Enhance your students’ reading comprehension and skills with the “Read it!” resource pack. Each "Read it! provides a carefully curated text that will keep your students hooked and wanting more, with accompanying questions that are designed to encourage critical thinking and build comprehension skills. ‘Read it! The Aquavengers’ is specifically tailored for Year 4 and focuses on a superhero team who use the water cycle to save their city. Through the engaging text, students will explore and learn about the water cycle, and the accompanying questions will test their comprehension and analytical skills. With “Read it!”, you can expect to see an improvement in your students’ reading skills, critical thinking, and overall engagement with reading and well as helping grasp a clear understanding of the water cycle.

Enhance your students’ reading comprehension and skills with the “Read it!” resource pack. Each "Read it! provides a carefully curated text that will keep your students hooked and wanting more, with accompanying questions that are designed to encourage critical thinking and build comprehension skills. ‘Read it! Digestive Discovery’ is specifically tailored for Year 4 and focuses on Professor Crankpot’s adventure as he shrinks down and enters the digestive system. Through the engaging text, students will explore and learn about the digestie system, and the accompanying questions will test their comprehension and analytical skills. With “Read it!”, you can expect to see an improvement in your students’ reading skills, critical thinking, and overall engagement with reading and well as helping grasp a clear understanding of the digestive system.

Enhance your students’ reading comprehension and skills with the “Read it!” resource pack. Each "Read it! provides a carefully curated text that will keep your students hooked and wanting more, with accompanying questions that are designed to encourage critical thinking and build comprehension skills. ‘Read it! Digestive Discovery’ is specifically tailored for Year 4 and focuses on three friends who travel to a fantasy world where the ‘Matter Monsters’ live. Through the engaging text, students will explore and learn about states of matter, and the accompanying questions will test their comprehension and analytical skills. With “Read it!”, you can expect to see an improvement in your students’ reading skills, critical thinking, and overall engagement with reading and well as helping grasp a clear understanding of states of matter.

“Writing for a Purpose: Advert” is a learning tool designed to help students comprehend the essential components and purposes of advertisements. This resource provides a comprehensive explanation of advertisements and their main features. An advertisement is a form of persuasive writing that aims to promote a product, service, or idea to a target audience. The key elements of this type of writing include a catchy headline, persuasive language, visual imagery, and a call to action. In addition, the resource offers a sample advertisement to illustrate how these components can be applied in practice. This resource can be utilised in English lessons to introduce learners to the genre of advertising and provide guidance on creating an effective advertisement. Teachers can use this resource to introduce the topic, offer guidance on how to write an advertisement, and provide examples for learners to follow. Furthermore, this resource can be applied to encourage and scaffold writing across the curriculum. For instance, learners can apply the knowledge and skills they have gained from creating an advertisement to write persuasive adverts for other subjects, such as Design Technology or History , by utilising the elements of an advertisement to promote a product, idea or a cause. Overall, “Writing for a Purpose: Advert” is a valuable tool that can aid students in developing their writing skills and understanding persuasive writing genres.

This spelling resource set is designed for Year 5 students to support them in learning and remembering spelling patterns and rules. It includes five visual prompts for different spelling patterns, each with a clear and colourful representation. The ‘ough’ words prompt helps children with words containing the ‘ough’ sound, ‘plurals’ prompt helps with forming plurals of different words, ‘silent letters’ prompt helps with words containing silent letters, ‘homophones’ prompt helps children to differentiate between words with similar sounds but different meanings, and ‘able/ible’ words prompt helps with words that end in ‘able’ or ‘ible’. These visual prompts can be used around the classroom or as an individual prompt to support children in remembering and practicing their spelling patterns and rules.

The ‘Spelling Strategies’ resource is an essential tool for Key Stage 1 and 2 teachers to support children in remembering spelling strategies. It includes 7 visual prompts that use clear and colourful representations of the strategy icons, making it easy for children to remember and recall the strategies. The prompts can be displayed around the classroom or used as individual reminders during spelling activities. This resources include an explanation for the use of each strategy.

This resource pack for teaching fairy tales to Years 5 and 6 includes six lessons with detailed planning and resources for teachers and students. Lesson 1: What Makes a Fairy Tale This lesson focuses on the features of a fairy tale, such as the use of magic, good vs evil, and the presence of a moral lesson. Lesson 2: Fairy Tale Characters This lesson explores common character archetypes in fairy tales, such as the hero, the villain, and the magical helper. Lesson 3: Describing Characters Using the writing technique of ‘show, don’t tell’, this lesson teaches students how to describe characters in detail. Lesson 4: Introducing a Character In this lesson, students will learn how to introduce a fairy tale character effectively, using the elements of setting, atmosphere, and motive. Lesson 5: Fairy Tale Lands This lesson focuses on creating a vibrant fairy tale world with multiple settings, such as enchanted forests, castles, and markets. Lesson 6: Author’s Choice - Describing a Setting The final lesson explores the importance of an author’s choice of language in describing a setting. The pack includes 6 lesson plans, visual aids, templates, and task resources. This resource pack provides a comprehensive and engaging way to teach fairy tales to Years 5 and 6, with a range of exciting and stimulating tasks to keep students engaged and inspired.

