Will Santa ever get home??? A lovely modelled or guided reading text, ideal for Year 2 or Year 3 students. 5 pages. 4 chapters. 563 words. 2556 characters (no spaces). Fully editable.

Attached is a 9-slide PowerPoint of the traditional tale, ‘The Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing’. On slide 2, there is a ‘new vocabulary’ matching activity to complete before reading the story. Fully editable and adaptable for all ages (particularly 7+)

A fun 2-page alphabet worksheet to help reinforce adjectives, verbs and nouns. Activity: Use an adjective (a description), a verb (an action) and a noun (a name) for each letter in the alphabet. 2 pages Fully editable. Adaptable for a variety of age groups.

6 contractions and apostrophes resources attached. Worksheets, PowerPoints and more! Ideal for 7 - 11 years (depending on ability).

2 great ‘contractions’ worksheets: Activity 1: Examples of contractions plus an activity asking the children to write some sentences using contractions. Activity 2: Students are asked to rewrite some sentences replacing the underlined words with a contraction. Both worksheets are fully editable.

2 great APOSTROPHE games for younger learners - Memory Game & Apostrophe Dominoes. Game 1: Memory Game. Cut out the words, place them face down on the table and mix them up. Then take it in turns to choose two cards. If two cards match, you get to keep the cards and have another go. Keep going until all the cards have gone. Finally, add up your score. Game 2: Apostrophe Dominoes. A 100-piece dominoes game to help teach and reinforce APOSTROPHES. Ideal for 4 players (25 pieces each). Before a child can place a piece down, they must read the word on their card. Both games are fully editable.

A great PowerPoint to help teach apostrophes and contractions. 89 slides - fully editable. Examples and activities included. Ideal for younger learners.

This bundle of 6 resources includes: A PowerPoint showing examples of what it means to explain. An explanation rubric. A ‘What is it?’ activity. A writing to explain 4-page activity booklet. A Cause and Effect PowerPoint. A 36-slide PowerPoint containing the following information: What are explanation texts? Identifying the subject in an explanation text. 6 Explanation texts: 1. Water pollution 2. The production of paper 3. Health and Beauty 4. How do volcanoes erupt? 5. What would happen if humans didn’t have bones? 6. What do muscles do? Layout of an explanation text Cause and effect – connectives, examples and activities. More explanation activities

Focus: Advertisements. A purposeful homework project for 7+ Fully editable.

Identify what makes an effective advertisement with this advertisement evaluation form. Fully editable.

A great bundle of ‘Writing to Persuade’ Resources. A 44-slide PowerPoint presentation (with integrated activities and texts). 6 debates to discuss and write about: Rollerblading, pets, school uniforms, mobile phones, boxing and vegetarianism. An advertisements homework activity and evaluation form. A variety of persuasive writing frames. Fully editable resources.

9 slides. Great to use when introducing apostrophes to the class. Examples shown and VERY easy to follow! Ideal for younger learners (6+) Tried and tested.

Rhyming Couplets writing template. 2-page booklet. Word and PDF attached so fully editable.

4 resources in total Plan and create your own rhyming couplet poems using these versatile worksheets. 8 pages in total. Fully editable.

7 activities. Ideal for 7+ (depending on ability).

Food Hygiene - PowerPoint A succinct but clear presentation about food hygiene. 10 slides. Good to use as a non fiction text for a one-off English lesson … also can be linked to healthy eating. Fully editable.

Great templates for rhyming couplets. Just list some words on the board linked to the topic (school) and off you go. The worksheet highlights the end word on each line. Also attached is another rhyming couplet template linked to the topic “US” 2 resources in total. Fully editable.

Possessive Apostrophes - Words and Pictures Matching Activity. Activity: Cut out the cards and shuffle them. Place the cards face down and take turns to turn 2 cards over (1 picture card and 1 sentence card). Read the cards aloud. If 2 cards match, you get to keep them. The person with the most pairs at the end WINS! 5-page booklet. Ideal for younger learners. Fully editable.

BIG WRITE: Birthday Surprise. Ask the children to imagine they have a sister called ‘Daisy’. Soon it will be her birthday. Tell them that they want to buy her a surprise birthday gift. Just follow the planning sheet then complete the story. Planning sheet and writing template provided. Fully editable.

ASSESS YOUR STUDENT’S LISTENING CAPABILITIES WITH THIS FORM. With reference to work samples and observations, highlight language capabilities 'AT OR ABOV’E the ESL Bandscale levels (Levels 1 to 7). Finally, rate the student at the level which contains the most highlighting. On the second page, it suggests the ‘next steps’ depending on the level achieved. 2 pages.