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National Grandparents Day resources

National Grandparents Day – KS1/2 writing and art activities This HarperCollins resource draws upon some beloved children’s books, such as The Great Granny Gang, Mog and Granny, Gangsta Granny and Grandpa’s Great Escape to inspire creativity in the classroom on National Grandparents Day. Use these activities on 1st October, or any time of year, to let children show how much they appreciate their grandparents. […]

KS1/2 English & science lesson plan – Use giant lumps of ice to capture students’ imaginations A great hook can land some great learning, so use giant lumps of frozen water to really capture your pupils’ imagination, says Ian Goldsworthy… We teachers love nothing better than a versatile resource – the kind of thing that can be used across the curriculum, smashing down the boundaries between lessons and helping join the […]

Stories that Raise Issues – Outsiders Resource Pack for Year 6 English This resource introduces students to the idea of outsiders, improves empathy, teaches them about using conjunctions, looks at comprehension in complex issues and points of view, gets them to write an outsider story and much more. The resource comprises five units, each of which includes a unit overview, teacher notes and student resources: Unit 1 […]

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MFL Writing Sheets KS2 These two worksheets help children to write accent letters in French, first by tracing them with their fingers, before moving on to writing them for themselves. These resources were designed to accompany Clare’s feature Why you Should Introduce Writing Early in MFL which you can read here.

Retrieval practice examples

Retrieval practice examples – Editable KS2 history quizzes to boost student learning Free retrieval practice activity By using or adapting these multiple-choice retrieval practice examples by Jon Hutchinson for your own classroom, you can effectively prompt students to retrieve information from their long-term memory. Embedding regular tests and quizzes into your timetable is a great way to help students to recall information from previous lessons. They need […]

‘Sound’ Cross-Curricular Medium-Term Plan and Resource for KS2 This download includes the six-lesson medium-term plan, and the accompanying worksheet. This cross-curriculum series of lessons focuses on helping KS2 children to learn through sound. The author of the plan, Abby King, has devised a range of themed activities for building knowledge across six different subject areas: music, art, science, history, computing and DT, with […]

KS2 Science & Investigation Lesson Plan – Work Out What’s in Unlabelled Cans You know that old saying, “does what it says on the tin”? Well, what if the tins are blank, asks Jane Dowden? Breakfast is nearly ready! Your eggs and sausages are cooked and it’s time to add the beans. But wait… your cans got wet on the journey home and all the labels have fallen […]

KS2 Maths Lesson Plan – Teach Fractions with Paper Pizzas This fun lesson focuses on identifying fractions. Children act as chefs to add toppings to pizzas. I usually teach this lesson to Y3 but it could easily be adapted to challenge older children. Some prior knowledge of fractions is required. Children should have already looked at identifying unit fractions of shapes. This lesson does require […]

Computational Thinking: Pixel Puzzle Pictures Worksheets for KS2 Computing Solve simple colour-by-number and logical thinking puzzles and gain a deeper understanding of image representation and compression. Pixel puzzles turn the ways images are represented as a series of numbers representing pixels into puzzles. They come in various forms from a simple variant of colour-by-numbers to more complex puzzles based on compression where images are […]

Code-Cracking Puzzles Worksheets for KS2 Computing Crack the code breaking puzzles and learn not just about codes but also language, calculating frequencies and percentages. They can be as simple or hard as you like. Learn about Teaching London Computing is a resource hub from CAS London and CS4FN. Download more Teaching London Computing resources here or on its website at teachinglondoncomputing.org.

Roman Mosaics and Computing Worksheets for KS2 Computing The Romans knew all about the basics of digital images – they are famous for it! If you want to create a digital version of an image you need to come up with a representation. The first thing to realise is that you need a representation that splits up the image (decomposes in computational thinking […]

The Emotion Machine Programming Activity Resource for KS2 Computing In this resource, the class program a card robot face to show different emotions one after another. This is a very simple way to introduce the idea of programs and sequences of instructions as well as computational thinking ideas like algorithmic thinking and decomposition. It can also lead to ideas about abstraction. Learn about: algorithmic […]

