This Powerpoint pack contains seven weeks of GPS challenges aimed at covering half a term. Aimed at Year 3, there is one grammar, punctuation or spelling challenge for every day of the week covering a range of topic areas from the new National Curriculum. A great resource to use as a starter/plenary to a literacy lesson or to put up on the board during any spare minutes at the beginning or end of the day. Answers are provided.

The second of our 'Can you describe me?' character monster pack. A great resource to help with the teaching of descriptive writing. Included in this pack are 10 x A4 posters each showing a different monster like character. Around the outside of the character are a number of key questions to help the child describe the character. All images provided thanks to our subscription to clipart.com

These A4 differentiated word vocabulary mats are an essential tool for any child and would be perfect laminated and stored in boxes in the middle of the table. The mat focuses on writing a persuasive advert. The mat gives helpful sentence starters for the beginning, middle and end of the advert as well as possible adverbs and adjectives that could be used. There is also an example of a persuasive advert that the children can use to uplevel or improve their own piece of writing. The attached images show each mat but each pack includes: Mat 1 for the less able pupils (one A4 sheet) Mat 2 for the middle ability pupils (one A4 sheet) Mat 3 for higher ability pupils (on A4 sheet) Mat 4 - an example of a model persuasive advert (could be laminated back to back with one of the above mats) The resource is colourfully designed with the colours linked to the language through colour system. However any child can use these mats regardless of whether they are using this system.

An excellent teaching resource/aid which shows children the different types of connective and when it is appropriate to use them. This six poster pack includes: 1x A4 Title Page Poster 1x A4 Time Connective Poster with examples. 1x A4 In Addition Connective Poster with examples. 1x A4 Cause and Effect Connective Poster with examples 1x A4 Explaining Connective Poster with examples. 1X A4 Opposition Connective Poster with examples. The six A4 posters are colourfully designed and many of the poster include a clipart image - thanks to our link to iClipart. This pack is great to use as a display in the classroom or why not give the children these posters to have on their tables when they are required to use them?

This essential display pack consists of seven A4 posters diplaying the seven new areas of learning in the foundation stage. The titles on the posters are: Understanding the world Mathematics Physical Development Literacy Expressive Arts and Design Personal, Social and Emotional Development Communication and Language

Year 5/6 Super at Spelling - Autumn Term Pack. With this termly pack you will receive 12 weeks of spelling words and associated activities. These will be emailed to you all in one go. With the introduction of the new spelling, grammar and punctuation test at the end of KS2 and the new National Curriculum our spelling resource is an absolute essential. This pack comes with 12 weeks of activities with a set of spelling words and three activities per week.The resource is organised around the new National Curriculum and includes: Weeks 1,3,5,7,9 and 11 10 spelling words to learn based on a spelling pattern or sound as recommended in the new National Curriculum. Activity 1 - 10 sentences with missing words. Children to write out the sentences including the correct spelling word. Activity 2 - Anagrams. The spelling words have been scrambled up and the children need to unscramble and then write out correctly. Activity 3 - Wordsearch. The spelling words are hidden in a wordsearch and the children need to find them. Weeks 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 10 spelling words from the new National Curriculum statutory word list or words from previous SATs tests. Activity 1 - Definitions. Children need to match the correct spelling word with the correct definition. Activity 2 - Missing vowels. The spelling words are jumbled up and the children need to add the missing vowels to correctly spell each word. Once completed they have to write them out in alphabetical order. Activity 3 - 100 word writing challenge. A visual prompt is given and the children need to include as many of the spelling words as they can in only 100 words. Each activity is designed to take between 10 and 30 minutes and can either be built into the curriculum or given as homework activities. The spelling words and activities are aimed at children in years 5/6 and can be completed on paper or in books. These activities are provided in both PDF and PowerPoint format so they can be displayed on a whiteboard or printed out. Each page is decorated with a playful Clipart image thanks to our license with Clipart.com.

This is a simple concept which is designed to provide opportunities for children to write. In this pack are 6 weeks of writing prompts with 5 prompts included each week - one for each day. The writing prompts are only supposed to take children 5-10 minutes to complete and they should only aim to write 3 or 4 sentences. However the sentences they write should be of high quality and the children should aim to include a range of connectives, sentence starters, vocabulary and punctuation. At the end of the session it is recommended that the teacher provides an opportunity for the children to share what they have written. Examples of prompts included are: I was very disappointed when… If you looked under my bed, you would find… If I could go anywhere in the world, I would go to… If I was the teacher, I would… These writing prompts are provided in both PDF and PowerPoint format so they can be displayed on a whiteboard or printed out. Each page is decorated with a playful Clipart image thanks to our license with Clipart.com These writing activities are aimed at children in years 3 - 6

