SATs and end of year assessments. It is part of a collection of resources, covering a variety of fiction and non-fiction texts, and includes a model text with questions and answers, plus a fully resourced writing task. A PowerPoint is also provided.
Encourage children to explore more powerful vocabulary when writing with this fun synonyms activity, suitable for Years 2-6. Ideal as a lesson starter, as part of any writing task or for home learning, word webs are also a brilliant way of keeping classroom displays purposeful and interactive.
This pack contains all you need to teach a Year 1 lesson on using the co-ordinating conjunction ‘and’ to join words and clauses, or to revise the topic with pupils.
These challenging, fun worksheets offer quick grammar practice for pupils in KS1 and KS2. Three versions of the activity are available, differentiated for Year 2, Years 3/4 and Years 5/6. Each worksheet revises key grammar skills for the curriculum to ensure skills and terminology are revisited regularly – providing a perfect activity to use as an English lesson starter or at any point during the school day.
This home learning maths pack is made up of five worksheets that have been especially designed to offer extra challenge for capable mathematicians in Key Stage 1.
Each worksheet includes a range of problems on a particular KS1 maths topic, spread across three sections. Children will need to draw on knowledge they have already been taught (some revision may be necessary), and apply problem-solving skills - some of the challenges are open-ended investigations, and could keep young learners busy for quite a while!
Answer sheets are included.
This bright, appealing grammar worksheet is an excellent way to practise and revise using parenthesis in Year 5. It is divided into five sections: understand, challenge, test, explain and apply.
Activities include SATs style questions and opportunities for creative writing responses, with eye-catching images as prompts.
This year 1 common exception word (CEW) pack allows pupils to practise reading and spelling a selection of the 45 tricky words for this cohort. Each worksheet includes two words for pupils to read, spell and understand, with an opportunity to develop letter formation using handwriting line guides.
Common exception words included in this pack are:
do, to
said, says
the, a
today, of
This reading comprehension for Years 1 and 2 focuses on the life and work of Florence Nightingale, and her impact on nursing and hospitals - building children’s skills of recall and inference, and enhancing their vocabulary.
This home learning maths pack is made up of five worksheets that have been especially designed to offer extra challenge for capable mathematicians in Upper Key Stage 2 (Years 5 and 6)
Each worksheet includes a range of problems on a particular UKS2 maths topic, spread across three sections. Children will need to draw on knowledge they have already been taught (some revision may be necessary), and apply problem-solving skills - some of the challenges are open-ended investigations, and could keep young learners busy for quite a while!
Answer sheets are included.
This bright, appealing grammar worksheet is an excellent way to practise and revise using adjectives in Year 2. It is divided into five sections: understand, challenge, test, explain and apply.
Activities include SATs style questions and opportunities for creative writing responses, with eye-catching images as prompts.
This year 2 common exception word (CEW) pack allows pupils to practise reading and spelling a selection of the 64 tricky words. Each worksheet includes two or three words for pupils to read, spell and understand, with an opportunity to develop letter formation using handwriting line guides.
Common exception words included in this pack are:
both, old
cold, gold
every, everybody
hold, told
most, only
The activities in this pack help KS2 children understand the subtle differences between adjective synonyms so that they can use them accurately in their own writing. They include cards for sorting, and cloze procedure worksheets.
This primary resource pack includes:
Description synonyms worksheet
Each page contains synonyms for a different word, such as ‘big’, ‘young’ and ‘loud’, and children need to fill in the blanks in sentences using the synonyms where they fit best
Description synonyms answer sheet
Description synonyms word cards
Printable PDFs to cut out and use
Teacher notes
What is a synonym?
A synonym is a word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word or phrase.
Synonym examples
Nice and kind
Big and large
Tiny and minute
Quick and fast
Smelly and stinky
Thrilling and exciting
National Curriculum English programme of study links
Students will learn how words are related by meaning as synonyms and antonyms [for example, big, large, little].
This primary English resource pack uses a selection of common idioms to help KS2 children add extra colour to their writing, and assist with comprehension.
Phrase and definition cards are supplied in two sizes - for sorting and display; whilst worksheets encourage pupils to use their inference skills to work out what these commonly used phrases mean.
An answer sheet, linking phrases to their definitions, is included.
This pack contains all you need to teach a Year 1 lesson on using capital letters for proper nouns, or to revise the topic with pupils.
It includes:
colourful posters for teaching
a word sort activity
worksheets for children to practise and apply their new grammar knowledge
These review worksheets for Years 3 and 4, covering words ending in -sure or -ture’, 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.
Teach pupils where to use capital letters and full stops in their simple sentences. Eye-catching posters show how this punctuation is used and the card sort activity and worksheets allow pupils to apply their skills.
The resources in this pop-up card pack can be used by children to create simple but striking 3D pop-up cards depicting landscapes. A video tutorial to share with pupils can be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=bpiCc2xqwwk&feature=emb_logo