Chinese New Year 2025 is the year of the snake and will be celebrated on Wednesday 29th January this year. Your pupils can practise their pre-writing patterns and handwriting with our fun and colourful CNY worksheets for all key stages while learning about the most important celebration in the Chinese calendar.
Chinese New Year Word Banks
Go to Example Word Banks in Letter-join’s Fun section to find these. Teachers can select a bank of ready-made seasonal words on the pull-down list with printed or cursive letters for children to practise at school or at home. Great for building and improving your pupils’ vocabulary and sparking their interest for seasonal activities.
Children choose ‘Watch’ to see the word being written on a whiteboard or tablet and then ‘Try’ to trace over the words.
For further practice click on ‘Activities’ to automatically create a word search or spelling list using these words.
The Letter-join Online Word Processor included in your Letter-join subscription is the perfect alternative!
The Online Word Processor can be found under the Resources tab. Any of the Letter-join fonts can be selected and your school’s alternative letters for f, k, w, x and z will be automatically used.
Watch this video to see how to easily create documents and worksheets.
A Handwriting Recovery Programme for KS2+.
Designed to speedily address poor handwriting in Key Stage 2, Letter-join subscribers can download a series of Lesson Plans, along with embedded links, to a series of Letter-join worksheets and activities.
This resource is designed for pupils in upper Key Stage 2 and above who require extra support to improve their handwriting. Letter-join’s aim is to deliver an intervention to pupils who are not forming and/or joining letters correctly.
Some children may struggle with their handwriting due to a change of schools or teachers in their early years, or a lack of direct teaching due to absence from school. Other children may simply find handwriting difficult.
Poor handwriting habits in older children, resulting in untidy, illegible handwriting and incorrect letter formation, requires a targeted approach.
Comprehensive lesson plans cover common topics such as:
• Incorrect letter formation
• Letters are not sitting on the baseline
• Ascenders are different heights
• Incorrect spacing between the words
• Adapting handwriting for a range of tasks
Daily 10-15 minute practice sessions are recommended to focus on what needs improving and practice using the lesson plans as required.
Links can be found on the Lesson Planner page >
Bring your Key Stage 2 pupils up to speed with these great resources from Letter-join to support SPaG practice.
Year 6 classes can choose from Letter-join’s series of KS2 SATs support worksheets aimed at supporting learners in preparation for Key Stage 2 SATs. Help your year 6 pupils meet the expected standards for spelling, punctuation and grammar, while boosting their confidence and improving their handwriting too.
To further strengthen pupils’ spelling skills, select Example Word Banks from ‘Word Bank’ in the Fun section. From this pull-down list, children can practise common exception words (CEW) from the Year 5/6 statutory spelling lists at school or at home.
For extra, fun practice on the Word Bank page, children can click on ‘Activities’ to:
• Automatically create look, trace and copy spelling lists.
• Produce word searches to complete online or print out.
Finally, don’t forget to check out our handy Maths worksheets (also in the Key Stage 2 section) designed to help reinforce some key concepts in time for SATs.
