An English Lead who has been teaching for over 10 years, sharing high quality, time saving resources so you can focus on your pupils and achieve a healthy work-life balance.
You will find bright and engaging resources that are designed to be picked up and easily taught by anyone.
Each resource is focused on progress, inspired by the Outstanding Teachers Course.
An English Lead who has been teaching for over 10 years, sharing high quality, time saving resources so you can focus on your pupils and achieve a healthy work-life balance.
You will find bright and engaging resources that are designed to be picked up and easily taught by anyone.
Each resource is focused on progress, inspired by the Outstanding Teachers Course.
A colourful and complete word bank for KS2 children studying ‘The Highwayman’ poem by Alfred Noyes. Includes Title, poem features and examples, key vocabulary, images, main characters and themes of the poem.
All that your pupils need to know on one sheet of paper. Can be used in writer’s toolkits, on displays, in books and for support groups printed as A3.
Ensure the children are familiar and confident with the features, characters, themes and vocabulary of the poem.
Prevent any spelling mistakes with the clear vocabulary list.
Use within an English unit on The Highwayman and save time.
Check out other popular KS2 writing resources:
Highwayman Display
Adjective Word Bank
A bright and memorable PowerPoint leading you through a week of engaging spelling lessons.
All words have the -ible and -ibly endings from the year 5/6 new curriculum spelling lists.
Monday - Covers the word class of each spelling, patterns, rules and definitions.
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday - 3 thorough spelling lessons which enable children to learn these spellings in an active and successful way.
Friday - Includes a dictation containing the spelling words covered in the week. Shows how many words there are and how many spellings.
A helpful resource so that you can easily fit spellings into a busy week.
Lessons could be completed on white boards, draft books or English books.
Also includes a simple display of the spelling words so you can keep referring to them throughout the day.
All reviews welcome.
Year 5 writing objectives on one handy sheet. Separated into transcription, composition and grammar.
Useful for remembering what to cover, assessing work and for planning for progress.
You could have one sheet for each child or use as a resource on its own.
All reviews welcome.
You might also be interested in these resources for teaching English with the New Curriculum:
Year 5 Writing Assessment Guidance
Year 5 SMART Writing Targets
Year 5 Reading Assessment Questions
You can find all of this and more at my shop:Teachallenjoy
10 word searches containing 110 words essential for SPAG in KS2. Covers all the word classes pupils will need to know, helpful for filling out English or SPAG lessons. Children can expand their vocabulary by finding high quality words whilst enhancing their understanding of grammar.
Useful as a starter, extension, challenge or plenary activity. Print off as whole slides or handouts to give to your class. Children could be doing this independently while you help a group with their writing or hold a guided reading session.
There are many words included with similar spellings to really develop their noticing skills and accuracy with spelling.
Word Classes Word Searches Included:
- Adjectives
- Range of adverbs
- Powerful verbs
- Articles and determiners
- Relative pronouns
- Prepositions
- Coordinating conjunctions
- Subordinating conjunctions
- Probability adverbs
- Modal verbs
Colourful, bright and engaging.
All answers provided.
Why not check out my other popular English resources:
Grammar Glossaries Years 1-6
Modal Verbs Display
Word Bank Bundle
A bright and ready-to-go PowerPoint leading you through a week of memorable spelling lessons for years 5 and 6.
All words contain the endings -cial and -tial (some not following the rule) from the year 5/6 new curriculum spelling lists.
Monday - Covers the word class of each spelling, patterns, rules and definitions.
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday - 5 engaging and memorable spelling lessons which enable children to learn these words in an effective and successful way.
Friday - Includes a dictation containing the spelling words covered in the week. Shows how many words there are and how many spellings.
A helpful resource so that you can easily fit spellings into a busy week.
Lessons could be completed on white boards, draft books or English books.
Also includes a simple display of the spelling words so you can keep referring to them throughout the day.
All reviews welcome.
A visual and ready-to-go PowerPoint leading you through a week of engaging spelling lessons. Teach your class short and effective sessions to enable them to learn their spellings and succeed in a dictation. Give spellings a high profile and provide strategies for every child to access the curriculum.
All words are from the year 5/6 new curriculum spelling list.
Monday - Covers the word class of each spelling, patterns, rules and definitions.
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday - Effective easy to resource spelling activities to enable children to learn these spellings in an engaging and successful way.
Friday - Includes a dictation containing the spelling words covered in the week. Shows how many words there are and how many spellings.
A helpful resource so that you can easily fit spellings into a busy week.
