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Adaptive teaching strategies – 5 ideas to try While many of us know about differentiation in teaching, adaptive teaching strategies can allow you to take things a step further and fix some of the problems that differentiation can cause. While differentiation means tailoring lessons based on students’ abilities, this can unintentionally lead to lower expectations for some students. On the other hand, adaptive […]

Suspense writing checklist KS2

Suspense writing checklist KS2 – How to create tension in writing, with examples Free suspense story KS2 resource If you’re looking for teaching resources about building suspense in writing in KS2, you’ve come to the right place. Print out this handy suspense writing checklist KS2 resource to help pupils with their mystery writing. Based on advice from nasen education director Alison Wilcox, this worksheet covers features of tension […]

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Download free resources for Jenny Pearson’s Operation Nativity Countdown to Christmas with these free resources for Operation Nativity and WIN early copies of Jenny Pearson’s next brilliant book. Operation Nativity is the ultimate Christmas adventure from Jenny Pearson packed with festive fun, heartwarming moments and hilarious mishaps. It’s perfect for readers aged 9+ to enjoy in the run-up to Christmas. When Oscar and […]

Greater depth writing resource

Greater depth writing Year 6 – Coral Ocean by Pie Corbett Help your class to write at greater depth with Pie Corbett’s greater depth writing Year 6 resource. It features a touching tale of two girls flung into unfamiliar surroundings. This download includes Pie’s original short story ‘Coral Ocean’, as well as activities he has created to accompany it. There is a PDF of the story […]

Subordinating clauses KS2 resources

Subordinating clauses KS2 – Activity sheets This subordinating clauses KS2 download contains resources for two separate activities: app sentence builder and colour coding. Subordinating clauses KS2 activities App sentence builder To use this resource, print out our PDF templates. Use the filled-in version we’ve provided, or print out blank versions and fill them in yourself. Students need to cut round the […]

The Crown Estate

5 reasons to try… The Crown Estate sustainability resources Inspire pupils to learn about sustainability in a new Minecraft Education world and develop the green skills they need to take action on climate change 1. Net-zero future Do you want to tackle climate change in the classroom? As we learn more about its potentially catastrophic consequences, it becomes more important than ever that the […]

Four CAD diagrams of circular objects

CAD and CAM – How to teach them in KS2 DT Computer-aided design and manufacture can be rather terrifying for teachers to tackle, but there’s no need to be afraid...

Cartoon of a boy walking through a wood, with pages floating down on him, representing prosody in reading

Prosody in reading – How to teach it in primary One component of reading fluency has been sadly overlooked in recent government guidance...

Sexism in schools PowerPoint

Sexism in schools – Toxic masculinity KS2 assembly Introduce the topic of sexism in schools with this free assembly PowerPoint and teacher notes, aimed at UKS2... You’ll begin by explaining that gender stereotyping is judging/labelling/discriminating against people based on their gender and can be done without us even realising. You’ll go on to discuss explain that stereotyping people is unfair and for many […]

This Morning I Met a Whale KS2 planning

This Morning I Met A Whale – KS2 planning This Morning I Met a Whale by Michael Morpurgo is a delight in itself, but the opportunities it provides to explore with children not only environmental issues but also the wider question of their role and voice in society is one that’s too good to miss. This PDF features a range of activities that demonstrate […]

World War 2 poetry KS2 resources

World War 2 poetry KS2 – Bletchley Park pack This World War 2 poetry KS2 resource pack, created with Bletchley Park, explores poetry and WWII history, covering parts of speech, patterns and codes. Use it to develop student knowledge and skills in English, with cross-curricular links to history and mathematics. World War 2 poetry KS2 The Poetry Society and Bletchley Park have compiled a […]

Vikings KS2 lesson plan

Vikings KS2 lesson plan – What do we really know? Use this Vikings KS2 lesson plan to explore evidence about the Vikings. Children will think about why historians have such differing views of them. The Vikings are an old, familiar topic. However, new evidence keeps emerging about these people and their impact, and not just on Britain. It is a topic children are familiar with. […]

A bundle of brightly coloured textiles

D&T textiles – Transforming the textiles curriculum Find out how one West Yorkshire primary wove local history and the future of science into the textiles curriculum...

