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Diary of a Wimpy Kid – Literacy and art activities The Diary of a Wimpy Kid books are the perfect companion for reluctant readers. Their comic book format makes them accessible, they’re bursting with laugh-out-loud moments and tackle important themes such as bullying and family life. These activities will get students excited about the books while developing their literacy skills. They will learn to use […]

KS2 PSHE Lesson Plan – Use Guinness World Records To Develop Communication And Enquiry Skills Exploring the weird and wonderful range of Guinness World Records will spark curiosity among children and develop their communication and enquiry skills. Exploring records from the human and natural worlds provides children with opportunities to develop a wide range of skills. Research tells us that learning is enhanced when children feel engaged, motivated and empowered. […]

KS2 D&T Lesson Plan – Teach Children The Skills They Need To Be Innovative Designers This structured group activity promotes a genuine sharing of design ideas between children. They will be able to say how a product that has been designed by somebody else could be improved, show new ideas in sketches and/or words and accept or reject feedback and advice from other children about their ideas.

KS1/2 Music Lesson Plan – Learn How To Read Notes On A Stave By Throwing Beanbags Children usually love music lessons, until they get to the point where they are required to learn notation and the more sedate aspects of music theory. This lesson is designed to make sense of the theory and bring it back into the physical realm.

KS2 D&T Lesson Plan – Host A Stitch-Off And Learn About Sewing Techniques And Fashion Trends Learn to use different sewing techniques to join fabric and understand how fashion trends have changed from the start of the 20th Century by hosting a stitch-off in your school.

KS2 Computing Lesson Plan – Think Creatively To Solve A Variety of Missions Turn a digital camera into a satellite, measure wind speed by blowing bubbles and record sounds that would have been heard 1,000 years ago in this computing lesson that presents children with a series of different missions. At first, some may seem impossible, but with perseverance and struggle they can all be accomplished.

KS2 Computing Lesson Plan – Create A Self Portrait Using Fruit And Veg, A Digital Camera And ClipArt Usher in the new season with some fresh spring veg with this lesson plan that focuses on the work of Arcimboldo but with a technological twist. As well as combining art and ICT, the activity also creates an opportunity to talk with children about their knowledge of food. Over the course of the lesson, children […]

KS2 SMSC Thinking Skills Lesson Plan – Have Children Express Their Opinions Clearly And Confidently Without Saying A Word A recent report (Farmer, 2016) suggested that parents’ immersion in smartphones has left some children starting primary school unable to hold conversations. So this lesson plan aims to remedy that. The premise is simple – instead of orally discussing subjects, learners write their comments or draw symbols on a large piece of paper, so that […]

KS2 Art & Design Lesson Plan – Use Simple Lines And Shapes To Create Instantly Recognisable Images Of Olympic Sports The 1972 Olympics featured a brilliantly designed set of wordless images, or pictograms, each of which symbolised a particular area of sporting activity. The pictograms each represented human figures, reduced to circles and rectangles but drawn in such a way that the nature of the activity represented was perfectly clear to the viewer. These pictograms […]

KS1/2 Art & Design Lesson Plan – Make Candles And Learn About Science, History and RE Candles play a great part in our cultural history. They provided our ancestors with light, are seen as symbols in several faiths, and are used in celebrations of all kinds, both secular and religious. Making candles with children offers links with science, history and RE, and the ideas given here range from the very easy […]

KS2 Science Lesson Plan – Develop Investigative Skills With The Question ‘Should Snowmen Wear Coats?’ We put on clothing to stay warm, so is dressing up Frosty going to keep him cool or hasten his demise? The next time there’s a snow day, use the opportunity to do some great science investigations. Ask students to find out whether or not their snowmen will last longer with or without clothing. Children […]

Olympic values lesson plan

Olympic values – KS1/2 PE & PSHE lesson plan There is no shortage of inspirational stories from Olympic history that we can use to engage, excite and enthuse primary children. Here, we have focused on just one of the seven Olympic/Paralympic values – excellence – and have a number of activities for you to choose from. Students will: find out about the journey of […]

