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The Land of Neverbelieve resources

The Land of Neverbelieve – KS2 planning and activity ideas The Land of Neverbelieve’s weird and wonderful wildlife will have children’s imaginations overflowing with world-building ideas. This text makes an excellent focus for a book topic. Work on presentation skills by creating your own book, go on a nature trail and see how a story is present even in a non-fiction format. Pablo Picasso once […]

Space activities for kids – Planet Match game

Space activities for kids – Active learning Planet Match game These space activities for kids are suitable for KS1-KS3. They involve identifying key facts about the planets in our solar system. This will develop pupils’ listening skills, as well as getting them moving. The four-page PDF contains the cards needed for the activity, plus instructions. It’s the perfect activity for groups of three or four. […]

Migration KS2 resources

Migration KS2 – Use news reports to explore vocab and stats This migration KS2 lesson uses an article from The Week Junior as a stimulus for exploration of this highly topical issue. The resources include a full lesson plan by Emma Espley, plus articles from The Week Junior, worksheets, statistics and PowerPoints. It targets many aspects of the KS2 programme of study for geography, including: It […]

KS2 character description literacy and drama lesson plan

KS2 character description – Literacy & drama lesson plan Explore new characters and settings by using drama techniques from the National Theatre’s Let’s Play programme with this KS2 character description lesson plan. The National Theatre Let’s Play programme aims to transform creative learning and theatre-making in primary schools. This lesson takes a creative literacy approach to introducing any new story, book or play to […]

Young V&A

Schools go for free to Young V&A’s first exhibition, Japan: Myths to Manga Explore the forest, sea, sky and city – what will your students find? Japan: Myths to Manga celebrates Japanese storytelling and folklore and its creative influence on art, design and technology. Divided into four sections – Sky, Sea, Forest, and City – the exhibition brings together over 150 historic and contemporary objects. Begin your journey […]

Plastic in the ocean resources

Plastic in the ocean – Marine conservation resources for schools Teacher’s pack and lesson plans ‘Plastic Not Fantastic: The Story of Plastic Pollution in our Oceans’ is a great teacher resource pack for KS1 and 2 from Global Ocean. The pack encourages children to engage in a number of fun and thought-provoking activities. Through these they’ll learn more about the growing problem of plastic pollution. […]

Canals KS2 resource pack

Canals KS2 – Resource for history and geography This All About Canals KS2 resource from The Canal & River Trust is great for history and geography local studies, as well as for project and badge work. Students will discover: Canals KS2 facts The first canals were first built hundreds of years ago in Egypt, Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq and Syria), China and India. They […]

where does our food come from ks2 lesson plan

Where does our food come from KS2 – Lesson plan and worksheet Help KS2 pupils learn about where their food comes from and different agricultural careers with Sam Wyman’s ideas… What better way to motivate a class than to discuss food? Everyone has a favourite meal or snack, after all. But many children will have only the vaguest idea of how many people produce their favourite lunchtime […]

History recount model text for Year 5

WW2 KS2 – Best World War II lesson plans, ideas and trips From lesson plans to podcasts and videos to school trips, we've rounded up the best age-appropriate World War 2 resources for KS2...

Hullabaloo!

Review – Hullabaloo! Primary Music Curriculum A comprehensive, fun and engaging music scheme that will hit the right notes with pupils and teachers alike… I’m not sure whether music was my first love – that might have been Thunderbird 2 – but it has always been close to my heart. I sang in the choir. I taught myself guitar and mercilessly […]

Drawing of a child growing a seedling among rubble, representing books about wars

Books about wars – 10 recommendations for primary Books about war are invaluable in helping children explore and consider difficult subjects from within a safe space...

Shotgun by George Ezra teaching PowerPoint

Shotgun by George Ezra – Teaching PowerPoint with audio Use this PlayAlong+ Resource from Musical Futures to learn how to play Shotgun by George Ezra. The PowerPoint features instructions and audio clips for guitar (including simplified chords), bass, keyboard, ukulele and drums. Use PlayAlong+ to help students learn each instrumental part for a whole-class performance of Shotgun by George Ezra. The full track interactive […]

Illustration of seated audience of professionals about to undergo CPD for teachers

CPD for teachers – How to successfully unlock its power Explore real CPD challenges and read expert advice from practising teachers about how to get the most out of your professional development...

Illustration of confused teacher looking at writing, representing writing assessment KS2

Writing assessment KS2 – Ignore the criteria to truly help pupils How to help your class genuinely improve their writing skills by ignoring the criteria

The Island at the End of Everything

The Island at the End of Everything – KS2 cross-curricular planning The Island at the End of Everything by Kiran Millwood Hargrave is a tale of inspiring and selfless courage. It’s a great starting point for a variety of KS2 activities. This PDF contains a range of KS2 cross-curricular activity ideas, all based around the book. This beautifully written, heartbreaking yet heartfelt novel is bound to […]

British Heart Foundation CPR poster

British Heart Foundation CPR – Step-by-step poster for schools Download and display this British Heart Foundation CPR poster in your school. Fewer than one in ten people in the UK survive an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. And every delay reduces a person’s chance of survival. A cardiac arrest is the ultimate medical emergency. This British Heart Foundation CPR poster reinforces the memorable slogan: Call, Push, […]

Teach Reading & Writing issue 19 is OUT NOW! We live in interesting times, it seems. With worrying and distressing news bombarding children from all angles, we can struggle to think how best to support them. But books, as ever, can provide us with invaluable tools for teaching and learning. In this issue of Teach Reading & Writing, BookTrust’s writer-in-residence, Rashmi Sirdeshpande, discusses the […]

Smiling girl with non-fiction book on her head

Non-fiction books – How to use factual books in the classroom Try these classroom ideas and learn about how factual books can help children navigate our world...

Body parts in French KS2 lesson plan

Body parts in French – Lesson plan and PowerPoint Use games and role play to help pupils say what hurts...

Christmas acrostic poem worksheets

Christmas acrostic poem – Festive worksheets for primary These printable Christmas acrostic poem worksheets provide a wonderful opportunity to introduce primary students to the enchanting world of acrostic poetry while celebrating the magic of Christmas. Acrostic poems, a form of verse where the first letter of each line spells out a word or phrase vertically, serve as an engaging way to enhance literacy […]

photography lesson plan pdf

Photography lesson plan PDF – Show children simple techniques From swallowing a rainbow to playing football with the sun, you don’t need special effects to create astounding photographs, just an active imagination. There’s lots of ideas to try on this photography lesson plan PDF. In a world where children are surrounded by images and a wealth of ways to capture, edit and share them, […]

Traditional tales – Best KS1 and KS2 planning and resources From the Brothers Grimm to the happily-ever-after Disneyfied versions, traditional tales have stood the test of time. Help pupils rewrite their own takes with these ideas...

Story structure resource

Story structure – Rewriting a traditional tale with Pie Corbett Pie Corbett models how to rewrite a traditional tale as a quirky detective story

A robot, representing curriculum design

Curriculum design – We’ve lost sight of what’s important Once, we gave children time to learn joyfully, and form their own links and questions – now we just bombard them with facts and expectations; so what's happened?

Children watching TV, representing the benefits of reading subtitles

Benefits of reading subtitles – How screen time can actually help Simply turning on the television subtitles can help children learn to read just as efficiently as consuming lengthy novels...

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