These worksheets review the grammar and punctuation objectives covered during Year 5. They are an excellent way to identify areas of strength or weakness in preparation for the next school year, and to revise this content before SATs in Year 6. 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 Prometheus stole fire from the gods to give to man. 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.

Tier 2 words are ones which children might encounter in text but are less likely to use in everyday conversation. As these words are often unfamiliar to children, they can sometimes act as a barrier to reading. We have chosen 48 Tier 2 words for this Year 6 pack. The Tier 2 words in this pack (provided as small cards for table sharing, and larger for display) can be used by children to add more adventurous or formal vocabulary to their writing. The worksheets can also be used as a reading comprehension activity.

Use these primary school worksheets to practise and review Year 4 spelling patterns for words from the National Curriculum spelling list. Year 6 spelling words are covered across five challenge sheets, each containing three different types of spelling challenge. The spelling patterns covered are: use the prefixes in-, im-, il-, ir-, sub-, inter-, super-, anti-, auto- understand and use the suffix -ation add endings which sound like ‘shun’ spelt -tion, -sion, -ssion, -cian spell homophones and near homophones spell words with the ‘s’ sounds spelt ‘sc’ place the possessive apostrophe accurately in words with regular plurals and in words with irregular plurals understand and use the word ‘ous’

This writing review worksheet is an excellent way to develop children’s understanding and use of persuasive writing in KS2. There are a number of activities that demonstrate different types of persuasive writing, along with a model text, examples of adverts, and writing challenges. There are images to included to help inspire children’s writing, as well as sentences for the children to rewrite and improve upon. It’s a great way to revise previous learning, and to experiment with new ideas.

This Greek myth, retelling the tale of Perseus and Medusa the Gorgon, can be used to test reading comprehension skills in KS2. It also provides a model text and prompts for 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.

The factsheets in this teaching resource can be used to suport children as they write their own Arthurian legends in KS2. The kit contains factsheets on: Arthurian characters - descriptions of some of the key characters from Arthurian legends, including King Arthur, Merlin and Morgan le Fay. Magical characters - descriptions of the Questing Beast and other creatures from Arthurian legend. Settings - details on Avalon and Camelot as well as further details on the Round Table. Magical Artefacts - descriptions of six magical artefacts - including King Arthur’s sword, Excalibur. The Code of Chivalry - the rules a knight must follow, which can be used to help generate story ideas. Story ideas - five story prompts can be used to help children create their own Arthurian legend. Story plan - this worksheet can be used by children to plan out their Arthurian legend.

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.

A KS2 non-fiction text on Laika – the first living creature to be sent into space. This can be used as part of a guided reading session or as homework. Also included are 12 comprehension questions covering the different reading skills of data retrieval, inference and the use of vocabulary.

This non-fiction information text covers Neil Armstrong and the Apollo 11 moon landing. Ideal for KS2, it can be used as part of a guided reading session or as homework. A worksheet with 12 comprehension questions is included, which covers the different reading skills of data retrieval, inference and the use of vocabulary.

A New Pet. This KS2 grammar teaching sequence for ellipsis has been designed to help children revisit and remember a key grammatical concept from the National Curriculum programme of study. The session provides a motivating and memorable image to stimulate discussion, before introducing the grammar element. Children have time to practise using this feature, before undertaking a short writing task to apply what they have learnt in the context of creative writing. The resource includes teacher notes and a pupil worksheet.

A great way to support planning stories with structures. It has often been suggested that there are only seven basic plots a story can use. This pack contains five story summaries, each covering a different plot type. The pack contains text summaries for five examples of the seven basic plot types. Overcoming the monster Rags to riches The quest Voyage and return Rebirth After familiarising themselves with these texts, children can adapt and change these stories to create tales of their own.

Help Y5 children to better understand how relative clauses work with this hands-on resource. The resource includes many sentence fragments that can be cut up and given to children to reassemble, making both simple sentences and more complex sentences with relative clauses. It’s a great way to teach spelling, punctuation and grammar using a more playful approach. Some of the sentence combinations will be funnier than others!

These spelling review worksheets, covering the Year 2 suffixes -ed, -ing, -er and -est, are an excellent way to revise and practise these word endings. The worksheets include 5 different activities in which children look at spelling patterns, identify misspelt words and apply their spellings in context. The worksheets are suitable for Year 2 pupils and older SEN or EAL pupils. They can be used within lessons, as an assessment or as a homework task.

