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Hi, We are Sally and Amanda from Guinea Pig Education. We present a range of complimentary teaching aids and workbooks to use in your classroom or as homework – in both print and digital format. We aim to raise reading standards and to develop literacy skills, with our ‘fun for kids’ phonic reading resources. We also offer support for pupils aged 4-16 years. We highly recommend our comprehension and creative writing resources - which build confidence and develop imagination.

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Hi, We are Sally and Amanda from Guinea Pig Education. We present a range of complimentary teaching aids and workbooks to use in your classroom or as homework – in both print and digital format. We aim to raise reading standards and to develop literacy skills, with our ‘fun for kids’ phonic reading resources. We also offer support for pupils aged 4-16 years. We highly recommend our comprehension and creative writing resources - which build confidence and develop imagination.
Help Write The Slithery Snake Story (7-11 years)
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Help Write The Slithery Snake Story (7-11 years)

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In this pack the child should read the sentences and use the multiple choice options to select the best answer to complete the sentence or make up one of their own. There is an emphasis on using good vocabulary. This series provides prompts to encourage children to write. It provides starting points, to encourage even the most reluctant writers. Presented in a lively ‘magazine style’ format, these packs feature stories and non fiction texts to read. They include follow up activities that will inspire even the most reluctant writer, to write stories, letters, play scripts, diaries, poems, persuasive leaflets and more. More than this, the child will learn writing techniques including: simple, compound and complex sentences - connectives, grammar tips - harder vocabulary and punctuation. Aimed at 7-11 year olds, these work packs provide excellent writing practice for those children preparing to take 11+ exams or S.A.T.s. They will also benefit children with special needs, or where English is a second language. 13 pages
I Hate Horrible Hairy Spiders. Write The Story (7-11 years)
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I Hate Horrible Hairy Spiders. Write The Story (7-11 years)

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The child should read the pages, to help him or her plan and structure a story in three paragraphs (with a beginning, a middle and an end). The child should read the story of the ‘horrible, hairy spider’ and complete the last paragraph, winding the story up. The child should use the ideas given to write his or her own creepy crawly or crocodile and alligators story. This series provides prompts to encourage children to write. It provides starting points, to encourage even the most reluctant writers. Presented in a lively ‘magazine style’ format, these packs feature stories and non fiction texts to read. They include follow up activities that will inspire even the most reluctant writer, to write stories, letters, play scripts, diaries, poems, persuasive leaflets and more. More than this, the child will learn writing techniques including: simple, compound and complex sentences - connectives, grammar tips - harder vocabulary and punctuation. Aimed at 7-11 year olds, these work packs provide excellent writing practice for those children preparing to take 11+ exams or S.A.T.s. They will also benefit children with special needs, or where English is a second language. 13 pages
Practise Reading Comprehension (6-9 years)
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Practise Reading Comprehension (6-9 years)

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This resource includes: Mogul The Elephant Reading Comprehension Androcles & The Lion Reading Comprehension In this work pack the child is asked to read the text and to answer some questions. The last question focuses on the meaning of words used in the text and the child then writes his or her own non fiction piece. The child also works through punctuation exercises - putting in capital letters, full stops and question marks. Let’s Practise Our Reading Comprehension Packs are a valuable resource to help the child practise essential reading comprehension skills. Each pack includes an article for the child to read and then a series of questions. They are ideal for use with 6-9 year olds, who have reached some degree of reading fluency. The articles ask the child to retrieve facts, explain information and develop their own ideas as to what the writer is implying. Each pack contains vocabulary exercises, encouraging the child to search for words or phrases with the same meaning. Each pack takes the form of a mini topic or project. Answers are included. 45 pages
Let's Practise Our Reading Comprehension: Pack 3 (6-9 years)
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Let's Practise Our Reading Comprehension: Pack 3 (6-9 years)

