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KS1/2 Art & Design Lesson Plan – Draw From Life To Create Sporting Sketchbooks Armed with a sketchbook, children have the freedom to let loose their imagination and experiment with artistic techniques – not to mention a visual aid to problem-solving in any subject. This sporting sketchbook project provides the perfect opportunity. As the activities in this article demonstrate, the rhythms, energy and movement of bodies engaged in sport […]

KS2 PSHE Lesson Plan – Create A Video Selfie And Find Out About The Lives Of Others Capture the diverse experiences of children today and provide an opportunity for children to compare their experiences with other.

KS2 Computing Lesson Plan – Create A Program That Works Out How To Give Change This lesson looks at how a computer could be programmed to give various amounts of change.

KS2 History Lesson Plan – Examine Local Gravestones To Help Children Draw Inferences Children like the immediate relevance of studying their own locality, and nothing seems more local than the churchyard and cemetery.

KS2 History Lesson Plan – Tweet like Boudicca and practise voicing opinions and writing persuasively In this lesson, children will use a range of skills in different subjects to understand the beliefs, ideology and agendas of historical people.

KS2 Literacy Lesson Plan – Use ‘Suffishes’ To Introduce Suffixes ‘Suffishes’ are a fun way to introduce suffixes and the spelling rules associated with them. Watch a video of part of this lesson plan here.

KS2 Maths Lesson Plan – Use Mazes To Help Children Become Better Problem Solvers Use mazes to help pupils practise their addition skills and work in a systematic manner.

KS2 Computing Lesson Plan – Creating And Programming Their Own Robot Gives Kids Plenty Of Coding Problems To Solve Create a robot using equipment mostly found in the backs of cupboards.

KS2 Science Lesson Plan – Mix Blood And Learn Its Biological Functions From Forming Scabs To Fighting Disease In this lesson you will name and describe the components of blood and understand and describe some of its functions.

KS2 Science Lesson Plan – Use Dry Ice To Create Bubbling Potions In this lesson, you will ‘wow’ your class with the real science behind the effects seen in movie laboratories.

KS2 Literacy & Computing Lesson Plan – Let Children Digitally Create Science Fiction Images To Inspire Their Creative Story Writing Help children create their own unique pictures to form the basis for creative stories and poems.

Apostrophe KS2 lesson plan

Apostrophe KS2 – Contraction & possession lesson plan Use this apostrophe KS2 lesson plan that focuses on the dos and don’ts of proper punctuation placement to help pupils avoid an apostrophe catastrophe. These examples of high street signs show that it’s not just children who find using the apostrophe difficult. In fact, your class are about to help the adults out. These activities […]

KS2 Computing Lesson Plan – Use Layering To Produce Hilarious Animal Photobomb Images This lesson plan teaches design skills by introducing children to the concept of layers in computer graphics programs.

BFG lesson plan

BFG lesson plan – KS2 English moviemaking lesson Creating a film can be a great way of developing children’s English skills, and Roald Dahl’s The BFG is the perfect introduction to moviemaking. The stories and characters Roald Dahl created in his writing hut at the bottom of his Great Missenden garden have travelled the world, both through the original books and the many […]

KS2 Science Lesson Plan – Learn About Bones By Excavating Dog Biscuits The story of Mary Anning, an unassuming 19th century lady who combed the beaches of Devon, can provide an exciting starting point for some excellent hands-on learning and insightful formative assessment. Even though Mary Anning, one of the first great palaeontologists, has been named by the Royal Society as one of the ten most influential […]

Children’s emotional safety and mental health in the classroom is just as important as physical safety Creating and cultivating a community orientated classroom environment is one of the first steps towards successful learning

KS2 Science Lesson Plan – Bring Real Flowers Into The Classroom To Learn About Plants Children love flowers – they are amazed by the colour, shape, feel and scent. Working with them covers elements of the national curriculum in an imaginative and memorable way. There’s a wealth of technical vocabulary to learn, and you can use lots of adjectives to describe their beauty.

Maximise SATs Revision For Every Student With ACUK For many students, the lead up to SATs can be an incredibly stressful time. The weight of exam results seems to increase every year and students may feel under enormous pressure not to let themselves, their parents or their teacher down. At ACUK we make revision more enjoyable, more fruitful and far less stressful. Our […]

Cancelling School Trips Because Of Terrorist Attacks Means Fear Wins How we respond to harrowing events greatly influences children – we must teach them to make the most of their lives

KS1/2 Art And Design Lesson Plan – Help Children Get To Know Each Other With A Collaborative Art Project Beginning a new school year and confronted with a class of 30 lively, confident children, it’s sometimes easy for teachers to overlook the fact that many of them don’t actually know each other – which would seem, at the very least, to be something of a missed opportunity. Apart from the friendships that never get […]

KS2 MFL Lesson Plan – Boost Language Skills With An Olympic-Style Race This multilingual lesson will help students feel what it’s like to represent and cheer on another country – China, France, India or Spain. The lesson includes a song and can be adapted for KS1 or KS2 pupils. The three main activities could be spread out over several sessions, which would allow more time for pupils […]

KS2 Geography Lesson Plan – Think About Physical And Human Geography By Planning Your Dream Holiday Thinking about where people go on holiday and why can develop children’s geographical knowledge, skills and understanding. This lesson aims to develop learning about how choice of holiday destination can be linked to the physical and human characteristics of a particular locality. Prior to the lesson you will need to source images of potential destinations […]

KS2 Computing Lesson Plan – Get To Know Your New Class With A Self-Portrait Activity This lesson is great to help you get to know a new class in a short space of time. It involves planning and photographing self-portraits that capture children’s distinct personalities. As well as giving you the chance to familiarise yourself with a group of new faces, the lesson also allows children to find out more […]

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Start the New School Year as you Mean to go on by Getting Behaviour Right How to improve behaviour from day one by being the boss, building a community and being believable...

Write An Effective Risk Assessment Most activities are safe enough to go ahead with, as long as you evaluate the risks correctly

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