Primary literacy

Spelling and pronunciation

Alphabetical order moonlander games

Get to grips with alphabetical order with these moonlander games. Land your spaceship on the pads in alphabetical order.

Prefixes and suffixes game
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See how many new words you can make by adding prefixes and suffixes to the root word. (worksheet)

Syllable bucket sort game: easy
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A lovely game to help you discriminate syllables. Count the syllables in each falling word and guide it into the correct bucket. (worksheet)

Syllable bucket sort game: hard
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A slightly tougher game in which you must discriminate the number of syllables in a word. Count the syllables in each falling word and guide it into the correct bucket. (worksheet)

Homophones: bounce-words quiz
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A high energy quiz that requires coordination as well as knowledge. Ideal for the interactive whiteboard. This resource also includes a printable worksheet and a separate activity to help the teacher with marking. (worksheet)

More homophones: bounce-words quiz
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Another helping of homophones. This resource also includes a printable worksheet and a separate activity to help the teacher with marking. (worksheet)

Pronunciation - 'ough' words: bounce-words quiz
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Sort out how the different '-ough' words should be pronounced. This resource also includes a printable worksheet and a separate activity to help the teacher with marking. (worksheet)

Countdown
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A classroom version of this classic game. What's the longest word you can make?

Punctuation

Punctuation pairs game
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A little starter activity to check whether you know the names of your punctuation symbols. This matching pairs game requires a good memory as well as a knowledge of punctuation.

The sentence: capital letters and full stops
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Practise your proofreading with this lovely resource. Correctly punctuate the text by inserting full stops and capital letters. (worksheet)

Introducing the sentence
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A whole class activity to help your pupils understand sentence structure. (worksheet)

Question marks and exclamation marks
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Can you correctly punctuate these sentences with capital letters, question marks and exclamation marks? (worksheet)

The apostrophe: contractions
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One use of an apostrophe is to indicate the omission of letters. All the sentences in this exercise are missing an apostrophe or two. It's your job to put them in the right place. (worksheet)

Its or it's
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If you get confused about whether to use ITS or IT'S then this could be the activity for you. (worksheet)

Apostrophes: bounce-words quiz
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A quiz to help your pupils learn when to use apostrophes and where to put them. This resource also includes a printable worksheet and a separate activity to help the teacher with marking. (worksheet)

The comma: lists
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Punctuate these sentences containing lists by inserting commas and removing the words 'and' and 'or'. (worksheet)

Proofreading

A suite of activities to test you on your proofreading. Find all the errors and punctuate the text correctly.

Grammar

Definitions of grammatical terms
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Do you know the difference between and adverb and an adjective? Would you recognise a noun if it stood up in your soup and gave you a haircut? In this game you must match the definitions to the grammatical terms. (worksheet)

Proper and common nouns: bucket sort game
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Learn to identify common and proper nouns with this fun game. Guide the falling words into the correct buckets based on whether you think they are proper nouns or common nouns.

A series of quizzes to help your pupils get to grips with plurals.

Personal pronouns
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In this activity your task is to find all the personal pronouns in the text and click on them. Doesn't sound like too much to ask does it?

Personal and possessive pronouns
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In this activity your task is to fill in the gaps in a table containing personal pronouns, possessive adjectives and possessive pronouns. (worksheet)

The noun, verb and adjective curse maker
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A fun way to help your pupils learn and identify nouns, verbs and adjectives.

Noun, adjectives, verbs and adverbs: bucket sort game
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A lovely game to help you discriminate between different word types. Is the word an adjective, noun, verb or adverb? Guide it into the correct bucket. (worksheet)

Verbs and nouns: Venn diagram
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A clever activity to get you thinking about verbs and nouns.

Word class
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This quiz tests your understanding about different word classes in a sentence.

Reading and writing - Listening and speaking

The story of Thanksgiving
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An ideal way to teach your pupils about the Pilgrim Fathers and the first Thanksgiving and improve their language skills at the same time. An interactive suite of animations, activities and games designed to support reading, listening and speaking.

The Nativity
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An interactive suite of animations, activities and games designed to support reading, listening and speaking. An ideal way to teach your pupils about the Nativity account and improve their language skills during the run up to Christmas.

The night before Christmas
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Delight your students in the run up to Christmas with this beautifully illustrated suite of animations, games and activities designed to support reading, listening and speaking.

The Tortoise and the Hare
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This lovely fable by Aesop provides the backdrop for this beautifully illustrated set of interactive literacy resources.

The three little pigs
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A beautiful set of literacy resources based on a traditional re-telling of a classic fairy tale. Readers of a delicate disposition need to be aware that this is the traditional story where it doesn't work out so well for the lazy sibling porkers.

Jack and the beanstalk
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A lovely animated version of the classic story to help your pupils improve their language skills. Fee, fi, fo, fum!

The Elves and the Shoemaker
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Captivate your pupils with this enchanting story about magical elves and their talent for cobbling.

The Enormous Turnip
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This lovely story of Russian origin shows how even the smallest creature can make a difference.

Photofit challenge
Photofit challenge

Can you make an accurate drawing of the criminal from a description given by a witness? This lovely application provides a gentle introduction to basic comprehension and following instructions.

Styles of writing
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A suite of glossary games to test your knowledge of the terms used when describing different styles of writing. worksheet)

Fun with words

Double meanings
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Four 'word within word' illusions. There are two words in each shape but can you find them? Take your time and look carefully and they will appear.

How many 'F's?
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Count all the Fs in a piece of text. You'd think it should be simple!

Coloured text mind masher game
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Are you ready for your left brain to do battle with your right brain? Try this addictive, mind-boggling game if you're brave enough.

Coloured text mind masher
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Are you ready for your left brain to battle with your right brain? Sounds bizarre. Try this classic mind boggler if you're brave enough.

Jumbled words
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If the first and last letters of a word are in the correct order we can usually read it quite happily. This activity sheds some light on why most of us find 'French Connection UK' t-shirts so offensive at first glance.

Reading test
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Read a simple piece of text out loud. What can go wrong?

General resources

Timer
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A new improved timer that now includes a countdown timer as well as a standard timer. Some of the alarm sounds are not for those of sensitive disposition. The time is given in Hours, minutes, seconds and hundredths of a second. Handy for timed tests, exams and activities.

Class minder
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A digital assistant that keeps an eye on your class on those rare occasions when you have to pop out.

The ultimate reaction test
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An addictive reaction test with loads of uses for practical work. Find out your reaction speed and whether it changes when you're tired, hungry or buzzing on coffee.

Simon
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A digital version of the classic memory game.

Square breathing
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Feeling stressed, anxious or overwhelmed? Take yourself to a place of peace and calm in only five minutes with this tried-and-tested technique.

Class scoreboard
Class scoreboard

Track and display scores for classroom quizzes and games with our handy tool. Choose from fun themes like 'Alien Abduction', 'In Your Face', and 'Snail Race'. Perfect for adding a competitive edge to your lessons.