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33 pages This resource includes 2 packs. In this work pack the child is asked to read the text and to answer some questions. The last question focuses on the meaning of words used in the text and the child then writes his or her own non fiction piece. The child also works through punctuation exercises - putting in capital letters, full stops and question marks. Let’s Practise Our Reading Comprehension Packs are a valuable resource to help the child practise essential reading comprehension skills. Each pack includes an article for the child to read and then a series of questions. They are ideal for use with 6-9 year olds, who have reached some degree of reading fluency. The articles ask the child to retrieve facts, explain information and develop their own ideas as to what the writer is implying. Each pack contains vocabulary exercises, encouraging the child to search for words or phrases with the same meaning. Each pack takes the form of a mini topic or project. Answers are included.
Let's Practise Our Reading Comprehension: Pack 2 (6-9 years)
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Let's Practise Our Reading Comprehension: Pack 2 (6-9 years)

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37 pages This resource includes 2 packs. In this work pack the child is asked to read the text and to answer some questions. The last question focuses on the meaning of words used in the text and the child then writes his or her own non fiction piece. The child also works through punctuation exercises - putting in capital letters, full stops and question marks. Let’s Practise Our Reading Comprehension Packs are a valuable resource to help the child practise essential reading comprehension skills. Each pack includes an article for the child to read and then a series of questions. They are ideal for use with 6-9 year olds, who have reached some degree of reading fluency. The articles ask the child to retrieve facts, explain information and develop their own ideas as to what the writer is implying. Each pack contains vocabulary exercises, encouraging the child to search for words or phrases with the same meaning. Each pack takes the form of a mini topic or project. Answers are included.esource includes 2 packs
Practise Reading Comprehension: The Kingfisher & Dinosaurs (6-9 years)
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Practise Reading Comprehension: The Kingfisher & Dinosaurs (6-9 years)

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This resource includes 2 packs In this work pack the child is asked to read the text and to answer some questions. The last question focuses on the meaning of words used in the text and the child then writes his or her own non fiction piece. The child also works through punctuation exercises - putting in capital letters, full stops and question marks. Let’s Practise Our Reading Comprehension Packs are a valuable resource to help the child practise essential reading comprehension skills. Each pack includes an article for the child to read and then a series of questions. They are ideal for use with 6-9 year olds, who have reached some degree of reading fluency. The articles ask the child to retrieve facts, explain information and develop their own ideas as to what the writer is implying. Each pack contains vocabulary exercises, encouraging the child to search for words or phrases with the same meaning. Each pack takes the form of a mini topic or project. Answers are included. 33 pages
Write A Story Called 'Don't Ever Say I'm Bored' (7-11 years)
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Write A Story Called 'Don't Ever Say I'm Bored' (7-11 years)

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Write A Story Called ‘Don’t Ever Say I’m Bored’ Read the story and choose the best words to fill in the blank spaces or make up one of your own. Look at how the story is structured into three paragraphs - a beginning, a middle paragraph building up suspense and an ending. Read the poem. Write A Story Called ‘Nothing’s Changed’ Read Sam’s recount of a visit to the camp site where his caravan is stored. Help him write a story, using his plan. Now write your own story about somewhere you keep going to where ‘Nothing’s Changed’. Write A Story Called ‘The Day I Changed My Mind’ Read the story of Amir’s first birthday. The child is asked to read the writer’s plan and then help him complete his story in three paragraphs. Now they are asked to think of a family event they have been to and to write a recount or a story about what happened. Make sure the story has a beginning, a middle and an ending. This series provides prompts to get the child to write. It provides starting points to encourage children of all abilities to write - even the most reluctant writers. With this series they will be inspired to write stories, poems, play scripts, diaries, reports, persuasive leaflets and more. More than this, the child will learn writing techniques; simple, compound and complex sentences, connectives and spelling, punctuation and grammar tips. There is an emphasis on improving vocabulary - looking at lots of better word choices: harder adjectives, more powerful verbs and adverbs. 25 pages
Write A Story Called 'Autumn Leaves' (7-11 years)
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Write A Story Called 'Autumn Leaves' (7-11 years)

