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.

A short presentation to introduce sh and ch

A resource that helps students to look at images and how they can portray moods, information etc. By the end of this lesson students should have: * explored how we read images * explored how text affects the way we read images * manipulated images to test impact * written an analysis of a real world image

Various flipcharts looking at different spelling rules. Covers: double consonants, hompophones, i before e, pluralisation and vowe suffixes

This resource provides a guide for several aspects of English teaching, utilising ACTIVStudio software and a web browser. It looks at * Poetry : The Eve of St. Agnes * Literary Fiction : Novel openings * Creative writing * Literary Fiction: Shakespeare's Macbeth * Literary Non fiction: Persuasive writing using Senator Robert Byrd&'s speech to the US Senate in the run up to war with Iraq.

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 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.

PowerPoint which asks pupils to change letters to make new CVC words. Listen to the word then click on the letter that needs to be changed, then on the new letter below to replace it.

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 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.

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 explores the processes involved in creating a poem and story.

Children can read or listen to the stories and play word recognition games. Photocopiable sheets can be used to make flashcards and matching activities.

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.

Learn to write and sequence instructions. This activity aims to encourage pupils to think of the need to carry out certain acts in a certain order. They will have to arrange a series of familiar activities into the correct order and will also get the chance to write their own set of instructions if the teacher deems this appropriate. This pack will address the following objectives: to sequence a set of instructions of a familiar activity to write their own set of instructions to think about the reader when creating their instructions

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.

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

Created to facilitate pupils' acquisition of vocabulary through digital flashcards and interactive multimedia activities (in Welsh).

This fully planned teaching and learning resource has been developed through partnership between ‘The Fourteen Locks Education Through Restoration Project’ and ‘The Newport Writing Squad’. Authors: Tom Maloney Suzanne House Dawn Robertson

This lesson encourages pupils to think of new vocabulary for descriptive writing. The activities will encourage whole class/group discussion, collaboration and participation.