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Important update from TheSchoolRun

For the past 13 years, TheSchoolRun has been run by a small team of mums working from home, dedicated to providing quality educational resources to primary school parents. Unfortunately, rising supplier costs and falling revenue have made it impossible for us to continue operating, and we’ve had to make the difficult decision to close. The good news: We’ve arranged for another educational provider to take over many of our resources. These will be hosted on a new portal, where the content will be updated and expanded to support your child’s learning.

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Ks1 English worksheets

Free worksheets: Word puzzles, KS1

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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

A Year 2 English wordsearch created by a teacher, which focuses on the silent letters w and k. Examples and answers are included.
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Spelling the /er/ sound: ‘ur’, ‘ir’, or ‘er’?

Spelling the /er/ sound: ‘ur’, ‘ir’, or ‘er’? (Phase 5 phonics)

Can you write each of the /er/ words on this page in the correct spelling book?
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Spelling the /ee/ sound: ‘ie’ worksheet

Spelling the /ee/ sound: ‘ie’ (Phase 5 phonics)

A thief has stolen some of the letters from these words and has dropped them at the bottom of the page. Can you put them back in the right places?
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Yes or no? Reading ‘ear’ words worksheet

Yes or no? Reading ‘ear’ words (Phase 5 phonics)

Read these questions and underline any ‘ear’ words you can hear. Then answer the questions by colouring yes or no.
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Wordsearch: ‘ea’ words

Wordsearch: ‘ea’ words (Phase 5 phonics)

In some words the letters e and a together make a short /e/ sound instead of the usual long /ee/ sound. Read these ‘ea’ words and then fill in the gaps in these sentences. Can you find them in the wordsearch?
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Word memory lotto: the /nk/ sound worksheet

Word memory lotto: the /nk/ sound

This is a game for two players. First, choose your board, then cut out the word cards and place them upside down on the table. To play, Player 1 takes a word card and reads it. If you have a picture of your word on your board you can keep it, if not put it back where you found it. Repeat with Player 2. The player to fill their board first is the winner.
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The /or/ sound: colour the astronaut’s path using ‘au’

The /or/ sound: colour the astronaut’s path using ‘au’ (Phase 5 phonics)

This astronaut has just landed on the moon. Can you read him a path to his flag? Read each word. If it uses the letters ‘au’ to spell the sound /or/, colour it in.
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The /air/ sound: find the ‘ear’ words worksheet

The /air/ sound: find the ‘ear’ words (Phase 5 phonics)

Read these sentences and underline the ‘ear’ words. Now can you find them in the wordsearch?
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Split digraph who’s who worksheet

Split digraph who’s who (Phase 5 phonics)

Look at these words with the split digraph e_e. Can you work out the names of the three children below? Where did they all go on an outing?
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Spelling the /or/ sound: ‘ore’ worksheet

Spelling the /or/ sound: ‘ore’ (Phase 5 phonics)

Can you add ‘ore’ to the end of these sounds in balloons? The read the word. If it is a real word, draw a balloon string to the girl’s hand; if it’s a nonsense word draw a string to the clown’s hand.
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Spelling the /oo/ sound: ‘ew’ words tic tac toe

Spelling the /oo/ sound: ‘ew’ words tic tac toe (Phase 5 phonics)

Fancy a game of tic tac toe? In this game, player 1 chooses a square and reads the 'ew' word inside. They can then colour their square. Player 2 repeats. The winner is the first player to colour three squares in a row across, up and down or diagonally.
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Spelling the /igh/ sound: ‘igh’, ‘ie’, or ‘i_e’?

Spelling the /igh/ sound: ‘igh’, ‘ie’, or ‘i_e’? (Phase 5 phonics)

Can you write each of the /igh/ words on this page in the correct notebook? ‘Igh’ words go in the knight’s book, ‘ie’ words go in the cook’s book and ‘i_e’ words go on the kite notebook.
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Spelling patterns: jumbled letters ‘are’ words worksheet

Spelling patterns: jumbled letters ‘are’ words (Phonics phase 5)

Witchy was just writing some ‘are’ words when all the letters fell into her potion cauldrons. Can you help her unscramble the letters and put them back into the words in the right order?
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Spelling patterns: ai or ay? worksheet

Spelling patterns: 'ai' or 'ay'? (Phase 5 phonics)

Ask someone to read out the answer words to you one at a time. Listen carefully to where the /ai/ sound is in the word, then choose the correct spelling. Write the ‘ai’ spellings in the train, the ‘ay’ spelling on the tray.
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Spelling patterns: oi or oy? worksheet

Spelling patterns: 'oi' or 'oy'? (Phase 5 phonics)

Use the correct 'oi' or 'oy' word to fill in the gaps in these sentences. Then see if you can complete the crossword!
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Spelling patterns: ie worksheet

Spelling patterns: 'ie' (Phase 5 phonics)

In these words the letters i and e are making the /igh/ sound. Fill in the letters ‘ie’ to complete the words in the pies. If the word is real, match the pie to the chef. If not, match it to the clown!
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Spelling patterns: ‘aw’ words worksheet

Spelling patterns: ‘aw’ words (Phase 5 phonics)

Miss Muddle can’t remember how to spell these words. Can you help her? Colour in the correct spelling for each picture.
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Spelling patterns: ‘air’ balloons worksheet

Spelling patterns: ‘air’ balloons (Phase 5 phonics)

The ‘air’ has blown out of these hot air balloons! Can you put ‘air’ back into the words, read them and match them to the correct baskets?
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Spelling crossword: nk words

Spelling crossword: 'nk' words

Can you work out the missing words in these sentences? Clue: They all have the sound /nk/ in them. Write your answers in the crossword grid
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Reading split digraph ‘e_e’ words worksheet

Reading split digraph 'e_e' words (Phase 5 phonics)

Can you spot the /ee/ sound, spelled e_e, in these words? Look carefully and colour in the letters e_e.
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Reading and drawing the /er/ sound worksheet

Reading and drawing the /er/ sound (Phase 5 phonics)

Read these /er/ words. Can you draw a picture for each one?
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