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This game covers important spelling rules and patterns covered in Year 5 (Primary 6 in Scotland and Northern Ireland). Click here for more details on Curriculum Relevance.The game is presented as a dramatic story.

Dramatic context
Nadim and Kate have gone into the paddock to stroke the horse. They've left the gate open and the horse escapes. The children using the site are invited to help Kate and Nadim to find the horse and return it to its paddock by completing 8 spelling challenges. Each time they successfully complete a challenge they are rewarded with a clue.

Clue List
The children are prompted to print out a Clue List on which they can record each clue as they get it. The children can return to the game in more than one session and take up where they left off.

The Spelling Challenges

1. Plural Nouns 1
2. Plural Nouns 2
3. Hard or soft c
4. Homophones
5. The Silent e
6. ie or ei
7. y to i
8. Double consonants

When the children have completed all 8 challenges they can click on the Finished button and submit the clues they have collected and trigger the animation showing the horse being successfully returned to its paddock.

The game is provided both in flash and as a printable story-board.

Catch that horse! (Flash version)			Lesson Plan (online use)
Catch that horse! (Printable version)			Lesson Plan (offline use)