Jolly Literacy – Comprehensive Programme for Grammar, Comprehension & Creative Writing

Jolly Literacy expands on what was formerly Jolly Grammar – offering two six-level programmes with resources covering Years 1 to 6.

Spelling, Grammar & Punctuation

Provides two lessons a week. It teaches new spelling patterns, dictionary and thesaurus skills, and complex grammatical concepts in an engaging way.

Reading Comprehension & Writing Skills

This programme provides two further weekly lessons. Children explore a variety of texts that interweave the spelling, vocabulary and grammar learned earlier that week. These are then used to stimulate ideas and strategies for independent writing.

Spelling, Grammar & Punctuation

This programme offers a systematic, progressive approach to teaching spelling patterns and new grammatical concepts, like parts of speech and sentence structure. Children expand their vocabulary and comprehension skills, and develop dictionary and thesaurus skills.

Teaching is multi-sensory and active. It also revises and consolidates the learning from previous years.

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Student & Teacher’s Books

Each level of the programme has a write-in Pupil Book with a full set of lesson activities for the year. The corresponding Teacher’s Book provides lesson plans and support.

Step-by-step lesson plans
Revision and consolidation of previous topics
Playful yet purposeful activities
Enables children to fulfil National Curriculum expectations

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New for 2025

Spelling, Grammar & Punctuation 1

Vowel digraphs
Alternative spellings of vowel sounds
Plural endings
Consonant blends
Nouns – proper/common/plurals
Adjectives and adverbs

Spelling, Grammar & Punctuation 2

New spelling patterns
Syllables
Comparatives and superlatives
Prepositions
Conjunctions
Dictionary/thesaurus skills

Spelling, Grammar & Punctuation 3

New spelling patterns
Suffixes
Collective nouns
The past participle and the continuous tenses
Paragraphs
Subject and object in a sentence

Spelling, Grammar & Punctuation 4

Nouns acting as concrete/abstract/possessives
Clauses/independent clauses
Agreements
Sentence writing
Parsing verbs
Infinitives

Spelling, Grammar & Punctuation 5

Sentence walls
Contractions and the verb ‘to have’
Prepositional phrases
Compound subjects and objects
Irregular plurals
Antonyms and synonyms

Spelling, Grammar & Punctuation 6

Prefixes and suffixes
New spelling patterns
Schwas in suffixes
New parts of speech
Sentence structure
Alliteration, idioms, formal/informal writing

New For 2025: Reading Comprehension & Writing Skills

This exciting new programme is bursting with rich texts and stimulating ideas to help children become thoughtful readers and expressive writers.

It offers a full set of lesson plans for the year, with a Comprehension Pupil Book and Creative Writing Workbook, plus a Teacher’s Book to provide full support.

Taught alongside Spelling, Grammar & Punctuation, it provides the perfect literacy package!

Reading Comprehension & Writing Skills Teacher's Book
An essential resource with step-by-step lesson plans for each comprehension and creative writing lesson.
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Student Book: Reading Comprehension
With activities, images and illustrations, this write-in book helps children gain deeper insights into what they read.
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Writing Skills Student Book
This illustrated workbook helps children shape and support their writing.
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Browse More Literacy Products

As well as our Pupil and Teacher’s Books, we offer a variety of additional Literacy products.

Grammar Glossary
This 48-page glossary defines all of the terms used in Jolly Literacy, and more.
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Jolly Phonics Blends Wheels
Helps children practise reading and writing words with consonant blends to build fluency.
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Jolly Dictionary
Award-winning dictionary that complements levels 1 to 3 of the Spelling, Grammar & Punctuation range.
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Grammar 1 Workbooks (Set 1-6)
Provides structured practice and support for Level 1 of Spelling, Grammar & Punctuation.
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