English homework help
Guides for parents to english at primary school: what your child learns in each year, how it's taught, and how to help at home.
Reception
- English · Reception and Year 1
How to help your child blend sounds to read
What blending means in phonics, how schools teach it in Reception and Year 1, the common sticking points, and quick ways to practise blending at home. - English · Reception
Phase 3 phonics sounds: digraphs and trigraphs
The Phase 3 phonics sounds your child meets in Reception, including digraphs like sh and ee and trigraphs like igh, with easy ways to practise at home. - English · Reception and Year 1
Phonics phases explained: a guide for parents
What the phonics phases are, what your child learns in each one through Reception and Year 1, and simple ways to support phonics at home.
Year 1
Year 3
- English · Years 3–4
Homophones explained for parents
What homophones are, which ones children learn in Years 3 and 4, the mix-ups that catch lots of children out, and quick ways to practise at home. - English · Years 3–4
Possessive apostrophes explained for parents
Where the apostrophe goes to show belonging, for one owner and for more than one, how it is taught in Years 2 to 4, and quick ways to practise at home.
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Year 6
- English · Year 6
Active and passive voice explained for parents
What the active and passive voice are, how to spot a passive sentence, how Year 6 children learn to use it, and quick ways to practise at home. - English · Year 6
The KS2 SATs grammar test: a guide for parents
What is in the Year 6 grammar, punctuation and spelling test, how it is marked and reported, and calm, low-key ways to help at home.