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Story starters and comprehension questions

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Access a free inspiring image, story starter and short burst writing activities, every day! Inspire your most reluctant writers and improve writing stamina

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Once Upon a Picture - Images to Inspire - Teaching Resources

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Once Upon a Picture - Images to Inspire - Teaching Resources

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Copyright © 2008 Walker Books Ltd. Designed by Magic Lantern Productions Ltd. Built by Virtusales Ltd. Walker Books Ltd., 87 Vauxhall Walk, London SE11 5HJ. Registered in England under Company No. 1378601

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Percy Jackson and the Lightening Thief Activity Booklet

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Percy Jackson and the Lightening Thief Activity Booklet

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Oxford Owl

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Find out what inspires some of our authors to write, and get some creative writing tips.

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Darren Shan is an Irish author of horror and fantasy books. The Saga of Darren Shan, series, The Demonata series, The City Trilogy, Thin Executioner

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A Series of Unfortunate Events is a series of thirteen children's novels by Lemony Snicket.

If you have not read anything about the Baudelaire orphans, then before you read even one more sentence, you should know this: Violet, Klaus, and Sunny are kindhearted and quick-witted, but their lives are filled with bad luck and misery.

All of the stories about these three children are unhappy and wretched and will most likely fill you with deep despair. Alas, it's now a hit Netflix Original show starring Neil Patrick Harris, Patrick Warburton, Malina Weissman, Louis Hynes, K. Todd Freeman and Presley Smith.

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Lemony Snicket's Series of Unforunate Events

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The official website for Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events. Scream and run away!

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Welcome to the Nick Sharratt website. Author and illustrator of children's books.

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An unforgettable story of kindness and unrelenting courage.

Sara Blum lives an idyllic life with her adoring parents in Vichy France. But her world comes crashing down when the Nazi occupation separates the family and forces the young Jewish girl into hiding. Her classmate Julien and his family will risk everything to ensure her survival, and, together, Sara and Julien manage to find beauty in a secret world of their creation.

First a graphic novel, now read the novelized version of the celebrated New York Times bestselling story of kindness and unrelenting courage in a time of war-inspired by the blockbuster phenomenon Wonder.

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Celebrate the Power of Kindness with WONDER - Penguin Random House

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Celebrate the power of kindness with WONDER by R.J. Palacio-the worldwide bestseller that launched the Choose Kind movement.

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Welcome to the official website of Sir Quentin Blake | Quentin Blake

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Welcome to the official website of Sir Quentin Blake

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As well as my original Horrid Henry storybooks, there are lots more Horrid Henry books including Early Readers, Factbooks, Joke Books and Compilation Gift Books. There are also lots of Horrid Henry audiobooks, read by the wonderful actress Miranda Richardson, and you can listen to extracts in the audiobook section. Every month, there is also a complete audio story to listen to in the Bad Children's Room.

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Horrid Henry Books | Children stories | children's picture books | children reading books | children literature books | story books for children

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As well as my original Horrid Henry storybooks, there are lots more Horrid Henry books including Early Readers, Factbooks, Joke Books and Compilation Gift Books. There are also lots of Horrid Henry audiobooks, read by the wonderful actress Miranda Richardson, and you can listen to extracts in the audiobook section.

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Judy Moody rules! Boys and girls everywhere are relating to Judy's many moods and laughing at her hilarious adventures.

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Sir Michael Morpurgo OBE is one of Britain's best loved children's authors.

He has written over 150 books, has served as Children's Laureate, and has won many prizes, including the Smarties Prize, the Writers Guild Award, the Whitbread Award, the Blue Peter Book Award and the Eleanor Farjeon Lifetime Achievement Award. With his wife, Clare, he is the co-founder of Farms for City Children. Michael was knighted in 2018 for services to literature and charity

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Michael Morpurgo is one of Britain's best-loved story makers.

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Hi, everyone! I'm Jacqueline Wilson, the author of The Story of Tracy Beaker, Hetty Feather, and more than a hundred other books. Welcome to my new home!

