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.
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.
Imagine living on a planet where you can have everything you want at the touch of a button. Zoggy comes from such a planet. He is spoilt and wants everything he sees immediately. He wants the Ferrari he sees in the garage showroom.
The selfish alien wastes no time in driving the car recklessly along Earth roads. He does not care if he breaks the law, until he becomes aware of flashing lights behind him. This is all it takes to make an alien rethink.
Guinea Pig Education presents the Zoggy the Alien series about a cute little alien who lands on Earth. Will he be accepted? What will he feel as he tries to fit in with life on Earth? This series introduces inclusiveness as Zoggy finds out that he is loved and accepted. He is given help with all those things he meets like fear and anxiousness. Yes, these books are bang up-to-date, full of lessons to be learned and will be loved by children of 3 to 7 years.
Creepy Crawly Times Table Book
A book for all children who are struggling to remember their times tables. Just have fun filling in the sequences 2, 4, 6, 8 etc and answering the x and ÷ sums. Then colour in the pictures. This book contains 34 pages of colour in times table pictures.
11 pages
Look At ‘Shapes’ With Charlie Cheerleader
Charlie Cheerleader looks at the properties of 2D shapes.
A series of fun maths work packs, to teach basic numeracy skills for 9-12 year olds.
Comical cartoon characters,such as Felicity Factor and Max Multiple are on hand to help children with maths concepts they struggle with.
These packs can be used at home to reinforce work down in school and as a support material to use in school alongside other schemes.
Each pack includes exercises with answers, to enable the teacher or parent to assess if the child has understood the math’s concept learnt.
23 pages
It’s Fun To Write A Diary About My Daily Life
This pack includes a real child’s diary, written by seven year old Ellie Mae. The child should read the examples and then fill in the pages. They should use the prompts to record details from their daily life, (from the school day or weekend events). The child can zoom in on anything that inspires them - giving facts and opinions and 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.
Prompts For Writing A Persuasive Leaflet (GCSE English Writing Work Pack)
This pack includes four prompts for GCSE creative writing. The form is to produce a leaflet. The purpose is to inform and persuade. The intended audience is parents or people looking for self catering holiday accommodation. There are four examples included, plus two pages on how the student should structure their work and the use of literary techniques
These work packs provide essential creative writing practice for the new GCSE English exam. They will help GCSE students prepare for their exam, whether they are students in years 9, 10 or 11. The packs provide practise in different forms of writing, for example, articles, blogs and letters.
These resources help students to write in a tone appropriate to purpose and audience. They instruct the student how to write from different perspectives or viewpoints and present a balanced argument. As well as, using appropriate tone and language. For example, learning to use: formal or informal register, language devices like rhetoric and groups of three and punctuation, such as variation of sentences for effect.
What Techniques Do We Use To Write Persuasively? (GCSE English Writing Work Pack)
This resource includes a list of emotive words to make your reader feel sympathetic. Also included is a list of connectives and linking words or phrases to help you structure your paragraphs.
These work packs provide essential creative writing practice for the new GCSE English exam. They will help GCSE students prepare for their exam, whether they are students in years 9, 10 or 11. The packs provide practise in different forms of writing, for example, articles, blogs and letters.
These resources help students to write in a tone appropriate to purpose and audience. They instruct the student how to write from different perspectives or viewpoints and present a balanced argument. As well as, using appropriate tone and language. For example, learning to use: formal or informal register, language devices like rhetoric and groups of three and punctuation, such as variation of sentences for effect.
Prompts For Writing A Persuasive Argument In A Letter (GCSE English Writing Work Pack)
In this pack, the student is required to write in the form of an email, blog or letter, arguing on the subjects of - river pollution in a country park, protesting about a new proposed housing development and arguing against demolishing the local swimming pool. The student’s purpose is to write a persuasive argument. Their audience is the editor of a formal broadsheet newspaper or the council. In this resource, they will learn how to structure an argument into paragraphs and how to use language techniques. After working their way through this pack, the student can practise writing their own arguments on environmental issues.
