English

Last updated 17th September 2006

Planning and resources
Activities and games
Phonics and word-level work
Poetry links



Planning and resources

hamiltontrust.org.uk - primary-focussed weekly plans for maths and english plus information for NQTs. Very professional paper and interactive resources available.

Lewisham Grid for Learning - Medium Term Plans with links to weekly plans and resources.

literacylessons.co.uk - A growing database of free English lesson plans for years three to seven.

Wirral LEA - Guided reading, active listening and speaking and listening.

teachit.co.uk - Free English resources: language library, media library, drama library, teaching tools (proformas), and, best of all, a primary library.

Literacy Trust - literacy-based resources and links.

roalddahl.com - Lots of creative ideas for story and poetry writing using Roald Dahl's books.

literacymatters.com - Click on your year group for relevant activities, planning and resources.

Write Away - Children's book reviews, authors' website links, story starter ideas and more.

Literary Terms - Good, accessible definitions of literary terms.

aesopfables.com - Does what it says on the tin! Over 600 fables can be found. The site is well organised and it's easy to identify the moral you're looking for.

magickeys.com - A selection of online story books for use on the interactive whiteboard.

booktrusted.co.uk - This website provides free resource material about children's books for teachers. Grouped into material about books, illustrators, writers, poets, genres, issues and countries.

Northamptonshire LEA - Author information and weblinks - a great start to researching authors.

David Wray's Writing Frames - Simple writing frames to help KS2 reluctant/lower ability writers get started.

childrensbooks.co.uk - Track down books, authors, illustrators, publishers and reviews.

contactanauthor.co.uk - Authors in your area who are prepared to visit schools and give readings or participate in workshops.

teacherspet.org - Free word-level add-on for Microsoft Word. Make crosswords, remove vowels/words/punctuation to test understanding.

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Activities and games

ictgames.co.uk - High quality online games for KS1, mainly for Maths and English but with some for the foundation subjects.

Crick School - Fabulous, interactive Flash programmes from the Northamptonshire primary.

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Phonics and word level work

Rhyming dictionary - Not just phonics but especially useful for word level work; just type in a word and it will return words in the following categories:
  • rhyming,
  • synonyms,
  • antonyms,
  • related,
  • similar-sounding,
  • homophones,
  • matching consonants only,
  • containing the letters typed in - useful to create spelling banks
BBC Phonics Site - Simply marvellous! Follows progression of NLS route and has dozens of free downloads.

Boggle's World Phonics - Initial and final sounds, vowel combinations and phonics monster cards.

schoolexpress.com phonics worksheets - Free worksheets for blends, consonants, digraphs and vowels.

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