English study is mandatory in NSW from Kindergarten to Year 12.
Students learn about the English language through written, spoken and visual texts of increasing complexity as they progress through their schooling.
An understanding of the English language is central to how we communicate and essential for intellectual, social and emotional development.
The study of English should develop a love of literature and learning and be challenging and enjoyable. It develops skills to enable students to experiment with ideas and expression, to become active, independent and lifelong learners, to work with each other and to reflect on their learning.
Many resources linked from Scootle website- activities to achieve specific outcomes for each year.
English- from SchoolA-Z website, lots of useful resources, tips, sheets to print out, videos to watch. All designed to help with Literacy.
Study ladder- online resources and activities
ABC Splash website has many different resources for English, organised by year and as topics, videos, games etc
BBC website with many Literacy resources for Kinder, Infants and Primary students
Many Literacy activities can be found on the Everyschool website- examples on front page, use menu at left to select appropriate stage and subject
Persuasive texts:
Persuasive texts from ReadWriteThink website- includes interactive persuasion map which is completed step by step to map out an argument
Online stories and story creation websites:
Myths from around the world- Scholastic website
Myths, Folktales and Legends from E2BN- online traditional tales
Tinga Tinga Tales- traditional tales from Africa- about animals, has online animated stories and games
My StoryMaker, from Carnegie Library, has prompts to help with writing stories
Storybird is a website where stories can be created using collections of illustrations by different artists
online stories for IWBs- from CLI Sites2See
Storyline online- famous actors from Screen Actors Guild reading children's books aloud
Oxford Owl- free e-books, also Literacy and maths resources
Global words- website from PETA integrating English with global citizenship education, units of work
Poetry:
Interactive poetry activities, from ReadWriteThink
Gigglepoetry- funny poems and activities
Poetry links from ReadWriteThink
The Highwayman- from Teachersfirst website, interactive
Poetry Ideas Engine- interactive activity from Scholastic
Literacy unit- The Sea
Under the Sea- resources from Sparklebox
There's a Sea in My Bedroom- video of picture book, on Scootle (log in with DET icon and password)
Sentence builder Ocean Tool- interactive activity from Scootle
Sentence builder Ocean 1- interactive activity, Scootle
Sentence builder- Ocean 2- another interactive activity from Scootle
Under the Sea teaching resources from Twinkl.co.uk
Life under the Sea- resources from Scholastic
Is it a fish? interactive activity on Scootle
Resources about the ocean and sea creatures, from Enchanted Learning
Coral reef resources- ABC teach
Ocean resources from Kidcyber
(updated 15/01/16)