National Association for the Teaching of English
NATE is the UK teacher association for all aspects of English from pre-school to university. It informs teachers of current developments and provides a voice at national level.
Primary Resources
Don't miss this wealth of worksheets, ideas, activities and resources for primary teachers. Sections included are literacy, homework, maths, science and art. Some resources are online, others are in PDF format.
Kids and Reading
KidsAndReading contains over 50 articles which focus on encouraging and helping children to read. Find out about different learning styles, classroom methods and problems which can arise with reading.
BookTrust
BookTrust is the UK's largest children's reading charity and they provide free books, resources and support to promote reading. Well worth a visit.
Help a Hedgehog
A super read the word challenge game which can help you with learning to read. Read as many words as you can that are matched to Letters and Sounds Phases 2 and 3 or enter your own words.The game helps with decoding and blending words skills.
Google Slides
Create presentations with Google Slides. Also lends itself to collaborative work and making ebooks.
Phonics Songs
Catchy animated phonics songs for both revising and teaching letter-sounds from Teaching Your Monster to Read.
Teach Your Monster to Read
A free game for young children to practise the first steps of reading. The game is built on the principles of synthetic phonics and follows the teaching sequence of the Letters and Sounds programme.
Aesop's Fables
Forty of Aesop's best-known fables are brought to life in adaptations for children. Each story is five minutes long and read by an all-star cast including Brenda Blethyn, Richard E Grant, Jane Horrocks and Alison Steadman.
Poetry
Search the CLPE extensive bank of poems for children, poetry teaching resources, videos of poet performances and interviews to support the teaching of poetry.