This Teach, Practise, Extend PowerPoint resource focuses on the use of an ellipsis. In total there are three slides: Slide 1 (teach) - Definition and explanation of how an ellipsis is used with examples given. Slide 2 (practise) - Children are asked to work with a partner to create a story opening which uses an ellipsis. An example is given as a model for the children. Slide 3 (extend) - Children are given a passage from James and the Giant Peach where all the punctuation has been lost. Children need to write the paragraph out adding in the punctuation including an ellipsis. The resource is colourfully designed and can clearly be seen from a distance making it ideal to display on the Interactive Whiteboard. It is also extremely good value for money, providing you with a straightforward and highly effective teaching resource. Great for a lesson starter, revision or early morning activity! The slides can be edited to suit the needs of your class but this resource, including the images must not be distributed to others without our permission.

This Teach, Practise, Extend PowerPoint resource focuses on homonyms and homophones In total there are four slides: Slide 1/2 (teach) - Definition and explanation of homophones and homonyms (one slide each). Examples of each are given within a sentence. Slide 3 (practise) - Children have to create pairs of homophones and explain the meaning of different pairs of homophones and homonyms. Slide 4 (extend) - Children are asked to complete sentences by adding in the appropriately spelt homophone and homonym. The resource is colourfully designed and can clearly be seen from a distance making it ideal to display on the Interactive Whiteboard. It is also extremely good value for money, providing you with a straightforward and highly effective teaching resource. Great for a lesson starter, revision or early morning activity! The slides can be edited to suit the needs of your class but this resource, including the images must not be distributed to others without our permission.

This Teach, Practise, Extend PowerPoint resource focuses on how personification is used in writing. In total there are three slides: Slide 1 - Definition of personification with examples accompanied by an explanation of why it is personification. Slide 2 - Children to read a poem and pick out all the examples of personification and then copy them out. Slide 3 - Five objects/people that the children need to personify. Children then have to write a poem of their own that includes personification. The poem is started for them to complete. The resource is colourfully designed and can clearly be seen from a distance making it ideal to display on the Interactive Whiteboard. It is also extremely good value for money, providing you with a straightforward and highly effective teaching resource. Great for a lesson starter, revision or early morning activity! The slides can be edited to suit the needs of your class but this resource, including the images must not be distributed to others without our permission.

This Teach, Practise, Extend PowerPoint resource focuses on pronouns. In total there are three slides: Slide 1 - Definition of a pronoun with examples of different types of pronouns and how they are used to replace nouns in a sentence. Slide 2 - Ten sentences where the children need to underline the pronouns. Slide 3 - Four sentences where the children need to choose an appropriate pronoun to replace the repeated noun. Then four sentences where the children need to choose the most appropriate pronoun to complete the sentence. The resource is colourfully designed and can clearly be seen from a distance making it ideal to display on the Interactive Whiteboard. It is also extremely good value for money, providing you with a straightforward and highly effective teaching resource. Great for a lesson starter, revision or early morning activity! The slides can be edited to suit the needs of your class but this resource, including the images must not be distributed to others without our permission.

This Teach, Practise, Extend PowerPoint resource focuses on verbs. In total there are three slides: Slide 1 - Definition of a verb with examples of verbs and further examples of how verbs are written within a sentence. Slide 2 - Ten sentences where the children need to underline the verbs. Slide 3 - Ten sentences which contain very simple verbs. The children need to uplevel and improve them by adding more interesting, descriptive verbs. The resource is colourfully designed and can clearly be seen from a distance making it ideal to display on the Interactive Whiteboard. It is also extremely good value for money, providing you with a straightforward and highly effective teaching resource. Great for a lesson starter, revision or early morning activity! The slides can be edited to suit the needs of your class but this resource, including the images must not be distributed to others without our permission.

With the introduction of the new spelling, grammar and punctuation test at the end of KS2 and the new National Curriculum our spelling resource is an absolute essential. This pack comes with 12 weeks of activities with a set of spelling words and three activities per week.The resource is organised around the new National Curriculum and includes: Weeks 1,3,5,7,9 and 11 10 spelling words to learn based on a spelling pattern or sound as recommended in the new National Curriculum. Activity 1 - 10 sentences with missing words. Children to write out the sentences including the correct spelling word. Activity 2 - Anagrams. The spelling words have been scrambled up and the children need to unscramble and then write out correctly. Activity 3 - Wordsearch. The spelling words are hidden in a wordsearch and the children need to find them. Weeks 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 10 spelling words from the new National Curriculum statutory word list. Activity 1 - Definitions. Children need to match the correct spelling word with the correct definition. Activity 2 - Missing vowels. The spelling words are jumbled up and the children need to add the missing vowels to correctly spell each word. Once completed they have to write them out in alphabetical order. Activity 3 - 100 word writing challenge. A visual prompt is given and the children need to include as many of the spelling words as they can in only 100 words. Each activity is designed to take between 10 and 30 minutes and can either be built into the curriculum or given as homework activities. The spelling words and activities are aimed at children in years 3/4 and can be completed on paper or in books. These activities are provided in both PDF and PowerPoint format so they can be displayed on a whiteboard or printed out. Each page is decorated with a playful Clipart image thanks to our license with Clipart.com,

