The Reader Teacher
This site features the great reads for children, teachers, schools and parents to choose from.
Magic Verbs
Choose a better verb to make the sentences more interesting. The characters are animated to match the verbs. The game is lends itself well to starter or plenary sessions displayed on an interactive whiteboard.
Dropping In
A great sentence exercise which can help you to write interesting sentences.
Sentence Doctor
Something is wrong with the sentences in this game. Can you spot the problems?
What is a fronted adverbial?
A short video which explains fronted adverbials and how they are used in sentences.
What is an adverb?
This site explains how adverbs work and there is an interactive game where you need to find the adverbs in sentences.
Sentence Samurai
This resource demonstrates how sentences can be elaborated to be more interesting.
National Poetry Day
Although suitable for any time of year, you can explore this site for ideas to celebrate National Poetry Day with poetry in school. It features Toolkit for Schools and downloadable teaching resources.
Starfall Art Gallery
A delightful site for Key Stage 1 pupils about six famous artists and their work. It also promotes reading skills. There are literacy exercises. A good non-fiction text. More detailed biographies for Key Stage 2 pupils.
Spelling Practice Sheets
Eighteen spelling practice sheets to help with revision for the Key Stage 2 SATs spelling test. The words are usefully arranged in sets with similar spelling patterns. This is a PDF document so you need Acrobat Reader.
