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Writing a book review in KS2
A KS2 book review template created by an experienced teacher to help your child create their own book reviews and improve their literacy skills.
KS2 high frequency words flashcards
After learning to read and spell the most common words in Reception and KS1, your child will move on to a longer list of common words including 'brought' and 'thought'. Support their learning at home with our KS2 high frequency words practice flashcards.
Identifying silent letters
All of these words contain a silent letter. This means that the sound of that letter is not made when the word is spoken. Cut out the words above. Can you arrange them into the correct lists below and stick them down?
Key Stage 2 - 2023 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 KS2 SATs past papers from 2023 are the official past papers from the Department for Education, used in schools.
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!
Reading and spelling the “soft c” sound
What words do the picture clues below refer to? Draw a circle round the “c” that sounds like an /s/ in each word.
Book reviews activity pack
Help your child explore books and language with TheSchoolRun's Book reviews activity pack, a huge collection of reading comprehension and creative writing resources for Year 1 to Year 6.
Inference skills
Skilled writers often use a technique we might call ‘show not tell’. They use the actions of characters, or the situation they find themselves in, to tell us more about them, rather than spelling their meaning out and explaining it to us directly. Can you use your inference skills on this passage?
Spelling patterns: words containing 'sc' pronounced /s/
Can you use these words words containing 'sc' pronounced /s/ to complete this crossword?
KS2 SATs Grammar, punctuation and spelling practice paper E
Practise the grammar, punctuation and spelling skills required for the KS2 SATs test with your child with our 'mock' papers. Written in the style of the KS2 Grammar, punctuation and spelling test, the practice papers offer at-home revision opportunities for children taking the Y6 tests in May.
Writing a book review in KS2
A KS2 book review template created by an experienced teacher to help your child create their own book reviews and improve their literacy skills.
Identifying silent letters
All of these words contain a silent letter. This means that the sound of that letter is not made when the word is spoken. Cut out the words above. Can you arrange them into the correct lists below and stick them down?
The Parents' Guide to turning a reluctant reader into a literacy lover
Why are some children reluctant to read, and what can you do to help them fall in love with books? From exploring non-fiction to making reading a feel-good pleasure, we explain how you can turn a reluctant reader into a bookworm. Happy reading!
Spotting facts and opinions
Use this worksheet to help your child learn to recognise sentences that are facts and sentences that are opinions.
Three-syllable words
Clap out the syllables in these words, and rewrite them with the syllables divided out.
Practise two-syllable words
Help your child get to grips with syllables by dividing the words on this worksheet into two syllables.
Using unstressed vowel words
Your child needs to read the incomplete sentences and then choose a word from the list at the bottom to complete it. Each word in the list contains an unstressed vowel.
Unstressed vowel words
Words with unstressed vowels and their definitions have been jumbled up. Children need to cut them up and then match the right ones together.
Spot the unstressed vowel words
A passage of text containing words that have unstressed vowels. Children need to read through and underline any of these words they can find.
KS2 high frequency words flashcards
After learning to read and spell the most common words in Reception and KS1, your child will move on to a longer list of common words including 'brought' and 'thought'. Support their learning at home with our KS2 high frequency words practice flashcards.