“Reading Skills” - a visual aid resource designed to help Key Stage 2 students identify and develop fundamental reading skills. This resource uses colourful, clear icons and concise colour-coded explanations to teach students about essential reading skills, such as predicting, summarising, inferring, questioning, and visualising. With easy-to-understand visuals, “Reading Skills” encourages students to apply these skills to their reading, helping them become more confident and effective readers. Whether you are a teacher looking to enhance your reading instruction or a parent who wants to support their child’s reading development, “Reading Skills” is the perfect resource for you. Can be printed at a variety of sizes to use as display or individual visual aids.

The ‘Thinking Maps’ visual aid resource provides a set of eight Thinking Maps visuals, each with a clear icon and explanation of how it can be used to visually organise and represent information. The resource includes templates for 5 of the maps that can be used by students to apply the concepts in their own work. The Thinking Maps covered include Circle Map, Bubble Map, Flow Map, Brace Map, Tree Map, Double Bubble Map, Multi-Flow Map, and Bridge Map. By using these maps, students can improve their critical thinking, problem-solving, and communication skills in a structured and organised way. This visual aid resource is an excellent tool for teachers looking to support their students’ learning and understanding of complex concepts in a visually engaging way.

The ‘How do we… Reason?’ visual resource is designed to help students develop their critical thinking skills. It includes four steps for reasoning: Look for clues, Use what we know, Test our ideas, and Explain our thinking. Each step is respresented by a colourful visual to help students understand and remember the process of reasoning. This resource can be used in a variety of subjects and contexts to support students in developing their reasoning skills and becoming more confident and independent learners.

The ‘How do we… Write?’ visual resource is designed for students to support them in the writing process. It includes five clear steps with concise guidance on what to do. The first step is to ‘Understand’ the task or assignment, followed by ‘Plan’, ‘Write’, ‘Edit’, and ‘Feedback’. Each step is accompanied by a clear and colourful visual representation to help students understand and remember the writing process. This resource can be used in a variety of subjects and contexts to support students in developing their writing skills and becoming more confident and independent writers.

Lego Therapy is a type of play therapy that helps children improve their social skills and emotional regulation by building Lego models with others. In this therapy, children work in pairs or small groups and take turns being the Builder, the Engineer, and the Supplier. Each child has a specific role to play and follows a set of rules to ensure a positive experience for everyone. The rules include listening to each other, taking turns, using kind words, staying on task, and asking for help when needed. The therapy aims to enhance communication, problem-solving, and teamwork skills, while also promoting positive social interactions and self-esteem. This resource includes the rules for the group and each role.

“Writing for a Purpose: Postcards” is a learning resource designed to help Key Stage 1 children understand the basics of writing and sending postcards. The resource provides a clear explanation of what postcards are and how they are used to communicate with others. Postcards are a simple way to send a short message to someone who is far away. They often feature a picture on one side and a brief message on the other. The resource includes an example of a postcard and demonstrates how to write a simple message. This resource can be used in English lessons to introduce children to the concept of postcards and provide guidance on how to write one. Teachers can use this resource to explain the purpose of postcards, provide examples of how to write a message, and encourage children to create their own postcards. In addition, this resource can be used to encourage cross-curricular writing. For example, children can apply their knowledge of postcards to write messages to historical figures or characters in stories, using their imaginations to bring the past or fictional worlds to life.

“Writing for a Purpose: Instructions” is a learning resource created to assist Key Stage 1 children in understanding the essentials of writing instructions. The resource provides a clear explanation of what instructions are and how they are used to guide people to do things. Instructions are a set of steps that people follow to complete a task, such as making a sandwich or playing a game. The resource includes an example of simple instructions and demonstrates how to write them using the given features. It also provides tips on how to use clear and concise language when writing instructions. This resource can be used in English lessons to introduce children to the concept of instructions and provide guidance on how to write them. Teachers can use this resource to explain the purpose of instructions, provide examples of how to write them, and encourage children to create their own instructions. In addition, this resource can be used to encourage cross-curricular writing. For example, children can apply their knowledge of instructions to write and follow directions for creating art projects or conducting science experiments.

