Compendium Primary reading & writing resources
Reading and writing resources for primary schools
The British Library
Use this resource with your class to teach them What a fairy tale is and Find out about this traditional genre and get the children to write their own story, inspired by tales from the past.
British Library's pop-up books
Free printable activity pack, Once Upon an Adventure.
Seven Stories
Seven Stories have created an online portal that is filled with children's favourite books and characters, you can get your students practicing writing or drawing with tips from well-known authors and illustrators or just dive into the world of books and discover things you never knew!
Here are three FREE downloadable resources to help you help children make their own comics. These resources were created as part of the learning and participation programme of Comics! Make and explore comics with Seven Stories, by Applied Comics Etc for Seven Stories.
Travelling Light Theatre
Traveling Light have created an exciting new story and free digital resource for primary schools, 17 and the Squeak Gobbler. To access this free resource for schools, please contact Lizzy Stephens.
Sing with Piccolo
Here are a range of sing-along videos for nursery and reception children to sing along to at home or in school that include classics such as old Macdonald and hickory dickory dock.
A New Direction
A New Direction is a London-based non-profit, generating opportunities for children and young people to unlock their creativity.
They have created five activities for KS2 and KS3 pupils of varying length, each with a different creative focus that centres on a theme from the suggested Recovery Curriculum.
Artis Foundation
Creative ideas for teaching poetry
Artis integrate the arts throughout learning they aim to create a very different learning experience from a typical classroom. With the Artis approach, children are physically engaged in the learning process: they act, sing and dance the curriculum.
Cast of Thousands
Cast of Thousands, hand-pick books that your class will really enjoy exploring from home or school. Their website includes recommendations in their Meet the Books section with exciting ideas for putting those books at the heart of creative cross-curricular learning. Check out the resources below:
Build a Fischer Mk2 Aquatic Exploration Pod
Help children learn as they play by sharing a story and building this exploration pod designed by graphic artist Daniel Weatheritt
Watch episodes of The Octonauts CBBC animated series
Create a Traction Man paper doll with outfits by Mini Grey
Oxford Owl
Online eBooks and activities for 3-11 year olds
Action for Children & Unfolding Theatre
Voice of the Creative is an Action for Children artist residency project in central Northumberland. Unfolding Theatre has been commissioned to co-create a set of stories with local children and families to fuel ideas for a story trail in Newbiggin by the Sea. There are five stories in total and they are asking for teachers and parents to share ideas and artwork to help bring the trail to life. The Project is supported by Northumberland County Council, Arts Council England, Bait Museums Northumberland, Northumbrian Water and Andersen Press.
Tees Valley Museums
Get Creative: Let's Write
Tees Valley Museums has been working with the fantastic author of Alfie Bloom, Gabrielle Kent, who uses objects as inspiration in her writing. Better still Gabrielle has put her ideas on film and written tips on how to do it. There’s lots of online objects from the museums to use and Gabrielle tells us how we can use objects found at in the home as inspiration too.
Let's Write downloadable resources
Sill National Landscape Discovery Centre
The Sill has an exhibition called 'The Lost Words', which celebrates the importance of our connection with nature. The exhibition drew to light the number of words used to describe nature that are being lost from our language. The activities below look at both learning the words and grouping them together in puzzles and poems.
Authorfy
Author videos and cross-curricular schemes of work and downloadable activities for both the home and the classroom. This free online website brings authors and teachers closer together.
Great North Museum: Hancock
You can enjoy Albany Mouse storytime sessions.
