Resources and Worksheets

Beegu Further Activities

This Beegu Further Activities resource provides teachers with a range of activities and ideas that allow them to link the text by Alexis Deacon with different areas of the curriculum, including reading, writing, PSHCE and geography.

Stanley’s Stick Further Activities

This Stanley's Stick Further Activities provides teachers with a range of activities and ideas that allow them to link the text with different areas of the curriculum, including reading, writing and geography.

The Tin Forest Writing Prompt

This The Tin Forest Writing Prompt provides children with the opportunity to consider new creations made by the old man and begin to use writing techniques to describe them.

The Tin Forest – Compare and Contrast Activity

This The Tin Forest - Compare and Contrast Activity provides children with the opportunity to compare the main character is thoughts and actions in different parts of the story.

Dr Xargle’s Book of Earthlets Writing Prompt

This Dr Xargle's Book of Earthlets Writing Prompt activity encourages children to write descriptions of babies in the style of the aliens that feature in Dr Xargle's Book of Earthlets by Jeanne Willis.

Dr Xargle’s Book of Earthlets Labelling Activity

This Dr Xargle's Book of Earthlets Labelling Activity encourages children to match the language used in the text with its meaning. Children also have the opportunity to write their own labels in the style of the aliens that feature in Dr Xargle's Book of Earthlets by Jeanne Willis.

The Tin Forest Character Profile

This The Tin Forest Character Profile activity provides children with the opportunity to explore a character from the story 'The Tin Forest' by Helen Ward.

The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch Lighthouse Reasoning Activity

This The Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch Lighthouse Reasoning Activity asks children to consider whether or not they would like to live in a lighthouse and to use their reasoning skills to explain why. This activity can be used in relation to The Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch by Ronda and David Armitage.

The Day the Crayons Quit Activity

The Day the Crayons Quit Activity encourages children to discuss and write new roles for crayons that feature in The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt.

The Tiger Who Came to Tea Discussion Prompts

The Tiger Who Came to Tea Discussion Prompts activity provides children with different themes to imagine and discuss linking to The Tiger Who Came to Tea by Judith Kerr.

Reading Skills – Cinnamon

This Reading Skills resource contains a range of questions about ‘Cinnamon’ by Neil Gaiman.

Reading Skills – Nim’s Island – Chapter 16

This Reading Skills resource contains a range of questions about chapter 16 from 'Nim's Island' by Wendy Orr.

Reading Skills – The Pocket Chaotic

This Reading Skills resource contains a range of questions about ‘The Pocket Chaotic’ by Ziggy Hanaor.

Reading Skills – Nim’s Island – Chapter 15

This Reading Skills resource contains a range of questions about chapter 15 from 'Nim's Island' by Wendy Orr.

Reading Skills – Dinosaurs in the Supermarket

This Reading Skills resource contains a range of questions about ‘Dinosaurs in the Supermarket’ by Timothy Knapman and Sarah Warburton.

Reading Skills – Nim’s Island – Chapter 14

This Reading Skills resource contains a range of questions about chapter 14 from 'Nim's Island' by Wendy Orr.

Reading Skills – Nim’s Island – Chapter 13

This Reading Skills resource contains a range of questions about chapter 13 from 'Nim's Island' by Wendy Orr.

Reading Skills – Nim’s Island – Chapter 12

This Reading Skills resource contains a range of questions about chapter 12 from 'Nim's Island' by Wendy Orr.

Reading Skills – Ruby’s Worry

This Reading Skills resource contains a range of questions about ‘Ruby's Worry’ by Tom Percival.

Reading Skills – Spyder

This Year 1 Reading Skills - Women at the Olympics resource contains an information text about the history of women at the Olympics, along with a range of questions covering each content domain and some questions for more in-depth answer practice.

Reading Skills-The Tiger Who Came to Tea

This Reading Skills resource contains a range of questions about ‘The Tiger Who Came to Tea’ by Judith Kerr.

Reading Skills – The Tin Forest

This Reading Skills resource contains a range of questions about ‘The Tin Forest’ by Helen Ward and Wayne Anderson.

Reading Skills – Nim’s Island – Chapter 11

This Reading Skills resource contains a range of questions about chapter 11 from 'Nim's Island' by Wendy Orr.

Reading Skills – Nim’s Island – Chapter 10

This Reading Skills resource contains a range of questions about chapter 10 from 'Nim's Island' by Wendy Orr.