Maths Talk is a valuable visual aid resource designed to help teachers in KS1 and KS2 classrooms to develop students’ thinking skills in mathematics. This resource includes a range of sentence starters that encourage students to engage in productive discourse around mathematical concepts and problems. With Maths Talk, teachers can create an interactive learning environment where students can discuss and reflect on their mathematical thinking. The sentence starters provided in the resource can be used to promote thinking and discuss around a wide range of topics, including addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, decimals, and geometry. Each sentence starter is carefully crafted to support students’ development of mathematical language, problem-solving skills, and reasoning abilities. The resource provides prompts for students to articulate their thought processes, to explain their reasoning, to justify their answers, and to make connections between different mathematical concepts. By using Maths Talk in the classroom, teachers can foster a collaborative learning environment where students can work together to solve problems and develop their mathematical understanding. The resource is easy to use and adaptable to different teaching styles, lesson and display use.

Enhance your students’ reading comprehension and skills with the “Read it!” resource pack. Each "Read it! provides a carefully curated text that will keep your students hooked and wanting more, with accompanying questions that are designed to encourage critical thinking and build comprehension skills. ‘Read it!’ is perfect for differentiating instruction and is specifically tailored for both Lower and Upper Key Stage 2. This means that you can easily match the reading and comprehension level of each student to the appropriate text and questions. This particular pack focuses on the iconic character of Professor McGonagall. Through the engaging text, students will explore the background and characteristics of this beloved character, and the accompanying questions will test their comprehension and analytical skills. With “Read it!”, you can expect to see an improvement in your students’ reading skills, critical thinking, and overall engagement with reading.

Enhance your students’ reading comprehension and skills with the “Read it!” resource pack. Each "Read it! provides a carefully curated text that will keep your students hooked and wanting more, with accompanying questions that are designed to encourage critical thinking and build comprehension skills. ‘Read it!’ is perfect for differentiating instruction and is specifically tailored for both Lower and Upper Key Stage 2. This means that you can easily match the reading and comprehension level of each student to the appropriate text and questions. This particular pack focuses on the iconic character of Professor Dumbledore. Through the engaging text, students will explore the background and characteristics of this beloved character, and the accompanying questions will test their comprehension and analytical skills. With “Read it!”, you can expect to see an improvement in your students’ reading skills, critical thinking, and overall engagement with reading.

This ‘Apostrophes for Possession’ visual resource set is designed specifically for Year 5 students to support their understanding and use of apostrophes for possession. The set includes visual prompts, each with a clear and colourful representation. The prompts cover different aspects of using apostrophes for possession, including singular and plural possessive nouns. These visual prompts can be used in the classroom or as individual aids to help children remember and practice their apostrophe usage.

“Writing for a Purpose - Film Review” is a learning resource designed to help students comprehend the essential elements and objectives of writing a film review. This resource offers a comprehensive explanation of film reviews and their main features. A film review is a type of writing that critiques a film, often including information about the plot, characters, cinematography, and overall impression of the film. The key components of this type of writing include providing a summary of the film, offering insights into its strengths and weaknesses, and offering an overall assessment of the film. The resource also includes a sample film review to illustrate how these elements can be utilised in practice. The review features a detailed summary of the film, critical analysis of the performances and cinematography, and an overall assessment of the film. This resource can be used in English or media studies lessons to introduce students to the genre of film reviews and provide guidance on creating an effective review. Teachers can utilise this resource to introduce the topic, offer guidance on how to write a film review, and provide examples for students to follow. Moreover, this resource can be used to encourage and scaffold writing across the curriculum. For example, students can apply the knowledge and skills they have learned from creating a film review to write similar pieces for other subjects, such as analysing a literary work or critiquing a scientific article. In summary, “Writing for a Purpose - Film Review” is a valuable resource that can aid individuals in developing their writing skills and understanding different writing genres.

“Writing for a Purpose: Balanced Arguments” is a learning resource designed to help Key Stage 2 children comprehend the key elements and objectives of writing a balanced argument. This resource offers a comprehensive explanation of balanced arguments and their main features. A balanced argument is a form of writing that presents two or more perspectives on a topic, providing evidence and reasoning to support each perspective. The key components of this type of writing include presenting opposing viewpoints, providing supporting evidence, and presenting a conclusion that takes into account all perspectives. The resource also includes a sample balanced argument to illustrate how these elements can be utilised in practice. The argument features multiple perspectives, supporting evidence, and a conclusion that takes into account all perspectives. This resource can be used in English lessons to introduce children to the genre of balanced arguments and provide guidance on creating an effective argument. Teachers can utilise this resource to introduce the topic, offer guidance on how to write a balanced argument, and provide examples for children to follow. Moreover, this resource can be used to encourage scaffold writing across the curriculum. For example, children can apply the knowledge and skills they have learned from creating a balanced argument to write similar pieces for other subjects, such as science or social studies, by presenting multiple perspectives on a scientific or historical issue. In summary, “Writing for a Purpose: Balanced Arguments” is a valuable resource that can aid children in developing their writing skills and understanding different writing genres.