Sentence Samurai
This resource demonstrates how sentences can be elaborated to be more interesting.
Sentence Magic
This site highlights some important ways of improving sentences to make your writing 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.
Visuwords
A graphical dictionary and thesaurus which is a great teaching aid on an interactive whiteboard if you are encouraging children to think of alternative words in their creative writing.
Verbs in Space
See if you can spot the verbs. In this game you need to click on the robot holding the verb to whack it!
Noun Explorer
A game where you need to click on the fish with the noun to feed a worm to the fish.
ChildTasticBooks
A superb blog with great reviews of children's books. Well worth delving into if you are looking for ideas for books for your child or class.
Shakespeare Week
Access free resources and events listings designed to provide opportunities for primary school aged children to enjoy their encounters with Shakespeare.
Nouns, Verbs and Adjectives
A game where you need to find the nouns, verbs or adjectives.