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Complete the sentences and choose the best words from the multiple choice options or make up your own endings to the sentences. Look at how the story is structured into three paragraphs - a beginning, a middle paragraph building up suspense and an ending. Read the Autumn poem. This series provides prompts to get the child to write. It provides starting points to encourage children of all abilities to write - even the most reluctant writers. With this series they will be inspired to write stories, poems, play scripts, diaries, reports, persuasive leaflets and more. More than this, the child will learn writing techniques; simple, compound and complex sentences, connectives and spelling, punctuation and grammar tips. There is an emphasis on improving vocabulary - looking at lots of better word choices: harder adjectives, more powerful verbs and adverbs. 10 pages
Write About A Day Off School Sick (7-11 years)
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Write About A Day Off School Sick (7-11 years)

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Read through the ‘sick’ words. Then read Sam’s recount of his day off school. Look how he structured the events in order. Now, the child is asked to write a recount of a day off school when they were sick. Next, fill in Kim’s story and help her mum write a short formal letter to her teacher. This series provides prompts to get the child to write. It provides starting points to encourage children of all abilities to write - even the most reluctant writers. With this series they will be inspired to write stories, poems, play scripts, diaries, reports, persuasive leaflets and more. More than this, the child will learn writing techniques; simple, compound and complex sentences, connectives and spelling, punctuation and grammar tips. There is an emphasis on improving vocabulary - looking at lots of better word choices: harder adjectives, more powerful verbs and adverbs. 13 pages
Write About My Interests (7-11 years)
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Write About My Interests (7-11 years)

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Write About My Interests (7-11 years) Answer the questions to write about the things that interest you or are very special. Try to explain why you feel this way. This series provides prompts to get the child to write. It provides starting points to encourage children of all abilities to write - even the most reluctant writers. With this series they will be inspired to write stories, poems, play scripts, diaries, reports, persuasive leaflets and more. More than this, the child will learn writing techniques; simple, compound and complex sentences, connectives and spelling, punctuation and grammar tips. There is an emphasis on improving vocabulary - looking at lots of better word choices: harder adjectives, more powerful verbs and adverbs. 19 pages
Write About My Weekend (7-11 years)
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Write About My Weekend (7-11 years)

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Write About My Weekend (7-11 years) Read the radio script, featuring DJ George and co presenter Christabelle. Read the paragraphs sent in by the listeners, saying what they will be doing this weekend. Now write your own paragraph to send in to the radio show. This series provides prompts to get the child to write. It provides starting points to encourage children of all abilities to write - even the most reluctant writers. With this series they will be inspired to write stories, poems, play scripts, diaries, reports, persuasive leaflets and more. More than this, the child will learn writing techniques; simple, compound and complex sentences, connectives and spelling, punctuation and grammar tips. There is an emphasis on improving vocabulary - looking at lots of better word choices: harder adjectives, more powerful verbs and adverbs. 17 pages
Describe My Best Friend (7-9 years)
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Describe My Best Friend (7-9 years)

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Read Sam and Kim’s descriptions of their best friends. Look at how they organise their information into paragraphs, add interesting details and use good words and adjectives. Now, the child is asked to answer the 15 questions and to write about their best friend. This series provides prompts to get the child to write. It provides starting points to encourage children of all abilities to write - even the most reluctant writers. With this series they will be inspired to write stories, poems, play scripts, diaries, reports, persuasive leaflets and more. More than this, the child will learn writing techniques; simple, compound and complex sentences, connectives and spelling, punctuation and grammar tips. There is an emphasis on improving vocabulary - looking at lots of better word choices: harder adjectives, more powerful verbs and adverbs. 7 pages
Write About Recycling (7-11 years)
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Write About Recycling (7-11 years)

