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.
101 Dalmatians Quiz - Answer questions about the 101 dalmations book - obviously read it first.
Bibliomania - Searchable full text novels,poems and short stories
Bunny and the Brave Bear - Online story all about Bunny the rabbit.
Bunny and the Christmas Present - Read this online story to find out what Bunny gets for Christmas.
Bunny and the Haunted House - Online story from the Children's Reading Room.
Bunny and the Pirates - Online story book featuring Bunny.
Bunny and the Robot - Online story from the Children's Reading Room.
Bunny and the Scary Movie - Online story about Bunny and his animal friends.
Bunny and the Wild and Crazy Sheep - Another story for you to read online or print out.
Characters - Interactive activities about characters in stories
Children’s Classics - Links to children’s classic stories
CS Lewis - The C. S. Lewis web site.
Description Workshop - Interactive activities about writing descriptions
Dialogue - Learn about statements, questions and exclamations with this interactive activity.
English Resources - Book studies and activities from Primary Resources
First and Third Person - Distinguish between narrative written in the first and third person with this interactive activity.
Goldilocks and the 3 bears - Interactive online story of a favourite tale.
Goldilocks and the Three Bears - Online story - Goldilocks and the Three Bears
How are they Feeling? - Interactive activity to guess how a character is feeling.
More First and Third Person - Interactive Activity about stories written in the first and third person
Mystery Workshop - Interactive activities about writing mystery
Narnia - Official web site for C S Lewis's Narnia Books.
Old Jonesey I - A piece of writing linked to verb activities.
Old Jonesey II - A repeat of the Old Jonesey story - verbs are highlighted in purple.
Old Jonesey III - An activity designed to help children learn synonyms for common verbs.
Old Jonesey IV - A cloze procedure based on Old Jonesey.
Peter Rabbit - The Official Beatrix Potter site.
Proverbs 1 - Online activity about Proverbs
Proverbs 2 - Online activity about Proverbs
Proverbs 3 - Online activity about Proverbs
Puffin Books - The official Puffin Book Site
Read-a-Story - Read from a collection stories, long, short and some written by children.
Roald Dahl - A site looking at Roald Dahl books and life including quizzes on many of his books
Rockford's Rock Opera - Online interactive story with music
Scene Setting - Learn about setting the scene with this interactive activity.
Sequence and Plan Stories - Interactive activities about story sequence and story plans
Sherlock Holmes - The official site of the museum, it gives lots of information and a tour around the museum.
Stories from other cultures - Links to stories from other cultures
Story Ladders - A useful format for you to record the main events in your favourite story.
Story Openings - Year 3 - Interactive activity about story openings.
Story Street - Children will use ICT and Literacy skills to navigate the site and complete the resource sheets. All the information about places, characters and people that children need to complete the resource sheets can be found on the site.
The Boy with the Beast in his Eyes - an interactive comprehension based on a rather spooky story
The Christmas Tree Story - Interactive activity about the story of the Chriatmas tree.
The Elves and the Shoemaker - Online story - The Elves and the Shoemaker
The Farnsworth Incident - A short story (in big book format) about the problems faced by a 15-year-old girl during school
The Gingerbread Man - Online story about The Gingerbread Man
The Iron Man Comprehension - Interactive activity answering questions from a familiar passage.
The Pied Piper - Online story and comprehension of the Pied Piper
The Story of Branwen - Interactive activities based around the story
The Willow Pattern - Comprehension about a Chinese story
Wacky Tales - Great fun, lots of wacky online stories including ones sent by children from around the world.
Welsh Myths - Interactive activities about myths
William Tell - Online activity about the legend of William Tell.