A task sheet to try and support children with the spelling of colossal by thinking about it in different ways.

A lesson that focuses on general sentence punctuation that can be used as a recap for SATs revision or adapted for new learning. Included is the PowerPoint for the lesson (including green challenge questions), an activity with answers, previous SATs questions linked to punctuation and a recap task that can be used in the week/s after the lesson as a starter to remind children what they have worked on.

A writing lesson that focuses on being able to use the ‘oa’ phoneme. Included is a lesson PowerPoint that breaks into two different activities and an activity for the first activity with answer sheet. The first part of the lesson focuses on being able to identify the missing sounds/ graphemes based on an image and the ‘oa’ already provided. This then leads into an activity that requires children to apply this independently. Following this, children will practise as a group using them in sentences before independently writing their own sentences.

Two fully resourced lessons that focus on nouns. Included are lesson PowerPoints, activities and answer sheets. The first lesson focuses on being able to work on nouns in general, identifying them either in the environment around them or in sentences. This is then followed up with a second lesson that focuses on being able to sort between common and proper nouns. Images included are courtesy of Pixabay

A set of writing activities that link to working on using because, but and so based on ‘The Writing Revolution’. Included are 22 different sentence stems that link to learning for the Stone Age to the Iron Age which all require the use of because, but and so, challenging pupils ability to use the conjunctions appropriately as well as acting as a retrieval task in checking understanding of previous learning.

A set of pictures that can be used as writing prompts for independent or engaging writing in KS2 English lessons.

A set of pictures that can be used as writing prompts for independent or engaging writing in KS2 English lessons.

A set of pictures that can be used as writing prompts for independent or engaging writing in KS2 English lessons.

Two sets of sheets that can be used as word banks for children to help them with their writing. Both contain examples of moving time on in a piece of writing, whether it be a certain time in the day or moving time on a couple of days or weeks.

Two sets of sheets that can be used as word banks for children to help them with their writing. Both contain examples of changing the action or the setting, whether it be beginning, moving on or concluding.

A list of stories that link History and English together. This certainly isn't a comprehensive list but gives a good start to finding stories that link to historical topics for the 16th and 17th Century.

A list of stories that link History and English together. This certainly isn't a comprehensive list but gives a good start to finding stories that link to historical topics for 1900-1939.

A diamond 9 activity that gets children to decide which synonyms for agree are the strongest verbs and which are the weakest before justifying their selection. Included is the original word and eight other synonyms, with the activity being useful as a starter as well as building up vocabulary for children by showing them other examples.

A diamond 9 activity that gets children to decide which synonyms for accept are the strongest verbs and which are the weakest before justifying their selection. Included is the original word and eight other synonyms, with the activity being useful as a starter as well as building up vocabulary for children by showing them other examples.

A diamond 9 activity that gets children to decide which synonyms for build are the strongest verbs and which are the weakest before justifying their selection. Included is the original word and eight other synonyms, with the activity being useful as a starter as well as building up vocabulary for children by showing them other examples.

A diamond 9 activity that gets children to decide which synonyms for clean are the strongest verbs and which are the weakest before justifying their selection. Included is the original word and eight other synonyms, with the activity being useful as a starter as well as building up vocabulary for children by showing them other examples.

A diamond 9 activity that gets children to decide which synonyms for believe are the strongest verbs and which are the weakest before justifying their selection. Included is the original word and eight other synonyms, with the activity being useful as a starter as well as building up vocabulary for children by showing them other examples.

A diamond 9 activity that gets children to decide which synonyms for climb are the strongest verbs and which are the weakest before justifying their selection. Included is the original word and eight other synonyms, with the activity being useful as a starter as well as building up vocabulary for children by showing them other examples.

A diamond 9 activity that gets children to decide which synonyms for shout are the strongest verbs and which are the weakest before justifying their selection. Included is the original word and eight other synonyms, with the activity being useful as a starter as well as building up vocabulary for children by showing them other examples.

A diamond 9 activity that gets children to decide which synonyms for eat are the strongest verbs and which are the weakest before justifying their selection. Included is the original word and eight other synonyms, with the activity being useful as a starter as well as building up vocabulary for children by showing them other examples.