These editing dice are a fun way to engage children with editing and improving their work. After completing their writing, children roll the die. Each face of the die highlights a different aspect of their writing for children to look at, and suggests an improvement to make.

These bright and engaging worksheets encourage children to revise and practise the standard features needed when writing limericks. The sheets offer five different challenges, under the headings understand, explain, challenge, test and apply. These can be completed during a single lesson, spread over a number of sessions, or used for homework. The questions encourage creative responses as well as revision, and use interesting images to spark children’s imaginations.

Determiner meaning A determiner is a word which introduces a noun. It goes before the noun and provides further detail. The resource This bright, appealing PDF grammar worksheet is an excellent way to practise and revise using determiners in year 4. This primary resource is divided into five sections: Understand Choose the correct determiner to finish each sentence; insert determiners to complete each sentence; write three sentences using one determiner from each column. Challenge Look at the pictures and write a sentence about each one, trying to use a different determiner each time. Test Circle the determiners; identify the correct position for determiners; tick sentences that include determiners. Explain Using your own words, explain what a determiner is, using examples. Give an example of how a determiner can change the meaning of a sentence. Apply Imagine that you are walking along a beach when you find a message in a bottle. Who wrote it? What does the message say? What did you do? Write a short story about your discovery. Use a range of determiners in your story. Choose ones which emphasise parts of the text. The 15-minute challenge features activities that include SATs-style questions and opportunities for creative writing responses, with eye-catching images as prompts. National Curriculum English programme of study links: Children will learn to use expanded noun phrases to convey complicated information concisely in a manner appropriate to the context.

This set of worksheets allows KS2 children to explore more ambitious vocabulary for their own writing. Each task - understand, explain, challenge, test, apply - explores how choosing more powerful synonyms for everyday verbs can change the meaning of a sentence, and give writing more impact. Perfect for home learning, as an exercise before an independent writing task, and as a way to challenge more able learners in lower year groups, the worksheets are bright and engaging, using eye-catching images to fire children’s imaginations, and giving them the opportunity to apply their knowledge in creative writing activities.

This pack contains 11 interactive posters to inspire more effective writing from children in Years 3, 4, 5 and 6. Each features an everyday (‘boring’) verb, or verb phrase, surrounded by more powerful synonyms, illustrated with eye-catching images. There are two versions of each poster - labelled and unlabelled - as well as pupil worksheets so children can come up with their own synonyms and find, or draw, illustrations for them.

This classic texts challenge pack provides a quick burst of comprehension practice - ideal for morning work, a short reading session or even sparking an interest in a classic text. Each challenge includes a brief extract from a classic text with a range of reading challenge questions focusing on the key skills of inference, information retrieval and vocabulary use. The classic texts in this pack are: The Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum Five Children and It, by E. Nesbit The Wind in the Willows, by Kenneth Graham

Enhance your KS2 classroom displays with this set of 14 colourful posters based around Year 3 spelling patterns. Each poster shows the spelling pattern surrounded by 8 eye-catching images illustrating words that use that pattern. As well as the completed posters, the pack includes: posters where the example illustrations aren’t labelled, so children can be challenged to identify the missing words; posters showing the spelling pattern only, so children can add their own example words and pictures; individual elements of the posters, which can be cut out and assembled as part of any larger wall display, and added to by the children.

This spelling Bingo game is a fun way to support children in Year 4 and above to practise and master key spelling patterns. The game can be played as a class or in small groups.

This challenging KS2 grammar game will help get children thinking about making powerful adjective choices. A tarsia is a simple jigsaw puzzle which children solve by matching up sides of triangles so that they correspond with each other, to form one giant equilateral triangle. In this case, children need to match adjective synonyms. An ideal stretch and challenge activity for in the classroom, or for homework.

These worksheets review the grammar and punctuation objectives covered during Year 6. They are an excellent way to identify areas of strength or weakness before the end of the year, and to revise this content before the KS2 SATs. The worksheets are divided into five different types of activity including writing challenges and GPS sample test questions.

This Greek myth retells the tale of how Pandora released all the evils of the world. It can be used to test comprehension skills, including inference, and as a model text for story planning and writing activities. The text is accompanied by 20 reading comprehension questions. These questions target key comprehension skills such as retrieving information, making inferences and understanding unfamiliar vocabulary, including Tier 2 words. A planning sheet is included for children to plan out their own Greek myth.

Support teaching of phase 4 phonics with this pack of five illustrated worksheets. The activities allow pupils to develop their comprehension skills, applying their knowledge of reading CVCC and CCVC words to produce responses through drawing and writing - and allowing for easy differentiation.

Support teaching of phase 5 phonics with this pack of five illustrated and easily differentiated worksheets. The activities allow pupils to develop their comprehension skills, applying their blending skills to read and understand sentences and produce responses in a range of ways, including drawing and original writing. Three further phase 5 comprehension packs are available.

Support teaching of phase 5 phonics with this pack of five illustrated and easily differentiated worksheets. The activities allow pupils to develop their comprehension skills, applying their blending skills to read and understand sentences and produce responses in a range of ways, including drawing and original writing. Three further phase 5 comprehension packs are available.

This KS2 reading comprehension resource tells the tale of how Robin Hood disguised himself as a potter to trick the Sheriff of Nottingham. It can be used to test comprehension skills and as a model text for writing activities. The text is accompanied by 20 reading comprehension questions (with answers provided on a separate sheet). These questions target key comprehension skills such as retrieving information, making inferences and understanding unfamiliar vocabulary. A planning sheet is included to help children map out their own piece of writing inspired by the model text.

These worksheets, covering possessive apostrophes with plural words, are an excellent way for children in Years 3 and 4 to revise and practise these spelling patterns. The worksheets include five different activities in which children look at spelling patterns, identify misspelt words and apply their spellings in context. They can be used within lessons, as an assessment or as a homework task.

This KS2 grammar resource provides model sentences for over 50 different conjunctions, including FANBOYS; perfect for display and table activities in Year 3 and 4, as well as for revision in Year 5 and 6 Two versions of the sentences are available: For the table – these show all of the model sentences on 2 sheets which can be kept on tables and referred to during lessons. For display – the sentences are presented at a larger size so they can be used as part of a wall display.

These worksheets, covering adding ‘es’ to words ending in ‘y’, are an excellent way for children in Year 2 to revise and practise this spelling pattern. The worksheets include five different activities in which children look at spelling patterns, identify misspelt words and apply their spellings in context. They can be used within lessons, as an assessment or as a homework task.

These worksheets, covering the suffixes -ness and -ment, are an excellent way for children in Year 2 to revise and practise these spelling patterns. The worksheets include five different activities in which children look at spelling patterns, identify misspelt words and apply their spellings in context. They can be used within lessons, as an assessment or as a homework task.

These worksheets, covering the suffixes -ful and -less, are an excellent way for children in Year 2 to revise and practise these spelling patterns. The worksheets include five different activities in which children look at spelling patterns, identify misspelt words and apply their spellings in context. They can be used within lessons, as an assessment or as a homework task.