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.
Abstract Noun Poem - Write your own poem
Alliteration - Learn about alliteration with this interactive activity.
Alliterative List Poems - Interactive task about alliterative list poems.
At Kew - Online poetry - At Kew
Blow Blow Thou Winter Wind - Online poetry of Blow Blow Thou Winter Wind
Cargoes - Online Poetry - cargoes
Cherry Ripe - Online Poetry
Childrens Party - Online Poetry - Childrens Party
Childrens Poems on the Web - Lots of poems for children at this site.
Concrete Poetry - Use a thesaurus to help you write concrete poetry
Create a Poem and a Story - Activities to write a poem and a story
Desiderata - Online poetry
Diamante Poems - Interactive activities about shape poems
Diary of a Church Mouse - Online Poetry - Diary of a Church Mouse
Father William - Online poetry - Father William
Haiku Poems - Presentation about Haikus
Home Thoughts from Abroad - Online poetry - Home Thoughts from Abroad
I Remember - Online Poetry - I remember, I remember
I Vow to Thee, My Country - Online poetry - I Vow to Thee, My Country
Idioms - Choose the correct definition for the idioms
If - Online poetry - If
Jerusalem - Online Poem - Jerusalem
Leisure - Online Poetry
Macavity the Cat - Online poetry - Macavity the Cat
Market Day - A poem called Market Day
Meg Merrilies - Online Poetry - Meg Merrilies
Narrative Poems - Online narrative poems
Poetry 1 - Distinguish between rhyming and non-rhyming poetry with this interactive activity.
Poetry 2 - Distinguish between rhyming and non-rhyming poetry with this interactive activity.
Poetry and Rhyme - Links to poems and rhymes
Poetry Society - The Poetry Society is dedicated to promoting poetry in schools and colleges across the country.
Poetry Workshop - Online workshop for poetry writing
Read-a-Poem - Read lots of online poems at this great site.
Sea Fever - Online poetry - Sea Fever
September - Online Poetry - September
Shape Poems - Information about writing shape poems
Sounds Like - Learn about onomatopoeia with this interactive activity.
Spring - Online Poetry - Spring
Syllables in Haiku and Cinquan - Interactive activities about syllables
The Cataract of Lodore - Online Poetry
The Cobweb Eye - Online Poetry
The Daffodils - Online Poetry - The Daffodils
The Glory of the Garden - Online Poetry - The Glory of the Garden
The Ironmonger Shop - Stimulus material for poetry writing
The Jackdaw of Rheims - 1 - Online poetry
The Jackdaw of Rheims - 2 - Online Poetry
The Lincolnshire Poacher - Online Poetry - The Lincolnshire Poacher
The Little Dormouse - Online Poetry - The Little Dormouse
The Meeting of the Waters - Online poetry
The Owl - Online Poetry - The Owl
The Pied Piper of Hamelin - Online poetry - The Pied Piper of Hamelin
The Pied Piper of Hamelin - Online Poem of The Pied Piper of Hamelin
The Policeman's Lot - Online Poetry
The Smugglers Song - Online Poetry - The Smuggler's Song
The Spider and the Fly - Onlin poetry - The Spider and the Fly
The Vicar of Bray - Online Poetry
The Walrus and the Carpenter - Online Poetry - The Walrus and the Carpenter
The Windmill - Online Poetry - The Windmill
Tiger Tiger - Poetry - Tiger Tiger
Tommy - Online Poetry - Tommy
Topsy-Turvey World - Online Poetry - Topsy-Turvey World
Under the Greenwood Tree - Online Poetry - Under the Greenwood Tree
Upon Westminster Bridge - Online poem - Upon Westminster Bridge
Using Verbs in Poetry - Interactive activities about verbs in poetry
Winter - Online poetry - Winter
Wizards and Pigs - Interactive poetry game to identify alliteration, rhyme, or rhythm.
Writing Poetry - Interactive activities to help write poetry