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Adverbs list – George’s Marvellous Medicine lesson plan Teach children about adverbs with this lesson plan that includes an adverbs list featuring ‘absolutely awful’ examples from George’s Marvellous Medicine by Roald Dahl. Then see how your class can take what they’ve learnt about adverbs and apply this to a piece of persuasive writing – including coming up with their own advertising slogans. What […]

Use Charlie and the Chocolate Factory to help kids find evidence in texts to support their answers Hold a class debate on whether or not too much TV is bad for you. Give out cards with the opinions children will have to represent. What would happen if we got rid of book all together? This English lesson is great for speaking and listening, and helping children to understand arguments from other people’s […]

Use this Charlie and the Chocolate Factory lesson plan to examine good and bad behaviour What kinds of good and bad behaviour exist in your school? How do the children respond to these situations? How should they? Use the scenrio cards resource in this KS1 and KS2 lesson plan to present children with challenging situations. Ask them what would be a good response, and what would be a bad one.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory lesson plan

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory lesson – Fun activities and resources This Charlie and the Chocolate Factory lesson plan pack contains six full lessons, covering various elements from both the English and PSHE curriculum. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory lesson resources There are plenty of activities and ready-made resources to suit KS2 (and some for KS1), together with extracts from the text. What children will learn […]

BFG Topic: devise exciting plots and help children reflect on their goals with this creative lesson Use the activities and worksheets to help children mix up and create their own BFG dreams. Develop their English skills while you’re at it and ask KS1 and KS2 children to think about their personal dreams and aspirations.

Filler – Multiplication Game Worksheet For KS2 Maths An activity sheet with instructions and a game grid for two players. Both take it in turns to roll three 6-sided dice and multiply the results together, placing counters on the corresponding numbers in the grid. The first player to form a ‘Connect 4’-style horizontal, vertical or diagaonal row of counters is declared the winner. […]

Petal Power – Multiplication Game Worksheet For KS2 Maths Two players take it in turns to roll two 6-sided dice. If the square of the combined total matches one of the numbers on the petals of their flower diagram, a counter is placed on said petal. The first player to cover all of their flower’s petals is declared the winner. Find 10 more free […]

Splatz – Multiplication Game Worksheet For KS2 Maths Two players take it in turns to roll two cubes customised with the numbers 5 to 10 and 7 to 12 and multiply both numbers together. If the total matches one of the numbers inside their pre-chosen ‘Splatz’ diagram, a counter is placed on the relevant number. The first player to cover all the numbers […]

Line Up! – Multiplication Game Worksheet For KS2 Maths Two players take it in turns to roll a 6-sided die customised with the numbers 7 to 12 and place a counter in a number grid on top of a multiple of the number they rolled. The first player to form a ‘Connect 4’-style horizontal, vertical or diagonal row of counters is declared the winner. […]

Miniature Marvels – Lesson Plan For KS2 Photography And English Jane Hewitt shows how, with a few tiny ‘Preiser’ figurines and a handful of props, pupils can bring to life and capture all manner of strange and wonderful situations – while at the same time flexing their imaginative muscles by coming up with colourful backstories for the characters involved…

Mungo Bungo – Multiplication Games Resource For KS2 Maths A twist on the traditional game of bingo, in which pupils have to correctly call out ‘Mungo!’ when one of their numbered ‘Bungo cards’ matches the answer to a multiplication sum read out by the ‘Bungo caller’. Browse more times tables games.

Keep It In Proportion – Lesson Plan For KS2 Maths Primary pupils will struggle to grasp rates and ratios, right? Not so, says Mike Askew – evidence shows that pupils that children can get a handle on ratios at a younger age than previously thought. Not convinced? Introduce your class to the exercises and strategies outlined in this lesson plan and see for yourself…

Cereal Offenders – Lesson Plan For KS2 Science Teach your pupils about nutrition by carrying out a thorough scientific examination of the breakfast cereals they eat each morning. Are some less healthy than others, and if so, why? Find six more great KS1/2 science lesson plans here.

Stranger Than Fiction – Lesson Plan For KS2 English And History Explore the themes and mysteries of Wilfrid Gibson’s poem Flannan Isle, in this cross-curricular lesson by James Clements that sees fiction gradually resolve into fact before your pupils’ very eyes…

Learning Goals – World Cup-Themed Lesson Plan For KS1 And KS2 Geography And Science Use Brazil’s hosting of the 2014 World Cup as a jumping off point to explore the country’s natural sights and features, followed by an investigation into the physical forces at play in a game of blow football

A Moving Tale – Lesson Plan With An Overseas Development Theme For KS2 D&T Marc Bowen recounts how a Zimbabwe-based charity, a harvest festival and a project to design and build a cam-driven toy came together in a rewarding series of D&T lessons

Continuing Support – SEN Advice And Guidance For EYFS Kathy Brodie presents a primer on what practitioners should do to ensure their setting’s environment meets the needs of children with both diagnosed and undiagnosed special educational needs.

Cross-Training – Cross-curricular Lesson Plan For KS2 PE And MFL Recap prior learning in foreign languages by abandoning English in your PE lessons! Have pupils practise saying their sporting likes and dislikes, and reflect on Fairtrade charity initiatives by asking them to think about the children across the world who make sporting goods.

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.

Remains Of The Day – Fossils Lesson Plan For KS2 Science Introduce your class to palaeontology. Using peas to represent various fossils, discuss what is and is not a fossil, then make some amber fossils of your own, with raisins in place of insects. Find six more great KS1/2 science lesson plans here.

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.

Using ‘Hook Books’ To Turn Children Into Lifelong Readers – Activities For KS2 Literacy Sarah Threlkeld-Brown shows children can be helped to see novels as a source of inspiration. By engaging them in texts, and letting them unearth deeper meanings they can relate to on a personal level, they can be engaged with a book from before they’ve started it to long after they’ve finished.

How To Teach Long Division – Lesson Ideas For KS2 Maths Mike Askew presents some pain-free lesson ideas for teaching long division, alongside some suggestions for ways of putting equations into context.

Deathly Hallows discussion pack

Deathly Hallows – Harry Potter 7 discussion guide and activities In the Deathly Hallows, Harry Potter is devastated by the death of his mentor and also angry at the limited information left to him by Dumbledore. He embarks with Ron and Hermione on a long, tortuous journey to find his enemy’s remaining Horcruxes so that Voldemort can be killed. When Harry makes his last and […]

Philosopher's Stone discussion guide

Philosopher’s Stone – Harry Potter 1 discussion guide and activities In the Philosopher’s Stone, Harry Potter receives news that changes his life. He is being summoned to attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He’s astonished to learn that his deceased parents were both wizards. They died trying to protect infant Harry from a Dark wizard named Voldemort. Crossing genres including fantasy, thriller and mystery, […]

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