Teach your children about all aspects of writing a recount with our eye catching posters. They’re perfect for showing on an interactive whiteboard as part of whole class teaching or on your classroom display boards. Includes information on: * What is recount writing? * Who do we write recounts for? * Types of recount writing, * Organisation, * Chronological Order, * First or Third Person? * Using the Past Tense, * Connectives and Conjunctions, * Personal or Impersonal? * How to improve your recounts. Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!

A collection of twenty images that your children can use as the starting point for a range of stories (and other kinds of writing) about the Victorians. Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!

These resource sheets can be used to help your children describe different aspects of the characters in their story. Suggested words are given to describe people, aliens and monsters, robots and animals. Two versions of each word list are included for use with younger / older students. Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!

Challenge your students to match these Shakespearean phrases with their meanings. Sixteen different phrases are included with their meanings. Cut them out, jumble them up and ask your students to match them back together again! Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!

Teach your children about the features of persuasive writing with our printable guide. Includes information about: * Different types of persuasive writing, * Organisation and layout, * Points and Elaboration, * Present Tense, * Conjunctions, * Emotive Language, * Fact and Opinion, * Challenging the Reader, * Rhetorical Questions, * Advertising. Share this PDF with your children on an interactive whiteboard or print it for use as part of shared reading activities… or add it to your classroom display boards! Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!

A handy reference mat that your children can use when they are learning about similes and metaphors. This mat helps children to remember the meaning of each term and includes lots of examples that can be used in their writing. Use it as a whole class teaching tool and challenge students to use one of the examples in a sentence / paragraph… or let children use these as reference mats on their tables during independent writing. Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!

This popular resource includes 20 high quality images for your children to explore. Each picture has a set of related questions to help your students review their inference and deduction skills. Use them as an independent / group classroom activity, during your guided reading sessions or as part of your English display boards. Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!

This resource includes four different examples of instruction writing: * How to make a lizard card, * How to play ‘Shut the box’, * How to make chocolate cupcakes, * How to plant a sunflower seed. Help your children to learn about instruction writing by getting them to analyse these examples. Can they identify the features? How could they be improved? A fantastic resource for your English / Literacy lessons or for guided reading sessions. Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!

This resource includes 26 handwriting pages that feature each letter of the alphabet. Children are asked to write each letter in four different ways: * Trace over the letters on the first row by following the arrows, * Trace over the letters (without arrows) on the second row, * Write their own letters on the third row, * Write the letter as part of a word in the final row. Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!

Support your children’s work on report writing with our handy guide. It’s a wonderful teaching resource and can also be used as part of your classroom display boards. The guide includes information about: * What are non-chronological reports? * Types of reports, * Organisation of reports, * Thinking about your audience, * Researching the topic, * Planning your report, * Writing your report, * Facts and opinions, * Present and past tense, * Formal writing, * Vocabulary, * Top tips for writing a report. Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!

This HUGE resource can be used as a simple reading resource or for games of ‘Noughts and Crosses / OXO / Tic-Tac-Toe’ (where children mark the words with an X or an O but have to read them first!). Eighty-two pages are included with a variety of words from Phases 2, 3, 4 and 5 phonics. Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!

This child-friendly 48 page eBook covers all aspects of Roman life. Use it as a whole class teaching tool by showing the PDF on a large display (e.g. an interactive whiteboard), print it for children to read independently, let your pupils access it on a mobile device for research purposes, or use it to learn about the Romans during your guided reading sessions. Chapters in the ebook include: * Who were the Ancient Romans? * Romans families, * Roman children, * Roman fashion, * Roman food and drink, * Roman jobs, * Roman houses and towns, * Roman entertainment, * Roman religion * The Roman army. A comprehensive glossary is also included at the end of the book. Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!

Discover the wonderful world of plants with this child-friendly guide to plant growth, pollination, photosynthesis, classification, adaptation and much more! Chapters inside the book include: * What are plants? * Types of plants, * Parts of a plant, * Making food, * Plant reproduction, * Seed dispersal, * Non-flowering plants, * Life in extreme conditions, * Plant protection, * Humans and plants, * Animals and plants, * Common British plants. A comprehensive glossary is also included on the final page of the PDF. Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!