Hello! We're creating resources for busy primary school teachers. All our writers are themselves experienced KS1 and KS2 professionals and we design our resources to be as appealing and accessible as possible.
Hello! We're creating resources for busy primary school teachers. All our writers are themselves experienced KS1 and KS2 professionals and we design our resources to be as appealing and accessible as possible.
Planning effectively enables pupils to become successful writers. With this set of problem cards, pupils can plan a short story, using the worksheet to order their ideas chronologically.
This set of four bright, attractive posters display the additional grammar and punctuation vocabulary that children are required to learn and understand by the end of the Year 4 curriculum.
Ideal for use as part of a working wall, they can be referred to as the teaching points arise; discussed for revision; and added to over the course of the year with example of the children’s own work, and those they may spot in, for example, their shared reading.
Planning effectively before writing helps pupils to become successful writing. Use our news report images as prompts for children quickly to plan out a newspaper report, noting key words and phrases on the worksheet provided.
This set of nine bright, attractive posters display the grammar and punctuation vocabulary that children are required to learn and understand by the end of the Year 1 curriculum.
Ideal for use as part of a working wall, they can be referred to as the teaching points arise; discussed for revision; and added to over the course of the year with example of the children’s own work, and those they may spot in, for example, their shared reading.
Proofreading and editing work is an important part of the writing process. Use our edit rating worksheet and display posters to create an editing station in your own classroom, and to help pupils evaluate and edit previous pieces of writing -both their own and others’ - at the start of English lessons.
This bright, appealing grammar worksheet is an excellent way to practise and revise using parenthesis in Year 5. It is divided into five sections: understand, challenge, test, explain and apply.
Activities include SATs style questions and opportunities for creative writing responses, with eye-catching images as prompts.
Write Now! is an exclusive collection of original, quirky and inspiring creative writing prompts from the imagination of teacher and children’s author Hayley Scott (Teacup House), split up into five packs of 40 ideas.
Perfect for pupils in Years 1-6 (and beyond), each prompt is a springboard to take children on a writing adventure without limits, using ambitious vocabulary and all of their senses.
Whether you choose to use Write Now! for 10- or 20-minute daily or weekly sessions; for home learning; or as a warm-up for longer tasks - it’s a powerful and joyful way to promote writing for pleasure and improve outcomes in your school.
Write Now! is an exclusive collection of original, quirky and inspiring creative writing prompts from the imagination of teacher and children’s author Hayley Scott (Teacup House), split up into five packs of 40 ideas.
Perfect for pupils in Years 1-6 (and beyond), each prompt is a springboard to take children on a writing adventure without limits, using ambitious vocabulary and all of their senses.
Whether you choose to use Write Now! for 10- or 20-minute daily or weekly sessions; for home learning; or as a warm-up for longer tasks - it’s a powerful and joyful way to promote writing for pleasure and improve outcomes in your school.
Write Now! is an exclusive collection of original, quirky and inspiring creative writing prompts from the imagination of teacher and children’s author Hayley Scott (Teacup House), split up into five packs of 40 ideas.
Perfect for pupils in Years 1-6 (and beyond), each prompt is a springboard to take children on a writing adventure without limits, using ambitious vocabulary and all of their senses.
Whether you choose to use Write Now! for 10- or 20-minute daily or weekly sessions; for home learning; or as a warm-up for longer tasks - it’s a powerful and joyful way to promote writing for pleasure and improve outcomes in your school.
Write Now! is an exclusive collection of original, quirky and inspiring creative writing prompts from the imagination of teacher and children’s author Hayley Scott (Teacup House), split up into five packs of 40 ideas.
Perfect for pupils in Years 1-6 (and beyond), each prompt is a springboard to take children on a writing adventure without limits, using ambitious vocabulary and all of their senses.
Whether you choose to use Write Now! for 10- or 20-minute daily or weekly sessions; for home learning; or as a warm-up for longer tasks - it’s a powerful and joyful way to promote writing for pleasure and improve outcomes in your school.
Write Now! is an exclusive collection of original, quirky and inspiring creative writing prompts from the imagination of teacher and children’s author Hayley Scott (Teacup House), split up into five packs of 40 ideas.
Perfect for pupils in Years 1-6 (and beyond), each prompt is a springboard to take children on a writing adventure without limits, using ambitious vocabulary and all of their senses.
Whether you choose to use Write Now! for 10- or 20-minute daily or weekly sessions; for home learning; or as a warm-up for longer tasks - it’s a powerful and joyful way to promote writing for pleasure and improve outcomes in your school.
This year 1 common exception word (CEW) pack allows pupils to practise reading and spelling a selection of the 45 tricky words for this cohort. Each worksheet includes two 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:
do, to
said, says
the, a
today, of
This collection of grammar and spelling games includes a range of fun challenges that adults and children in Years 1 and 2 (ages 7-8) can complete together for home learning.
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:
clothes, busy
could, should, would
hour, eye
sure, sugar
who, whole
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:
half, money
improve, even
move, prove
Mr, Mrs
people, water
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:
after, fast
class, grass, pass
father, plant
last, past
path, bath
This reading comprehension for Years 3 and 4 focuses on the life and work of Florence Nightingale, and her impact on nursing and hospitals - building children’s skills of recall and inference, and enhancing their vocabulary.
This Father’s Day activity will give pupils the opportunity to write a poem about their dad (or another significant male in their life) using similes, with a model text if required. They will discuss why their father is special, covering aspects of PSHE, gathering ideas as a class.
English Objectives covered are:
to discuss how authors use language, including figurative language (investigating and using similes)
PSHE Objectives (taken from Relationships Education, statutory guidance) covered are:
to know that stable, caring relationships are at the heart of
happy families
This Father’s Day activity will give pupils the opportunity to write a newspaper report about the World’s Greatest Dad! They will explore why their dads are special, covering aspects of PSHE, and use the worksheet to create their very own newspaper report. There is also a version of the newspaper which allows pupils to write about an alternative significant male (uncle, grandfather, step-dad) in their lives.
English Objectives covered are:
to combine words to make sentences (Y1)
to write for different purposes (Y2)
PSHE Objectives (taken from Relationships Education, statutory guidance) covered are:
to know that stable, caring relationships are at the heart of
happy families
Key Stage 2 English worksheets
This bright, appealing grammar worksheet is an excellent way to practise and revise using antonyms in Y6.
This primary resource is divided into five sections:
Understand
Match words with their antonyms and find two antonyms for the words given
Challenge
Rewrite the example sentences, replacing each of the words in bold with an antonym
Test
Circle the antonym for each word below. Then circle two words in each sentence that are antonyms of each other
Explain
Write an explanation of the difference between antonyms and synonyms, using at least two examples
Apply
Write a description of the scene shown, using as many antonyms of the four words given as possible
Activities include SATs-style questions and opportunities for creative writing responses, with eye-catching images as prompts.
What is an antonym?
An antonym is a word that means the opposite of another word.
Antonym examples
Fast and slow
Big and small
Light and dark
Good and bad
Up and down
National Curriculum English programme of study links
Children will learn how words are related by meaning as synonyms and antonyms [for example, big, large, little].