‘Spit-Not-So’ Computational Thinking Activity Resource for KS2/3 Computing In this activity you play a word game showing that “due to you computational thinking skills” you are brilliant at it. You eventually show the class the secret, and in doing so illustrate a reason why graphical user interfaces are easier to use than command line interfaces and also why the choice of data structure […]

‘Four Aces’ Computational Thinking Activity Resource for KS2 Computing In this activity you do a magic trick where you steal all the Aces from a volunteer without anyone noticing. This trick illustrates that computing is about more than just understanding technology and that computational thinking is about more than just algorithms. They are about understanding people and solving problems for people too. Learn about […]

Computational Thinking: Cut Block Logic Puzzles Booklet for KS2 Computing Computational Thinking: Cut Block Logic Puzzles is a booklet on computational thinking based on logic puzzles. Try to solve some simple logic puzzles while learning about computational thinking and especially logical thinking. Learn how to solve Cut Block puzzles, simple logic puzzles that involve filling a grid with numbers so that no number appears next […]

Sequencing and Looping Puzzles Worksheets for KS2 Computing These simple puzzles take common activities already used in primary school and add a programming context for pre-coders. Programmers ‘sequence’ instructions: putting them in the right order. Sequences are often placed in to ‘loops’, doing the same sequences of instructions over and over. Sequences and loops occur in nature too. Lifecycles, for example, are sequences […]

Create-a-Robot-Face Programming Activity Resource for KS2 Computing Explore programming by making an affective (relating to moods and emotions) robot face out of card, tubes and students, and program it to react to different kinds of sounds (nasty, nice or sudden) and show different emotions (sad, happy, surprised). Then think up some other facial expressions and program rules to make the face respond […]

What is an Algorithm? – Swap Puzzles Worksheets for KS2 Computing In this resource, pupils are tasked with solving a puzzle by coming up with an algorithm that their team can follow faster than anyone else. This gives a way to introduce the idea of the solution to a problem being a set of instructions that allow others to ‘solve’ it with no understanding. It also […]

KS2 MFL Lesson Plan – Sing Birthday Songs to Learn Dates and Numeracy Starting with the traditional celebratory song in a foreign language will help to reinforce numbers and introduce new vocabulary. The lesson assumes that you will have already taught numbers – they generally come up under the heading of ‘How old are you?’ and have been covered in a previous Teach Primary lesson plan. Start with […]

This is Geography – KS2 Geography Sample Lessons This sample resource pack from This is Geography includes four geography lessons. Exploring the wilderness Globalisation Meanders Renewable energy Each comes as a PowerPoint presentation and with accompanying Word docs. There are also separate geography literacy and numeracy mats. This is Geography is a geography author with over 700 lessons for KS2-5. Download free sample […]

Cut-Out and Make Volcano Models These models are intended to aid understanding of where such volcanoes form and how volcanic rocks can be important natural resources for construction. You can download, print and make, and instructions are included. There are four volcano models in this pack: Arthur’s Seat, Edinburgh, Scotland Bardon Hill Quarry, Coalville, England Eyjafjallajökull, Iceland Soufrière Hills, Montserrat […]

Earthquakes and Volcanoes Geology Factsheets This resource includes four PDF factsheets: Plate tectonics Earthquakes Volcanoes Why are there no active volcanoes in Britain? The British Geological Survey is the UK’s premier provider of objective and authoritative geoscientific data, information and knowledge. Get more great resources from BGS here and on its website at bgs.ac.uk. You can also follow on Twitter […]

Cut-Out and Make Prehistoric Models and Puppets Choose one of our hand puppets or models of dinosaurs and other extinct creatures to download, print and make. All the puppets and models are available as a full-colour version or you can print them in black-and-white if you would like to colour and decorate them yourself. Full instructions are provided. You will need scissors, […]

‘You Won’t Believe This’ by Adam Baron Resources for KS2 From Adam Baron, the author of bestselling and Carnegie-nominated debut Boy Underwater, comes another moving, hilarious novel of friendship and family secrets, which shows that people are people – no matter where they’re from. Here’s something you won’t believe: someone is doing terrible things to Mrs Martin, Cymbeline Igloo’s favourite teacher of all time. Cymbeline […]

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