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Clay art lesson plan for KS2

Clay art – Gargoyle sculpting KS2 lesson plan When a grotesque mysteriously turns up in your classroom and asks you to make him some friends, it’s time to try some clay art… While sculpture projects are often great fun for children, especially when they get to try some clay art, it can often be hard for teachers to find purposeful, relevant and meaningful […]

Evidence-based leadership poster

Evidence-based leadership – Poster/CPD handout for schools Becoming an evidence-informed school takes more than the appointment of a school research lead. It requires active and committed evidence-based leadership from a school’s SLT. Without the active and full-hearted support of a school’s senior leaders, an evidence-informed school will be more rhetoric than reality. Evidence-based leadership poster In this evidence-based leadership poster, Dr Gary […]

A teacher helps a child in a Leiths Academy apron to prepare a dessert using strawberries and cream

Leiths Academy

Easy, effective KS1 and 2 cookery lessons from Leiths Academy Cooking lessons have the potential to improve diet quality and reduce obesity prevalence in childhood. For that reason alone, every child should be taught to cook, learn more about food, and understand what it takes to bring a meal to the table. It is their entitlement and a life skill that requires practice to develop. […]

Hackasaurus lesson plan

Hackasaurus – ‘Hack’ news websites to display pupils’ own stories Discover the many uses of Hackasaurus – a tool that lets you hijack the Newsround website and write your own mischievous version of events… Have you ever used a made-up letter as a prompt for a lesson? Maybe you have pretended to have received a missive from the Air Force asking for a new parachute […]

Product design KS2 lesson plan

Product design KS2 – Expand on the latest children’s trend Put children in the position of a professional designer and ask them to consider an existing range of products in this product design KS2 lesson. These activities for KS2 children will maximise their risk-taking and innovation when designing. Ironically, we sometimes come up with our most imaginative ideas when we have the least amount of […]

Little Inventors KS2 STEM inventions resource pack

Little Inventors – KS2 STEM inventions resource pack This Little Inventors resource pack explains what inventing is and gives you all you need to deliver a workshop about all kinds of ingenious inventions. By promoting creative thinking and problem-solving skills, this Little Inventors resource offers many opportunities to link to several curriculum areas in primary schools, including art, D&T, science and literacy. Learning […]

Olympic medals, representing LA Olympics 2028

LA Olympics 2028 – Gold-medal teaching resources Go for gold with these Olympic-themed activities for classroom and playground...

KS2 PE lesson plan

KS2 PE – Create a new sport and teach it to others Badminball, squashket, roundhock – perhaps the Olympic sports of the future will be invented at your school with this KS2 PE lesson plan… In KS2 PE, children play competitive games such as badminton, basketball, cricket, football, netball, rounders and tennis. Traditional team games are great – but not for everyone. So often children who struggle […]

KS2 English Shakespeare lesson plan

KS2 William Shakespeare – Banish the Bard’s ‘boring’ reputation Banish the Bard’s boring reputation and celebrate Shakespeare Week in March with this interactive KS2 William Shakespeare lesson plan. I have been creating lesson plans around a new book called Shakespeare for Everyone (Magic Cat Publishing) which shows children just how accessible Shakespeare can be. Written by Emma Roberts and illustrated by Sarah Tanat-Jones, the […]

French weather vocabulary resources

French weather vocabulary – KS2 lessons, worksheets and games This French weather vocabulary download for KS2 contains: French weather vocabulary lesson 1 Learn meteorological vocabulary and use French prepositions and conjunctions in this KS2 French weather vocabulary lesson from Ellie Chettle Cully… Talking about the weather may seem like a very simple part of everyday life in the UK, but in MFL lessons this […]

Tudor clothes KS2 lesson plan

Tudor clothes KS2 – Sew a mini Tudor gown in D&T Establish your own fashion label and learn about historical fashions with Adam Newman’s Tudor clothes KS2 lesson plan… The Tudors is a classic topic, but after a few years away from its mix of splendour and muck, I wanted to come back to it from a different angle: the opulence, colour and lavishness of the […]