I expect you already love reading. I wonder if you like writing too? I've wanted to be a writer since I was six years old. I managed to get my first short story published when I was 17 - and I've earned my living by writing ever since. You'll find some of my writing tips here.

You'll also find all sorts of information if you're doing a special project on me, and lots about my books. If you have a favourite title, you might like to see if there's another in the same category. There will also be photos of me (and my pets!)

There'll be quizzes too, and fun games. You'll hear all the very latest news too!

I hope you enjoy the new site.

Love Jacqueline x

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Hi, everyone! I'm Jacqueline Wilson, the author of The Story of Tracy Beaker , Hetty Feather , and more than a hundred other books. Welcome to my new home! I expect you already love reading. I wonder if you like writing too? I've wanted to be a writer since I was six years old.

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Dav Pilkey has written and illustrated numerous popular, award-winning books for children, including the Captain Underpants and Dumb Bunnies series.

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Diary of a Wimpy Kid was first published in 2007 and introduced readers around the globe to Greg Heffley, his family, his best friend, Rowley Jefferson, and the dreaded CHEESE TOUCH!

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Snowed in for the holidays.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid Christmas: Cabin Fever, an all-new adventure is streaming December 8 only on Disney+!
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Get in the holiday spirit in the lead up to Christmas Cabin Fever coming soon to Disney+ with this exclusive cover edition!
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid author, Jeff Kinney, didn't grow up wanting to be a children's author. His dream was to become a newspaper cartoonist, but he wasn't able to get his comic strip syndicated.

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Check out the Awesome Friendly Classroom Kit for lots of fun in-school activities!

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Wimpy Kid · Official Website for Jeff Kinney's Diary of a Wimpy Kid

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In order to receive the best web experience with our website, please use Microsoft Edge or another browser other than Internet Explorer. We use website cheesiest cookies to ensure you enjoy our site. Accept! Diary of a Wimpy Kid was first published in 2007 and introduced readers around the globe to Greg Heffley, his family, his best friend, Rowley Jefferson, and the dreaded CHEESE TOUCH!

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Wizarding World: Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts

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Wizarding World: Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts

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Wizarding World: The Official Home of Harry Potter

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Join the Harry Potter Fan Club for free to discover your Hogwarts house.

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Roald Dahl Stories

From Sophie's adventures with the BFG and James' journey on the Giant Peach, to Matilda's brilliant bravery and Charlie's first step into the world of Wonka - Roald Dahl stories celebrate the incredible potential of young people and the power of kindness.

(And they really are brilliantly entertaining!)

Find out more

This week The Witches at the National Theatre opened to outstanding critical acclaim. Take a look at what critics have been saying about this brand-new production.

Roald Dahl in the Classroom

Bring the magic of Roald Dahl stories to life in your classroom with our YPO-sponsored lesson plans, spanning the full curriculum!

Created to align with Key Stage 1 and 2 learning objectives, our free lesson plan are designed to add a touch of Roald Dahl magic to the curriculum, from English, Maths and STEM to Art, PSHE and Geography.

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You can see a number of your favourite Roald Dahl stories reimagined for the stage.

Our new Theatre Division has been hard at work with a host of playful and talented songwriters, circus artists and playwrights to create a series of mischievously brilliant new theatre shows... which will be popping up around the UK very soon.

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The Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre

The Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre is an independent charity, founded in 2001 by Roald Dahl's widow, Liccy. Their founding objective as a charity is to further the education of the public in the art of literature and creativity, by running a museum and literature centre based on the works of Roald Dahl.

Since the Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre opened their doors in 2005, they have used the example of Roald Dahl's creative craft to show that what he did, YOU can do too. More than a million people have visited the Museum to date, including an average of 10,000 school children every year.

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Join the The World of David Walliams to be the first to hear about new David Walliams books, special offers, free activities, live shows, events and more!

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Available on web browsers and via apps on various platforms

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Accompany your students on a journey through our vast library of reading comprehension content. ReadTheory's adaptive approach fosters improvement by automatically meeting learners at their own, individual ability levels. Signup takes seconds and no time is spent vetting assignments. Progress is shown on an intuitive report, replete with actionable, meaningful insights. Our program is completely free.

