Special Topics Teaching Resources

Discover some schemes of work, lesson plans, classroom worksheets and interactive activities to develop skills in all curriculum subjects in Key Stage One covering a range of special days, celebrations and festivals across the school year

  • Easter Egg Puzzles

    Easter Egg Puzzles

    Practise using art and design and maths skills to produce a range of puzzles on the theme of Easter eggs using matching and themed shapes

  • Easter Garden

    Easter Garden

    Select and use descriptive vocabulary words to compose a poem describing different things that can be seen in a family garden at Easter

  • Easter Decorations

    Easter Decorations

    Practise shaping and combining a range of different materials to produce decorations with matching patterns and shapes to celebrate Easter

  • Easter Celebrations

    Easter Celebrations

    Identify, describe and illustrate how people can demonstrate and celebrate their beliefs about God through special religious celebrations at Easter

  • Easter Things Poems

    Easter Things Poems

    Practise selecting and using special vocabulary words to compose poems that play with language when describing things that represent Easter celebrations

  • Family Easter

    Family Easter

    Identify and model how to compose sentences using the correct punctuation for capital letters to describe special things that families can do to celebrate Easter

  • Enormous Pancake

    Enormous Pancake

    Investigate and record how to write a story illustrating conflict and resolution about making an enormous pancake based on the structure and content of a traditional story

  • Pancake Instructions

    Pancake Instructions

    Identify and model how to compose sets of instructions for families to follow when preparing pancakes to celebrate Shrove Tuesday

  • Valentine Shapes

    Valentine Shapes

    Investigate and model how to shape, colour and combine a range of different materials to produce shapes representing themes related to Valentine’s Day

  • School Instructions

    School Instructions

    Select and compose sets of instructions for other pupils to review and develop their learning skills in different subjects and topics at school

  • Christmas Models

    Christmas Models

    Practise using a range of materials and art techniques to create models of different decorations that can be used to celebrate Christmas

  • Festive Decorations

    Festive Decorations

    Investigate how to shape and combine different materials to produce a selection of decorations to celebrate the festive season

  • English Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar Assessment

    English Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar Assessment

    Assess abilities in spelling, punctuation and grammar based on the National Curriculum programmes of study for Key Stage One

  • Twos, Threes and Fives

    Twos, Threes and Fives

    Investigate some of the calculation techniques that can be used when solving problems by dividing numbers into equal groups of twos, threes and fives with no remainders

  • Robot Movements

    Robot Movements

    Practise selecting and using the correct vocabulary words to describe and control the position and movements of a robot character around a grid or other locations

  • Transport Journeys

    Transport Journeys

    Investigate the content structure of explanations that explain how and why families make different journeys by a range of forms of transport