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Crystal Explorers

Explore jungles, caves and ancient tombs on your mission to find the crystals and protect them from the sneaky pirate Salty Dan but on the way practise your spelling, grammar and punctuation.

7-11 year olds
Pupils

Viking Full Circle

Launch the Viking ship by completing the spellings in this Full Circle game which is linked to the Letters and Sounds phonics programme, Phases 2 and 3.

5-7 year olds
Teachers, Pupils

Sound Sayer

A teaching tool to support whole-class or small groups with phonics teaching. It can support parents too when they are helping their child with reading at home.

5-7 year olds
Teachers, Pupils, Parents

The First 1000 Most Commonly Used English Words

A simple site which has a list of the first thousand commonly used words arranged in order of common usage. If you are trying to improve your spelling skills it is a useful reference tool.

7-14 year olds
Teachers, Parents

Letter Planet

Fill up the rocket with fuel by choosing the words that have 'sh', 'ch' or 'th' in them.

5-7 year olds
Pupils

The Mischievous Christmas Elf and the Boys' Holiday Hijinks

An interactive festive story where you choose the path the story takes.

9-10 year olds
Pupils

Grammar and Punctuation

This guide has been put together to help students' understanding of grammar and punctuation. Each point of grammar has an explanation and exercises. Great for either working through or dipping into if you want to brush up on a particular point.

16-18 year olds
Pupils

Sight Words

Free resources designed to help parents teach their child to read. The learning materials can be used in the home or classroom. Includes lessons and instructional videos. Well worth a look!

3-7 year olds
Teachers, Parents

Teachit.co.uk

Quality resources including lesson plans and schemes of work for English teachers of 11 - 18 age range. There are free resources, but the site offers a subscription service.

11-18 year olds
Teachers

Coconut Vowels

A fun spelling game where you need to think quickly or it's game over. Fill in the gaps in the words to make a real words. There are different levels of difficulty. For teachers' information the game focuses on vowel digraphs.

7-11 year olds
Pupils
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