Everything you need to know about our friend the comma whilst also learning about fronted adverbials, subordinate clauses and commas in direct speech.

Revise the main uses of a comma. Prepare for the SPaG test with these punctuation tips and activities.

Print as A4, on both sides, and fold to A5.

Find out why the River Thames is bendy and the River Glyme shaped like a dog.

Do the children have what it takes to write a new myth based on a geographical feature in your area? Let the read the examples provided to give them some ideas. Also includes a writing sheet that children can use for their own story.

Use alongside the ‘Tell your own terrible tale’ lesson from the Myths and legends topic.

Use the map on your whiteboard to help children visualise the key events in The terrible tale of the Lambton Wom.

Use alongside the ‘Explore the story’, ‘Read as a writer’ and ‘Not guilty, your honour’ lessons from the Myths and legends topic.

Young Lambton loved a spot of fishing but when he cast his line into the lake, he wasn’t expecting his catch to be a fat, slime-strung, squirming worm. And that was just the very beginning of his problems....

You can use the Lambton Worm ebook on your whiteboard, iPad or tablet computer.

Use alongside ‘Exploring the story’ from the Myths and legends topic.

Use this resource with the Debunking the myth lesson from the Myths and legends topic.

Background information for children about the Celtic queen.

Boudicca is often thought to be as much myth as she is historical figure. Much of what is known about her was passed down through history orally. The key sources are writings by Romans, Tacitus and Dio and these were written 50 and 150 years after her death.

Photos of Lord Thomas Thornycroft’s Boudicca statue.

Use the photos as part of an historical investigation: Is Thornycroft’s statue an accurate portrayal of the Celtic queen?

Use alongside ‘Debunking the myth’ from the Myths and legends topic.

Use these words from the story to practise tricky spellings.

Ask the children to learn them using their usual method then test each other in pairs.

Use alongside The Terrible Tale of the Lambton Worm, the featured book from the Myths and legends topic.

Challenge the children to name and list the properties of these 2D and 3D shapes.

Use in conjunction with the 'Taking shape' lesson in the Myths and legends topic.

Challenge the children to name and list the properties of these 2D and 3D shapes.

Use in conjunction with the 'Taking shape' lesson in the Myths and legends topic.

Ask the children to use the sheet to help them group and classify the plants and animals on the ‘Classify me’ PDF slideshow.

Use alongside the ‘Dragon detectives’ lesson from the Myths and legends topic.

Episode 3 in Amadeus Jones’ quest for his dad.

Amadeus and Boris are on the hunt for Simon, Amadeus’s adventuring scientist father. What will they learn in the forests of Sherwood?

Use alongside the ‘Honest hero?’ lesson from the Myths and legends topic.

What is the meaning of some of the place names near you?

Place names can reveal secrets about a place and help spark children’s imaginations too. Ask the children to think about how some of the place names around them get their names. Could these be a clue to a new ‘legend’?

Use alongside the ‘Create your own terrible tale’ lesson from the Myths and legends topic.

Use the photos of Penshaw Hill in your Lambton Worm book trailer or in your work on the legend of the Lambton Worm.

Develop speaking skills and learn about the characters from Sherwood Forest with this Outlaw game.

Share out the character cards. Divide the class into two groups: the villagers and Robin Hood’s Merry Men. From the Merry Men group select a Robin, Maid Marion, Friar Tuck, Will Scarlet, Alan-a-Dale and Little John (the panel). Give the villagers a few minutes’ thinking time then let each of them give a short (30 second) persuasive talk on why they should be allowed to join the Merry Men. The panel can then ask them questions from the cards or by devising their own. The other Merry Men then vote on whether the villagers are allowed to become Merry Men.

Can the children sequence the story events in the right order? They can either do this independently, in pairs or in a small discussion group. The storytelling prompt cards might help too.

Use alongside the ‘Explore the story’, ‘Read as a writer’ and ‘Not guilty, your honour’ lessons from the Myths and legends topic.

A story planner for help children plan and structure their own myths.

Also includes a completed example, showing the plan for Tony Wilson’s story ‘A giant's resting place’.

Use alongside the ‘Tales of old and new’ lesson from the Myths and legends topic.

Our myths and legends fact card templates make great class displays and are perfect for children to use when presenting their fact findings to the class.

The fact cards can be used as general research tools or as part of our wider topic on Myths and legends.

Use these story cards to give children some starting points when writing their own myths.

All the characters and settings you'll need for some cracking made up myths.

Use alongside the ‘Tales of old and new’ lesson from the Myths and legends topic.

Reward your KS2 storytellers for their retellings of the Lambton Worm with this themed certificate. Great for confidence building.

Reward your Early Years and KS1 storytellers with this Lambton Worm themed certificate.

A perfect reward for sharing a story and ideal for those end of term prize-givings. A lovely confidence builder!

Perfect for getting children to research facts of some of our most famous myths and legends, these image-only fact cards look at the White Horse of Uffington, the Brecon Beacons, the Giant's Causeway and Arthur's Seat.  Use on the whiteboard or on tablet computers.

The fact cards can be used as general research tools or as part of our wider topic on Myths and legends.

