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Easter colouring pages – Free colour-by-number printables As Easter approaches, use these free Easter colouring pages to infuse your classroom with creativity and colour. These simple, yet engaging colouring pages have been tailored for young learners. First up, we have a simple selection of themed Easter colouring pages. These feature five special designs, including delightful Easter bunnies and yummy chocolate eggs These […]

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KS1 art ideas – Unique projects to spark kids’ imaginations Challenge your youngest pupils to work with their hands and create their very own masterpieces with these engaging KS1 art projects...

English starters – Easy 5-minute ideas (with resources) Children’s brains a little rusty? Get them in the mood for learning and develop their thinking skills with these quick and easy English starters for primary… 8 English starters to try 1 | Penny for your thoughts This is a flexible activity that can be focused into different topic areas. Children can either work alone or in […]

Teach Primary issue 18.2 is OUT NOW! Strike up the band – our music special has arrived! It’s lovely to be able to shine a light on this often overlooked and underfunded subject. In this issue, Sally-Anne Brown and Vic Holmes explain how enthusiasm, good planning and the right resources can outweigh your lack of music knowledge (p56). Meanwhile, Ben Connor puts […]

Martin Clunes – “School was a weekly agony” Martin Clunes wasn't happy at boarding school – but his daughter's experiences have convinced him that times have changed...

Natural History Museum

Immerse your class in the latest learning adventures at the Natural History Museum in 2024 Schools are rushing to book our engaging educational sessions... There are plenty of ways to enjoy the outdoors this year with the Natural History Museum, with engaging exclusive opportunities for schools to enrich learning for pupils in EYFS, KS1 and KS2. From May, we are running brand new Minibeast Hunt and Pond Dipping sessions. In […]

Child with puppy, representing a nurture group

Nurture group – Two case studies Nurture groups within schools have proved successful in supporting children who are facing emotional and social challenges...

Jolly Phonics checklist

Jolly Phonics checklist – End-of-year resource for KS1/2 Use this single-page, end-of-year Jolly Phonics checklist to assess the progress of individual pupils. This helps you to quickly identify any gaps in progress through the Jolly Phonics programme. Jolly Phonics checklist progress areas Jolly Phonics uses the synthetic phonics method of teaching letter sounds in a way that is fun and multi-sensory.

The word 'bonjour', representing foreign languages in primary schools

Foreign languages in primary schools – 8 ways to embed MFL Teaching modern languages doesn’t need to be limited to a thirty-minute slot each week...

Boy, man and girl reading a book together, representing closing the reading gap

Closing the reading gap – A new campaign from BookTrust A high-profile new campaign from BookTrust aims to tackle inequality through shared stories, explains Lizzie Catford...

Leaflet with instructions for crafts using plastic bottles

Crafts using plastic bottles – 10 creative ways to reuse them This download contains ten ideas for crafts using plastic bottles. Not only are these ideas fun, but they could also save you money! Over the last 50 years, plastic products have become almost irreplaceable in our lives and are used in huge quantities across the world. In the UK alone, 15 million plastic bottles are […]

British values resource pack

British values – 100+ pages of activities & worksheets This free resource pack will help you to effectively meet the requirement to promote fundamental British values in schools while avoiding any pitfalls. It includes activities, approaches, worksheets, guidance and updated facts and figures. The aims of this resource are to: EqualiTeach is a not-for-profit organisation providing high-quality, interactive training and support on issues of […]

Union Jack mug and biscuits, representing British values in schools

British values in schools – Everything you need to know We break down British values in the classroom: the good, the bad, and how you can create champions of respect and tolerance...

A leap year lesson plan

Leap year activities – KS1 lesson plan Enjoy the fact that ‘an extra day means extra play’ with these cross-curricular leap year activities for the classroom. Find out about ‘leaplings’ and learn the rhyme that helps you remember the days in each month. Try some number games using the four times table, and measure lengths of leaps to see who can jump […]

A cartoon of science equipment

Primary science – Teaching recommendations from the EEF Get the lowdown on the EEF’s latest guidance from its Chief Executive, Professor Becky Francis CBE...

Materials KS1 resources

Materials KS1 – Six weeks of science lesson plans In this materials KS1 unit from primary science subject lead Deborah Herridge, children will identify and name common types of natural and synthetic materials. These include wood, metal, plastic, rubber, fur and nylon. The download contains the six-week plan plus additional worksheets and PowerPoints. Children will describe the physical properties of everyday materials and use […]

Field Trip to the Moon resource

Field Trip to the Moon – KS1 cross-curricular activities Rich in rhyme and figurative language, Field Trip to the Moon by Jeanne Willis and John Hare will enthral young readers… What will kids learn? Jeanne Willis and John Hare’s story will delight and entertain children. It will also introduce sophisticated themes such as isolation, acceptance and difference. Picture books are a fantastic literary resource. […]

A River by Marc Martin

A River by Marc Martin – KS1/2 cross-curricular activities Explore the landscapes in A River by Marc Martin – an inspirational picture book for observation, questioning, reflection and visualisation… Start here Before reading A River by Marc Martin, ask your children what they know about rivers and what experiences they can share. Is there a river near your school? Where does it come from […]

Reception high frequency words

Reception high frequency words – Handwriting worksheets These Reception high frequency words worksheets feature very high-frequency words for children to practise writing. Reception high frequency words There are seven worksheets in total in this pack, covering the following words: Jelly and Bean’s reading scheme follows the phonic progression of the UK government’s Letters and Sounds, including the introduction of the first 100 […]

Place value Year 1 worksheets

Place value Year 1 – Sorting objects worksheets These free place value Year 1 worksheets fit the White Rose Maths Scheme of Learning: Objective Children need to sort groups by characteristics before they count. Place value Year 1 curriculum links Maths focus Maths talk

Jolly Phonics word bank

Jolly Phonics word bank – KS1/2 literacy resource Compiled by Jolly Phonics co-author, Sue Lloyd, this 15-page Jolly Phonics word bank document contains a comprehensive collection of example words for each of the 42 letter sounds. Use each entry for segmenting (blending and identifying sounds in words) practice with children. The words in this Jolly Phonics word bank appear in the Jolly Phonics […]

Worksheets for Reception

Worksheets for Reception – Letter matching activity These seven worksheets for Reception pupils each feature four pictures and four corresponding letters for children to match up. Worksheets for Reception Jelly and Bean’s reading scheme follows the phonic progression of the UK government’s Letters and Sounds, including the introduction of the first 100 high-frequency words, followed by the next 200 words. Visit jellyandbean.co.uk. […]

The Japanese train that stops for just one high school student

The curious tale of the Japanese train that stopped for just one high school student With no other reliable means of getting to school on time, read about what happened to this Japanese school student...

Butterfly Lion activities

Butterfly Lion – Cross-curricular KS1 activities Friendship, war and separation are some of the big themes that children can explore while reading Michael Morpurgo’s The Butterfly Lion. How different would life be if your best friend were a lion? This is just one of the questions explored by Michael Morpurgo in The Butterfly Lion. Told through recollections of a childhood friend, […]

Hermelin The Detective Mouse resource

Hermelin The Detective Mouse – KS1 inference activities Help KS1 children play detective alongside Hermelin the Detective Mouse by scanning the illustrations of this visual feast of a book for clues. These activities are perfect for comprehension work. Children will create a table of what they can observe, what they know and what they can infer from that. What is Hermelin the Detective […]

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