These work packs provide essential creative writing practice for the new 2017/2018 GCSE English exam. They will help GCSE students prepare for their exam, whether they are students in years 9, 10 or 11. The packs provide practise in different forms of writing, for example, articles, blogs and letters.
These resources help students to write in a tone appropriate to purpose and audience. They instruct the student how to write from different perspectives or viewpoints and present a balanced argument. As well as, using appropriate tone and language. For example, learning to use: formal or informal register, language devices like rhetoric and groups of three and punctuation, such as variation of sentences for effect.
Prompts For Writing To Appeal To The Reader (GCSE English Writing Work Pack)
In this resource the student is asked to write an informal blog, email or letter to appeal for money or help. The purpose of their writing is to persuade. Their audience is people who can give money and young people/teenagers to join in a charity walk or give their time to help in a day centre. In this pack the student will learn how to structure their work into paragraphs and use language techniques i.e. rhetoric and the pronoun ‘we’ to identify with the reader. This resource also includes a letter persuading Alan Sweetener to give them a top job in his company.
These work packs provide essential creative writing practice for the new GCSE English exam. They will help GCSE students prepare for their exam, whether they are students in years 9, 10 or 11. The packs provide practise in different forms of writing, for example, articles, blogs and letters.
These resources help students to write in a tone appropriate to purpose and audience. They instruct the student how to write from different perspectives or viewpoints and present a balanced argument. As well as, using appropriate tone and language. For example, learning to use: formal or informal register, language devices like rhetoric and groups of three and punctuation, such as variation of sentences for effect.
Writing Discursive Articles For GCSE Creative Writing (GCSE English Writing Work Pack)
This resource provides prompts to help the student with writing discursive articles for their GCSE exam. The purpose of their writing is to argue from different perspectives or viewpoints and to create a balanced argument. The intended audience is for adults/parents and young people. Subjects include:
In Favour Of Zoos Or Not?
Is hosting a sporting event like ‘the olympics’ beneficial to a country?
Elderly people are not treated with respect.
These work packs provide essential creative writing practice for the new GCSE English exam. They will help GCSE students prepare for their exam, whether they are students in years 9, 10 or 11. The packs provide practise in different forms of writing, for example, articles, blogs and letters.
These resources help students to write in a tone appropriate to purpose and audience. They instruct the student how to write from different perspectives or viewpoints and present a balanced argument. As well as, using appropriate tone and language. For example, learning to use: formal or informal register, language devices like rhetoric and groups of three and punctuation, such as variation of sentences for effect.
More Practise Writing Discursive Articles For GCSE (GCSE English Writing Work Pack)
This resource provides prompts to help the student with writing discursive articles or blogs for their GCSE exam, with the purpose of arguing from different perspectives and viewpoints. The audience is young adults and adults on social media. Subjects include:
School uniforms are a good thing
Why choose fast food?
Should young people eat more fruit and vegetables?
These work packs provide essential creative writing practice for the new 2017/2018 GCSE English exam. They will help GCSE students prepare for their exam, whether they are students in years 9, 10 or 11. The packs provide practise in different forms of writing, for example, articles, blogs and letters.
These resources help students to write in a tone appropriate to purpose and audience. They instruct the student how to write from different perspectives or viewpoints and present a balanced argument. As well as, using appropriate tone and language. For example, learning to use: formal or informal register, language devices like rhetoric and groups of three and punctuation, such as variation of sentences for effect.
Practise Writing An Argument From Different Viewpoints For GCSE (GCSE English Writing Work Pack)
This resource provides prompts to help the student with writing discursive articles or blogs for their GCSE exam, with the purpose of arguing from different perspectives and viewpoints. The audience is young adults and adults on social media. Subjects include:
Should animals perform in the circus?
Should fox hunting be reintroduced?
Should chewing gum be banned from public places?
Should wind farms be built, which spoil our countryside?
These work packs provide essential creative writing practice for the new GCSE English exam. They will help GCSE students prepare for their exam, whether they are students in years 9, 10 or 11. The packs provide practise in different forms of writing, for example, articles, blogs and letters.