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Review our preliminary study results to learn how ReadTheory improves test scores, grades, and confidence.

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Accompany your students on a journey through our vast library of reading comprehension content. ReadTheory's adaptive approach fosters improvement by automatically meeting learners at their own, individual ability levels. Signup takes seconds and no time is spent vetting assignments. Progress is shown on an intuitive report, replete with actionable, meaningful insights.

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Storyboard That: Free Online Storyboard Creator

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Storyboard That: Create free storyboards online with ease. Design visuals, comics, and graphic organizers. Try it now and start creating!

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Android apps for learners with Dyslexia 

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Play games, win prizes, find your new favourite book.

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Daily creative writing challenge & read magazines online.

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The Primary Planet - Newspapers for Primary School Students

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The Primary Planet Newspapers for primary school students for real reading, real learning and real fun.

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Brainpop

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Just like the T.V. Show

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Here is a chance to play a version of the classic Countdown Game.

The challenge is to use the numbers available and the four standard operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division) to hit the target.

Start by choosing any six cards. The top row always contains the numbers 25, 50, 75 and 100, and the bottom row contains the numbers 1 to 10. Alternatively you could click on "Quickstart". Then click on "Generate new target" and the computer will choose a target.

You can only use each card once in your solution, and it is always possible to find a solution.

You may like to explore different levels of the game using the Settings menu (the purple cog).

Once you've had a go, click on "Show solutions" to show some possible ways in which the target can be reached.

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md number operations and calculation methods

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Here is a chance to play a version of the classic Countdown Game.

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Book Creator - Love Learning - Book Creator app

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Teachers love it. Students love it. Book Creator is the simplest, most inclusive way to create content in the classroom.

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Key Stage 2 is a phase of primary education for pupils aged 8 to 11 in Northern Ireland.

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Writing

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Reading and Writing Unit: Writing - BrainPOP Jr.

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Lots of Ideas for Literacy

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A website for teachers filled with ideas for literacy teaching using visual resources such as film, animation, photographs and picture books.

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Since 1998 The Poetry Zone has published around 30,000 poems by young people and has had millions of visitors - children and teenagers, real live poets and other adults - who want to check us out, especially teachers who use the Poetry Zone as a fun way of teaching poetry in their schools.

NOTE TO SCHOOLS SENDING POEMS. I'm very happy for schools to send us poems. But I do edit all poems - in the same way that poems would be edited in a book. This does take time - and so I would ask schools to limit the number of poems sent. If a school sends, say, 30 poems - one from every class member - I may have to choose a selection to appear in the Poetry Zone. Schools may, however, send as many poems as they would like for competitions..

Poo Poo Poo! Rude poems can be very funny but be warned - if you send us poems about farts, bottoms or poo they won't be appearing in the Poetry Zone. So please stop sending us rude poems.

And do please remember that all the poems you send should be your own original work. Meanwhile keep writing and sending us poems. We love to read them. Be careful and stay safe

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The Poetry Zone - children's poetry and poetry teaching resources

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Children's poetry, reviews, interviews and poetry teaching resources. Publishing children's poems online since 1998

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Will Sliney's Storytellers 2 is here! It's the Rise of the Superheroes!!

Weekdays on RTÉ2 at 4.05 & get the full box set on RTÉ Player!

This Is Art! 2023 Winner: Age 7 and under: Maimoonah aged 6

Maimoonah from Dublin created 'Punk The Skunk'

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The official website of RTÉjr & RTÉ Kids Online - TV, Radio and Online.

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Make Comic Strips Online

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Create Your Own Comic Strips Online with MakeBeliefsComix

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We Offer Support and Resources.

From Richard Byrne, editor of Practical Ed Tech Tip of the Week -- ''Creating Comics for Comfort'' -- Living in Maine and father of two school-age children, Richard wrote the following item for teachers and students dealing with the terrible tragedy of the recent mass shootings in that state. He thought this an appropriate time to review and use Social and Emotional Learning resources, such as those offered by MakeBeliefsComix.com.