KS2 RE Lesson Plan – Use Olympic And Paralympic Values To Discuss Having Respect For Other People, Cultures And Beliefs The London 2012 organisers chose seven values to embody the spirit of the Games: respect, excellence, friendship, courage, determination, inspiration and equality. This RE lesson helps you explore one value with your class – respect. Children will explore how respect is about how we show our values – what matters to us, learn that it […]

KS2 Science Lesson Plan – Understand Forces By Designing And Building Rocket Cars Fast cars and jet planes make a great topic for discussion when looking at forces and movement. Shape plays an important role in the design of both modes of transport and investigating this provides children with the opportunity to apply science concepts to a real world context, and practise their D&T skills at the same […]

KS2 D&T Lesson Plan – Kickstart The Design Process By Improving Existing Products Great designers know there’s always room for improvement, so how can we encourage children to be more imaginative when evaluating existing products? Professional designers often start by asking how everyday products can be changed for the better. Nowadays there are very few products that are absolutely original and innovation tends to focus on looking for […]

KS2 Literacy Lesson Plan – Beat Writer’s Block With A Fast-Paced Adventure Story Help beat writer’s block by using author Abi Elphinstone’s trusted techniques. In this lesson students will: Learn how to plot a fast-paced adventure story from start to finish Understand how mapping a setting can be an effective planning tool Ensure ideas flow from one scene to the next Watch a video of part of this […]

KS2 Chemistry Lesson Plan – Explore The Science Behind Washing Powder And Soaps School children doing the laundry by hand? Sounds like a return to the Victorian classroom. Not with this engaging lesson, which uses a tablet, a lux meter app and good old-fashioned soap and water. This lesson encourages the children to be critical thinkers about advertising claims made by washing powders. With the use of science, […]

Your SATs Survival Guide for parents As this year’s SATs tests approach, education expert Sue Cowley explains how they work, what they mean – and the best way to approach them.

“My Child Just Won’t Read” – Strategies For Reluctant Readers If it looks like your offspring would rather do anything other than pick up a book, Kenny Pieper has some advice that could change things…

5 Surprising Things Children Learn On School Trips Some parents not keen on PTA funds being used to support educational visits and residentials? Perhaps Elaine Skates can persuade everyone to get on board…

PTA Guide To Festive Celebration Ideas The Autumn term is full of opportunities for celebration and excitement – Lucy Jones has some suggestions to help your PTA make the most of them.

10 educational apps that parents, teachers and students will love Turn ‘screen time’ into an educational opportunity with these essential downloads… ’21st-century teaching and learning”, as journalists like to call what our kids are doing in the classroom these days, can look very different from when we were at school. However, one of the best things about modern education is the way that technology is […]

KS2 Literacy Lesson Plan – Task your Students with Delivering Bad News and their Writing will Flourish As adults, we often write ‘in character’. This might be in a professional capacity, from a personal perspective or as a volunteer. These real-life perspectives give our writing a purpose and a context. As we train children to become proficient writers of letters or articles, a good starting point can be to give them a […]

KS1/2 History & Geography Lesson Plan – Use What’s Special About Your Local Area To Develop Cross-Curricular Skills For pupils to really understand their local area they need to use the complementary skills they have developed in both geography and history. This applies both to KS1 and KS2. In this lesson plan Ben Ballin and Alf Wilkinson have developed a local study of a village in Lincolnshire to help illustrate this thinking.

KS2 Science Lesson Plan – Carry Out A Scientific Investigation With Real Moon Rock Use real moon samples to carry out close observations, compare and contrast materials and describe and evaluate scientific ideas. When NASA brought back samples from the Apollo space missions, it was incredibly fussy about who got them. However, the good news is that they did give some to the UK, and schools can get their […]

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