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Hi, We are Sally and Amanda from Guinea Pig Education. We present a range of complimentary teaching aids and workbooks to use in your classroom or as homework – in both print and digital format. We aim to raise reading standards and to develop literacy skills, with our ‘fun for kids’ phonic reading resources. We also offer support for pupils aged 4-16 years. We highly recommend our comprehension and creative writing resources - which build confidence and develop imagination.

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Hi, We are Sally and Amanda from Guinea Pig Education. We present a range of complimentary teaching aids and workbooks to use in your classroom or as homework – in both print and digital format. We aim to raise reading standards and to develop literacy skills, with our ‘fun for kids’ phonic reading resources. We also offer support for pupils aged 4-16 years. We highly recommend our comprehension and creative writing resources - which build confidence and develop imagination.
Practise Writing Stories ‘Zoggy At The Park’ (4-7 years)
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Practise Writing Stories ‘Zoggy At The Park’ (4-7 years)

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Practise writing stories ‘Zoggy At The Park’ Talk about the picture with your child. Then, get him or her to write a sentence using the words suggested and using the picture as a writing prompt. Introducing you to our brand new ‘Mission Spelling Zero’ scheme. Help your child/ren to take their first steps in reading, writing and spelling, with this exciting structured scheme. 8 pages
Learn The Aphabet With Dan’s Dog (4-7 years)
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Learn The Aphabet With Dan’s Dog (4-7 years)

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Learn The Alphabet With Dan’s Dog A super cute way to reinforce letter learning and the alphabet. Every phrase has a word with a significant sound and a bright, colourful picture to match. Get your children to point out the significant word. For example, in ‘act like a cat’ the word will be ‘a’. Introducing you to our brand new ‘Mission Spelling Zero’ scheme. Help your child/ren to take their first steps in reading, writing and spelling, with this exciting structured scheme. 27 pages
WORKSHEETS To Reinforce Four Letter Sight Words (4-7 years)
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WORKSHEETS To Reinforce Four Letter Sight Words (4-7 years)

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Worksheets to reinforce four letter sight words Sight words need to be learnt. They cannot always be sounded out with phonics. Familiarise your child with common sight words, by reading, tracing and writing the letters. Introducing you to our brand new ‘Mission Spelling Zero’ scheme. Help your child/ren to take their first steps in reading, writing and spelling, with this exciting structured scheme. 14 pages
Sentence Writing Practice ‘Zogggy At A Picnic’ (4-7 years)
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Sentence Writing Practice ‘Zogggy At A Picnic’ (4-7 years)

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Sentence Writing Practice: ‘Zoggy At A Picnic’ Trace round the letters of the sentence. Cut out the words provided and stick them in the box to make the sentence yourself. Get the children, to copy their new sentence in their own hand writing. Introducing you to our brand new ‘Mission Spelling Zero’ scheme. Help your child/ren to take their first steps in reading, writing and spelling, with this exciting structured scheme. 8 pages
Practice Writing Sentences ‘This Is Zoggy’ (4-7 years)
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Practice Writing Sentences ‘This Is Zoggy’ (4-7 years)

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Practice writing sentences ‘This Is Zoggy’ Trace round the letters of the sentence. Cut out the words provided and stick them in the box to make the sentence yourself. Get the children, to copy their new sentence in their own hand writing. Introducing you to our brand new ‘Zoggy Zero’ scheme. Help your child/ren to take their first steps in reading, writing and spelling, with this exciting structured scheme. 12 pages
Learn The Aphabet With Zoggy (4-7 years)
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Learn The Aphabet With Zoggy (4-7 years)

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Learn The Alphabet With Zoggy A super cute way to reinforce letter learning and the alphabet. Every phrase has a word with a significant sound and a bright, colourful picture to match. Get your children to point out the significant word. For example, in ‘Zoggy is an alien’ the word will be ‘a’. Introducing you to our brand new ‘Mission Spelling Zero’ scheme. Help your child/ren to take their first steps in reading, writing and spelling, with this exciting structured scheme. 27 pages
Write A Balanced Argument Unit to use with GOOGLE CLASSROOM (9-14 years)
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Write A Balanced Argument Unit to use with GOOGLE CLASSROOM (9-14 years)

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This DIGITAL resource includes a link to access ‘Write A Balanced Argument Or Discursive Essay’ and share it with your students in Google Drive. Therefore it is fully editable and can be used with Google Classroom. It consists of 60 editable slides and at least 6 months of work. This resource teaches how to write a well-balanced argument. The student will learn how to structure their writing, putting forward a point of view, backing it up with convincing evidence, building up a relevant counter argument and knocking it down, as well as, putting forward their own comments and opinions. It focus on discursive writing, enabling the pupil to examine points for and against in a variety of subjects suitable for older children and teenage readers - healthy eating, fashion, social issues and many more. The student will learn vital essay writing skills, that will assist their studies in other areas of the curriculum. In addition to this, this resource teaches organisational and literary devices in persuasive writing, including, figurative language, emotive words, repetition, connectives and use of good vocabulary. The student will learn how to consider writing for the appropriate audience, how to vary sentence types in order to make writing more interesting, and the importance of using good spelling, punctuation and grammar. Included, are an exciting range of model answers and sample texts written by students, as well as practice questions to test them. Common errors made by students are highlighted and corrected. This resource is packed with vital hints and tips to enable the pupil to be successful and gain good grades.
Sentence Writing Practice ‘Dan’s Dog At The Vet’ (4-7 years)
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Sentence Writing Practice ‘Dan’s Dog At The Vet’ (4-7 years)

