Tag Archives: Ks2 English

Big Cat readers for more able readers

When my kids were younger one of the things I spent ages searching for were readers. And yes, there are lots of different readers out there but my kids often found the readers a bit dull and boring and they … Continue reading

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Code-Cracking for Beginners a Twinkl story

I am spending more one-on-one time with my oldest (we working through some poetry activities) so I wanted to find a learning unit that my son could complete by himself. And as the Twinkl book activities have always been a … Continue reading

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CGP Year 6 Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling Workbook

We tried one of the CGP Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling workbooks for the first time last year and I must admit both my son and I found it suited us. So this year I bought him another one to use … Continue reading

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Understanding English – Poetry workbook

We have started a bit of a poetry topic. It is one of those areas that I feel I have neglected a bit (I think the only poems we have done are Acrostic poems). We do lots of other literature, … Continue reading

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KS2 Vocabulary Workbook

One of the English resources that I am using with my son (who would be in year 5 if he attended school) is the Schofield & Sims Understanding English range. I discovered this series when my daughter was in Year … Continue reading

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