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Maths games EYFS download

Maths games EYFS – Early number sense activity pack This activity pack contains three early number sense maths games for EYFS and KS1. Maths games to try in EYFS Count on races game This game helps children learn to count on mentally. Use a coin or a dice with 1 or 2 on each face. Children say the next number when counting on. For […]

Where My Wellies Take Me planning

Where My Wellies Take Me – Cross-curricular planning for KS1/2 Where My Wellies Take Me uses 40 evocative poems to celebrate the wonder of childhood. If you’re lucky, it will germinate a love of verse that will stay with pupils for many years to come... Try these cross-curricular classroom ideas for KS1/2, all based around the book: What is Where My Wellies Take Me about? […]

Adding on 1 worksheets

Adding on 1 – Simple resource for learners with SEND This engaging ‘adding on 1’ resource is specifically designed to support learners with special educational needs (SEN). Many children with SEN face challenges in forming letters and numbers, but that doesn’t mean they can’t engage with foundational mathematical concepts. Instead of relying on traditional numerals, this resource encourages mark-making, an essential pre-writing skill that many […]

Resources about how to write a film review

How to write a film review – KS1/KS2 worksheet activities This four-page guide from Into Film contains five activities focused on how to write a film review. Use it in primary classes or school film clubs. Interesting adjectives Look at the list of adjectives on the worksheet and decide which ones apply to films you like and films you don’t like. Look up any words […]

Pasta skeleton resource

Pasta skeleton – 15-minute STEM activity for Halloween What does a human skeleton look like? Find out with this spooky pasta skeleton activity from 15-Minute STEM Book 2 by Emily Hunt... Resources Pasta skeleton activity The challenge here is to create the most accurate skeleton you can in just 15 minutes using pasta to represent the different bones. Before you begin, draw the […]

Autumn forest school activities PDF

Autumn forest school activities – Ideas for KS1 Autumn is an ideal time to explore trees in your school grounds or local area. These autumn forest school activities by Sabina Khanam will get you started… Environments such as woods and forests offer a rich source of knowledge, resources and activities for learning, as well as providing an ideal setting for hands-on exploration and […]

Flower Block KS1 planning PDF

Flower Block – KS1 cross-curricular planning about home & nature Scale a magical plant and unearth your colourful community with Flower Block by Lanisha Butterfield – a fairytale exploration of home and nature. What is Flower Block by Lanisha Butterfield about? Flower Block is a glorious fusion of the fairytale and the everyday, with a magical plant bursting up from the seeds planted by Jerimiah […]

Traditional dance lesson plan

Traditional dance – Learning about other cultures KS1/2 lesson Dance isn’t just strictly ballroom. Whether they walk like an Egyptian or get down to some South African gumboot dancing, children will learn a lot about other cultures too with this traditional dance lesson plan… Thanks to the ease with which we can find examples of everything from ballet and tap to hip-hop and salsa, […]

Pie Corbett reading spine

Pie Corbett reading spine – What it is and example download Pie Corbett shares his expert advice on how to create a reading spine… What is a reading spine? A reading spine is a mapped-out book curriculum that provides the basic entitlement to experience great literature.  Every year of my teaching career, I would spend time deciding which books I would read to my new class. I […]

Solar system for kids resource pack

Solar system for kids – Space topical pack for schools Explore what the planets are, the characteristics of each planet and how they are ordered with this ‘solar system for kids’ resource pack for KS1 and KS2. This pack is perfect for World Space Week in October. Solar system for kids Included in this download: Busy Things offers a huge collection of interactive, curriculum-linked games and […]

Recounts KS1 – Scott of the Antarctic literacy activities Use this recounts KS1 resource with the Raintree-published book, Scott of the Antarctic. The resource contains a one-hour literacy lesson on learning about people from non-fiction texts. There are also resources to help you learn about a famous person who lived at a time before living memory. Recounts KS1 learning objectives Year 1 activity examples […]

Letters with straight lines worksheet

Letters with straight lines – Handwriting worksheet This letters with straight lines worksheet is designed to help children in Early Years and Key Stage 1 practise their letter formation. It focuses specifically on letters that are formed using straight lines. Letters with straight lines The letters included are ‘v’, ‘w’, ‘x’, ‘k’, and ‘z’. These can sometimes be tricky for young learners […]

Ofsted framework PDF

Ofsted framework – 7 key curriculum questions for SLT In this Ofsted framework PDF, Pearson project manager Eylan Ezekiel identifies 7 key questions that school leaders should be asking when reviewing their curriculum design, discussing thinking points around each one. Ofsted framework questions The questions will help you to consider: Securing outcomes The first question Eylan considers is this: What outcomes are we trying […]

