This year 2 writing assessment resource pack provides the opportunity for KS1 pupils to produce cross-curricular writing that can be assessed against the year 2 Teacher Assessment Framework (TAF). Pupils will write a letter to Neil Armstrong, asking questions about the moon landing; the pack could be used as part of a history topic on significant people from the past. A pupil writing checklist is provided to encourage independent proofreading and editing. Year 2 writing checklists with TAF statements can be used to assess pupils against the year 2 writing standards for working towards, expected and greater depth standards."

This year 2 common exception word (CEW) pack allows pupils to practise reading and spelling a selection of the 64 tricky words. Each worksheet includes two or three words for pupils to read, spell and understand, with an opportunity to develop letter formation using handwriting line guides. Common exception words included in this pack are: both, old cold, gold every, everybody hold, told most, only

Inspire discussion and writing in your primary class with these six KS1 interactive display posters on pets. Each poster contains statistics and interesting facts about the animals. Additional bubbles are provided so that the children can add their own facts and expand the posters. The sheets include these animals: Dogs Cats Rabbits Fish Tortoises Hamsters

This pack contains 8 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: ‘ff’, ‘ll’, ‘ss’, ‘zz’ and ‘c’ words -nk words Syllables -tch words Words that end in the ‘v’ sound Adding ‘s’ and ‘es’ to words Adding -ed, -ing and -er Adding -er and -est

This pack contains 16 interactive posters illustrating Year 4 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: in- prefix im- prefix il- prefix ir- prefix sub- prefix inter- prefix super- prefix -ation suffix endings which sound like -shun words ending with the /g/ sound spelt –gue and the /k/ sound spelt –que homophones and near homophones words with the ‘s’ sound spelt ‘sc’ possessive apostrophes

Inspire discussion and writing in your primary class with these six KS1 interactive display posters on dinosaurs. Each poster contains statistics and interesting facts about dinosaurs. Additional bubbles are provided so that the children can add their own facts and expand the posters. There are blank posters too so you can customise and create your own display. The posters include these dinosaurs: Tyrannosaurus Rex Triceratops Stegosaurus Pteradactylus Diplodocus Ankylosaurus

This pack contains 5 interactive posters illustrating Year 6 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: Adding suffixes beginning with vowel letters to words ending in -fer Use prefixes involving the use of a hyphen Homophones and other words which are often confused Uncommon or ambitious vocabulary Etymophagy and morophology

These spelling review worksheets provide an excellent way to test and practice adding suffixes that begin with a vowel to words with more than one syllable. 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 3 and Year 4 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

These spelling word worksheets provide a great way to practise and review the Year 5 and 6 words from the National Curriculum Spelling List. All of the Year 5 and 6 spelling words are covered across five challenging worksheets, each containing three different types of spelling check challenges, including anagrams and cryptic clues.

This KS2 inspiration pack will help children develop quality writing around a spooky story theme. In order for children to write engaging stories, they need to be able to visualise the settings and objects they might use in their tales. The image prompts in this pack will give pupils lots of ideas to work with and details that will make their stories and characters come alive. There are also some short example texts to help them on their way. The pictures in this pack are grouped into sets, allowing the children to describe characters, settings and objects in detail. The resources include: A pupil planning booklet with images and space for text Planning sheets where children can develop characters, settings and objects for their stories Images to use as posters

This writing review worksheet is an excellent way to revise and practise using onomatopoeia in KS2 English lessons. It contains examples of onomatopoeia and 5 different onomatopoeia challenges which can be used during one lesson or spread over a number of teaching sessions. Questions encourage creative responses as well as revision, and include interesting images to stimulate ideas.

These KS2 reading comprehension worksheets include lots of information about Neil Armstrong and the Apollo moon missions, telling the story of Apollo 11 and other Apollo missions that came before and after. The resource 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 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 the Year 3 spelling test are: Use more prefixes. Add suffixes beginning with vowel letters to words of more than one syllable. *Use the suffix -ly Spell words with endings sounding like ‘zh’ and ‘ch’ Spell words with endings which sound like ‘zhun’ e.g. division, decision Spell homophones Spell words that are often misspelt (English Appendix 1) Spell words containing the ‘i’ sound spelt ‘y’ elsewhere than at the end of words e.g. myth, gym Spell words containing the ‘u’ sound spelt ‘ou’ Spell words with the ‘k’ sound spelt ‘ch’ e.g. scheme, school, echo Spell words with the ‘sh’ sound spelt ‘ch’ e.g. chef, machine Spell words with the ‘ay’ sound spelt ‘ei’, ‘eigh’ or ‘ey’ e.g. eight, they