Girl on swing, representing neurodiverse children

Neurodiverse children – Behaviour management strategies for teachers A one-size-fits-all approach to behaviour management can hit struggling students hardest...

Girl in a customised go-cart style car, cheering. She's dressed in a blue overall and decorated racing helmet. Representing DT projects Year 6

Year 6 DT projects – Making a boxcar This inspiring Design & Technology curriculum is all about a race to the bottom...

Michael Rosen poems lesson plan

Michael Rosen poems – Performance poetry KS2 lesson plan What’s the worst thing you’ve ever tasted? Be inspired by some Michael Rosen poems and use exaggeration to write your own hilarious versions… Children benefit enormously from being able to write from their experience in a poetry classroom – putting things that matter to them down on paper, in curious and well-considered ways. But they […]

Revolting Rhymes lesson plan

Revolting Rhymes – KS2 English poetry lesson plan In Revolting Rhymes, Roald Dahl takes much loved fairy tales – many originally written to warn children of the dangers of disobedience – and gleefully subverts their underlying message, with hilarious results. In this lesson, great for National Poetry Day and Roald Dahl Day, children will first learn from the master before attempting to write […]

Algebra games KS2 resources

Algebra games KS2 – Play around with Cuisenaire rods One of the best ways to learn and have fun with maths that involves using numbers and symbols is by using colourful Cuisenaire rods. These algebra games KS2 resources will help you do just that… Algebra games KS2 ideas Start off by giving children our 0-9 numerals worksheets. Ask them to work out which numbers […]

First News Education

5 reasons to try… First News Education 1. Boost reading for pleasure A subscription to First News is an easy way to ensure that every child in your class has regular access to high quality, engaging non-fiction – and a powerful reason to read it. Every week sees the arrival of a new issue, bursting with award-winning, age-appropriate coverage of top stories […]

Letters from the Lighthouse planning

Letters from the Lighthouse – KS2 World War 2 planning Letters from the Lighthouse is a mystery; a spy story; an evacuee story; a refugee story. Above all, it’s Olive’s story. This download contains a three-page PDF packed with a range of cross-curricular activities… What is Letters from the Lighthouse about? The second world war turns schoolgirl Olive’s life in London inside out. Her father […]

Victorian Inventions Resource Pack for KS2 STEM

Victorian inventors KS2 – STEM resource pack This Victorian inventors KS2 resource pack, made in partnership with the V&A, uses the inventions of the past to inspire inventors of the future… The aim of this Little Inventors workshop is to inspire children to use their imagination to help them to think up and draw original, ingenious, funny, fantastical or perfectly practical invention […]

Features of a mystery story KS2

Features of a mystery story KS2 – Pie Corbett’s ‘Alien Landing’ Use this features of a mystery story KS2 resource from Pie Corbett to inspire children to write their own close encounter tale… Features of a mystery story KS2 This story is built around a simple idea. The main characters are out one evening when they hear a noise and see strange lights. They go to […]

Close-up of a child playing a card game, representing starting the school day

School day – 6 inventive ways to start yours Mornings feeling a bit gloomy? It's time to bring some pizazz to proceedings...

Adjective word mat

Adjective word mat – Editable free printables for KS1/2 Our free editable adjective word mat resource is fantastic for primary children. These word mats are like magic carpets for children’s imagination and writing adventures, and they’re super easy to use. You can download and print them, and even customise them to suit your needs. They’re a great way to make learning more fun and […]

A PE lesson plan for KS2 circuit training

PE lesson plans – Superhero circuit training for KS2 Turn circuit training into a thrilling adventure, and see pupils’ stamina, strength and flexibility soar.

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