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Making the most of your professional development To get the most out of CPD, it’s important to choose your courses carefully, says Dave Gibbs, education strategy lead at STEM Learning… High quality Continuing Professional Development (CPD) leads to improved pedagogy and subject knowledge, which has the biggest influence on student outcomes and progression leading to improved life chances. Not exactly a shocking […]

Healthy eating KS2 resources

Healthy eating KS2 – Free medium-term plan with resources This six-week healthy eating KS2 plan introduces pupils to key healthy eating messages, which will inform and empower them to take control over their wellbeing, to enable them to live healthier lives. Using the Eatwell Guide as a starting point, children will learn about the different food groups. They’ll go on to discuss: Healthy eating […]

Tier 2 words resource

Tier 2 words – What they are and how to teach them Try using these strategies to decide which Tier 2 words to teach and how to go about it...

Times tables activities – Best resources for primary maths Get with the times (tables) and check out some of these ideas and activities for teaching multiplication in Key Stage 1 and 2...

Times tables games – Fun online and offline ideas for schools Have five times the fun with this selection of online and offline times tables games...

Narrative poem lesson plan

Narrative poem – Zero-prep poetry lesson with video prompt This narrative poem lesson plan frees writers up to play with words, syntax, figurative language and imagery. It uses an intriguing prompt from a CLiPPA prize-winning poet to spark inspiration… Writing poetry is a fantastic way of getting your students to play with language. Once they’ve learnt the basic structures of a poem, such as […]

The Frog King lesson plan

The Frog King – KS1/2 English lesson about Grimms’ Fairy Tales Explore the original version of The Frog King through drama and dialogue then put your own spin on this Grimms’ fairy tale about puckering up for an amphibian… It’s over 200 years since brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm published the first volume of their ‘Kinder- und Hausmärchen’ – Children’s and Household Tales. Two centuries later […]

Refugee lesson plan from British Red Cross

Refugee lesson – KS2 PSHE lesson from the British Red Cross This refugee lesson plan from the Red Cross, perfect for Refugee Week, will help pupils to appreciate what’s really important for those forced to flee their homes… If you had to leave your home at a moment’s notice, what would you take with you? A mobile phone to contact friends and relatives? Warm clothes? Your […]

Rivers KS2 lesson plans

Rivers KS2 – Innovative lesson plans all about rivers Consequences rivers KS2 lesson plan We have all played the game of ‘consequences’ at some time or other (he said, she said, the consequence was…). This first rivers KS2 lesson uses that framework to explore the physical features and human geography of rivers. This includes how upstream activities can impact on what happens further down. […]

Mayan structure in the jungle, representing Mayans KS2 teaching resources

Mayans KS2 – Ancient Maya facts and lesson plans Who were the Mayans, where did they live and what happened to them? Explore all this and more in KS2 with these ideas...

Square numbers – Activities and resources for KS2 Use these ideas to allow pupils to experience the concept of square numbers, thus strengthening their understanding...

Story mountain – Best story structure worksheets and resources for KS1 and KS2 creative writing Teach primary children this simple five-stop story structure technique to help them write great fiction, with these activities, ideas and other resources...

Spelling tiles, representing tricky words

Tricky words – A guide to teaching exceptional spellings in KS1 and KS2 How to teach high frequency words and common exception words in KS1 and KS2...

The word 'Suddenly' typed on a typewriter, representing fronted adverbials

Fronted adverbials – Best KS2 worksheets, examples and lesson ideas Once upon a time, pupils weren't expected to know what a fronted adverbial was. Today's students, however, very much are, and hopefully these resources can help...

Student taking part in geography fieldwork

Geography fieldwork – How to make it effective Gather your maps and head outside to give pupils a meaningful geography experience they won’t soon forget...

Boy with schoolbag sitting on floor looking at phone, representing poor school attendance

School attendance – What causes absence & how to tackle it As rates of persistent absence continue to climb, what can schools and policymakers do about it?

Character writing KS2 resource pack

Character writing KS2 – Writing an awkward meeting with Emma Carroll Peer inside the mind of an author and help pupils understand how to write an awkward meeting with this character writing KS2 WAGOLL resource pack. It’s based on Emma Carroll’s novel The Houdini Inheritance. This resource contains: Your class will work towards planning and writing their own awkward meeting in which a ‘celebrity’ of some […]

MFL worksheet – language detectives Use this worksheet to help children look for clues and patterns in a text that is not in their first language.

Comedy writing lesson plan

Comedy writing – KS2 ‘find your funny bone’ lesson plan Explore comedy and laughter in the classroom through comedy writing and performance, funny art challenges and humorous character creation… In this lesson, children will take part in discussions about how comedy is an important tool for wellbeing and the pitfalls that can occur when trying to make others laugh. They will also perform in a […]

Shakespeare English lesson plan

Shakespeare English lesson – Compound words and idioms Use this Shakespeare English lesson from Sally Gray at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust to cover the concepts of compound words and idioms… Shakespeare English lesson learning objectives First activity Shakespeare didn’t always play by the rules and would often, for example, use a noun as a verb. Take the body parts: ear, eye, lip, nose, […]

KS2 RE lesson plan

KS2 RE lesson plan – Creating a local place study Celebrate Diwali, visit a mosque, and imagine you’re a Medieval Christian with, all in your own community, with Adam Smith

Tudor homes KS2 lesson plan

Tudor homes KS2 – Design, develop and market a Tudor property Bring Tudor homes to life in an engaging and practical way with this cross-curricular KS2 lesson plan by Adam Jevons-Newman… Go through the keyhole and bring a Tudor street to life as you discover, design, advertise and sell your very own piece of Tudor real estate. This project provides an engaging and practical way to […]

Creative writing and drama lesson plan

Creative writing and drama – Ideas for developing new characters Sam Marsden shows how you can use a sequence of drama exercises to invigorate pupils’ creative writing… If you’re looking to inspire your students to write creatively, drama can be used as tool to prompt ideas, develop characters and awaken imaginations. Charles Dickens is said to have acted out his characters as he wrote; when […]

Pause and reflect resources

Pause and reflect – Whole-class assessment how-to with resources Marc Bowen explains how to plan and carry out purposeful pause and reflect activities for whole-class assessment… Download a detailed case study, with a comprehensive selection of example assessment documents, at the top of this page. Pause and reflect meaning Over 25 years of teaching, I’ve seen many different assessment systems come and go. Some […]

Teacher and pupil doing experiential learning with science experiment

Experiential learning – Boost learning with active participation What is experiential learning, how might you use it in your classroom and does it lead to meaningful learning? Read on to find out...

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