With the introduction of the new spelling, grammar and punctuation test at the end of KS2 and the new National Curriculum our spelling resource is an absolute essential. This pack comes with 12 weeks of activities with a set of spelling words and three activities per week.The resource is organised around the new National Curriculum and includes: Weeks 1,3,5,7,9 and 11 10 spelling words to learn based on a spelling pattern or sound as recommended in the new National Curriculum. Activity 1 - 10 sentences with missing words. Children to write out the sentences including the correct spelling word. Activity 2 - Anagrams. The spelling words have been scrambled up and the children need to unscramble and then write out correctly. Activity 3 - Wordsearch. The spelling words are hidden in a wordsearch and the children need to find them. Weeks 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 10 spelling words from the new National Curriculum statutory word list. Activity 1 - Definitions. Children need to match the correct spelling word with the correct definition. Activity 2 - Missing vowels. The spelling words are jumbled up and the children need to add the missing vowels to correctly spell each word. Once completed they have to write them out in alphabetical order. Activity 3 - 100 word writing challenge. A visual prompt is given and the children need to include as many of the spelling words as they can in only 100 words. Each activity is designed to take between 10 and 30 minutes and can either be built into the curriculum or given as homework activities. The spelling words and activities are aimed at children in years 3/4 and can be completed on paper or in books. These activities are provided in both PDF and PowerPoint format so they can be displayed on a whiteboard or printed out. Each page is decorated with a playful Clipart image thanks to our license with Clipart.com

Enclosed in this set are 29 fiction activity question cards which can be used during guided reading sessions and are particularly useful to help prepare children for the KS2 SATs in May. Each question card is coded to show the assessment focus it can be matched up to. The activity cards are also colourfully designed and includes a playful clipart image - thanks to our link to iClipart.

With the introduction of the new spelling, grammar and punctuation test at the end of KS1 and the new National Curriculum our spelling resource is an absolute essential. This pack comes with 12 weeks of activities with a set of spelling words and three activities per week.The resource is organised around the new National Curriculum and includes: Weeks 1,3,5,7,9 and 11 10 spelling words to learn based on a spelling pattern or sound as recommended in the new National Curriculum (Year 1 program of study). Activity 1 - 10 sentences with missing words. Children to write out the sentences including the correct spelling word. (for less able children the sentence could be read out loud with the children writing the missing word) Activity 2 - Anagrams. The spelling words have been scrambled up and the children need to unscramble and then write out correctly. Activity 3 - Wordsearch. The spelling words are hidden in a wordsearch and the children need to find them. Weeks 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 10 spelling words to learn based on a spelling pattern or sound as recommended in the new National Curriculum (Year 2 program of study). Activity 1 - Definitions. Children need to match the correct spelling word with the correct definition. Activity 2 - Missing vowels. The spelling words are jumbled up and the children need to add the missing vowels to correctly spell each word. Once completed they have to write them out in alphabetical order. Activity 3 - Sentence writing challenge. A visual prompt is given and the children need to write sentences with the spelling words included. If the less able find this task too difficult then there are suggestions of alternative activities in the notes section of the PowerPoint presentation (not on PDF) Each activity is designed to take between 10 and 30 minutes and can either be built into the curriculum or given as homework activities. The spelling words and activities are aimed at children in years 1/2 and can be completed on paper or in books. These activities are provided in both PDF and PowerPoint format so they can be displayed on a whiteboard or printed out. Each page is decorated with a playful Clipart image thanks to our license with Clipart.com

With the introduction of the new Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling test for pupils in year 2 it is now vitally important that grammar is taught throughout KS1 This pack comes with 12 weeks of activities with five activities per week. These include activities which are linked to all aspects of the new grammar National Curriculum. Each activity is only designed to take 5 minutes which means these activites are perfect to complete first thing in the morning or straight after lunch. Built up over the term the children will become grammar experts! These activities are aimed at children in years 1/2 and can be completed on paper or in books. These activities are provided in both PDF and PowerPoint format so they can be displayed on a whiteboard or printed out. Each page is decorated with a playful Clipart image thanks to our license with Clipart.com