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Word split: compound words puzzle

Word split: compound words

A mix and match puzzle created by teachers, using compound words, to support primary school literacy and demonstrate examples of compound words.

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Word colouring: nouns and pronouns

Word colouring: nouns and pronouns

Colour the squares with nouns in green. Colour the squares with pronouns in brown. Leave the blank squares empty, then work out what the picture is.

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Irregular past tense verbs wordsearch

Irregular past tense verbs wordsearch

A fun and free activity created by an experienced teacher with the aim of teaching KS2 children about irregular past tense verbs. Each of the sentences on the worksheet includes an incorrect past-tense verb. Circle the incorrect verb and then find the correct form of the verb in the wordsearch.

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Spelling patterns: the prefix cir- worksheet

Spelling patterns: the prefix cir-

Can you complete this mini-wordsearch? All the words you need start with the prefix circ- and are below. What do you think circ- means?

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Write your own homonyms crossword puzzle

Write your own homonyms crossword puzzle

Homonyms are pairs of words that are spelled and pronounced the same way, but have different meanings. Look at these words. Can you work out the two different meanings?
If not, look them up in the dictionary. On the next page you’ll need to create TWO crossword puzzles where the homonyms are the answers. Each word will need two different clues, one for each meaning.

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Revise /oo/, /ar/, /or/ and /ur/ sounds (Phase 3 phonics)

Revise /oo/, /ar/, /or/ and /ur/ sounds (Phase 3 phonics)

This simple game is designed to help support and reinforce the learning of the Phase 3 phonics sounds /oo/, /ar/, /or/ and /ur/.

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Revise /ai/, /ee/, /igh/ and /oa/ sounds (Phase 3 phonics)

Revise /ai/, /ee/, /igh/ and /oa/ sounds (Phase 3 phonics)

This simple game is designed to help support and reinforce the learning of the Phase 3 phonics sounds /ai/, /ee/, /igh/ and /oa/.

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Phase 3 phonics missing tricky words

Phase 3 phonics missing tricky words

Help your child practise reading and writing the tricky words they've learned in Phase 3 phonics with this Reception activity. Tricky or exception words are words in which the English spelling code works in an unusual or uncommon way.

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Phase 2 phonics missing tricky words

Phase 2 phonics missing tricky words

Help your child practise reading and writing Phase 2 tricky or exception words (words in which the English spelling code works in an unusual or uncommon way) with this Reception activity.

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Listen to final sounds

Listen to final sounds

Many children are able to hear the initial sounds (the first sounds) in words or in a word but might struggle to hear the final sounds. This game is designed to help them practise both of these skills and covers a mixture of Phase 2 and Phase 3 phonics sounds.

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Labelling a picture

Labelling a picture

Help your child learn how to label a picture correctly with a drawing and writing activity for Reception children.

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Finding rhyming words

Finding rhyming words

Help your child listen to sounds and identify rhyming words with this Reception activity sheet.

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Finding information in pictures and texts

Finding information in pictures and texts

Books and pictures contain lots of information. Practise being an information detective! Look at the picture on the worksheet, then answer the questions on the next page.

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Finding CVC words game

Finding CVC words game (Phase 2 phonics)

Once your child is confident with the Phase 2 phonics sounds /h/ /b/ /f/ /g/ /l/ /p/ /i/ /u/ and /o/, use this game to help them practise blending vowel-consonant and consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) words.

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Final sound board game

Final sound board game

Blending sounds is a tricky but important skill. This quick phonics game is designed to help Reception children practise blending two sounds. Then they'll need to decide if they’ve made a real or nonsense word!

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Blending CVC words game

Blending CVC words game (Phase 2 phonics)

A quick game designed to help your child review the Phase 2 phonics sounds /g/ /c/ /k/ /r/ /t/ /h/ /e/ /a/ and /i/ and to help them practise blending vowel-consonant and consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) words.

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Be an information detective

Be an information detective

Compare a text and a picture and spot the inconsistencies between the two, in this simple exercise to help develop children's reading comprehension skills.

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/Ch/, /sh/ and /th/ sound sort

/Ch/, /sh/ and /th/ sound sort (Phase 3 phonics)

This game is designed to help children to distinguish between the Phase 3 sounds /ch/, /sh/ and /th/ in words they read and hear.

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Create your own wordsearch

Create your own wordsearch

Looking for a fun way to practise this week's spellings, or consolidate some new vocabulary? Use our blank wordsearch grid to create your own puzzle for your child (and you can print it out as many times as you need to!).

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Your 11 Plus Exam Prep Reading Adventure

Your 11+ Exam Prep Reading Adventure

Reading is an 11+ exam preparation superpower! Each of the 40 books in our 11+ exam prep reading adventure has been chosen to act as a story-filled portal to new vocabulary and will help your child get to grips with challenging texts the fun way – no flashcards required!

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Key Stage 2 - 2019 English SATs Papers

Key Stage 2 - 2019 English SATs Papers

Help your child prepare for the Year 6 English SATs, taken at the end of Key Stage 2, with some revision and at-home practice. These complete KS2 SATs past papers from 2019 are the official past papers from the Department for Education, used in schools.

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Y1 phonics screening check 2019 past paper

Year 1 Phonics screening check 2019

The Year 1 Phonics Screening Check, administered in June, tests children's knowledge of phonics with a mixture of real and nonsense words. The 2019 official past paper will show you what sort of words children are asked to read as part of the assessment.

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Key Stage 1 - 2019 English SATs Papers

Help your child prepare for the English KS1 SATs, taken at the end of Year 2, with some at-home practice. These complete Y2 SATs past papers from 2019 are the official Department for Education papers used in schools.

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My Starting School Scrapbook

Starting school scrapbook

If your child is starting school in Reception, what can you do to help them make the best possible start? Find out how to lay the foundations for a great transition with our Reception starters learning pack – it's bursting with activities that focus on early English, maths and science skills, as well as supporting your child's physical and social development.

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11+ vocabulary flashcards

11+ vocabulary flashcards

Download our free 11+ flashcards to help boost your child's vocabulary and practise for the verbal reasoning tasks of the 11+ exams.

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