Suitable for 7 - 11 year olds

10 Steps Forward

Put the imagination back into writing with this easy to use pack from an established writer and teacher. For the pupils there are writing games and oral exercises to stretch the imagination and teach the basics of creative writing. For the teacher, there is the knowledge that the preparation has ...

5-Minute Starters

This is an invaluable resource for pupils in both primary and secondary education. There are down-to-earth explanations of many of the topics and terms needed for learning to be literate, with exercises and practice worksheets to test understanding and knowledge.

There are pages focusing on...

Acting Up & Writing Down

Acting Up & Writing Down offers numerous ways to inspire powerful creative writing. It uses proven techniques to make children desperate to continue a story as a script, a news report, a short story, a diary extract...the choices are endless.

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Children in Wartime

Make a model of an Anderson Shelter; investigate materials for blackout curtains; try out real war-time recipes. These are just some of the exciting activities in this comprehensive and creative curriculum resource book about World War Two Britain.

With teaching units on evacuation, ration...

Circuses and Pirates

Covering fiction, non-fiction and poetry, this book is full of ideas to generate writing tasks for primary-aged children. Most of them follow collaborative speaking and listening opportunities and all relate to the Primary Framework for Literacy. There are also generic suggestions on helping c...