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Positive behaviour support PDF

Positive behaviour support – Classroom guide Positive behaviour support focuses on prevention, management and skill development. This PDF guide features ten ideas for using it in your classroom. Positive behaviour support recognises that children are still learning the way the world works and making mistakes as they go. Using this approach helps pupils establish this understanding, as well as their own […]

Halloween writing worksheets

Halloween writing – Witch’s cauldron activity for KS1/2 English These Halloween writing worksheets allow children to stir up their magical potion in their witch’s cauldron. They can write or draw what ingredients go in to make their unique potion, then write all about what sinister effects it has. There are two versions included, a more basic one for younger children and a more advanced […]

Chinese New Year KS1 resources

Chinese New Year KS1 – One week of lessons This Chinese New Year KS1 resource aims to introduce students to Chinese New Year across the course of a week. Children will learn about the legend of the Chinese Zodiac, recognising that China follows a lunar calendar and therefore does not share its New Year with Western cultures. They’ll compare China to their own country, […]

Inventors and inventions KS1 lesson plan

Inventors and inventions KS1 – Rapunzel DT lesson idea In this inventors and inventions KS1 DT lesson, pupils will learn about the invention process and how inventions solve problems. Bring this to life with a real problem faced by a character in a familiar story – Rapunzel. Through the design process pupils will generate ideas and communicate them with others. This lesson covers several […]

Number bonds to 10 worksheet – KS1 maths bumper pack

Number bonds to 10 worksheet – KS1 maths bumper pack This number bonds to 10 worksheet pack contains a bumper crop of material for teaching this topic in a fun and visually engaging way. Featuring themes ranging from animals to holidays and aliens to sport, the first 114-page PDF contains colourful posters, card pairs and a wide variety of illustrated worksheets for pupils to complete. […]

Year 2 maths worksheets

Year 2 maths worksheets – Free printable PDFs The Year 2 maths worksheets in this free printable workbook help pupils to practise key concepts from the Year 2 maths curriculum. Each topic consists of basic questions plus a range of more difficult ‘challenge and extension’ questions. Year 2 maths worksheets The approach is based on the successful maths programme delivered in Shanghai. The […]

George's Marvellous Medicine KS1 lesson plan

George’s Marvellous Medicine KS1 – Measuring & capacity Explore measuring and capacity with this George’s Marvellous Medicine KS1 maths lesson plan from Jonathan Lear… Measures, and in particular capacity, is one of those areas of maths that we tend to put off until next half term, and then the next half term after that, and so on until we strike it lucky with […]

Poem templates – Nature poems for kids This free poem templates PDF features poetry examples, poem templates and teacher notes… It contains three simple ways to get your class having lots of imaginative fun with nature and poetry. Paper bag list poem Activity 1 is about writing a simple list poem. This is a great way to sharpen up pupils’ sensory awareness […]

KS1 light and dark medium term plan

KS1 light and dark – Medium-term plan Written by science expert Deborah Herridge, this six-week KS1 light and dark medium-term plan focuses on helping children experience light and dark and explore simple ideas about light sources, reflectors and how we need light to see. Resources included in this download Full medium-term plan Accompanying slideshows, worksheet and template KS1 light and dark learning […]

Gender identity and sexual identity resource sheet

Gender identity and sexual identity – Teacher resource sheet This resource sheet for teachers covers different gender identity and sexual identity terms. It provides definitions for the following terms: Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Cisgender Asexual Aromantic Pansexual Demisexual Polyamorous Polysexual Gender-fluid Non-binary Queer This resource sheet also talks about thinking about sexuality and gender as a continuous spectrum. It also lays out some criticisms […]

Mental health lesson plan

Mental health lesson plan – Encourage kindness in your class Support Children’s Mental Health Week 2023 with these ideas for connecting to our fellow humans, says Emily Azouelos...

