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

These review worksheets, which show that the ‘or’ sound can be spelt ‘a’ before ‘l’ or ‘ll’, provide an excellent way to revise and practise this Year 2 spelling pattern. 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.

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’

Retell the story of Christmas using this bright and colourful sequencing cards resource for the primary classroom. The pack contains eight images which retell Mary and Joseph’s journey to Bethlehem and the birth of Jesus. Children can cut out the eight images, place them in sequence and write a description of each image underneath. There are two ways in which to use the images: As a worksheet: once completed, all of the images can be glued onto an A4 worksheet. As a display: an A4 version of each image is available, with the option to add text. These images can then be arranged to make a class or hall display.

These reading challenges provide a quick burst of comprehension practice, ideal for morning work, a short reading session or even sparking an interest in a classic text. Each section contains a classic poem by Robert Louis Stevenson, with a range of reading challenge questions focusing on the key reading skills of inference, information retrieval and the use of language. The poems included are: From a Railway Carriage My Shadow The Land of Story-Books

This KS1 grammar and sequencing resource will teach KS1 children the story behind the Chinese Zodiac. They will have the opportunity to become familiar with traditional tales and retelling these, sequencing events in a story, and using adjectives to create noun phrases. The pack could be used over a series of lessons, or during a topic day linked to Chinese New Year. English objectives covered are: becoming familiar with a wide range of stories and retelling these; sequencing events in a story; using expanded noun phrases for description Resources included are: The Great Race story Puppets to cut out for retelling the story Story sequencing cards Adjectives worksheet linked to the story Teacher’s notes

This teaching resource is a great support for reading, analysing and writing Greek legends in KS2. It contains fact sheets on: The major Greek gods Mythical creatures Settings in Greek mythology Magical artefacts"

Teach children how to write amazing science fiction stories with this KS2 text types resource pack. There are sheets to help pupils plan against success criteria, instructions on the ingredients of science fiction tales, two detailed model texts and a story planner to help children structure their stories. The four sections to the resource are: A sci-fi text writing prompt mat Inspiring images to help children build a convincing sci-fi world A sci-fi text writing plan Two example sci-fi texts

42 different idioms (a piece of cake, open a can of worms) are presented with exciting and arresting images. The idioms and their meanings are also provided on separate cards, so children can be challenged to match each idiom to its definition, which makes for a great group work activity in KS2 English lessons. Also included are completed idiom cards that can be used for classroom display.

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.

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.

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.

This pack contains all you need to teach a Year 1 lesson on adding suffixes (using -ing), or to revise the topic with pupils.

This pack contains all you need to teach a Year 1 lesson on adding suffixes (using -ed as the example), or to revise the topic with pupils.

In year 1, pupils need to be able to recognise capital letters and form these correctly. Children can use the alphabet cards to match capital and lowercase letters and then apply their knowledge using the worksheet in the pack.

Use these KS2 comprehension worksheets to teach your children about the activist and campaigner Mahatma Gandhi. The fact sheet has information about Gandhi’s childhood, the time he spend in South Africa and his peaceful campaign for Indian independence. The resource can be used as part of a guided reading session or as homework and includes comprehension questions covering the different reading skills of retrieval, inference and the use of vocabulary. This pack is also a great prompt for PSHE lessons where children can discuss issues of equality, fairness and how to make a change.

This review mat for Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling is an excellent way to revise and practise using inverted commas. 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.

A fun and exciting way to teach writing for a purpose in KS2 English lessons – asking pupils to convince a school member to eat insects! The resources in this pack provide an engaging way to gather writing evidence. Included in this pack are: 5 lesson plans on persuasive writing. PowerPoint – an introduction to entomophagy (the eating of insects) including a quiz. 6 question cards to prompt discussion about entomophagy. 6 question prompt cards with answers. 1 research prompt card to support children in researching the eating of insects. 1 research card with answers. Entomophagy vocabulary – 11 technical words and their definitions for children to use in their writing. Edible insects fact sheet. Persuasive writing planning worksheet. Persuasive writing editing cards.

The Winning Goal. This KS2 grammar teaching sequence for formal and informal language 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.