This KS2 section is split into important aspects of the English curriculum including speaking and listening, handwriting and drama. Children also have the opportunity to take the online @school assessment tests to see how well they are doing with English.
The main part of English is literacy, consisting of Word Level including phonics, word recognition, spelling, dictionary work, and various texts; Sentence Level including grammar and punctuation, looking at adjectives, adverbs, capital letters, nouns, prepositions, pronouns, sentences, syntax, and verbs; Text Level including writing, fiction, nonfiction, poetry, plays, and different texts. The @school activities are in an interactive, online test, or printable format, bringing a different dynamic to the subject.
able or ible - Interactive activity to select the suffix able or ible
Add ‘ed’ to Words with Long Vowels 1 - Interactive activity to add ‘ed’ to verbs
Add ‘ed’ to Words with Short Vowels 1 - Interactive activity to add ‘ed’ to verbs
Add ‘ing’ to Words with Long Vowels 1 - Interactive activity to add ‘ing’ to verbs
Add ‘ing’ to Words with Short Vowels 1 - Interactive activity to add ‘ing’ to verbs
Change the Tense – Adding ‘-s’, ‘-ed’ and ‘-ing. - Interactive activities to change the tense of a verb by adding suffixes
Changing to Nouns - Interactive activity to change verbs and adjectives to nouns
Changing to Verbs - Interactive activity to change nouns and adjectives to verbs
Crazy Compound Words - Online activities for compound words
ei or ie - Interactive activities to investigate the ei and ie spellings
Funbrain Spell Check - Good interactive activity to find the word that is spelt correcting.
Funbrain Spellaroo - For this interactive activity you need to click on the word that is spelt incorrectly.
How many words? - Interactive activity to find how many different words could be made by adding suffixes.
I Spellings - Year 3 - Interactive task to finish off the spelling of different words.
Identify the Sound - Interactive activity to identify the different sounds made by the letter strings ough.
Identify the Sound – ight - Interactive activity to select the different sounds made by the letter strings ‘ight’.
Identify the Sound – oo - Interactive activity to select the different sounds made by the letter strings ‘oo’.
Identify the Sound – our - Interactive activity to select the different sounds made by the letter strings ‘our’.
In or Im? - Interactive activity to select the correct prefix.
Investigate Prefixes –in, -im, -il, -ir - Interactive activities about prefixes
Irregular Plurals - Interactive activity to spell irregular plurals.
It’s Greek to Me - Interactive activity about Greek words used in English
K Investigation - Interactive activity to investigate the letter ‘k’ in words.
Known words - spelling - Year 6 - Online task to match verbs to the family of words displayed.
Look Cover Write Check - Powerful online spelling tool. Look at the spelling click cover then type in your spelling.
More Magic 'e' - Printable worksheet about the magic 'e' in words.
More Number Spelling - Year 3 - Interactive test to see if you can spell numbers.
More Spelling - Online spelling activities and printable worksheets
Number Spelling - Year 3 - Interactive task to spell numbers - for younger children.
Pen Mightier than the Sword - Interactive spelling game.
Plural Cranes - Interactive activity where you have to choose the correct plural endings for diffeent words - es or s.
Plural Test - Interactive activities to test children’s knowledge of spelling plurals.
Plurals - Interactive activities to learn the spelling rules to make plurals
Plurals - Interactive activity to spell plurals
Plurals and Words Ending in Vowels - Interactive activity to turn words ending in vowels into plurals
Prefix al- and more - Interactive activity to select the meaning of prefixes
Prefix Meanings - Interactive and offline activity to find the meaning of the given prefixes
Prefix/suffix Machine - Interactive spelling activity
Prefixes ‘un’ and ‘dis’ - Interactive activity to add the prefixes ‘un’ and ‘dis’ to root words
Prefixes 1 - Online activity about Prefixes
Prefixes 2 - Online activity about Prefixes
Prefixes 3 - Online activity about Prefixes
Short Circuit - Interactive game about suffixes and prefixes
Sign Posts - Online activity to spot the incorrect word and change the spelling.
