This resource contains graded activities which help reinforce phonic blends and sounds in reading and writing. It is suitable for Upper Foundation Phase and, mainly, Key Stage 2. The resource can be used on stand alone computers which have Microsoft Office PowerPoint, though for whole class activities, it is best used with an Interactive Whiteboard. The Teachers' Guidance Notes explain in more detail how this resource can be most effectively used. The Guidance also includes a glossary of terms used to describe different blends. Please visit the NGfL site, linked below.

This resource contains graded activities which help reinforce phonic blends and sounds in reading and writing. It is suitable for Upper Foundation Phase and, mainly, Key Stage 2. The resource can be used on stand alone computers which have Microsoft Office PowerPoint, though for whole class activities, it is best used with an Interactive Whiteboard. The Teachers' Guidance Notes explain in more detail how this resource can be most effectively used. The Guidance also includes a glossary of terms used to describe different blends. Please visit the NGfL site, linked below.

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.

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.

An interactive resource where pupils drag letters into the Wordmaker machine to make CVC words.

This resource pack allows pupils to find differences and similarities between well-known fairy stories. They look at six scenes and characters from six fairy tales and then put them into the correct storybook. Pupils make a chart that compares characters and incidents in fairy tales. Pupils have the opportunity to make their own fairy tale, adding pictures and text from a large bank of images and props.

This activity pack introduces pupils to two traditional fairy tales, Jack and the Beanstalk and The Gingerbread Man. Pupils read through the stories with the teacher and then complete a series of activities that describe characters, sequence events and discuss what is needed for good beginnings, middles and endings when writing stories. Objectives: to retell and recount two traditional fairy stories to sequence events in a story to describe characters from a story

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.

The first in a series of units which focuses on developing writing skills. This particular unit focuses on creative and descriptive writing as well as giving informal advice. There are a variety of thinking skills tasks which encourage pupils to look at the skill of showing rather than telling and different levels of formality. Each unit also contains an avatar, along with opportunities to discuss and analyse writing.

Ideas and activities that help promote discussion about the poem ‘Ailgylchu’ which is a part of the AS Welsh Second Language specification. The resource contains animations, audio, video and is suitable for use on an interactive whiteboard or with a digital projector.

This lesson explores the use of verbs to add dramatic interest to poems. The activities will encourage pupils to think more carefully about the use of verbs to describe action and should enable them to develop their knowledge of verbs and stimulate them to write more descriptive poems. The whiteboard activities will encourage whole class/group discussion, collaboration and participation. The lesson could be used at the beginning of a unit of work on writing poetry or as an extension lesson at the end of work on verbs.

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

This resource pack is designed to allow pupils to experiment with writing invitations. They will have to think of the appropriate layout and use images to make the invitation aesthetically pleasing. Pupils will be able to pick from a series of different events to design, make and print their invitations. There is a considerable amount of ICT as a key skill in this activity as they will be choosing the appropriate styles, images and editing their choices.

This unit revises the English GCSE novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. It includes interactive activities revising characterisation, important quotations, themes and key events, in preparation for the GCSE literature exam questions. Pupils will become familiar with American terminology to increase understanding of the novel and analyse the ending and its affect on the reader. The unit also includes teachers’ notes with suggestions on how to use each resource.

This pack consists of several activities that could be used to help pupils to examine sentences, look for key features and identify different sentence types. The activities will: allow the teacher to interactively demonstrate different types of sentences and allow pupils to sort sentences into the relevant groups. This pack contains: seven screens for use on the interactive, whiteboard , and three worksheets.

Whiteboard resource looking at scripts and performance. Based on the story of Frankenstein. Pupils use an interactive theatre to create their own playscript and play. It links with the key stage 2 attainment target 1 structure - oracy. The main links are English AT1: participate in a wide range of drama activities including role play, improvisation and the writing and performance of scripted drama.

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.

An animation shows the spelling of words with long i, o and u vowel sounds. Pupils see 3 different graphemic representations (spellings) of these vowel sounds. Pupils are asked to make words using the Wordmaker machine. If the answer is correct the word is spoken and a picture appears. Suitable for older pupils with SEN.

An animation shows the spelling of words with long a, e, i, o and u vowel sounds. Pupils see how split digraphs are used to spell these vowel sounds. Pupils are asked to make words using the Wordmaker machine. If the answer is correct the word is spoken and a picture appears. Suitable for older pupils with SEN.