A PowerPoint that generates 2 random words and 1 random conjunction. Set the timer off and the children have 2 minutes to write a sentence. Once complete, there is a slide that prompts children to check their sentences for capital letter, punctuation and whether it makes sense. You then have the option of adding sentences to the Sentence Wall. I printed these on a regular basis and pinned them on our writing working wall. Teacher instructions are in the PowerPoint. Suitable for Windows as it uses macros.

A PowerPoint that has 50 pictures to inspire writing. On opening slide you can either click button which will choose a slide at random, or enter a number. On that picture slide, there is a button which will give a 10 minute count down in which the children then write around the picture. This version has a linked slide that give some ideas to help get the children started -`Writing Ideas' (genre), Vocabulary and Sentence Openers. All pictures are referenced. I have found it particularly good with reluctant boy writers. It is suitable for all Key Stages, but has been developed with KS 2 in mind.

A Powerpoint that has 52 pictures to inspire writing. On opening slide you can either click button which will choose a slide at random, or enter a number. On that picture slide, there is a button which will give a 10 minute count down in which the children then write around the picture. My class love it -especially the boys (who I think respond well to the time limit). Please rate and comment...baz

An interactive Powerpoint (originally for Year 1) that on the click of a button will generate 6 random words, each from a separate pool of 12 words. These can be clicked and dragged to make sentence, and checked. Teacher notes on 4th slide. (Note -the macro setting needs to be set to work correctly.)Please comment and rate

Here's a Powerpoint that introduces speech marks using speech bubbles as a starting point. It has animated slides and is interactive. The children can click on a bubble, a pop-up asks for the speech, and it adds to bubble and shows a narrative version -which they then drag punctuation to. Please add comment and rate...thanks

This powerpoint has all the Y1 and 2 HFW. I use it first 5 minutes of English lesson, where children take turns to read 6 screens of words coming towards them. We time it, and next time they have to improve on their time. I use Xnote stopwatch (google it) as timer, as it will work on screen at same time. I also have a class challenge, where all children read the words against the clock. We record our times on a lamentated Stig scoreboard -kids love it.

An interactive Powerpoint that has an animated spinner that will choose an aspect of a sentence to up-level. There are four textboxes for you to add your own sentences. My children love to use this as a starter, and it gives them 3 or 4 sentences that they can work into their writing.