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Square words wordsearch

Square words wordsearch

Can you find all these Goldilocks-themed words in the wordsearch?
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Mini word Sudoku

Mini word Sudoku 4 x 4

Put the letters from the word EASY in the squares so that each column, row, and mini-grid contains all the letters that make up the word.
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Rhyming words: creatures word puzzle

Rhyming words: creatures word puzzle

Practise your rhyming and spelling skills by thinking of names of animals that rhyme with each of these words. There could be more than one answer... how many can you identify?
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Homophones wordsearch

Homophones wordsearch

Can you find these homophone pairs hidden in the wordsearch below?
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Wordssearch with silent letters w and k

Spelling patterns: silent letters w and k

All these words have a silent letter at the beginning. This means that you write the letter when you spell the words, but you don’t make the sound of that letter when you say it out loud. Can you find each of these words in the wordsearch below?
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Funny -tch names worksheet

Funny 'tch' names (Phase 4 phonics)

These characters have some unusual names! What are they called?
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Full stop tower game

Full stop tower game

Climb the full stop tower by correctly placing the full stop in sentences.
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Find the rhyme using ‘ou’ worksheet

Find the rhyme using 'ou' (Phase 5 phonics)

Look at these rhyming pictures. Using the ‘ou’ spelling, can you write the rhyming words?
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Codebreaker: ‘nk’ worksheet

Codebreaker: 'nk' (Phase 4 phonics)

Detective Dan needs some help breaking a code. He’s worked out that each number in the code words represents a different letter of the alphabet. Can you use the grid to help you break the code and decode these words, then draw a picture of them?
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First 100 high-frequency words

First 100 high-frequency words list

Children learn to read and spell high-frequency words, the most common words in English-language texts, throughout primary school. Download a list of the first 100 high-frequency words to use for at-home spelling practice and revision.
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Y1 phonics screening check 2014 past paper

Year 1 Phonics screening check 2014

The Y1 Phonics Screening Check tests children's knowledge of phonics with a mixture of real and nonsense words. Look through the official past paper for 2014 to see what sort of words your child will be asked to read.
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Writing your own version of The Hare and the Tortoise

Writing your own version of The Hare and the Tortoise

Think of two of your favourite animals. What would happen if they ran a race? Who would win in the end, and why? Write a story about it!
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Writing task: Your first day back at school

Writing task: Your first day back at school

Can you remember your first day back to school this year? How did you feel? Did you have a new teacher? Can you describe your teacher? What did you do on your first day? Did you make any new friends? Write a few sentences to describe what your first day was like.
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Writing task: write as Goldilocks

Writing task: write as Goldilocks

Imagine you are Goldilocks. What do you do in the three bears’ house? Write your own version of the story.
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Writing task: My three wishes

Writing task: My three wishes

What three wishes would you make if you found a magic lamp? Write them down here.
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Writing task: finish The Magic Lamp

Writing task: finish The Magic Lamp

Can you finish writing the story about the magic lamp? What do you think happened after Matthew went swimming? What do you think his other two wishes were? You'll need to do this worksheet first: http://www.theschoolrun.com/reading-comprehension-the-magic-lamp
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Writing task: A magical find in the garden

Writing task: A magical find in the garden

Imagine you have found a magical object in the garden. What is it? What happens when you touch it? Now write about what you've found – but don't forget to use adjectives, connectives, exclamation marks and question marks!
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Writing research notes using a spider diagram worksheet

Writing research notes using a spider diagram

Decide on a habitat that you want to research. Then use this spider diagram to make notes on your habitat.
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Words containing tch worksheet

Words containing 'tch' (Phase 5 phonics)

The 'tch' grapheme is a trigraph (one sound made up of three letters) used to represent the /ch/ sound. Cut out these letters. How many words can you make containing 'tch'?
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Using research notes to write an information text worksheet

Using research notes to write an information text

Using information you have found out and presented in a spider diagram, write up an information text about a habitat.
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Spelling patterns worksheet: words ending -tion

Spelling patterns: words ending -tion

Cut out these words. Where should they go in the sentences below?
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Spelling patterns worksheet: words ending -el and -al

Spelling patterns: words ending -el and -al

Cut out the words and definitions. Can you match them up?
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Spelling patterns worksheet: words ending -dge

Spelling patterns: words ending -dge

Cut out these words. Where should they go in the sentences below?
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Wordssearch with silent letters w and k

Spelling patterns: silent letters w and k

All these words have a silent letter at the beginning. This means that you write the letter when you spell the words, but you don’t make the sound of that letter when you say it out loud. Can you find each of these words in the wordsearch below?
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Year 2 reading comprehension: The Magic Lamp

Reading comprehension: The Magic Lamp

Read this story about a magic land and then see if you can answer the questions afterwards.
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