I created the splat activity resource for a student who was having difficulty in knowing when to use ou and ow in spellings. The activity itself can be easily adapted to other spellings and I first came across it as a game for teaching the multiplication tables. The second activity I created to revise magic e spellings with an older student, using the National Curriculum KS2 spelling list to identify words that use magic e. The activity can be used with any spelling list or text. It could also be sued as an independent individual or group learning activity.

An activity to support students in spelling past tense verbs (both regular and irregular). This activity enables the student to practice spelling rules such as change the y into I and add ed and when to double a consonant before adding ed.

I created this resource to support a reluctant writer to write with detailed. The student has wonderful ideas when we discuss writing stories and descriptions but frequently does not include these ideas when writing. The prompt encourages the students to quickly build a bank of words, identify the theme for each paragraphs. After writing there is also a prompt to edit and develop their work. I have also used this prompt with a student preparing for GCSE.

An activity that asks the student to circle the correct spelling of words with one or two ls. They are encouraged to see if they can spot any patterns in the spellings.

I created this resource using two traditional rhymes with the purpose of supporting students in learning to spell the days of the week and the months of the year. It can also help them remember the sequence of the months. It evolved to became a writing prompt where the students create their own poems describing activities that occur on a particular day or month.

This resource encourages students to use both similes and metaphors.

The challenge is to write a text using the Fibonacci sequence. For example: I try to write … fun student resources. The activity also challenges the students to write text using square numbers or prime numbers. This resource could be used as an independent and group learning activity.

I created this resource to support a student in using colons and semi-colons. The Christmas theme looks at some of the origins and traditions of Christmas both in the UK and elsewhere.

The activity can be used as a group activity as well as independent individual learning activity. It can be used with a specific spelling or vocabulary list. The student is asked to define the word, find a synonym, an antonym and to use the word in a sentence. It also encourages the student to think about suffixes that could be used with the word.

An activity aimed to support and encourage students to vary the start of their sentences.

This activity focuses on -ng spellings and sound. It also includes a writing prompt to encourage the student to use -ng words in their writing.

This resource includes facts about the Northern Lights with a prompt for writing a kenning. Some two-word ideas are included to support students who are not confident writers.

A useful prompt to support students in introducing quotes when writing about texts.

This prompt was to support students in writing in detail about the effect of words or phrase can have on the reader. It includes a short writing task.

I created a wh word tracking chart for a student who was having difficulty with wh words. As the student enjoyed the activity I created a second tracking chart of words that they, and many others, were finding tricky to spell accurately.

This resource is based on the poem ‘In the Bleak Mid-Winter’ by Christina Rossetti. I created it for a student who can discuss a text but as a reluctant writer needs encouraging and practice at writing about poetry or a given text in detail. The resource includes the poem, a exam type question, a success criteria and a prompt for organising a written detailed answer. Although the resource was created for an individual student it can be used as a classroom resource or as an independent learning activity.

This resource was created to support students in organising their thoughts when writing and expressing their opinion about a specific non fiction text.

This activity was created for a student who was not a confident speller. It aims to encourage students to develop their own strategies to support them in learning and remembering their spellings e.g. colour coding

I created this resource for students who frequently start their sentences in the same way.

This activity asks the student to imagine they are a Roman soldier in Britain writing a letter home to their family in Rome. They have two scenarios with writing frames to choose from.