Make Beliefs Comix offers a library of fantastic, free ebooks for SEL. The library hosted by Make Beliefs Comix contains fillable PDFs that you can download for free. The latest addition to that library is 50+ Ways to Talk to Yourself and Find Healing. And for something a bit lighter, take a look at Pet Words: Conversations With Your Animal Friends.

"Here's a video overview of the Make Beliefs Comix ebooks and here's one about how to create comic strips on the Make Beliefs Comix website."

For many LGBTQ+ kids, especially when they're figuring things out, finding accepting spaces online can sometimes feel safer. Seek out creative opportunities and modes of self-expression, with this section in Make Beliefs Comix.

READ ABOUT US IN THE NEW YORK TIMES!

ARTICLE #1: (click on the link below)
MakeBeliefsComix encourages students to create their own visual pandemic diary.

ARTICLE #2: (click on the link below)
One easy way to start playing with ideas is through the free, online tool at MakeBeliefsComix.com.

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Create Comics Online, it's Fun & Free at MakeBeliefsComix!

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Create comics online at MakeBeliefsComix. A fun way educators & parents can empower students to express ideas and stories in comix!

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Building it into your day

It'll amaze you how quickly your child learns at this age - they're curious about everything they see and do. You can help them to make more sense of the world and how they fit in it by talking to them about their interests and opinions. Interacting with your child throughout the day and giving them opportunities to practise what they're learning through real life situations can make a big difference.
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Ages and stages

Children at this age talk about past, present and future events. In reading aloud they use different tones of voice to show meaning and feeling. They use longer and more complex sentences when they are speaking. They like to try out different words and concepts.
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Top Tips

1. Listen to your child. Encourage them to tell you about things that interest them. Help your child to make decisions by discussing their ideas.

2. Discuss with your child how reliable information is and whether the television, newspaper or website is trying to sell you something.

3. Involve your child in everyday literacy and maths - making a list and check prices for shopping. When you are doing DIY in your house - seeing if there is enough space for a piece of furniture to fit.

4. Encourage your child to enjoy reading by having a variety of books around your home - storybooks, poetry, factual books and books about topics they enjoy like animals, music and football.

5. Listen to your child reading in short regular sessions. Encourage your child to read with expression. This will help them read more fluently.

6. Encourage your child to write in their daily lives - birthday cards, telephone messages and keeping a diary.

7. Play word games - 'Stop the bus' and 'I spy' with a letter - board games - Cluedo and Junior Scrabble and card games - Old Maid, Rummy with your child.

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Write your own Storybook

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Create your own storybook online. Make writing and publishing a book more fun with our picture book making tool!

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Reliable source for researching information

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DK Find Out! | Fun Facts for Kids on Animals, Earth, History and more!

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Visit DK Find Out! to learn about dinosaurs, space, animals, nature & more. Fun learning activities for kids with videos, quizzes & galleries at DKFindOut.com

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The SAG-AFTRA Foundation's Daytime Emmy-nominated, Storyline Online, features celebrated actors reading children's books to inspire a love of reading in millions of children worldwide.

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Lots of free stories to listen to.

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A wonderful variety of books categorised by age!

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Instantly access over 40,000 of the best books & videos for kids on Epic

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A collection of dual language books for children in 31 languages.

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Our titles are available in the following languages:

WorldStories is a growing collection of stories from around the world. The collection includes retold traditional tales and new short stories in the languages most spoken by UK children.

We are adding new stories, translations, pictures and sound recordings every week. So keep coming back to enjoy new content!

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Our titles are available in the following languages: WorldStories is a growing collection of stories from around the world. The collection includes retold traditional tales and new short stories in the languages most spoken by UK children. We are adding new stories, translations, pictures and sound recordings every week.

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Dictionary of Irish Biography

A biographical reference work for Ireland. Free to access Spring 2020. Sample activities inside.

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