This pack contains 14 interactive posters illustrating Year 2 spelling concepts. Each poster shows a spelling pattern surrounded by eight images. Each image illustrates a word that includes the same spelling pattern. There are two versions of each poster. Posters with text – the images on these posters are labelled with the word they are illustrating. Posters without text – the images on these posters are not labelled so that children can look at the pictures and try and identify the words they represent and the spelling pattern or patterns common to them all. There are also graphics for you to make your own posters, which can be cut out and arranged in different patterns on the classroom wall. The spelling rules illustrated in these posters are: The ‘j’ sound spelt ‘ge’ and ‘dge’ at the end of words, and sometimes spelt as ‘g’ elsewhere in words before ‘e’, ‘i’ and ‘y’ The ‘s’ sound spelt ‘c’ before ‘e’, ‘i’ and ‘y’ The ‘n’ sound spelt ‘kn’ and ‘gn’ at the beginning of words *The ‘r’ sound spelt ‘wr’ at the beginning of words The ‘ul’ sound spelt –le at the end of words The ‘ul’ sound spelt –el at the end of words The ‘ul’ sound spelt –al at the end of words Words ending –il The ‘ai’ sound spelt ‘y’ at the end of words Adding –es to nouns and verbs ending in ‘y’ Adding –ed, –ing, –er and –est to a root word ending in ‘y’ with a consonant before it Adding the endings – ing, –ed, –er, –est and –y to words ending in –e with a consonant before it Adding –ing, –ed, –er, –est and –y to words of one syllable ending in a single consonant letter after a single vowel letter

This pack contains six SATs style spelling tests – perfect for assessment at the end of each half term. Each test contains 20 questions and an answer sheet. A question overview grid indicates which spelling patterns are covered by each question so that you can see which spelling patterns need further support. The spelling patterns covered on this Year 4 spelling test are: Use more prefixes. Add suffixes beginning with vowel letters to words of more than one Use the suffix -ly Spell words with endings sounding like ‘zh’ and ‘ch’ Spell words with endings which sound like ‘zhun’ Spell homophones Spell words that are often misspelt Spell words containing the ‘i’ sound spelt ‘y’ elsewhere than at the end of words Spell words containing the ‘u’ sound spelt ‘ou’ Spell words with the ‘k’ sound spelt ‘ch’ Spell words with the ‘sh’ sound spelt ‘ch’ Spell words with the ‘ay’ sound spelt ‘ei’, ‘eigh’ or ‘e’ Use the prefixes in-, im-, il-, i-r, sub-, inter-, super-, anti-, auto- Understand and add suffix -ation, Add endings which sound like ‘shun’ spelt -tion, -sion, -ssion, -cian Spell words ending with the ‘g’ sound spelt ‘gue’ and the ‘k’ sound spelt -que Spell homophones and near-homophones Spell more complex words that are often misspelt for Years 3 and 4 Spell words with the ‘s’ sounds spelt ‘sc’ Place the possessive apostrophe accurately in words with regular plurals

These spelling word worksheets provide a great way to practise and review the Year 3 words from the National Curriculum Spelling List. All of the Year 3 spelling words are covered across 11 challenging worksheets, each containing three different types of spelling check challenges, including anagrams and cryptic clues. The spelling patterns covered are: use the prefix un-, dis-, mis-, re- add suffixes with vowel letters to words of more than one syllable. add the suffix -ly spell words with endings sounding like ‘zh’ and ‘ch’ spell words with endings which sound like ‘zhun’ spell homophones spell words containing the ‘i’ sound spelt ‘y’ elsewhere than at the end of words. spell words containing the ‘u’ sound spelt ‘ou’ spell words with the ‘k’ sound spelt ‘ch’ spell words with the ‘sh’ sound spelt ‘ch’ spell words with the ‘ay’ sound spelt ‘ei’, ‘eigh’ or ‘ey’

Use these KS2 reading comprehension worksheets to teach your children about the Abominable Snowman. The text covers sighting and photographs, related geography and famous explorers who claim to have seen evidence of its existence. A set of comprehension questions are included, which tackle key reading skills such as inference and retrieval. This pack is also a great prompt for writing scary stories.

This KS2 grammar resource provides everything you need to teach five 15-minute lessons on expanded noun phrases. As well as learning how to identify and construct expanded noun phrases, children are challenged to come up with creative responses in their writing to this area of grammar, with colourful images included to help inspire their work. The five SPaG lessons are designed to be taught across one week. Alternately, you may wish to teach the sessions in larger chunks, spread over a longer period of time or intersperse them with different grammar, punctuation and spelling lessons. The resources included in this pack are: PowerPoint Expanded noun phrase worksheets Noun cards Upleveling sentences worksheets

This Greek myth, retelling the tale of the Minotaur and how it was defeated by the Greek hero Theseus, can be used to test reading comprehension skills in KS2. It also provides a model text and prompts for writing activities. The text is accompanied by 17 reading comprehension questions. These questions target key comprehension skills such as retrieving information, making inferences and understanding unfamiliar vocabulary.