2 fully editable worksheets. A great way to encourage your child (or class) to write a daily or weekly diary. Suggested ways to use: Set as a homework activity - the children can write about the key events that happened on any day of the week. Monday morning activity - the children could write about their Saturday or Sunday activities, or both (they can choose). End of day activity! Parents who request additional writing for their child - ask them to keep a daily diary using both (or one) of these templates.

Holiday Journal / Diary A nice holiday homework activity. Activity: To write a holiday journal / diary. 11-page booklet. Fully editable.

A great poster to display in your classroom or on your working tables. Fully editable.

Attached is an ideal writing assessment for Key Stage 2 or Key Stage 3 to complete at the beginning or end of year. Planning sheet and writing template provided. Fully editable.

A lovely way to introduce your student’s to Verbs, Nouns and Adjectives. The slide show presents 4 special characters: ‘Gracie Grammar’, ‘Vicky Verb’, ‘Norman Noun’ and ‘Annabel Adjective’ … your children will really engage with this PowerPoint. 20 slides. Fully editable.

An excellent PowerPoint to refer to when introducing and teaching pre-cursive handwriting. 14 slides. . CONTENTS: Slide 3: Holding your pencil correctly Slide 4: The 5 pre-cursive stages Slide 5: The 5 pre-cursive stages (to stick in books) Slide 6: Bookmarks showing the pre-cursive letters Slide 8: Stage 1 Pre-Cursive Letters Slide 9: Stage 2 Pre-Cursive Letters Slide 10: Stage 3 Pre-Cursive Letters Slide 11: Stage 4 Pre-Cursive Letters Slide 12: Stage 5 Pre-Cursive Letters . 5 ‘Practice’ worksheets (one for each pre-cursive handwriting stage) included.

Attached is a fully editable 2-page worksheet related to jobs and their duties. Also attached is a PDF EDITABLE ONLINE VERSION. You can send this version to your student’s via Google Classroom or email. Your student’s will then be able to complete this worksheet online (as there are boxes on the sheet for your student’s to fill in). Please note: The preview screen does not show the boxes. . Prior to completing the worksheet: Discuss jobs with the children. Do they know what a job is? Ask the children (volunteers only) to describe a job they know well (it might be a job their parents have or a job they have seen). Get them to explain the main roles in the job (A teacher teaches, plans lessons, marks work etc.) and what somebody in that job might say (‘Please look this way’). Independent task: Complete the Jobs and Duties worksheet (2 pages).

If you’ve been teaching your class about ‘The Stone Age’, then this BIG WRITE will complement your unit of work perfectly. Attached is a complete story plan and 2 sets of writing sheets (one with an opener and one without) for a story called ‘THE HUNT’. Story outline: You are a Stone Age hunter and your family rely on you for food. You set off on a hunt! Just follow the plan and you can’t go wrong! Fully editable!

Focus: WORD KNOWLEDGE and DICTIONARY SKILLS. Learning Intention: To predict and clarify. Activity: Student’s must find a word they are unfamiliar with, predict what it means then clarify using a dictionary. Great activity for exploring and deepening vocabulary knowledge. Ideal for 7+ (depending on ability). Fully editable.

Great for a ‘one off’ non-fiction lesson about hamsters or science-related topic. Resources attached: Hamster Fact Sheet. 2 differentiated worksheets (1 easy and 1 more challenging) … both based on the fact sheet provided, Fully editable.

4 ATTACHMENTS: A pre-cursive handwriting presentation for students and practice sheets. A pre-cursive handwriitng mat. A cursive handwriting presentation for teachers/parents. A reference sheet describing the ‘Tripod Grip’.

34 fully editable slides. The PowerPoint is divided up into the following 4 sections: Calligrams. Descriptive Poems. Onomatopoeia. Similes and Metaphors. Integrated activities and lots of fun!

A consonant blends mat to refer to when identifying consonant blends in words. I normally print this onto A3 and get the children to add words and pictures as they learn the blends. There is a crab and milk carton on the sheet to show the children 2 examples. Fully editable and ready to go.

Title: Camping Holiday Gone Wrong. Topic: Holidays. Task: Imagine going on a camping trip with your family … what would you pack? Describe your journey and the campsite … what could go wrong? Planning sheet and story template provided. Age range: 5 -11 years. 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.

An easy way to summarise a topic. Ideal for 5 to 9 years. 1 worksheet. Fully editable.

What do you think about zoos? 1 side of A4. A nice introduction to debates! After the activity has been completed, split the class in 2 groups - one group FOR zoos and one group AGAINST zoos. Fully editable.

Worksheets and PowerPoints attached. Ideal for 5+ (depending on ability).

Comic Strips! Why not ask your student’s to create their very own comic strips/books Attached are 3 comic strip writing templates plus a selection of cartoon strips to refer to. Suggested activities: Cut and paste comic strips in the correct sequence; add speech bubbles to character pictures or create comic strips.

300 High Frequency Words 6 pages in total (50 words on each page). Page 1: Words 1 - 50. Page 2: Words 51 - 100. Page 3: Words 101 - 150. Page 4: Words 151 - 200. Page 5: Words 201 - 250. Page 6: Words 251 - 300. The lists have been designed to allow the child 5 attempts to read and spell each word. Great for: Creating spelling lists, interventions, reading and spelling ‘check up’ tests. Also attached are 6 spelling record sheets (1 for each set).