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T3 Lesson Plans - PE activities for secondary, primary and early years An 18-page document containing tips for teachers on how to use T3 ping pong tables within a school setting and six lesson plans. Each lesson includes instructions for several activities as follows: Lesson 1 Warm up – ‘Chain tag’ • Handshake grip • Penhold grip • Ready position • Ball balance • Ball balance relay […]

Scheme of Work Overview and Single Lesson Plan for KS2 French 10-page Y4 Scheme of Work Overview and lesson plan with supporting resources Lesson content: Revision of colours from Y3 Parts of the body: (une tête, un nez, des dents, des cheveux, des yeux, une bouche, des oreilles) Adjectives: (grand, petit, gros, long, pointu) Lesson key skills and activities: Listen to and follow a short story […]

Annotated D&T Programmes of Study KS1 to KS3: Key messages, advice and explanatory notes for schools The Design and Technology Association and the National Curriculum Expert Group for D&T are positive about the new programmes of study and believe they provide a sound basis for teaching and learning D&T from KS1 to KS3. The new programmes of study are slimmer and set out only the essential, core knowledge, understanding and skills […]

Planning a Residential Trip - three guides for teachers Three guides for teachers on how to plan and organise a residential school trip, particularly ones involving camping and outdoor activities: • ‘Planning a Residential Initial planning, budgeting, collection of fees, travel arrangements, catering • ‘Managing a Group Outdoors’ How to deal with disappearing children and dawdlers, managing group tasks, ideas for outdoor activities • […]

Talking sense: Using spoken language to explore senses – English activity for KS2 This activity uses exploratory learning activities to develop pupils’ spoken language skills. By interacting with a natural environment and taking part in a series of activities that explore their senses, pupils will articulate answers and opinions, give well-structured descriptions and narratives, and participate in discussions. By the end of this activity pupils will have: • […]

Mini Archery: Add Another String to Your Bow – History and science activity for KS2 Pupils consider the role of the bow and arrow in the lives of ancient Britons. They then build miniature bows in order to explore the relationship between forces that act on the bow and the arrow in flight, including energy transfer, gravity and air resistance. By the end of this activity pupils will have: • […]

Strong Structures: Make a Mini Zip-Line – D&T activity for KS2 In this activity pupils work as part of a team to design and make a miniature zip-line. They plan the steps required and conduct preliminary tests to identify successful elements. After constructing and testing the zip-line, they evaluate their projects, comparing them with the designs of others in order to discuss what could be improved. […]

Making Sparks: Light a Fire – English activity for KS2 In this activity pupils will learn how to use a fire steel to make a small fire and toast a marshmallow. They will develop their spoken language, asking relevant questions, participating in discussions and building on the contributions of others. Finally they will plan and complete a written piece, using appropriate organisational and presentational devices […]

Making sense of maps: Building a 3D landscape – Geography activity for KS2 Pupils make links between the world around them and its topographic representation. They investigate mapping, using geographical skills to explore the differences between the physical form of landscape features and their representation in map symbols. This knowledge forms the basis of further work to build pupils understanding of the united kingdom and wider world. By […]

Discovering Minibeasts: Make a Pooter - Science activity for KS2 Pupils use simple scientific theories to explain things they observe in the natural world. They apply their knowledge and understanding of scientific ideas to predict where minibeasts live, before testing a hypothesis using specialist equipment and working with others to carry out systematic investigations. They talk about their work and its significance, and communicate ideas […]

Play Makers: Mini Mudder Adventure - PE lesson plan for KS1/KS2 This fun and creative lesson plan helps children get active by working together to create a unique active adventure race. Each child is responsible for designing their own section of the course. The Mini Mudder Adventure lesson plan is based on the Active Inspiration Play Makers approach, created by Virgin Active and the University of […]

Play Makers: Adventure Circuits - PE lesson plan for KS1/KS2 A fun and creative lesson plan to help children get active by working together to create a unique obstacle course. Each child is responsible for designing their own section of the course. The Adventure Circuits lesson plan is based on the Active Inspiration Play Makers approach, created by Virgin Active and the University of Bedfordshire, […]

Play Makers: Tig Tag Games - PE lesson plan for KS1/KS2 A fun and creative lesson plan to help children get active by creating a unique game of Tig Tag. Children work together to create an original game, in which each child is responsible for designing their own part of the game. The Tig Tag Games lesson plan is based on the Active Inspiration Play Makers […]

“She knows how to create fear in others” – The alpha female’s role in school bullying among girls Former teacher and child psychologist Dr Sam looks at the factors that shape the person typically responsible for instigating bullying among female school pupils – the alpha female...