Lessons could be completed on white boards, draft books or English books.
Also includes a simple display of the spelling words so you can keep referring to them throughout the day.
All reviews welcome.
For a whole year of spelling lessons follow these helpful links:
Term 1 Yr 5/6 Spelling Lessons
Term 2 Yr 5/6 Spelling Lessons
Term 3 Yr 5/6 Spelling Lessons
Term 4 Yr 5/6 Spelling Lessons
Term 5 Yr 5/6 Spelling Lessons
Term 6 Yr 5/6 Spelling Lessons
Includes 30 lessons, displays, engaging activities, dictations, all answers and all resources needed.
Six engaging PowerPoints leading you through a term of daily spelling lessons.
All words are from the year 5/6 new curriculum spelling list.
Monday - Covers the word class of each spelling, patterns, rules and definitions.
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday - Short easy to resource spelling activities to enable children to learn these spellings in an engaging and successful way.
Friday - Includes a dictation containing the spelling words covered in the week. Shows how many words there are and how many spellings.
A helpful resource so that you can easily fit spellings into a busy week.
Lessons could be completed on white boards, draft books or English books.
Also includes a simple display of the spelling words so you can keep referring to them throughout the day.
All reviews welcome.
An engaging week of Christmas story writing for KS2. Includes planning, PPTs, resources and modelled texts, all ready-to-go. Enjoy teaching the well planned writing activities for each day, designed for a variety of learners. Short games, quizzes and videos are provided for starter activities and all challenges and plenaries are included.
Each day use the structured activities to fine-tune their writing, extend their goals and build their self-esteem. By the end of the week each student will have written, edited and published their own version of this wonderful festive story.
Ensure progress whilst exploring Scandinavian culture. Engage your pupils with Christmas and give them freedom and aspirations with their writing using these high quality and thorough PowerPoints.
KS2 Writing Teaching Points Covered:
Using other verbs for said,
Correcting speech punctuation,
Improving sentence openers,
Choosing appropriate paragraph openers,
Comparing extracts of modelled versions,
Magpie-ing effective words,
Using a range of relative clauses,
Writing powerful personification phrases,
Thinking of unusual similes and metaphors,
Learning how to create atmosphere.
Hand out the text extracts showing how characters change to capture that tricky KS2 writing skill. Relax while your pupils use peer assessment so your marking will be quick and delightful.
Print out the story included about a creature who is similar to Father Christmas, but different. Be amazed at how it has been written to include essential writing skills for this age group such as relative clauses, parenthesis, powerful description, sentence openers and conjunctions.
All resources and a detailed plan included so you will have time to go out and enjoy the wonderful feeling of Christmas throughout December.
All reviews welcome.
You might also like a week of exploring the Nisse tale activities to boost the children’s confidence and understanding of the story.
For high quality cross curricular units on Scandinavia follow the links below:
Scandinavia Geography Unit
Scandinavia Art unit
Or browse through my shop to find many more inexpensive, engaging and time saving resources.
6 verb word banks, A4 size, a bright and colourful resource pack. Spooky, positive and victorious verbs. Verb synonyms for 5 words children generally use too much. Designed to cover your needs for all your English units. You can use on a display, in a writer’s toolkit, as part of a PowerPoint or simply printed on tables in order to expand vocabulary.
Words are clearly grouped under synonyms so all ability children can benefit from these.
6 verb word banks included:
Spooky verbs for mystery stories, building suspense, spooky stories and for creating a tense atmosphere
Positive verbs for happy endings, adventure stories, poetry, setting descriptions and for creating a joyful atmosphere
Verb synonyms for ‘went / walked’
Verb synonyms for ‘said’
Verb synonyms for ‘got’, ‘put’ and ‘took’
Victorious verbs - general story verb synonyms
High quality presentation and words, designed to expand vocabulary and improve children’s writing.
Useful in all KS2 English lessons.
All reviews welcome.
A useful document for assessing children’s writing in Year 3, guidance for you to have a better understanding of assessing with the New Curriculum.
Make your assessments quick, clear and useful so that your planning hits the spot.
Ensure progress for every child as you confidently identify their next steps and find any small essential gaps to fill.
See all of the writing statements in an easy to understand grid, sorted into three simple steps:
- Beginning/Entering
- Within/ Developing
- Secure
You can use these for one child or for the whole class to track and enhance their progress throughout the year.
All reviews welcome.