Kindness assembly – Slides and teacher notes It can be hard to know how to help someone going through a tough time, but small acts of kindness can make all the difference. These two kindness assembly resources – produced by the children’s mental health charity Place2Be – can help you spread a little kindness in your primary or secondary school. You can […]

Living things and their habitats KS1 science unit

Living things and their habitats – KS1 science unit Written by experienced primary teacher Abby King, this innovative six-week series focuses on helping children in KS1 explore living things and their habitats, and the difference between living and dead things and natural and man-made materials. It uses Helen Ward’s beautiful picture book The Tin Forest to do this. Pupils will also explore habitats, identify where […]

Editing stations – Editable cards for KS1/2 Download and personalise this free set of editing stations cards to suit your purpose, then print them out and distribute them around your classroom. Editing stations are a supercharged way to make language lessons fun and effective. They break down editing into focus areas, like spelling and punctuation, giving you a hands-on tool to make […]

Lesson planning template

Lesson planning template – Editable and comprehensive This comprehensive lesson planning template is suitable for PGCE students and early career teachers. It’s also great if you’re a seasoned teacher undergoing an observation. This lesson planning template has space for you to input the following information: Subject Class/year Date Contextual information on the class (eg class size, SEN, EAL) Topic/focus of the lesson […]

KS1 history unit

KS1 history – ‘Event beyond living memory’ unit If you’re sick of teaching about the Great Fire of London during KS1 history for your unit on events beyond living memory, why not try delving into the first flight instead? It’s a change of scenery, as it were, and topical too, given the technological developments that have been made and the role flight plays […]

Christmas story worksheets

Christmas writing – Story starter ideas for KS1 and KS2 This creative writing Christmas story starter worksheet includes short tips for students on plot, setting and characters, and space to write their short story and even draw a picture. In the “Setting” section, the worksheet prompts children to consider the atmospheric backdrop of their tale. Is it a snowy, icy landscape, or a cosy indoor […]

Vocabulary worksheets – KS1/2 activity pack Helping children to develop a rich vocabulary is one of the best ways we can support their education. In this download, you’ll find a number of vocabulary worksheets to download and use in your classroom… Most of children’s language development and vocabulary growth will come from organic sources. This is opposed to direct teaching. They […]

Cornell notes template

Cornell notes template – KS1/KS2 note-taking lesson plan Taking effective notes is key for learning and recall, but how to do it without stress? Try this Cornell notes template and lesson plan from teacher Matthew Lane… Sometimes we need children to see and internalise new content upon which to base later learning. This might be as background, or to inform later writing or […]

Anticlockwise letters worksheet

Anticlockwise letters – Handwriting worksheet This anticlockwise letters worksheet helps children to practise forming letters that require an anticlockwise motion. Pupils can go over the dotted letters to practise, plus there’s a blank space below to write each letter from scratch. Anticlockwise letters This worksheet covers the following letters: a, c, o, d, e, g, q. Navigating these letters can […]

The Storm Whale planning

The Storm Whale planning – Books for topics KS1 Dive deep into Noi's island world, and help pupils infer narrative from pictures in Benji Davies’ enduring favourite...

Chinese New Year colouring book

Chinese New Year colouring – Free PDF printable Improve pupils’ motor skills and encourage careful colouring with these delightful Chinese New Year colouring pages. This engaging activity fosters creativity and provides an opportunity to learn more about the vibrant celebration of Chinese New Year. These themed images can be printed out and distributed to children in class or during break time as you […]

Teaching about feelings KS1 plan

Teaching about feelings – KS1 PSHE medium-term plan This six-week series of lessons will help you with teaching about feelings in KS1. The lessons focus on helping pupils to be able to express their feelings and understand that all emotions are equally valid. Plan author Abby King has based the unit around Matt Haig’s sensitive graphic novel The Truth Pixie, an enchanting rhyming […]

Observed lesson plan template (2)

Observation lesson plan – Template for primary This is a useful lesson plan template to help you remember everything you need when planning for an observation. It’s suitable for any year group in primary, and adaptable for secondary. On the document you’ll find helpful tips and higher-level thinking questions to help structure the lesson and ensure that everyone makes progress. Observation lesson […]

Adaptive teaching strategies – 5 ideas to try While many of us know about differentiation in teaching, adaptive teaching strategies can allow you to take things a step further and fix some of the problems that differentiation can cause. While differentiation means tailoring lessons based on students’ abilities, this can unintentionally lead to lower expectations for some students. On the other hand, adaptive […]

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