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KS2 Art & Design Lesson Plan – Use Simple Lines And Shapes To Create Instantly Recognisable Images Of Olympic Sports The 1972 Olympics featured a brilliantly designed set of wordless images, or pictograms, each of which symbolised a particular area of sporting activity. The pictograms each represented human figures, reduced to circles and rectangles but drawn in such a way that the nature of the activity represented was perfectly clear to the viewer. These pictograms […]

KS1/2 Art & Design Lesson Plan – Make Candles And Learn About Science, History and RE Candles play a great part in our cultural history. They provided our ancestors with light, are seen as symbols in several faiths, and are used in celebrations of all kinds, both secular and religious. Making candles with children offers links with science, history and RE, and the ideas given here range from the very easy […]

KS2 Science Lesson Plan – Develop Investigative Skills With The Question ‘Should Snowmen Wear Coats?’ We put on clothing to stay warm, so is dressing up Frosty going to keep him cool or hasten his demise? The next time there’s a snow day, use the opportunity to do some great science investigations. Ask students to find out whether or not their snowmen will last longer with or without clothing. Children […]

KS2 RE Lesson Plan – Use Olympic And Paralympic Values To Discuss Having Respect For Other People, Cultures And Beliefs The London 2012 organisers chose seven values to embody the spirit of the Games: respect, excellence, friendship, courage, determination, inspiration and equality. This RE lesson helps you explore one value with your class – respect. Children will explore how respect is about how we show our values – what matters to us, learn that it […]

Olympic values lesson plan

Olympic values – KS1/2 PE & PSHE lesson plan There is no shortage of inspirational stories from Olympic history that we can use to engage, excite and enthuse primary children. Here, we have focused on just one of the seven Olympic/Paralympic values – excellence – and have a number of activities for you to choose from. Students will: find out about the journey of […]

KS2 Science Lesson Plan – Understand Forces By Designing And Building Rocket Cars Fast cars and jet planes make a great topic for discussion when looking at forces and movement. Shape plays an important role in the design of both modes of transport and investigating this provides children with the opportunity to apply science concepts to a real world context, and practise their D&T skills at the same […]

Develop students’ public performance skills to help them across the curriculum and beyond You may think they’re a bit too keen on ‘performing’ already, but developing the skills needed to present themselves publicly can benefit students in school and after, says Nikky Smedley

Language-Based Maths Activities Should be the Vital 4th Component of the C-P-A Approach “Ensuring that language is purposefully intertwined with our teaching approach strengthens the learning process”

Not Only Can We Do Robotics In D&T – We Have To If schools don't embrace the digital revolution beyond computer-aided design and manufacture, they are failing to provide fundamental aspects of a technological education

SEN Inclusion in Schools – There Aren’t ‘Children’ and ‘Special Needs Children’; Just Children The revolution will NOT have disabled access, just access for all, says Nicole Dempsey

10 ways for SLTs to tackle difficult conversations with parents We’re providing an educational service, and therefore we will receive feedback from our ‘customers’ from time to time. How you deal with that feedback is what matters most

Help Children Memorise Times Tables by Encouraging Them to Make Connections How to ensure multiplication tables don't become a sticking point

15 of the Funniest Friends GIFs that Sum up Teaching I'll be there for you, 'cause you're there for me toooooooooooooooooooooo...with GIFs

“We Shouldn’t Write Schoolchildren Off At Age Seven” Kensington Primary has moved from RI to outstanding in less than three years but is now setting its sights even higher

KS2 D&T Lesson Plan – Kickstart The Design Process By Improving Existing Products Great designers know there’s always room for improvement, so how can we encourage children to be more imaginative when evaluating existing products? Professional designers often start by asking how everyday products can be changed for the better. Nowadays there are very few products that are absolutely original and innovation tends to focus on looking for […]

How Teachers Can Combat Stress With Yoga Yoga has proven benefits for children, but you owe it to yourself and them to take time out to relax too

What if Schools Were More Like the X Factor? If song, dance and ultra-competitive exploitation of young people for the purposes of entertainment are your thing, this school is for you

Roman numerals KS2 – Best resources for maths Apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh-water system, and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us? Roman numerals, that's what...

“I Get Up At 4am To Do My Marking” – Ian Goldsworthy On Being A Teacher And A Carer There's no doubt that being a carer and a teacher is ridiculously hard, but it's been the making of me

KS2 Literacy Lesson Plan – Beat Writer’s Block With A Fast-Paced Adventure Story Help beat writer’s block by using author Abi Elphinstone’s trusted techniques. In this lesson students will: Learn how to plot a fast-paced adventure story from start to finish Understand how mapping a setting can be an effective planning tool Ensure ideas flow from one scene to the next Watch a video of part of this […]

The A-Z of Surviving Your Second Year of Teaching From aiming to learn to catching enough ZZZs, Steph Caswell has some alphabetised advice for your second year in teaching

KS2 Chemistry Lesson Plan – Explore The Science Behind Washing Powder And Soaps School children doing the laundry by hand? Sounds like a return to the Victorian classroom. Not with this engaging lesson, which uses a tablet, a lux meter app and good old-fashioned soap and water. This lesson encourages the children to be critical thinkers about advertising claims made by washing powders. With the use of science, […]

It’s Taken A While, But Self-Confessed Technophobe Julie Murray Reckons She’s Finally Got The Point Of EdTech It’s About The Access, Stupid!

Your SATs Survival Guide for parents As this year’s SATs tests approach, education expert Sue Cowley explains how they work, what they mean – and the best way to approach them.

“My Child Just Won’t Read” – Strategies For Reluctant Readers If it looks like your offspring would rather do anything other than pick up a book, Kenny Pieper has some advice that could change things…

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