The Girl at the Front of the Class teaching resources

The Girl at the Front of the Class – Teaching resources for KS1/2 Why teach The Girl at the Front of the Class? Help young children understand and empathise with the refugee experience with The Girl at the Front of the Class. It’s a moving picture book from Onjali Q. Raúf, the bestselling author of The Boy at the Back of the Class, and illustrated by Pippa Curnick. […]

Resource packs for Enid Blyton books

Enid Blyton books – English resources for KS1 teachers Enid Blyton’s books have sold over 500 million copies and have been translated into other languages more often than any other children’s author. Enid Blyton wrote over 700 books and about 2,000 short stories, including favourites such as The Famous Five, The Secret Seven, The Magic Faraway Tree, Malory Towers and Noddy. This Enid Blyton books pack includes teaching resources inspired […]

Money worksheets for Year 1

Money worksheets – Year 1 mats for teaching abstract concepts Add value to your next maths lesson by using coins to teach abstract concepts. We’ve got a free set of money worksheets that will help you get started… Year 1 curriculum The national curriculum expects that we teach Year 1 pupils to ‘recognise and know the value of different denominations of coins and notes’. But […]

The Frog King lesson plan

The Frog King – KS1/2 English lesson about Grimms’ Fairy Tales Explore the original version of The Frog King through drama and dialogue then put your own spin on this Grimms’ fairy tale about puckering up for an amphibian… It’s over 200 years since brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm published the first volume of their ‘Kinder- und Hausmärchen’ – Children’s and Household Tales. Two centuries later […]

The Bumblebear activities

The Bumblebear – Cross-curricular book activities for KS1 Join Norman the honey-loving bear as he tries to infiltrate Bee School in Nadia Shireen’s charming picture book, The Bumblebear. What is The Bumblebear about? Those of you who haven’t yet discovered the work of the wonderful author and illustrator Nadia Shireen are in for a treat with The Bumblebear. Nadia has written several picture […]

Seasons KS1 activity

Seasons KS1 – Spinning disc activity for science This free seasons KS1 PDF resource features an engaging, hands-on activity that supports children in learning about the four seasons. The printable, interactive disc helps children describe the characteristics of each season throughout the year. The resource includes two discs for each season – a top disc and a bottom disc – that you cut […]

KS1 singing lesson plan

KS1 singing – Sequence songs lesson plan Use new words, traditional tunes and simple melodic patterns to help children order events with this KS1 singing lesson plan… Sing songs using well-known tunes to help children sequence events in their lives, and have fun creating new songs using limited notes on tuned percussion. This lesson includes opportunities to try simple movement sequences and […]

Shakespeare English lesson plan

Shakespeare English lesson – Compound words and idioms Use this Shakespeare English lesson from Sally Gray at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust to cover the concepts of compound words and idioms… Shakespeare English lesson learning objectives First activity Shakespeare didn’t always play by the rules and would often, for example, use a noun as a verb. Take the body parts: ear, eye, lip, nose, […]

Pause and reflect resources

Pause and reflect – Whole-class assessment how-to with resources Marc Bowen explains how to plan and carry out purposeful pause and reflect activities for whole-class assessment… Download a detailed case study, with a comprehensive selection of example assessment documents, at the top of this page. Pause and reflect meaning Over 25 years of teaching, I’ve seen many different assessment systems come and go. Some […]

Technology around us KS1 lesson plan

Technology around us KS1 – Digital tech lesson plan Encourage learners to move beyond simply recognising the tech around them, and towards asking ‘why?’, says Sway Grantham...

Florence Nightingale KS1 resources

Florence Nightingale KS1 – Significant people history medium-term plan Written by history expert Bev Forrest, this six-week Florence Nightingale KS1 series of lessons focuses on how to cover significant individuals in history. The medium-term plan is centred around this key question: who deserves to be remembered; Nellie Spindler or Florence Nightingale? This Florence Nightingale KS1 unit will help pupils make connections between different time […]

Game design lesson plan

Game design – Make mobile-style games in KS1/2 computing Use elements from your current topic to design your own Candy Crush style addictive games, says Adam Foster… Candy Crush is a very popular and addictive three-in-a-row game that many children in your school will be aware of (and many of your commuting teachers, if we’re honest!). This lesson harnesses this enthusiasm by helping your […]

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