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Teaching Communication Skills Through Sign Language – Lesson Plan For KS1 And KS2 Pupils begin by identifying different types of non-verbal communication and explore their importance. They then learn some sign language, think about who uses it, and explore why it’s used.

The Table-Hopping Global Cafe – Lesson Plan For KS1 And KS2 Geography A lesson that seeks to explore global issues such as flooding, immigration and terrorism in class by presenting them as a ‘menu’ of facts and photos relating to different countries and cultures.

Colour & Write Sheets: History – Worksheet For KS1 English 12-page PDF containing eleven illustrations themed around different historical periods (Ancient Egypt, Tudor England, the Victorian era, WWII) for colouring in, alongside printed lines for pupils to write on.

Project X Origins: Story Plan – Creative Writing Activity Sheet For KS1 And KS2 A ‘Story Plan’ worksheet, intended to help pupils devise the characters, plot and writing style of an original short story. Taken from the OUP primary literacy resource series Project X Origins.

Project X Origins: Exercise Diary – Reporting Activity For KS1/KS2 PE And English An ‘Exercise Diary’ worksheet with spaces for pupils to fill out with details of any exercise they’ve done and for how long, and what they’ve eaten over the course of the day. Taken from the OUP primary literacy resource series Project X Origins.

Project X Origins: Pirate Ship – Activity Sheet For KS1 And KS2 English Can your pupils label the eight different parts of a pirate ship flagged up in this illustrated worksheet? Taken from the OUP primary literacy resource series Project X Origins. Browse more ideas for Talk Like a Pirate Day.

Project X Origins: My Favourite Animal – Activity Sheet For KS1 English Supporting resource for OUP’s Project X Origins series of books and literacy resources, prompting pupils to draw a picture of their favourite animal in the book they’ve and two sentences about it. Taken from the – for more information, visit the OUP website

Sensory Sensations With a Spots in a Box Book Topic For KS1 If you were a guinea fowl and your plumage didn’t look quite right, what would you do? Take matters into your own beak, of course. Look at different materials, colours and patterns and experiment with different mediums in art.

Toys in Space by Mini Grey KS1 Book Topic – Getting Playful With Storytelling And Imagination Mini Grey’s metafictional tale draws young children’s attention to the playful side of storytelling and feeds their imagination with the question: where do all the lost toys go? Look at stories within stories, look at different perspectives, imagine different planets, create stories for toys and delve into a bit of physics.

Christopher Nibble In A Tale of Dandelion Derring-Do – A Cross-Curricular Book Topic For KS1 Play with poetry, create real writing with a menu and role-play advertising for a persuasive pitch to the class. You can also become town planners for Dandeville, designing a map or building a model.

Bambert’s Book Of Missing Stories – Help children appreciate the power of reading and writing Use comprehension skills to infer character information from the illustrations, explore similes in the text, build a character description wall of Bambert with notes on what children know about him and see how stories can take us on journeys anywhere in the real world and the imaginary one.

Tiny: The Invisible World of Microbes, A KS1 Non-Fiction Book Topic To Explore Under The Microscope Tiny: The Invisible World of Microbes brings science and art together, and author Nicola Davies introduces her subject in a friendly, respectful manner, providing hard facts in context and complex ideas in a way that children can relate. Pay attention to the little things with a treasure hunt, draw or make your own microbes and […]

Use Francesca Simon’s Do You Speak English Moon? To Explore Empathy Through Creative Writing This story of a little boy’s affinity with the moon, from Horrid Henry author Francesca Simon, opens the way to thoughtful discussions on the subject of friendship, loneliness, kindness and empathy. Create adventurous role-play scenarios, and write stories about a trip to the moon.

Boost Visual Literacy In KS1 With Tao Nyeu’s Wordless Picturebook Wonder Bear Get creative learning bubbling across the KS1 curriculum, with Wonder Bear by Tao Nyeu. It’s ideal for developing children’s visual literacy because of its beautiful series of magical illustrations that will inspire your class to imagine, question and create. Make your own soundscapes for the story, build a model landscape and explore the science of […]

Use Scaredy Squirrel To Help KS1 Children Face Their Fears Through Creative Storywriting When the comically paranoid Scaredy Squirrel learns to face his fears, it’s the perfect opportunity for children to do the same. This hilarious book by Melanie Watt lets kids talk about fears and stepping into the unknown, and write a story centred around things that frighten them the most.

Nelson Spelling – Sample Lesson For KS1 English Try a sample Year 2/P3 lesson focusing on ‘are’, ‘air’ and ‘ear’ graphemes. This resource includes links to free accompanying activity sheets and teaching notes – further information can be found at the OUP website.

Nelson Grammar – Sample Lesson For KS1 English Try a sample Year 2/P3 lesson focusing on adjectives, taken from OUP’s Nelson Grammar series. This resource includes links to free accompanying activity sheets and teaching notes – further information can be found at the OUP website.

Tips For Children – Spread A Little Kindness Children’s mental health charity Place2Be is hosting its annual Children’s Mental Health Week from the 6-12 February 2017 and the theme is ‘spread a little kindness’. It can be hard to know what to do to help someone going through a tough time, but small acts of kindness can make all the difference. Download these […]

Grade (Key Stage) 1 Maths Activity Worksheets These activity worksheets are for new maths learners of Grade 1, and will help to develop children’s math skills. Activities include • Tick the largest picture in each box • Match the counting hands with correct digits • Write the number that comes after The format of the worksheet is a PDF, printable on A4 […]

Hello Trees Resource Sheet – Tree ID: Holly KS1 Year 1 resource sheet with photos showing the six clues to tree identification using holly trees as the example. This follows the science programme statutory requirement to ‘be able to identify and name common trees’. It provides an easy way to learn what to look for in order to be able to identify a […]

Nativity Colouring Card Activity For Early Years / Reception + Charity Case Study For KS1/2 Literacy A children’s Nativity colouring card with a twist, and a great chance to explore the difference a cow can make to a family’s future. Also included is a case study showing just that, which could be used as a literacy resource with older pupil, or to simply inspire your school to raise money in support […]

Food Hygiene And Hand-washing Poster Produced by High Speed Training, this vibrant food hygiene poster highlights some important advice when it comes to washing hands. You can download further hygiene posters for free from here.

Cartoon Network Teachers’ Toolkit – English, Art/Design and PSHE Lesson Resources For KS1 And KS2 A selection of free curriculum-linked teaching resources designed to support the Cartoon Network Imagination Studios Awards – an annual competition that invites pupils aged 6-13 to create their own cartoon content, whilst exploring the themes of interpersonal relationships, equality and diversity. This download includes: • Four lesson plans containing learning activities, discussion points and extension […]

Helicopter Stories PDF

Helicopter Stories PDF – Classroom guide In this free Helicopter Stories PDF, MakeBelieve Arts founder Trisha Lee presents an overview of how to use Helicopter Stories in your classroom – an exercise whereby children write a short story and proceed to act it out. Helicopter Stories PDF In the document, Trisha explains how to: Read lots more advice from Trisha Lee […]

Sound Experiments – Music And Science-Themed Teaching Activities For EYFS Judith Harries shows how settings can use the noise-making properties of musical instruments to explore the scientific properties of volume, pitch, tempo, duration and more besides…

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