Teaching English with 2Simple

As children move onto Purple Mash, their phonics, reading, writing and spelling skills and knowledge will still be developing. We have resources for phonics from Phase 2 to Phase 5 within Purple Mash. For each of the phases, there's:

• Cloze activities for all sounds
• Sound flashcards
• Word flashcards

Reading

Once children are reading with fluency, they can move onto books in the Purple Mash Library, which is included as part of a standard Purple Mash subscription.
In the Purple Mash Library, there are over 250 eBooks, organised into age-related gem libraries:

• Rubies
• Diamonds
• Sapphires
• Emeralds

All of the books in the gem libraries come with downloadable comprehension and writing activities.

For disengaged readers, try the Firebolts selection with engaging shorter chapters and captivating pictures. Got some pupils who want more of a challenge? Direct them to the Comets library for a longer read.

Books can be scheduled and serialised which makes it even easier to plan lessons or home learning in advance.

Also included in the Library are full DK Learning non-fiction eBooks! These are a great way to cover any non-fiction elements of the reading curriculum, or to use for topic work.

Also included in Purple Mash are shorter DK Learning texts, which are great for topic work.

Writing

Purple Mash has many resources to help support writing in your school. There are hundreds of templates for different writing genres and writing themes. There are also blank templates in the English Tools, which can be edited by you to create exactly the resource that you need.

If you want a whole week's worth of exciting writing lessons, take a look at our Videos for Creative Writing - there are three mysteries to solve, each with 5 videos and 5 writing tasks as well as additional resources, students will be hooked!

There are also Resources on Popular Texts, so if you're reading a class novel, check the resources to see if there are some which cover your book!

If children need some practice with typing, our 2Type tool has been updated to include Typing Across the Years which are short touch typing activities.

Speaking and Listening

To develop speaking and listening skills in Primary schools, we have created a range of Oracy resources for Purple Mash. They include:

• Talking Prompts
• Videos
• Printable Activities
• Debating Ideas & Writing Templates

Pupils can also use the podcasting tool, 2Cast, to create their very own podcast on whatever topic they're interested in - and there's even ideas to help get them started.

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Handwriting

Have you seen our handwriting tool, 2Handwrite? It's great for modelling handwriting on your interactive whiteboard, and even records children's handwriting so that you can see where tweaks need to be made for perfect letter formation.

You can change:

• Pen width and colour
• Tracing pen style, including left- or right-handed
• Guide lines
• Width of lines
• Colour of paper

You can also playback and loop your handwriting, and change the speed of the playback.

English Leaders

English Leaders have full access to the editable version of the English Subject Leader Toolkit through Purple Mash which includes:

• Toolkit Overview
• English Subject Standards
• Action Plans
• Audit of English
• Budget Tool
• Self-Evaluation
• Staff Surveys
• Parent and Pupil Voice
• English Policy
• Tips for English Leads

If you're not a Purple Mash subscriber, you can download the free version here.