Let’s learn with Pip
Hello, curious explorer!Pick Maths or English, then choose something to discover. We’ll take it one little step at a time.
Pick an English lesson
14 little adventures to explore
Follow the story
Find details, put events in order and keep the important bits.
Pip the detective
Use a clue from the text to explain what you think.
A writer’s toolkit
Discover how a word can make a picture in your mind.
Fact finders
Follow headings and sort facts from opinions.
Poetry and comparisons
Listen to the words and explore two texts together.
Word meanings
Try a word swap and see which meaning fits.
Word builders
Meet nouns, verbs and the other sentence-building bricks.
Build a sentence
Join your ideas with clauses that work together.
Time and verbs
Travel through past, present and future. Match your verbs too!
Punctuation power
Give full stops, commas and apostrophes a job to do.
Let’s talk
Turn a speech bubble into a clear written sentence.
Spelling workshop
Take words apart and choose the spelling that fits.
Write a scene
Create a small story with a change we can picture.
Write for a reader
Choose your message, your reader and the right words.
Quick revision with Pip
Need a quick recap? Open a English revision box to read or print.
- Find, sequence and summarise
- Infer and use evidence
- Explain a writer's choices
- Read non-fiction carefully
- Read poetry and compare texts
- Work out words in context
- Words and phrases at work
- Build sentences with clauses
- Make verbs agree and time clear
- Punctuation that makes meaning clear
- Speech, extra information and precise punctuation
- Spell by meaning and pattern
- Write a focused scene
- Write for a reader and edit with purpose
For grown-ups
- Choose one small topic and let your child have a go before checking the answer.
- Use the worked example when they need a hand.
- Print a revision box to keep a favourite tip nearby.