Yes Peas! Resource Pack – PSHE/food technology activities for KS1 to KS3 A guide for teachers with 12 accompanying slides and promotional poster to support the British Growers Association’s Yes Peas! Campaign and ‘Young Pea Chef of the Year 2015’ competition organised in association with Waitrose [http://www.youngpeachef.co.uk/]. The Yes Peas! Teachers Resource Pack contains the following: • Competition details • Ideas for seven pea-based class tasks and […]

SEA LIFE Classroom Teaching Aids - science/biology resource for KS2 Five classroom presentations in PDF format, with illustrations, key points and class questions featured on each slide • Movement • Habitats • Food chains • Classification • Adaptation

Annual Literacy Review - tool for KS1 and KS2 English (taster) A review tool designed to help staff evaluate their school’s ethos, philosophy and quality of provision across the three integral elements of literacy – reading, writing and spoken language. Each element is organised into key areas of the English curriculum and then split within three focus sections: • Whole school • Staff • Pupils Staff […]

Fine China – Ancient China Lesson Plan For KS2 History With its fascinating contrasts between ancient and modern, east and west, China is perfect for engaging kids in history

Assessment and tracking tools for KS1 and KS2 English, maths and science This download contains four PDF documents that present the suggested objectives for KS1 and KS2 maths, science, reading and writing, as outlined in the Primary Curriculum. Also included are a series of Objectives Markbooks formatted as spreadsheets for recording students’ progress towards National Curriculum reading, writing, science and maths objectives in Years 1 to 6. […]

Learn with Lottie Printable Times Tables – Learning resources for KS1 and KS2 12x times table charts in JPG format, showing multiples of up to 12 alongside Lottie-branded illustrations and colours Download more times tables worksheets.

5-a-day Fitness: Sample cross-curricular fitness activities for KS1 and KS2 Five documents that introduce the 5-a-day Fitness resource programme for primary schools. Schools that subscribe to the 5-a-day Fitness service get access to a series of five-minute exercise videos for use within the classroom, some of which are designed with cross-curricular learning in mind. The videos are organised into five channels: ‘Fitness’, ‘Language’ (which feature […]

Christmas colouring pages

Christmas colouring pages – 17 printable sheets for schools This free Christmas colouring pages download contains two different sets of colouring sheets. The first features eight designs that are great for older children, and the second features nine simpler pictures, perfect for Early Years and KS1. The designs include baubles, stockings, presents, winter house scenes and holly designs. These colouring pages offer a creative […]

It’s No Joke – Water conservation and sanitation-themed lesson plans for KS2 and KS3 Contents: • 1x primary lesson plan • 1x secondary lesson plan • 1x postcard • 1x sanitation fact sheet • 1x Simwendengwe primary school case study • 1x tips for writing jokes • 1x donation form Objective: To introduce pupils to global sanitation issues, while using humour to stimulate to stimulate class discussions Further information: […]

Pop It in the Post – History lesson plans for KS2 and KS3 Developed to mark 175 years since the introduction of the Penny Black – the world’s first postage stamp In this teacher’s resource, characters including Rowland Hill (widely credited as the inventor of the modern postal system) and Victorian letter carriers guide pupils through four topics to tell the story of the Penny Black: • Rowland […]

The Last Post – History lesson plans for KS2 and KS3 The Last Post sees wartime characters guide pupils through four different topics that tell the story of the contribution made by the General Post Office (GPO) during the First World War: • Communications • The Home Front • Moving the Mail • The Post Office Rifles Each topic includes teacher’s notes, lesson plans and activity […]

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