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Finish The Play Script: School Class Assembly (7-11 years) Read the play script. Mrs Barker chooses to do an assembly on recycling and the children read out some information. Plan another assembly. Choose another topic? Find some facts and opinions on your topic. Use the information to write a play script for a class assembly. This series provides prompts to get the child to write. It provides starting points to encourage children of all abilities to write - even the most reluctant writers. With this series they will be inspired to write stories, poems, play scripts, diaries, reports, persuasive leaflets and more. More than this, the child will learn writing techniques; simple, compound and complex sentences, connectives and spelling, punctuation and grammar tips. There is an emphasis on improving vocabulary - looking at lots of better word choices: harder adjectives, more powerful verbs and adverbs. 9 pages
Describe My Teacher (7-11 years)
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Describe My Teacher (7-11 years)

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15 pages Describe My Teacher (All About Me Writing Prompts) (7-11 years) Read the paragraphs and complete the prompts. Now write your own description of your teacher. Finish The Play Script: Parents Evening Finish the play script, continuing the dialogue between Mrs Barker, Sam’s teacher and his mum and dad. Imagine You Are A Teacher: Write A School Report For Someone You Know Read Sam’s report and use the ideas to write your own. Remember to use good adjectives. This series provides prompts to get the child to write. It provides starting points to encourage children of all abilities to write - even the most reluctant writers. With this series they will be inspired to write stories, poems, play scripts, diaries, reports, persuasive leaflets and more. More than this, the child will learn writing techniques; simple, compound and complex sentences, connectives and spelling, punctuation and grammar tips. There is an emphasis on improving vocabulary - looking at lots of better word choices: harder adjectives, more powerful verbs and adverbs.
Write About My School (7-11 years)
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Write About My School (7-11 years)

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13 pages Write About My School (All About Me Writing Prompts) (7-11 years) Use Sam’s prompts to write about school (how I get there, my teacher, classrooms, favourite subject, uniform, school dinners). Write interesting sentences, using connectives and good word choices. Next, answer the 24 questions to write about your school. This series provides prompts to get the child to write. It provides starting points to encourage children of all abilities to write - even the most reluctant writers. With this series they will be inspired to write stories, poems, play scripts, diaries, reports, persuasive leaflets and more. More than this, the child will learn writing techniques; simple, compound and complex sentences, connectives and spelling, punctuation and grammar tips. There is an emphasis on improving vocabulary - looking at lots of better word choices: harder adjectives, more powerful verbs and adverbs.
Write About My Street (7-11 years)
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Write About My Street (7-11 years)

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Write About My Street The child uses the mural that Mrs Barker’s class made to make a map of their area. The child is asked to complete the sentences to describe their own area. They then complete the sentences to describe their street and neighbourhood. Write A Story Called ‘Camping Out On A Summers Night’ Read the poem (written in rhyming couplets). Write the story about the day Isaac and Josh camped out at night. Describe Places Adding Details To Create Settings The child is asked to describe a place. They are shown how to add little details to build up the setting, to help the reader picture the place in his or her mind. Describe The Characters In My Street Describe the characters in your street using little details to create word pictures of the people. Read the funny rhymes and use the characters in them to write a story. Did the child find the examples of similes, onomatopoeia and adjectives? The child can then answer the 34 questions to help them write about their road and neighbours. This series provides prompts to get the child to write. It provides starting points to encourage children of all abilities to write - even the most reluctant writers. With this series they will be inspired to write stories, poems, play scripts, diaries, reports, persuasive leaflets and more. More than this, the child will learn writing techniques; simple, compound and complex sentences, connectives and spelling, punctuation and grammar tips. There is an emphasis on improving vocabulary - looking at lots of better word choices: harder adjectives, more powerful verbs and adverbs. 17 pages
Describe My House (7-9 years)
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Describe My House (7-9 years)