These resources help students to write in a tone appropriate to purpose and audience. They instruct the student how to write from different perspectives or viewpoints and present a balanced argument. As well as, using appropriate tone and language. For example, learning to use: formal or informal register, language devices like rhetoric and groups of three and punctuation, such as variation of sentences for effect.
11 pages
The Computer Game: Write A Play Script (SATS And 11+ Essential Writing Practice) (9-13 years)
Complete a play script on the title ‘The Computer Game’. Use details in the stage directions to show how the characters feel. Prompts and examples are included in this pack.
An essential series of themed prompts to help children aged 9-12 years to practise their creative writing skills for 11 plus entry exams or S.A.T.S. The packs include an outline to help the child plan his or her own story, article, letter or play script and examples to build on, using harder more challenging vocabulary to stretch more able pupils.
13 pages
The New Headteacher: Write A Letter (SATS And 11+ Essential Writing Practice) (9-13 years)
Use the planning sheets to write non fiction letters (to argue). Read the letter from the headteacher about the new timetable and then write an email to reply. Use the prompts to help you form an opinion. Next, help form a radical new school timetable. Write your own formal letter from the headteacher, explaining the changes. After this, write a formal reply from a parent, giving different points of view.
An essential series of themed prompts to help children aged 9-12 years to practise their creative writing skills for 11 plus entry exams or S.A.T.S. The packs include an outline to help the child plan his or her own story, article, letter or play script and examples to build on, using harder more challenging vocabulary to stretch more able pupils.
11 pages
Write About Thomas Edison’s Life (SATS And 11+ Essential Writing Practice) (9-13 years)
Use the non fiction plan to write a short biography of Thomas Edison - a successful inventor’s life. Read the example, see how it is structured to show how his life developed from childhood to old age. Next, match the inventors with their achievements. Think about fact and opinion.
An essential series of themed prompts to help children aged 9-12 years to practise their creative writing skills for 11 plus entry exams or S.A.T.S. The packs include an outline to help the child plan his or her own story, article, letter or play script and examples to build on, using harder more challenging vocabulary to stretch more able pupils.
10 pages
The Space Age Bag: Write A Review (SATS And 11+ Essential Writing Practice) (9-13 years
Write and plan a review about a new bag ‘The Space Age Bag’. Read two different points of view. Answer the questions and read the examples. Imagine what your own opinions would be. Write a review for a magazine article.
An essential series of themed prompts to help children aged 9-12 years to practise their creative writing skills for 11 plus entry exams or S.A.T.S. The packs include an outline to help the child plan his or her own story, article, letter or play script and examples to build on, using harder more challenging vocabulary to stretch more able pupils.
8 pages
Welcome To Your New Home: Write A Letter (SATS And 11+ Essential Writing Practice) (9-13 years
Plan and write a letter welcoming your new neighbours. Structure your plan under headings - about us, about my school, about the local area. Next, write a letter to your cousin advising them what it will be like changing to ‘big school’.
An essential series of themed prompts to help children aged 9-12 years to practise their creative writing skills for 11 plus entry exams or S.A.T.S. The packs include an outline to help the child plan his or her own story, article, letter or play script and examples to build on, using harder more challenging vocabulary to stretch more able pupils.
9 pages
A series of spelling test workbooks to practice with your child/children.
These tests are based on the spelling tests given to 11 year olds in their S.A.T.S.
The words have been carefully chosen to suit the requirements of the National Curriculum.
Spellings included in each workbook consist of typical words used in S.A.T.S at 10/11 years. These include:
Prefixes
Endings
Homophones
Silent letters
Soft g as in ge,gi and gy (gym)
Endings with …able and …ible
Endings with …ure
Words with ei,eigh,ey
Suffixes as in ous and silent o
Endings with …ion
Words with ch sounds as in parachute
Word endings including:
ant
ence
ancy
ent
ably
ibly
tion
sion
ssion
cian