Check out my other popular resources for teaching English:
Year 3 Writing Assessment Sheets
Year 3 SMART Writing Targets
Year 3 Reading Assessment Questions
An engaging lesson pack with a plan, PowerPoint and resources for year 5 reading focusing on the skill of comparing. Includes starters, main activities, plenaries, texts, worksheets and guided teaching points.
Differentiated resources and activities for four groups of children (green LA, yellow M/LA, blue MA, red HA).
Questions prompting higher order thinking and activities designed to develop comprehension skills and enhance reading assessment results.
Each lesson builds and expands on the previous one, focusing on short, high quality texts.
All reviews welcome.
A visual and ready-to-go PowerPoint leading you through a week of engaging spelling lessons. Teach your class short and effective sessions to enable them to learn their spellings and succeed in a dictation. Give spellings a high profile and provide strategies for every child to access the curriculum.
All words have the -ent, -ence, -ential, -ency endings from the year 5/6 new curriculum spelling lists.
Monday - Covers the word class of each spelling, patterns, rules and definitions.
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday - Short easy to resource spelling activities to enable children to learn these spellings in an engaging and successful way.
Friday - Includes a dictation containing the spelling words covered in the week. Shows how many words there are and how many spellings.
A helpful resource so that you can easily fit spellings into a busy week.
Lessons could be completed on white boards, draft books or English books.
Also includes a simple display of the spelling words so you can keep referring to them throughout the day.
All reviews welcome.
For a whole year of spelling lessons follow these helpful links:
Term 1 Yr 5/6 Spelling Lessons
Term 2 Yr 5/6 Spelling Lessons
Term 3 Yr 5/6 Spelling Lessons
Term 4 Yr 5/6 Spelling Lessons
Term 5 Yr 5/6 Spelling Lessons
Term 6 Yr 5/6 Spelling Lessons
A visual and ready-to-go PowerPoint leading you through a week of engaging spelling lessons. Teach your class short and effective sessions to enable them to learn their spellings and succeed in a dictation. Give spellings a high profile and provide strategies for every child to access the curriculum.
All words have the -cious or -tious ending from the year 5/6 new curriculum spelling lists.
Monday - Covers the word class of each spelling, patterns, rules and definitions.
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday - Short easy to resource spelling activities to enable children to learn these spellings in an engaging and successful way.
Friday - Includes a dictation containing the spelling words covered in the week. Shows how many words there are and how many spellings.
A helpful resource so that you can easily fit spellings into a busy week.
Lessons could be completed on white boards, draft books or English books.
Also includes a simple display of the spelling words so you can keep referring to them throughout the day.
All reviews welcome.
For a whole year of spelling lessons follow these helpful links:
Term 1 Yr 5/6 Spelling Lessons
Term 2 Yr 5/6 Spelling Lessons
Term 3 Yr 5/6 Spelling Lessons
Term 4 Yr 5/6 Spelling Lessons
Term 5 Yr 5/6 Spelling Lessons
Term 6 Yr 5/6 Spelling Lessons
A bright and clear PowerPoint leading you through a week of engaging and memorable spelling lessons.
All words follow the pattern of doubling the r when adding suffixes onto fer endings from the year 5/6 new curriculum spelling lists.
Monday - Covers the word class of each spelling, patterns, rules and definitions.
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday - 3 thorough spelling lessons to enable children to learn these spellings in an active and successful way.
Friday - Includes a dictation containing the spelling words covered in the week. Shows how many words there are and how many spellings.
A helpful resource so that you can easily fit spellings into a busy week.
Lessons could be completed on white boards, draft books or English books.
Also includes a simple display of the spelling words so you can keep referring to them throughout the day.
All reviews welcome.
A week’s plan, powerpoint and resources for year 5 reading focusing on the skill of connecting.
Engaging starters, main activities and plenaries planned for everyday.
Differentiated resources and activities for four groups of children (green LA, yellow M/LA, blue MA, red HA).
Questions prompting higher order thinking and activities designed to develop comprehension skills and enhance reading assessment results.
Each lesson builds and expands on the previous one.
All reviews welcome.
All the Year 4 English writing objectives on one handy sheet. Separated into transcription, composition and grammar. All National Curriculum comments included for AFL, marking or planning to ensure coverage and progression.
Useful for remembering what to cover, assessing work and for planning for progress.
You could have one sheet for each child or use as a resource on its own.
All reviews welcome.
