English Teaching Resources for Key Stage 1
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Before, During and After Reading Fiction - Question Prompts
Question prompts and a worksheet to use when asking questions before, during and after reading.
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Move It! - Long and Short Vowel 'u' PowerPoint Game
An active PowerPoint game to practise reading and identifying long and short vowel ‘u’ words.
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Simple Sentence Dominoes (Version 3)
A set of 30 dominoes to assist younger students with building simple sentences.
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Segmenting and Blending Mats
A set of beautifully designed templates for students to practise blending and segmenting words.
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Introduction to Homophones PowerPoint
A 37 slide editable PowerPoint template to be used when teaching correct usage of homophones.
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Vowel Digraphs Bookmarks
These bookmarks are designed to help students remember some of the most common vowel digraphs while reading.
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Plurals Match-Up Activity
A set of fifteen game cards focusing on plurals.
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Phoneme Match-Up Activity - oo, ew, ue, u-e
A set of fifteen phoneme game cards focusing on oo, ew, ue and u-e.
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Phoneme Match-Up Activity - oa, o-e, ow, o
A set of fifteen phoneme game cards focusing on oa, o-e, ow and o.
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Word Families - 'AY'
Rhyming words for 'ay'.
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Year 2 Literacy Exit Tickets – Worksheets
25 Literacy Exit Ticket activities for students to provide evidence of their learning progress.
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Blank Comic Strip Template
A blank comic strip to use when developing and sequencing ideas for narrative and imaginative writing.
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Christmas Postcard Templates
4 Christmas themed postcard templates that can be used to explore postcard writing or as a simple alternative to Christmas cards.
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Digraph Worksheet - ow
A worksheet that focus on handwriting and vocabulary activities relating to the digraph ow.
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Character Adjective Concertina Template - Blank
A fun and creative way to learn about how adjectives can be used to describe a character's appearance and personality.
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What's My Card? CVC Words Board Game
A set of cards to be used in a Guess Who? Board Game for students to consolidate their knowledge of CVC words.
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Diphthongs Poster Pack
A set of 3 posters including ie, oi and ue dipthongs.
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Find Four Icebreaker Activity
Use our fun, quick icebreakers to help your students ‘Find Four’ new classmates to make friends with on the first day of school.
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Write the Room - Paralympic Games Writing Centre
Teach your pupils the vocabulary associated with the Paralympic Games with this interactive Write the Room activity.
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Paralympic Athlete Profile Template
Get your students excited about their favourite para-athletes with our Paralympic Athlete Profile Template.
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Sight Word Activity Worksheets
Help your students practise their sight words at home with this set of two sight word activity grids.
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Sight Word Splash Game
Use this collaborative partner game to allow your students to practise reading and writing some of the most common high-frequency words.
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Beat the Blast Off! CVC, CVCC and CCVC Spelling Game
Use this collaborative partner game to familiarise your students with some of the most common CVC, CVCC and CCVC words.
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Stretchy Sentences Worksheet
Use this worksheet to help your students write detailed and descriptive sentences.
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Handwriting Rhyme Poster
Use this handwriting rhyme to help your students prepare themselves for a handwriting lesson.
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Word Families Sorting Activity – Short O
Use these word families flashcards to help familiarise your students with words that contain the short o vowel sound.
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Short I Word Families Flashcards
Use these word families flashcards to help familiarise your students with words that contain the short i vowel sound.
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The Easter Bunny – Easter Poem Poster
Use this Easter Bunny poem for kids as a basis for some Easter fun in your classroom!
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A Visit from Santa – Christmas Poem Poster
Use this “A Visit from Santa” Christmas poem for kids as a basis for some festive fun in your classroom!
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Consonant Blends Beehive Sorting Activity
Explore common consonant blends with a bee-themed sorting activity perfect for lower primary phonics lessons.
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A or An? Poster
Use this articles poster to teach your students which article to use and when!
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Punctuation Posters
Display this set of 6 punctuation posters in your classroom to remind your students of the most common punctuation marks and their uses.