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The Girl at the Front of the Class teaching resources

The Girl at the Front of the Class – Teaching resources for KS1/2 Why teach The Girl at the Front of the Class? Help young children understand and empathise with the refugee experience with The Girl at the Front of the Class. It’s a moving picture book from Onjali Q. Raúf, the bestselling author of The Boy at the Back of the Class, and illustrated by Pippa Curnick. […]

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KPC Book Protection

KPC – book protection that saves you money KPC is a leading provider of a diverse range of products designed to extend the lifespan of books, helping customers save money and preserve the environment. A core aspect of KPC’s mission is its strong commitment to sustainability. Throughout the manufacturing processes, KPC emphasizes reducing, reusing, and recycling waste. Books are treasured items that carry […]

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HUE

HUE Animation Studio with carry case Make learning fun through creative play! HUE Animation Studio for Windows and macOS can capture pupils’ imagination and excitement by helping them make their own stop-motion movies and time-lapse videos. The kit includes a camera, accompanying software and a textbook. At the click of a button, students can start animating anything – be it a […]

Illustration of two people standing next to a CPD lightbulb, representing school governors

School governors – Maximising their impact in your school Learn how to work effectively with your school governors, what being a governor can do for your teaching career and more...

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Ambitious vocabulary – Best activities, games & teaching resources These engaging vocabulary activities, games and resources will help you enhance your students' language skills...

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Best Badges Ltd

Promote your school and reward achievement with Best Badges Not only are badges and lanyards essential identity tools, they’re also a great way to reward achievements, display school spirit or highlight and commemorate special events. Our products can be custom-made to your requirements or purchased from stock. Custom orders can be tailored to use the logo, colours and text of your choice – to […]

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Literacy Tree

Literacy Tree: whole-school, book-based primary English Literacy Tree is an immersive, book-based platform designed to engage and motivate young writers while ensuring all national curriculum skills and objectives are carefully sequenced. Perfect if you’re after a cohesive and coherent approach to literacy. The complete book-based approach to primary school English! Discover the award-winning Literacy Tree, now embraced by nearly 1,000 member […]

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Chester Zoo

Ferrero

Exploring sustainable supply chains – a guide for classrooms Academic learning becomes truly impactful when it inspires us to understand and protect the world around us. Our school years shape our future perspectives on the environment, offering a crucial opportunity to grasp issues facing our planet, from climate change to sustainable sourcing. Responsible supply chains are essential for the next generation of farmers, manufacturers, […]

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STEM Learning

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...

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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...

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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 […]

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