The aim of this resource pack is to introduce pupils to capital letters and full stops. Activities include matching upper case letters with lower case ones and asking pupils to punctuate sentences correctly. The full stop is introduced and pupils have the opportunity to punctuate sentences with them. Pupils consolidate their learning on paper using the worksheets provided. This resource pack can be used to address sections 2.7 of English and 2.4 of the Welsh writing PoS of the national curriculum for Wales

A series of flipcharts and worksheets focussing on spelling patterns covered in Year 5/6. Includes Latin prefixes words from other languages suffixes

An interactive whiteboard resource exploring the story of Rhiannon from the Mabinogion. This lesson is based on the tale of Rhiannon's misfortune from the Welsh folk tale collection, The Mabinogion. The pack includes a version of the story suitable for KS2, a playscript, a wordsearch for revising key words, and a series of backdrops that can be used for performances of the play, or as a stimulus for improvisational drama.

An interactive resource where pupils drag onsets and rimes into the Wordmaker machine to make words.

Presentation to learn how to use appropriate conjunctions in sentences

To identify common errors made by Year 3 pupils in Welsh medium schools when approaching English for the first time

A series of PPTS that can be used as introductions to different non-fiction writing activities. The units include activities covering: Letter writing; Adverts; Leaflets; autobiographies.For more materials relating to this resource, please visit the NGfL site, linked below.

This pack contains: * Writing resources; * Display resources; * ‘Developing Descriptive Writing’ PowerPoint Authors: Tom Maloney Suzanne House Dawn Robertson

Activities to support all areas of the curriculum from early years to year 6. The activities can be used stand alone or as part of an introduction or plenary session. Each activity has teacher guidance notes attached.

These activities have been made to support all areas of the curriculum from Early Years to Year 6. The activities can stand alone or used as part of an introduction or plenary session. Each activity has teacher guidance notes attached. Includes word searches, gap fill activities and sort activities.

This resource pack explores the processes involved in creating a poem and story.

A resource based around the issue of ‘hoodie culture’ prevalent in many towns throughout the country. These activities are developed primarily as a speaking and listening resource but there are many opportunities for reading and writing also. All of the activities are based on the models outlined in the new Welsh Assembly Document ‘Developing Thinking’ with lots of opportunity for group work and fit with the new skills framework. Teachers are advised to view the content of the lesson and lesson-plans prior to teaching in class.

This pack is made up of a set of activities. It can be used to introduce pupils to the idea that language has many subtleties and that statements are not always right or wrong. These activities will address the following areas of the national curriculum in Wales: Key stage 2 programme of study English, Oracy - 1, 2. This pack contains: three interactive whiteboard activities reference material and animations a class worksheet - differentiation by outcome.

A set of matching activities in the form of an interactive game of Snap. Pupils are required to match: pictures, shapes and colours. This resource can also be accessed by switch users via a switch interface which emulates the enter key. Suitable for older pupils with SEN

This resource pack revises the use of a thesaurus to choose appropriate synonyms and demonstrates how the choice of words can change the shade of meaning in poetry. Pupils can use the interactive activity to create their own concrete poem using a typical Welsh image as a background to build their poem upon and then print out the completed version. Alternatively the activity could be used for whole class demonstration before printing out backgrounds for the children to write their poem on.

A short presentation to introduce sh and ch

A unit taking pupils through the advertising process of a product launch. The pack includes activities that cover: Anchoring images, Logos, Slogans, Analysing TV adverts, Costings. For more materials relating to this resource, please visit the NGfl site, linked below.

This unit revises the English GCSE play Macbeth by William Shakespeare. It includes interactive activities revising characterisation, themes and key events, in preparation for the exam and coursework questions. Pupils will become familiar with dramatic techniques, analyse language and imagery and will collect evidence and form judgements on who is to blame for the death of a main character. The unit also includes teachers’ notes with suggestions on how to use each resource.

The attached flipcharts have been made to help support the teaching of vowel phonemes. The phonemes match the NLS objectives for Year 2. The flipcharts may be opened in Active Primary or Active Studio 2. Flip- charts can be printed for written reinforcement. Term 1 includes: ee, oo, ar, oy, ow. Term 2 includes: air, or, er. Term 3 includes: ea, ear.

This resource pack provides a range of activities to explain and reinforce the meaning of compound words. It should enable pupils to: understand that a compound word is two smaller words joined together, look at individual words to make their own compound words, and identify and create compound words from a list or table of words.