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KS1/2 Music Lesson Plan – Explore The History Of Caribbean Steel Pan Bands We are all aware of the impact the slave trade had on the world, but hidden among the stories of hardship, sacrifice and defiance is the fascinating history of how steel pan bands were born. By exploring the way music developed in Trinidad and Tobago, children can learn about how the lives of the Islanders […]

3 Cheap And Easy Ways To Transform Your Provision And Enthuse Early Years Children “Our mud kitchen is buzzing with excitement and learning opportunities!”

KS1/2 History Lesson Plan – Use An iPad App To Bring Famous Historical Figures To Life Much of the primary curriculum hinges around key people from the past and how they have helped to shape the world as we know it today. But while there’s no shortage of information about famous historical figures in school libraries and on the internet, this information is often consumed passively by children. To be truly […]

Resources To Help Primary Teachers Develop MFL Knowledge Afraid of French? Scared of Spanish? Don't worry – there's plenty of help out there

KS1 English Lesson Plan – Beat Writer’s Block With These Idea-Generator Activities Children often struggle to come up with a good initial idea and, as a result, become demotivated, confused and unable to write clearly and accurately for their audience and purpose. Start the children off with a visual image of a desert island, a mysterious city or dragon’s cave and their creative juices will soon begin […]

Dame Alison Peacock – The People Who Made Me The chief executive of the Chartered College of Teaching shares her list of personal heroes

KS1 Music Lesson Plan – Explore The People Who Help Us Via Singing and Music-Making People Who Help Us is a very popular theme at KS1. It embraces many subject areas – such as PSHE, literacy, numeracy, geography (where in our community do helpers live or work) and even history (people who helped us in the past, eg Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole) – as well as forming a natural […]

Last Meeting’s (Unedited) Minutes – Our New Behaviour Policy It's been decided that the policy is well overdue a renewal, especially given the recent behaviour of Y9, who are starting to exhibit character traits seemingly inspired by post-apocalyptic literature and film

Bad Settings Make Practitioners Feel Hopeless, The Best Offer Staff Opportunities To Improve And Advance NVQ Levels 2 and 3 in childcare are a solid foundation, but beyond that, what else is there on offer?

KS1/2 Art & Design Lesson Plan – Draw From Life To Create Sporting Sketchbooks Armed with a sketchbook, children have the freedom to let loose their imagination and experiment with artistic techniques – not to mention a visual aid to problem-solving in any subject. This sporting sketchbook project provides the perfect opportunity. As the activities in this article demonstrate, the rhythms, energy and movement of bodies engaged in sport […]

Social Media – Invest Time And You’ll Get More For Your Nursery From Online Interactions Unlike with most marketing, investing in social media has long-term payoffs

Large Tracing Letters For Early Years and KS1 Large tracing letters for children in early years and Key Stage 1, supporting mark making and early writing. Includes all 26 letters of the alphabet plus common double consonant phonemes and consonant digraphs to aid phonics learning.

KS1 Science Lesson Plan – Go Outside And Learn About Hibernation And Shelters Join us as we investigate hibernation, shelters and rainfall with a little bit of winter science.

KS1 Science Lesson Plan – Go On A Bug Hunt To Teach Data Handling In Investigations, Including Variables, Graphs And Charts This lesson aims to revive that cross-curricular marriage between mathematics and science by exploring some ideas for creative uses of data.

Children’s emotional safety and mental health in the classroom is just as important as physical safety Creating and cultivating a community orientated classroom environment is one of the first steps towards successful learning

We Need To Give CPD The Same Consideration As We Do Children’s Learning Our goal is to nurture self-directed learners, and I’m a firm believer that we should practise what we preach. After all, are we not perfect role models for lifelong learning?

KS1 Maths Lesson Plan – Learn To Solve Problems And Work Systematically By Comparing Different Kinds Of Daffodils There’s much maths to be found in nature, so why not bring the colours of spring into your classroom with this mathematics investigation using daffodils? The lesson is suitable for pupils in Y1 or Y2 and is meant to be a hands-on activity that will engage all your learners. The investigation is easily differentiated so […]

Cancelling School Trips Because Of Terrorist Attacks Means Fear Wins How we respond to harrowing events greatly influences children – we must teach them to make the most of their lives

KS1/2 Art And Design Lesson Plan – Help Children Get To Know Each Other With A Collaborative Art Project Beginning a new school year and confronted with a class of 30 lively, confident children, it’s sometimes easy for teachers to overlook the fact that many of them don’t actually know each other – which would seem, at the very least, to be something of a missed opportunity. Apart from the friendships that never get […]

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Start the New School Year as you Mean to go on by Getting Behaviour Right How to improve behaviour from day one by being the boss, building a community and being believable...

EYFS physical development – 7 steps to a more holistic approach Whether it's crawling, throwing, jumping or touching, the development of children's physical movements and fine motor skills can reinforce one another in a range of helpful ways, says Kathy Brodie...

Write An Effective Risk Assessment Most activities are safe enough to go ahead with, as long as you evaluate the risks correctly

KS1/2 Art & Design Lesson Plan – Learn What Makes An Effective Composition In Paintings And Drawings As children progress through primary school they sometimes complain that their drawings and paintings don’t ‘look right’ – although they often find it hard to work out why. Frequently, the problem is one of composition: the way the different elements of an image have been put together to form a whole. One common problem is […]

KS1/2 History Lesson Plan – Use QR Codes To Point Children To Relevant Sources QR codes can be used to support and extend learning in the primary classroom. In this KS2 history lesson, QR codes are used to inspire children in a quick and rather curious fashion. Groups of pupils are given a collection of mystery artefacts to which QR codes have been attached. Each code directs children to […]

KS1/2 Art & Design Lesson Plan – Use Basic Computer Programs To Create Geometric Patterns In this lesson, children will create digital images inspired by geometric patterns in two related activities. The first can be completed by less experienced children and makes use of the most basic of ‘paint’ programs, while the second is designed to challenge older children to experiment with more complex compositions and patterns.

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