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Woman looking at flatpack furniture instructions, representing instructional writing

Instructional writing – Best worksheets and resources for KS1 and KS2 1. Get resources. 2. Prepare lesson. 3. Teach instructional writing – These activities, ideas, worksheets and more will help you on your way...

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Outdoor learning – Ideas for taking your class outside Looking to invigorate your classroom with fresh air and hands-on learning? Explore these engaging outdoor learning ideas designed to captivate and educate your students...

Octopus with eight legs, representing how to teach times tables with real-world examples

How to teach times tables – Use real-world examples Learn how to use real-world examples so that you can make teaching times tables meaningful and engaging for all...

Marshmallows with different facial expressions, representing emotive language KS2

Emotive language KS2 – How to develop greater depth of writing Support KS2 children in expanding their writing skills by teaching the responsible use of emotive language, says Sue Drury

Building suspense in writing KS2 – How to write stories with tension, atmosphere and suspense These creative writing ideas and examples will help pupils use compelling language to keep the reader on the edge of their seat...

Music KS2 lesson plan

Music KS2 – Create, learn and perform a fun mambo as a class Shelly Ambury and Andy Gleadhill explain how to create a group performance in this fun music KS2 lesson plan… Setting up your classroom so half the group sings and the other half plays – with the option to swap – ensures everyone stays engaged and adds a new dimension to singing lessons. This plan can […]

Year 5 comprehension resources

Year 5 comprehension – Astronaut interview and worksheets This Year 5 comprehension resource contains an interview from Whizz Pop Bang magazine with European Space Agency Astronaut Tim Peake. In it, he explains what it’s really like travelling through space. Tim answers the following questions: As well as the PDF of the interview, this resource also contains differentiated worksheets for higher- and lower-ability students […]

Maths games resources

Maths games – Free KS1/2 resource pack for 4 games This pack contains four maths games for students to try. Fractions cards You can print and use these Fractions Cards to compare fractions, show equivalence and model adding and subtracting fractions. Doubles cards The Doubles Cards show doubles up to 20 within 10-frames, helping children to visualise these number facts. Cut the cards out, then […]

SENCO teacher sitting with smiling student

SENCo – The role, its challenges and how to succeed Being a SENCO means juggling many different roles while managing a challenging workload. Here we share advice about how to excel in this multifaceted role...

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 […]

Possessive apostrophe KS2

Possessive apostrophe KS2 – Attenborough wildlife clips Y5 lesson Use the hook of amazing Attenborough wildlife clips to engage children in grammar with this possessive apostrophe KS2 lesson… This possessive apostrophe KS2 lesson for Year 5, based on a David Attenborough clip about orangutans, will help children to develop an understanding of possessive apostrophes in plural and singular nouns. We’ve taken it from the […]

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 […]

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