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With a variety of activities, help your child to see developing writing and spelling skills not only as fun, but as something important and a skill to be proud of.

In their study on the impact of cross-curricular learning, The National Teacher Research Panel found that the project: "provided evidence that cross-curricular work using thinking skills benefits students of all attainment levels, and in different ways."

Children of any age can appreciate works of fiction and, by reading or being read to, are able to improve their language skills so it is important to find a way to help children develop good reading habits.

BBC Children's director Joe Godwin believes what makes BBC Children's so special is that they produce original British programming to help children make sense of the world around them.

Children have limitless imaginations and harnessing this to create extended pieces of creative writing needs guided input from both parents and teachers.