You might also be interested in these resources for teaching English with the New Curriculum:
Year 4 Writing Assessment Guidance
Tear 4 SMART Writing Targets
Year 4 Reading Assessment Questions
You can find all of this and more at my shop: Teachallenjoy
A complete Year 2 grammar pack including an A4 grammar glossary, grammar memory cards, grammar flash cards and an engaging PowerPoint which introduces these technical terms and gives children the opportunity to practice finding each one.
A colourful and useful resource designed to increase your pupil’s progress when learning English with the New Curriculum. Enhance the confidence of every child, parent, TA and Teacher with these clear and up-to-date glossaries.
All the technical vocabulary used in the new curriculum explained for children from year 2. Every word class and sentence type explained with clear helpful examples.
Useful to have as a large display or as a laminated mat for the tables. Very useful stuck in English or SPAG books to encourage independence, revision and confidence during lessons.
Can also be stuck in homework books to support children with explaining these new technical terms to parents and carers at home.
All reviews welcome.
Check out these other popular resources:
Whole School SMART Targets
Whole School Writing Assessment Sheets
Whole School Guided Reading Questions
Relax in March and use these fantastic assemblies to enthuse your pupils about learning. 4 complete engaging assemblies for the month of March. Includes video links, writing activities, inspirational role models, healthy eating tips, fun facts and much more.
All within a science theme they build on each other effectively and enhance your pupil’s enthusiasm and love of science.
KS2 British Science Week Assembly 9th-17th March
This is a detailed 28 slide PowerPoint ideal for an assembly or lesson or both for this special week. Could also be a useful PSHE lesson on scientific careers and role models.
Takes the children through key questions covering there understanding of science, its impact on our lives, how to be a scientist and what scientists are like including famous scientists and their achievements.
Download the 3 compelling activities to extend the pupil’s interest in the subject of science.
Albert Einstein’s Birthday Assembly - 14th March
Celebrate a great scientist with this detailed and interesting 30 slide PowerPoint on the inspirational scientist Albert Einstein.
Covering:
Themes of the assembly
A memory game
Young life
Family life
Working life
Fun facts
Images of his life
Scientific Research
Einstein quotes to inspire
Why was he such a great scientist?
Summary
Farmhouse Breakfast Week Assembly 4th-8th March
Download this engaging primary assembly to enthuse your pupils and increase their achievements. Explain through fun farm animals the many reasons why breakfast is good for you.
Many stimulating activities inspire the children to want to eat breakfast, including choosing their favourite breakfast plate and discussing which one is the best, healthiest and the most balanced.
Teaching Points Covered about Breakfast:
What Farmhouse Breakfast Week is all about
Local UK farms involved
Why breakfast is so good for us
What we can eat for breakfast and why
How to make a balanced breakfast
How we can be organised in the morning
This assembly also explains classic options for breakfast and tasty new ideas to try. There are many discussion opportunities for children so they are involved in the assembly and accept responsibility for making a change, eating a better breakfast and doing well in school.
Print the high quality resources and use the fun video link to ensure all the children enjoy learning about breakfast and are able to explain their understanding to others.
World Poetry Day - 21st March
Celebrate famous poets from around the world, amaze your pupils with their culture, story and achievements. Share some thought provoking poetry and inspire them to write their own poetry.
A bright and clear PowerPoint leading you through a week of engaging and memorable spelling lessons for years 5 and 6.
All words follow the pattern of using the letter string ‘ough’ from the year 5/6 new curriculum spelling lists.
Monday - Covers the word class of each spelling, patterns, rules and definitions.
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday - 5 animated and effective spelling lessons which enable children to learn these spellings in a fun and successful way.
Friday - Includes a dictation containing the spelling words covered in the week. Shows how many words there are and how many spellings.
A helpful resource so that you can easily fit spellings into a busy week.
Lessons could be completed on white boards, draft books or English books.
Also includes a simple display of the spelling words so you can keep referring to them throughout the day.
All reviews welcome.
A bright and animated PowerPoint leading you through a week of engaging spelling lessons for years 5 and 6.
All words have the -able/y -ible/y endings from the year 5/6 new curriculum spelling lists.
Monday - Covers the word class of each spelling, patterns, rules and definitions.
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday - 3 thorough spelling lessons which enable children to learn these spellings in an active and successful way.
Friday - Includes a dictation containing the spelling words covered in the week. Shows how many words there are and how many spellings.
A helpful resource so that you can easily fit spellings into a busy week.
Lessons could be completed on white boards, draft books or English books.
Also includes a simple display of the spelling words so you can keep referring to them throughout the day.
All reviews welcome.
