Jolly Literacy
Helping children become confident readers and writers
Jolly Literacy builds on the strong foundations of Jolly Phonics, supporting children as they continue their journey through primary literacy. Covering Years 1 to 6, Jolly Literacy gives teachers structured, engaging resources to develop spelling, grammar, punctuation, reading comprehension and writing skills. With step-by-step teaching support and purposeful pupil activities, the programme helps children grow into thoughtful readers, confident writers and enthusiastic communicators.
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New: Reading Comprehension & Writing Skills 2
Develop engaged readers and inspired writers with our new Reading Comprehension & Writing Skills 2 resources. Designed to be taught alongside our newly updated Spelling, Grammar & Punctuation 2, this exciting programme uses rich texts and stimulating ideas to help children understand what they read and express themselves clearly in writing. Each level includes: Reading Comprehension Pupil Book Write-in activities based on a variety of fiction and nonfiction texts, helping children deepen their understanding and build confidence as readers. Writing Skills Workbook Creative writing support that encourages children to develop their own ideas, plan their writing and produce a range of text types. Teacher’s Book (Available August 2026) Step-by-step lesson plans, discussion points, extension ideas, suggested books and further activities to support every lesson.
Pupil Books in Print and Precursive are available now to buy. American English Pupil Books and Teacher Guides will be available in August 2026.
New editions: Spelling, Grammar & Punctuation 2
Our new editions of Spelling, Grammar & Punctuation 2 have been updated to further align to the National Curriculum and now cover:
types of sentence (imperative, statement, question, exclamation) present and past continuous (verbs) subordinating and coordinating conjunctions.
Our updated Pupil Book and Teacher’s Book include structured lesson activities and comprehensive support for the whole of Year 2.
Pupil Books in Print and Precursive are available now to buy. American English Pupil Books and Teacher Guides will be available in August 2026.
Spelling, Grammar & Punctuation
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
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 Reading Comprehension Pupil Book and Writing Skills Workbook, plus a Teacher’s Book to provide full support.
Taught alongside Spelling, Grammar & Punctuation, it provides the perfect literacy package!
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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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Reading Comprehension Pupil Book
With activities, images and illustrations, this write-in book helps children gain deeper insights into what they read.
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Writing Skills Workbook
This illustrated workbook helps children shape and support their writing.
Browse More Literacy Products
As well as our Pupil and Teacher’s Books, we offer a variety of additional Literacy products.
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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.