Silent Letters - Interactive activity to identify the silent letters in words.
Soft ‘C’ - Interactive activity to investigate spelling patterns with the letter ‘c’.
Spell Check (USA) - Check the spellings, type in the correct spellings and may may end up on their leaderboard!
Spelling by Analogy - Year 3 - Online activity about spelling patterns.
Spelling Common Endings - Year 4 - Interactive spelling test.
Spelling dge Words - Learn how to spell words containing dge.
Spelling Game - An fun test for you to do online.
Spelling Journal – Year 3 - Printable spelling journal for year 3 children
Spelling Journal – Year 4 - Printable spelling journal for year 4 children
Spelling Journal – Year 5 - Printable spelling journal for year 5 children
Spelling Journal – Year 6 - Printable spelling journal for year 6 children
Spelling Match - Excellent online spelling games
Spelling Patterns - Activities for different spelling patterns
Spelling patterns - Year 4 - Term 1 - Online activity about spelling patterns.
Spelling patterns - Year 5 - Online activity about spelling patterns.
Spelling Rules - Activities for spelling rules
Spelling sounds - Year 5 - Interactive task about similar sounding words.
Spelling Strategies - Activities for spelling strategies
Spelling with the Spellits - Online spellings from the BBC
Spelling Wizard - Interactive activity to help with spelling
Spellings - Year 4 - Interactive activity where you need to spell the correct word for the context of the passage.
Ss Investigation - Interactive activity to investigate the letter ‘ss’ in words.
Suffix ‘able’ - Interactive activities for the suffix ‘able’
Suffix ‘al’, ‘ary’ and ‘ic’ - Add these suffixes to the words
Suffix ‘-cian’ - Interactive activity to add the suffix ‘-cian’ to root words
Suffix ‘ful’ - Interactive activities for the suffix ‘ful’
Suffix ‘ible’ - Interactive activities for the suffix ‘ible’
Suffix ‘ic’ - Interactive activities for the suffix ‘ic’
Suffix ‘ist’ - Interactive activities for the suffix ‘ist’
Suffix ‘ive’ - Interactive activities for the suffix ‘ive’
Suffix ‘ly’ - Interactive activities for the suffix ‘ly’
Suffix ‘sion’ - Interactive activities for the suffix ‘sion’
Suffix ‘tion’ - Interactive activities for the suffix ‘tion’
Suffix ‘y’ - Interactive activities to add the suffix ‘y’
Suffixes ‘er’ and ‘est’ - Interactive activities to add the suffixes ‘er’ and ‘est’
Suffixes ‘-hood’ and ‘-ship’ - Interactive activity to spell words with the suffixes ‘-hood’ and ‘-ship’
Suffixes ‘-ness’ and ‘-ment’ - Interactive activity to spell words with the suffixes ‘-ness’ and ‘-ment’
Suffixes 1 - Online activity about suffixes
Suffixes 2 - Online activity about suffixes
Suffixes 3 - Online activity about suffixes
Suffixes 4 - Online activity about suffixes
Suffixes 5 - Online activity about suffixes
Suffixes and F Endings - Interactive activity to learn about adding s to words ending in f.
Suffixes –ly, -less and –ful - Interactive activity to identify the root word of words with suffixes.
Synonyms - Printable activity to find the synonyms
tion or sion - Interactive activity to select the suffix tion or sion
Transform Words - Printable investigation of transforming words by adding suffixes and prefixes.
Typing Asteroids - Interactive spelling game - type the words you see.
Unstressed Vowels - Online information to help with spelling words with unstressed vowels
V Investigation - Print out these instructions to carry out your own word investigation.
Wa Investigation - Interactive activity to investigate the letter ‘wa’ in words.
Wo Investigation - Interactive activity to investigate the letter ‘wo’ in words.
Word Root Patterns - Interactive activity to match the root to the word patterns
Words ending in ‘e’ or ‘y’ - Interactive activities about spelling strategies