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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.

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, […]

Prisoner of Azkaban discussion guide

Prisoner of Azkaban – Harry Potter 3 discussion guide and activities In Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, the wizarding world is concerned for Harry Potter’s safety when Sirius Black, an escapee from the prison of Azkaban, is believed to be hunting him. Harry also learns one of the most valuable spells of all: how to invoke the Patronus Charm that allows him to banish […]

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 Blog – Creative Writing Activity Sheet For KS2 English Worksheet containing a 9×9 writing grid that pupils can use to help plan and organise the creation of their own personal blog. Taken from the OUP primary literacy resource series Project X Origins.

Project X Origins: Story Talk Frame – Activity Sheet For KS2 English Activity sheet with a grid containing six prompts aimed at helping pupils describe the details of a narrative. Taken from the OUP’s Project X Origins series of literacy resources – for more information, visit the OUP website

Project X Origins: What Can You See, Hear, Smell? – Activity Sheet For KS2 English Activity sheet that asks pupils to consider what they can ‘see, hear and smell’ with regards to a story setting. Taken from the OUP’s Project X Origins series of literacy resources – for more information, visit the OUP website.

Order of the Phoenix discussion guide

Order of the Phoenix – Harry Potter 5 discussion guide and activities The Order of the Phoenix begins at the end of summer when Harry Potter is forced to conjure his Patronus outside of school to protect himself and his cousin Dudley from Dementors. It concludes with Harry and members of Dumbledore’s Army battling to save a prophecy which tells of the connection between Voldemort and Harry. […]

Goblet of Fire discussion guide

Goblet of Fire – Harry Potter 4 discussion guide and activities In the Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter attends the Quidditch World Cup with the Weasleys, and becomes involved in the Triwizard Tournament at Hogwarts. In the book’s dramatic climax, Harry returns to Hogwarts with the body of his fellow competitor, Cedric Diggory, discovers the true identity of Mad Eye Moody, and delivers the ominous news […]

KS2 Morals And Ethics With A Pirates Handbook Book Topic You may have already plundered a pirate topic in KS1, but revisiting men of low moral fibre in KS2 can yield fresh spoils. Discover nautical geography skills and see what foods keep well for long journeys at sea. Browse more ideas for Talk Like a Pirate Day.

The Rabbit Problem KS2 Book Topic: Exploring Number Patterns And Food And Shelter Dilemmas With ever more children being packed into schools, Emily Gravett’s The Rabbit Problem, in which a colony of rabbits must deal with the challenges of a rising population, may well strike a chord.

Book Topic: East of the Sun, West of the Moon For Exploring The Plight Of Refugees In KS2 The hinterland of East of Sun, West of Moonallows children to explore both fantastical themes and very real dilemmas. Plan, structure and write a warning story for people being displaced, mount a persuasive campaign and teach bushcraft skills that Berneen needs on her journey.

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.

KS2 Book Topic: The Imaginary – Processing The Loss Of A Friend Through Fiction The story of Amanda and her imaginary friend Rudger starts to go wrong when the evil Mr Bunting and his imaginary accomplice find them. Mr Bunting needs to feast on imaginaries to keep himself alive, and he plans to eat Rudger if he can catch him. Sue Cowley’s book topic covers memory, growing up, den […]

The Great Mouse Plot lesson plan

The Great Mouse Plot – KS2 book topic Few children will have a tale of a daringly concealed ex-rodent, but reading Roald Dahl’s The Great Mouse Plotwill help them understand how their own histories can be turned into fabulous stories. A dead mouse, in a gobstopper jar? Even the boys who planted it had to wonder whether they’d gone too far. And that […]

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.

KS2 Dr Who Book Topic: Inspire Reluctant Readers With Graphic Novels Graphic novels are perfect for tempting pupils into a wider world of reading, and can stimulate creativity in literacy. With the help of Dr Who, Steve Bowkett shows you how to teach narrative structure, how to use a story grid and the importance of exploring alternative endings.

TreeTops inFact – ‘Spice Story’ Non-Fiction Activity For KS2 English ‘Spice Story: Chillies’ activity sheet containing comprehension material and a chilli con carne recipe taken from OUP’s TreeTops inFact series. For more information, visit oxfordprimary.co.uk/infact

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