These reading challenge mats 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 mat contains a brief extract from a classic text with a range of reading challenge questions focusing on the key reading skills of inference, information retrieval and the use of language. The stories included are: Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens The Time Machine by HG Wells

These spelling review worksheets provide an excellent way to test and practice Year 5 and Year 6 words ending in -ant, -ance, -ancy, -ent, -ence or -ency. 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 5 and Year 6 pupils and older SEN or EAL pupils. They can be used within lessons, as an assessment or as a homework task.

This KS2 reading comprehension resource tells the tale of how Robin Hood thwarted the Sheriff’s trap and won an archery competition, claiming the golden arrow. 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.

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"

Use these KS2 reading comprehension worksheets to learn about the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle. There’s a detailed non-fiction text that covers the origins of the rumours that surround this infamous area of the North Atlantic, and considers some of the scientific explanations for the disappearances. A set of comprehension questions (with an answer sheet) are included, which tackle key reading skills such as retrieving information, making inferences and understanding unfamiliar vocabulary.

This KS2 reading comprehension resource and model text can be used as an introduction to myths and legends. It retells the tale of how King Arthur gained the magical sword, Excalibur. The text can be used as inspiration for reading further Arthurian legends and introduces key characters such as Merlin and King Arthur to pupils. Also included with the text are 17 comprehension questions (with answers) covering the key reading skills of making inferences, retrieving information, sequencing and explaining the meaning of words in context.

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.

Use these primary school worksheets to practise and review Year 6 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: Add suffixes beginning with vowel letters to words ending in -fer Use prefixes involving the use of a hyphen Distinguish between homophones and other words which are often confused

Use these KS2 reading comprehension worksheets to teach your children about the Loch Ness Monster. The text covers Scottish folklore, sighting, photographs and modern day interest. 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.

Use these KS2 comprehension worksheets to learn about UFOs: in particular, Britain’s most famous UFO incident – the encounter at Rendlesham Forest. This non-fiction text looks at definitions of UFOs, and the sightings at the military air base in Rendlesham. A set of comprehension questions are included, which tackle key reading skills… This pack is also a great prompt for writing science fiction or scary stories.

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.

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.

Stuck for fun ways to teach spelling, punctuation and grammar? This Year 2 grammar pack contains a number of games that can be used to teach conjunctions, vocabulary, punctuation or any other SPaG focus of your choice. The pack comes with conjunction cards and a set of thought-provoking images to use around the classroom and with the games.

These spelling review worksheets provide an excellent way to test and practice Year 5 and Year 6 words ending in -able, -ble, -ably and -ibly. 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 5 and Year 6 pupils and older SEN or EAL pupils. They can be used within lessons, as an assessment or as a homework task.

Using these KS2 English worksheets, children can gain a greater understanding of rhyming couplets and use this knowledge to create their own. Activities encourage children to identifiy and correct rhyming couplets or verses where rhyming couplets do not scan well due to line length, choice of rhyme or a change in topic. Different prompts then encourage the children to get creative and write their own rhyming couplets and verses. The worksheet contains five different challenges, which can be used during one lesson or spread over a number of teaching sessions. Questions encourage creative responses and interesting images are used to stimulate ideas.

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.

These Year 3 and Year 4 spelling review worksheets, covering the ‘i’ sound spelt ‘y’, are an excellent way to revise and practise this word ending. The KS2 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.

Use these primary school worksheets to practise and review Year 4 spelling patterns for words from the National Curriculum spelling list. Year 5 spelling words are covered across five challenge sheets, each containing three different types of spelling challenge. The spelling patterns covered are: 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 words with the /i:/ sound spelt ei after c

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 2. 1 tick-list to mark off the spelling patterns called out. The spelling patterns covered in this pack include: ge and dge sound s sound spelt c before e, i and y n sound spelt kn or gn at the beginning of words r sound spelt wr l or el sound at the end of a word spelt -le l or el sound spelt el at the end of words The l or el sound spelt al at the end of words Words ending -il ai sound spelt y at the end of words Add -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 The /ɔ:/ sound spelt a before l and ll The u sound spelt o The long e sound spelt –ey The /ɒ/ sound spelt a after w and qu The ur sound spelt or after w The /ɔ:/ sound spelt ar after w The zh sound spelt s The suffixes –ment, –ness, –ful , –less and –ly Contractions The possessive apostrophe (singular nouns) Words ending in –tion Homophones and near-homophones

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’