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Sentence Writing Practice ‘Dan’s Dog At The Vet’ Trace round the letters of the sentence. Cut out the words provided and stick them in the box to make the sentence yourself. Get the children, to copy their new sentence in their own hand writing. Introducing you to our brand new ‘Mission Spelling Zero’ scheme. Help your child/ren to take their first steps in reading, writing and spelling, with this exciting structured scheme. 9 pages
Practise Writing Stories ‘Zoggy At A Picnic’ (4-7 years)
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Practise Writing Stories ‘Zoggy At A Picnic’ (4-7 years)

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Practise writing stories ‘Zoggy At A Picnic’ Talk about the picture with your child. Then, get him or her to write a sentence using the words suggested and using the picture as a writing prompt. Introducing you to our brand new ‘Mission Spelling Zero’ scheme. Help your child/ren to take their first steps in reading, writing and spelling, with this exciting structured scheme. 10 pages
Practise Writing Stories ‘Zoggy In The Sun’ (4-7 years)
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Practise Writing Stories ‘Zoggy In The Sun’ (4-7 years)

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Practise writing stories ‘Zoggy In The Sun’ Talk about the picture with your child. Then, get him or her to write a sentence using the words suggested and using the picture as a writing prompt. Introducing you to our brand new ‘Mission Spelling Zero’ scheme. Help your child/ren to take their first steps in reading, writing and spelling, with this exciting structured scheme. 10 pages
Read, Plan And Write A Prince Or Princess Story (6-9 years)
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Read, Plan And Write A Prince Or Princess Story (6-9 years)

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11 pages Read, plan and write a prince or princess story. How To Use Cut out the pages along the dotted lines and muddle them up. Now, ask the child to sort them back into the right order, so the story has a beginning, a middle and an end. Get the child to read the story. Then, cover it and ask them to re-write their own version, putting in more detail. This series provides starting points to get young children, of 6-9 years, writing their own imaginative stories. Traditional tales like ‘The Three Billy Goats Gruff’ are used as examples to look at the characters, the setting and the plot and to show how to structure a story with a beginning, a middle and an end. Children will learn how to brainstorm their ideas, how to put them in a plan and then set out their story. Each pack provides writing challenges, asking the child to continue writing the story, developing their own ideas and to cut up stories to put in order.
Plan And Write A Story Called 'The White Fox' (9-14 years)
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Plan And Write A Story Called 'The White Fox' (9-14 years)

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22 pages in length Creative Story Writing work packs cut down preparation time when planning creative writing tasks. Easy to follow, each pack includes an example of how you can build on a title, to first plan a story for 9-12 year olds and then write it. How To Use Your Work Pack: Make sure the child/children know that stories must be planned Read the model story in the pack Ask the child/children to write down the names of the characters in the story Ask the child/children to write down where the setting takes place Ask the child/children to write down what the plot is Identify the most exciting part of the story (the climax of the story or suspense) Ask the child/children to plan a similar story - with a beginning, a middle and an end Ask the child/children to rewrite their own version of the story Ask the child/children to read their version of the story aloud Creative Story Writing work packs are essential for all students wanting to develop their literacy skills and improve their grades in English assignments and examinations. The work packs will guide students through the story writing process, as if they had a tutor by their side. Each pack is designed to help the child with thinking up ideas, providing starting points for writing, structuring and organizing their writing into paragraphs. It features writing a good introduction with characters, setting and plot, building up suspense and winding up the plot with a suitable resolution. Attention is given to making writing more interesting by varying sentence types, using punctuation and good grammar. The student will investigate different narrative structures for writing stories, exploring various viewpoints so they can decide if they write in first or third person. They will learn to evoke mood and atmosphere by using good vocabulary. Each pack includes an exciting range of model answers and sample texts written by children and provides practice questions to test them. Common errors made by students are highlighted and corrected. Each pack contains vital hints and tips on gaining those top grades.
Let’s Practise Word Skills (9-14 years)
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Let’s Practise Word Skills (9-14 years)

