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Straight Talking: What teachers need to know about back pain Physiotherapist Lorna Taylor explains how school and nursery staff can reduce the likelihood of encountering musculoskeletal injuries during the course of their working day...

5 ways to make your staff induction processes more effective BlueSky’s Denise Inwood highlights the steps schools can take to ensure that new staff are able to hit the ground running… The most valuable asset of a school is its staff. Getting inductions right will ensure that staff are confident in their practice, effective in their performance and impact on learners as rapidly and positively […]

Extract from Charles Darwin and the Theory of Natural Selection for KS2 Contents: – 1x 2-page book extract, with summaries of the story’s key figures (Darwin himself, Captain Robert Fitzroy, Syms Covington, Charles Lyell, John Gould and Alfred Russell Wallace) and illustration of the route sailed by The Beagle. Charles Darwin and the Theory of Natural Selection recounts Darwin’s visit to the Galápagos Islands in 1835 and […]

Adaptation in Animals – evolutionary science activity for KS2 Contents: – 1x 2-page guide for teachers (extract from the publication Let’s Talk About Evolution) – 1x set of 40 colour animal/habitat cards – 1x KWL Grid (to track what pupils Know, Want to know and have Learned) Let’s Talk About Evolution is a book and CD-ROM resource aimed as summarising ideas associated with evolution […]

Virtual Goldmine – Minecraft Lesson Ideas For KS2 Maths, Computing, Literacy And Humanities While crushed candy, fruit ninjas and birds of the angry or flappy variety come and go, there’s so much more potential to be discovered beneath the surface of Minecraft

Anti-Bullying on Film – Activity Pack for Primary and Secondary PSHE Bullying is a sensitive and complex subject. This resource has been designed to enable teachers to use the accessible and inclusive medium of film to promote discussion not only about bullying, but also about related themes such as friendship, standing up for what is right, cyberbullying and the power of groups, both positive and negative. […]

Let’s Hear It! - PSHE activities around sign language and hearing loss for KS1/KS2 Contents: 12-page PDF containing: -1x singing and signing activity -1x BSL fingerspelling alphabet sheet -1x lip-reading activity -1x ‘pupcakes’ baking activity -1x ‘design a dog coat activity – Assorted fundraising materials (sponsorship/donation forms, progress sheet) A supporting video, Learn British Sign Language with Angellica Bell and Hearing Dogs! is available for streaming via Vimeo (6 […]

Balanced Diet – Science Plan for KS2 Contents: 1 x Balanced diet Session 1 x Balanced diet Text Resource Objectives: Revise the vocabulary of food groups Discuss different diets and the need for a balanced diet Make a large class food pyramid display Design favourite healthy balanced meals Look at food packaging details Hamilton Trust is a UK charity working to support […]

Mental Addition and Subtraction – Maths Plan for KS2 Contents: 1 x Week 2 Plan for teachers with outlines of five daily sessions 1 x Autumn Week 2 image resource Objectives: Mental addition of pairs of 2-digit numbers or 3-digit numbers and 2-digit numbers using partitioning, place value or counting up Mental subtraction of 2-digit numbers from numbers less than 200 by counting back […]

Day and Night – Time Measurement Lesson Plan for KS2 Science Contents: 1 x Day and night Session for teachers 1 x Day and night Text Resource 1 x Day and night Image Resource Objectives: Children shed light on why day and night occur on Earth and why day length changes throughout the year. They then investigate the movement and lengthening of shadows during a sunny […]

‘I hate your praise!’ – What do you do when a child doesn’t want to hear compliments? 'Wonderful artwork, George!’. ‘Brilliant sentence structure, Emily!’. Everyone loves a compliment, right? But what do you do when adulation is met with anger?

Roman Britain: History Quest – Source Reading Lesson Plan for KS2 History Contents: 1 x 2-page lesson plan/guidance sheet Objective: To use different sources to find out about a historical event To understand how our knowledge of the past is constructed from a range of sources To learn about the Roman conquest of Britain

What Makes A Great Character? - Speaking, Listening And Reading Lesson for KS2 English Contents: – 1x 3-page lesson plan for teachers Objectives: A lesson involving role play, class discussion and group work, aimed at encouraging students to recommend, compare and talk about different books and stories. Starting with the ‘Who am I’ game, the lesson culminates in a ‘Character Chat Show’ improvised drama activity – Pupils explore their […]

Scientific Investigations In Urban Environments – Lesson Plan For KS2 Science With a curriculum geared towards learning from nature, this lesson plan offers a lifeline to schools situated in the concrete jungle… Find six more great KS1/2 science lesson plans here.

Total Recall – Exercises For Improving Pupils’ Memory Skills Alison Davies presents a series of helpful tips for teachers on how to improve their students’ memory with the aid of surreal images and bizarre narratives…

Motion Pictures – Observational Drawing And Painting Lesson Plan For KS2 Art & Design Make your children’s drawing and painting come to life by teaching them the art of capturing movement and action. .

Using British Pathé Movies – Cross-Curricular Lesson Plan For KS2 History, English And Computing The entire collection of Britist Pathé films is now freely available online, giving children a unique window into history, and providing teachers with an exciting cross-curricular resource.

Sticks And Stones - Line, Tone and Texture Lesson Plan For KS2 Art & Design Tens of thousands of years on, Stone Age art continues to intrigue – so let children get creative with these primitive tools and techniques… Browse more KS2 art ideas and download free art worksheets.

Fruitful Searches – Online Safety Lesson Plan For KS1/KS2 Trawling the web is a haphazard business – only the brave search for seemingly innocent words such as ‘vivid’ and ‘granny’ but you can help pupils become safe on the internet

Digesting The Body – Human Biology And Digestion Lesson Plan For KS2 Science There’s not a health and safety form in the land that covers human dissection in the classroom, so when it comes to investigating our biology, the children will have to get creative. Find six more great KS1/2 science lesson plans here.

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Review – Nelson Handwriting Reviewed by John Dabell Is handwriting dead? Children click, tap, poke and swipe these days, and many can type faster than they can write. Well, it’s still on the national curriculum (unless you live in Finland), from which the well-known quote is true as Coventry blue: ‘Pupils who do not learn to read and write […]

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