Activity 6 is based around comma golf. the par for the hole is based around the number of commas in the opening section of a piece of literature (it goes from Cats in a Manger to A Tale of two Cities). In the fist nine holes the pupils get given the par score and add the commas as they see fit. the back nine they must add the commas and hence decide the par score. Will they complete the course on par? Activity seven - welcome to the chase. Inference Inference is a major part of English testing. Using the game show you have a chaser and contestant / s to see how you answer the questions. Here in small groups you use a small paragraph or image of information to answer an A B or C question which has the correct inference from the multiple answers. Can you get home before the chaser catches you? There are two blank options if you wish to add your class examples.

A fun poster or hand out for english looking at wow words, questions to ask and sentence starters.

two different poem ideas for being alone one being lonely and one not so. Designed for ideas and imagination for the pupils to develop on and create their own. can also be used for assembly ideas and discussion.

A short poem on the anguish of a Sunday night as a teacher wondering if you have dine enough for the day ahead… just fun for you to enjoy.

A Christmas Assembly and poem. A normal family are getting ready on Christmas Eve for the big day, when they are greeted at the door by a talking reindeer. Santa has fallen off the roof and broken his ankle. so the mother takes on the mantle of Santa for one night, while dad looks after Santa. she travels the world guided by Rudolph and the gang with the help of Mrs Claus. could be a fun lesson or assembly

A template to use for audiobook reviews. in the current covid 19 state more pupils will be listening to audiobooks. This template can be used to encourage the class to write a short review of what they have been listening to. hope it helps. word version can be altered to put n your school logo etc.

A spelling game. a card is drawn you have one minute to find as many words as possible from the letters given. the words must be at least four letters long. for each correct word you move your counter. the first to move their counter to the finish line. printing required

A journal for pupils to fill in if stuck at home, asking them to hear, see, learn and do something new each day and record it. Along with a poem about an imaginary pupil who did this and how they approached it. Plus a poem on how to behave at the moment. plus a separate poem

A poem called schools back that looks at the teaching now in bubbles from a teachers point of view. this includes a poem for female teachers and one for males and a quick lesson plan if planning needed. can be used to help deal with the changes and any anxiety that might be happen.

A poem for when a child asks their parents if Santa is coming this year as he is not in their bubble, plus with all the Covid restrictions Christmas grottos are unlikely to be as inclusive as normal

A poem looking at why a teacher teaches and the job satisfaction they get from it. Also looks at how the teacher gets joy from helping pupils achieve potential. The poem comes with a lesson plan for use in English and / or PSHE. Lesson plan looks at jobs classed as a vocation and satisfaction / dissatisfaction obtained from them in the pupils eyes.

From a simple three letter word can you add a letter at a time to make up to a six letter word or even a nine letter word. You can start from a two vowel, one vowel or no vowel starting word. Good luck.

A combined reading record bookmark. word version can be edited if you want to put school name or logo ec.

Five fun SPag activities. Designed to be fun and helpful and hopefully help the class progress. the activities are available as individual print or as a booklet. Activity one is putting the correct punctuation into sentences. Activity two is a crossword where all of the answers relate to punctuation. Activity three is homophone related. can the class fill in the blanks with the correct homophones. Activity four is spelling. There are three pages where there is an anagram of the word and a clue. Can they complete the whole lot? Finally activity five. A game where you have to capture three crowns. The players roll the dice, choose the direction they want to move in and if they can correctly add a prefix or a suffix to the word on the fix card then they can move