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39 pages in length This is a 3 set pack including: Plan And Write A Story Called ‘The First Day At School’ Let’s Practise Some Word Skills For Creative Writing 1 and 2 Creative Story Writing work packs cut down preparation time when planning creative writing tasks. Easy to follow, each pack includes an example of how you can build on a title, to first plan a story for 9-12 year olds and then write it. How To Use Your Work Pack: Make sure the child/children know that stories must be planned Read the model story in the pack Ask the child/children to write down the names of the characters in the story Ask the child/children to write down where the setting takes place Ask the child/children to write down what the plot is Identify the most exciting part of the story (the climax of the story or suspense) Ask the child/children to plan a similar story - with a beginning, a middle and an end Ask the child/children to rewrite their own version of the story Ask the child/children to read their version of the story aloud Creative Story Writing work packs are essential for all students wanting to develop their literacy skills and improve their grades in English assignments and examinations. The work packs will guide students through the story writing process, as if they had a tutor by their side. Each pack is designed to help the child with thinking up ideas, providing starting points for writing, structuring and organizing their writing into paragraphs. It features writing a good introduction with characters, setting and plot, building up suspense and winding up the plot with a suitable resolution. Attention is given to making writing more interesting by varying sentence types, using punctuation and good grammar. The student will investigate different narrative structures for writing stories, exploring various viewpoints so they can decide if they write in first or third person. They will learn to evoke mood and atmosphere by using good vocabulary. Each pack includes an exciting range of model answers and sample texts written by children and provides practice questions to test them. Common errors made by students are highlighted and corrected. Each pack contains vital hints and tips on gaining those top grades.
Good King Wenceslas Comprehension (6-9 years)
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Good King Wenceslas Comprehension (6-9 years)

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Read the heart-warming story, based on the Christmas carol Good King Wenceslas and John Mason Neale’s original tale, and answer the comprehension questions. A wonderful activity that will encourage kids, age 6-9, to think about why we give to those less fortunate and the importance of being kind and generous. 18 pages
Christmas Shopping Comprehension and Story Writing Prompt (6-9 years)
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Christmas Shopping Comprehension and Story Writing Prompt (6-9 years)

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Do you enjoy walking round the shops at Christmas? In this Christmas themed pack, you will read a description of what you see in the shops at Christmas that will inspire young children, age 6-9, to write about their own Christmas shopping experiences. It includes a series of comprehension questions and an example story that will encourage kids to write their own. 20 pages
Practise Writing To Describe (9-14 years)
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Practise Writing To Describe (9-14 years)

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21 pages Information Writing work packs are essential for all students wanting to develop their literacy skills and improve their grades in English assignments and examinations. Information Writing work packs concentrate specifically on information writing, providing everything needed to stimulate a child to write. The child is taught to recognise the difference between facts and opinions. Each pack in this series concentrates on a different aspect of information writing including: writing to advise, writing to inform, writing to explain, writing to analyse, review and comment, giving examples. The child is taught how a newspaper article is structured, how to write formal and informal letters, diaries, police reports, e-mails, biographies, autobiographies, interviews, book reviews and many more. The work packs contain starting point for writing, helping the child to form ideas, enabling him or her to structure their work and organise it into paragraphs. Attention is given to making writing more interesting by varying sentence types, using punctuation and good grammar. Each work pack includes an exciting range of model answers and sample texts written by students and provides practice questions to test them. Common errors made by students are highlighted and corrected. They are packed with vital hints and tips to enable the student to be successful and gain good grades. The packs are a very useful resource for teachers and save hours of time when preparing lessons or homework tasks. The specimen lesson plans and examples contained within each work pack will give the student ideas to build on and provide practice to develop their writing skills. Each work pack provides children with ideas for writing, especially reluctant writers who require starting points to write. Each work pack provides a safe topic that children will be comfortable with.
Plan And Write Fairy Tales: Pack 3 (6-9 years)
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Plan And Write Fairy Tales: Pack 3 (6-9 years)

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27 pages This pack contains two resources including: Plan And Write The Story Of Jack And The Beanstalk Plan And Write The Story Of Sleeping Beauty The series provides starting points to get young children, of 6-9 years, writing their own imaginative stories. Traditional tales like ‘The Three Billy Goats Gruff’ are used as examples to look at the characters, the setting and the plot and to show how to structure a story with a beginning, a middle and an end. Children will learn how to brainstorm their ideas, how to put them in a plan and then set out their story. Each pack provides writing challenges, asking the child to continue writing the story, developing their own ideas and to cut up stories to put in order. Charming silhouette pictures illustrate each work pack.
It's Fun To Write A Diary About What I Did In Half Term (6-9 years)
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It's Fun To Write A Diary About What I Did In Half Term (6-9 years)

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This pack includes three extracts from Ellie Mae’s diary about half term and then gives the child the opportunity to complete the pages, using the prompts and recording their own ideas about the half term holiday. The child is encouraged to give facts and opinions, saying how they felt and why. This series of lively work packs encourages children of 6-9 years to record their personal experiences in a diary. This will enable the child to practice their writing skills independently and to express their ideas freely. It will encourage them to write in more detail. A diary is usually written in present tense. It is an informal piece of writing and may contain some colloquial English. Diaries are fun to write and to re-read later. Older children will enjoy re-reading their old ‘news’ books, years and years later. Encourage the child to write a diary everyday, once a week or just at special times, such as, Christmas or in the summer holidays, in the form of a journal. 19 pages