The words myth and legend are often used interchangeably and the two types of traditional stories do have many similarities. But what are the key features that set them apart?

Use alongside the ‘Tales of old and new’ lesson from the Myths and legends topic.

What would it really be like to have a monster as a pet?

There are lots of exotic pets out there but how sensible is it to keep one? Is owning this kind of creature cruel or kind? Start children thinking about the responsibilities of looking after a pet by investigating what it would be like if you owned a mythical monster.

Learn about artist Matthew Roby and his work Walkies, Rex! and investigate looking after your own mythical creature.

Matthew Roby's sculpture shows a man taking a large Tyrannosaurus Rex for a walk. Discuss with the children whether Rex is a dragon. What do we know about dragons and dinosaurs. Are dinosaurs mythical creatures? What would it be like to look after a mythical creature as a pet? What kind of animals make good pets and why?

Use alongside the Walkies, Rex! poster from the Myths and legends topic .

Use this resource on its own or with the What a legend assembly from our Myths and legends topic.

Three bite-sized legends, 'George and the dragon', 'Arthur and the sword in the stone' and 'Robin Hood and the golden arrow'.

A story planner for help children plan and structure their own legends.

Also includes a completed example, showing the plan for Tony Wilson’s story ‘A king's cloak for a beggar’.

Use alongside ‘Tales of old and new’ from the Myths and legends topic.

Use these story cards to give children some starting points when writing their own legends.

All the characters and settings you'll need for some exciting made up legends.

Use alongside the ‘Tales of old and new’ lesson from the Myths and legends topic.

A text-only version of The terrible tale of the Lambton Worm for use in book trailers.

Use samples of the text in your Lambton Worm book trailer, or for other activities.

Use alongside the ‘Trailer blazing’ lesson from the Myths and legends topic.

Our ‘Storytelling prompts’ for The terrible tale of the Lambton Worm are the perfect accompaniment to your storytelling lessons. These prompts come with keywords.

Working in pairs or groups use the ‘Storytelling prompts’ to help keep children on track with their storytelling. You can use them on the whiteboard or tablet computer. 

If you print out the images they can be used for sequencing activities.

Our ‘Storytelling prompts’ for The terrible tale of the Lambton Worm are the perfect accompaniment to your storytelling lessons. These prompts come with keyword phrases from the story.

Working in pairs or groups use the ‘Storytelling prompts’ to help keep children on track with their storytelling. You can use them on the whiteboard or tablet computer. 

If you print out the images they can also be used for sequencing activities.

Our ‘Storytelling prompts’ for The terrible tale of the Lambton Worm are the perfect accompaniment to your storytelling lessons. These prompts come without text and keywords.

Working in pairs or groups use the ‘Storytelling prompts’ to help keep children on track with their storytelling. You can use them on the whiteboard or tablet computer.

If you print out the images they can be used for sequencing activities.

Use our editable playscript in drama activities or for a full-scale production.

Recreate The terrible tale of the Lambton Worm with this editable playscript. You can cherry-pick parts of our playscript for one-off activities, use it as it stands for a class production or rewrite it and make it your own!

Use alongside the ‘Explore the story’ lesson from the Myths and legends topic.

We’ve supplied everything you need to make your book trailer for The terrible tale of the Lambton Worm. Just download, unzip and choose the images you need (and don't forget to credit illustrators Simon and James Walmesley for all of their hard work!).

Use alongside the ‘Trailer blazing’ lesson from the Myths and legends topic.

Download the cover image for The terrible tale of the Lambton Worm to use in your Lambton Worm book trailers.

Use alongside the ‘Trailer blazing’ lesson from the Myths and legends topic.

All the data you need for the 'What a greedy worm!' activity in the 'Taking shape' maths lesson.

Use in conjunction with the 'Taking shape' maths lesson in the Myths and Legends topic.

The Green Man is found in many cultures around the world. In the UK he can often be found in churches and sometimes on gravestones and is said to be a symbol of rebirth. What can children find out about him both at home and internationally?

Use in conjunction with your Myths and legends topic or with the 'Man for all seasons' lesson in the Woodlands topic.

Challenge the children to group and classify the animals and plants shown, using the ‘Classification’ activity sheet to help them.

Use alongside the ‘Dragon detectives’ lesson from the Myths and legends topic.

Use this storyboard for planning book trailers.

Available in two versions – one for The Lambton Worm and a blank one for a book of your choice.

Use alongside the ‘Trailer blazing’ lesson from the Myths and legends topic.

A thinking verse for your assembly on legends.

Use alongside ‘What a legend' assembly from the Myths and legends topic.

A short legend by Tony Wilson. Ask the children to listen to the language used. What do they notice?A completed story, created using the ‘Legend cards’ and ‘Legend story planner’.

A completed story, created using the ‘Legend cards’ and ‘Legend story planner’.

Use alongside the ‘Tales of old and new’ lesson from the Myths and legends topic.

A short myth by storyteller Tony Wilson.

A completed story created using the ‘Myth cards’ and ‘Myths story planner’.

Use alongside ‘Tales of old and new’ from the Myths and legends topic.