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Read the estate agents description of 44 Acacia Road, Rushford. Then write a description of your house, as if you were an estate agent who is selling it. Next, the child is asked to answer the questions prompts to write about their house. Describe A Room In My House Show someone round your house. The child reads the sentences and decide what the buyer likes and what they dislike. The child is asked to think about the rooms in their house and to write about their favourite one. They can use the word prompts to help the , but also add their own ideas. Write About My Bedroom The child is asked to make a plan, listing the details he or she wants to include, using the prompts to help them, but also adding their own ideas. Then the child reads the example and writes at least three paragraphs to describe their own bedroom. Write About My Ideal House The new headteacher of the school wants to buy a house. The estate agent asks what they are looking for. Read the word choices and fill in the writing prompt - ‘My ideal house is a…’ This series provides prompts to get the child to write. It provides starting points to encourage children of all abilities to write - even the most reluctant writers. With this series they will be inspired to write stories, poems, play scripts, diaries, reports, persuasive leaflets and more. More than this, the child will learn writing techniques; simple, compound and complex sentences, connectives and spelling, punctuation and grammar tips. There is an emphasis on improving vocabulary - looking at lots of better word choices: harder adjectives, more powerful verbs and adverbs. 19 pages
Describe Someone I Know (7-11 years)
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Describe Someone I Know (7-11 years)

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11 pages Describe Someone I Know (All About Me Writing Prompts) (7-11 years) Tune into Guinea Pig FM radio and read a lively radio script. Listen to DJ George and co presenter Christabelle describe themselves. Read the listeners texts and emails describing the people they know. The child can then write their own description of someone they know to send to the radio show. Play Guess Who? Get someone to guess who the child has written about. Ask them to organise or structure their description into short paragraphs: appearance, character, what they do, how I feel about them. This series provides prompts to get the child to write. It provides starting points to encourage children of all abilities to write - even the most reluctant writers. With this series they will be inspired to write stories, poems, play scripts, diaries, reports, persuasive leaflets and more. More than this, the child will learn writing techniques; simple, compound and complex sentences, connectives and spelling, punctuation and grammar tips. There is an emphasis on improving vocabulary - looking at lots of better word choices: harder adjectives, more powerful verbs and adverbs.
Write Sentences About Me (7-11 years)
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Write Sentences About Me (7-11 years)

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Write Sentences About Me Sam demonstrates how to use good words to write sentences about yourself. He uses adjectives to describe himself. He also shows how you can use connectives to make longer, more interesting sentences. Write About My Family Use connectives (conjunctions) to join ideas in a sentence. Use the list of good words (adjectives) to make more interesting sentences. The child is asked to use the prompts to complete the sentences about the members of their family. They can then write their own descriptions using the word list. This series provides prompts to get the child to write. It provides starting points to encourage children of all abilities to write - even the most reluctant writers. With this series they will be inspired to write stories, poems, play scripts, diaries, reports, persuasive leaflets and more. More than this, the child will learn writing techniques; simple, compound and complex sentences, connectives and spelling, punctuation and grammar tips. There is an emphasis on improving vocabulary - looking at lots of better word choices: harder adjectives, more powerful verbs and adverbs. 17 pages
Cut Out And Write Fairy Tales: Pack 5 (6-9 years)
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Cut Out And Write Fairy Tales: Pack 5 (6-9 years)

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Cut Out And Write Fairy Tales: Pack 5. This workbook includes the packs: Cut Out And Write The Story Of ‘Hansel And Gretal’ Cut Out And Write The Story Of ‘The Mermaid’ Cut Out And Write The Story Of ‘The Three Wishes’ How To Use The Work Packs Cut out the pages along the dotted lines and muddle them up. Now, ask the child to sort them back into the right order, so the story has a beginning, a middle and an end. Get the child to read the story. Then, cover it and ask them to re-write their own version, putting in more detail. This series provides starting points to get young children, of 6-9 years, writing their own imaginative stories. Traditional tales like ‘The Three Billy Goats Gruff’ are used as examples to look at the characters, the setting and the plot and to show how to structure a story with a beginning, a middle and an end. Children will learn how to brainstorm their ideas, how to put them in a plan and then set out their story. Each pack provides writing challenges, asking the child to continue writing the story, developing their own ideas and to cut up stories to put in order. Charming silhouette pictures illustrate each work pack. 27 pages