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

  • Nativity Story

    Nativity Story

    Explore and record the sequence of events in the story of the birth of Jesus from the Bible using role-play and art and design activities

  • Christmas Tree Ornaments

    Christmas Tree Ornaments

    Investigate how to use different modelling techniques when shaping and combining materials to create Christmas tree ornaments

  • Festive Cards

    Festive Cards

    Investigate how to combine and shape different materials to produce a range of festive cards to celebrate the Christmas season

  • Family Christmas

    Family Christmas

    Practise using mental calculations and informal written calculations to add and subtract pairs of two digit numbers

  • Christmas Chains

    Christmas Chains

    Select and use materials to create models of Christmas shapes to use as part of a chain decoration to display in the classroom

  • Spooky Things

    Spooky Things

    Investigate the structure and content of narrative fiction and poetry that describe some of the spooky things that might happen in the world

  • Word Matching

    Word Matching

    Identify, match and record the initial sounds that have been used in a range of cvc words beginning with different letters

  • Counting Back

    Counting Back

    Practise using the number technique of counting back to solve and complete a range of abstract and contextual subtraction calculations

  • Mother Nature

    Mother Nature

    Explore how mother nature can provide nourishment, protection and support to all living things in different habitats and environments