Skillswise Word Grammar

Games, short videos and quizzes from the BBC to help adults improve their knowledge of parts of speech such as nouns, adjectives and the like. The games are useful for children too.

Starfall - Learn to Read

A good learning to read site. There are good quality games and animated stories which children can interact with. The children can click on words to see what they say. Excellent for learning the sounds the letters make.

English Alphabet

Look at how all the letters of the alphabet are formed. You can listen to their names and the sounds they make. Each letter is illustrated with a picture which begins with the sound. Good for an interactive whiteboard teaching tool.

Literature Study Guides from SparkNotes

Excellent study guides for many exam text novels, Shakespeare works and poetry.

Contraction Match

Drag and drop activities to test your knowledge on the use of apostrophes in contractions.

ict games

A treasure chest of numeracy and literacy Flash games for infant pupils. Each one is linked to the National Curriculum.

Tips on doing a book review

Just what the title says. This step-by-step guide will help you know what to include when you write a book review.

Chocolates

A teaching resource for helping children to produce descriptive, persuasive writing. Good on an interactive whiteboard. Suitable for Year 6 or 7.

Alphabet Antics

A game which can help you to learn the names of the letters of the alphabet. It uses capital letters rather than lower case letters.

Sounds Fun

A game which can help you to learn your letter sounds. It uses capital letters rather than lower case letters.