Climate change KS2 resource

Climate change KS2 – Scheme of work & experiments You can use this climate change KS2 scheme of work from Wicked Weather Watch as a complete resource over six (or more) weeks. Alternatively, use individual activities on their own or to support your teaching of other themes or subjects. This download PDF provides an overview of the scheme, and you can download individual resources […]

Diary writing KS2 resources

Diary writing KS2 – Full week of work with PowerPoints This fully resourced diary writing KS2 download contains a week’s worth of English activities. There are four lessons with full planning, a Powerpoint presentation for each day and a daily starter. The resource was created for Year 4 but is easily adjustable for Years 5 and 6. This resource contains: Children will look at diary […]

Diary entry resources from Plazoom

Diary entry – KS2 features, examples and lesson plans Get primary kids writing great diary entries with this selection of activities, classroom ideas and other resources...

Reading record – Download & alternative ideas for primary Ah, the humble reading record. A reliable fixture of the primary school classroom and the building blocks of an institution that’s loved by parents and teachers alike. Or is it? Some parents are happy to provide a page-long essay describing their child’s nightly reading in minute detail. Others suddenly realise that it is 9pm Sunday […]

Schoolboy and teacher in creative writing lesson

Creative writing prompts – Best activities and resources for KS1 and KS2 English Fed up of reading 'and then...', 'and then...' in your children's writing? Try these story starters, structures, worksheets and other fun writing prompt resources for primary pupils...

Two Key Stage 2 pupils building with LEGO, supported by an adult workshop leader

LEGOLAND® Discovery Centre

Get creative with a KS2 LEGOLAND® Discovery Centre workshop In a world in which creative thinking is ever more important but the time available in the school day to nurture it feels ever more compressed, a resource that offers young minds the freedom to create and play without limits, with the flexibility to be used across the Key Stage 2 curriculum, is worth its […]

A Leiths Academy bag surrounded by fresh ingredients

Leiths Academy

Engaging the unengaged with Leiths’ brand new cooking curriculum Kickstarting a love affair with cooking – isn’t that what food teaching should be all about? There’s arguably no other life skill that will serve children better throughout their lives, and it is an incredibly rewarding experience. This is a hugely important part of children’s education and certainly not one to be sidelined, given its […]

The front cover of Teach Primary magazine issue 18.5

Teach Primary issue 18.5 is out NOW! The holidays are almost in sight! To help you celebrate the end of term – and reflect on the past year – this issue’s special focus is The Big Summer Send-Off. On page 42, Chris Youles proposes an exciting business-based project that will get Year 6 buzzing. Adele Darlington has put together a lovely art project […]

Role models in sport resources

Role models in sport – Write a biography of an inspiring athlete This resource pack has been created by double Paralympic gold medallist and award-winning author, Danielle Brown MBE, to bring incredible role models to the classroom and help pupils find different ways to engage with sport. The resource pack contains an extract from Danielle’s book, Run Like a Girl, alongside a pupil worksheet, teacher notes and […]

Maths patterns resources

Maths patterns – Pattern and matrix non-verbal reasoning tasks This non-verbal reasoning maths patterns resource will support the growth of maths reasoning skills. It has been designed as a PowerPoint to make it easy for you to edit and add your own notes for learners. Many of the shapes are editable to allow you to create further patterns. Find explanatory notes and answers in […]

Plastic pollution lesson

Plastic pollution KS2 – Tracking and combatting it Lara Jeffries from Surfers Against Sewage explores the issue of marine pollution and plastic use...

The lion the witch and the wardrobe topic

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe KS2 – Classroom activities Step through the door, push past the coats and discover the magic of Narnia with C.S. Lewis’ classic fantasy...

Writing prompts KS2 lesson

Writing prompts KS2 – Create confident writers Use this inspiring lesson plan from Mel Taylor-Bessent to help children write creatively with confidence...

PDF of prompts for creative writing

Prompts for creative writing – Fun ideas for all ages This free PDF features a range of classroom games, ideas and prompts for creative writing from The National Literacy Trust. It will help you celebrate writing, reflect on reasons for writing and encourage everyone to find their own motivation and voice. Run these activities across your literacy lessons during National Writing Day in June. Alternatively, […]

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