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Phonics, sight words, spelling, grammar, reading comprehension and writing prompts.
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English CPD Pack for Class Teachers
Six 20-minute CPD sessions for English Leads to deliver to class teachers — covering reading aloud, comprehension teaching, writing feedback, vocabulary teaching, phonics for non-specialists, and reading-for-pleasure leadership. Designed for twilight INSETs.
English Lead Handover Document
When an English Lead leaves a school, the next person inherits chaos by default. This handover template captures everything — phonics scheme, reading data, library status, CPD history, key children, statutory data trends. Mirrors the music and assessment coordinator handover docs.
English Lead — Professional Reading List
Professional books every primary English Lead should read — the research-grounded titles on phonics, reading-for-pleasure, comprehension, vocabulary, and writing teaching. Honest about which are essential and which are optional.
English Monitoring Walk — Prompt Sheet
What to look for during a 10-minute classroom monitoring walk for English. Specific prompts for reading lessons, writing lessons, phonics lessons, and book corner audits. Designed for English Leads doing learning walks without it feeling like inspection.
Phonics Sounds Chart Poster
Reference chart of all 44 phonemes in English with example words. Display poster for Reception and Year 1.
Reading for Pleasure — Whole-School Strategy
How English Leads build a school-wide reading culture. Covers the Open University's 4-strand model, library setup, daily read-aloud rituals, reluctant-reader strategies, parent engagement, and how to measure reading-for-pleasure (it's harder than measuring fluency). The most important single thing an English Lead does.
School Library — Setup and Management Guide
How to set up and run a primary school library — book selection, organisation, lending systems, refresh cycles, parent volunteer roles, and the difference between 'a room with books' and 'a library children actually use'. For English Leads inheriting a tired library or starting from scratch.
Whole-School Reading Progression — Pre-K to Grade 6
How reading skills develop across primary — phase 1 phonics through KS2 inference, summarisation, and critical reading. Includes year-by-year skill expectations, common misconceptions, and the assessment markers that show whether children are on track. The reference document an English Lead returns to most often.
Whole-School Writing Progression — Pre-K to Grade 6
How writing skills develop across primary — emergent mark-making through KS2 sustained writing. Year-by-year skill expectations covering composition, transcription, vocabulary, sentence structure, and editing. Pairs with the reading progression as the English Lead's two foundational reference docs.
Design Your Own Bookmark — Blank Templates
Six printable blank bookmark templates in different shapes and sizes — for pupils to design, colour, and personalise. Includes motivational reading quote suggestions. Print on card, laminate, and use.
Drop Everything And Read (DEAR) — Starter Pack
Everything to launch a Drop Everything And Read programme — staff briefing, parent letter, signage, slot timing options, evidence base and FAQ. Ready to deploy in week 1.
Early Reading & Phonics Knowledge Organiser — EYFS/KS1
A Reception and KS1 reference for early reading — phonics phases, common exception words, the alphabetic code, blending and segmenting, and early comprehension development.
High-Frequency Words by Year Group
The most common words children need to read fluently — split by year group. Reception, Year 1, Year 2 and beyond. Print, display, practise.
Punctuation Basics Pack (KS1)
KS1 punctuation pack — capital letters, full stops, question marks, exclamation marks. Ready-made print-and-go.
Reading Log — Home Reading Record
Two-week home reading log. Date, book, pages, parent signature, child reflection.
Reading Passport — Printable Booklet
A printable Reading Passport — a fold-and-staple A4 booklet where children record every book read, the country/genre, and a star rating. Builds reading culture without competition or pressure.
Recommended Books for Ages 5–7 (KS1) — Teacher's Reading List
A curated reading list of 30 picture books and early readers for KS1 — covering fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and diverse voices. With curriculum links and a brief annotation for each title.
Adjectives Pack — Identify, Choose, Improve
Ready-made adjectives worksheet covering identification, choosing the best adjective, and using adjectives to improve writing. KS1 and lower KS2 friendly.
Class Reading Challenge Chart — 25 Books
A printable whole-class reading challenge chart for tracking 25 books per pupil over the year. Includes a pupil name strip and 25 numbered book spines to colour in. Doubles as a classroom display.
Compound Words Builder
Match two words to make a compound. Then build your own. Develops vocabulary and word play.
Grade 1 Sight Words List
Common Grade 1 sight words, with tick boxes for spelling assessment.
Guided Reading Session Record Sheet
A teacher-facing record sheet for guided reading sessions — group members, text level, focus skills, observations per pupil, and next steps. One sheet per session.
Home–School Reading Record
Printable reading record booklet for primary pupils — weekly log with book title, pages read, date, pupil comment, and parent/carer sign-off. Designed to travel between home and school.
KS1 Reading List — Books for Year 1 and Year 2
Curated reading list for Year 1 and Year 2 children — picture books, early chapter books, poetry, and books for the children just becoming readers. Calibrated for the children who are decoding fluently and ready for richer stories.
Model Text — Instructions (Y2)
WAGOLL example of a Year 2 instructions text — How to Make a Paper Aeroplane. Demonstrates imperative verbs, time-order connectives, numbered steps, and clear language for KS1 instructional writing.
Model Text — Personal Recount (Y2)
WAGOLL example of a Year 2 personal recount — My First Day at School. Demonstrates first-person past-tense recount, simple time connectives, and feeling words for KS1.
Model Text — Setting Description (Y2)
WAGOLL example of a Year 2 setting description — The Beach. Demonstrates expanded noun phrases, the five senses, and adjectives for descriptive writing in KS1.
Nouns & Pronouns Pack
Ready-made nouns and pronouns worksheet — common, proper, abstract nouns plus personal and possessive pronouns. KS1 and KS2.
Peer Reading (PALS-style) — Setup Pack
A research-backed peer reading programme adapted from PALS — structured pairs, four reading routines (paired reading, retell, paragraph shrink, prediction), pairing rules, and a 6-week launch plan.
Readers' Theatre — Jack and the Beanstalk (Y1–Y3)
A 3-page readers' theatre script of Jack and the Beanstalk with 7 roles — Jack, Mother, Giant, Narrator (×2), and 2 chorus parts. No props or costumes needed. Perfect for guided reading or English.
Sentence Building
Build complete sentences from word banks. Practice capital letters, spaces, and end punctuation.
Spelling Word Race — Board Game
A printable board game where players draw a word card and must spell the word correctly to move. Blank word cards included so teachers can insert their own class spelling lists. For 2–4 players.
Story Mountain Poster
Visual structure of a story — opening, build-up, problem, resolution, ending. The classic primary writing scaffold.
Word Types & Phrases Knowledge Organiser — KS1/2
A child-friendly reference for the key word types and phrase types encountered in primary English — nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions, and expanded noun phrases, with examples.