Three simple starter activities to get your children’s brains working. Includes: -circle game (how many circular designs can you come up with) -alphabet game (pick a category and they have to come up with something relevant starting with every letter of the alphabet, e.g. movies, books, names) -category game (the categories are already there for this one, the children have to come up with three things for each one) This could be a timed activity; how many can you get withing 5 minutes? Or it could be a pairs challenge, who can finish the sheet first?

The first 100 and 200 high frequency words with the ‘read’ and ‘write’ tick box options.

Let your students get to know each other by playing a game of Would you Rather? 34 Would you Rather? questions for your students to answer. You will need counters and a dice. Best played in pairs. A3 size.

Four empty word search grids. 8x8 grid with 8 lines for words 10x10 grid with 10 lines for words 12x12 grid with 12 lines for words 14x14 grid with 14 lines for words

Homonyms are words that are spelled and sound the same, but have different meanings. This activity has 15 examples of a homonym and 2 of their definitions. They are laid out with the word at the top of the triangle and the bottom of it cut in to two sections, each with a definition in. You need to cut up all of the triangles and match up the 2 meanings with the 1 word. It was made on powerpoint to make it easier for me to make, it is not actually a powerpoint. They are meant to be printed out and cut up.

Phase 2-5 phonics assessment sheet for any age. In phase 3, there are two ‘oo’ sounds. The first one is the ‘ew’ sound and the second is ‘u’. Does not matter which way round the child says them, as long as they say both sounds.

This spelling booklet includes words with both ‘oo’ and ‘ow’ sounds, ‘a_e’, words that start with ‘wh’, ‘ee’, ‘st’ and ‘ed’. It has a range of different activities, such as word searches, fill in the missing word, a crossword and more.