The Wild West idioms in this pack are a fun and interactive way to practise reading inference skills. For example, if in the Wild West is ‘stringing a whizzer’ it means they’re telling a tall tale. Children can also enhance their writing by adding idioms or extra detail to stories which take place in historical settings. The pack contains: Wild West phrase cards – the cards are presented on separate pieces of paper so that they can be shared amongst pupils in a group. Children can discuss the meanings of these phrases out of context. Also included are larger versions of the idioms so that they can be used for display. Wild West phrase definitions – these definition cards can be matched up to the Wild West idioms. These definitions are available in a small size for sharing at a table, and also in a larger size for display. Wild West phrase answer sheet – this sheet presents the Wild West idioms with their definitions. Wild West phrase sentence worksheets – children can read the idioms in context and then try to infer their meaning. Two worksheets using different Wild West phrases are included.

Not just classroom wallpaper! This pack contains seven interactive posters illustrating different coordinating conjunctions. Each poster uses an amusing or interesting image accompanied by word balloons to explain a GPS concept. Blank balloon templates and display resources enable you to use the children’s own ideas or to add to the existing examples.

This spelling Bingo resource pack is a fun way to support children in Year 5 and above in practising key spelling patterns. The game can be played as a class or in small groups. Included in this pack are: 30 bingo cards each containing 16 words containing spelling patterns from Year 5 and Lower Key Stage 2. 1 tick-list to mark off the spelling patterns called out. The spelling patterns covered in this pack include: dis- prefix mis- prefix re- prefix un- prefix add suffixes beginning with vowel letters to words of more than one syllable add the suffix -ly words with endings sounding like ‘zh’ and ‘ch’ words with endings which sound like ‘zhun’ homophones and near homophones words containing the ‘i’ sound spelt ‘y’ elsewhere than at the end of words words containing the ‘u’ sound spelt ‘ou’ words with the ‘k’ sound spelt ‘ch’ words with the ‘sh’ sound spelt ‘ch’ words with the ‘ei’ sound spelt ‘ei’, ‘eigh’ or ‘ey’ in- prefix im- prefix il- prefix ir- prefix sub- prefix inter- prefix super- prefix anti-prefix auto- prefix -ation suffix add endings which sound like ‘shun’ spelt -tion, -sion, -ssion, -cian words ending with the ‘g’ sound spelt ‘gue’ and the ‘k’ sound spelt -que words with the ‘s’ sounds spelt ‘sc’ place the possessive apostrophe accurately in words with regular plurals and in words with irregular plurals -ous suffix word endings which sound like ‘shuss’ spelt -cious or -tious word endings which sound like ‘shul’ spelt -cial or -tial words ending in -ant, -ance/-ancy, -ent, -ence/ -ency words ending in -able and -ible also -ably and -ibly words containing the letter-string ‘ough’ words with ‘silent’ letters

This pack contains seven interactive posters illustrating different ways in which a writer can begin a story in an engaging way in KS2 English lessons. Each poster uses an arresting image to suggest a story and these are accompanied by model opening sentences. Children can use these sentences as inspiration and they can be magpied as a structure for similar opening sentences to hook in the reader. Blank word balloon templates enable you to use the children’s own ideas for display - pupils can find great opening sentences in books they have read and add these to the posters in the balloons provided. There are two versions of each poster: Completed poster - these writing posters can go straight onto your classroom wall. The image is accompanied by model text opening sentences for a story start device. Blank poster - these posters are blank and ready for the class to add their own text in the blank speech bubbles provided. These can then be arranged around the poster. Our example text bubbles can be included as well. Also included are: Pupil worksheets - these templates are blank except for the image at the centre of the page. Children can use the blank boxes to add their own story starter sentences.

This pack contains 12 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 ‘or’ sound spelt a before l and ll The ‘u’ sound spelt o The long ‘e’ sound spelt –ey The ‘o’ sound spelt a after w and qu The ‘er’ sound spelt or after w The ‘or’ sound spelt ar after w The ‘zh’ sound spelt s The suffixes –ment, –ness, –ful , –less and –ly Contractions Possessive apostrophes Words ending in -tion Homophones and near homophones

This pack contains 21 posters that define some of the main grammatical terms children need to learn and understand in KS2 English. Each poster puts grammar in context by highlighting an example of the term being discussed within a sentence, and matching lots of examples to an engaging central image. There are four versions of each poster. Completed poster - These posters can go straight onto your classroom wall. The image is accompanied by text to illustrate the grammatical term. Blank poster – The posters include the grammatical term and the definition. The remaining text has been removed. The poster is ready for your class to add their own text in the speech bubbles provided. These can then be arranged around the poster. Giant poster – A large version of the blank poster. This can be printed off in four parts and assembled to create a larger display. Simple posters – These posters contains the title, definition and an example sentence with no image and no other text.